Research

Following the environmental disaster on the River Oder, an Oder data platform is being set up at IGB, which will contain biological data as well as chemical and other environmentally relevant data. The sub-project "oderDATA" will update the data portal of the Freshwater Information Platform (FIP) to the latest technical standard in order to publish the collected biological data of the Oder in compliance with the FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and thus enable, for example, the direct analysis of spatio-temporal patterns, investigations of time series and trends or appealing visualizations of biological and environmental data.

The focus of the project is to analyse the spawning activity in the Drina River (Bosnia) upstream of the town of Foča. In particular, the number of spawning sites and spawning huchen will be described. The documentation will be carried out with the help of drones and GPS localisation. In addition, close contact will be maintained with the local fishery to gather as much information as possible on the local huchen population.

ECOweb is the online version based on ECOPROF, the evaluation software that has been used successfully for many years. The ECOweb II project now represents the extension of this web-based software for macrozoobenthos and phytobenthos. The program is to be expanded with regard to the latest scientific findings, new calculation modules and basic information will be added. Furthermore, the foundations for future DNA-based methods are to be created.