Methods
Our research uses a wide range of methods, from the laboratory to the field, from the individual to the community level, as real or modelled systems.
![Laboratory Laboratory](/export/data/2/91101_CMS_IMAGE.jpg)
Biotests
Laboratory systems, test organism: Daphnia magna (e.g. OECD 202, OECD 211) and Culex pipiens (mosquito larvae).
![Daphnia magna Daphnia magna](/export/data/2/91102_CMS_IMAGE.jpg)
Nanocosms
Laboratory systems, automated monitoring of populations and simple communities by image analysis, Daphnia magna und Culex pipiens, test volume of 5 l.
![outdoor test system outdoor test system](/export/data/2/91103_CMS_IMAGE.jpg)
Microcosms
UFZ area, zooplankton, volume of 20-90 l, 200 replicates.
![outdoor test system outdoor test system](/export/data/2/104858_1_MesokosmenNEU.jpeg)
Stream Experiment Leipzig
UFZ area, macrozoobenthos, length of 14 m, 47 replicates in continuous operation, closed water circuit.
![Field monitoring Field monitoring](/export/data/2/91105_CMS_IMAGE.jpg)
Field investigations
Measurement campaigns, monitoring of macroinvertebrates and toxic exposure, water and sediment sampling, continuous and event-triggered sample techniques.
![SPEAR logo SPEAR logo](/export/data/2/91106_CMS_IMAGE.jpg)
SPEAR (Species at Risk)
Toxic specific bioindicator for running waters, based on macroinvertebrates and their ecological traits.
![GIS graphic GIS graphic](/export/data/2/91107_CMS_IMAGE.jpg)
GIS-Modelling
Modelling of pesticide exposure and ecological risk in agricultural landscapes, risk maps, scenarios of global change.
![Population model Population model](/export/data/2/91108_CMS_IMAGE.jpg)
Ecological modelling
Population- and community level, toxic effects and recovery considering ecological mechanisms like competition and predation.