Leibniz-Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Müggelseedamm 310
12587 Berlin
Prof. Mark O Gessner (Head of Department)
Dr. Jens C Nejstgaard (Scientific Coordinator)
Dr. Stella A Berger (Scientific Site Coordinator)
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Outdoor – pelagic/benthic – freshwater
24 large lake mesocosms, each 9 m diameter, 20 m depth, reaching into the sediment, water volume 1,270 m3 per mesocosm, one additional central unit 30 m diameter, volume 14,000 m3
e.g. thermocline depth, stratification, extreme wheather events, browning, nutrients
Responses of the planktonic food web, biodiversity patterns, and biogeochemical processes and fluxes under climate change scenarios
Each of the 24 mesocosms is equipped with:
- an automatic profiler recordimg PAR, temperature, pH, oxygen, redox potential, conductivity, turbidity, and pigments to distinguish four major algal groups
- an industrial computer recording and transmitting the collected data to servers at IGB
- sediment traps
- a height-adjustable water recirculation system with a perforated ring, rising conduit and pump
IGB guesthouse, 20 beds, kitchen; local B&B
