Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management
@boku-ihg.bsky.social
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
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🎉 New Article Published!
Excited to share ‘specleanr': an R package for flagging environmental outliers in ecological data.
With 20 detection methods, it offers a user-friendly, reproducible tool for biogeographical modeling and data analysis.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Excited to share ‘specleanr': an R package for flagging environmental outliers in ecological data.
With 20 detection methods, it offers a user-friendly, reproducible tool for biogeographical modeling and data analysis.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🎉 New Article Published!
Excited to share ‘specleanr': an R package for flagging environmental outliers in ecological data.
With 20 detection methods, it offers a user-friendly, reproducible tool for biogeographical modeling and data analysis.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Excited to share ‘specleanr': an R package for flagging environmental outliers in ecological data.
With 20 detection methods, it offers a user-friendly, reproducible tool for biogeographical modeling and data analysis.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
The #SUSHP Conference took place at @bokuvienna.bsky.social in September, bringing together more than 160 participants from around the world.
We took the opportunity to highlight contributions from our BOKU colleagues, and we’ll be sharing them throughout this month. Stay tuned for Part II! 🐟
We took the opportunity to highlight contributions from our BOKU colleagues, and we’ll be sharing them throughout this month. Stay tuned for Part II! 🐟
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The #SUSHP Conference took place at @bokuvienna.bsky.social in September, bringing together more than 160 participants from around the world.
We took the opportunity to highlight contributions from our BOKU colleagues, and we’ll be sharing them throughout this month. Stay tuned for Part II! 🐟
We took the opportunity to highlight contributions from our BOKU colleagues, and we’ll be sharing them throughout this month. Stay tuned for Part II! 🐟
The 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆.𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 database provides ecological characteristics and preferences, biological traits, and distribution patterns for more than 20,000 European freshwater organisms, including fish, macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, phytobenthos, and phytoplankton. Version 8.0 is now online:
freshwaterecology.info
freshwaterecology.info is a database that hosts taxalists, ecological information and biological traits of about 12,000 European organisms of fish, macro-invertebrates, macrophytes, diatoms and phytop...
www.freshwaterecology.info
November 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆.𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 database provides ecological characteristics and preferences, biological traits, and distribution patterns for more than 20,000 European freshwater organisms, including fish, macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, phytobenthos, and phytoplankton. Version 8.0 is now online:
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Last-minute registration is still available! Join us to learn what it takes to carry out effective lake restoration.
In our next webinar, the EU-funded project @futurelakes.bsky.social will be introduced. This project builds upon MERLIN, adapting and refining many of the component building blocks needed to enable successful freshwater restoration.
📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟯, 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧
✍️ project-merlin.eu/webinars.html
📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟯, 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧
✍️ project-merlin.eu/webinars.html
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Last-minute registration is still available! Join us to learn what it takes to carry out effective lake restoration.
Becca joined @danubelifelines.bsky.social's Friday Facts! She's sharing a few facts about the #sterlet – the focus of her master's thesis, which she finished exactly a year ago!
🔗 Watch the video: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
🔗 Watch the video: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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🐟 FRIDAY FACTS with DANUBElifelines:
Rebecca Tibbetts' research, conducted in collaboration with Sturgeon Conservation, investigated the diet of the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) using genetic methods....
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October 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Becca joined @danubelifelines.bsky.social's Friday Facts! She's sharing a few facts about the #sterlet – the focus of her master's thesis, which she finished exactly a year ago!
🔗 Watch the video: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
🔗 Watch the video: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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🎉Great news to end the week!
Congrats to Nadija Čehajić on defending her Master’s thesis "Spatial patterns of greenhouse gas emissions in a floodplain system".
Supervised by T. Hein, E. Bondar-Kunze & A. K. Sieczko, this work offers key insights into greenhouse gas dynamics in floodplains.
Congrats to Nadija Čehajić on defending her Master’s thesis "Spatial patterns of greenhouse gas emissions in a floodplain system".
Supervised by T. Hein, E. Bondar-Kunze & A. K. Sieczko, this work offers key insights into greenhouse gas dynamics in floodplains.
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🎉Great news to end the week!
Congrats to Nadija Čehajić on defending her Master’s thesis "Spatial patterns of greenhouse gas emissions in a floodplain system".
Supervised by T. Hein, E. Bondar-Kunze & A. K. Sieczko, this work offers key insights into greenhouse gas dynamics in floodplains.
Congrats to Nadija Čehajić on defending her Master’s thesis "Spatial patterns of greenhouse gas emissions in a floodplain system".
Supervised by T. Hein, E. Bondar-Kunze & A. K. Sieczko, this work offers key insights into greenhouse gas dynamics in floodplains.
🎉 More exciting news this week!
🚀More exciting news!
Our new paper, "Introducing fwtraits – an R package for freshwater biodiversity traits," is out!
Anthony Basooma & co-authors present fwtraits, a tool for accessing standardized ecological data for freshwater species via freshwaterecology.info
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
Our new paper, "Introducing fwtraits – an R package for freshwater biodiversity traits," is out!
Anthony Basooma & co-authors present fwtraits, a tool for accessing standardized ecological data for freshwater species via freshwaterecology.info
doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
October 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🎉 More exciting news this week!
New Article Published! Congratulations to the Team! 🎉
🌟Exciting news!
Our article "The dynamics of linked social–ecological action situations reveal governance changes in the Austrian Danube" is out!
We analyze the shift in Donau-Auen National Park governance- from top-down to polycentric and participatory.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Our article "The dynamics of linked social–ecological action situations reveal governance changes in the Austrian Danube" is out!
We analyze the shift in Donau-Auen National Park governance- from top-down to polycentric and participatory.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
New Article Published! Congratulations to the Team! 🎉
Rebecca's research on the diet analysis of the #sterlet inspired this video. Got a minute? Learn some facts about one of the @danubelifelines.bsky.social target migratory species in this short clip: www.instagram.com/reel/%20DQMC...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Rebecca's research on the diet analysis of the #sterlet inspired this video. Got a minute? Learn some facts about one of the @danubelifelines.bsky.social target migratory species in this short clip: www.instagram.com/reel/%20DQMC...
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📄New paper out: "Responses of Oligochaeta & Chironomidae to connectivity restoration in river–floodplains" published in Restoration Ecology.
Sonia Recinos & coauthors explore restoration impacts on macroinvertebrates & lasting strategies🐛💧
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
Sonia Recinos & coauthors explore restoration impacts on macroinvertebrates & lasting strategies🐛💧
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
October 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
📄New paper out: "Responses of Oligochaeta & Chironomidae to connectivity restoration in river–floodplains" published in Restoration Ecology.
Sonia Recinos & coauthors explore restoration impacts on macroinvertebrates & lasting strategies🐛💧
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
Sonia Recinos & coauthors explore restoration impacts on macroinvertebrates & lasting strategies🐛💧
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
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Our colleague Anthony Basooma presented his research on how environmental and human stressors drive the diversity of functional diversity of fish at the Society Global Conference for Ecological Modelling in Kashiwa.
Well done and greetings to Japan!
Well done and greetings to Japan!
October 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Our colleague Anthony Basooma presented his research on how environmental and human stressors drive the diversity of functional diversity of fish at the Society Global Conference for Ecological Modelling in Kashiwa.
Well done and greetings to Japan!
Well done and greetings to Japan!
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🎥Last Friday, filmmaker Christian Pfabigan filmed one of the final sessions for "The Voice of the Thaya" in Thayatal National Park. Ronald Pöppl shared insights on the river’s formation, meanders, human impacts, and sediment research in the Fugnitz River 🌊🍂
www.ukweli.at
www.ukweli.at
October 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🎥Last Friday, filmmaker Christian Pfabigan filmed one of the final sessions for "The Voice of the Thaya" in Thayatal National Park. Ronald Pöppl shared insights on the river’s formation, meanders, human impacts, and sediment research in the Fugnitz River 🌊🍂
www.ukweli.at
www.ukweli.at
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Excited to share our new paper from our team highlighting the complex interactions between hydrological alterations and phytoplankton microbial communities. @Thomas Hein, @Olena Bilous rdcu.be/eLWCm
October 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Excited to share our new paper from our team highlighting the complex interactions between hydrological alterations and phytoplankton microbial communities. @Thomas Hein, @Olena Bilous rdcu.be/eLWCm
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In our next webinar, the EU-funded project @futurelakes.bsky.social will be introduced. This project builds upon MERLIN, adapting and refining many of the component building blocks needed to enable successful freshwater restoration.
📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟯, 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧
✍️ project-merlin.eu/webinars.html
📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟯, 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧
✍️ project-merlin.eu/webinars.html
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
In our next webinar, the EU-funded project @futurelakes.bsky.social will be introduced. This project builds upon MERLIN, adapting and refining many of the component building blocks needed to enable successful freshwater restoration.
📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟯, 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧
✍️ project-merlin.eu/webinars.html
📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟯, 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧
✍️ project-merlin.eu/webinars.html
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Save the Date! Am 13. November 2025 findet der 11. @bokuvienna.bsky.social Nachhaltigkeitstag statt, unter dem Motto „Renaturierung & Biodiversität“.
📍 Eintritt frei – keine Anmeldung erforderlich.
➡️ Alle Infos unter short.boku.ac.at/nht2025
#BOKUNachhaltigkeitstag #Renaturierung #Biodiversität
📍 Eintritt frei – keine Anmeldung erforderlich.
➡️ Alle Infos unter short.boku.ac.at/nht2025
#BOKUNachhaltigkeitstag #Renaturierung #Biodiversität
October 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Save the Date! Am 13. November 2025 findet der 11. @bokuvienna.bsky.social Nachhaltigkeitstag statt, unter dem Motto „Renaturierung & Biodiversität“.
📍 Eintritt frei – keine Anmeldung erforderlich.
➡️ Alle Infos unter short.boku.ac.at/nht2025
#BOKUNachhaltigkeitstag #Renaturierung #Biodiversität
📍 Eintritt frei – keine Anmeldung erforderlich.
➡️ Alle Infos unter short.boku.ac.at/nht2025
#BOKUNachhaltigkeitstag #Renaturierung #Biodiversität
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Members of #S4F have prepared an open letter calling on EU policymakers to stick to science, adhere to the Paris Agreement, and adopt an ambitious GHG reduction target of 90–95% by 2040.
🔗 Read the letter and join as a signatory by 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟬 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🔗 Read the letter and join as a signatory by 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟬 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Scientists: Climate Neutrality is Europe’s Greatest Economic Chance
Open letter by Scientists: Climate Neutrality is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity Release plan: 20.10.2025 Addressees: Heads of states and governments Reasoning: ahead of the voting on 23.10.20...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Members of #S4F have prepared an open letter calling on EU policymakers to stick to science, adhere to the Paris Agreement, and adopt an ambitious GHG reduction target of 90–95% by 2040.
🔗 Read the letter and join as a signatory by 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟬 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🔗 Read the letter and join as a signatory by 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟬 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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🐟Ever wondered what life’s like for a fish in the Danube?
Watch our short video, exploring how dams, river regulation, floodplain disconnection, and ship traffic impact ecosystems. Presented by Johannes Kowal at the #CDLMERI 30-year anniversary!
www.youtube.com/shorts/JUzUx...
Watch our short video, exploring how dams, river regulation, floodplain disconnection, and ship traffic impact ecosystems. Presented by Johannes Kowal at the #CDLMERI 30-year anniversary!
www.youtube.com/shorts/JUzUx...
CDG-Science-Slam 2025: Flusslandschaften: Herausforderungen und Lösungen
YouTube video by Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft
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October 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🐟Ever wondered what life’s like for a fish in the Danube?
Watch our short video, exploring how dams, river regulation, floodplain disconnection, and ship traffic impact ecosystems. Presented by Johannes Kowal at the #CDLMERI 30-year anniversary!
www.youtube.com/shorts/JUzUx...
Watch our short video, exploring how dams, river regulation, floodplain disconnection, and ship traffic impact ecosystems. Presented by Johannes Kowal at the #CDLMERI 30-year anniversary!
www.youtube.com/shorts/JUzUx...
🌍PhD Opportunity in Freshwater Ecology!
Join the FWF-funded project “Global warming effects on macrophytes’ role in lowland rivers (MARITE)”. Explore how macrophytes buffer water temperature & support ecosystem functions under climate change.
🔗Apply now: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Join the FWF-funded project “Global warming effects on macrophytes’ role in lowland rivers (MARITE)”. Explore how macrophytes buffer water temperature & support ecosystem functions under climate change.
🔗Apply now: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
PhD Position | Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻! 🤓
Starting Jan 2026, we're investigating how aquatic #macrophytes help lowland rivers cope with rising temperatures.
Key goals:
🌱 Measure how macrophytes buffer water temperat...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🌍PhD Opportunity in Freshwater Ecology!
Join the FWF-funded project “Global warming effects on macrophytes’ role in lowland rivers (MARITE)”. Explore how macrophytes buffer water temperature & support ecosystem functions under climate change.
🔗Apply now: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Join the FWF-funded project “Global warming effects on macrophytes’ role in lowland rivers (MARITE)”. Explore how macrophytes buffer water temperature & support ecosystem functions under climate change.
🔗Apply now: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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The Austrian waterway company #viadonau is looking for a Hydrology Specialist with strong expertise in the field. Fluent German and English skills are essential: karriere.viadonau.org/offene-stell...
Spezialist:in Hydrologie (Wien)
Wir haben das Wasser im Blick: Von der Messung über die Auswertung bis zum Online-Service. Bewirb dich und unterstütze unser Team in Wien!
karriere.viadonau.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The Austrian waterway company #viadonau is looking for a Hydrology Specialist with strong expertise in the field. Fluent German and English skills are essential: karriere.viadonau.org/offene-stell...
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Scientists for Balkan Rivers have issued an #OpenLetter to the Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other relevant bodies on the mass fish kill at the #Neretva River. Read the letter here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
⚠️ Sign until 𝟮𝟱.𝟬𝟵.𝟮𝟱.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
⚠️ Sign until 𝟮𝟱.𝟬𝟵.𝟮𝟱.
Analysis of the Possible Cause of Fish Die - Neretva.docx
Mass Fish Die-Off Below Ulog Hydropower Plant (September 2025) – Urgent Call for Immediate Investigation and Environmental Impact Review On 12 September 2025, a large-scale fish die-off was observed i...
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September 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Scientists for Balkan Rivers have issued an #OpenLetter to the Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other relevant bodies on the mass fish kill at the #Neretva River. Read the letter here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
⚠️ Sign until 𝟮𝟱.𝟬𝟵.𝟮𝟱.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
⚠️ Sign until 𝟮𝟱.𝟬𝟵.𝟮𝟱.
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Ronald Poeppl shared insights on the DANSER project and sustainable sediment management in the Upper Danube at the Regional Conference of the International Association of Geomorphologists in Romania🌍🌊
September 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Ronald Poeppl shared insights on the DANSER project and sustainable sediment management in the Upper Danube at the Regional Conference of the International Association of Geomorphologists in Romania🌍🌊
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Ronald Poeppl shared insights from the DANube Sediment Restoration (DANSER) project in the Upper Danube with his talk, "Towards deployment and upscaling of sustainable sediment management across the Danube," at the Conference Geographies of a Changing Europe (EUGEO)
September 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Ronald Poeppl shared insights from the DANube Sediment Restoration (DANSER) project in the Upper Danube with his talk, "Towards deployment and upscaling of sustainable sediment management across the Danube," at the Conference Geographies of a Changing Europe (EUGEO)
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Ship-induced waves and habitat fragmentation from dams are key pressures on rivers. At the German Society of Limnology-DGL annual meeting in Frankfurt, Anna-Lisa Dittrich & Johannes Kowal shared research findings and mitigation strategies, sparking great discussions at the Senckenberg Museum dinner🌊
September 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Ship-induced waves and habitat fragmentation from dams are key pressures on rivers. At the German Society of Limnology-DGL annual meeting in Frankfurt, Anna-Lisa Dittrich & Johannes Kowal shared research findings and mitigation strategies, sparking great discussions at the Senckenberg Museum dinner🌊
Check out this video about our Supersite within the DANUBIUS Research Infrastructure Consortium (#ERIC), showcasing the Austrian partners and the ongoing and planned research efforts. Thanks to a great team and many colleagues who contributed video content!
DANUBIUS-RI Upper Danube Supersite
YouTube video by Danubius Communications
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September 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Check out this video about our Supersite within the DANUBIUS Research Infrastructure Consortium (#ERIC), showcasing the Austrian partners and the ongoing and planned research efforts. Thanks to a great team and many colleagues who contributed video content!