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The Christian Doppler Laboratory investigates the complex meta-ecosystem of the Austrian Danube to develop sustainable ecological measures for future management.
Throwback to an inspiring evening at the Science Slam 🎤🔬 – where research leaves the lab and takes the stage.

A big thank you to Johannes Kowal for presenting our project in such an engaging way! 👏✨

Fotocredit:
Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft/APA-Fotoservice/M. Reither
October 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Check out this interview with our project leader Thomas Hein www.krone.at/3884190 and to get a glimpse of our team in action.
„Wir können nicht gegen die Natur arbeiten“
GPS-Bojen, gechippte Fische und DoRIS – auf der Donau treffen Hightech-Projekte auf die Wiederherstellung der Natur. Die „Krone“ begab sich mit ...
www.krone.at
September 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Congratulations to Moritz Benz 🥳.
He successfully defended his MSc thesis in which he examined the important role of connected tributaries for cyprinid fish species.
August 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🌊 eDNA meets the Danube!
IHG is leading the environmental DNA (eDNA) efforts for JDS5 — Europe’s largest river monitoring campaign.

Sampling the entire Danube — from source to mouth, ~3,000 km and 300 samples in just 3 weeks.

#JDS5 #eDNA #Danube #Biodiversity
July 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Our team has published another paper!

The study investigates the reproductive ecology of nase, barbel and vimba bream.

📖 Read the full study:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Our team has published another paper!

The study investigates over 100 years of longitudinal connectivity changes from the perspective of a migratory fish species.

📖 Read the full study:
lnkd.in/d8t_cdhp
May 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Big congrats to Johannes Schützenhofer & Massimiliano Sigfrido Grisorio on completing their bachelor’s thesis! 🎓🐟 Supervised by Johannes Kowal & Thomas Hein, their research explores barriers & fish migration aids in the Austrian Danube system over time 🌊📚
April 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Lukas Sölkner successfully defended his Msc thesis with the title: Design and application of an SSR-GBAS marker system for migratory cyprinids - A genetic study on Chondrostoma nasus and Chondrostoma ohridanum.
Congratulations from the MERI-Team!
March 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🐟🌿 #BiodiversityDays25 – "Together out of the biodiversity crisis" 🌍

🔹 Prof. Hein on Danube ecology & Biodiversity Barometer
🔹 Kowal & Borgwardt on water connectivity
🔹 Dr. Tschikof on Danube fish protection

#Biodiversity #Danube #NatureConservation
March 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We are CDL MERI – active on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for 3 years. Now we’re here to share our research with all of you.

Visit our website for more informations -> cdl-meri.boku.ac.at/wordpress/
and join us on Instagram and LinkedIn:
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January 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM