MERLIN seeks new, widely applicable solutions for restoring the functions of freshwater ecosystems, for example to improve flood retention and store carbon dioxide.

RESIST investigates how water bodies and their habitats respond to the mutilpe pressures. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) with 12.3 million Euros.

The aim of the project is the development of a standardized, practical and a nationwide applica-ble method to assess the biological floodplain status.

Plattform for online calculation tools to determine the ecological quality of water bodies. The plattform is operated by the Aquatic Ecology on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency.

In cooperation with the ABU Soest, the Department of Aquatic Ecology investigates the macrozoobenthos of streams in the Arnsberg Forest