CDL MERI

Throwback to an inspiring evening at the Science Slam 🎤🔬 A big thank you to Johannes Kowal for presenting our project in such an engaging way! 👏✨ @verbundag @viadonau @BOKU_IHG credit: CD Forschungsgesellschaft/APA-Fotoservice/M.Reither

Check out this interview with our project leader Thomas Hein krone.at/3884190 and to get a glimpse of our team in action.

Congratulations to Moritz Benz 🥳. He successfully defended his MSc thesis in which he examined the important role of connected tributaries for cyprinid fish species. @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

Our team has published another paper! The study investigates the reproductive ecology of three rheophilic fish species. 📖 Read the full study: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

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 @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

Congrats to Johannes Schützenhofer & Massimiliano Sigfrido Grisorio on successfully 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 🐟🌊

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. @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

🐟🌿 #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

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Our sledding happens on the Danube, not the slopes! 🚤🛷 With lights and a camera on board, our custom sled explores the riverbed—where winter vibes meet underwater research. 🌊📽️ @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

On Nov 22, 2024, the ÖK-IAD "Young Danube Research" event brought together 19 PhD students from 8 countries, including 5 from the Meri project, to pitch their research. oek-iad.boku.ac.at @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

Our 2024 sampling campaign wraps up this week! Despite chilly nights, we tagged 2,000 more fish. Excited to see how many show up on our antennas next spring as they head to spawn—some already showing staring spawning rash! @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

Thanks to the well thought-out installation, our antennas survived the September floods and delivered data. Only the antenna in the Schwechat had to be reinstalled, as parts of it were twisted by the sediment movement. @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

The artist in residence (starts.eu/carlos-monleon…), Carlos Monleon-Gendall with the Local Expert Group of biennale.wien, visited our experts from IHG, BOKU to discuss inputs for the project “Parliaments of Streams” @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

New article! This study examines the impact of barriers, such as dams, on the longitudinal connectivity of river habitats for potamodromous fish in the Austrian Danube. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecol… @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

New article! This study reveals the complex impacts of ship-induced waves on river ecosystems, stressing the need to consider both immediate and long-term effects on periphytic algae. doi.org/10.1016/j.scit… @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

Successful installation of another PIT tag antenna in the Schwechat, a tributary of the Austrian Danube. This will provide us with further data on the migration of tagged fish in the Danube. @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

Our team defies the sommer heat and is out in the field day and night. Just like the algae and macroinvertebrates, we defy the ship waves and explore the gravel banks with the fish at night. @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

Praise AINOMUGISHA successfully defended her Msc thesis "QUANTIFYING RIVER FLOODPLAIN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF THE AUSTRIAN DANUBE AND ITS TWO TRIBUTARIES; TRAISEN AND MORAVA" @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG

Our team has published another paper! This study examines how dams impact the longitudinal connectivity of riverine habitats for potamodromous fish. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @verbundag @via_donau & Österr. Bundesforste @BOKU_IHG