Main scientific interests and areas
Ecological stoichiometry: life is dependent on energy and a multitute of different chemical elements. Working in the field of ecological stoichiometry means investigating the balance of chemical elements in ecological interactions.
Biodiversity and functional diversity: determining the drivers and consequences of high or low diversity in communities is a central theme of ecology. Diversity interacts in a complex way with nutrient uptake dynamics in plankton communities
Aquatic experimental ecology: experiments covering a gradient from highly controlled laboratory investigations up to natural, large scale experiments with natural communities under natural conditions in different aquatic systems will broaden our knowledge about the interactions of biodiversity, nutrient loading and ecosystem services
Contact
Dr. Maren Striebel
striebel@limnology.eu
http://www.icbm.de/planktologie/mitarbeiter/