Department Aquatic Ecology
Aquatic Ecology
Eawag’s Department of Aquatic Ecology is currently home for eight research groups that cover the broad disciplines of ecology and evolution from the individual to the community and ecosystem level, utilizing a wide range of tools and techniques from microscopes to molecular genetics. Read more
Publications
Blackman, R., Couton, M., Keck, F., Kirschner, D., Carraro, L., Cereghetti, E., … Altermatt, F. (2024). Environmental DNA: the next chapter. Molecular Ecology, e17355. doi:10.1111/mec.17355, Institutional Repository
Brantschen, J., & Altermatt, F. (2024). Contrasting strengths of eDNA and electrofishing compared to historic records for assessing fish community diversity and composition. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 81(2), 178-189. doi:10.1139/cjfas-2023-0053, Institutional Repository
Byrnes, J. E. K., Brown, A., Sheridan, K., Peller, T., Lawlor, J., Beaulieu, J., … Benes, K. (2024). Notes from the past show how local variability can stymie urchins and the rise of the reds in the Gulf of Maine. Ecosphere, 15(4), e4800 (11 pp.). doi:10.1002/ecs2.4800, Institutional Repository
Carraro, L., & Altermatt, F. (2024). eDITH: an R-package to spatially project eDNA-based biodiversity across river networks with minimal prior information. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15(5), 806-815. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.14317, Institutional Repository