Welcome

The Center for Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeochemistry (CEEB) in Kastanienbaum brings research groups together that link biodiversity, understood within an evolutionary context to the structure and processes of aquatic ecosystems. This research is both fundamental and applied, where the latter serves as the basis for transdisciplinary projects, expert consulting and outreach.

The CEEB incorporates activities of three Eawag Departments, Aquatic Ecology, Fish Ecology and Evolution, and Surface Waters. All three departments share a common interest in understanding the principles of the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and their susceptibility and adaptability to changing environments, and a common concern for sustainable management of ecosystems and biodiversity. The complementary strengths of the three departments provide a basis for the investigation of ecological and environmental dynamics at different levels of integration, ranging from genes to ecological communities on the one hand, and from geo-physical and geochemical processes to organic matter flow on the other hand, and scaling-up to aquatic ecosystem and biodiversity dynamics. Each department aims at contributing cutting edge science to the development of theory in ecology, evolution and environmental sciences. Building on the synergies that emerge between these fields, the CEEB aspires to contribute to a future synthesis of evolutionary biology and ecosystem science.