Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

We investigate the mechanisms of speciation and adaptive radiation

Speciation and adaptive radiation

We investigate the ecological and genetic basis of adaptation to elevational variation in rivers and depth variation in lakes

Adaptation to thermal gradients

In this project we are interested in which traits govern the efficiency of stickleback foraging in different ecological contexts.

Evolutionary ecology of stickleback in Lake Constance

We study causes of variation in diversity of fish assemblages and we wish to understand how variation in diversity affects the lake ecosystems

Community Ecology

We work to combat what we consider the largest stumbling block on the way to successful biodiversity management and conservation in aquatic ecosystems: the lack of quantitative baseline data

Conservation Biology

Almost two-thirds of the native fish species of Switzerland are threatened by extinction. To preserve or specifically enhance aquatic biodiversity and habitats ...

Projet Lac - on track of the fish in our lakes

Projet Lac Synthesis Bericht

This project contributes to the Blue Green Biodiversity Research Initiative

Biodiversity assembly in blue and green ecosystems

Genome evolution and genomic divergence across the Swiss Alpine whitefish radiation

Speciation Genomics of Alpine Whitefish

Population genomics following experimental host parasite evolution of Chlorella algae and viruses

Genomics of Rapid Adaptation

Investigating the interactions between migration ecology, local adaptation and diversification

Trout Migration

Assessing biodiversity from genes to communities in Swiss river fish

Cyprinid partial and differential migration

Watercourses are among earth's most biodiverse ecosystems. However, they are also under severe pressure from construction work and hydropower generation, among other things.

Swiss Competence Centre for Energy Research - Supply of Energy

Do fish and invertebrates like the Rolling Stones?

Riverscape – Sediment dynamics and connectivity

how does the spatio-temporal variation in the availability and quality of prey affect predators foraging on aquatic and terrestrial resources?

Predator coupling of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: the importance of nutritional diversity of prey

New tools to monitor changes in ecosystem conditions and to quantify genetic changes of populations in (semi-)natural environments to predict how human mediated environmental change will influence stability and resilience of ecosystems.