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Institute for Environmental Sciences
Institution
Section overview
Description
The Institute for Environmental Sciences has been founded in 2004 and is still in a strong growing phase. It belongs to the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences and has the main responsibility for the Course of Studies in Environmental Sciences at the Landau Campus, which started in fall 2001 and includes at present about 250 students. The course covers a wide range of topics including natural sciences, social sciences, environmental economics and law with the five main focus areas Applied Ecology, Biodiversity & Sustainability, Geoecology, Ecotoxicology, and Social Economics & Environmental Management.
The research focus is on Ecosystems and Anthropogenic Stressors. Within this framework, three main topics are currently addressed:
* Ecotoxicology and Community Ecology
* Nature Protection and Ecosystem Management
* Landscape Development and Soil Conservation
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- Collection and documentation of genetic variability of wild populations of brown trout (Salmo trutta fario)
- Collection and documentation of genetic variability of wild populations of burbot (Lota lota) from different rivers in Germany
- Collection and documentation of genetic variability of wild populations of European crayfish (Astacus astacus) from different rivers in Germany
- Development and implementation of sustainable strategies to improve food-safety and retain nutritional values by reducing fungal infestation and aflatoxin contamination in the food-chain in Kenya as model region for Sub-Sahara Africa. Subproject 4
- Effect of cross-linking of soil organic matter by multivalent cations on the reversibility of lead binding in humus
- Funding Initiative Pesticides: Pesticides in Protected Areas: elevance and mitigation measures for aquatic biodiversity and water supply
- Genetic monitoring program for the restocking the Atlantic salmon in the Rhine catchment
- Impact of reduced fungicide application on biodiversity in vineyards
- Joint project: propagating indigenous populations of endangered fish and crabs from the Lahn catchment area under extensive fish farming: Molecular genetic identification of indigenous stocks of the precious cancer
- Meadow irrigation: a productive form of farming with a high value for man and nature?
- Mycotoxin-soil interactions: Role of soil in the biosynthesis, sorption, degradation, and biological effects of mycotoxins
- Novel viticulture systems for sustainable production and products. Subproject I
- SPP 1315: SOM-AGING: Physicochemical aging mechanisms in soil organic matter
Involved in research projects
- A.st.ra. - Astacus stock raise
- Joint project: propagating indigenous populations of endangered fish and crabs from the Lahneinzugsgebiet in the context of extensive fish farming: Molecular genetic identification of indigenous stocks of the precious cancer
- SPP 1315: Biogeochemical interface formation in soils as controlled by different components
- SPP 1315: Modification of pore surface physicochemistry in unsaturated media by formation of biogeochemical interfaces - Contact angle analysis and relevance for sorption and transport of solutes and colloids
Contact
Institute for Environmental Sciences
Fortstraße 7
76829 Landau/Pfalz
Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany
Phone: 06341 280-325
