Data on phytoplankton, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish from more than 2000
lakes in 22 European countries were used to develop and test metrics for assessing the …

Climate and land-use change drive a suite of stressors that shape ecosystems and interact
to yield complex ecological responses (that is, additive, antagonistic and synergistic effects) …

In a national colloborative study an alternative to the classical LD 50 test—the acute-toxic-
class method—was validated. With this testing procedure mortality ranges are determined …

The importance of nitrogen (N) versus phosphorus (P) in explaining total cyanobacterial
biovolume, the biovolume of specific cyanobacterial taxa, and the incidence of cyanotoxins …

Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, a freshwater cyanobacterium of tropical origin, is not only
increasingly found in (sub) tropical water bodies, but also in temperate regions. Since this …

A safe, clean water supply is critical for sustaining many important ecosystem services
provided by freshwaters. The development of cyanobacterial blooms in lakes and reservoirs …

Groove pancreatitis is characterized by the formation of a scar plate between the head of the
pancreas and the duodenum, and is by no means a rare entity. In our material comprising …

Phytoplankton constitutes a diverse array of short-lived organisms which derive their
nutrients from the water column of lakes. These features make this community the most …

Ecological conditions and phytoplankton succession in two shallow hypertrophic lakes
(Langer See and Melangsee) and a dimictic, eutrophic lake (Scharmützelsee) in a lake …

A 2 year field study in two shallow, polytrophic lakes (Langer See and Melangsee) in
Brandenburg revealed the importance of environmental factors in controlling the population …