Monitoring: look back to move forward

To decipher the code which organizes life itself – how great is that? And the code is hidden in the dark and depth of soils - a universe of biological diversity

Immer mehr Energiepflanzen werden in Deutschland angebaut, das treibt den direkten Wandel in der Landnutzung an – Schlagwort „Vermaisung“

For her work on biodiversity in short rotation coppice plantations (SRC), Sarah Baum received the Thünen Research Award 2012.

Hydroacoustic methods utilize sound waves to detect marine organisms. Modern echosounders can not only be used to determine stock parameters but also allow identification of habitat use, species composition and further parameters of marine ecosystems. These data are the basis for predictive models allowing estimating sustainable catch quotas.