This October, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin once again invites you to the Digital Science Communication Cafe. This month again in English. Get ready to get exciting insights from our scientist into their work while drinking coffee in front of the screens in a relaxed atmosphere. Everyone is invited to ask questions and contribute to the conversation.
This time we have invited Marta Alirangues Núñez, doctoral candidate at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB). Her current research is constructed with her team in the Aquatic-terrestrial coupling and regime shifts working group in the Department of Ecosystem Research.
Marta focuses on the study of periphyton (algae that grows on surfaces underwater) and its effect on the development of aquatic plants in lakes. She also studies how fishes and macroinvertebrates (any animal lacking a backbone and large enough to see without the aid of a microscope) affect the amount of periphyton growing on the plants, also known as “trophic cascade”. “Her lakes”, as she likes to refer to them, go from Müggelsee (biggest lake in Berlin), to beautiful lakes in the north of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Probably, one of the best parts of doing so much fieldwork is to get to visit so many beautiful places.
During our café, Marta will talk about the “super-powers” aquatic plants have, how important they are, not only for lakes and rivers and their inhabitants, but also for us, humans, and how they contribute and maintain good water quality.
Join us to learn more about the research at Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries and Marta's contribution to understanding our ecosystems. Bring along a lot of questions and a thirst for coffee!
Event information
- Topic: "super-powers" of aquatic plants
- with Marta Alirangues Núñez, doctoral candidate at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Moderation: Franziska Sattler
- Participation via Zoom and Youtube
- Event in English
Related links
- Information about the Experimentierfeld
- An overview of other digital offers can be found here: For Nature digital.