Public evening lecture by Dr. Linda C. Weiss (Ruhr University Bochum, Chair of Evolutionary Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals)
as part of the lecture series "Planet Earth 3.0 - Living in a changing world"
Freshwater ecosystems are increasingly confronted with the effects of global environmental change, including global warming, elevated CO₂ levels (pCO₂) and anthropogenic factors such as pollutants and psychotropic drugs. I show how these factors influence interactions between organisms, particularly predator-prey interactions, and potentially disrupt the behavior, morphology and life history adaptations of prey and what effects this may have on our ecosystem communities.
Linda C. Weiss is an ecologist specializing in predator-prey interactions and phenotypic plasticity in freshwater organisms. Her research focuses on how environmental stressors such as climate change and pollution affect the adaptations of species, particularly freshwater crustaceans. She has significantly improved the understanding of anthropogenic impacts on aquatic ecosystems and has published papers in the fields of evolutionary ecology and environmental science. She was awarded the Walther Arndt Prize by the German Zoological Society for her contributions.
Moderation: Professor Dr. Alexander Wacker
