Master's Thesis Topics in Geoecology

Recent research topics geoecology students have focused on in their Master's thesis, sorted by work groups (year)

Redirected flickering light can create achromatic contrasts between a retroreflector and ist surroundings (2025)
Seasonal changes in macrozoobenthic communities in tidal creeks of the German Wadden Sea (2025)
Population Genetics of Central European Meadow Pipits (2025)
Effects of management type on predation of artificial ground nests in organic farming (2025)
Estimating breeding bird territory density and distribution using a bioacoustic index (2026)
Habitat suitability modeling and spatial conservation prioritization in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (2026)

Animal Physiological Ecology / Prof. Heinz Köhler, Prof. Rita Triebskorn

Empirische Sensitivität aquatischer Invertebraten gegenüber multiplen Stressoren (2025)
Einfluss des Herbizids Glyphosat, seiner Formulierung Roundup® LB Plus und seines Hauptmetaboliten Aminomethylphosphonsäure auf die Histopathologie von Leber und Darm juveniler Forellen (Salmon trutta) (2025)
The effectiveness of artificial habitats for the Common European Adder (Vipera berus) in southern Germany (2026)
Influence of wastewater treatment plants with different cleaning stages and extreme weather events on endocrine and embryotoxic potentials in small watercourses of Southern Germany (2026)

Biogeology / Prof. Hervé Bocherens

Charakterisierung von Dünensubstrat der Namibwüste mit Bezug auf Standort und Hydrologie (2022)

Simulating Grass Evolution Under Paleoclimate Conditions: An Evaluation of the LPJ-Guess Model (2025)

Discovery of Novel Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase Encoding Genes via Purely Activity-Based Metagenomic Screening (2025)
Genetic modification of an exclusively n-butyrate-producing strain of Clostridium kluyveri (2026)
Exploring the optimal operating mode in liquid-based acetogenesis by Moorella strains using methanol and bicarbonate (2026)

Environmental Mineralogy / Prof. Stefan Haderlein

Development of a method for cleaning organophosphonates samples from microbial growth media matrix for isotope analysis with LC-IRMS (2025)
Impact of the soil mineral goethite on the biotransformation of glyphosate and AMPA (2025)

Extreme flood impact on riparian vegetation dynamics in the Ahr river catchment, Germany (2025)
Bruterfolg des Braunkehlchens am Federsee - zu nahe am Wasser gebaut? (2025)
Short-Term Impacts of Combined Sewer Overflows on an Urban River: Investigating Discharge Dynamics and Trace Organic Compound Inputs During Storm Events (2026)

Cytotoxicity as a proxy for particle-associated and dissolved organic contaminant loads in rivers during storm events (2022)

Ökologie und Phänologie der Rot- und Grünwidderchen (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) aus dem Val d'Agnielles, Hautes-Alpes, Frankreich (2023)
Medium-term effects of mowing on true bugs (Heteroptera) and carabid beetles (Carabidae) in agricultural grassland (2025)

Microbial necromass accumulation in response to post-harvest nitrogen availability in an agricultural soil (2026)
Biological Nitrogen Fixation Associated with the Aerial Root Mucilage in Maize (Zea mays L.) (2026)
Microbial carbon storage in an agricultural long-term field trial: Fertilisation effects and soil controls on PHB and microbial biomass (2026)
Soil microbial responses to biodegradable mulch films: Establishment of a transcriptional and soil community analysis (2026)
Biological Nitrification Inhibition in the maize rhizosphere: Plantago lanceolata intercropping leaves extracellular enzyme activities of four key enzymes and soil microbial biomass intact (2026)

Geomicrobiology / Prof. Andreas Kappler

The role of nitrate, sulfate, and Fe(III) as electron acceptors for anaerobic methane oxidation in an alpine peatland (2026)
Effects of Cattle on the Microbial Methanotrophic Community and Carbon Cycling in an Alpine Peatland in Austria (2026)

Isotope Geochemistry / Prof. Ronny Schönberg

Geochemical comparison of volcanic with peridotitic olivines and Cr isotopic characterisation of periodotitic olivines (2024)

Micropaleontology / Dr. Annett Junginger

Adaptation of diatom assemblages to water quality change over time in an artificial lake in southern Germany (2023)

Investigation of Infiltration Behaviour and Groundwater Recharge at the Lauswiesen Site (2023)

Biology and habitat requirements of the highly endangered butterfly Tomares nogelii (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in southeastern Romania (2026)
Population structure of the last Tomares nogelii (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) population in the European Union - a capture-mark-recapture study (2026)

Plant Biogeochemistry / Jun.-Prof. Marie Mühe

Effect of artificial versus field-sampled root exudates on soil biogeochemical processes and greenhouse gas emissions along a permafrost thaw gradient (2025)
Proliferation of individual and coupled resistance genes under metal and antibiotic contamination in floodplain grasslands (2025)
Influence of Climate Change on Harmful Metal Transfer and Nutritional Content in Carrot Plants (2026)

Zustand und Entwicklung artenreicher FFH-Mähwiesen (2025)
Fire, nutrients or drought: Functional resistance of Fynbos' Proteaceae seedlings to environmental change (2025)
Adaptation to Urbanisation in two Asteraceae Species (2026)

Vegetation Ecology / Prof. Katja Tielbörger

Bet-hedging of diaspore traits in heterocarpic Asteraceae plants (2024)
Effects of light-availability and climate on liana seedling community assembly in tropical forests of Ghana (2025)