Hi, I am Leonie. Nice to get to know you!
I am a scout, 19 years old and want to make the underwater world seen and appreciated above the surface, too.
Science, scuba diving, swimming, dancing and the sea are some of my favorite things.
Currently I am volunteering at the Alfred-Wegener-Institut for Polar and Marine Research.
Tell us what the water concern in your country is!
In between Alps and Baltic, running waters go through major changes. Not only does the groundwater supply threat to run low due to straightened rivers, the latter also get enriched by nutrients and fines by agricultural land use. Germany is currently facing the challenge of orientating agriculture towards water conservation.
This is what I think is one of the solutions for a sustainable future:Water is where life originates from and its most basic need. So ensure its proper handling by: - Holding the polluters accountable for the purification costs. - Balancing out the various different qualities of wastewater treatment. - Reminding yourself regularly of your responsibility as an industry, a government, a society.
Examining Sediment Quality and its Influence on Brown Trout Egg Development with an Innovative Sediment Trap
What is known as the aftermath of intensified flood events has similar impact on life below water. This increases the entry of fine sediment particles into streams as well as periodically dried soil due to a higher erosion and sediment mobility, combined with extensive agricultural land use along the water edges. This endangers key-stone species especially the brown trout salmo trutta fario due to clogged gravel-gap-systems they need to spawn. Within this study, a sediment trap was developed as a method for long-term sampling during spawning time and tested in five Bavarian streams. Furthermore, the impact of these sediment compositions on the development of brown trout eggs was determined to improve the success of in-situ-floating incubators to restore their populations.
