Experts
Within freshwaterecology.info there are three different fields of responsibility:
- Taxonomy: experts responsible for checking the species taxonomy can be found here: » taxonomic experts
- Species distribution: experts responsible for the national checklists can be found here: » country checklist experts
Please note: the country checklists have not beeen updated recently. For detailed information you may visit the Fauna Europaea website (» www.faunaeur.org). - Ecological information: experts responsible for the compilation of ecological parameters can be found here » ecological information experts
For detailed information about data sources, please press on the little booklet-icon on the right side of each query result
or use the reference list-icon in the headline of each queried ecological parameter 
.
We greatly appreciate the work of all the experts and we are grateful for their contributions to improvements of freshwaterecology.info!!
Taxonomic experts
The species/taxa within the freshwaterecology.info database were checked by the following experts regarding species validity, species nomenclature and synonymy.
| Taxonomic group | Expert | Organisation | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish | |||
| Fish | Fame/EFI+/WISER projects
contact person: Andreas Melcher |
BOKU Vienna | andreas.melcher@boku.ac.at |
| Macro-invertebrates | |||
| Turbellaria | Piet Verdonschot | Alterra Green World Research, Wageningen | Piet.Verdonschot@wur.nl |
| Mollusca | Michal Horsak, Lubos Beran | Masaryk University, Brno | horsak@sci.muni.cz |
| Oligochaeta | Piet Verdonschot | Alterra Green World Research, Wageningen | Piet.Verdonschot@wur.nl |
| Polychaeta | Piet Verdonschot | Alterra Green World Research, Wageningen | Piet.Verdonschot@wur.nl |
| Hirudinea, Branchiobdellida | Hasko Nesemann (Armin Lorenz) | BOKU Vienna | armin.lorenz@uni-due.de |
| Hydrachnidia | Tj.H. van den Hoek | Alterra Green World Research, Wageningen | t.h.vandenhoek@wur.nl |
| Crustacea | Tj.H. van den Hoek | Alterra Green World Reserach, Wageningen | t.h.vandenhoek@wur.nl |
| Ephemeroptera | Tomas Soldan | Entomological Institute, AS, Ceske Budejovice | soldan@entu.cas.cz |
| Odonata | Jiri Zeleny | Entomological Institute, AS, Ceske Budejovice | zeleny@entu.cas.cz |
| Plecoptera | Wolfram Graf | BOKU Vienna | wolfram.graf@boku.ac.at |
| Heteroptera | Tj.H. van den Hoek | Alterra Green World Research, Wageningen | t.h.vandenhoek@wur.nl |
| Megaloptera | Tomas Soldan | Entomological Institute, AS, Ceske Budejovice | soldan@entu.cas.cz |
| Planipennia | Jiri Zeleny | Entomological Institute, AS, Ceske Budejovice | zeleny@entu.cas.cz |
| Coleoptera | Wolfram Sondermann | wolfram.sondermann@gmx.de | |
| Trichoptera | Wolfram Graf | BOKU Vienna | wolfram.graf@boku.ac.at |
| Chironomidae | Karel Brabec | Masaryk University, Brno | brabec@sci.muni.cz |
| Ceratopogonidae | Jan Knoz | Masaryk University, Brno | brabec@sci.muni.cz |
| Simuliidae | Gunther Seitz
Ellen Kiel |
Regierung Niederbayern, Landshut
Hochschule Vechta |
gunther.seitz@reg-nb.bayern.de ellen.kiel@uni-vechta.de |
| Pediciidae | Herbert Reusch | Herbert.Reusch@t-online.de | |
| Limoniidae | Herbert Reusch | Herbert.Reusch@t-online.de | |
| Tipulidae | Herbert Reusch | Herbert.Reusch@t-online.de | |
| Brachycera | Rudolf Rozkosny | Masaryk University, Brno | rozk@muni.cz |
| Macrophytes | |||
| Macrophytes | REBECCA/WISER projects
contact person: Bernard Dudley |
please contact astrid.schmidt-kloiber@boku.ac.at on behalf | |
| Diatoms | |||
| Diatoms | OMNIDIA/Euro-limpacs projects
contact person: Anna Besse |
Alterra Green World Research, Wageningen | Anna.Besse@wur.nl |
| Phytoplankton | |||
| Phytoplankton | REBECCA/WISER projects
contact person: Birger Skjelbred |
NIVA, Oslo | Birger.Skjelbred@niva.no |
Country checklist experts
Fish
The country checklists for fish are based on the FAME project (» fame.boku.ac.at).
Macro-invertebrates
The AQEM and STAR partner countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden) compiled lists of aquatic macro-invertebrates occurring in their countries. Additional information was provided by the following countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine.
Click on the taxagroup in the table below to see the details.
For further information you may visit the Fauna Europaea website (» www.faunaeur.org)
Ecological information experts
The following persons were responsible for the compilation of ecological information.
Please consult » Terms of use (citation) for details about usage and citation of the data.
| Taxonomic group | Expert | Organisation | Contact | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish | ||||
| Fish | Gael Grenouillet | CNRS, Toulouse | gael.grenouillet@cict.fr | |
| Macro-invertebrates | ||||
| Trichoptera | Wolfram Graf | BOKU Vienna | wolfram.graf@boku.ac.at | |
| Plecoptera | Wolfram Graf
Armin Lorenz |
BOKU Vienna
University Duisburg-Essen |
wolfram.graf@boku.ac.at armin.lorenz@uni-due.de |
|
| Ephemeroptera | Andrea Buffagni
Javier Alba-Tercedor |
CNR-IRSA, Brugherio
University Granada |
buffagni@irsa.cnr.it jalba@ugr.es |
|
| Chironomidae | Berthold Janecek
Karel Brabec |
BOKU Vienna
Masaryk University, Brno |
berthold.janecek@boku.ac.at brabec@muni.cz |
|
| Tachet traits | Philippe Usseglio-Polatera | University of Lorraine | philippe.usseglio-polatera@univ-lorraine.fr | |
| Macrophytes | ||||
| Macrophytes | Bernard Dudley | please contact astrid.schmidt-kloiber@boku.ac.at on behalf | |
|
| Diatoms | ||||
| Diatoms | Anna Besse | Alterra Green World Research, Wageningen | Anna.Besse@wur.nl | |
| Phytoplankton | ||||
| Phytoplankton | Giuseppe Morabito | CNR Istituto Studio Ecosistemi | g.morabito@ise.cnr.it | |