Welcome

Welcome to the freshwaterecology.info database. Here you can find autecological characteristics and distribution patterns of more than 12.000 European freshwater organisms belonging to macro-invertebrates, fish, diatoms and macrophytes.

The ecology data feature (amongst others) ecoregional distribution, saprobity, stream zonation preference, substrate or microhabitat preference, feeding type, life duration, locomotion type and many more. All ecological parameters can be individually combined and queried.

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Quick search


View the ecoregional distribution of benthic invertebrates on distribution maps.

Find your freshwater organism and its ecological preferences.

Detailed search

link to macro-invertebrate database link to diatom database link to fish database link to macrophyte database
Query your prefered organism group. Query more than one ecological parameter. Define special interests and features.

See About the database for a table with already available data.

The freshwaterecology.info database is a "living document" and therefore permanently under improvement. During the phase of development login is required. If you want to become a testing member please contact Daniel Hering (daniel.hering@uni-due.de) and Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber (astrid.schmidt-kloiber@boku.ac.at) for your personal login.

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