Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries · Berlin

Freshwater biodiversity, biogeography & conservation

We develop novel approaches in spatial freshwater biodiversity science: mapping freshwater habitats and biodiversity patterns at high resolution and linking them with conservation planning.

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Hydrography90m the global high-resolution stream network

90 mresolution of the global stream network
726 Mstream segments with sub-catchments
1.6 Mdrainage basins delineated

Amatulli et al. 2022, Earth System Science Data

Data, tools & highlights

Dataset

Hydrography90m

A new high-resolution global hydrographic dataset – browse the map or download the layers.

 Paper · Nature

European freshwater biodiversity

The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt.

 R package

hydrographr

Scalable hydrographic data processing in R.

 Database

EPTO

Global occurrences of aquatic insects.

 Platform

GeoFRESH

Online freshwater geospatial data processing.

Research topics

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