A. Lewerentz

Dr. Anne Lewerentz

  • Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
    Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
    Kaiserstr. 12
    76131 Karlsruhe
    Germany

Research

Topics

  • Vegetation ecology and macroecology
  • Process-based modeling
  • Limnology and freshwater macrophytes

Projects

CV

since 2022

 PostDoc Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
2018-2022 PhD Ecosystem Modeling, CCTB, University of Würzburg, Würzburg
2019 Scientific diver license Limnologic station Iffeldorf, Technical University of Munich, Munich
2017-2018 Nature conservation Trainee World Wide Fund for Nature, Germany
2016-2017 Academic assistent Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
2012-2016 Master of Science Geoecology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2009-2012 Bachelor of Science Geoecology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Teaching

Master courses

  • Practice “Process-based modelling in ecology” (leading) – since Winter term 2024/25
  • Seminar “Vegetation ecology” (shared with S. Schmidtlein) – annually since Winter term 2022/23
  • Seminar “Numerical ecology and macroecology” (supporting) – Winter term 2022/23 and Winter term 2023/24
  • Excursion “Geoecological field trip” (shared) - Summer terms 2023, 2024 and 2026
  • Research projects vegetation (shared) – annually since Winter term 2022/23; Supervised topics:
    • Effects of the Thermal Structure of Deep Lakes on Macrophytes: A Process-Based Model
    • Investigation of the species-area relationship of macrophytes, phytobenthos, and phytoplankton in Bavarian lakes
    • Development of macrophyte populations in quarry ponds in the Upper Rhine Plain
    • Comparative analysis of vegetation composition and macrophyte index in quarry ponds of the Upper Rhine Graben: An investigation of developments between 2004/2005 and 2024 in the Karlsruhe area
    • Elodea species in Bavaria
    • Satellite-derived Lake Surface Water Temperature Estimation in Lake Chiemsee Using Landsat 8 Data
    • Characeae in Bavarian lakes: Development of quantity and diversity from 2005 to 2021
    • Mechanistic modelling of submerged macrophyte species’ biomass and richness at changed water level fluctuation patterns
    • Sedimentation processes in the delta of the Tiroler Achen

Bachelor courses

  • Practice “Scientific methods” (shared with J. Senn) – annually since Winter term 2023/24
  • Practice „Introduction to programming with R” (leading) – Summer term 2024

Supervised Theses

2026

  • Phenology of Macrophytes: Traits, Drivers, Intra- and Interspecific Variations
  • Comparative Investigation of Surface Water Impacts from Major Transport Routes on Macrozoobenthos of the Alb River in Karlsruhe in Relation to Heavy Metals, Water Quality, and Climate Parameters
  • Seasonal Shifts in Leaf Thermal Tolerance of Deciduous Trees in Relation to Turgor Loss and Gas Exchange
  • Phenology of plants in Europe: The influence of habitat preferences
  • Ecological and Functional Patterns of Bryophytes in Bavarian Streams

2024

  • Species diversity and distribution of macrophyte communities in Bavarian rivers
  • Distribution of Najas marina L. in Bavarian Lakes: Spatio-temporal Characteristics and the Influence of Water Temperature
  • Species Diversity of Phytobenthos in Bavarian Lakes: Distribution, Trends and Drivers

2023

  • Development of phytoplankton taxa in Bavarian lakes from 1998 to 2021

Publications


Rubanschi, S.; Lewerentz, A.; Krause, A.; Blechschmidt, J.; Fallert, S.; Gosling, E.; Gregor, K.; Jarisch, I.; Stetter, C.; Brönner, M.; et al. (2026). Impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystems in Bavaria: a sectoral analysis. Regional Environmental Change, 26 (2), 95. doi:10.1007/s10113-026-02586-y
Cabral, J. S.; Mendoza-Ponce, A.; da Silva, A. P.; Oberpriller, J.; Mimet, A.; Kieslinger, J.; Berger, T.; Blechschmidt, J.; Brönner, M.; Lewerentz, A.; et al. (2024). The road to integrate climate change projections with regional land‐use–biodiversity models. People and Nature, 6 (5), 1716–1741. doi:10.1002/pan3.10472
Lewerentz, A.; Hoffmann, M.; Hovestadt, T.; Raeder, U.; Sarmento Cabral, J. (2023). Synergistic effects between global warming and water quality change on modelled macrophyte species richness. Oikos, 2023 (10). doi:10.1111/oik.09803
Lewerentz, A.; Schantz, D.; Gröh, J.; Knote, A.; Mammen, S. von; Cabral, J. S. (2022). bioDIVERsity. Ein Computerspiel gegen das Imageproblem von Wasserpflanzen. Mitteilungen der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, (67), 29–36.
Lewerentz, A. F. (2022). Spatiotemporal dynamics of freshwater macrophytes in Bavarian lakes under environmental change = Raum-zeitliche Dynamik der Makrophyten in bayerischen Seen unter sich ändernden Umweltbedingungen. PhD dissertation. doi:10.25972/OPUS-28770
Lewerentz, A.; Cabral, J. S. (2021). Wasserpflanzen in Bayern. Der Blick auf den See verrät nicht, was unter der Oberfläche passiert. Mitteilungen der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, (67), 19–28.
Lewerentz, A.; Hoffmann, M.; Sarmento Cabral, J. (2021). Depth diversity gradients of macrophytes: Shape, drivers, and recent shifts. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (20), 13830–13845. doi:10.1002/ece3.8089
Lewerentz, A.; Egger, G.; Householder, J. E.; Reid, B.; Braun, A. C.; Garófano-Gómez, V. (2019). Functional assessment of invasive Salix fragilis L. in north-western Patagonian flood plains: A comparative approach. Acta oecologica, 95, 36–44. doi:10.1016/j.actao.2019.01.002
Werling, M.; Lewerentz, A. (2018). 30 Jahre Deltabildung Am Chiemsee. Biodiversität Der Flussauen Deutschlands: Ergebnisse Des F+E-Vorhabens "Entwicklung Der Biodiversität von Flussauen", 193–206.