Thomas Friedrich
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Thomas Friedrich
Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management (IHG)
Location Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Wien
Email thomas.friedrich@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81244
ORCID: 0000-0002-9881-5392
56306480500: AuthorId
Research Focus
Fish ecology, sturgeons, artificial reproduction, fish farming
Career
- 2023 Meister der Fischereiwirtschaft
- 2021 - 2022 Consultant WWF Caucasus for Development of a Sturgeon Monitoring Scheme in the Rioni River and Black Sea in Georgia
- 2019 - 2019 Lecturer Fish ecological monitoring and assessment of inland waters ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE CONSEA PROJECT University of Battambang, Cambodia
- 2013 freelancer consultants for Aquatic Ecosystems Blattfisch www.blattfisch.at
- 2012 Lecturer of courses: - Ecology of fishes - Fish sampling and monitoring - Fish ecological status assessment - Hydrobiology - Taxonomy and evolution of European fish communities
- 2012 Scientific staff
- 2009 - 2013 Employee Private consultants for Aquatic Ecosystems Blattfisch www.blattfisch.at
Awards
- Year: 2023 Awards: Reinhard Liepolt Preis für Donauforschung
- Year: 2023 Awards: Neptun Staatspreis für Wasser - Kategorie WasserFORSCHT 3. Platz
- Year: 2017 Awards: danubius young scientist award
- Year: 2012 Awards: Wissenschaftlicher Förderpreis der Wiener Umweltschutzabteilung
Projects
0 Projects found.
Publications
Knowledge Transfer to Society
Media
Lectures
Year: 2024 - Update on sturgeon monitoring activities in the Danube River Basin
Autoren: Hödl, E; Neuburg, J; Friedrich, T; Popp, S; Reinartz, R; Striebel, B
Event: General Assembly of the Danube Sturgeon Task Force
Year: 2024 - Ökologie und Restauration des Sterlets in der Donau östlich von Wien
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Neuburg, J; Eichhorn, H; Popp, S; Plakolm, F
Event: Naturschutzbund Wissenschaftsabend
Year: 2024 - KampÄsch - Wiederansiedelung der Äsche am mittleren Kamp
Autoren: Popp, S; Unfer, G, Friedrich, T
Event: Migratory Fish Expert Meeting
Year: 2024 - 30 years of sturgeon conservation in Eastern Europe
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Striebel, B; Neuburg, J; Guti, G; Paraschiv, M; Suciu, R; Ionescu, T; Hoch, I; Mihov, S; Munteaneau, C; Caracas, G; Peradze, N; Beridze, T; Edisherashvili, T; Zauner, G; Ratschan, C; Eichhorn, HU; Jahrl, J; Smerderac-Lalic, M; Margaritova, B; Sandu, C; Cvijanovic, G; Lenhardt, M
Event: Sturgeon Week 2024
Year: 2024 - LIFE-Boat4Sturgeon - ein Rettungsboot für die Donaustöre
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Neubug, J; Eichhorn, HU
Event: Migratory Fish Expert Meeting
Year: 2024 - Sturgeon population & Habitat monitoring
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Neuburg, J; Haxton, T; Gessner, J
Event: JDS5 Fish training workshop
Year: 2024 - Mapping sturgeon habitats: A comprehensive overview of sites, protection status and potential threats in selected river systems
Autoren: Popp, S; Striebel-Greiter, B; Neuburg, J; Friedrich, T
Event: Free Flow Conference 2024
Year: 2024 - Mapping sturgeon habitats: Overview on available habitat types, protection status and threats
Autoren: Popp, S; Friedrich, T; Neuburg, J
Event: Regional Stakeholder Workshop on Sturgeon Conservation - Lower Danube and Black Sea Region
Year: 2024 - Sturgeon habitat status assessment in the Danube River basin
Autoren: Popp, S; Neuburg, J; Friedrich, T
Event: General Assembly of the Danube Sturgeon Task Force
Year: 2024 - Hydromorphological assessment of sturgeon habitats – JDS5
Autoren: Popp, S; Neuburg, J; Friedrich, T
Event: ICPDR 32nd HYMO Task Group Meeting
Year: 2024 - Hydromorphological assessment of sturgeon habitats in the Danube River Basin
Autoren: Popp, S; Neuburg, J; Friedrich, T
Event: ICPDR 31nd HYMO Task Group Meeting
Year: 2024 - Active Population Recovery - LIFE-Boat4Sturgeon
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Caracas, G
Event: Regional Stakeholder Workshop on Sturgeon Conservation - Lower Danube and Black Sea Region
Year: 2024 - ICPDR update on discussion in different working groups & link to sturgeon monitoring
Autoren: Hoedl, E; Popp, S; Friedrich, T
Event: Danube Sturgeon Task Force General Assembly 2024
Year: 2024 - LIFE-Boat4Sturgeon - sturgeon population recovery
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Eichhorn, HU; Neuburg, J
Event: Danube Sturgeon Task Force General Assembly 2024
Year: 2024 - Update on sturgeon monitoring activities in the Danube River Basin
Autoren: Neuburg, J; Friedrich, T; Popp, S; Reinartz, R; Striebel, B
Event: Danube Sturgeon Task Force General Assembly 2024
Year: 2024 - Mapping sturgeon habitats Overview on available habitat types, protection status and threats
Autoren: Popp, S; Striebel, B; Friedrich, T
Event: Danube Sturgeon Task Force General Assembly 2024
Year: 2024 - Friedrich, T; Striebel, B; Neuburg, J; Guti, G; Paraschiv, M; Suciu, R; Ionescu, T; Hoch, I; Mihov, S; Munteaneau, C; Caracas, G; Peradze, N; Beridze, T; Edisherashvili, T; Zauner, G; Ratschan, C; Eichhorn, HU; Jahrl, J; Smerderac-Lalic, M; Margaritova, B; Sandu, C; Cvijanovic, G; Lenhardt, M
Autoren: 30 years of sturgeon conservation in Eastern Europe
Event: Danube Sturgeon Task Force General Assembly 2024
Year: 2024 - Aktueller Wissensstand zum Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758) in Österreich
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Ratschan, C; Neuburg, Zauner, G; Eichhorn, HU; Ludwig, A; Lieckfeldt, D
Event: Tagung für Fischereisachverständige 2024
Year: 2024 - SOS Sturgex
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Eichhorn, HU
Event: Sturgeon Week 2024
Year: 2023 - Besatz vs. Aufzuchtcontainer Warum – Wann – Wie am Beispiel der Projekte KampÄsch und LIFE-Boat4sturgeon
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: Fischereitage der Österreichischen Bundesforste AG
Year: 2023 - LIFE-Boat 4 Sturgeon
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Eichhorn, H; Neuburg, J
Event: Tage der Biodiversität 2023
Year: 2023 - 20 years of sturgeon conservation in the Danube River Basin and Black Sea
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: 20th Anniversary of the World Sturgeon Conservation Society 2023
Year: 2023 - Forschungsprojekt Wiederansiedlung der Äsche am mittleren Kamp
Autoren: Popp, S; Unfer, G; Friedrich, T
Event: Tage der Biodiversität 2023
Year: 2023 - Fish passage restoration - biological needs focusing on sturgeon and migratory fish restoration
Autoren: Stefan, Schmutz; Heidrun, Eichhorn; Thomas, Friedrich
Event: WePass2 - Stakeholder Meeting
Year: 2023 - Wer rettet den Huchen?
Autoren: Schmutz, S; Friedrich, T
Event: ÖKF-Tagung
Year: 2023 - Investment in biodiversity - the LIFE Boat 4 Sturgeon project
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: 6th Sustainable Investor Summit
Year: 2023 - Das leise Verschwinden der Süßwasserfische in Österreich
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Schmutz, S; Unfer, G; Haidvogl, G; Koblmüller, S
Event: Tage der Biodiversität 2023
Year: 2023 - LIFE-Boat 4 Sturgeon
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: LIFE-Plattform 2023
Year: 2023 - LIFE-Boat 4 Sturgeon an integrative way to protect our sturgeons
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: Aquaculture Europe 2023
Year: 2023 - Estimations of sterlet populations based on monitoring in the Austrian Danube
Autoren: Neuburg, J; Friedrich, T; Lieckfeldt, D; Ludwig, A; Eichhorn, H; Popp, S
Event: 44th IAD Conference 2023
Year: 2023 - LIFE- Boat 4 Sturgeon an integrative effort to save Danube`s sturgeons
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: ÖKF-Tagung
Year: 2022 - (Wieder)Ansiedelung der Äsche (Thymallus thymallus) am Mittleren Kamp
Autoren: Unfer, G; Friedrich, T
Event: Sachverständigentagung 2022 - Fortbildungsveranstaltung für Fischereisachverständige, Fischökologen und Amtstierärzte, sowie Amtssachverständige für Gewässerökologie
Year: 2022 - Inter- and transdisciplinary challenges in sturgeon conservation
Autoren: Hein, T.; Drexler, S.; Friedrich, T.; Haidvogl, G.
Event: University Vienna, Geography
Year: 2022 - Gastric evacuation analysis of the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) utilizing gastric lavage and metabarcoding techniques
Autoren: Tibbetts, R; Friedrich, T; Meimberg, H
Event: Annual Meeting of North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society 2022
Year: 2022 - First estimations of sterlet populations based on monitoring data in the Austrian Danube
Autoren: Neuburg, J; Lieckfeldt, D; Ludwig, A; Eichhorn, H; Popp, S; Friedrich, T
Event: Annual Meeting of North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society 2022
Year: 2022 - The path towards a multinational sturgeon population monitoring in the Danube River and Black Sea Basin
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Neuburg, J; Haxton, T; Gessner, J
Event: Annual Meeting of North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society 2022
Year: 2022 - Fischereiliche Bewirtschaftung & alternative Besatzmethoden
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: Fischereirevier Rohrbach Vollversammlung
Year: 2022 - Seasonal migration patterns of wild and stocked sterlet in the Danube
Autoren: Eichhorn, H; Neuburg, J; Popp, S; Friedrich, T
Event: Annual Meeting of North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society 2022
Year: 2022 - Population Monitoring of sturgeons Why, what and how?
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Striebel, B
Event: 17th Steering Group Meeting 2022 - EUSDR Priority Area 6
Year: 2022 - Habitat Monitoring of sturgeons Why, what and how?
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: 17th Steering Group Meeting 2022 - EUSDR Priority Area 6
Year: 2022 - Small-scale habitat use of the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) during spawning season in the Upper Danube downstream of the hydropower plant Freudenau, Austria
Autoren: Popp, S; Neuburg, J; Eichhorn, H; Friedrich, T
Event: Annual Meeting of North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society 2022
Year: 2021 - Sturgeon Migration in the old world: current challenges and the way forward
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Gessner, J
Event: Joint Annual Meeting of the American Eel Interest Group and the Sturgeon Interest Group
Year: 2021 - A LIFE for the sturgeons- MEASURES needed for the preservation of the Danube`s living fossils
Autoren: Eichhorn, H;Friedrich, T; Neuburg, J; Meulenbroek, P
Event: Danube Academies Conference 2021
Year: 2021 - Update on European conservation activities for sturgeons
Autoren: Congiu, L; Friedrich, T; Gessner, J; Bronzi, P; Rochard, E
Event: World Sturgeon Conservation Society General Assembly 2021
Year: 2021 - The chicken or the egg? Why the restoration of the ecological corridor and the restoration of sturgeons populations cannot wait on each other.
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: WePass- Final Conference
Year: 2020 - ALIENS – ÄNDERUNGEN IN DER FISCHARTENVIELFALT
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: ÖKF- Forum 2020
Year: 2020 - As the sturgeon swims why we need a combination of open migration corridors, in situ protection and ex situ conservation to save the Danube´s living fossils.
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: Global Swimways Webinar Marathon
Year: 2019 - Der Paneuropäische Aktionsplan zum Schutz der Störe & erste Schritte zur Implementierung
Autoren: Friedrich,T
Event: Österreichische Fischereifachtagung 2019
Year: 2019 - MEASURES - Managing and restoring aquatic ecological corridors for migratory fish species in the Danube River Basin
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Meulenbroek, P; Hein, T
Event: Conservation of Danube Sturgeons - a challenge or a burden?
Year: 2019 - “Status and future challenges for aquatic biodiversity conservation - the example of European Sturgeons”
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Hein, T
Event: As the sturgeon swims - Contribution of EU policies to achieve the SDGs with special focus on protection of species
Year: 2019 - Status of Sturgeon populations in the Danube upstream of the Iron Gate
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Ratschan, C; Pekarik, L; Kubala, M; Guti, G; Lenhardt, M, Smederavac, M
Event: Conservation of Danube Sturgeons - a challenge or a burden?
Year: 2019 - Feasibility study on the construction of an ex situ facility for Danube sturgeon species in the Upper Danube River Basin
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: Conservation of Danube Sturgeons - a challenge or a burden?
Year: 2019 - Introduction into restoration of riverine habitat – case studies
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: Ecological Restoration of Inland Waters
Year: 2018 - The Action Plan for Conservation of Sturgeons in the Danube River Basin – a pretty corpse or sleeping tiger?
Autoren: Hein, T; Friedrich, T
Event: European Sturgen Conference
Year: 2017 - Sturgeons & Vienna – importance in the past & present: A survey of the public knowledge and attitude towards sturgeons, their decline and restoration projects
Autoren: Gumpinger, P; Friedrich, T;
Event: ISS8, 8th International Symposium on Sturgeons 2017
Year: 2017 - First experiences in rearing of sterlets from egg to fingerling size under near natural conditions in a container breeding system
Autoren: Florian, L; Friedrich, T;
Event: ISS8, 8th International Symposium on Sturgeons 2017
Year: 2017 - Actions & prerequisites for sturgeon conservation in the Danube River Basin - case study LIFE Sterlet
Autoren: Friedrich,T;
Event: ISS8, 8th International Symposium on Sturgeons 2017
Year: 2016 - Post-Release Monitoring Strategies for Sterlets in the Upper Danube 2015-2021
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Pinter, K; Unfer, G; Pekarik, L;
Event: Post - release monitoring strategies in sturgeon restoration programs
Year: 2016 - Restoration of sterlet populations in the Austrian Danube
Autoren: Friedrich, T;
Event: Fish migration and barriers on the streams - in occasion of the World Fish Migration Day – WFMD 2016
Year: 2016 - Fish migration in the Danube river basin - to the Black sea and back
Autoren: Friedrich, T;
Event: Fish migration and barriers on the streams - in occasion of the World Fish Migration Day – WFMD 2016
Year: 2014 - The In situ protection attempt for the Danube – current threats and countermeasures envisaged The In-Situ strategy of Sturgeon 2020
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: WSCS General Assembly 2014 - Workshop in situ and ex situ measures as a tool for sturgeon conservation
Year: 2014 - Sturgeon 2020 – first steps towards implementation
Autoren: Sandu, C; Friedrich, T
Event: Fachtagung des Österreichischen Komittees Donauforschung der Internationalen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Donauforschung IAD 2014 - Mensch – Umweltinteraktion
Year: 2014 - Conservation hatcheries - a case study for Danube salmon and European grayling
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: Exploring good practices in improving both environmental performance in aquaculture and cost effective implementation of WFD & MSFD
Year: 2014 - Störe- Die Dinos der Donau
Autoren: Friedrich, T
Event: Flussfest Ottensheim
Year: 2013 - Entwicklung der Fischfauna im Gesäuse 1994 – 2009
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Wiesner, C.
Event: 8. ÖKF Forum – Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Fischbestand.
Year: 2013 - Stock assessment of sturgeons in Austria – a historic and present approach
Autoren: Friedrich, T.
Event: 7th International Symposium on Sturgeon
Year: 2013 - Joint localization of historic and recent spawning sites in the Danube River – a first result of the Danube Sturgeon Task Force (dstf)
Autoren: Gessner, J; Reinartz, R; Pekarik, L; Friedrich, T; Guti, G; Lenhardt, M; Suciu, R
Event: 7th International Symposium on Sturgeon, Nanaimo, BC
Year: 2013 - Hydrologie schwallbeeinflusster Strecken und ökologische Auswirkungen
Autoren: Stefan Schmutz, Thomas Friedrich, Wolfram Graf, Franz Greimel, Mathias Jungwirth, Helga Kremser, Patrik Leitner, Andreas Melcher, Bernhard Zeiringer
Event: Sachverständigentagung 2013
Year: 2012 - Historisches Verbreitung, gegenwärtige Situation und zukünftiges Potential von Stören in österreichischen Flüssen.
Autoren: Friedrich, T.
Event: Österreichische Fischereifachtagung 2012
Year: 2012 - Historical Distribution, current Situation and future Potential of Sturgeons in Austrian Rivers.
Autoren: Friedrich, T.
Event: 39th IAD Conference 2012 - Living Danube
Year: 2012 - Schwall und Sunk. Wie geht es weiter?
Autoren: Melcher, AH; Graf, W; Greimel, F; Friedrich, T; Schmutz, S; G. Unfer; Jungwirth, M
Event: FIBER Seminar an der Messe Fischen Jagen Schiessen 2012 - Die neue Gewässerschutzgesetzgebung in der Schweiz
Year: 2012 - Hydropeaking in Alpine rivers and its effects on fish assemblages.
Autoren: Friedrich, T; Melcher, A; Greimel, F; Unfer, ;, Schmutz, S; Zeiringer, B.
Event: 9th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics 2012