Paul Meulenbroek
Dr. Paul Meulenbroek M.Sc.
Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management (IHG)
Location Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Wien
Email paul.meulenbroek@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81228
Career
- 2021 Senior Scientist
- 2021 - 2023 Associated Scholar at the Water Cluster Lunz (WCL)
- 2019 - 2019 Doctoral degree
- 2017 - 2017 Guest lecturer at Kathmandu University, Nepal
- 2016 - 2016 Guest lecturer at Ambo University, Ethiopia
- 2013 - 2013 Graduation
- 2013 scientific staff
- 2013 Lecturer (Courses: Fish ecological status assessment, Fish sampling and monitoring, Ecology of fishes, Taxonomy and evolution of European fish communities, Fish farming and aquaculture, Aquaculture in practice - lectures and field trips, Allgemeine Hydrobiologie, Exercises in General Hydrobiology)
Awards
- Year: 2019 Awards: Graduation with Distinction "Dr.nat.techn."
- Year: 2019 Awards: Reinhard Liepolt-Preis für Donauforschung
- Year: 2019 Awards: Primus von Quack Preis - Publikationspreis Institut für Hydrobiologie und Gewässermanagement
- Year: 2017 Awards: ERASMUS+ mobility to Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) in the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.v., GERMANY
- Year: 2016 Awards: ERASMUS+ mobility to the University of Bergen, NORWAY
- Year: 2015 Awards: "Aquaculture - local solutions to a global challenge" Scholarship to the Global Challenges University Alliance, Uppsala, SWEDEN
- Year: 2013 Awards: Graduation with Distinction "MSc"
- Year: 2013 Awards: Ferry-Starmühlner-Preis zur Förderung der Forschung an Süßwasserfischen
- Year: 2013 Awards: Scholarship for short-term scientific research work abroad (KUWI) - BURKINA FASO
- Year: 2013 Awards: Presentation Award For Commended Poster at the Fresh Blood for Fresh Water meeting in Lunz am See
Projects
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Publications
Knowledge Transfer to Society
Media
Lectures
Year: 2024 - Back to Nature - The MERLIN case study at the Austrian Danube as a part of the larger
Autoren: Drexler, S-S; Funk, A, Graf, L; Hein, T; Kaufmann, A; Kempter, I; Kowal, J; Meulenbroek, P; Pelz, D; Schmidt-Kloiber, A; Tögel, R
Event: 14th European Conference on Ecological Restoration
Year: 2023 - Insights into fish ecological aspects of the Vjosa River
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Shumka, S
Event: 2nd International Conference on Water Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development – WEPSD-2023
Year: 2023 - Fishes, fishing and aquaculture of the Vjosa Delta
Autoren: Shumka, S; Meulenbroek, P; Hammerschmied, U; Muçollari, N; Arapi, D
Event: International Vjosa Delta Symposium - An ecosystem in Transition
Year: 2023 - HOW CAN THE META-ECOSYSTEM IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF LARGE RIVER NETWORKS?
Autoren: Hein, T; Bondar-Kunze, E; Bilous, O; Borgwardt, F; Funk, A; Grohmann,M; Haidvogl, G; Kowal, J; Meulenbroek, P; Neuburg, J; Pelz, D; Unfer, G;
Event: 44th IAD Conference 2023
Year: 2023 - Large scale eDNA metabarcoding survey of Danube fish communities
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Hein, T; Erős, T;Valentini, A; Schabuss, M; Zornig, H; Lenhardt, M; Pekarik, L; Jean, P; Dejan, T; Funk, A; Pont, D
Event: 5th World´s Large Rivers Conference
Year: 2022 - Nachweis der Fischgemeinschaften in der Lobau mittels eDNA.
Autoren: Funk, A; Meulenbroek, P; Gandolf, D; Pont, D; Bader, P; Steindl, J; Jean, P; Valentini, A; Dejean, T; Czeglédi, I; Hamer, A; Erős, T; Hein, T
Event: Symposium LOBAU SOLL LEBEN 2022 - Wasser für die Au - Perspektiven und Erkenntnisse der Wissenschaft
Year: 2022 - Analysing the importance of spatial connectivity and environmental conditions of amphibian metacommunities in river-floodplain systems of the Danube using eDNA metabarcoding
Autoren: Bader, P; Funk, A; Pont, D; Landler, L; Meulenbroek, P; Hein, T
Event: 7. Forschungssymposium der Nationalparks Austria
Year: 2022 - The Vjosa – biodiversity of an outstanding European river
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Graf, W
Event: 7th International Symposium for Research in Protected Areas 2022 - Protected Areas facing the Biodiversity Crisis
Year: 2022 - Integration of the meta-ecosystem approach into a socio-ecological framework for restoring large rivers
Autoren: Hein, T.; Bondar-Kunze, E.; Borgwardt, F.; Funk, A.; Haidvogl, G.; Meulenbroek, P.; Muhar, S.; Rauch, R.; Tschikof, M.; Unfer G.; Weigelhofer, G
Event: 4th International Conference I.S.Rivers 2022
Year: 2022 - Healthy Rivers: Christian Doppler Laboratory for Meta Ecosystem Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes (MERI)
Autoren: Hein, T.; Bondar-Kunze, E.; Borgwardt, F.; Funk, A.; Grohmann, M.; Haidvogl, G.; Hohensinner, S.; Kowal, J.; Meulenbroek, P.; Pelz, D.; Unfer G
Event: 25th International Riversymposium 2022
Year: 2022 - Investigating fish communities in large rivers via eDNA metabarcoding --- Latest developments from the Danube in Europe
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Hein, T;Czeglédi, I; Tibor, E; Valentini, A; Deja, T; Funk, A; Pont, D
Event: Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting JASM 2022
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 - Introduction on eDNA (Meta-) barcoding in riverine landscapes and its applications
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Pont, D
Event: Lifeline MDD – “Establishing the scientific knowledge base”
Year: 2021 - eDNA metabarcoding survey of fish communities in the Danube and its tributaries
Autoren: Pont, D; Meulenbroek, P; Bammer, V; Dejean, T; Eros, T; Hein, T; Jean, P; Lenhardt, M; Nagel, C; Pekárik, L; Schabuss, M; Stoeckle, B; Weigand, A; Zornig, H; Valentini, A
Event: 1st DNAQUA International Conference on DNA-based biomonitoring.
Year: 2021 - Danube Sturgeon eDNA sampling
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Pont, D
Event: Danube Sturgeon Task Force (DSTF) General Assembly
Year: 2021 - eDNA Metabarcoding Survey of Sturgeon and other Fish Communities in the Danube and its Tribuataries
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Pont, D
Event: MEASURES Final Conference 2021
Year: 2021 - The Danube as socio-ecological system in transition - effects on aquatic ecology
Autoren: Hein, T; Bondar-Kunze, E; Borgwardt F; Funk, A; Haidvogl, G; Hohensinner, S; Meulenbroek, P; Rauch, P; Tschikof M
Event: Seminar Series, CER Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Budapest, H
Year: 2021 - eDNA Metabarcoding Survey of Fish Communities in the Danube and its Tributaries
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Pont, D; Bammer, V; Dejean, T; Eros, T; Hein, T; Jean, P; Lenhardt, M; Nagel, C; Pekárik, L; Schabuss, M; Stoeckle, B; Weigand, A; Zornig, H; Valentini, A (2021): eD
Event: 43rd IAD Conference 2021 - Rivers and Floodplains in the Anthropocene: Upcoming Challenges in the Danube River Basin
Year: 2020 - Sturgeon habitats in the Danube
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P
Event: ICPDR - 31st IMGIS EG Meeting
Year: 2020 - Erhebung potentieller Habitate von Wanderfischen in der Donau
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P
Event: MEASURES - Managing and restoring aquatic ecological corridors for migratory fish species in the Danube River basin; Zweiter Nationaler Stakeholder - Workshop
Year: 2020 - Baseline survey on Biodiversity, Impacts of hydropower and Criticism on the EISA report of Hydropower Plant Kalivaçi.
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Graf, W
Event: President of the Republic of Albania - Round Table with scientists and stakeholders - The future of Vjosa/Aoos River: HPPs vs. National Park
Year: 2020 - The MEASURES project - Overview and status
Autoren: Haidvogl G., Hein T., Drexler S., Meulenbroek P.
Event: WePass - 5th Steering Committee Meeting
Year: 2020 - Wandernde Fische - Von der Vjosa, dem letzte „wilde Fluss“ Europas, bis zur Donau
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P
Event: World Fish migration day
Year: 2019 - Nile Basin wetlands of transboundary significance: Wetland management and development options generation (WP 6)
Autoren: Schinegger, R.; Braeuner, M.; Meulenbroek, P.;
Event: NBI Nile Basin Wetlands Baseline Study Review Meeting
Year: 2019 - Longitudinal zonation of selected macroinvertebrates and fish in the Awash River, Ethiopia
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Terefe, Y; Englmaier, G; Lakew, A; Tesfaye, G; Waidbacher, H; Malicky, H; Graf, W
Event: Final Conference LARIMA 2019 - Sustainable Highland Rivers Management in Ethiopia
Year: 2019 - Nile Basin-Wide Ecosystem Services of wetlands
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Bräuner, M; Schinegger, R; Scheikl, S
Event: Nile Basin Wetlands Baseline Studies
Year: 2019 - MEASURES - Managing and restoring aquatic EcologicAl corridors for migratory fiSh species in the danUbe RivEr baSin
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P.; Trauner D.; Hein, T.
Event: ICPDR RBM Expert Group
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 - Ecological Responses of Fish to Engineered Mitigation Measures at the Danube Hydropower Impoundment Vienna, Austria
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Waidbacher, H
Event: Symposium of the International Society for River Science
Year: 2019 - Biodiversity of the Vjosa river corridor
Autoren: Shumka, S; Meulenbroek, P; Vitecek, S; Graf, W
Event: Wild Rivers International
Year: 2019 - MEASURES - Managing and restoring aquatic EcologicAl corridors for migratory fiSh species in the danUbe RivEr baSin.
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P.; Trauner D.; Hein, T.
Event: 10th Meeting on the Follow-up of the Joint Statement on Guiding Principles on the Development of Inland Navigation and Environmental Protection in the Danube River Basin
Year: 2019 - River Zonation in the tropics - a case study from the Awash River (Ethiopia): Do tropical systems fit the temperate models?
Autoren: Englmaier, G; Terefe, Y; Meulenbroek, P; Tesfaye, G; Lakew, A; Leitner, P; Malicky, H; Waidbacher, H; and Graf, W
Event: Zoologisches Kolloquium - Uni Graz
Year: 2018 - The Importance of a Constructed Near-Nature-Like Danube Fish By-pass as a Lifecycle Fish Habitat for Spawning, Nurseries, Growing and Feeding – A Long-Term View with Remarks on Management
Autoren: Meulenbroek P., Drexler S., Nagel C., Geistler M. and Waidbacher H.
Event: International Conference on River Connectivity (Fish Passage 2018)
Year: 2018 - Ecological functions and the research programme at the fishway Freudenau
Autoren: Pinter, K; Meulenbroek, P
Event: FIThydro 4th Regional Stakeholder Workshop – Alpine region
Year: 2018 - Nile Basin wetlands of transboundary significance - WP 6 Wetland Management
Autoren: Schinegger, R., Meulenbroek, P.
Event: Workshop with the Nile Basin Initiative & national wetland management experts of the Nile countries
Year: 2018 - Nile Basin wetlands of transboundary significance - WP 3 Ecosystem Services Assessment
Autoren: Schinegger, R., Meulenbroek, P.
Event: Workshop with the Nile Basin Initiative & national wetland management experts of the Nile countries
Year: 2018 - Longitudinal zonation of fish assemblages and selected benthic invertebrates in a tropical river: Awash river basin, central Ethiopia
Autoren: Meulenbroek Paul, Englmaier Gernot, Graf Wolfram, Leitner Patrick, Tesfaye Genanaw, Aschalew Lakew, Yonas Terefe and Waidbacher Herwig
Event: 6th International Conference of the PanAfrican Fish and Fisheries Association PAFFA 2018
Year: 2017 - Fish habitat distribution in the Pocem floodplain area and first indications for a new fish species (Pelasgus sp. nov.)
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Shumka, S; Schiemer, F
Event: International activities on Vjosa River
Year: 2017 - Ecological data handling and analyses
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P
Event: Larima workshop
Year: 2017 - Towards challenges for sustainable fisheries management and beyond in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Autoren: Melcher, A; Meulenbroek, P; Sendzimir, J; Oueda, A; Savadogo, M; Ouedraogo, R
Event: EIFAAC International Symposium 2017 - Adaptation of inland fisheries and aquaculture to climate change
Year: 2017 - Donaukraftwerke und ihre Auswirkungen
Autoren: Waidbacher, H; Meulenbroek, P
Event: Hydrologisch Wasserwirtschaftliche Tagung in Wien
Year: 2017 - Grundlagen der Fischbestimmung
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P
Event: Hydrologisch Wasserwirtschaftliche Tagung in Wien
Year: 2016 - Fischlarven Bestimmung: Kaffeesud lesen oder DNA-Analyse?
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Waidbacher, V; Krumböck, S; Stauffer, C; Waidbacher, H;
Event: Annual Meeting of the German Society of Limnology DGL and the SIL Austria 2016
Year: 2016 - Indicator value of fish and principles of a fish based assessment method
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Waidbacher, H
Event: Bioassessment "Train the Trainers"; Practical applications for assessing the ecological integrity of streams & rivers using benthic invertebrates, fish and microbial indicators
Year: 2016 - Fischökologische Funktionsfähigkeit von anthropogen geschaffenen Uferhabitaten am Beispiel Stauraum Wien Freudenau
Autoren: Waidbacher, H.; Drexler, S.-S.; Meulenbroek, P.; Rauch, P.; Straif, M.; Geistler, M.
Event: Annual Meeting of the German Society of Limnology DGL and the SIL Austria 2016
Year: 2016 - Fischökologische Reaktionen verursacht durch Donaulaufstaue
Autoren: Waidbacher, H.; Drexler S.-S.; Meulenbroek, P.; Rauch, P.; Straif, M.; Geistler, M.
Event: Annual Meeting of the German Society of Limnology DGL and the SIL Austria 2016
Year: 2016 - Artenlisten versus Abundanzen - Eine fischökologische Zeitreise durch die Wiener Donau 1993-2015
Autoren: Rauch, P; Meulenbroek, P; Drexler S.-S.; Geistler, M; Bernolle, D; Straif, M; Waidbacher, H
Event: Annual Meeting of the German Society of Limnology DGL and the SIL Austria 2016
Year: 2016 - Fish sampling methods/techniques and fish monitoring
Autoren: Waidbacher, H; Meulenbroek, P
Event: Bioassessment "Train the Trainers"; Practical applications for assessing the ecological integrity of streams & rivers using benthic invertebrates, fish and microbial indicators
Year: 2016 - Naturnahe FAH´s als wichtiger Laich-, Jungfisch- und Adultlebensraum für Fische; Fallbeispiel Wien/Freudenau
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Geistler, M; Rauch, P; Drexler, S; Waidbacher, H;
Event: Annual Meeting of the German Society of Limnology DGL and the SIL Austria 2016
Year: 2016 - Ausgewählte fischökologische Ergebnisse “Donau-Stauraum Freudenau” Ökosystem-response 15 jahre nach Einstau
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Drexler, S; Waidbacher, H;
Event: Jahrestagung des Fischerverein-Klosterneuburg
Year: 2016 - Fischökologisches Monitoring an der Alten Donau - Ergebnisse aus dem Life+-Projekt
Autoren: Drexler, S.-S.; Waidbacher, H.; Meulenbroek, P.; Rauch, P.
Event: Annual Meeting of the German Society of Limnology DGL and the SIL Austria 2016
Year: 2016 - "DONAU-STAURAUM FREUDENAU" ÖKOSYSTEM-RESPONSE 15 JAHRE NACH EINSTAU - Fachbereich Fischökologie
Autoren: Waidbacher, H; Drexler, S; Meulenbroek, P;
Event: Endpräsentation der Ergebnisse 2013-2016 Donau-Stauraum Freudenau - Oberste Wasserrechtsbehörde
Year: 2016 - APPLICATIONS OF MT-DNA BARCODING FOR FISH LARVAE IDENTIFICATION
Autoren: Meulenbroek Paul; Drexler Silke-Silvia; Stauffer Christian; Waidbacher Herwig
Event: ABOL-Tagung 2016
Year: 2016 - "Stressed Fish?" Beurteilungsmöglichkeiten durch Stresshormone
Autoren: Drexler, S.-S.; Allabashi, R.; Waidbacher, H.; Rauch, P.; Meulenbroek, P.
Event: Annual Meeting of the German Society of Limnology DGL and the SIL Austria 2016
Year: 2016 - Was treibt sich in Wien herum? - Räumliche und saisonale Aspekte der Fischlarvendrift in der Donau
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Rauch, P; Drexler, Silke-Silvia; Gstöttenmayr, D; Gruber, S; Zwettler, M; Zirgoi, S; Stadler, D; Nagel, C; Waidbacher, V; Krumböck, S; Stauffer, C; Waidbacher, H;
Event: Annual Meeting of the German Society of Limnology DGL and the SIL Austria 2016
Year: 2015 - Gastro-intestinal analysis of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) in the area of hydropower plant "Freudenau"
Autoren: Ebm, N.; Drexler, S.-S.; Meulenbroek, P.; Rauch, P.; Waidbacher, H.
Event: Fresh Bolld for Fresh Water 2015
Year: 2015 - SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERN OF FISH LARVAE DRIFT IN THE DANUBE IN VIENNA
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Drexler, S; Gstöttenmayer, D; Gruber, S; Krumböck, S; Rauch, P; Stauffer, C; Waidbacher, V; Zirgoi, S; Zwettler, M; Waidbacher, H
Event: 39th Annual Larval Fish Conference 2015
Year: 2015 - USING MT-DNA BARCODING FOR FISH LARVAE IDENTIFICATION - Selected spatial and seasonal pattern of fish larvae drift in the Danube in Vienna -
Autoren: Meulenbroek Paul, Drexler Silke-Silvia, Gstöttenmayer Daniela, Gruber Stephanie, Krumböck Susanne, Rauch Pablo, Stauffer Christian, Waidbacher Viktoria, Zirgoi Sabine, Zwettler Matthias and Waidbacher Herwig
Event: ABOL-Tagung 2015
Year: 2015 - Temporal and Spatial Comparison of Benthic Danube Fish Species in the Area of Hydropower Plant Freudenau
Autoren: Bernolle, D; Drexler, S.-S.; Meulenbroek, P.; Rauch, P.; Waidbacher, H.
Event: Fresh Bolld for Fresh Water 2015
Year: 2015 - The Danube Fish bypass system of Vienna/Freudenau and its importance as a lifecycle habitat
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Drexler, S; Rauch, P; Geistler, M; Waidbacher, H
Event: FISH PASSAGE 2015
Year: 2015 - "DONAU-STAURAUM FREUDENAU” ÖKOSYSTEM-RESPONSE 15 JAHRE NACH EINSTAU - Zwischenstand
Autoren: Waidbacher, H; Meulenbroek, P; Rauch, P
Event: Jahrestagung des Fischerverein-Klosterneuburg
Year: 2014 - 1- Gestion durable des écosystèmes aquatiques et ressources piscicoles en Europe et en Afrique de l’Ouest (Sustainable assessment of aquatic ecosystems and fish resources in Europe and West Africa)
Autoren: Melcher A.H., Peloschek F., Moog O., Ouéda A., Meulenbroek P., Stranzl S., Mano K., Koblinger T., Trauner D., Kabore I., OuédraogO R., Savadogo M. & J. Sendzimir
Event: Final SUSFISH Symposium. PÉCHE – EAU Sustainable Management of Water and Fish Resources in Burkina Faso
Year: 2014 - Sustainable management of aquatic ecosystems and fish resources in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Autoren: Melcher, AH, Peloschek, F, Moog, O, Oueda, A, Meulenbroek, P, Stranzl, S, Kommandan, M, Koblinger, T, Trauner, D, Kabore, I, Ouedraogo, R, Savadogo, M, Sendzimir, J
Event: Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2014
Year: 2014 - Utilisation des poissons comme bioindicateurs de la qualité des eaux au Burkina Faso : résultats préliminaires (The use of fish as bio-indicators of waters quality in Burkina Faso: preliminary results)
Autoren: Mano K., Ouéda A., Meulenbroek P., Stranzl S., Ouédraogo R., Kabré G. B. & A.H. Melcher
Event: Final SUSFISH Symposium. PÉCHE – EAU Sustainable Management of Water and Fish Resources in Burkina Faso
Year: 2014 - 2- Mises à jour et nouvelles données sur les poissons, macro-invertébrés benthiques et les pressions au Burkina Faso: première étape pour le développement du premier indice multimétrique pour les plans d'eau soudano-sahélienne. (New and updated data on fish, benthic macro-invertebrates and pressures in Burkina Faso: first step to the first multimetric index for soudano-sahelian water bodies)
Autoren: Ouéda A., Mano K., Kaboré I., Meulenbroek P., Stranzl S., Koblinger T., Trauner D., Ouédraogo R., Guenda W., Kabré G.B., Moog O. & A.H. Melcher
Event: Final SUSFISH Symposium. PÉCHE – EAU Sustainable Management of Water and Fish Resources in Burkina Faso
Year: 2013 - Fish Assemblages and Habitat Use in the Upper Nakambe Catchment
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P, Melcher, A
Event: SUSFISH Workshop & West Africa Symposium 2013 - Current questions in sustainable water management and higher education in Burkina Faso
Year: 2013 - Fish Biodiversity and Species Distribution in Burkina Faso
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P; Stranzl, S; Melcher, AH
Event: Fresh Blood for Fresh Water 2013
Year: 2013 - Fisch Gemeinschaften und Habitat Nutzung im Einzugsgebiet des Oberen Nakambé, Burkina Faso
Autoren: Meulenbroek, P
Event: Ferry Starmühlner Preisverleihung 2013