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Freshwater Research and Environmental Database

Also known as FRED

The Freshwater Research and Environmental Database is the central data repository for IGB. It is where we store and share environmental data from observations of lakes, rivers, peatlands and other freshwater habitats. In FRED you can find continuous data collected over several decades from our long-term research programme at the lakes Müggelsee, Stechlinsee, Arendsee and the river Spree, as well as environmental data derived from short-term projects in aquatic ecosystems. All data include detailed metadata descriptions in text form to allow reuse of the data. The database can be searched for a range of aspects, such as ecosystem types or abiotic and biotic variables. Data use, where not fr…

Getting access

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How to apply
Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.

Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.

About this database

Websitehttps://fred.igb-berlin.de
SubjectsNatural Sciences · Geosciences (including Geography) · Water Research · Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Limnology, Urban Water Management, Water Chemistry, Integrated Water Resources Management
Last updated2026-09-11

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