The 12th Sternfahrt of the ElbeXtreme and MOSES projects took place in 2024 from September 02 to 13, within the area of the German Bight (North Sea). Its objective was to get a more systematic grid of sampling data by spatially integrated onboard sensors. Therefore, the MOSES-laboratory container was installed again. Water samples were taken from the surface with a rosette or via Niskin bottles. The first part of the cruise was conducted by the research vessel (RV) Ludwig Prandtl, starting on the 2nd of September on Heligoland. From there, the crew navigated towards Cuxhaven covering some stations from previous MOSES cruises. For the next days, the ship followed a rectangular track, shifting northward each day, heading towards Heligoland again. Due to strong winds, the sampling stations were reduced to three on the last day. On Heligoland the RV Mya II took over the laboratory container and other sampling equipment for the second part of the cruise. Persistent strong winds delayed the start of the cruise until September 11. Since most of the planned stations were already covered from the RV Ludwig Prandtl, the crew decided to expand the sampling area using a more systematic zig-zag line. With the return of Mya II in the afternoon of the 13th September 2024, the campaign was successfully finished.
Veranlassung Der gelöste und der partikuläre organische Kohlenstoff (dissolved organic carbon, DOC und particulate organic carbon, POC) sind zentrale Komponenten im Naturhaushalt von Gewässern. Die Akkumulation von organischem Kohlenstoff - beziehungsweise die damit verbundene hohe Sauerstoffzehrung - ist insbesondere in den Ästuaren ein wichtiger Belastungsfaktor für den Sauerstoffhaushalt und trägt damit zu deren schlechtem ökologischem Zustand bei. Die Bewertung der zu erwartenden Sauerstoffzehrung kann aber nur mit umfassender Kenntnis der Qualität der organischen Kohlenstoffgehalte in gelöster Form oder als Bestandteil der Schwebstoffe erreicht werden. Des Weiteren spielt die Zusammensetzung des organischen Materials eine wichtige Rolle bei der Sorption und dem Transport von Schadstoffen, sodass eine umfassende Beschreibung des organischen Kohlenstoffs auch die Vorhersage der Ausbreitung von Schadstoffen ermöglicht. Im Projekt OrgCarbon soll eine umfassende Charakterisierung des organischen Kohlenstoffs jenseits der traditionell erfassten Parameter (TOC, DOC und POC) stattfinden, da bekannt ist, dass sowohl POC als auch DOC eine komplexe, bisher wenig erforschte Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Stoffklassen beinhaltet. In einem ersten Schritt erfolgt eine Fraktionierung von partikulärem und gelöstem organischem Material, basierend auf der chemischen Zusammensetzung und mikrobiellen Abbaubarkeit. Wichtige Parameter wie Sauerstoffverbrauch, mikrobielle Atmung, chemische Zusammensetzung und die Herkunft des organischen Materials werden für jede Kohlenstofffraktion bestimmt. Durch die daraus resultierende Verbesserung des Verständnisses bezüglich organischem Kohlenstoff in Ästuaren und Flüssen zielt das OrgCarbon-Projekt darauf ab, zu besseren Umweltmanagement- und Naturschutzstrategien für die Bundeswasserstraßen beizutragen. Ziele Ein zentrales Ziel des OrgCarbon-Projekts ist es, eine Vielzahl interdisziplinärer Methoden zu testen, um die vielfältigen Eigenschaften des Kohlenstoffes zu erfassen. Es werden verschiedene chemisch-analytische Verfahren mit Messungen zur biologischen Aktivität und Abbaubarkeit des Kohlenstoffs sowie mit mineralogischen Untersuchungen kombiniert. Dadurch lässt sich ein Set an Methoden identifizieren, das zukünftig auch mit weniger Aufwand eine detaillierte Charakterisierung des Kohlenstoffs ermöglicht. Als Ergebnis von OrgCarbon angestrebt ist die Entwicklung eines standardisierten Protokolls, das den gesamten Prozess von der Probenahme über die Kohlenstofffraktionierung bis hin zur Analyse und Datenauswertung umfasst. Dieses ermöglicht es, die Qualität des organischen Kohlenstoffs sowie dessen Eigenschaften und Abbaubarkeit in Zukunft besser abzuschätzen und gemeinsam zu interpretieren. Dieses Protokoll soll in bestehende Messprogramme der BfG integriert werden, um regelmäßig die Herkunft, das Sorptionspotenzial für Schadstoffe sowie die Abbaubarkeit und die Sauerstoffzehrung von organischem Kohlenstoff zu bestimmen. Organischer Kohlenstoff spielt eine entscheidende Rolle in Ästuaren und Flüssen. Seine Zusammensetzung beeinflusst Prozesse wie die (mikro)biologische Produktivität, den Sauerstoffverbrauch, den Schadstofftransport und die Agglomeration von Schwebstoffen. Die Bestimmung erfolgt routinemäßig nur als Summenparameter (total organic carbon, TOC) weshalb über die Zusammensetzung des organischen Materials, dessen Abbauverhalten und Quellen meist wenig bekannt ist. Darüber hinaus reicht die Betrachtung des Gesamtkohlenstoffgehalts in vielen Fällen nicht aus, um eine Vergleichbarkeit von Schwebstoffen aus unterschiedlichen Quellen zu gewährleisten. Das OrgCarbon-Projekt widmet sich darum einer umfassenden Analyse des organischen Kohlenstoffs in Feldproben aus Ästuaren und Flüssen mit unterschiedlichen Kohlenstoffgehalten und Zusammensetzungen, wie der Tide-Ems und der Tide-Elbe. (Text gekürzt)
As part of PhytOakmeter platform (www.phytoakmeter.de), soil chemical parameters were determined each year between 2014 and 2024. Soil pH was measured using a glass electrode in a 1:2.5 soil-to-0.01 M CaCl2 suspension after one hour of equilibration. Gravimetric soil moisture was assessed with a fully automated moisture analyzer (DBS60-3, KERN & SOHN GmbH, Balingen, Germany), here defined as soil moisture (MOI). Total nitrogen (TN) and total carbon (TC) contents in the soil were analyzed in triplicate through dry combustion using a Vario elemental analyzer (EL III, Elementar, Hanau, Germany), and the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (TC/TN) was subsequently calculated from these values. To evaluate the potentially bioavailable soil organic carbon and nitrogen for microbial activity, hot water-extractable carbon and nitrogen (HWC and HWN, respectively) were determined following the methods of Ghani et al. (2003) and Schulz et al. (2011). Additionally, the labile organic carbon and nitrogen easily decomposable by soil microorganisms were measured as cold water-extractable carbon (CWC) and nitrogen (CWN) based on procedures described by Zsolnay (1996), Zakharova et al. (2015), and Schmidt et al. (2017). Ammonium and nitrate (NH4±N and NO3—N, respectively) were quantified, with their sum representing the total mineral nitrogen content (Nmin).
A literature retrieval was performed for whole rock geochemical analyses of sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic rocks in the catchment of River Thuringian Saale for the past 600 Ma. Considering availability and coincidence with paleontological an facies data the following indicators seem suitable to detect environmental and climatic changes: biogenic P for Paleoproductivity, STI Index for weathering intensity, Ni/Co-ratio for redox conditions, relative enrichments of Co, Ba and Rb versus crustal values for volcanic activity at varying differentiation. The Mg/Ca-ratio as proxy for salinity is applicable in evaporites. The binary plot Nb/Y versus Zr/TiO2 indicates a presently eroded volcanic level of the Bohemian Massif as catchment area for the Middle Bunter, whereas higly differentiated volcanics provided source material for Neoproterozoic greywackes. A positive Eu-anomaly is limited to the Lower Bunter and implies mafic source rocks perhaps formerly located in the Bohemian Massif.
Das LAU führt keine Emissionsmessungen im Rahmen einer Anlagenüberwachung nach dem BImSchG und seinen Verordnungen aus. Das LAU wird grundsätzlich nur im öffentlichen oder wissenschaftlichen Interesse in seiner Eigenschaft als Obergutachter bzw. sachverständiger Berater der Behörden, Einrichtungen, Gerichte sowie Gemeinden und Gemeindeverbände des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt tätig. Auch können die Überwachungsbehörden das LAU um Amtshilfe ersuchen, wenn es sich um besonders schwierige Feststellungen oder Ermittlungen von überörtlicher oder wissenschaftlicher Bedeutung handelt. Zum Leistungsspektrum gehören z. B. Emissionsermittlungen von: Gesamtstaub einschließlich Staubinhaltsstoffe Partikelfraktionen (Impaktormessungen) Anorganische Gase wie SO 2 , NO x , CO, HCl Organische Stoffe wie Gesamt-Kohlenstoff, PAH, BTX Hochtoxische Stoffe wie Dioxine, PCB Gerüche In der jüngeren Vergangenheit wurden folgende komplexe Untersuchungen durchgeführt (s. a. Fachpublikationen des LAU ): Felduntersuchungen zur Ermittlung des Emissionsverhaltens bei Verbrennung von Getreide zur energetischen Verwertung an einer Kleinfeuerungsanlage (Gemeinsames Projekt mit der Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Gartenbau) Beteiligung an Bund-Länder-Messprogrammen zur Ermittlung von Emissionsmesswerten für kristallinen Quarzfeinstaub an ausgewählten Anlagen. Im Rahmen dieses Messprogramms wurde das bisher nicht standardisierte Messverfahren für kristalline Quarzfeinstaubemissionen getestet. Untersuchungen zur Emission von Luftschadstoffen aus Kleinfeuerungsanlagen bei der Verbrennung von Getreide, Stroh und ähnlichen pflanzlichen Stoffen (Gemeinsames Projekt mit der Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Gartenbau) Ermittlung der Emissionen von Luftschadstoffen bei Verbrennung von Holzbrennstoffen in einer Kleinfeuerungsanlage, die den derzeitigen Stand der Feuerungstechnik repräsentiert. Untersuchungen bei nicht bestimmungsgemäßem Betrieb (unsachgemäße Bedienung, feuchtes Holz…).
About 30% of the anthropogenically released CO2 is taken up by the oceans; such uptake causes surface ocean pH to decrease and is commonly referred to as ocean acidification (OA). Foraminifera are one of the most abundant groups of marine calcifiers, estimated to precipitate ca. 50 % of biogenic calcium carbonate in the open oceans. We have compiled the state of the art literature on OA effects on foraminifera, because the majority of OA research on this group was published within the last three years. Disparate responses of this important group of marine calcifiers to OA were reported, highlighting the importance of a process-based understanding of OA effects on foraminifera. We cultured the benthic foraminifer Ammonia sp. under a range of carbonate chemistry manipulation treatments to identify the parameter of the carbonate system causing the observed effects. This parameter identification is the first step towards a process-based understanding. We argue that CO3 is the parameter affecting foraminiferal size-normalized weights (SNWs) and growth rates. Based on the presented data, we can confirm the strong potential of Ammonia sp. foraminiferal SNW as a CO3 proxy.
The calcareous tubeworm Spirorbis spirorbis is a widespread serpulid species in the Baltic Sea, where it commonly grows as an epibiont on brown macroalgae (genus Fucus). It lives within a Mg-calcite shell and could be affected by ocean acidification and temperature rise induced by the predicted future atmospheric CO2 increase. However, Spirorbis tubes grow in a chemically modified boundary layer around the algae, which may mitigate acidification. In order to investigate how increasing temperature and rising pCO2 may influence S. spirorbisshell growth we carried out four seasonal experiments in the Kiel Outdoor Benthocosms at elevated pCO2 and temperature conditions. Compared to laboratory batch culture experiments the benthocosm approach provides a better representation of natural conditions for physical and biological ecosystem parameters, including seasonal variations. We find that growth rates of S. spirorbis are significantly controlled by ontogenetic and seasonal effects. The length of the newly grown tube is inversely related to the initial diameter of the shell. Our study showed no significant difference of the growth rates between ambient atmospheric and elevated (1100 ppm) pCO2 conditions. No influence of daily average CaCO3 saturation state on the growth rates of S. spirorbis was observed. We found, however, net growth of the shells even in temporarily undersaturated bulk solutions, under conditions that concurrently favoured selective shell surface dissolution. The results suggest an overall resistance of S. spirorbis growth to acidification levels predicted for the year 2100 in the Baltic Sea. In contrast, S. spirorbis did not survive at mean seasonal temperatures exceeding 24 °C during the summer experiments. In the autumn experiments at ambient pCO2, the growth rates of juvenile S. spirorbis were higher under elevated temperature conditions. The results reveal that S. spirorbis may prefer moderately warmer conditions during their early life stages but will suffer from an excessive temperature increase and from increasing shell corrosion as a consequence of progressing ocean acidification.
Global change exposes brown algal Fucus vesiculosus populations to increasing temperature and pCO2, which may threaten individuals, in particular the early life-stages. Genetic diversity of F. vesiculosus populations is low in the Baltic compared to Atlantic populations. This might jeopardise their potential for adaptation to environmental changes. Here, we report on the responses of early life-stage F. vesiculosus to warming and acidification in a near-natural scenario maintaining natural and seasonal variation (spring 2013–2014) of the Kiel Fjord in the Baltic Sea, Germany (54°27ʹN, 10°11ʹW). We assessed how stress sensitivity differed among sibling groups and how genetic diversity of germling populations affected their stress tolerance. Warming increased growth rates of Fucus germlings in spring and in early summer, but led to higher photoinhibition in spring and decreased their survival in late summer. Acidification increased germlings' growth in summer but otherwise showed much weaker effects than warming. During the colder seasons (autumn and winter), growth was slow while survival was high compared to spring and summer, all at ambient temperatures. A pronounced variation in stress response among genetically different sibling groups (full-sib families) suggests a genotypic basis for this variation and thus a potential for adaptation for F. vesiculosus populations to future conditions. Corroborating this, survival in response to warming in populations with higher diversity was better than the mean survival of single sibling groups. We conclude that impacts on early life-stages depend on the combination of stressors and season and that genetic variation is crucial for the tolerance to global change stress.
Diatoms account for up to 40% of marine primary production and require silicic acid to grow and build their opal shell. On the physiological and ecological level, diatoms are thought to be resistant to, or even benefit from, ocean acidification. Yet, global-scale responses and implications for biogeochemical cycles in the future ocean remain largely unknown. Here we conducted five in situ mesocosm experiments with natural plankton communities in different biomes and find that ocean acidification increases the elemental ratio of silicon (Si) to nitrogen (N) of sinking biogenic matter by 17 ± 6 per cent under pCO2 conditions projected for the year 2100. This shift in Si:N seems to be caused by slower chemical dissolution of silica at decreasing seawater pH. We test this finding with global sediment trap data, which confirm a widespread influence of pH on Si:N in the oceanic water column. Earth system model simulations show that a future pH-driven decrease in silica dissolution of sinking material reduces the availability of silicic acid in the surface ocean, triggering a global decline of diatoms by 13–26 per cent due to ocean acidification by the year 2200. This outcome contrasts sharply with the conclusions of previous experimental studies, thereby illustrating how our current understanding of biological impacts of ocean change can be considerably altered at the global scale through unexpected feedback mechanisms in the Earth system.
Ocean acidification (OA) is generally assumed to negatively impact calcification rates of marine organisms. At a local scale however, biological activity of macrophytes may generate pH fluctuations with rates of change that are orders of magnitude larger than the long-term trend predicted for the open ocean. These fluctuations may in turn impact benthic calcifiers in the vicinity. Combining laboratory, mesocosm and field studies, such interactions between OA, the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus, the sea grass Zostera marina and the blue mussel Mytilus edulis were investigated at spatial scales from decimetres to 100s of meters in the western Baltic. Macrophytes increased the overall mean pH of the habitat by up to 0.3 units relative to macrophyte- free, but otherwise similar, habitats and imposed diurnal pH fluctuations with amplitudes ranging from 0.3 to more than 1 pH unit. These amplitudes and their impact on mussel calcification tended to increase with increasing macrophyte biomass to bulk water ratio. At the laboratory and mesocosm scales, biogenic pH fluc- tuations allowed mussels to maintain calcification even under acidified conditions by shifting most of their calcification activity into the daytime when biogenic fluctuations caused by macrophyte activity offered temporal refuge from OA stress. In natural habitats with a low biomass to water body ratio, the impact of biogenic pH fluctuations on mean calcification rates of M. edulis was less pronounced. Thus, in dense algae or seagrass habitats, macrophytes may mitigate OA impact on mussel calcification by raising mean pH and providing temporal refuge from acidification stress.
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