Innerhalb des RADOST-Anwendungsprojektes „Qualitätskomponenten zur Wasserrahmenrichtlinie – Bestandsunterstützung Seegras und Blasentang“ wurden von Coastal Research and Management (CRM) im Unterauftrag des Landesamtes für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume des Landes Schleswig-Holstein Untersuchungen zum Bestandsschutz und zum Wiederansiedlungspotential des Blasentangs durchgeführt. Aufbauend auf Vorarbeiten von CRM wurden die Möglichkeiten des gezielten Verpflanzens und damit die Wiederbesiedlung eines potentiellen Lebensraumes des heimischen Blasentangs auf wissenschaftlicher Basis untersucht.
Over the last decades, Fucus vesiculosus, an ecologically important macroalga in the German Baltic Sea, has shown a massive retreat from the deeper zones of its former distribution presumably due to low light co-acting with other potential stressors such as high temperature, fouling, and grazing. In shallow water F. vesiculosus may be exposed to high water temperatures during summer seasons. Intensity and frequency of heat waves are expected to increase due to climate change which could potentially affect all fucoid life stages. Early life stage processes (fertilization, germination) are often considered particularly sensitive to stress. If the mortality caused by a first heat wave in a genetically diverse population selects for stress resistance, we would expect the survivors to be less sensitive to a second heat wave or possibly even to other stressors like feeding pressure.
In the present study, the mortality of early post-settlement stages of F. vesiculosus under thermal stress and the sensitivity of survived recruits against a proximate stressor (feeding pressure, second heat wave) were analysed by laboratory experiments. The mortality of early fucoid life stages at 25°C, compared to their mortality at 15°C was significantly higher. Regrettably, the ensuing assessment of feeding impact by Idotea baltica and Hydrobia ulvae on the surviving germlings could not be analysed since the two consumer species unexpectedly avoided feeding on the young stages of F. vesiculosus. During the second thermal stress experiment fucoid offspring which was genetically preselected by high temperature (first heat wave: 25°C) differed not significantly in sensitivity from fucoid offspring without prior stress.
Literaturrecherche und Analyse der Bewirtschaftungspläne von 18 deutschen und europäischen Flussgebietseinheiten. Der Bericht untersucht inwieweit die zu erwartenden Auswirkungen des Klimawandels in die ökonomischen Analysen gemäß Wasserrahmenrichtlinie integriert wurden.
Überblick über Charakteristika des Seegrases und der Seegraswiesen, ihre Verbreitung, Ökosystemleistungen und Gefährdung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Klimawandels.
As a gateway between ground and sea transportation, and as
a business location for service and industry, ports are of great significance for the regional and national economy. At the same time, port structures are located in regions threatened by storms and rising sea levels. Due to highly interdependent value chains,weather related disruptions in port operation can cause serious economic damage. Thus, adaptation to possible climate impacts seems like an obvious task for port authorities. The article analyses the climate vulnerability of German Baltic port locations.