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.
Die geologisch / sedimentologische Ausbildung des Meeresbodens bestimmt neben der Exposition eines Küstenabschnittes und der Nährstoffzufuhr maßgeblich die Abundanz von Zoo- und Phytobenthos. Die Zielsetzung dieses Projektes war es, die sedimentologische Beschaffenheit des Meeresbodens seewärts des Brodtener Ufers mittels hydroakustischer Messsysteme in einem ausgewählten Areal flächendeckend zu erfassen und die Ergebnisse in einer Karte darzustellen. Weiterhin sollte eine Zusammenstellung von bereits im Institut für Geowissenschaften der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (IfG) vorhandener Seitensichtsonar-Daten aus der Lübecker Bucht erfolgen.
Die Obstbauversuchsanstalt Jork hat im Rahmen von KLIMZUG-NORD die Verwundbarkeit von Apfelbäumen gegenüber den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels untersucht. Im Fokus standen dabei neue Schaderreger. Nach der Diagnose erfolgten die Erforschung der Biologie sowie die Erarbeitung einer Bekämpfungsstrategie. Die Ergebnisse fanden unmittelbar Eingang in die Beratungspraxis.
One of the important parts of the final conference of ‘nordwest2050’ has been the scientific exchange sessions in the House of Science and the Industryclub Bremen. Contributions were based upon a call for papers from October 2013. The scientific committee received almost 100 abstracts where 36 were chosen for oral presentations and 15 for poster presentations (see overview tables below).
Four main topics were discussed in parallel workshops:
• Analysing Impacts and Assessing Vulnerabilities
• Designing and Testing Solutions for Regional Climate Adaptation and Resilience
• Implementing Climate Adaptation and Paths to a Resilient Future
• Resilience for Business: Climate Adaptation Challenge and Strategies of Sectors and Companies