A5072143189- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Algal biology and biofuel production
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Diatoms and Algae Research
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
University of Rostock
2022-2024
Harsh environmental conditions form habitats colonized by specialized primary microbial colonizers, e.g., biological soil crusts (biocrusts). These cryptogamic communities are well studied in drylands but much less temperate coastal dunes, where they play a crucial role ecological functions. Following two dune chronosequences, this study highlights the successional development of biocrust’s community composition on Baltic Sea coast. A vegetation survey, followed morphological species...
Abstract Mangrove forests and seagrass meadows provide critical ecosystem services, including the accumulation of “blue carbon.” Plants' functional traits could influence this blue carbon accumulation. To test for interactions among accumulation, we conducted a study in connected mangrove‐seagrass coastal ecosystems southeast Florida (USA). We quantified how plants' above‐ground correlated with sediment nutrient content, changes along inland‐to‐coastal gradients influenced inorganic organic...
(1) Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are microecosystems consisting of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms growing on the topsoil. This study aims to characterize changes in community structure biocrust phototrophic organisms along a dune chronosequence Baltic Sea compared an inland northern Germany. (2) A vegetation survey followed by species determination sediment analyses were conducted. (3) The results highlight varying composition within biocrusts regarding different...
Biological soil crusts are integral to Arctic ecosystems, playing a crucial role in primary production, nitrogen fixation and nutrient cycling, as well maintaining stability. However, the composition complex relationships between diverse organisms within these biocrusts not studied. This study investigates how microbial community is influenced by environmental factors along an altitudinal gradient (101 m 314 m). Metagenomic analyses were used provide insights into composition, revealing that...
Terrestrial diatoms are widespread in a large variety of habitats and regularly recorded biocrusts. Although have long been known to live terrestrial habitats, only few studies focused on their diversity ecophysiology. Here we present study the ecophysiological performance five diatom cultures from biocrusts, which were collected sand dunes German coast Baltic Sea. The sampling sites selected along gradient human impacts dunes. richness species, roughly estimated permanent slides, was around...
Biological soil crusts are integral to Arctic ecosystems, playing a crucial role in primary production, nitrogen fixation and nutrient cycling, as well maintaining stability. However, the composition complex relationships between diverse organisms within these biocrusts not studied. This study investigates how microbial community is influenced by environmental factors along an altitudinal gradient (106 m 306 m). Metagenomic analyses were used provide insights into composition, revealing that...
Abstract Aim Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are autonomous ecosystems consisting of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms growing on the topsoil. They colonize global climatic zones, including temperate dunes. This study examines changes in community structure biocrust phototrophic organisms along a dune chronosequence at Baltic Sea compared to an inland Northern Germany. Methods The composition their shift between different successional stages development were related...