Ph.D. Research

Thesis: Aggregation and transport behavior of sediment surface particles in Mecklenburg Bight, south-western Baltic Sea, affected by biogenic stickiness.

My Ph.D. research was part of the DYNAS program funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BEO) and the Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemuende (IOW).

My research involved:

(1) Determination of particle erosion thresholds in Mecklenburg Bight, Baltic Sea, using the erosion device microcosm.

Click for the paper in GML

(2) Determination of exopolymeric substances (EPS) in the sediment, benthic diatom biomass, and light conditions (PAR) regarding biostabilization of subtidal sediments.

Click for the paper in JSR

Click for the poster (BIOFLOW Workshop 2, University of Rostock, Germany)

(3) Measurements of particle aggregation and sinking velocities of pelagic diatoms (Skeletonema costatum) together with fluffy layer particles.

Click for the paper in CSR

Sediment samples were taken from the western Baltic Sea during several cruises with RV Professor Albrecht Penck and RV Alexander von Humboldt.

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