Sigrid Gründling-Pfaff

• M.Sc.
• PhD Student at University of Rostock

The shallow coastal water zone of the tide-less southern Baltic Sea is dominated by exposed sandy sediments which are typically inhabited by microphytobenthic communities, but their primary production is poorly studied, and hence four stations between 3.0 and 6.2 m depth were investigated. Sediment cores were carefully taken to keep the natural lay...

Eight benthic diatom taxa (Actinocyclus octonarius, Melosira moniliformis, Halamphora sp. 1, Halamphora sp. 2, Navicula perminuta, Navicula phyllepta, Nitzschia dubiiformis, Nitzschia pusilla) were isolated from sediments sampled in the southern coastal brackish Baltic Sea and established as unialgal cultures. The coastal shallow water sampling are...

Baltic Transcoast ist ein durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft finanziertes Graduiertenkolleg. Unser Hauptziel ist die Ausbildung von Experten für den Küstenraum. Wir untersuchen die deutsche Ostseeküste als terrestrisch-marine Schnittstelle für Wasser- und Stoffflüsse. Seit Januar 2016 laufen insgesamt 13 Doktroarbeiten, die Angang 2019 ferti...

Coastal zones connect terrestrial and marine ecosystems forming a unique environment that is under increasing anthropogenic pressure. Rising sea levels, sinking coasts, and changing precipitation patterns modify hydrodynamic gradients and may enhance sea–land exchange processes in both tidal and non-tidal systems. Furthermore, the removal of flood...

The genus Coccomyxa is frequently present in biological soil crusts from temperate regions but has also been found in Antarctic soils. Strain NIES 2166 (Coccomyxa subellipsoidea) from continental South Victoria Land is described as a model organism for cold adaptation (Blanc et al. 2012) although it has been cultivated for more than 50 years under...