Research

A major part of the scientific results has been published in a special issue of Ocean Dynamics (2009, Volume 59, 2);see also under Publications.

Results

Sub-Project 1

• Pattern Formation in Sediments

Joint-Venture Sub-Projects 1 & 2

• Modeling the suspended particulate matter (SPM) dynamics

Sub-Project 2

• EcoTiM - Ecological Tidal Model
• Reduction / Reformation of complex process-based models

Sub-Project 3

• Time-Series station
• The Wadden Sea: An important manganese source for the North Sea?
• Geochemistry of the freshwater environment
• The Wadden Sea: A source of methane?
• Geochemical characterisation of Wadden Sea pore water

Sub-Project 4

• Modelling: Internal dynamics and forced response

Sub-Project 5

• Microaggregates - a Structuring Element of the Wadden Sea Water Column

Sub-Project 6

• Long sediment cores
• Content, composition and sources of organic matter in deeper sediments layers
• Microbial community compositions in deeper sediments
• Microbial activities and cell numbers in the shallow subsurface
• Pore water profiles in long sediment cores
• Identification of abundant and active sulfate-reducing bacteria in deep sediments

Sub-Project 7

• Transport and mineralization in intertidal sediments
• Microbial community structure of intertidal surface sediments
• Pore gradients below oxidized and reduced surfaces of intertidal sands

Sub-Project 8

• Methane cycle in the Wadden Sea

Sub-Project 9

• Colonization of tidal flats by benthic infauna