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Newsletter 2021 |
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Dear Sir or Madam, we wish you a healthy and happy new year 2022. With this newsletter we would like to inform you about news from the consortium Coastal Research North Sea Baltic Sea (KüNO). Read what the projects have already achieved and where you can find out more about our results. Current news from the research network can also be found regularly in the news section of our website. With kind regards, |
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New seagrass meadows for the Baltic Sea Seagrass meadows protect the coasts by stabilizing the sediment, are an important habitat for numerous plants and animals, clean the water and store CO2. The SeaStore project is investigating how seagrass meadows can be successfully restored. In June, the first planting campaign in Germany took place in the Baltic Sea. In laborious work, more than 12,000 individual plants were planted in the sediment by divers at two locations. The subsequent monthly monitoring already showed that the plants were reproducing at both sites. > More about the project SeaStore
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Scientifically accompanied coastal protection measure |
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Brochure on coastal development in climate change As part of the KüNO umbrella project CoTrans, a brochure has been published summarizing research results on coastal development under climate change on the German Baltic Sea coast. > To the download > To the order form of the print version To help us better target research and information to meet needs, please take a moment to complete our survey. > To the survey (in German) |
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Elbe and Odra sediments less toxic |
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Distribution of North Sea fauna strongly influenced by environment Epibenthic fauna and demersal fish are key groups determining the ecosystem functions in the southern North Sea. In addition, fish are also a relevant food and income source for humans. Scientists of the Thünen Institute within the project MuSSeL have shown that the community structure of both groups depends on environmental variables in distinct ways. Thus, species-rich fish communities are found mainly in the western part of the southern North Sea (see figure). These new results will be used to further investigate how epifauna and fish respond to ongoing and future stressors originating from direct human exploitation and climate change. |
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