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Seabed Images at pilot oyster reefs in the Borkum Reef Ground marine protected area taken in July 2025

Video transects were done using the A.IKANBILISTM hovering autonomous underwater vehicle (HAUV) of the company BeeX (https://beex.sg/a-ikanbilis/), which flew over the reefs along predefined transects at a depth of 0.5m above seabed and at a speed of 1 m s-1. From the dive videos of the HAUV, SBIs were extracted every 5 seconds. SBIs, each SBI features two parallel laser lines 25 cm away from each other. The camera used was a GoPro, the videos and pictures were taken perpendicularly to the seabed. The seabed images provide insights into the general composition of key species, higher systematic groups and ecological guilds. The images contain information on how benthic species are associated to each other. Transect files include individual images, whereas metadata of each image includes diving depth, date/time of transect. Geographical coordinates of some individual images is unavailable, images have a resolution of 300dpi and a size of 7 to 13 MB.

Iron, mercury and tin contents as well as grain sizes measurements from fluvial sediments of the Röslau River, Bavaria, Germany

We measured Sn, Fe and Hg content as well as grain size composition of soil cores and streambed samples from the floodplain of the Röslau River (Bavaria, Germany), in order to reconstruct the floodplain development and chemical antropogenic impacts. The samples were collected in 2023 and analysed in 2023/24 using aqua regia digestion and ICP-OES/ICP-MS to analyse the elemental composition. To prepare the samples, the sediment was sieved (2 mm) to discard the gravel fraction and large organic pieces. Further homogenisation was undertaken by grinding the samples with a vibratory mill. Grain sizes were obtained using a combination of sieving and laser diffraction (Microtrac particle analyser; Microtrac Retsch GmbH SYNC SN 0233).

Photos of marine litter in the shallow seafloor of the southernmost North and Baltic seas during the Walther Herwig III cruise WH462 in 2022

The dataset is a set of photos of marine litter at the seafloor and corresponding coordinates. The photos were taken in the southernmost North and Baltic seas, between 30.11.2022 and 12.12.2022 during the Walther Herwig III 462 research cruise (Date begin: 29.11.2022 - Date end: 14.12.2022, harbor begin: Bremerhaven - harbor end: Bremerhaven) . The video system used consists of a GoPro HERO 9 black in an aluminium case mounted in the front of the sledge and two lights with a total of 7200 lumen. Three laser pointers mounted in an equilateral triangle (laser center point distance 25.5 cm) provided the size reference for the video observation. The photos were taken as part of a study to visually quantify the amount of marine letter in the seafloor and compare this value with bottom trawl data.

Laser diffraction grain-size data of Late Glacial to present sediment cores from Schweriner See, NE Germany

This dataset contains laser diffraction grain-size distributions from five Late Glacial to present sediment cores recovered from the northern shore of Schweriner See (See = Lake, NE Germany). The cores (3.0–4.6 m long, 5 cm diameter) were collected using a percussion coring system from different geomorphological positions, including beach ridges, a lake terrace, and the base of a shore slope. One core (Döpe19/1) was obtained from the northeastern shore of Schweriner Außensee in the Döpe area, while four cores (HoVie05–HoVie08) were recovered from the Hohen Viecheln area in the north shore of Schweriner Außensee. Sediment cores were subsampled at 2 cm resolution, and grain-size measurements were performed using a Fritsch Laser Particle Sizer Analysette 22 MicroTec plus (0.08–2000 μm) following removal of organic matter and carbonates and ultrasonic dispersion.

Regionalisierung landschaftsökologischer Parameter im alpinen Hochgebirgsraum (Walliser Alpen, Gornergrat). Bestimmung der hydrologischen Komplexgrößen Schnee und Bodenwasser sowie Klärung ihrer Bedeutung für das ökologische Prozeßgefüge

Ziel des Vorhabens ist, neben der Aufnahme des systembestimmenden Wirkungsgefüges für die alpine Gebirgsstufe, vor allem ein möglichst wirklichkeitsnahes Landschaftsmodell aufzubauen, um prognostische Aussagen zu potentiellen Umweltveränderungen für die alpine Stufe der Alpen treffen zu können. Das geplante Vorhaben versucht daher, für den alpinen Raum möglichst präzise flächenrelevante Aussagen zu den Systemparametern Vegetation, Biomasse, Relief, Schneedecke, Bodenfeuchte und Bodenwärme zu treffen, um im landschaftsökologischen Sinne das signifikante Beziehungsgefüge dieser Größen herauszustellen. Im Vordergrund der Arbeiten steht vor allem der Einsatz eines neuen feldtauglichen Messprinzips zur Bestimmung des Bodenwassergehalts auf der Basis von Wärmekapazitätsmessungen. Infolge einer engen Bindung des Bodenfeuchteregimes an das Mikrorelief sowie an die hydrologisch bedeutsame Schneedecke, sollen auch diese beiden ökologisch wichtigen Kenngrößen mit Hilfe einer fortschrittlichen Erfassungsmethodik aufgenommen werden (lasergestützter Digitalkompaß, 3D-Software). Es ist insbesondere dieser neue methodische Ansatz, der das geplante Vorhaben klar von bereits durchgeführten landschaftsökologischen Arbeiten in vergleichbaren Räumen löst und daher vielversprechende ökologische Grundlagenergebnisse erwarten läßt. Die vergleichsweise exakten Punkt- und Flächenparameteraufnahmen können aber auch als Beschreibung des ökosystemaren Ist-Zustandes verstanden werden, so daß Aufnahmewiederholungen bereits stattgefundene Systemveränderungen dokumentierten können (Ökosystemmonitoring).

CFK-Recycling in der Kompetenzregion Augsburg

The increasing proportion of carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) in different branches of industry will result in an increasingly larger quantity of CFRP wastes in future. With regard to improved management of natural resources, it is necessary to add these fibres that require energy-intensive production to effective recycling management. But high-quality material recycling is only ecoefficient if the recycled fibres can be used to produce new high-quality and marketable products. Tests carried out up to now indicate that very good results can be expected for large-scale recycling of carbon fibres by means of pyrolysis. The waste pyrolysis plant (WPP) operated in Burgau is the only large-scale pyrolysis plant for municipal wastes in Germany. Use of this plant to treat CFRP wastes represents a unique opportunity for the whole Southern German economy and in particular the Augsburg economic region. In a study funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Health ('Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Gesundheit'), the specific implementation options for the recovery of carbon fibres from composites by means of large-scale pyrolysis have been under investigation since November 2010. To this end, in the first step a development study was carried out, which in particular examined the options for modifying the Burgau WPP for the recycling of CFRP. The knowledge acquired from the pyrolysis tests, the fibre tests and the economic feasibility study confirmed the positive assessment of the overall concept of CFRP recycling in Burgau. As an overall result, unlimited profitability was found for all scenarios with regard to investments in CFRP recycling in Burgau WPP. The work on the development study was carried out by bifa Umweltinstitut GmbH together with the Augsburg-based 'function integrated lightweight construction project group ('Funktionsintegrierter Leichtbau' - FIL) of the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT). Methods: analysis and moderation of social processes, economy and management consulting, process engineering

Roentgenmikroanalyse an Asbestfasern

Im Lungenstaub verstorbener Mesotheliom-Patienten gilt es nachzuweisen, ob die Asbestfasern aus der Umgebung des Arbeitsplatzes (Steinbruch) kommen, oder ob andere Beeinflussungen vorliegen. Der Nachweis wird mit Hilfe der Roentgenmikroanalyse und Elektronenbeugung gefuehrt. Es werden mehrere Einzelfasern mit Sonderdruckmessern von 15 nm analysiert und mit Standardwerten verglichen.

Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 1537: Skalenübergreifende Quantifizierung von Ökosystemprozessen in ihrer räumlich-zeitlichen Dynamik mittels smarter autonomer Sensornetzwerke, Teilprojekt A04: Prozessbasierte Analyse von Ökosystem-Atmosphäre-Austauschs von CO2, H2O und flüchtigen organischen Verbindungen (VOC)

A4.1 Ökosystemreaktionen und Rückkopplungen im Ökosystem-Atmosphäre-Austausch von CO2, H2O und VOCs in einem heterogenen Waldökosystem Um die Lücke zwischen der relativ kleinen Skala eines einzelnen Baumes und einem Waldbestand zu schließen, analysiert A4.1 den Austausch zwischen Ökosystem und Atmosphäre durch Eddy-Kovarianz Messungen von H2O, CO2 und dessen Isoflux (13CO2). Somit lassen sich die Flüsse auf einer integrierten Skala in ihre Komponenten (Ökosystematmung und Bruttoprimärproduktion) auftrennen. Darüber hinaus messen wir die Aufnahme und Freisetzung von VOC durch unsere Wälder und bringen sie mit wichtigen Ökosystemfunktionen in Verbindung, die stark auf Umweltveränderungen reagieren. A4.2 Entwicklung eines auf einem Interbandkaskadenlaser basierenden Messsystems zur Untersuchung des Austauschs zwischen Ökosystem und Atmosphäre von VOCs. Hier entwickeln wir erstmals eine optische spektroskopische Sensortechnologie, um VOCs mit Hilfe der durchstimmbaren Laserabsorptionsspektroskopie (TLAS) zu messen. Dies soll entlang der Konzentrationsgradienten am Messturm und in Verbindung mit Einzelblattküvetten (A3.2) erfolgen.

Profiling methane emission in the Baltic Sea: Cryptophane as in-situ chemical sensor

To overcome the limitation in spatial and temporal resolution of methane oceanic measurements, sensors are needed that can autonomously detect CH4-concentrations over longer periods of time. The proposed project is aimed at:- Designing molecular receptors for methane recognition (cryptophane-A and -111) and synthesizing new compounds allowing their introduction in polymeric structure (Task 1; LC, France); - Adapting, calibrating and validating the 2 available optical technologies, one of which serves as the reference sensor, for the in-situ detection and measurements of CH4 in the marine environments (Task 2 and 3; GET, LAAS-OSE, IOW) Boulart et al. (2008) showed that a polymeric filmchanges its bulk refractive index when methane docks on to cryptophane-A supra-molecules that are mixed in to the polymeric film. It is the occurrence of methane in solution, which changes either the refractive index measured with high resolution Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR; Chinowsky et al., 2003; Boulart et al, 2012b) or the transmitted power measured with differential fiber-optic refractometer (Boulart et al., 2012a; Aouba et al., 2012).- Using the developed sensors for the study of the CH4 cycle in relevant oceanic environment (the GODESS station in the Baltic Sea, Task 4 and 5; IOW, GET); GODESS registers a number of parameters with high temporal and vertical resolution by conducting up to 200 vertical profiles over 3 months deployment with a profiling platform hosting the sensor suite. - Quantifying methane fluxes to the atmosphere (Task 6); clearly, the current project, which aims at developing in-situ aqueous gas sensors, provides the technological tool to achieve the implementation of ocean observatories for CH4. The aim is to bring the fiber-optic methane sensor on the TRL (Technology Readiness Level) from their current Level 3 (Analytical and laboratory studies to validate analytical predictions) - to the Levels 5 and 6 (Component and/or basic sub-system technology validation in relevant sensing environments) and compare it to the SPR methane sensor, taken as the reference sensor (current TRL 5). This would lead to potential patent applications before further tests and commercialization. This will be achieved by the ensemble competences and contributions from the proposed consortium in this project.

Spektroskopie von atmosphaerischen Spurengasen

Es werden spektroskopische und laserchemische Untersuchungen an umweltbedeutsamen Substanzen, die z.B. als atmosphaerische Spurengase vorkommen, durchgefuehrt. Stoffe: z.B. Stickoxide, fluorierte und/oder chlorierte Kohlenwasserstoffe, Ozon u.a.

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