This dataset contains calculated carbonate chemistry parameters, including the concentrations of dissolved CO2, HCO3-, CO32- and dissolved inorganic carbon, the fugacity and partial pressure of CO2 and the saturation states of aragonite (Ωarag) and calcite (Ωcalc), for the alkalization mesocosms. Values were calculated from pH, total alkalinity, salinity and temperature measured between 17 April and 19 June 2024, using the seacarb package (Orr et al., 2018) in R (V. 4.3.2). Measured pH values, which refer to the NBS scale, were first converted to the total scale using the total proton activity coefficient fH of Takahashi et al. (1982), lowering pH by 0.12 to 0.13 units across the measured salinity and temperature range. Calculations used the carbonic acid dissociation constants of Lueker et al. (2000), the bisulfate dissociation constant of Dickson (1990), the hydrogen fluoride constant of Perez & Fraga (1987), total boron after Uppström (1974) and the aragonite and calcite solubility products of Mucci (1983), all evaluated at in situ temperature and salinity. The conversion from the NBS to the total scale carries a residual uncertainty of about 0.01 to 0.02 pH units, because the liquid junction potential between the dilute calibration buffers and seawater is not fully captured by fH. This propagates to an uncertainty of roughly 5 to 15 % in calculated pCO2 and a correspondingly smaller uncertainty in the saturation states.
This dataset contains calculated carbonate chemistry parameters, including the concentrations of dissolved CO2, HCO3-, CO32- and dissolved inorganic carbon, the fugacity and partial pressure of CO2 and the saturation states of aragonite (Ωarag) and calcite (Ωcalc), for the exposure mesocosms. Values were calculated from pH, total alkalinity, salinity and temperature measured between 8 May and 10 July 2024, using the seacarb package (Orr et al., 2018) in R (V. 4.3.2). Measured pH values, which refer to the NBS scale, were first converted to the total scale using the total proton activity coefficient fH of Takahashi et al. (1982), lowering pH by 0.12 to 0.13 units across the measured salinity and temperature range. Calculations used the carbonic acid dissociation constants of Lueker et al. (2000), the bisulfate dissociation constant of Dickson (1990), the hydrogen fluoride constant of Perez & Fraga (1987), total boron after Uppström (1974) and the aragonite and calcite solubility products of Mucci (1983), all evaluated at in situ temperature and salinity. The conversion from the NBS to the total scale carries a residual uncertainty of about 0.01 to 0.02 pH units, because the liquid junction potential between the dilute calibration buffers and seawater is not fully captured by fH. This propagates to an uncertainty of roughly 5 to 15 % in calculated pCO2 and a correspondingly smaller uncertainty in the saturation states.
To understand impacts of climate and land use changes on biodiversity and accompanying ecosystem stability and services at the Mt. Kilimanjaro, detailed understanding and description of the current biotic and abiotic controls on ecosystem C and nutrient fluxes are needed. Therefore, cycles of main nutrients and typomorph elements (C, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Si) will be quantitatively described on pedon and stand level scale depending on climate (altitude gradient) and land use (natural vs. agricultural ecosystems). Total and available pools of the elements will be quantified in litter and soils for 6 dominant (agro)ecosystems and related to soil greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, N2O, CH4). 13C and 15N tracers will be used at small plots for exact quantification of C and N fluxes by decomposition of plant residues (SP7), mineralization, nitrification, denitrification and incorporation into soil organic matter pools with various stability. 13C compound-specific isotope analyses in microbial biomarkers (13C-PLFA) will evaluate the changes of key biota as dependent on climate and land use. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and leaching losses of nutrients from the (agro)ecosystems and the increase of the losses by conversion of natural ecosystems to agriculture will be evaluated and linked with changing vegetation diversity (SP4), vegetation biomass (SP2), decomposers community (SP7) and plant functional traits (SP5). Nutrient pools, turnover and fluxes will be linked with water cycle (SP2), CO2 and H2O vegetation exchange (SP2) allowing to describe ecosystem specific nutrient and water characteristics including the derivation of full GHG balances. Based on 60 plots screening stand level scale biogeochemical models will be tested, adapted and applied for simulation of key ecosystem processes along climate (SP1) and land use gradients.
The site of the heating power station and former gasworks in Plauen is contaminated over a wide area with pollutants specific to gasworks - above all BTX aromatics, PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), tar oils, phenols and ammonium - down to a depth of six metres. According to expert opinion, a soil volume of some 20000 m3 must urgently be cleaned up. A remediation concept has been prepared at the request of the municipality of Plauen, based on the use-related potential assessment for the site. The assessment concludes that there is an acute environmental hazard for the directly adjoining river 'Weisse Elster'. The approach pursued in this project represents a new solution to the problem of contaminated sites. Instead of using ex-situ methods for carrying out a complete cleanup of the contaminated site, as practised so far, in-situ methods are used. In this way, the acute hazard potential is eliminated, leaving only a tolerable amount of residual pollution. This objective will be achieved through a combination of pneumatic, hydraulic and microbiological in-situ measures. The efficiency will be further increased by specific pollutant mobilization. The technical feasibility has been confirmed by soil air suction tests and pumping tests on sites as well as microbiological laboratory analyses. The in-situ decontamination is superior to the traditional ex-situ methods in terms of economic efficiency, waste prevention and reducing traffic movements. The innovative methods proposed here involve, in particular, hot-steam injections and controlled oxyhydrogen gas explosions that will increase the availability of immobile pollutants attached to the soil grain.
Screening von Honig, Wachs, Propolis auf Rueckstaende von Bekaempfungsmitteln gegen Varroatose, Wachsmotten u.a. Ziel ist es, problematische Entwicklungen rechtzeitig zu entnehmen und rueckstandsvermeidende Bekaempfungsverfahren zu entwickeln.
Chromium (Cr) is introduced into the environment by several anthropogenic activities. A striking ex-ample is the area around Kanpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where large amounts of Cr-containing wastes have been recently illegally deposited. Hexavalent Cr, a highly toxic and mobile contaminant, is present in significant amounts in these wastes, severely affecting the quality of sur-roundings soils, sediments, and ground waters. The first major goal of this study is to clarify the solid phase speciation of Cr in these wastes and to examine its leaching behavior. X-ray diffraction and synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy techniques will be employed for quantitative solid phase speciation of Cr. Its leaching behavior will be studied in column experiments performed at un-saturated moisture conditions with flow interruptions simulating monsoon rain events. Combined with geochemical modeling, the results will allow the evaluation of the leaching potential and release kinetics of Cr from the waste materials. The second major goal is to investigate the spatial distribution, speciation, and solubility of Cr in the rooting zone of chromate-contaminated soils surrounding the landfills, and to study the suitability of biochar as novel soil amendment for mitigating the deleterious effects of chromate pollution. Detailed field samplings and laboratory soil incubation studies will be carried out with two agricultural soils and biochar from the Kanpur region.
Ziel des Projektes ist es, die gebundenen Rückstände des Fungizids Cyprodinil, die in Weizenstroh bis zu 45 Prozent und in Körnern bis zu 30 Prozent des applizierten Wirkstoffs betragen können, bezüglich ihrer Struktur und der Art der Bindung zu charakterisieren. Die in den unlöslichen Pflanzenfraktionen festgelegten Rückstände sollen durch klassische Aufschlüsse und, als zu entwickelnde neue Methode, durch Silylierung freigesetzt, in organische Lösungsmittel überführt und mit hochauflösender NMR-Spektroskopie sowie mit chromatographischen Methoden untersucht werden. Weiterhin sind Festkörper-NMR-Untersuchungen der Rückstände in festen Pflanzenproben und -fraktionen vorgesehen. Cyprodinil wird für die geplanten NMR-Untersuchungen vom Hersteller, Novartis, an geeigneten Molekülpositionen mit 13C markiert. Für die Lokalisation und quantitative Erfassung der Rückstände wird zusätzlich 14C-markierter Wirkstoff eingesetzt. Um größere Mengen von Metaboliten und gebundenen Rückständen für die geplanten Charakterisierungen herzustellen, soll Cyprodinil auch in Weizen-Zellkulturen inkubiert werden. Zur Verminderung der NMR-Untergrundsignale der Pflanzenmatrix ist vorgesehen, die Inkubation in Pflanzen bzw. Zellkulturen durchzuführen, deren natürlicher 13C-Gehalt abgereichert wurde. Für spektroskopische Vergleichsmessungen ist die Kopplung des Fungizids an synthetische Ligninpolymere geplant.
Das Wissen über die Menge, Zusammensetzung und Umsetzung der organischen Substanz in Böden der gemäßigten Breiten beschränkt sich bis auf wenige Ausnahmen auf die Oberböden (A-Horizonte und Auflagen). Hier finden sich die höchsten Konzentrationen der organischen Substanz. Jüngere Inventurarbeiten haben nun gezeigt, dass auch im Unterboden (B- und Cv-Horizonte) beträchtliche Mengen an organischer Substanz, allerdings in niedrigen Konzentrationen vorliegen. Ziel des geplanten Vorhabens ist es, (1) die Menge der organischen Substanz im Unterboden zu erfassen, (2) ihre Zusammensetzung und Herkunft zu bestimmen und (3) ihre Umsetzbarkeit zu erfassen. Daraus sollen Rückschlüsse auf die Stabilisierungsmechanismen der organischen Substanz im Unterboden gezogen werden. Nach einer Inventur der Bodenprofile an den SPP-Standorten (C-Gehalte, 14C-Alter) erfolgt die Erfassung der Zusammensetzung der organischen Substanz mittels Festkörper-13C-NMR-Spektroskopie. Die Zusammensetzung der Lipid-, Polysaccharid- und Ligninfraktion soll Hinweise auf die Herkunft der stabilisierten organischen Substanz differenziert nach oberirdischen, unterirdischen Pflanzenrückständen und mikrobiellen Resten geben. Abbauversuche unter kontrollierten Bedingungen im Labor und die Erfassung des 14C-Alters des freigesetzten CO2 sollen Aufschluß über die Umsetzbarkeit des 'jungen' und 'alten' C im Unterboden geben. Dabei werden jeweils die Profile über die gesamte Entwicklungstiefe betrachtet, um die Unterbodenhorizonte in Bezug zu den Oberböden und zu den Ergebnissen anderer AG im SPP zu setzen. Darauf aufbauend können dann in den nächsten Phasen des SPP die Eigenschaften der organischen Substanz im Unterboden und die Regulation der C-Umsetzungen im Unterboden untersucht werden.
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