Projekte
GeoHab – BALDESH – Habitats and fields of stones in the shallow water environment of the Baltic Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein – their dynamics and function.
Institutions involved:
Kiel University, Institute of Geosciences, Sedimentology, Coastal and Continental Shelf Research (IfG)
GEOMAR Helmholtz Zentrum für Ocean Research, Kiel
State Agency for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel (LLUR)
Personal involved:
Funding period: Nov. 2014 – Oct. 2018
Funding Organization: State Government via State Agency for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel (LLUR)
Short description:
Changes in the environmental conditions due to sea level fluctuations, increase in storminess, euthrophication, exploitation of resources or construction works are firstly reflected in the coastal areas. The shallow water environments of the Baltic Sea coast of Schleswig Holstein are an alteration of sandy environments offshore lowlands and hard bottom substrates offshore active cliffs. The latter are partly covered with stones of different size and with dif-ferent spatial distribution. Depending on the exposure of the coastline, these relict sediments, which are an indicator of ongoing erosion and reworking of glacial deposits, can be observed down to 20 m water depth. Especially stones, which have been exploited for more than 100 years until 1976, are an extremely valuable habitat, recognized by several national and inter-national regulations and directives. The ascertainment of stones, their impact on the seafloor and their behaviour as an ecological habitat due to environmental changes is the main objec-tive of this research program.
For further information please visit http://www.uni-kiel.de/pressemeldungen/?pmid=2015-119-baldesh
STopP – „From sediment to top predators – influence of seabed characteristics on ben-thos and benthivorous birds“.
Coordination: Landesbetrie
b für Küstenschutz, Nationalpark und Meeresschutz, National-parkverwaltung (NPV)
Project-partner:
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Wattenmeer-station Sylt (AWI), List.
Kiel University, Institute of Geosciences, Sedimentology, Coastal and Continental Shelf Re-search (IfG) and Research and Technology
Center Westcoast in Büsum (FTZ).
State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas, division: water bodies (LLUR).
Personal involved:
Klaus Schwarzer
Kerstin Wittbrodt
Andre Wagner
Eric Steen
Funding period: April 2013 – March 2016
Funding Organization: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Short description
The joint research project "STopP“ is one of five projects which are funded in the framework of the call “Coastal Sea Research in the North and Baltic Sea.” which is part the FONA-program (Forschung für nachhaltige Entwicklung” of the German Federal Ministry of Educa-tion and Research.) STopP is coordinated by the national park administration of the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
The influence of sediment characteristics, sediment distribution pattern and hydrological forc-ing on species composition and distribution is investigated. An evaluation is completed through a combination with statistical habitat models, ecological network analyses and hydrodynamic models and those abiotic factors leading to certain habitats and specific species communities. The joint research project aims to describe for the first time for the German North Sea coast those sceneries ecosystems that play a key role in the system sediment - benthos - top-predator. In this way an essential precondition for the overall assessment of the ecological status of marine ecosystems is accomplished as well as for the implementation of national and international marine protection policies. It is planned to develop and to evaluate describing parameters for descriptors "sea floor integrity ", "wood webs" , and "biodiversity" of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
In a sub-project, IfG carries out sediment and habitat mapping based on side scan sonar, multibeam echo sounder and sub bottom profiler techniques. Data are calibrated by sediment sampling and analyses as well as underwater video observations. Focus area is Amrum Bank (North Sea).
For further information please visit http://www.deutsche-kuestenforschung.de/stopp-214.html
SEDINO, Phase II (Sediment dynamics in the North- and Baltic Sea - delimitation of sea-floor-types considering the subsurface structure and the influence of benthic organisms on sediment properties and sediment distribution)
Co-operation with:
Personal involved:
Short description
The objective of SEDINO is a full coverage high resolution spatial sedi-mentological mapping of selected sites in the German EEZ of the North- and Baltic Sea with different hydro-acoustic (Side-Scan Sonar, parametric sub-bottom profiler) and optical meth-ods. Special focus is given to marine protected areas in the Baltic Sea (Odra Bank, Adler Ground, Kadet Channel and Fehmarn Belt, https://www.bfn.de/0314_meeresschutzgebiete+M52087573ab0.html) and North Sea (East-ern German Bight and Sylt Outer Reef (https://www.bfn.de/0314_meeresschutzgebiete+M52087573ab0.html). Besides Sediment distribution patterns the spatial and temporal distribution and dynamics of bedforms from small (dm) to macro scale (km) and the interaction with benthic organisms is investigated.
For further information pleas visit http://www.bfn.de/fileadmin/MDB/documents/themen/meeresundkuestenschutz/downloads/Fachtagungen/AWZ-Forschung-Ergebnisse/Claudia-Propp.pdf
Identification of marine habitats in Flensburg Fjord (Baltic Sea) 
Funding: State Government via State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas, LLUR
Fundig Period: July 2015 – June 2016
Personal involved:
Klaus Schwarzer
Christoph Heinrich
Short description: Shallow water coastal environments built up of boulder clay are wide-spread in the Baltic Sea. Due to relative sea level rise and coastal retreat they are mostly under abrasion, showing a high variability in sediment distribution patterns and colonization by numerous marine species. To identify and classify these seabed types respecting habitats, a multi-method investigation is applied by using side-scan sonar backscatter data, acoustic ground discrimination data, parametric echosounder data as well as grain size parameters. Calibration of backscatter data is supported by underwater video observations. This project, to be carried out in the low energy environment of Flensburg Fjord is a follow up of previously mapped areas (2009 – 2014) in the territorial waters of the Baltic Sea of Schleswig-Holstein (see previous projects).
Sediment-Classification
Funding: State Government via State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas, LLUR
Funding period: Sept. 2015 – August 2016
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Christoph Heinrich
Short description
The State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas is collect-ing a huge amount of hydroacoustic data with their system “Echo Plus” during their monitoring cruises in the North Sea and Baltic Sea which are carried out several times/year during different seasons. These Echo Plus data might be used to classify the seafloor sediment properties and to detect even different kinds of seafloor habitats. However, this needs cali-bration and comparison with other hydroacoustic devices under controlled conditions.
Operational Monitoring of hard bottom substrates in the Western Baltic Sea
Funding: State Government via State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas, LLUR
Funding period: 2005 - 2015
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Sarah Kasten
Scientific Diving Group of Kiel University
Abgeschlossene Projekte
AufMod (Aufbau von integrierten Modellsystemen zur Analyse der langfristige Morphodynamik in der Deutschen Bucht
Funding organization: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Funding period: Nov. 2009 – Oct. 2012
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Tobias Dolch
Peter Feldens
Anna Krätschell
Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier: http://edok01.tib.uni-hannover.de/edoks/e01fb14/780783271.pdf
Compilation of marine habitats in coastal waters of Schleswig-Holstein
Funding organization: State Government via State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas (LLUR)
Funding period: July 2007 – June 2008
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Sören Themann
Regina Krause
Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272237166_Zusammenstellung_der_marinen_Lebensraumtypen_nach_FFH
Identification of marine habitats west of Fehmarn Island (Baltic Sea)
Funding organization: State Government via State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas (LLUR)
Funding period: Oct. 2009 – August 2010
Personal involved
Identification of marine habitats in Mecklenburg Bight, Sagas Bank (Baltic Sea)
Funding organization: State Government via State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas (LLUR)
Funding period: Oct. 2011– Sept. 2012
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Christoph heinrich
Svenja Papenmeier
Identification of marine habitats on the abrasion platform offshore Schleimünde – Kiel Bight (Baltic Sea)
Funding organization: State Government via State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas (LLUR)
Funding period: Nov. 2012 – December 2013
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Christoph Heinrich
SEDYMAN I + II (Sediment dynamics in Mangrove areas)
Funding organization: DFG (German Research Foundation)
Funding period: May 2007 – June 2013
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Patrycjya Czerniak
Nguyen Cong Thanh (Phase II)
Evaluation of sediment-classification data from the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
Funding: State Government via State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas (LLUR)
Funding period: July 2008 – Sept. 2010
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Sören Themann
Extended evaluation of sediment-classification data from the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
Funding: State Government via State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas (LLUR).
Funding period: Oct. 2010 – March 2015
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Christoph Heinrich
TUNWAT (Tsunami deposits in nearshore and coastal waters off Thailand)
Funding organization: DFG (German Research Foundation)
Funding period: Sept. 2007 – August 2013
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Peter Feldens
Daroonwan Sakuna - Schartz
BASYS (Baltic Sea System Study)
Funding organization: EU
Funding period: January 1996 – December 1999
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Markus Diesing
For further information please visit: http://www2008.io-warnemuende.de/Projects/Basys/en_home.htm
EUMARSAND (European Marine Sand- and Gravel Extraction)
Funding organization: EU
Funding period: Oct. 2002 – March 2006
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Faustino Manso
For further information please visit: http://www.jstor.org/stable/i40041774
Erforschung der FFH-Lebensraumtypen Sandbank und Riff in d. AWZ der dt. Nord- und Ostsee (BfN)
Funding organization: Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)
Funding period: May 2002 – March 2007
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Markus Diesing
Erwan Garel
For further information please visit: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271963934_Erforschung_der_FFH-Lebensraumtypen_Sandbank_und_Riff_in_der_AWZ_der_deutschen_Nord-_und_Ostsee_%28FKZ-Nr._802_85_270%29
Identification of Marine Living Resources in Hörnum Tief (North Sea)
Funding organization: State Government via State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas (LLUR)
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Sören Themann
Melanie Hermann
SDNS
Funding organization: Industry (Wintershall via GEOMAR)
Funding period: Oct. 2007 – Sept. 2010
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Sören Themann
RADOST (Regional Adaption Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Coast)
Funding organization: State Government via State Agency of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas (LLUR)
Funding period: May 2010 – Dec. 2010
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Peter Feldens
For further information please visit: http://klimzug-radost.de/publikationen/seitensichtsonar-kartierung
Küstensicherung Timmendorfer Strand
Funding organization: Local community
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Regina Krause
RegStone (Regeneration of subaquatic stone fields)
Funding organization: State Government via LLUR
Personal involved
Klaus Schwarzer
Björn Bohling
For further information please visit: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/272093617_Regeneration_subaquatischer_Steinfelder_in_der_westlichen_Ostsee