SUBPROJECT - B6

 

Nitrogen turnover and fluxes across the benthic boundary layer under varying redox conditions

 

Subproject B6 in cooperation with A8 determines the variability of benthic nutrient release and quantify their fluxes across the benthic boundary layer into the stratified ocean interior in response to the hydrodynamic forcing and regional differences in bottom water levels of O₂, NO₃^-, and NO₂^-. The second major aim of B6 is the identification and quantification of processes that play a major role in benthic nitrogen cycling under different redox-conditions with particular focus on biological N₂-fixation. Investigations of B6 are conducted at locations within and outside the Peruvian and Mauretanian oxygen minimum zones.

 

 

Contact:
Prof. Tina Treude                             Dr. Stefan Sommer                           Prof. Christian Dullo
Tel.: +49 431 600 2837                    Tel.: +49 431 600 2119                     Tel.: +49 431 600 2215
ttreude(a)geomar.de                        ssommer(a)geomar.de                      cdullo(a)geomar.de