early stages of the infection) show signs of the disease, but still can transmit the virus. The precautions and measures to be taken in areas with no signs of HPAI and without previous reports of HPAI outbreaks [...] Depending on the assessment of the information / report provided, the HPAI Task Force will give you advice on the continuation of your fieldwork. The HPAI Task Force might also ask you to continue with the observations [...] testing of these samples require prior approval and advice by the HPAI Task Force. To prevent the spread of the virus and reduce the risk of transmissions and infections, no sick or dead birds and marine mammals

Eva-Maria Brodte, AWI Physics of the Climate System Prof. Peter Lemke, AWI The Physics of the Climate System “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are [...] to contribute to the progress of knowledge of the great ocean while developing its potential for the good of the planet and human beings and on the other hand to arouse the interest of African populations [...] results which helped the regional government to better understand the biology of the species, and the dynamics of the natural bank. The information generated was of great value for the local government, which

kilometres as defined for the region of the ‚Greater North Sea‘ according to the OSPAR Convention for the protection of the marine en- vironment of the North-East Atlantic (www.ospar.org). The North Sea coast is [...] main- land to the south. The English Channel and the Norwe- gian Sea connect it to the Atlantic Ocean while the Ska- gerrak joins it to the Baltic Sea. The area of the North Sea is around 750,000 square [...] Nine of the ten warmest years occurred after 1988. The water temperature in the German Bight has risen more than in other regions of the North Sea. Salt content and visibility The salt content of the North

in Bremerhaven and was the director until 1992. He initiated the construction of the RV Polarstern. He also held the position of director at the Institute of Polar Ecology at the Guide for Scholars & Faculty [...] work on the sea level in the Red Sea, 50 yr of SODA data (sea level and wind stress). The goal of this work is to investigate the long term variability of sea level and to estimate the effect of local wind [...] work is under the supervision of Dr. Knut Barthel and Published online. In the PhD project, he continue in the same track, but extend the area to include the Gulf of Aden beside the Red Sea. The goal is to

Acoustic metrics to assess humpback whale song unit structure from the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 149, 4649-4658. DOI: doi.org/10.1121/10.0005315 [...] IC (2018). On the reliability of acoustic annotations and automatic detections of Antarctic blue whale calls under different acoustic conditions. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144( [...] (2012). Strategic Assessment of the Risk Posed to Marine Mammals by the Use of Air Guns in the Antarctic: Concepts, Methods, Results, and Controversies. In: The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, edited

DML as well as data of the control standard IA-RO63. It can be seen that the SD of the DML house standard is higher, but it is still within the specification of the analysis system. The transparent background [...] addition, the δ 15 N values of the organic matter also provide information on the efficiency of the biological pump if terrigenous input can be excluded. The δ 13 C and δ 15 N values of organisms, on the other [...] archives. On the other hand, we determine the δ 18 O values in ice and water samples from the Arctic and Antarctic, as well as the δ 13 C values of dissolved inorganic carbon in the water of the polar oceans

DML as well as data of the control standard IA-RO63. It can be seen that the SD of the DML house standard is higher, but it is still within the specification of the analysis system. The transparent background [...] addition, the δ 15 N values of the organic matter also provide information on the efficiency of the biological pump if terrigenous input can be excluded. The δ 13 C and δ 15 N values of organisms, on the other [...] archives. On the other hand, we determine the δ 18 O values in ice and water samples from the Arctic and Antarctic, as well as the δ 13 C values of dissolved inorganic carbon in the water of the polar oceans

topographic features of the study site such as the slightly more elevated region in the center of the study area reveal lower FDD. Furthermore, the exposed hillsides of5 the Brooks Range or the coastal zone are [...] pared to the neighboring ones. The Saganavirktok River does not show different FDD than the adjacent areas, despite of the valleys in the foothills of the Brooks Range. In Figure 7 the TDD for the same year [...] important for the performance of the SEB-scheme is the determination of the melt period. Figure 14 displays the melt period metrics for the sample year 2012. It displays the high spatial variation of snowmelt

thermal environment of the mother has a strong influence on the fitness of the offspring in a matching environment. Mechanistically the plastic adaptation is linked to higher efficiency of the mitochondrial [...] between environment of the parents and of the offspring exists, it can be a selective advantage to transfer information about phenotypically plastic traits to the offspring. We investigate the epigenetic mechanisms [...] mechanisms of transgenerational plasticity (TGP) in the context of ocean warming and performance in a marine population of the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), and could show that the thermal

and study the local influences of the sea, the ice and the atmosphere on the Weddell Sea and global processes. August - October 2008 – RV Polarstern is the first research vessel in the world to circumnavigate [...] care is still fit for the trip to the ice. Birthday spends the research icebreaker in the vastness of Antarctica. The public can visit the ship in June, before it traveled the southern hemisphere for a year [...] During the Polarstern’s 29th Antarctic expedition, the researchers on board investigate the status of the Antarctic ecosystem after the polar winter, as well as the causes of differences in the development