• Dr. Jennifer Dannheim

    Jennifer.Dannheim@awi.de
    +49 471 4831-1734
    Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

  • Polarstern longterm cruise planning

    transition zone between the northern North Atlantic and the central Arctic Ocean, and to determine the factors controlling Arctic deep-sea biodiversity. • Permanent presence at sea, from surface to depth, for the [...] The Weddell Sea features a rich and diverse ecosystem, complex sea-ice dynamics and intense ocean circulation. The physical and biogeochemical processes that prevail in the central Weddell Sea and the water [...] transition zone between the northern North Atlantic and the central Arctic Ocean, and to determine the factors controlling Arctic deep-sea biodiversity. • Permanent presence at sea, from surface to depth, for the

  • Bremerhaven

    focus of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven is polar research and the exploration of the sea. Scientists of different disciplines work together multidisciplinary to investigate the climate, biosystems [...] (“Leherheide Ost”), 507 (“Spaden”), 508 (‘Leherheide’), 509 (“Imsum”) and the Moonliner ML heading north. Further information can be found here: AWI Guest House Bremerhaven Contact General questions via

  • Helgoland

    Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research study biotic communities in the North Sea. The rocky mudflat and the 35 square kilometer large submarine cliff landscape are home to the richest [...] Helgoline (from Hamburg and Cuxhaven) Adler Eils (from Büsum) Adler-Schiffe (from Sylt and other North Frisian Islands) Contact Dr. Claudia Hofmann (Site Manager) info-helgoland @ awi.de Postal address

  • Offshore aquaculture

    and aims to ascertain the economic feasibility of an offshore marine aquaculture structure in the North Sea. As in the same area more than 3000 wind-generators are already installed or still in the planning

  • Candidate species

    stops to prevent barotrauma of the fish. The sea bass can tolerate temperatures in the North Sea, but the average temperature of 10 ° C in the North Sea is below its optimum temperature range for growth [...] kelp is farmed using an extensive fixed off-bottom longline technique in the Baltic Sea as well as in tanks in the North Sea. Dulse Dulse, Palmaria palmata , is an edible red algae (Rhodophyta) from the upper [...] upper subtidal of the rocky coasts of the Atlantic from Greenland to Portugal and the North Sea. It is traditionally eaten dried in France, Ireland, Iceland and Canada, and is a source of minerals, vitamins

  • Offshore Site Selection

    sustainable and multifunctional use of marine areas in heavily used oceans on the example of the North Sea Objectives: The project aims to create a multi-use road map as a tool for the future use of marine [...] multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA)-system. Model organisms are fish (turbot Scophthalmus maximus , sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax ) as fed aquaculture candidates, bivalves (mussels Mytilus edulis , oysters

  • Research

    OLAMUR Offshore Low-Trophic Aquaculture in Multi-use Scenario Realisation in North and Baltic Seas Find out more Mak-Pak Scale-Up Mak-Pak Scale-Up stands for "Industry-compatible process optimisation for [...] Development of a growth monitoring system for marine invertebrates on test bodies Find out more SafeSeaPack The effect of macroalgae packaging on aquatic ecosystems. Find out more NOVAFOODIES Innovative [...] Assessment Life Cycle Assessment of land-based seaweed cultivation for packaging material. Find out more SeaStrains Culture collections are maintained to protect macroalgal diversity Find out more

  • OLAMUR

    for both, the North and the Baltic Sea, bringing MU-LTA related key sectors together. The project started in January 2023 with three pilot studies, two in the Baltic and one in the North Sea. Amongst the [...] OLAMUR Offshore Low-Trophic Aquaculture in Multi-use Scenario Realisation in North and Baltic Seas The effects of climate change on the ecosystems and society reveal the need moving away from fossil to [...] 8 Muschelfischereibetrieb GmbH) are participating actively by conducting the case study in the North Sea. Therefore, in the framework of a case study site within the OLAMUR-Project the working group Marine

  • UN Plastics Treaty

    more plastic particles in the sea than previously assumed. According to the study, there are 27 million tons of tiny plastic particles in the upper water layer of the North Atlantic alone. Plastics can [...] from the Beginning: Dr. Melanie Bergmann Melanie Bergmann has been a researcher in the AWI's Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology Working Group since 2004. She has taken part in over 20 expeditions on international [...] at the AWI-HAUSGARTEN Observatory to investigate the effects of global warming on the Arctic deep sea. Since 2012, she has been focusing on plastic pollution in the oceans. She has published the reference