Ziel dieses geplanten Workshops zum Thema Marine Science and Coastal Sustainability ist es, eine kleine Gruppe von indischen und deutschen Wissenschaftlern zusammenzubringen, um sich über zukünftige Möglichkeiten der Zusammenarbeit und konkrete Projektideen in den Bereichen Aquakultur, Mikrobiologie, Grundwasser und Biogeochemie, Küstenerosion und Meerespiegel auszutauschen. Es bestehen bereits Verbindungen des ZMT nach Indien (z.B. durch Alumni) und der Workshop hat das Ziel, innovative Forschung zu initieren und den Austausch von Wissenschaftlern zu intensivieren.
Der erste Tag des Workshops gibt allen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern die Möglichkeit, sich selbst und ihre Schwerpunkte in der Forschung sowie Ideen und Erwartungen für Zusammenarbeiten in der Zukunft vorzustellen.
Workshop Programm
Session 1 Coastal Zone Biogeochemistry
-Nutrient transport by submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) into coastal waters, e.g. in mud-banks in Kerala
- Eutrophication, e.g. causes of species shifts (incl. assessment of past climatic records)
- Experimental approaches to assess biogeochemical responses of tropical oceans to the changing environment
- Analysing and assessing the effects of anthropogenic nitrogen on ecosystem services in coastal aquatic systems of South India and health and livelihoods of the concerned population
- Submarine groundwater discharge as a potential resource and pollution pathway to coastal ecosystems
Session 2: Coastal planning
- Marine protected coastal areas and marine spatial planning integrating functional aspects of ecosystems and their services; common vs. exclusive use of areas; competing space use through coastal aquaculture and ecosystem conservation
- Land Sea Interactions as an emerging field of governance
- Integrated multitrophic aquaculture of island areas for balanced development of island community through mariculture and sea ranching (special focus on sea cucumbers)
- Sea level rise and coastal erosion in reef-dominated coastal regions
• Impact on Coastal livelihoods
• Community perceptions of coastal processes and sea level rise
• Vulnerability and resilience of local communities
• Connecting science to people: implications for coastal planning
- Bioeconomy, Sustainable Aquatic Production
- Translating sea level change along high-density urban coasts
- The use of drones in science
Session 3: Biodiversity/Ecosystem functioning
- Inventorying of deep sea biodiversity and delineation of marine biodiversity hotspots
- Novel methods in assessing marine biodiversity, particularly microorganisms using DNA and proteomics
- Assessing capacity of plankton and benthic communities to adapt to changing climate and reduced oxygen conditions
- Analysing and assessing the effects of anthropogenic nitrogen on ecosystem services in coastal aquatic systems of South India and health and livelihoods of the concerned population
- Deep-sea biodiversity studies in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans