Dr. Ines Bartl
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
Germany
I am an early-stage postdoc at the IOW and my current research focuses on coastal nitrogen cycling and the anthropogenic effect on coastal ecosystem functioning. During my PhD in the COCOA project, I studied pelagic nitrification, its regulation and role in coastal N-turnover. I specifically focused on river plumes and the bottom boundary layer as potential hot-spots of nitrification. To understand the role of biogeochemical transformations in complex coastal ecosystems it is inevitable to do on interdisciplinary research. Thus, I would like to broaden my scientific expertise towards the combination of sediment biogeochemistry, microbiology (composition, structure, activity, function of microbes) and physical oceanography (hydrodynamics of coastal systems).
Research expertise
- Coastal nitrogen cycling, in particular nitrogen retention processes like nitrification
- Stable nitrogen isotopes (natural abundances, tracer incubations)
- Nutrient exchange across the sediment-water-interface (chamber lander deployments)
- Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) along salinity gradients
- Anthropogenic impact on ecosystems and biogeochemical processes
- Interdisciplinary research
- experience in planning, realization and data handling of cruises and lab-experiments
Publications
- Bartl I and Hellemann D, Rabouille C, Schulz K, Tallberg P, Hietanen S, Voss M (2019) Particulate organic matter controls benthic microbial N retention and N removal in contrasting estuaries of the Baltic Sea. Biogeosciences 16:3543-3564. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3543-2019
- Bartl, I., Liskow, I., Schulz, K., Umlauf, L., Voss, M., 2018. River plume and bottom boundary layer – Hotspots for nitrification in a coastal bay?. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 208, 70-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.04.023
- Hellemann D, Tallberg P, Bartl I, Voss M, Hietanen S (2017) Denitrification in an oligotrophic estuary: a delayed sink for riverine nitrate. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 583:63-80. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12359
- Happel, E., Bartl, I., Voss, M., Riemann, L. (2018). Extensive nitrification and dominance of active bacterial ammonia oxidizers in two contrasting coastal systems of the Baltic Sea. Environmental Microbiology, doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14293
Dissertation " Nitrogen transformation processes in the coastal zones of the Baltic Sea - On the turnover, regulation and role of coastal nitrification"
Recent cooperation partners
Elisabeth Happel (Universität Kopenhagen), Lasse Riemann (Universität Kopenhagen), Kevin Vikström (Universität Umea), Johan Wikner (Universität Umea), Dana Hellemann (Universität Helsinki), Susanna Hietanen (Universität Helsinki), Joanna Norkko (Tvärminne Zoological Station), Kirstin Schulz (NIOZ), Peter Holtermann (IOW), Eero Asmala (Universität Helsinki), Heather Reader (Memorial Universität Neufundland)