OTC: OPTIMUS - Optimization of mussel cultures for eutrophication prevention and fish feed production in the Baltic Sea
- Duration:
- 01.04.2017 - 31.03.2020
- Project coordinated by:
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU), National Institute of Aquatic Resources
- Project manager (IOW):
- Prof. Dr. habil. Gerald Schernewski
- Funding:
- BONUS / BMBF
- Website:
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http://www.bonus-optimus.eu/
- Researchfocus:
- Partners:
Within BONUS OptiMus IOW will be responsible for the field work at Bay of Greifswald. Therefore, a mussel test farm will be build and used to regularly monitor changes of water quality and, in strong collaboration with the project partners, sediments below the test farm will be studied. Further, IOW will focus on the salinity depended growth modelling of Mytilus edulis and the overall impact of mussels on water transparency within the ecosystem model. Beyond the test farm, IOW will develop strategies to optimize the overwintering of the farm and use an approach to include as many criteria as possible to find the optimal site for a mussel farm. Finally, IOW will be responsible for an ecosystem assessment including potential changes due to a mussel farm and IOW will help EUCC-D to identify suitable stakeholder groups and to hold the stakeholder workshops at the German case study site.
Publikationen
- Ritzenhofen, L., J. Schumacher, S. Karstens and G. Schernewski (2022). Ecosystem service assessments within the EU Water Framework Directive: Marine mussel cultivation as a controversial measure. Appl. Sci.-Basel 12: 1871, doi: 10.3390/app12041871
- Ritzenhofen, L., A.-L. Buer, G. Gyraite, S. Dahlke, A. Klemmstein and G. Schernewski (2021). Blue mussel (Mytilus spp.) cultivation in mesohaline eutrophied inner coastal waters: mitigation potential, threats and cost effectiveness. PeerJ 9: e11247, doi: 10.7717/peerj.11247
- Taylor, D., J. Larsen, A.-L. Buer, R. Friedland, A. Holbach, J. K. Petersen, P. Nielsen, L. Ritzenhofen, C. Saurel and M. Maar (2021). Mechanisms influencing particle depletion in and around mussel farms in different environments. Ecol. Indic. 122: 107304, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107304
- Buer, A.-L., D. Taylor, P. Bergström, L. Ritzenhofen and A. Klemmstein (2020). Nitrogen and phosphorous content in blue mussels (Mytilus spp.) across the Baltic Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 7: 705, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00705
- Buer, A.-L., M. Maar, M. Nepf, L. Ritzenhofen, S. Dahlke, R. Friedland, P. Krost, F. Peine and G. Schernewski (2020). Potential and feasibility of Mytilus spp. farming along a salinity gradient. Front. Mar. Sci., 371, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00371
- Inacio, M., G. Schernewski, D. A. Pliatsika, J. Benz and R. Friedland (2019). Assessing changes in ecosystem services provision in coastal waters. Sustainability 11: 2632, doi: 10.3390/su11092632
- Friedland, R., A.-L. Buer, S. Dahlke and G. Schernewski (2019). Spatial effects of different zebra mussel farming strategies in an eutrophic Baltic lagoon. Front. Environ. Sci. 6: 158, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2018.00158
- Schernewski, G., M. Inácio and Y. Nazemtseva (2018). Expert based ecosystem service assessment in coastal and marine planning and management: A Baltic Lagoon case study. Front. Environ. Sci. 6: 19, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2018.00019