GRK 2000: The German Baltic Sea Coast as Terrestrial-Marine Interface of Water and Matter Fluxes (Baltic Transcoast)

波罗的海跨海岸项目研究陆地-海洋界面的物理、生物地球化学和生物过程。海岸带受到各种人类活动以及地貌和气候过程的严重影响。在通常由泥炭地主导的低洼沿海地区，陆海相互作用尚未得到很好的了解，这阻碍了未来的规划和管理。波罗的海跨海岸的核心假设是浅海和陆地泥炭地相互影响，对水和能量通量、物质循环和生物群产生深远影响。跨学科的研究集中在三个比较地点的调查，重点研究洪水频率和持续时间对生物地球化学过程的意义。常见的中心中观实验旨在加深对过程的理解并加强跨学科的整合。一个耦合的海洋-地下水模式将海界-陆界过程联系起来，能够分析变化的边界条件（如气候和土地利用）对低洼沿海地区的影响。培训计划旨在培养“沿海地区专家”；它分为六个单元，包括定期的研究研讨会。在加拿大、芬兰、丹麦举办的讲习班和将在一次国际会议上组织的一次会议加强了小组活力和同伴之间的学习。另外两名博士后作为博士生的整合者，确保跨学科、高水平的期刊出版物。联盟的组成以及现有的基础设施（包括办公室和研讨室，新的研究船和研究生院）促进了基础研究，以加深我们对海岸的系统理解，并促进博士生的结构化培训。波罗的海跨海岸项目在罗斯托克大学和莱布尼茨波罗的海研究所的研究战略中占据中心位置，从而允许将新的研究思路、方法和基础设施纳入研究培训小组，并确保罗斯托克地区沿海研究议程的整合和相互丰富。

Baltic TRANCOAST studies the physical, biogeochemical, and biological processes at theland-ocean interface. The coastal zone is heavily impacted by various human activities aswell as by geomorphological and climatic processes. Land-sea interactions at low lyingcoastal areas that are often dominated by peatlands are not well understood, hampering futureplanning and management. The core hypothesis of Baltic TRANSCOAST is that theshallow sea and the terrestrial peatland have a mutual impact on each other with farreachingconsequences for water and energy fluxes, matter cycling and the biota. The interdisciplinaryresearch focuses on the significance of flood frequency and duration on biogeochemicalprocesses by concentrating the investigations on three comparison sites. Common,central mesocosm experiments are designed to deepen process understanding andstrengthen interdisciplinary integration. A coupled ocean-groundwater model links sea-boundand terrestrial processes and enables analysing the impact of changing boundary conditions(such as climate and land-use) on low-lying coastal areas. The training program aims at educating‘experts of coastal areas’; it is clustered in six units and involves regular researchseminars. Workshops in Canada, Finland, Denmark and a session to be organized at an internationalconference enhance group dynamic and peer-to-peer learning. Two additionalPostdocs function as integrators for the PhD students and ensure interdisciplinary, highrankedjournal publications. The composition of the consortium as well as existing infrastructure(including office and seminar rooms, new research vessel, and the graduate academy)foster the fundamental research to deepen our system-based understanding of coasts andpromote structured training of PhD students. The Baltic TRANSCOAST occupiers a centralplace in the research strategy of the University of Rostock and the Leibniz Institute for BalticSea Research thereby allowing incorporation of new research ideas, approaches and infrastructureinto the research training group and ensuring integration and mutual enrichment ofthe coastal research agendas in Rostock area.