CLIMATE AND EARTH
SYSTEM SCIENCES
Photo: UHH/Denstorf
15 April 2021
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We are proud to announce the successful disputation of our SICSS member Mathias Spieckermann.
His dissertation "Controls of Oxygen Consumption of Sediments in the Upper Elbe Estuary" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Annette Eschenbach and Dr. Alexander Gröngröft.
Mathias has studied the spatial and seasonal variability of the oxygen consumption potential of sediments in the area of the upper Elbe estuary. In his work, he was able to identify the factors that control the oxygen consumption of sediments during resuspension. In addition, he was able to determine the involved biochemical processes and their shares in the total oxygen consumption. Using this data, he has developed a prognosis model that allows him to model the oxygen consumption of sediments during resuspension based on a single sediment parameter. This approach helps to better understand underlying processes and improve existing models.
Mathias was a member of the Institute of Soil Science at Universität Hamburg.
Read here more about Mathias' research: When the Fish in the Port Run Out of Air