Papers and reports
2024
Near Real-Time Underwater Sound Modeling of Dredging Noise to Meet Regulatory Noise Thresholds
In: Popper, A.N., Sisneros, J.A., Hawkins, A.D., Thomsen, F. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Springer, Cham.
Fortsetzungsstudie Probabilistik
Das „Raumnutzungs-Kollisionsrisikomodell“ („RKR-Modell“): Fachliche Ausgestaltung einer probabilistischen Berechnungsmethode zur Ermittlung des Kollisionsrisikos von Vögeln an Windenergieanlagen in Genehmigungsverfahren mit Fokus Rotmilan. Im Auftrag des Bundesamts für Naturschutz.
Drone-based monitoring of intertidal blue mussel beds in the Wadden Sea – comparison of a threshold and two machine learning approaches
Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1381036. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1381036
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1381036/full
2023
Vorbereitung und Begleitung bei der Erstellung eines Erfahrungsberichtes gemäß § 97 Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG 2017) zum spartenspezifischen Vorhaben Windenergie an Land. Wissenschaftlicher Endbericht.
Erstellt im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz.
Developing best environmental practice for polymetallic nodule mining - a review of scientific recommendations
Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1243252. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1243252
Environmental Protection in the Arctic – support of German activities in the Arctic Council in terms of a pilot study on monitoring plastic litter on arctic coastlines applying remote sensing techniques - Final report
TEXTE 138/2023. Ressortforschungsplan of the Federal Ministry for the Enviroment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. Project No. (FKZ) 3719 18 201 0. Report No. FB001079/ENG
Response of Harbor Porpoises to Pingers and Acoustic Harassment Devices
In: Popper, A.N., Sisneros, J., Hawkins, A.D., Thomsen, F. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Springer, Cham.
Individual-based modelling supports environmental impact assessment in a large-scale construction project
Environmental Impact Assessment Review 101 (2023) 107150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107150
Response of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) to different types of acoustic harassment devices and subsequent piling during the construction of offshore wind farms
Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1128322. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1128322
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1128322/full
Regime shift and changes in sediment morphology driven by sea level rise affect abundance of migratory waders
J Ornithol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02056-w
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-023-02056-w
2022
Prevalence of Haemosporidian Parasites in an Arctic Breeding Seabird Species -The Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Microorganisms 2022, 10, 2147
Satellite surveys prove a reliable monitoring method for high latitude southern right whale habitat
International Whaling Commission
https://www.spacewhales.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SC_68D_SH_12.pdf
Wadden Sea Quality Status Report - Energy
In:Wadden Sea Quality Status Report. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Last updated 06.09.2022. Downloaded 14.09.2022.
https://qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org/index.php/reports/energy
Wadden Sea Quality Status Report - Alien species
In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Last updated 06.09.2022. Downloaded 14.09.2022.
https://qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org/reports/alien-species
Evaluating the quality of environmental baselines for deep seabed mining
Front. Mar. Sci. 9:898711. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.898711
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.898711/full
Annual movements of a migratory seabird - the NW European red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) - reveals high individual repeatability but low migratory connectivity
Marine Biology. 169. 10.1007/s00227-022-04096-x
Managing dredging noise during the construction of the world's longest immersed tunnel in the fehmarnbelt between denmark and Germany
WODCON XXIII 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark
How to manage light emissions to avoid migratory songbird collisions at an offshore construction site
WODCON XXII, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021
Should dispersers be fast learners? Modeling the role of cognition in dispersal syndromes.
Ecology and Evolution. 2021;00:1–10
Use of an INLA Latent Gaussian Modeling Approach to Assess Bird Population Changes Due to the Development of Offshore Wind Farms
Front. Mar. Sci. 8:701332
Vergleichbarkeit verschiedener Radarsysteme zur Erfassung des Vogelzugs
BioConsult SH, Husum
On the Role of Perception: Understanding Stakeholders’ Collaboration in Natural Resources Management through the Evolutionary Theory of Innovation
Sustainability 2021, 13, 3564
Video-Beobachtungen an Horsten des Wespenbussards Pernis apivorus in Schleswig-Holstein
Corax 24: 369-380
The Potential of Satellite Imagery for Surveying Whales
Sensors 2021, 21, 963
2020
Continuous Focal Group Follows Operated by a Drone Enable Analysis of the Relation Between Sociality and Position in a Group of Male Risso’s Dolphins (Grampus griseus)
Front. Mar. Sci. 7:283
Satellite telemetry and digital aerial surveys show strong displacement of red-throated divers (Gavia stellata) from offshore wind farms
Marine Environmental Research. 160. 104989. 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104989.
Occurrence, stability, and associated species of subtidal mussel beds in the North Frisian Wadden Sea (German North Sea Coast)
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 233 (2020) 106549
Wirksamkeit von Vogelschutzmarkern. Ein Fachkonventionsvorschlag zur Minderung an Freileitungen.
Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 52 (04) 2020. Seite 184-190
2019
Erhebung von Grundlagendaten zur Abschätzung des Kollisionsrisikos von Uhus an Windenergieanlagen im nördlichen Schleswig-Holstein
Endbericht im Auftrag des Landesverbandes Eulen-Schutz Schleswig-Holstein e.V. und Ministerium für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt, Natur und Digitalisierung (MELUND), Schleswig-Holstein
Aerial-trained deep learning networks for surveying cetaceans from satellite imagery
PLoS ONE 14(10): e0212532
A novel approach for assessing effects of ship traffic on distributions and movements of seabirds
Journal of Environmental Management 251 (2019) 109511
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479719312290?via%3Dihub
Artspezifische Wirksamkeiten von Vogelschutzmarkern an Freileitungen. Methodische Grundlagen zur Einstufung der Minderungswirkung durch Vogelschutzmarker – ein Fachkonventionsvorschlag
Bundesamt für Naturschutz (Hrsg.). BfN -Skripten 537: 286 S.
The diet of red-throated divers (Gavia stellata) overwintering in the German Bight (North Sea) analysed using molecular diagnostics.
Marine Biology 2019 166:77
Beifang von Wasservögeln in der Binnenfischerei in SH - Abschlussbericht
Im Auftrag des Landesamts für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume Schleswig-Holstein (LLUR)
2018
Wirksamkeit von Maßnahmen gegen Vogelkollisionen an Windenergieanlagen
Bundesamt für Naturschutz (Hrsg.). BfN-Skripten 518: 129 S.
Cross-calibration of different radar systems for monitoring nocturnal bird migration across Europe and the Near East
Ecography 42: 1–12, 2018
Schutz der Brutvögel auf den nordfriesischen Halligen - Aktuelle Situation und mögliche Auswirkungen des Klimawandels
In: WWF Deutschland (Hrsg.) 2018: Land unter im Wattenmeer. Auswirkungen des Meeresspiegelanstiegs auf die Natur der Halligen und Möglichkeiten zur Anpassung. Husum/Berlin
https://www.wwf.de/fileadmin/fm-wwf/Publikationen-PDF/WWF-Halligstudie.pdf
2017
Extraction and dredging
In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2017. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Last updated 21.12.2017. Downloaded 04.01.2017.
http://qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org/reports/extraction-and-dredging
Fisheries
In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2017. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Last updated 21.12.2017. Downloaded 04.01.2017.
Migratory birds
In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2017. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Last updated 21.12.2017. Downloaded 04.01.2017.
http://qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org/reports/migratory-birds
Energy
In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2017. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Last updated 21.12.2017. Downloaded 04.01.2017.
East Atlantic Flyway
In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2017. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Last updated 21.12.2017. Downloaded 04.01.2017.
http://qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org/reports/east-atlantic-flyway
Beds of blue mussels and Pacific oysters
In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2017. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Last updated 21.12.2017. Downloaded 04.01.2017.
http://qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org/reports/beds-blue-mussels-and-pacific-oysters
Alien species
In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2017. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Last updated 21.12.2017. Downloaded 04.01.2017.
http://qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org/reports/alien-species
Invading oysters and native mussels: from hostile takeover to compatible bedfellows
Ecosphere 8(9):e01949. 10.1002/ecs2.1949
Invasion trajectory of Pacific oysters in the northern Wadden Sea
Marine Biology 2017 164:68
Nocturnal migrants do not incur higher collision risk at wind turbines than diurnally active species
Ibis, 159: 366–373. doi:10.1111/ibi.12456
A Large-Scale, Multispecies Assessment of Avian Mortality Rates at Land-Based Wind Turbines in Northern Germany
In: Köppel, J. (eds) Wind Energy and Wildlife Interactions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51272-3_3
2016
Windenergie und Artenschutz: Ergebnisse aus dem Forschungsvorhaben PROGRESS und praxisrelevante Konsequenzen. Diskussionsveranstaltung am 17. November 2016 in Hannover.
Fachagentur Windenergie an Land e.V.
Projekt Ursachenforschung zum Rückgang des Mäusebussards im Landesteil Schleswig
In: Jagd und Artenschutz 2016 p. 91-94
Displacement of seabirds by an offshore wind farm in the North Sea
Marine Ecology Progress Series 554 p. 173-182
Détermination des taux de collision des oiseaux (y compris rapaces) et principes fondamentaux pour prévoir et évaluer le risque de collision dans la conception des projets éoliens (projet de recherche PROGRESS)
Rapport final du projet collaboratif PROGRESS, soutenu sous la référence 0325300 A-D par le Ministère fédéral allemand de l’Économie et de l’Énergie (BMWi) dans le cadre du 6e programme de recherche sur les énergies lancé par le gouvernement fédéral.
2015
2014
Do man-made structures and water depth affect the diel rhythms in click recordings of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)?
Marine Mammal Science 30 (3) p. 1109–21
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12112/abstract
Large-Scale Spatial Dynamics of Intertidal Mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) Bed Coverage in the German and Dutch Wadden Sea
Ecosystems 17 (3) p. 550-66
The history of intertidal blue mussel beds in the North Frisian Wadden Sea in the 20th century: Can we define reference conditions for conservation targets by analysing aerial photographs?
Journal of Sea Research 87 p. 91–102
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385110113002402
2013
Territory quality affects the relative importance of habitat heterogeneity and interference competition in a long-lived territorial songbird
Journal of Avian Biology 45 (1) p. 15–21
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00182.x/abstract
Seal scarers as a tool to deter harbour porpoises from offshore construction sites
Marine Ecology Progress Series 475 p. 291-302
2012
Far-reaching effects of a seal scarer on harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 23 (2) p. 222–32
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aqc.2311/abstract
Hilfe für den Fischadler in Schleswig-Holstein
In: Jagd und Artenschutz 2012 p. 98-100
Schwarzstorch
In: Jagd und Artenschutz 2012 p. 101-7
Signals from the Wadden sea: Population declines dominate among waterbirds depending on intertidal mudflats.
Ocean and Coastal Management 68 p. 79–88
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569112000737
Projektbeschreibung PROGRESS
2011
Population regulation by habitat heterogeneity or individual adjustment?
Journal of Animal Ecology 81 (2) p. 330–40
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01904.x/abstract
Responses of harbour porpoises to pile driving at the Horns Rev II offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea
Marine Ecology Progress Series 421 p. 205-16
High mortality of Pacific oysters in a cold winter in the North-Frisian Wadden Sea
Helgoland Marine Research 65 (4) p. 525-32
2010
Does climatic warming explain why an introduced barnacle finally takes over after a lag of more than 50 years?
Biological Invasions 12 (10) p. 3579-89
Does climatic warming explain why an introduced barnacle finally takes over after a lag of more than 50 years?
Biological Invasions 12 (10) p. 3579-89
The return of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) to northern Germany: Modelling the past to predict the future.
Biological Conservation 143 p. 710-21
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320709005187
2009
Assessing the good ecological status of Blue mussel beds in the North-Frisian Wadden Sea – according to the EU Water Framework Directive and EU Habitat Directive
On behalf of Schleswig-Holstein Agency for Coastal Defence, National Park and Marine conservation – National Park authority, Husum. In cooperation with Torsten Berg, MariLim Gewässeruntersuchung, Kiel.
Wie viele Vögel kollidieren mit Windenergieanlagen?
Natur und Landschaft 84 (7) p. 309-14
2008
Community dynamics of intertidal soft-bottom mussel beds over two decades
Climate change causes rapid changes in the distribution and site abundance of birds in winter
Global Change Biology 14 (11) p. 2489-500
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01666.x/abstract
Investigations of the birds collision risk and the response of harbour porpoises in the offshore wind farms Horns Rev, North Sea and Nysted, Baltic Sea in Denmark. Part I: Birds.
Universität Hamburg and BioConsult SH. Funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Investigations of the bird collision risk and the responses of harbour porpoises in the offshore wind farms Horns Rev, North Sea, and Nysted, Baltic Sea, in Denmark. Part II: Harbour porpoises.
Universität Hamburg and BioConsult SH. Funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
2007
2006
Wadden Sea mussel beds invaded by oysters and slipper limpets: competition or climate control?
Helgoland Marine Research 60 p. 135–43
Minderung des Unterwasserschalls bei Rammarbeiten für Offshore-WEA – Praktische Erprobung verschiedener Verfahren unter Offshore-Bedingungen
UFOPLAN Ref. No. 205 53 113, Abschlussbericht. ITAP, Oldenburg, BioConsult SH, Husum, F+Z Baugesellschaft mbH, Hamburg. Gefördert durch Umweltbundesamt, Berlin.
2005
Overview of numbers and trends of migratory waterbirds in the Wadden Sea 1980-2000
In: Blew, J. & Südbeck, P. (Eds) Migratory waterbirds in the Waddensea. Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 20. Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Group, Joint Monitoring Group of Migratory Birds in the Wadden Sea, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, p. 7-148
Intertidal Blue Mussel Beds
In: Essink, K., Dettmann, C., Farke, H., Laursen, K., Lüerßen, G., Marencic, H. and Wiersinga, W. (Eds.) Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2004. Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 19. Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Group, Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, p. 190-200
2004
Introduced Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in the northern Wadden Sea: invasion accelerated by warm summers?
Helgoland Marine Research 59 (2) p. 97-106
Wie viel Naturschutz leisten die Ökolandbaubetriebe jetzt und welche Perspektiven gibt es für die Zukunft? – Ergebnisse einer bundesweiten Untersuchung.
In: Rahmann, G. & van Elsen, T. (Hrsg.) Naturschutz als Aufgabe des Ökologischen Landbaus. Gemeinsame Fachtagung,16.-17. Oktober 2003, Witzenhausen. Landbauforschung Völkenrode, Sonderheft 272 p. 83-96
2003
High tide roosts in the Wadden Sea: A review of bird distribution, protection regimes and potential sources of anthropogenic disturbance
A report of the Wadden Sea Plan Project 34. Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 16. Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Group, Joint Monitoring Group of Migratory Birds in the Wadden Sea, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
2002
Spring migration strategies of two populations of bar-tailed godwits, Limosa lapponica, in the Wadden Sea: time minimizers or energy minimizers?
Oikos 96 p. 346-354
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.960216.x/abstract
2001
Anatol holte Muscheln – Einfluss eines Orkans auf Muschelbänke im Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer
In: Landesamt für den Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer (Hrsg.): Wattenmeermonitoring 2000. Schriftenreihe des Nationalparks Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer, Sonderheft, p. 18-20