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    Ackerbausysteme im ökologischen Landbau: Untersuchungen zur Nmin-, N2O-N- und NH2-N-Dynamik sowie Rückschlüsse zur Anbau-Optimierung

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    Die Entwicklung der Landwirtschaft war in den letzten Jahrzehnten gekennzeichnet durch einen beispiellosen Anstieg des Dünge- und Pflanzenschutzmitteleinsatzes sowie durch entsprechend starke Ertragssteigerungen. Die damit verbundenen nachteiligen Umweltwirkungen auf Wasser, Boden und Atmosphäre führten einerseits zur Suche nach Optimierungsstrategien und andererseits zu erhöhten Anstrengungen bei der Prüfung alternativer Bewirtschaftungsformen. Zur Prüfung von Ackerbausystemen des ökologischen Landbaus wurden ab dem Jahr 1992 komplexe Dauerversuche angelegt. Es wurden Verfahren von viehlosen sowie von viehhaltenden Betrieben simuliert. In den Versuchen wurden außerdem eine stark unterschiedliche Düngungshöhe mit verschiedenen organischen Düngemitteln sowie differenzierte anbautechnische und vegetationsbegleitende Maßnahmen berücksichtigt. Die Anbauverfahren wurden sowohl in ihren kurzzeitigen Auswirkungen auf Nährstoffdynamik, Ertrag und Produktqualität der Kulturarten als auch in ihren langfristigen Auswirkungen auf die Nährstoffbilanzen der Fruchtfolgen sowie auf die Bodenfruchtbarkeit geprüft. Diese Veröffentlichung dokumentiert die komplexen Dauerversuche, mit deren Hilfe es möglich ist, pflanzenbauliche Optimalvarianten zu ermitteln, die eine dauerhafte Anwendung ermöglichen

    Denitrification in the River Estuaries of the Northern Baltic Sea

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    Estuaries have been suggested to have an important role in reducing the nitrogen load transported to the sea. We measured denitrification rates in six estuaries of the northern Baltic Sea. Four of them were river mouths in the Bothnian Bay (northern Gulf of Bothnia), and two were estuary bays, one in the Archipelago Sea (southern Gulf of Bothnia) and the other in the Gulf of Finland. Denitrification rates in the four river mouths varied between 330 and 905 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1). The estuary bays at the Archipelago Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia had denitrification rates from 90 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1) to 910 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1) and from 230 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1) to 320 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1), respectively. Denitrification removed 3.6-9.0% of the total nitrogen loading in the river mouths and in the estuary bay in the Gulf of Finland, where the residence times were short. In the estuary bay with a long residence time, in the Archipelago Sea, up to 4.5% of nitrate loading and 19% of nitrogen loading were removed before entering the sea. According to our results, the sediments of the fast-flowing rivers and them estuary areas with short residence times have a limited capacity to reduce the nitrogen load to the Baltic Sea.Estuaries have been suggested to have an important role in reducing the nitrogen load transported to the sea. We measured denitrification rates in six estuaries of the northern Baltic Sea. Four of them were river mouths in the Bothnian Bay (northern Gulf of Bothnia), and two were estuary bays, one in the Archipelago Sea (southern Gulf of Bothnia) and the other in the Gulf of Finland. Denitrification rates in the four river mouths varied between 330 and 905 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1). The estuary bays at the Archipelago Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia had denitrification rates from 90 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1) to 910 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1) and from 230 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1) to 320 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1), respectively. Denitrification removed 3.6-9.0% of the total nitrogen loading in the river mouths and in the estuary bay in the Gulf of Finland, where the residence times were short. In the estuary bay with a long residence time, in the Archipelago Sea, up to 4.5% of nitrate loading and 19% of nitrogen loading were removed before entering the sea. According to our results, the sediments of the fast-flowing rivers and them estuary areas with short residence times have a limited capacity to reduce the nitrogen load to the Baltic Sea.Estuaries have been suggested to have an important role in reducing the nitrogen load transported to the sea. We measured denitrification rates in six estuaries of the northern Baltic Sea. Four of them were river mouths in the Bothnian Bay (northern Gulf of Bothnia), and two were estuary bays, one in the Archipelago Sea (southern Gulf of Bothnia) and the other in the Gulf of Finland. Denitrification rates in the four river mouths varied between 330 and 905 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1). The estuary bays at the Archipelago Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia had denitrification rates from 90 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1) to 910 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1) and from 230 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1) to 320 mu mol N m(-2) d(-1), respectively. Denitrification removed 3.6-9.0% of the total nitrogen loading in the river mouths and in the estuary bay in the Gulf of Finland, where the residence times were short. In the estuary bay with a long residence time, in the Archipelago Sea, up to 4.5% of nitrate loading and 19% of nitrogen loading were removed before entering the sea. According to our results, the sediments of the fast-flowing rivers and them estuary areas with short residence times have a limited capacity to reduce the nitrogen load to the Baltic Sea.Peer reviewe

    Commentary: How Can We Have Compassion Towards Animals?

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    Lord of the Living Souls: Dominion and the Spiritual Lives of Animals in Milton's Paradise Lost

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    This paper examines Milton's views of the spiritual status of animals as presented in Paradise lost. It discusses how Milton enters into discussion with the discourses of 111 theology, philosophy, and both antique and modern science to construct his own nuanced view on the dominion humankind was theologically mandated to have over animals. Milton promotes a complex animal ethic based simultaneously on both hierarchy and kinship. Ultimately this ethic is used not only to celebrate animals, but also to celebrate a stewardship-oriented notion of a divinely ordained hierarchy

    Animals in the Original Position

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    UUED KÄSITLUSED MAJAEHITUSEST HANSARUUMIS

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    Struktur, Eigenschaften und Gefährdungspotentiale des oberflächennahen Untergrunds in historischen Erzbergbaugebieten des zentraleuropäischen Mittelgebirgsraums

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    Thema der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Identifikation, Differenzierung und Bewertung von vorhandenen Schwermetallreservoirs im Hangbereich historischer Erzbergbaugebiete im Nordpfälzer Bergland und dem Spessart. Dazu wurden auf Grundlage von 115 Bodenprofilen entlang von 14 Hangsequenzen die holozäne Umweltgeschichte, die Verbreitung und Struktur sowie ausgewählte ökologische Eigenschaften der quartären Hangsedimente erstmalig integrativ analysiert. Besondere Beachtung fanden hierbei die Schwermetallgehalte der quartären Hangsedimente und ihr immanentes Gefährdungspotential, das für die Untersuchungsgebiete zum ersten mal auf Grundlage der aktuellen rechtlichen Grundlagen bestimmt wurde. Die Auflösung einer hochauflösenden Boden- und Sedimentaufnahme mit exemplarischer Beprobung ermöglichte die Analyse vieler Details, Merkmale und Eigenschaften der Sedimente und Bodenbildungen dieser (stark) gestörten Standorte im Mittelgebirgsbereich
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