With the support of TICAS project, a new seagrass conservation project has been launched in Hainan since Jan, 2021. This project is funded by Zhilan Foundation, with the aim of protecting seagrass ecosystems in Hainan by promoting the knowledge exchange and collaborations between research institutes (Hainan Academy of Ocean and…
Like other coastal ecosystems, seagrass beds are under severe threat from eutrophication of coastal waters and the progressing use and development of coastal zones in Hainan. According to our recent study in ECOLOC project conducted by Tim Jennerjahn and his team at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT),…
Seagrass meadows are natural filters for nutrients and organic matter (OM). However, excessive enrichment is detrimental for seagrasses. Our ECOLOC subproject6 ‘Response of seagrasses to aquaculture effluents and the filtering capacity of seagrass meadows for anthropogenic nutrients and organic matter’ has recently published results in Marine Environmental Research, biogeochemist Tim…
Stakeholders from the German-Chinese project TICAS (Tackling Environmental Change Issues of China’s Coastal Aquatic Systems) recently met for a workshop in Haikou, Hainan, China. A total of 54 participants from 23 different organizations participated in the event, almost half of whom were representatives of the local government, nature reserves, NGOs…
TICAS project has sponsored the first exchange student- Chunxia Jiang from Hainan University to stay in Bremen for two month. Her master study mainly addresses the pollution characteristics of antibiotic resistance genes in Hainan mangrove area. During her stay at ZMT, she will also conduct some laboratory tests regarding TC,…
Prof. Hongwei Zhao from the Hainan University received a new grant for his research project entitled “Molecular responding mechanisms of reef-building coral-zooxanthellae symbionts to prometryn”. This new project is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and will run from January 2019 until December 2022.
Nan Xiang from the Hainan University was granted a China Scholarship Council scholarship for a 4-year PhD study in Bremen, Germany. She will join the Tropical Marine Microbiology Group (Group leader: Dr. Astrid Gärdes) investigating coral reef microbiology. Her research topic is “Nitrogen fixation in coral holobionts in the Anthropocene”.
PD Dr. Tim Jennerjahn, Dr. Inga Nordhaus and PhD candidate Esther Thomsen attended the ECSA57 (Estuarine Coastal Sciences Association) conference in Perth, Australia. Tim Jennerjahn presented the poster “Aquaculture pond effluents traced through coastal waters using nitrogen and oxygen stable isotope composition of nitrate”. Inga Nordhaus gave a presentation entitled…
Chinese and German scientists, interested stakeholders and representatives of government and funding agencies will meet in Haikou, Hainan from 31st of July until 2nd of August to discuss research results. The workshop agenda is available here.
Dr. Lucia Herbeck and PhD candidate Esther Thomsen attended the World Seagrass Conference and International Seagrass Biology Workshop in Singapore. Lucia Herbeck gave a talk about “Seagrass decline in response to a decade of aquaculture effluent disposal in Hainan, tropical China” and Esther Thomsen talked about “Response of three tropical…
