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Groundwater ecology
Groundwater ecology
Clean drinking water from aquifers can not be taken for granted and is connected to a functioning and healthy groundwater ecosystem. Secretly and out of our visibility range microorganisms and invertebrates (Stygofauna) are cleaning the water (self-purification of groundwater) – for this we are interested in the protection of this habitat and the biodiversity of it. We observe physico-chemical, microbiological, and faunistic parameters especially in urban regions which are model regions for future underground warming. But also numerous other contamination sources exist in urban regions: Nutrients, heavy metals, organic contaminants like pharmaceuticals or pesticides, or salts are washed into shallow aquifers. We want to observe how bacterial and faunistic communities react to these contaminations, what the communities look like in general and how the ecosystem can be protected.
Publications
Noethen, M., Becher, J., Menberg, K., Blum, P., Schüppler, S., Metzler, E., Rasch, G., Griebler, C., & Bayer, P. (2024). Environmental impact of an anthropogenic groundwater temperature hotspot. Science of The Total Environment, 177153.
Becher J., Griebler C., Fuchs A., Gaviria S., Pfingstl T., Eisendle U., Duda M., Bayer P. (2024). Groundwater fauna below the city of Munich and relationships to urbanization effects. 26th International Conference on Subterranean Biology and 6th International Symposium on Anchialine Ecosystems. Cagliari, Italy, 9–13 Sep. 2024.
Meyer, L., Becher, J., Griebler, C., Hermann, H., Küsel, K., and Bayer, P. (2024). Investigation on biodiversity patterns in urban groundwater of Halle (Saale), Germany. 26th International Conference on Subterranean Biology and 6th International Symposium on Anchialine Ecosystems. Cagliari, Italy, 9–13 Sep. 2024.
Becher, J., Galle, M., and Haenel, M. (2024). Stygos – A Board Game Depicting the Challenging Life of Underground Organisms. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-16700.
Noethen, M., Becher, J., Menberg, K., Blum, P., Schüppler, S., Metzler, E., and Bayer, P. (2024). Does an anthropogenically induced subsurface temperature hotspot affect groundwater ecology? EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-1879
Meyer, L., Becher, J., Herrmann, M., Griebler, C., and Bayer, P. (2024). Entschlüsselung der wichtigsten Einflussfaktoren auf die mikrobielle und faunistische Artenvielfalt im städtischen Grundwasser von Halle (Saale). Tagung der Fachsektion Hydrogeologie e.V. in der DGGV e.V. 2024, Aachen.
Becher, J., Gardt, K., Meyer, L., Griebler, C., Hermann, M., and Bayer, P. (2023). Hydrogeological, physicochemical, and thermal conditions as drivers of faunal diversity in an urban groundwater ecosystem. EGU General Assembly 2023, EGU23-14570.
Becher, J., Englisch, C., Griebler, C., Bayer, P. (2022). Groundwater fauna downtown – drivers, impacts and implications for subsurface ecosystems in urban areas. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 248, 104021.
Blum, P., Menberg, K., Koch, F., Benz, S. A., Tissen, C., Hemmerle, H., Bayer, P. (2021). Is thermal use of groundwater a pollution? – Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 239, 103791.
Brielmann, H., Lueders, T., Schreglmann, K., Ferraro, F., Blum, P., Bayer, P., Hammerl, V., Griebler, C. (2011). Oberflächennahe Geothermie und ihre potentiellen Auswirkungen auf die Grundwasserökologie, Grundwasser, 16(2), 77-91.
