Ulrike Löptien

Joined: January 25, 2023
Articles: 2

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Ambiguous controls on simulated diazotrophs in the world oceans

Nitrogen fixers, are microorganisms that fix nitrogen from the air, making it available for ecosystems. It is known that they grow rather slowly so that they are easily taken advantage of by fast-growing algae – unless there is a lack of bioavailable…

Ulrike Löptien
October 25, 2022

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Cyanobacteria blooms in the Baltic Sea

Blue-green algae (or cyanobacteria) form regularly massive blooms in the Baltic Sea – especially in late summer. The bacteria can produce toxins and add bioavailable nitrogen fixed from the atmosphere to the already over-fertilized system. In the presented study, high-resolution…

Ulrike Löptien
August 29, 2022