With the proposed exclusion of Natura 2000 areas from bottom-to-bottom fishing, the influence of the lack of trawling in the Baltic Sea can be examined for the first time and comprehensively. The focus [...] shields the sensitive cells from the environment. Project details MicroMeth: Methane production by microphytobenthos and its contribution to the benthic methane flux from the coastal zone of the Baltic [...] group lies on the diversity of the microphytobenthos. The pilot missions, which are carried out in close cooperation with the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), are part of the research mission
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