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Ciaerbita alpina und Ranunculs platanifolius haben im Harz die nördlichsten Vorposten ihres mitteleuropäischen Verbreitungsgebietes. Der Bestandesaufbau und die pflanzensoziologische Eingliederung der von ihnen mitgebildeten Hochstauden - Gesellschaften (Ranunouloplatanifolii-Mulgedietum, und Chaerophyllo hirsuti-Filipenduletum) werden beschrieben und mit weiteren hercynischen Vorkommen verglichen.
Zur Refugialfunktion von Weideparzellenrändern für Pflanzenarten und Vegetationstypen des Grünlandes
(1999)
Anhand ausgewählter Weideparzellen im nördlichen Nordrhein-Westfalen wurde 1995 der Frage nachgegangen, ob es an Weideparzellenrändern Rückzugsorte für Pflanzenarten und Vegetationstypen magerer Standorte gibt und inwieweit floristisch-soziologische, sowie standörtliche Unterschiede zwischen Weiderand und Parzelle bestehen. Hierzu wurden Vegetationsaufnahmen nach der BRAUN-BLANQUET-Methode erstellt. In insgesamt 52 Aufnahmepaaren wurden jeder Vegetationsaufnahme vom Weiderand eine Vegetationsaufnahme von der angrenzenden Parzelle zum Vergleich gegenübergestellt. Für ausgewählte Aufnahmepaare wurden darüber hinaus Bodenanalysen durchgeführt. Als Ergebnis konnten an den Weiderändern artenreiche Extensivgrünland-ähnliche Bestände gefunden werden, während in den Parzellen lediglich das Lolio-Cynosuretum nachgewiesen wurde. Zudem finden v.a. Arten des Extensivgrünlandes i.w.S. (Sedo-Scleranthetea, Nardo-Callunetea, Molinietalia), bzw. Magerkeitszeiger und Zeigerarten für extremere Feuchtigkeitsverhältnisse in den Weiderändern bessere Existenzmöglichkeiten. Die festgestellten Unterschiede werden v.a. auf die geringere Nährstoffversorgung der Randvegetation, den Wegfall des Trittfaktors am Parzellenrand, sowie das intensivere Abweiden der Unterzaunbereiche zurückgeführt.Die Weideränder können Refugien von Fragmenten gefährdeter bzw. vom Aussterben bedrohter Grünlandgesellschaften, sowie für einzelne bedrohte und zahlreiche rückläufige Grünlandarten darstellen und in dieser Funktion einen Beitrag gegen das Artensterben im Grünland leisten, sowie als Regenerationsreservoir für Extensivierungen dienen.
Für den Westharz werden Grünland-Gesellschaften aus den Klassen Molinio–Arrhenatheretea Tx. 1937 und Nardo-Callunetea Prsg. 1949 beschrieben und syntaxonomisch eingestuft. Aus den Molinio–Arrhenatheretea sind die Ordnungen Arrhenatheretalia Pawl. 1928 (mit Arrhenatherion elatioris W. Koch 1926 und Polygono-Trisetion Br.-Bl. et Tx. ex Marschall 1947) und Molinietalia W. Koch 1926 (mit dem Verband Calthion) vertreten. Neben der floristischen Struktur wird insbesondere auf phänologische und ökologische Zusammenhänge eingegangen und eine Bewertung für den Naturschutz vorgenommen.
Durch vergleichende vegetationskundliche Untersuchungen wird der Wandel der Grünlandvegetation im Chajouxtal (Vogesen) seit dem Jahr 1981 untersucht. Es wurden die Assoziationen Geranio-Trisetetum mit sechs Untereinheiten, Festuco-Genistetum mit fünf Untereinheiten und das Festuco-Cynosuretum nachgewiesen. Das Fehlen von Dauerflächen und Vegetationskarten des ursprünglichen Zustandes erfordert die Anwendung anderer Verfahren, um die Vegetationsentwicklung aufzuzeigen. Es wird durch einen Vergleich von alten und neuen Vegetationsaufnahmen und mit Hilfe einer Befragung der Landwirte auf die Zusammenhänge zwischen Nutzung- und Vegetationsveränderungen geschlossen. Dabei wird deutlich, daß sowohl beim Geranio-Trisetetum als auch Festuco-Genistetum ein Flächenrückgang derjenigen Subassoziation zu verzeichnen ist, die an die extensive, traditionelle Bewirtschaftung gebunden sind.
The formation of secondary particles in the atmosphere accounts for more than half of global cloud condensation nuclei. Experiments at the CERN CLOUD (Cosmics Leaving OUtdoor Droplets) chamber have underlined the importance of ions for new particle formation, but quantifying their effect in the atmosphere remains challenging. By using a novel instrument setup consisting of two nano-particle counters, one of them equipped with an ion filter, we were able to further investigate the ion-related mechanisms of new particle formation. In autumn 2015, we carried out experiments at CLOUD on four systems of different chemical compositions involving monoterpenes, sulfuric acid, nitrogen oxides, and ammonia. We measured the influence of ions on the nucleation rates under precisely controlled and atmospherically relevant conditions. Our results indicate that ions enhance the nucleation process when the charge is necessary to stabilize newly formed clusters, i.e. in conditions where neutral clusters are unstable. For charged clusters that were formed by ion-induced nucleation, we were able to measure, for the first time, their progressive neutralization due to recombination with oppositely charged ions. A large fraction of the clusters carried a charge at 1.2 nm diameter. However, depending on particle growth rates and ion concentrations, charged clusters were largely neutralized by ion–ion recombination before they grew to 2.2 nm. At this size, more than 90 % of particles were neutral. In other words, particles may originate from ion-induced nucleation, although they are neutral upon detection at diameters larger than 2.2 nm. Observations at Hyytiälä, Finland, showed lower ion concentrations and a lower contribution of ion-induced nucleation than measured at CLOUD under similar conditions. Although this can be partly explained by the observation that ion-induced fractions decrease towards lower ion concentrations, further investigations are needed to resolve the origin of the discrepancy.
Crista junctions (CJs) are tubular invaginations of the inner membrane of mitochondria that connect the inner boundary with the cristae membrane. These architectural elements are critical for mitochondrial function. The yeast inner membrane protein Fcj1, called mitofilin in mammals, was reported to be preferentially located at CJs and crucial for their formation. Here we investigate the functional roles of individual domains of Fcj1. The most conserved part of Fcj1, the C-terminal domain, is essential for Fcj1 function. In its absence, formation of CJ is strongly impaired and irregular, and stacked cristae are present. This domain interacts with full-length Fcj1, suggesting a role in oligomer formation. It also interacts with Tob55 of the translocase of outer membrane β-barrel proteins (TOB)/sorting and assembly machinery (SAM) complex, which is required for the insertion of β-barrel proteins into the outer membrane. The association of the TOB/SAM complex with contact sites depends on the presence of Fcj1. The biogenesis of β-barrel proteins is not significantly affected in the absence of Fcj1. However, down-regulation of the TOB/SAM complex leads to altered cristae morphology and a moderate reduction in the number of CJs. We propose that the C-terminal domain of Fcj1 is critical for the interaction of Fcj1 with the TOB/SAM complex and thereby for stabilizing CJs in close proximity to the outer membrane. These results assign novel functions to both the C-terminal domain of Fcj1 and the TOB/SAM complex.
New particle formation in the upper free troposphere is a major global source of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN)1,2,3,4. However, the precursor vapours that drive the process are not well understood. With experiments performed under upper tropospheric conditions in the CERN CLOUD chamber, we show that nitric acid, sulfuric acid and ammonia form particles synergistically, at rates that are orders of magnitude faster than those from any two of the three components. The importance of this mechanism depends on the availability of ammonia, which was previously thought to be efficiently scavenged by cloud droplets during convection. However, surprisingly high concentrations of ammonia and ammonium nitrate have recently been observed in the upper troposphere over the Asian monsoon region5,6. Once particles have formed, co-condensation of ammonia and abundant nitric acid alone is sufficient to drive rapid growth to CCN sizes with only trace sulfate. Moreover, our measurements show that these CCN are also highly efficient ice nucleating particles—comparable to desert dust. Our model simulations confirm that ammonia is efficiently convected aloft during the Asian monsoon, driving rapid, multi-acid HNO3–H2SO4–NH3 nucleation in the upper troposphere and producing ice nucleating particles that spread across the mid-latitude Northern Hemisphere.
The three-dimensional quantification of small-scale processes in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere is one of the challenges of current atmospheric research and requires the development of new measurement strategies. This work presents the first results from the newly developed Gimballed Limb Observer for Radiance Imaging of the Atmosphere (GLORIA) obtained during the ESSenCe (ESa Sounder Campaign) and TACTS/ESMVal (TACTS: Transport and composition in the upper troposphere/lowermost stratosphere, ESMVal: Earth System Model Validation) aircraft campaigns. The focus of this work is on the so-called dynamics-mode data characterized by a medium-spectral and a very-high-spatial resolution. The retrieval strategy for the derivation of two- and three-dimensional constituent fields in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere is presented. Uncertainties of the main retrieval targets (temperature, O3, HNO3, and CFC-12) and their spatial resolution are discussed. During ESSenCe, high-resolution two-dimensional cross-sections have been obtained. Comparisons to collocated remote-sensing and in situ data indicate a good agreement between the data sets. During TACTS/ESMVal, a tomographic flight pattern to sense an intrusion of stratospheric air deep into the troposphere was performed. It was possible to reconstruct this filament at an unprecedented spatial resolution of better than 500 m vertically and 20 × 20 km horizontally.
The three-dimensional quantification of small scale processes in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere is one of the challenges of current atmospheric research and requires the development of new measurement strategies. This work presents first results from the newly developed Gimballed Limb Observer for Radiance Imaging of the Atmosphere (GLORIA) obtained during the ESSenCe and TACTS/ESMVal aircraft campaigns. The focus of this work is on the so-called dynamics mode data characterized by a medium spectral and a very high spatial resolution. The retrieval strategy for the derivation of two- and three-dimensional constituent fields in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere is presented. Uncertainties of the main retrieval targets (temperature, O3, HNO3 and CFC-12) and their spatial resolution are discussed. During ESSenCe, high resolution two-dimensional cross-sections have been obtained. Comparisons to collocated remote-sensing and in-situ data indicate a good agreement between the data sets. During TACTS/ESMVal a tomographic flight pattern to sense an intrusion of stratospheric air deep into the troposphere has been performed. This filament could be reconstructed with an unprecedented spatial resolution of better than 500 m vertically and 20 km × 20 km horizontally.
Nucleation and growth of aerosol particles from atmospheric vapors constitutes a major source of global cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). The fraction of newly formed particles that reaches CCN sizes is highly sensitive to particle growth rates, especially for particle sizes <10 nm, where coagulation losses to larger aerosol particles are greatest. Recent results show that some oxidation products from biogenic volatile organic compounds are major contributors to particle formation and initial growth. However, whether oxidized organics contribute to particle growth over the broad span of tropospheric temperatures remains an open question, and quantitative mass balance for organic growth has yet to be demonstrated at any temperature. Here, in experiments performed under atmospheric conditions in the Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets (CLOUD) chamber at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), we show that rapid growth of organic particles occurs over the range from −25 ∘C to 25 ∘C. The lower extent of autoxidation at reduced temperatures is compensated by the decreased volatility of all oxidized molecules. This is confirmed by particle-phase composition measurements, showing enhanced uptake of relatively less oxygenated products at cold temperatures. We can reproduce the measured growth rates using an aerosol growth model based entirely on the experimentally measured gas-phase spectra of oxidized organic molecules obtained from two complementary mass spectrometers. We show that the growth rates are sensitive to particle curvature, explaining widespread atmospheric observations that particle growth rates increase in the single-digit-nanometer size range. Our results demonstrate that organic vapors can contribute to particle growth over a wide range of tropospheric temperatures from molecular cluster sizes onward.