Microbial communities of marine habitats: ecology and biogeochemical processes

Research interests of the Microbial Habitat Group include exchange processes between marine sediments and the overlying water, the in situ quantification of transport and reaction in sediments as well as experimental studies on the influence of currents, waves, and pressure gradients on the biological and biogeochemical sedimentary processes. A special focus lies on microbial and geochemical processes in permeable sediments and other types of ocean margin systems, especially reduced and chemosynthetic habitats.