Maritime Systems – A New Interdisciplinary Approach of Rostock University Frank C. Hansen Scientific Secretary of the De

1. University of Rostock Department Maritime Systems Maritime Systems – A New Interdisciplinary Approach of Rostock University Frank C. Hansen Scientific Secretary of the Department Maritime Systems Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, Rostock University Klaipeda, 15 May 2009

2. Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research: 3 Departments: • D1: Science and Technology of Life, Light & Matter • D2: Maritime Systems • D3: Aging Science and Humanities

3. In 2007, the Department Maritime Systems was founded at the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research in order to concentrate the maritime research at the University of Rostock. This department deals with coastal seas, the coasts themselves, and landside coastal areas.

4. Faculty of Informatics and Electrical Engineering Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research • Life Science Automation • Communications Engineering • General Electrical Engineering • Marine Biology • Ecology • Applied Ecology • Zoology • Molecular Plant Physiology • Animal Physiology • Sensory and Cognitive Ecology • Physical Oceanography (IOW) • Marine Chemistry (IOW) • Biological Oceanography (IOW) • Marine Geology (IOW) Faculty of Law •State and Administrative Law, Environmental Law and Public Economic Law •Baltic Institute of Maritime Law, Environmental Law and Infrastructural Law Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences • Ocean Engineering • Fluid Mechanics • Ship Design • Shipbuilding and Steel Construcion •International Economics •Institute of Political and Administrative Science •Baltic Institute of Marketing Transportation and Tourism Faculty of Theology •Church History Maritime Reserach at the University of Rostock Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Coastal Water Supply Construction • Soil Physics and Environmental Resource Conservation • Geodesy and Geoinformatics Chairs with Maritime Research Topics

5. Coastal zones in global and regional change Sustainable development and management Use of maritime systems Research Areas Interdisciplinary responses to complex research requirements:

6. Coastal Zones in Global and Regional Change Challenges: changes and trends in coastal ecosystems, caused by climate change and increased use, and their effects on social developments in coastal areas Topics: changes in hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics, changes in cycles of matter and changes in biodiversity Aims: to determine the causes and consequences of these changes and to predict scenarios for expected change in order to provide a theoretical basis for rational policy decisions

7. Coastal Zones in Global and Regional Change

8. Use of Maritime Systems – Technical Engineering Challenges: intensification of human use regarding resources, energy, traffic, tourism puts an increasing pressure on coastal areas Topics: experimental investigations and modeling of hydrodynamic processes and fluid-structure interactions, the construction of large-scale structures such as offshore wind farms, innovations in shipbuilding, conception of coastal defense measures Aims: to develop environmentally sound technical solutions for variousfields of maritime economy

9. Use of Maritime Systems Hydrodynamic characteristics of harbor seal vibrissae

10. Use of Maritime Systems – Aquaculture Challenges: the increasing demand of aquatic resources for nutritition and pharmacy, the decline of fish stocks due to overfishing and climate change Topics: culture of micro- and macroalgae, biotechnology of algae, population and feeding ecology of coastal fish, genetics of commercial fish Aims: to develop innovative strategies for resource sensitive methods for aquaculture and sustainable fisheries

11. Use of Maritime Systems – Aquaculture Artificial reef Nienhagen 4 ha in-situ laboratory • Interdisciplinary studies: • fisheries • culture of macroalgae • ecology of hard substrate communities • maritime technologies • economical effects of artificial reefs

12. Production of biomass closed photobioreactors in temperate climates Use of microalgae aquaculture, nutritition, cosmetics, pharmacy, CO2 fixation, energy, environmental monitoring Yields per ha and year Colza: 3-4 t Soya: 6-7 t Corn: 7-18 t Microalgae: 30-150 (550) t Use of Maritime Systems – Aquaculture Aquaculture of microalgae and cyanobacteria

13. Sustainable Development and Management Challenges: increasing and competing demands for use of the coastal zone cause conflicts between different economic interests and the need for environmental protection Topics: the manifold interests for use are regarded in their ecological, economical, political, ethical and social contexts, important tools are the integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) and marine spatial planning Aims: to develop holistic strategies for conservation of the natural and economic potential of coastal zones within an interdisciplinary framework

14. Sustainable Development and Management Governance Tourism economy Agriculture Mussel farming Water quality management Ecosystem Dr. Gerald Schernewski, IOW

15. Conceptual Model:Oder river basin - coast Sustainable Development and Management Dr. Gerald Schernewski, IOW

16. University of Rostock Department Maritime Systems Aims: 1. Predicting holistic future developments for coastal zones 2. Development of best available technologies and best environmental practice for coastal zones 3. Political consulting & conflict resolution for competing demands of use 4. Partner for maritime economy

17. Thank you for your attention Dr. Frank C. Hansen Scientific Secretary of the Department Maritime Systems (Leader: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Graf) Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research (Dean: Prof. Dr. Udo Kragl) University of Rostock (Rector: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schareck) E-mail: frank.hansen@uni-rostock.de Phone: +49 (0)381-498 6063