Plant Physiology Group, J. KesselmeierField of Work
Within the Biogeochemistry Department of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
a number of key aspects of global biogeochemistry are investigated. Within
the Plant Physiology Group,
Botany, Plant Physiology, phycology and other field of biological activities
are incorporated into these studies. For example the role of the marine biota
as a source of climatically important trace gases as well as the exchange of
chemically and radiatively important trace gases between soil/vegetation and
the atmosphere are under investigation. Recent projects cover the exchange
of Non Methane Hydrocarbons (NMHC) or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC, Monoterpenes,
isoprene, oxygenated compounds, acids, aldehydes...) as well as the exchange
of reduced sulfur compounds (H2S, COS, CH3SH, DMS, CS2)
between the biosphere and the atmosphere. Within theses studies we are interested
in the role of higher vegetation, soil biology, algae, cyanobacteria, lichens
and mosses. All studies are closely related to physiology, such as photosynthesis,
respiration, transpiration and enzymatic processes. |