Fachbereich Geowissenschaften

Master's Thesis Topics in Geoecology

Recent research topics geoecology students have focused on in their Master's thesis, sorted by work groups (year)

Animal Evolutionary Ecology / Prof. Nico Michiels

  • Feuersalamander Monitoring in Tübingen (2023)
  • Processing wildlife tracking data from Automated Radio Telemetry Systems (ARTS): A framework and example application (2023)
  • Redirected flickering light can create achromatic contrasts between a retroreflector and ist surroundings (2024)

Animal Physiological Ecology / Prof. Heinz Köhler, Prof. Rita Triebskorn

  • The Influence of Glyphosate on Oxidative Stress Biomarkers and Alterations in the Detection of Microbial EPSP Synthase Genes in Brown Trout (Salmo trutta f. fario) (2024)
  • Evaluating the pH-dependent toxicity of acetylsalicylic acid and dichlorophenol in Danio rerio (2024)
  • Benthic Hardbottom Communities of the Aland Islands: Spatial diversity differences and sensitivity to artificial light at night (2024)

Biogeology / Prof. Hervé Bocherens

  • Charakterisierung von Dünensubstrat der Namibwüste mit Bezug auf Standort und Hydrologie (2022)

Environmental Biotechnology / Prof. Lars Angenent

  • Assessment of spatial demand and protein yield of a power-to-protein system in Ethopia (2023)

Environmental Mineralogy / Prof. Stefan Haderlein

  • Nitrate isotopes as tracer of processes in the marine nitrogen cycle in upwelling filaments of the northern Benguela Upwelling System (2024)

Environmental Systems Analysis / Prof. Christiane Zarfl

  • Erfassung und Bewertung der Ökosystemleistungen Biodiversität und Kohlenstoffbindung im urbanen Raum (2023)
  • Investigating the structure-stability relationship in competitive networks with an individual-based model (2023)
  • Eco-evolutionary plant resource allocation in response to herbivory and pollination and its implications for plant diversification (2023)
  • Assessment of spatial demand and protein yield of a power-to-protein system in Ethopia (2023)

Environmental Toxicology / Prof. Beate Escher

  • Cytotoxicity as a proxy for particle-associated and dissolved organic contaminant loads in rivers during storm events (2022)

Evolutionary Biology of Invertebrates / Prof. Oliver Betz

  • Ökologie und Phänologie der Rot- und Grünwidderchen (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) aus dem Val d'Agnielles, Hautes-Alpes, Frankreich (2023)

Geo-Biosphere Interactions / Prof. Michaela Dippold

  • Environmental drivers of soil microbial storage on the field scale (2024)

Geomicrobiology / Prof. Andreas Kappler

  • The biogeochemical impact of historical submarine copper mine tailings on the Repparfjord, Northern Norway (2023)
  • Impact of humics-coated biochar particles on electron transfer between Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and ferrihydrite (2023)
  • pH-dependence of different nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizers (2023)
  • The Influence of salinity increases on methane and carbon dioxide emissions from Wadden Sea marsh sediments (Schleswig-Holstein) (2023)
  • Impact of rhizosphere processes on organic carbon cycling in salt marshes (2024)
  • Fe und N cycling in the anoxic sediment of an acidic mine drainage river (Río Tinto, Spain): Effect of pH, salinity and heavy metals on the microbial community (2024)

Isotope Geochemistry / Prof. Ronny Schönberg

  • Geochemical comparison of volcanic with peridotitic olivines and Cr isotopic characterisation of periodotitic olivines (2024)

Micropaleontology / Dr. Annett Junginger

  • Adaptation of diatom assemblages to water quality change over time in an artificial lake in southern Germany (2023)

Near-Surface Geophysics / Prof. Reinhard Drews

  • Investigation of Infiltration Behaviour and Groundwater Recharge at the Lauswiesen Site (2023)

Petrology and Mineral Resources / Prof. Gregor Markl

  • Ökologie und Phänologie der Rot- und Grünwidderchen (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) aus dem Val d'Agnielles, Hautes-Alpes, Frankreich (2023)

Plant Biogeochemistry / Jun.-Prof. Marie Mühe

  • Influence of plant-specific root traits on the release of greenhouse gases from thawing permafrost soils (2024)

Soil Science and Geomorphology / Prof. Thomas Scholten

  • Assessing the transferability of satellite-based soil organic carbon models: A case study of cropland soils in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria (2022)

Terrestrial Palaeoclimatology / Prof. Madelaine Böhme

  • Die Obermiozäne Karpoflora der Hammerschmiede (2023)

Vegetation Ecology / Prof. Katja Tielbörger

  • Land Degradation Risk Assessment in Dryland Savannah (2023)
  • Bet-hedging of diaspore traits in heterocarpic Asteraceae plants (2024)