TY - GEN A1 - Schatz, Juliane A1 - Ohlendorf, Bernd A1 - Busse, Peter A1 - Pelz, Gerrit A1 - Dolch, Dietrich A1 - Teubner, Jens A1 - Encarnacao, Jorge A. A1 - Mühle, Ralf-Udo A1 - Fischer, M. A1 - Hoffmann, Bernd A1 - Kwasnitschka, Linda A1 - Balkema-Buschmann, Anne A1 - Mettenleiter, Thomas Christoph A1 - Müller, T. A1 - Freuling, Conrad M. T1 - Twenty years of active bat rabies surveillance in Germany BT - a detailed analysis and future perspectives T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - In Germany, active bat rabies surveillance was conducted between 1993 and 2012. A total of 4546 oropharyngeal swab samples from 18 bat species were screened for the presence of EBLV-1- , EBLV-2- and BBLV-specific RNA. Overall, 0 center dot 15% of oropharyngeal swab samples tested EBLV-1 positive, with the majority originating from Eptesicus serotinus. Interestingly, out of seven RT-PCR-positive oropharyngeal swabs subjected to virus isolation, viable virus was isolated from a single serotine bat (E. serotinus). Additionally, about 1226 blood samples were tested serologically, and varying virus neutralizing antibody titres were found in at least eight different bat species. The detection of viral RNA and seroconversion in repeatedly sampled serotine bats indicates long-term circulation of the virus in a particular bat colony. The limitations of random-based active bat rabies surveillance over passive bat rabies surveillance and its possible application of targeted approaches for future research activities on bat lyssavirus dynamics and maintenance are discussed. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 533 KW - Bat rabies KW - epidemiology KW - lyssavirus KW - surveillance Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-415140 SN - 1866-8364 IS - 533 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Olen, Stephanie M. A1 - Bookhagen, Bodo A1 - Hoffmann, Bernd A1 - Sachse, Dirk A1 - Adhikari, Danda P. A1 - Strecker, Manfred T1 - Understanding erosion rates in the Himalayan orogen: A case study from the Arun Valley JF - Journal of geophysical research : Earth surface N2 - Understanding the rates and pattern of erosion is a key aspect of deciphering the impacts of climate and tectonics on landscape evolution. Denudation rates derived from terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides (TCNs) are commonly used to quantify erosion and bridge tectonic (Myr) and climatic (up to several kiloyears) time scales. However, how the processes of erosion in active orogens are ultimately reflected in Be-10 TCN samples remains a topic of discussion. We investigate this problem in the Arun Valley of eastern Nepal with 34 new Be-10-derived catchment-mean denudation rates. The Arun Valley is characterized by steep north-south gradients in topography and climate. Locally, denudation rates increase northward, from <0.2mmyr(-1) to similar to 1.5mmyr(-1) in tributary samples, while main stem samples appear to increase downstream from similar to 0.2mmyr(-1) at the border with Tibet to 0.91mmyr(-1) in the foreland. Denudation rates most strongly correlate with normalized channel steepness (R-2=0.67), which has been commonly interpreted to indicate tectonic activity. Significant downstream decrease of Be-10 concentration in the main stem Arun suggests that upstream sediment grains are fining to the point that they are operationally excluded from the processed sample. This results in Be-10 concentrations and denudation rates that do not uniformly represent the upstream catchment area. We observe strong impacts on Be-10 concentrations from local, nonfluvial geomorphic processes, such as glaciation and landsliding coinciding with areas of peak rainfall rates, pointing toward climatic modulation of predominantly tectonically driven denudation rates. Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JF003410 SN - 2169-9003 SN - 2169-9011 VL - 120 IS - 10 SP - 2080 EP - 2102 PB - American Geophysical Union CY - Washington ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hoffmann, Bernd A1 - Kahmen, Ansgar A1 - Cernusak, Lucas A. A1 - Arndt, Stefan K. A1 - Sachse, Dirk T1 - Abundance and distribution of leaf wax n-alkanes in leaves of Acacia and Eucalyptus trees along a strong humidity gradient in northern Australia JF - Organic geochemistry : the international journal for rapid publication of current research in organic geochemistry and biochemistry N2 - Environmental parameters such as rainfall, temperature and relative humidity can affect the composition of higher plant leaf wax. The abundance and distribution of leaf wax biomarkers, such as long chain n-alkanes, in sedimentary archives have therefore been proposed as proxies reflecting climate change. However, a robust palaeoclimatic interpretation requires a thorough understanding of how environmental changes affect leaf wax n-alkane distributions in living plants. We have analysed the concentration and chain length distribution of leaf wax n-alkanes in Acacia and Eucalyptus species along a 1500 km climatic gradient in northern Australia that ranges from subtropical to arid. We show that aridity affected the concentration and distribution of n-alkanes for plants in both genera. For both Acacia and Eucalyptus n-alkane concentration increased by a factor of ten to the dry centre of Australia, reflecting the purpose of the wax in preventing water loss from the leaf. Furthermore, Acacian-alkanes decreased in average chain length (ACL) towards the arid centre of Australia, whereas Eucalyptus ACL increased under arid conditions. Our observations demonstrate that n-alkane concentration and distribution in leaf wax are sensitive to hydroclimatic conditions. These parameters could therefore potentially be employed in palaeorecords to estimate past environmental change. However, our finding of a distinct response of n-alkane ACL values to hydrological changes in different taxa also implies that the often assumed increase in ACL under drier conditions is not a robust feature for all plant species and genera and as such additional information about the prevalent vegetation are required when ACL values are used as a palaeoclimate proxy. Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.07.003 SN - 0146-6380 VL - 62 IS - 9 SP - 62 EP - 67 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hoffmann, Bernd A1 - Feakins, Sarah J. A1 - Bookhagen, Bodo A1 - Olen, Stephanie M. A1 - Adhikari, Danda P. A1 - Mainali, Janardan A1 - Sachse, Dirk T1 - Climatic and geomorphic drivers of plant organic matter transport in the Arun River, E Nepal JF - Earth & planetary science letters KW - plant wax biomarker KW - leaf wax delta D KW - carbon cycle KW - remote sensing KW - erosion Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.008 SN - 0012-821X SN - 1385-013X VL - 452 SP - 104 EP - 114 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - THES A1 - Hoffmann, Bernd T1 - Plant organic matter mobilization and export in fluvial systems T1 - Mobilisierung und Export pflanzlicher Biomasse in Flusssystemen BT - a case study from the eastern Nepalese Arun Valley BT - Fallstudie im ost-nepalesischen Arun-Tal N2 - The global carbon cycle is closely linked to Earth’s climate. In the context of continuously unchecked anthropogenic CO₂ emissions, the importance of natural CO₂ bond and carbon storage is increasing. An important biogenic mechanism of natural atmospheric CO₂ drawdown is the photosynthetic carbon fixation in plants and the subsequent longterm deposition of plant detritus in sediments. The main objective of this thesis is to identify factors that control mobilization and transport of plant organic matter (pOM) through rivers towards sedimentation basins. I investigated this aspect in the eastern Nepalese Arun Valley. The trans-Himalayan Arun River is characterized by a strong elevation gradient (205 − 8848 m asl) that is accompanied by strong changes in ecology and climate ranging from wet tropical conditions in the Himalayan forelad to high alpine tundra on the Tibetan Plateau. Therefore, the Arun is an excellent natural laboratory, allowing the investigation of the effect of vegetation cover, climate, and topography on plant organic matter mobilization and export in tributaries along the gradient. Based on hydrogen isotope measurements of plant waxes sampled along the Arun River and its tributaries, I first developed a model that allows for an indirect quantification of pOM contributed to the mainsetm by the Arun’s tributaries. In order to determine the role of climatic and topographic parameters of sampled tributary catchments, I looked for significant statistical relations between the amount of tributary pOM export and tributary characteristics (e.g. catchment size, plant cover, annual precipitation or runoff, topographic measures). On one hand, I demonstrated that pOMsourced from the Arun is not uniformly derived from its entire catchment area. On the other, I showed that dense vegetation is a necessary, but not sufficient, criterion for high tributary pOM export. Instead, I identified erosion and rainfall and runoff as key factors controlling pOM sourcing in the Arun Valley. This finding is supported by terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide concentrations measured on river sands along the Arun and its tributaries in order to quantify catchment wide denudation rates. Highest denudation rates corresponded well with maximum pOM mobilization and export also suggesting the link between erosion and pOM sourcing. The second part of this thesis focusses on the applicability of stable isotope records such as plant wax n-alkanes in sediment archives as qualitative and quantitative proxy for the variability of past Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) strength. First, I determined how ISM strength affects the hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopic composition (reported as δD and δ18O values vs. Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water) of precipitation in the Arun Valley and if this amount effect (Dansgaard, 1964) is strong enough to be recorded in potential paleo-ISM isotope proxies. Second, I investigated if potential isotope records across the Arun catchment reflect ISM strength dependent precipitation δD values only, or if the ISM isotope signal is superimposed by winter precipitation or glacial melt. Furthermore, I tested if δD values of plant waxes in fluvial deposits reflect δD values of environmental waters in the respective catchments. I showed that surface water δD values in the Arun Valley and precipitation δD from south of the Himalaya both changed similarly during two consecutive years (2011 & 2012) with distinct ISM rainfall amounts (~20% less in 2012). In order to evaluate the effect of other water sources (Winter-Westerly precipitation, glacial melt) and evapotranspiration in the Arun Valley, I analysed satellite remote sensing data of rainfall distribution (TRMM 3B42V7), snow cover (MODIS MOD10C1), glacial coverage (GLIMSdatabase, Global Land Ice Measurements from Space), and evapotranspiration (MODIS MOD16A2). In addition to the predominant ISM in the entire catchment I found through stable isotope analysis of surface waters indications for a considerable amount of glacial melt derived from high altitude tributaries and the Tibetan Plateau. Remotely sensed snow cover data revealed that the upper portion of the Arun also receives considerable winter precipitation, but the effect of snow melt on the Arun Valley hydrology could not be evaluated as it takes place in early summer, several months prior to our sampling campaigns. However, I infer that plant wax records and other potential stable isotope proxy archives below the snowline are well-suited for qualitative, and potentially quantitative, reconstructions of past changes of ISM strength. N2 - Da der globale Kohlenstoffkreislauf stark mit dem Klima der Erde verknüpft ist, sind im Zusammenhang mit dem weiterhin ungebremsten anthropogenen CO₂-Ausstoß die natürliche Bindung von CO₂ und die langfristige Speicherung von Kohlenstoff um so wichtiger. Einer der wesentlichen Mechanismen des natürlichen CO₂-Abbaus ist die photosynthetische Kohlenstoffbindung in Pflanzen verknüpft mit der anschließenden langfristigen Ablagerung von Pflanzenmaterial in Sedimenten. Hauptziel der vorliegenden Dissertation ist daher, jene Faktoren zu identifizieren, die für den Abtransport toten Pflanzenmaterials in Flüssen hin zu Sedimentationsräumen verantwortlich sind. Das entsprechende Untersuchungsgebiet ist das ost-nepalesische Arun Tal. Der Arun durchschneidet den Himalaya von Nord nach Süd und sein Einzugsgebiet ist geprägt vom stärksten Höhengradienten der Erde (8848-205 m ü.N.N.). Entsprechend durchfließt er mehrere Klimazonen von alpiner Tundra auf dem Tibetischen Plateau hin zu subtropischen Bedingungen im Süden Nepals. Wegen dieses starken Gefälles bietet der Arun die Möglichkeit, die Mobilisierung und den Abtransport von Pflanzenmaterial unter sehr unterschiedlichen klimatischen, ökologischen und topographischen Gegenbenheiten zu untersuchen. Zunächst entwickelte ich ein auf Wasserstoff-Isotopen-Messungen an Pflanzenwachsen in Flusssedimenten basierendes Modell, das es ermöglicht, indirekt den Pflanzendetritus-Beitrag der Nebenflüsse in Relation zur Gesamtmasse des vom Arun abtransportierten Pflanzenmaterials zu quantifizieren. Um jene klimatischen und topografischen Eigenschaften der Seitenflüsse zu ermitteln, welche die jeweils exportierte Menge an Pflanzenmaterial kontrollieren, suchte ich im nächsten Schritt nach einem statistischen Zusammenhang zwischen exportierten Pflanzenrestmengen der Nebenflüsse sowie der Größe ihrer Einzugsgebiete, Pflanzenbedeckung, Niederschlagsmenge (bzw. Abfluss), und ihrer Topografie als Maß für Erosionsvermögen. Mit diesen Methoden kann ich einerseits klar belegen, dass das vom Arun transportierte Pflanzenmaterial nicht flächendeckend gleichmäßig aus seinem Einzugsgebiet stammt. Andererseits zeigt sich, dass dichter Pflanzenbewuchs zwar ein notwendiges, jedoch kein hinreichendes Kriterium für hohe Exportraten ist. Meine Untersuchung im Arun Tal führte letztlich zu dem Ergebnis, dass die für die Mobilisierung und den Export von Pflanzenmaterial wesentlichen Faktoren Niederschlagsmenge und Erosion sind, wobei Pflanzenbedeckung zwar vorausgesetzt ist, oft jedoch als Resultat hohen Niederschlags auftritt. Dass Erosion hierbei eine Schlüsselrolle zukommt, legt auch die Analyse von kosmogenen Nuklid-Konzentrationen in Flusssanden zur Bestimmung von Erosionsraten nahe. Ich fand eine sehr gute räumliche Übereinstimmung von hohen Erosionsraten und maximalem Pflanzendetritus-Abtransport, die den Zusammenhang beider Parameter zusätzlich belegt. Der zweite, im Rahmen der beschriebenen Untersuchung näher beleuchtete Aspekt, ist die potentielle Nutzung der Isotopenzusammensetzung von in Sedimenten enthaltenen Pflanzenwachsen als quantitativer Marker für Monsun-Variabilität in der Vergangenheit. Voraussetzung für eine entsprechende Nutzung ist einerseits, dass sich Schwankungen der Monsun-Intensität in der Isotopie des Regenwassers niederschlagen (der sogenannte amount effect, Dansgaard, 1964) und andererseits, dass die Blattwachsproduzierenden Pflanzen Monsun-Wasser aufnehmen und ausschließlich dessen Isotopie in ihre Blattwachse übernehmen. Die erste Voraussetzung konnte ich als gegeben bestätigen, da sich die Isotopenzusammensetzung der Oberflächenwasser im Arun-Tal während zwei aufeinanderfolgender, sehr unterschiedlich starker Monsun-Regenzeiten (2011 & 2012) gleichermaßen änderte, wie es an einer Wetterstation südlich des Himalaya in Bangladesh beobachtet wurde. Zur Überprüfung der zweiten Bedingung wurde zunächst mit Fernerkundungsmethoden die Regenverteilung (TRMM 3B42V7) und Schneebedeckung (MODIS MOD10C1) im Arun-Tal vor und während der Probenkampagnen 2011 und 2012 ausgewertet. Unter Hinzuziehung der stabilen Wasserstoff und Sauerstoff Isotopen-Messungen an Oberflächenwassern konnte der Einfluss verschiedenerWasserquellen (Indischer Sommer-Monsun, Schnee der Winter-Westwinde, Gletscherschmelze) sehr gut beurteilt werden: Ich konnte zeigen, dass der Arun-Fluss stark von Monsun und Eisschmelze beeinflusst wird und dass darum davon auszugehen ist, dass Blattwachse seines Einzugsgebietes nicht nur die Isotopenzusammensetzung des Monsun-Regens repräsentieren. Die Nebenflüsse jedoch, welche südlich des Himalaya-Hauptkammes unterhalb der Schneegrenze liegen, sind klar dominiert von Monsun-Regen. Das bedeutet, dass potentielle stabile Isotopen-Archive in den entsprechenden Einzugsgebieten quantitativ interpretiert werden können und die Variabilität des Sommer-Monsuns in der Vergangenheit dort absolut rekonstruiert werden könnte. KW - Pflanzenwachs KW - stabile Isotope KW - Satelliten-Fernerkundung KW - Erosion KW - plant waxes KW - stable isotopes KW - remote sensing KW - erosion Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-99336 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hlinak, Andreas A1 - Mühle, Ralf-Udo A1 - Werner, Ortrud A1 - Globig, Anja A1 - Starick, Elke A1 - Schirrmeier, Horst A1 - Hoffmann, Bernd A1 - Engelhardt, Andreas A1 - Hübner, Dagmar A1 - Conraths, Franz J. A1 - Wallschläger, Hans-Dieter A1 - Kruckenberg, Helmut A1 - Müller, Thomas T1 - A virological survey in migrating waders and other waterfowl in one of the most important resting sites of Germany N2 - Wild birds are considered a potential reservoir or a carrier of viral diseases and may therefore play a role in the epidemiology of economically important or zoonotic diseases. In 2001 and 2002, a survey with special emphasis oil virus isolation in migrating waders and some other birds were conducted. In one of the most important inland resting sites for migratory waterfowl, tracheal and cloacal swabs were collected from 465 waders representing 19 different species, and 165 other birds that were not captured on purpose. A total of 42 avian viruses were isolated, 34 of these were identified as paramyxoviruses (PMVs). The majority of isolates came from waders and wild ducks, and were characterized as PMV-1. In contrast, PMV-4 was found in wild ducks only, PMV-6 was mainly detected in wader species. Four avian influenza viruses (ATVs), belonging to H4 and H3 haemagglutinin subtype, were isolated from wild duck species. Furthermore, four reo-like viruses were isolated from one particular wader species for the first time. The majority of virus positive birds were < 1 year old and did not show any clinical symptoms. There was no evidence for the presence of West Nile virus in these birds. These results confirm that the restricted resting sites in Western Europe must be considered as important locations for the intra- and interspecies transmission of avian viruses Y1 - 2006 SN - 0931-1793 ER -