Below
Ground
Research
at
York,
c/o Dr. Andreas Heinemeyer
(andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk)
University of York, York YO10 5DD, England, UK
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-York), Environment Department,
Grimston House:
Tel: (44) (0) 1904 32 2991, Fax: (44) (0) 1904 32 2898
WEB PAGE FOR
ANDREAS
HEINEMEYER
ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGIST AT THE
(Member of staff at the Stockholm Environment Institute - York)
RESEARCH
INFORMATION
1. SEI (current)
Brief
description
about
the
Stockholm
Environmental
Institute
(SEI-York).
Brief description of the Climate and Energy Group
activities at
SEI-York.
2. CTCD (until 2012)
Brief description of the CTCD-York research aims and
what we are up
to in the near future.
CTCD-York
website
and
project
research
aims
with
some
key
achievements.
This Defra funded peatland project (£950k) BD5104 'Restoration of blanket bog vegetation for biodiversity, carbon sequestration and water regulation' will initially run from 2011 to 2016.
Web link to project and more information: PeatlandESUK
The overarching aim of this study is to:
Acquire experimental data to underpin the development and refinement of possible management techniques, for example, applicable through Environmental Stewardship schemes, to address the dominance of heather (Calluna vulgaris) and facilitate the support of ‘active’ blanket bog vegetation (with peat-forming species, particularly Sphagnum spp.). This requires screening for the most suitable management techniques and then including those as part of a long-term manipulative experiment to provide scientifically sound and meaningful data upon which to base policy advice and subsequently inform management decisions, considering both, environmental and socio-economic implications.
The project will address four main objectives:
Review potential techniques to address heather dominance and help support appropriate ‘active’ Sphagnum supporting peatland vegetation on blanket bog and identify practical management options for experimental testing.
Field test the identified management options and evaluating their effect on:
a) plant species composition, including bryophytes, to indicate likely impact on peat formation;
b) water table and peat fluvial and gaseous carbon fluxes.
Provide a cost-benefit analysis to determine the cost of achieving a range of ecosystem services.
Evaluate the impact of treatments on vegetation dynamics, stream flow, water budgets, carbon stocks, fluxes and greenhouse gas emission based on measurements and modelling approaches.
Site setup and monitoring:
The project will take part at three experimental peatland sites in the English uplands, which are typical of grouse managed blanket bog, having at least 30% and ideally over 50% cover of heather over deep peat but with some other blanket mire species, including Sphagnum spp., present at low frequency/cover. The sites are predominantly under current rotational burning and the peatland is mainly intact (i.e. not eroded). At each site two similar sub-catchments are paired, serving as control (current burn regime) versus treatment areas (e.g. mowing).
Collaborators and Project Partners:
The Yokrshire Peat Partnership (YPP) are a direct project partner within this project. Contact person is Dr. Astrid Hanlon at YPP, York.
We also collaborate with Birkbeck University for manual Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) work. The contact person is Dr. Charles Bristow at Birkbeck, London.
For automated GPR surveys we work together with Dinsdales Moorland Services (DMS). The contact person is Dr. Lauren Parrey, Leeds University.
4. CV,
Selected Publications and Web-Links
Andreas Heinemeyer is an active member of
the British Society of
Soil Science (BSSS)
THE
(UK)
HEINEMEYER
PICTURES
!!!Movie page!!!
PICTURE
GALLERY 1
(The
Heinemeyers)
Top of page
!!! Andreas & Catherine Heinemeyer’s
wedding
16th August 2003 !!!
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Outside Heslington church (16th August 2003) Walk to our afternoon "Kaffee & Kuchen" |
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Conor Sebastian Conor's christening Conor's 3rd birthday Patrick Johannes Heinemeyer's in Alfeld 2007 |
PICTURE
GALLERY 2
(York allotment, house and the town itself)
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!!! Andreas & Catherine Heinemeyer:
Allotment Pics !!!
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Allotment 2003 Allotment 2007 Allotment 2008 Allotment Hut Allotment Veggies Holly Bank Grove Hob Moor York UK |
PICTURE GALLERY 3
(Our
Holidays)
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GALLERY 4 (My
home town Alfeld Leine
in
Germany)
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Our House in Alfeld (Leine) House in 2007 Online webcam for Alfeld Alfeld Stadpark View from Himmelberg turm Alfeld town |
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GALLERY 5
(Historic Alfeld and the
surroundings)
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PICTURE
GALLERY 6
(All Saints Brass where we made music with 'All Saint's Brass'
and some pics about our former band 'Funkate')
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The Church of All Saint's North Street(Previously also home of All Saint's Brass) Funkate (York's former leading 8-piece Funkband) |
PICTURE
GALLERY 7
(Enter
the Carbon Cycle Science
world)
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The Mobile Lab Mass
Spectrometer
The Breathing Forest
The
Breathing Forest movie
The
Breathing Forest simulation model |
!!! UNDER constant CONSTRUCTION !!!
Last updated 1st May 2012