Greta Gaudig

Areas of work

  • site adapted land use options for rewetted bogs (paludiculture): Sphagnum farming, especially on degraded bogs

  • peatland ecology

  • pollen and macrofossil analysis, especially of Sphagnum peat

  • teaching: contribution to lecture series "Peatland utilisation" and to seminars about  pollen and macrofossil analysis

Education and professional career

since 2005
Director of Greifswald Mire Centrum

since 2004
Scientific assistant at the Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, department of Peatland Studies and Palaeoecology, projects about Sphagnum farming

2001-2003
Freelance work: e.g. literature study about  “Sludge decomposition using Phragmites“, literature review on “Sphagnum as a renewable resource”, palaeoecological research

2000
Diploma thesis: „Comparison of fast peatmoss peat accumulating systems by pollen and macrofossil analysis“

1995-2000
Study of Biology at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald – focus: Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation, Peatland ecology

1993-1995
Study of Biology at the University of Rostock

Projects

  • MOOSGRÜN - Peat moss cultivation on bog grassland (FNR, 2010-2013)

  • PROSUGA - Industrial cultivation of peat moss for the production of innovative growing media for horticulture (BMWi, 2010-2013)

  • MOOSFARM - Production of a sustainable and environmentally friendly substitute for peat in professional horticulture by Sphagnum farming on floating mats (BMWi, 2007-2010)

  • TORFMOOS - Peat moss as a renewable resource (FNR, 2004-2007)

Publications

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

  • Milne W, Banwart, SA, Noellemeyer E, Abson DJ, Ballabio C, Bampa F, Bationo A, Batjes NH, Bernoux M, Bhattacharyya T, Black H, Buschiazzo DE, Cai Z, Cerri CE, Cheng K, Compagnone C, Conant R, Coutinho HL, de Brogniez D, de Carvalho Balieiro F, Duffy C, Feller C, Fidalgo EC, Figueira da Silva C, Funk R, Gaudig G, Gicheru PT, Goldhaber M, Gottschalk P, Goulet F, Goverse T, Grathwohl P, Joosten H, Kamoni PT, Kihara J, Krawczynski R, La Scala Jr N, Lemanceau P, Li L, Li Z, Maron P-A, Martius C, Melillo J, Montanarella L, Nikolaidis N, Nziguheba G, Pan G, Pascual U, Paustian K, Piñeiro G, Powlson D, Quiroga A, Richter D, Sigwalt A, Six J, Smith J, Smith P, Stocking M, Tanneberger F, Termansen M, van Noordwijk M, van Wesemael B, Vargas R, Luiz Victoria R, Waswa B, Werner D, Wichmann S, Wichtmann W, Zhang X, Zhao Y, Zheng J, Zheng J (2015) Soil Carbon, Multiple Benefits. Environmental Development 13: 33-38.
  • Krebs, M., Gaudig, G. & Joosten, H. (2016) Record growth of Sphagnum papillosum in Georgia (Transcaucasus): rain frequency, temperature and microhabitat as key drivers in natural bogs. Mires and Peat 18: Art. 04., DOI: 10.19189/MaP.2015.OMB.190
  • Muster, C., Gaudig, G., Krebs, M. & Joosten, H. (2015): Sphagnum farming: the promised land for peat bog species? Biodiversity and Conservation, DOI: 10.1007/s10531-015-0922-8
  • Beike, A. K. et al. (2014): Clonal in vitro propagation of peat mosses (Spaghnum L.) as novel green resources for basic and applied research. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 11. DOI 10.1007/s11240-014-0658-2
  • Gaudig, G., Fengler, F., Krebs, M., Prager, A., Schulz, J., Wichmann, S. & Joosten, H. 2014. Sphagnum farming in Germany – a review of progress. Mires and Peat 13: Art. 8. Link
  • Gaudig, G., H. Joosten & D. Kamermann. 2008. Growing growing media: promises of Sphagnum biomass. Acta Horticulturae 779: 165-171.
  •  Gaudig, G., Couwenberg, J. & Joosten, H. 2006. Peat accumulation in kettle holes: bottom up or top down? Mires & Peat, Vol. 1, Article 6 (http://www.mires-and-peat.net/map01/map_1_6.pdf)

 

Bookchapters

  • Joosten H, Gaudig G, Tanneberger F, Wichmann S & Wichtmann W (2016): Paludicultures: Sustainable productive use of wet and rewetted peatlands. In: Bonn A, Allott T, Evans M, Joosten H & Stoneman R (eds.): Peatland restoration and ecosystem services: science, practice, policy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 339-357.
  • Joosten, H., Gaudig, G., Krawczynski, R., Tanneberger, F., Wichmann, S. & Wichtmann, W. (2015): Managing Soil Carbon in Europe: paludicultures as a new perspective for peatlands. In: Soil Carbon: Science, Management and Policy for Multiple Benefits (eds S.A. Banwart, E. Noellemeyer and E. Milne): 297-306. CAB International.
  • Joosten, H., Gaudig, G., Krawczynski, R., Tanneberger, F., Wichmann, S. & Wichtmann, W. (2013): Paludicultures: Sustainable productive use of wet and rewetted peatlands. In: A. Bonn, T. Allott, M. Evans, H. Joosten, & R. Stoneman (eds.) (in prep.): Peatland restoration and ecosystem services: science, practice, policy. Cambridge University Press.
  • Gaudig, G. & Wichmann, S. (2011): Sphagum as a renewable resource. In: Tanneberger, F. & Wichtmann, W. (eds.). Carbon credits from rewetted peatlands: 109.

 

 

Conference Proceedings

  • Gahlert, F., Prager,  A., Schulz, J., Krebs, M., Gaudig, G. & Joosten, H. 2012. Sphagnum propagules from spores: first experiences. Proceedings 14th Int. Peat Congress in Stockholm, Schweden: No. 307.
  • Gaudig, G., Gahlert, F., Krebs, M., Prager, A., Schulz, J., Wichmann, S. & Joosten, H. 2012. Sphagnum farming in Germany - 10 years on the road to sustainable growing media. Proceedings 14th Int. Peat Congress in Stockholm, Schweden: No. 374.
  • Krebs, M., Gaudig, G. & Joosten, H. 2012. Sphagnum farming on bog grassland in Germany - first results. Proceedings 14th Int. Peat Congress in Stockholm, Schweden: No. 294.
  • Prager, A., Gaudig, G., Krebs, M., Schulz, J., Gahlert, F. & Joosten, H. 2012. Are Sphagnum propagules still vital when stored up to 12 months? Proceedings 14th Int. Peat Congress in Stockholm, Schweden: No. 365.
  • Wichmann, S., Gaudig, G., Krebs, M. & Joosten, H. 2012. Paludiculture - ecosystem services of Sphagnum farming on rewetted bogs in NW Germany. Proceedings 14th Int. Peat Congress in Stockholm, Schweden: No. 369.
  • Gaudig, G. 2008. Sphagnum farming in progress – experiences and perspectives. Proceedings 13th Int. Peat Congress in Tullamore, Ireland: 168-171.
  • Gaudig, G. 2006. Torfmooskultivierung: Hintergründe und Projektinhalte. Europäisches Symposium "Moore in der Regionalentwicklung", Juni 2006. BUND Niedersachsen: 71-73.
  • Gaudig, G. & D. Kamermann. 2005. Peat moss as a Renewable Resource. Nachwachsende Rohstoffe für die Chemie and 4th International Green-Tech Conference 02./03.02.2005 in Potsdam, Schriftenreihe "Nachwachsende Rohstoffe" Bd. 27: 433, Münster.
  • Gaudig, G. & H. Joosten. 2002. Peat moss (Sphagnum) as a renewable resource - an alternative to Sphagnum peat in horticulture. In: Schmilewski, G. & L. Rochefort (eds.): Peat in horticulture. Quality and environmental challenges. International Peat Society, Jyväskylä, 117-125.

 

 Research reports, discussion papers, other journal papers

  • Landry, J., Pouliot, R., Gaudig, G., Wichmann, S. & Rochefort, L. (2011): Sphagnum farming workshop in the Canadian Maritimes: international research efforts and challenges. IMCG-Newsletter 2/3: 42-44. ISSN 1682-1653.
  • Autorenkollektiv Greifswald (2009): Paludikultur – Perspektiven für Mensch und Moor. Universität Greifswald, Institut für Botanik und Landschaftsökologie, Institut für Dauerhaft Umweltgerechte Entwicklung von Naturräumen der Erde (DUENE) e.V., Greifswald. 16 S.            
  • Grantzau, E. & G. Gaudig. 2005. Torfmoos als Alternative. TASPO Magazin 3: 8-10. 
  • Krebs, M. & G. Gaudig. 2005. Torfmoos (Sphagnum) als nachwachsender Rohstoff - Untersuchungen zur Maximierung der Produktivität von Sphagnum papillosum im Regendurchströmungsmoor Ispani 2 (Georgien). Telma 35: 171 - 189.
  • Gaudig, G. & H. Joosten. 2003. Kultivierung von Torfmoos als nachwachsender Rohstoff – Möglichkeiten und Erfolgsaussichten. Greifswalder Geographische Arbeiten 31: 75 – 86.
  • Gaudig, G. 2002. Das Forschungsprojekt: "Torfmoose (Sphagnum) als nachwachsender Rohstoff: Etablierung von Torfmoosen - Optimierung der Wuchsbedingungen". Telma 32: 227 - 242. 
  • Gaudig, G. 2001. Das Forschungsprojekt: Etablierung von Sphagnum - Optimierung der Wuchsbedingungen. Telma 31: 329 - 334.
  • Gaudig, G. 2001. Literaturstudie über Sphagnum als nachwachsender Rohstoff.