Die »Sympathie mit dem Tode«

Unter der Prämisse einer Verflechtung von Religions- und Literaturgeschichte wird im vorliegenden Artikel der Zauberberg – Thomas Manns großes Projekt seiner mittleren Jahre – selbst als Teil der Religionsgeschichte (der Moderne) gelesen. Gerahmt durch eine Anbindung an das Feld von Religion und Literatur ist das Ziel, eine Öffnung der Deutungsmöglichkeiten von Literatur als Quelle mit religionshistorischem Potential aufzuzeigen. Der Zauberberg bietet sich an, weil er einerseits in einer religiös hoch produktiven – wie ambigen – Epoche der Moderne entstand und andererseits als Zeitroman seine Zeitgenossenschaft selbst in den Blick nimmt und reflektiert. Der Zauberberg als ein Beispiel fiktionaler Literatur soll hier als religionswissenschaftlicher Gegenstand in den Blick rücken und neue religionsgeschichtliche Perspektiven anbieten.Following a conceptual intertwining of the history of religions and the history of literature, the Magic Mountain – Thomas Mann’s major project during much of the middle of his life – here will be read as a part of the (modern) history of religions. Linked to the field of the study of literature and religion, the aim is to expand the possibilities of interpreting literature as a historical source with religio-historical value. Being written at a religiously highly productive – and ambiguous – moment of modernity and being highly self-reflective upon its own standing among its contemporaneity, the Magic Mountain is particularly apt to this proposition. As an example of fictional literature, it becomes a subject of research within the study of religion and thus opens historical perspectives

Ian Cooper und John Walker (Hrsg.), Literature and Religion in the German-Speaking World. From 1200 to the Present Day.

Dem Thema ›Literatur und Religion‹ ist in den letzten Jahren vonseiten der Literaturwissenschaft zunehmende disziplinäre Pflege zuteilgeworden. Jüngere Publikationen wie das Handbuch Literatur und Religion, der Cambridge Companion to Literature and Religion oder jüngst ein Sammelband zeugen davon. Insofern ist es zu begrüßen, dass die vorliegende Publikation sich systematisch der Geschichte dieser Beziehung zuwendet, auch wenn sie das anglophone Forschungsübergewicht (vgl. Felch 2016, 4) nur ..

Prediction of the dynamic distribution for Eucheuma denticulatum (Rhodophyta, Solieriaceae) under climate change in the Indo-Pacific Ocean

Submitted version (preprint).This is a preprint of an article published by Elsevier in Marine Environmental Research on 23.08.2022.Available online: doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105730submittedVersio

Modeling aquaculture suitability in a climate change future

Aquaculture has become the primary supplier of fish for human consumption, with production increasing every year since 1990 (FAO, 2020). At the same time, up to 89% of the world’s capture fisheries are fully exploited, overexploited, or collapsed. While some fisheries may have increased yields due to climate change in the short term, global fisheries catch is projected to fall by 10% by 2050 (Barange et al., 2014; Ramos Martins et al., 2021). However, the security of aquaculture production will depend on how future climate change affects productive regions as species’ optimal climatic conditions shift poleward (Chaudhary et al., 2021). This makes the forecasting of climate impacts on key aquaculture species a top priority in order to facilitate adaptation of this industry.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

A review of reproduction in the seaweed genus Fucus (Ochrophyta, Fucales): Background for renewed consideration as a model organism

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Improving transferability of introduced species' distribution models: new tools to forecast the spread of a highly invasive seaweed

Extent: 13 p.The utility of species distribution models for applications in invasion and global change biology is critically dependent on their transferability between regions or points in time, respectively. We introduce two methods that aim to improve the transferability of presence-only models: density-based occurrence thinning and performance-based predictor selection. We evaluate the effect of these methods along with the impact of the choice of model complexity and geographic background on the transferability of a species distribution model between geographic regions. Our multifactorial experiment focuses on the notorious invasive seaweed Caulerpa cylindracea (previously Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea) and uses Maxent, a commonly used presence-only modeling technique. We show that model transferability is markedly improved by appropriate predictor selection, with occurrence thinning, model complexity and background choice having relatively minor effects. The data shows that, if available, occurrence records from the native and invaded regions should be combined as this leads to models with high predictive power while reducing the sensitivity to choices made in the modeling process. The inferred distribution model of Caulerpa cylindracea shows the potential for this species to further spread along the coasts of Western Europe, western Africa and the south coast of Australia.Heroen Verbruggen, Lennert Tyberghein, Gareth S. Belton, Frederic Mineur, Alexander Jueterbock, Galice Hoarau, C. Frederico D. Gurgel, Olivier De Clerc

Adaptation of temperate seagrass to Arctic light relies on seasonal acclimatization of carbon capture and metabolism

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Climate change impacts on seagrass meadows and macroalgal forests: an integrative perspective on acclimation and adaptation potential

Marine macrophytes are the foundation of algal forests and seagrass meadows-some of the most productive and diverse coastal marine ecosystems on the planet. These ecosystems provide nursery grounds and food for fish and invertebrates, coastline protection from erosion, carbon sequestration, and nutrient fixation. For marine macrophytes, temperature is generally the most important range limiting factor, and ocean warming is considered the most severe threat among global climate change factors. Ocean warming induced losses of dominant macrophytes along their equatorial range edges, as well as range extensions into polar regions, are predicted and already documented. While adaptive evolution based on genetic change is considered too slow to keep pace with the increasing rate of anthropogenic environmental changes, rapid adaptation may come about through a set of non-genetic mechanisms involving the functional composition of the associated microbiome, as well as epigenetic modification of the genome and its regulatory effect on gene expression and the activity of transposable elements. While research in terrestrial plants demonstrates that the integration of non-genetic mechanisms provide a more holistic picture of a species' evolutionary potential, research in marine systems is lagging behind. Here, we aim to review the potential of marine macrophytes to acclimatize and adapt to major climate change effects via intraspecific variation at the genetic, epigenetic, and microbiome levels. All three levels create phenotypic variation that may either enhance fitness within individuals (plasticity) or be subject to selection and ultimately, adaptation. We review three of the most important phenotypic variations in a climate change context, including physiological variation, variation in propagation success, and in herbivore resistance. Integrating different levels of plasticity, and adaptability into ecological models will allow to obtain a more holistic understanding of trait variation and a realistic assessment of the future performance and distribution of marine macrophytes. Such multi-disciplinary approach that integrates various levels of intraspecific variation, and their effect on phenotypic and physiological variation, is of crucial importance for the effective management and conservation of seagrasses and macroalgae under climate change.FCT SFRH/BPD/115162/2016 Portuguese FCT through MARFOR Biodiversa/0004/2015 Norwegian Research Council (Havkyst project) 243916 European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Mar 2020 program through the VALPRAD project 16-01-04-FMP-0007 SFRH/PBD/107878/2015info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio