• List of Publications

    Schubert, N., Alvarez-Filip, L., & Hofmann, L. C. (2023). Systematic review and meta-analysis of ocean acidification effects in Halimeda: Implications for algal carbonate production. Climate Change Ecology, 4 [...] coralline algae is strongly influenced by morphology: Implications for susceptibility to ocean acidification. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90632-6 Schupp, M. F., Onyango, V., Krause, G. [...] boundary layer pH in tropical macroalgae: A proposed mechanism to sustain calcification under ocean acidification. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 521, 151208. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2019

  • Prof. Dr. Jelle Bijma

    Jelle.Bijma@awi.de
    +49(471)4831-1831
    Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

  • Dr. Felix Mark

    Felix.Christopher.Mark@awi.de
    +49(471)4831-1015
    Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

  • Dr. Clara Hoppe

    Clara.Hoppe@awi.de
    +49(471)4831-2096
    Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

  • Prof. Dr. Björn Christian Rost

    Bjoern.Rost@awi.de
    +49(471)4831-1809
    Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

  • Dr. Anneli Strobel

    Anneli.Strobel@awi.de
    +49(471)4831-1479
    Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

  • Phytoplankton Ecophysiology

    factors such as warming, nutrient deficiency or ocean acidification, by focusing on one of the most sensitive areas on Earth, the subarctic and Arctic Ocean. Thereby, we contribute to the Helmholtz research [...] CO 2 is taken up by the ocean, concentrations of CO2 and bicarbonate increase while the concentration of carbonate ions and the pH decrease, also known as 'Ocean Acidification'. Just like warming, also [...] greenhouse gas, rising CO 2 causes ocean warming: temperatures of the surface waters have already increased by 1.1°C on average, while some regions like the Arctic Ocean changing fastest (IPCC 2022). The

  • Members

    coccolithophores and their responses to changes in carbonate chemistry (end of the 90’s, the term ocean acidification did not yet exist). Even though my work has often been motivated by biogeochemical questions [...] and where nutrients and CO 2 are distributed in the ocean, which has implications for primary and bacterial production and CO 2 uptake by the ocean. In order to understand how such biogeochemical cycles [...] and carbonate chemistry parameters in the Fram Strait and the Central Arctic Ocean. To monitor such parameters in the ocean, it is common practice to analyze discrete water samples obtained e.g. by rosette

  • Outreach

    Polar and Marine Research, have discovered in a recent study that Ocean Acidification can negatively affect diatoms of the southern polar ocean. In laboratory experiments, they observed that diatoms under [...] deep ocean. Thus, the CO 2 is removed from the global carbon cycle for a couple of thousand years. Dr. Sebastian Rokitta has explored during the past three years how the advancing Ocean Acidification affects [...] Climate Change assesses the state of the oceans with Prof. Dr. Björn Rost Storing heat, absorbing CO₂, and providing habitats for countless species - yet our oceans and coastal ecosystems are increasingly

  • Ocean Acidification

    first coined the term “ocean acidification”. Bleached Acropora (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) How bad has the acidification become? The amount of carbonic acid in the ocean varies from region to region [...] will actually benefit from the new conditions? How can ocean acidification affect human beings and economies? How can we combat ocean acidification? To FAQ element Are some regions affected more than others [...] Ocean Acidification In the era of climate change, our planet’s oceans provide an invaluable service: they absorb tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide, at least temporarily putting it out of action. Instead