Published Paper

Stoltenberg, I., Lange, L., and Bange, H. W. (2026) Nitrous oxide (N₂O) in the sea surface microlayer and underlying water during a phytoplankton bloom: a mesocosm study, Biogeosciences, 23, 1515–1525, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-1515-2026 

Rauch, C., Deyle, L., Jaeger, L., Cortés-Espinoza, E. F., Ribas-Ribas, M., Karnatz, J., Engel, A., and Wurl, O. (2026) Phytoplankton blooms affect microscale differences of oxygen and temperature across the sea surface microlayer, Ocean Sci., 22, 403–426, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-403-2026 

Bibi, R., Ribas-Ribas, M., Jaeger, L., Lehners, C., Gassen, L., Cortés-Espinoza, E. F., Wollschläger, J., Thölen, C., Waska, H., Zöbelein, J., Brinkhoff, T., Athale, I., Röttgers, R., Novak, M., Engel, A., Barthelmeß, T., Karnatz, J., Reinthaler, T., Spriahailo, D., Friedrichs, G., Schäfer, F. A., and Wurl, O. (2025). Biogeochemical dynamics of the sea-surface microlayer in a multidisciplinary mesocosm study, Biogeosciences, 22, 7563–7589, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-7563-2025

Tondu, C., Gade, M., Morales Meabe, J., Buckley, M. P. (2025) Wide-field-of-view PIV measurements above and below microscale breaking waves. Exp Fluids 66, 200. doi.org/10.1007/s00348-025-04130-w

Jaeger, L., Gassen, L., Ayim, S. M., Bibi, R., Wurl, O. (2025). Thermal Recovery Dynamics of the Ocean’s Cool-Skin Layer After Complete Mixing. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 77, 1, DOI: 10.16993/tellusa.4103

Adenaya, A., Spriahailo, D., Berger, M., Noster, J., Milke, F., Schulz, C., Reinthaler, T., Poehlein, A., Wurl, O., Ribas-Ribas, M., Hamprecht, T., & Brinkhoff, T. (2024). Occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the sea surface microlayer of coastal waters in the southern North Sea. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 287, 117259, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.117259 

Wurl, O., Gassen, L., Badewien, T., Braun, A., Emig, S., Holthusen, L. A., Lehners, C., Meyerjürgens, J., Ribas Ribas, M. (2024) HALOBATES: An autonomous surface vehicle for high-resolution mapping of the sea-surface microlayer and near-surface layer on essential climate variables, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-24-0021.1

Novak, M., Burmeister, H., and Röttgers, R. (2024) Hyperspectral measurements of light backscattering by particles in water with a fixed angle setup: proof of concept and instrument calibration, Opt. Express 32, 23722-23735, https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.529061 

Deyle, L., Badewien, T. H., Wurl, O., and Meyerjürgens, J. (2024) Lagrangian surface drifter observations in the North Sea: an overview of high-resolution tidal dynamics and surface current, Earth System Science Data, 16, 2099-2112, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-2099-2024

Gassen, L., Esters, L., Ribas-Ribas, M., and Wurl, O. (2024) The impact of rainfall on the sea surface salinity: a mesocosm study. Scientific Reports, 14, 6353. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56915-4

Adenaya, A., Quintero, R. R., Brinkhoff, T., Lara-Martín, P. A., Wurl, O., Ribas-Ribas, M. (2024) Vertical distribution and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and other micropollutants in southern North Sea coastal waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 200, 116099. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116099

Adenaya, A., Berger, M., Brinkhoff, T., Ribas-Ribas, M., Wurl, O. (2023) Usage of antibiotics in aquaculture and the impact on coastal waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 188, 114645. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114645

Gassen, L., Badewien, T. H., Ewald, J., Ribas-Ribas, M., Wurl, O. (2023) Temperature and Salinity Anomalies in the Sea Surface Microlayer of the South Pacific During Precipitation Events. JGR Oceans, 128, 6. DOI: 10.1029/2023JC019638

Preprints

Spriahailo, A., Adenaya, A., Brinkhoff, T., Reinthaler (2026) Marine bacterial resistomes integrate ecological adaptation with anthropogenic amplification: genome-resolved insight along a gradient of human impact, bioRxiv 2026.03.13.711565; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.13.711565 

Asmussen-Schäfer, F., Ribas-Ribas, M., Wurl, O., and Friedrichs, G. (2026) Linking surface coverage with surfactant activity to refine the role of surfactants for air-sea gas exchange, EGUsphere [preprint], doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5276

Thölen, C., Wollschläger, J., Novak, M. G., Röttgers, R., and Zielinski, O. (2026) Colored and Fluorescent DOM in the Sea-Surface Microlayer: Response to a Phytoplankton Bloom and Photodegradation in a Mesocosm Study, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5350 

Zöbelein, J., Sawle, S., Friedrichs, G., Ribas-Ribas, M., Lehners, C., Paetz, K., Pflaum, M., and Waska, H. (2026) Buoyancy and polarity driven accumulation of dissolved organic matter in the sea surface microlayer during a phytoplankton bloom, EGUsphere [preprint], doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6563

Lange, L., Booge, D., Feil, H., Karnatz, J., Stoltenberg, I., Bange, H. W., and Marandino, C. A. (2025) Glass plate sampling efficiency for trace gases in the sea surface microlayer, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5361 

Cortés-Espinoza, E. F., Wüst, A., Lopéz-Puertas, A., Wurl, O., Hernández-Ayón, J. M., Waska, H., and Ribas-Ribas, M. (2025) Organic Alkalinity modulates pH from the Sea-Surface Microlayer during a mesocosm study, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5265 

Karnatz, J., Barthelmeß, T., Sabbaghzadeh, B., and Engel, A. (2025) Biochemical Characteristics of the Sea Surface Microlayer in the Central Baltic Sea and Potential Signatures of Cyanobacterial Blooms, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5385 

Albinus, M., Badewien, T. H., Gassen, L., Wurl, O., and Meyerjürgens, J. (2025) Filamentogenesis and Filamentolysis of a Light Filament: Dynamic Processes in the Near-Surface Ocean Under Tidal Forcing, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4953 

Reports

Bange et al. (2025) BASS-2025: Multidisciplinary Study on the Sea Surface Microlayer, Cruise No. AL633, 24.05.2025 - 13.06.2025, Kiel - Kiel (Germany), GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany, 41 pp. DOI 10.3289/CR_AL633.

Wurl et al. (2024) Multidisciplinary Study on the Sea Surface Microlayer, Cruise No. HE644, 09.07.2024 - 01.08.2024, Bremerhaven - Bremerhaven (Germany), Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe, Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB),  https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_he644

Master theses

Wüst, A. I. R. (2023) Contribution of Organic Alkalinity to Total Alkalinity in the Sea Surface Microlayer. Master thesis. Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Athale, I. (2023) Diversity of the Microbial Community in the Sea-Surface Microlayer of the North Sea. Master thesis. Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Köster, K. (2022) Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Reaction Kinetics of Fatty Acid Monolayers on Water with Ozone. Master thesis. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel