Anika Happe

Research Focus

My research focuses on understanding the effects of natural variability in temperature and nutrient availability on phytoplankton communities. For this, I conduct indoor and in-situ mesocosm experiments using natural freshwater and marine plankton communities.

Keywords

Community Ecology – Phytoplankton – Variability – Climate Change – Stoichiometry – Mesocosms

Project

ACTNOW: Advancing understanding of Cumulative Impacts on European marine biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services for human wellbeing. European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme.

2022 – AQUACOSM-Plus: European network of mesocosm facilities for research on marine and freshwater ecosystems open for global collaboration, EU Horizon 2020 funded project (e.g. see „SupOpTrons”).

Selected publications

Happe, A., Ahme, A., Cabrerizo, M.J., Gerhard, M., John, U., and Striebel, M. The experimental implications of the rate of temperature change and timing of nutrient availability on growth and stoichiometry of a natural marine phytoplankton community. Limnology and Oceanography. doi: 10.1002/lno.12613

Short CV

M.S., Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, 2021

B.S., Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology, University of Hanover, 2018