Former staff members

Rhiel, Erhard

Ammermann, Silke (AG Pelagische Mikrobiologie)

Walter, Frauke

Postdoc

Gerhard, Miriam

Mustaffa, Nur Ili Hamizah

Hodapp, Dorothee

Lewandowska, Aleksandra

Doi, Hideyuki

Katano, Izumi

Ptacnik, Robert

Ptacnikova, Radka

PhD

Kunze, C. (2024) Species contributions to ecological stability

Heinrichs, A. L. (2024) Beyond the mean: Phytoplankton responses to fluctuating resource and energy supply

Yong, J. (2023) Spatial and temporal dynamics of microphythobenthos in the German Wadden Sea

Thomas, P. K. (2022) The importance of functional trait variation within and across phytoplankton species for the functioning of aquatic ecosystems

Hintz, N. H. (2022) Phytoplankton response to fluctuating light and spectrum

Eilers, S. (2021) Analysis and assessment of cumulative effects of anthropogenic pressures on ecosystem components

Gerhard, M. (2020) Phytoplankton community responses to nutrient availability: interactions with temperature and diversity

Purz, A. K. (2019) The effect of nutrients on the bloom dynamics and spatial propagation of harmful dinoflagellates

Gall, A. (2018) Interactive effects of biodiversity and dissolved organic matter on plankton communities

Verbeek, L. (2017) Effects of phytoplankton diversity on the stability of freshwater ecosystems

Busch, M. (2016) Extreme events in the marine environment: the role of species specific traits and adaptive strategies in harmful dinoflagellate bloom formation

Abbas, M. (2015) Analysis of the effects of plant diversity on the ecological stoichiometry of grassland ecosystems including multiple element cycling and trophic interactions

Fischer, R. (2015) Relative importance of mixotrophy in the marine pelagial

Gülzow, N. (2014) From Metacommunity to Metaecosystem: The impact of dispersal and spatio-temporal disturbance on diversity, ecosystem functions and stability

Hodapp, D. (2014) The suitability of biodiversity as an indicator for ecosystem functioning

Meier, S. (2014) Spatiotemporal turnover of a phytoplankton metacommunity in a natural coastal ecosystem

Plum, C. (2013) Diversity meets stochiometry: testing the role of biodiversity for stoichiometric interactions in planktonic food webs.

Filip, J (2012) Relevance of functional diversity in microbial food webs: effects of grazer diversity on prey diversity and composition

Meunier, C. (2012) You eat what you need - food quality and trophic interactions in planktonic food webs.

Guests and Fellows

Eloy Bécares Mantecón, Univ. Leon, Spain

Serena Donadi, University Groningen, Junior Fellow at HWK

Paul Frost, Trent University, Pieterborough, Canada

Jessica Gurevitch, Stony Brook University, N.Y, USA

Lauren Sullivan, Iowa State University, USA