Location: Marine Science Station, Aqaba, Jordan
/ Photographer: Malik Naumann
Marine Ecology
Coral reef of the northern Red Sea
Reef fish in the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)
Location: Blue Hole, Dahab, Egypt
/ Photographer: Malik Naumann
Head
Prof. Dr. Christian Wild
Marine Ecology
FB2 Biology / Chemistry
University of Bremen
Contact
Email: christian.wild(at)uni-bremen.de
Telephone: +49 421 218 63367
Room: UFT 2160
UFT, Leobener Str. 6
D-28359 Bremen
Germany
Administration
Inae Kim-Frommherz
Email: inaekf(at)uni-bremen.de
Telefon: +49 421 218 62945
Raum: NW2 B 4010
July 3 - 8, 2022: the 15th International Coral Reef Symposium
moreResearch
The department of Marine Ecology pursues an interdisciplinary approach and uses a range of appropriate tools from the fields of ecophysiology, biogeochemistry, and microbiology in order to address the following focal research areas:
© Prof. Christian Wild / Universität Bremen
Ecosystem engineers and other key organism groups
We are investigating the impact of variable environmental factors (biotic and abiotic) and the influence of global (e.g. ocean acidification and warming) and local (e.g. eutrophication and overfishing) stressors on physiological processes (e.g. photosynthesis, growth, calcification, feeding and reproduction) of selected key organism groups (e.g. corals, sponges, algae), with emphasis on ecosystem engineers and their early life stages.
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Dynamics of benthic communities
This theme addresses the sensitivity of benthic communities (coral reefs, seagrass meadows, rocky shores) to anthropogenic disturbances (such as climate change, overfishing and eutrophication). We thereby focus on the interactions between different functional groups to assess community dynamics and biogeochemical community responses to environmental changes.
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Nutrient cycles and energy transfer
Here, we examine the transport and exchange of organic matter and energy between the water column and benthic communities as well as between benthic ecosystems. This research further allows to understand linkage and connectivity with adjacent marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Our focus lies on biogeochemical carbon and nitrogen cycles.
Team
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© Bianca Thobor, Universität Bremen
thobor(at)uni-bremen.de
+49 421 218 63358
Room : UFT 2170
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chill(at)uni-bremen.de
+49 152 07445478
Room : UFT 0560
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Kontakt :
felixivorossbach(at)gmail.com
+49 421 218 63303
Raum : UFT 2150
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© Johanna Berlinghof, Universität Bremen
johber(at)uni-bremen.de
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© Nan Xiang, Universität Bremen
Kontakt:
krystalnxx(at)hotmail.com
+49 421 218 63485
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sara_galal(at)sci.psu.edu.eg
Room: UFT 0560
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© Selma Mezger, Universität Bremen
mezger(at)uni-bremen.de
+49 0176 34584574
Room : UFT 2150
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Contact :
s-simanc(at)uniandes.edu.co
+49 421 218 63303
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Post Docs
© Arjen Tilstra / Universität Bremen
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tilstra(at)uni-bremen.de
+49 421 218 63358
Room: UFT 0615
© Yusuf El-Khaled / Universität Bremen
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yek2012(at)uni-bremen.de
+49 421 218 63485
Room: UFT 0615
Contact :
sebastian.ferse(at)leibniz-zmt.de
+49 421 238 0028
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email: soh_kim(at)uni-bremen.de
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ICRS 2021 Conference Secretariat
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Contact:
icrs2022.office(at)uni-bremen.de
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Room : NW2 B 4010
© Selma Mezger, Universität Bremen
Contact:
mezger(at)uni-bremen.de
+49 176 34584574
Room : UFT 2150
Contact:
sv_vo(at)uni-bremen.de
Room : UFT 2150
Contact:
christian.wild(at)uni-bremen.de
Telephone: +49 421 218 63367
Room: UFT 2160
UFT, Leobener Str. 6
D-28359 Bremen
Germany
Administration
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Contact :
inaekf(at)uni-bremen.de
+49 421 218 62945
Room : NW2 B 4010
Alumnis
PhD students
Gunilla Baum, Elisa Bayraktarov, Vanessa Bednarz, Anny Cardenas, Ulisse Cardini, Corvin Eidens, Yusuf El-Khaled, Amanda Ford, Andreas Haas, Nanne van Hoytema, Carin Jantzen, Christian Jessen, Pia Kegler, Anna Koester, Friedrich Meyer, Malik Naumann, Wolfgang Niggl, Claudia Pogoreutz, Nils Rädecker, Laura Rix, Florian Roth, Sandra Schöttner, Hauke Schwieder/Kegler, Ines Stuhldreier, Arjen Tilstra, Nikolas Vogel, Laura Wehrmann, Verena Witt, Alexander Wolf
Diploma/Master students
Elke Allers, Julia Almes, Pepe Bastian, Soureya Becker, Vanessa Bednarz, Swaantje Bennecke, Kathryn Berry, Alice Bianchi, Franziska Bockelmann, Kristina Börder, Ramona Brunner, Jan-Claas Dajka, Arlena Dumeier, Vvien Echelmeyer, Andreas Eich, Xochitl Elias, Bunmi Deborah Falodun, Eilish Farell, Anna Gabrenya, Sabine Gonelli, Tobias Hettiger, Jasmin Heiden, Verena Hölzer, Sohyoung Kim, Isabell Kittel, Annabell Klinke, Jessica Knoop, Sophie Krause, Christian Jessen, Denis Brian Karcher, Svenja Köpper, Iiris Kokkonen, Steven McLaren Lee, Laura Lehnhoff, Christian Leichtle, Pauline Mitterwallner, Katharina Michel, Malika Müller, Rassil Nafeh, Malik Naumann, Christian Niesner, Wolfgang Niggl, Selma Mezger, Emmanuella Orero, Thomas Petermann, Friederike Peiffer, Barbara Pfitzner, Pauline Popp, Laura Puk, Susanne Pusch, Nils Rädecker, Julian Rau, Lisa Röpke, Valentina Romboli, Nils Rosenfeld, Florian Roth, Sandra Schöttner, Hauke Schwieder, Florian Stahl, Madline Storkenmaier, Ines Stuhldreier, Federica Schanz, Sabrina Schmalz, Constanze Staab, Marleen Stuhr, Ana Yanez Suarez, Naomi Taylor, Bianca Thobor, Esther Thomsen, Shenghao Wang, Lisa Winkelgrund, Holger Woyt, Fee Zanke
Bachelor students
Milan Beck, Lorena Braxator, Nauras Daraghmeh, Melanie Drobe, Jenny Flathmann, Sven Flügge, Martin Glas, Indra Gottwald, Verena Hölzer, Nadim Katzer, Shangwan Kim, Max Licht, Hannah Mandl, Saskia Meier, Benedikt Merk, Raissa Meyer, Julia Müller, Julian Müller, Sarah Oliver, Malte Ostendarp, Julia Plewka, Nils Rädecker, Marcel Rönisch, Daisy Ruhlmann, Franziska Saalmann, Jutta Scheffing, Lena Schimansky, Holger Saar, Neele Schmidt, Horst Christian Schulte, Hella Stockmann, Kassandra Thönes, Magdalena Vanek, Francine Vasseur, Svea Vollstedt, Laura Wagenknecht, Maximiliane Wenge, Magdalena Wilde, Joy Willmer, Charline Wolff, Felix Wolter, Lisa Abigail Zimmermann
Publications Marine Ecology Department 2021
175) Lymperaki MM, Hill CEL, Hoeksema BW (2022) The effects of wave exposure and host cover on coral-associated fauna of a centuries-old artificial reef in the Caribbean. Ecological Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106536
174) Lowell A, Infantes E, West L, Puishys L, Hill CEL, Ramesh K, Peterson B, Cebrian J, Dupont S, Cox TE (2021) How Does Ocean Acidification Affect the Early Life History of Zostera marina? A Series of Experiments Find Parental Carryover Can Benefit Viability or Germination. Frontiers in Marine Science, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.762086
173) El-Khaled YC, Daraghmeh N, Tilstra A, Roth F, Huettel M, Rossbach FI, Casoli E, Koester A, Beck M, Meyer R, Plewka J, Schmidt N, Winkelgrund L, Merk B,Wild C (in revision) Fleshy red algae mats act as reservoir for sessile invertebrate biodiversity. CommunicationsBiology
172) Rossbach FI, Merk B, Wild C (in press) High diversity and abundance of foraminifers associated with Mediterranean benthic red algae mats. Diversity
171) Kim S, Wild C, Tilstra A (in press) Effective asexual reproduction of a widespread soft coral: Comparative assessment of four different fragmentation methods. Peer J
170) Koepper S, Nuryati S, Palm HW, Wild C, Yulianto I, Kleinertz S (in press) Metazoan endoparasite fauna and feeding ecology of commercial fishes from Java, Indonesia. ParasitologyResearch
169) Xiang N, Hassenrück C, Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Simancas-Giraldo S, Voolstra CR, Wild C, Gärdes A (2021) Contrasting microbiome dynamics of putative denitrifying bacteria in two octocoral species exposed to dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and warming. AppliedandEnvironmentalMicrobiology, DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01886-21
168) Koester A, Ford AK, Ferse SCA, Migani V, Bunbury N, Sanchez C, Wild C (2021) First insights into coral recruit and juvenile abundances at remote Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles. PLoSOne, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260516
167) Rädecker N, Pogoreutz C, Gegner H, Cardenas A, Perna G, Geißler L, Roth F, Bougoure J, Guagliardo P, Struck U, Wild C, Pernice M, Raina JB, Meibom A, Voolstra C (2021) Heat stress reduces the contribution of diazotrophs to coral holobiont nitrogen cycling. TheISME Journal, DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01158-8
166) Schmidt N, El-Khaled YC, Roßbach FI, Wild C (2021) Fleshy red algae mats influence their environment in the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science,DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.721626
165) Simancas-Giraldo SM, Xiang N, Kennedy MM, Nafeh R, Zelli E, Wild C (2021) Photosynthesis and respiration of the soft coral Xeniaumbellata respond to warming but not to organic carbon eutrophication. Peer J 9: e11663, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11663
164) Rossbach FI, Casoli E, Beck M, Wild C (2021) Mediterranean red macro algae mats as habitat for high abundances of serpulid polychaetes. Diversity 13 (265), DOI: 10.3390/d13060265
163) Tilstra A, Hoeksema B, Wild C (2021) A presumed Lazarus coral: outstanding regeneration capacity of a Goniopora coral exposed to air over several months. Bulletin of Marine Science, DOI: 10.5343/bms.2021.0007
162) El-Khaled YC, Roth F, Rädecker N, Tilstra A, Karcher DB, Kürten B, Jones BH, Voolstra CR, Wild C (2021) Nitrogen fixation and denitrification activity differ between coral- and algae-dominated Red Sea reefs. Scientific Reports 11:11820, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90204-8
161) Tilstra A, Roth F, El-Khaled YC, Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Voolstra CR, Wild C (2021) Relative abundance of nitrogen cycling microbes in coral holobionts reflects environmental nitrate availability. Royal Society Open Science 8: 201835, DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201835
160) Roth F, El-Khaled YC, Karcher DB, Rädecker N, Carvalho S, Duarte CM, Silva L, Calleja MJ, Morán XA, Jones BH, Voolstra CR, Wild C (2021) Nutrient pollution enhances productivity and framework dissolution in algae- but not in coral-dominated reef communities. Marine Pollution Bulletin 168, 112444, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112444
159) El-Khaled YC, Nafeh R, Roth F, Rädecker N, Karcher DB, Jones BH, Voolstra CR, Wild C (2021) High plasticity of nitrogen fixation and denitrification of common coral reef substrates in response to nitrate availability. Marine Pollution Bulletin 168, 112430, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112430
158) Müller M, Staab CFK, Puk LD, Schoenig EM, Ferse SCA, Wild C (2021) The rabbitfish Siganus virgatus as key macroalgae browser in coral reefs of the Gulf of Thailand. Diversity 13, 123, DOI: 10.3390/d13030123
157) Elías Ilosvay XE, Segovia J, Ferse SCA, Elías W, Wild C (2021) Rapid relative increase of crustose coralline algae following herbivore exclusion in a reef of El Salvador. Peer J9: e10696, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10696
156) Rädecker N, Pogoreutz C, Bougoure J, Guagliardo P, Raina JP, Pernice M, Cardenas A, Gegner H, Roth F, Wild C, Meibom A, Voolstra CR (2021) Heat stress destabilizes symbiotic nutrient cycling in corals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences118(5), DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2022653118
155) Roth F, Rädecker N, Carvalho S, Duarte CM, Saderne V, Anton A, Silva L, Calleja ML, Morán XAG, Voolstra CR, Kürten B, Jones BH, Wild C (2021) High summer temperatures amplify functional differences between coral- and algae-dominated reef communities. Bull Ecol Soc Am 102(1): e01822, DOI: 10.1002/bes2.1822