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Faculty

Research Group Herndl

Research Topic

Microbial Oceanography of Polar Seas

Research Interest

Polar seas are more affected by climate change and take up more fossil fuel-derived carbon dioxide than lower latitude oceanic regions. Consequently, marine biogeochemical cycles in the water column of polar seas, governed by the delicate interplay between the physical structure of the water column and the microbial plankton community, might be subjected to substantial alterations in the future. We are studying the link between the large-scale water mass transport and microbial community composition and activity in the Arctic Sea and the Southern Ocean.

Dr. Gerhard J. Herndl

Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna

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Team

  • Federico Baltar, Assist. Prof., Univ of Vienna, Arctic biodiversity change and its consequences: Assessing, monitoring and predicting the effects of ecosystem tipping cascades on marine ecosystem services and dependent human systems, Horizon 2020 EU project (June 2020-May 2025)
  • Thomas Reinthaler, Senior Scientist, Univ of Vienna, Arctic biodiversity change and its consequences: Assessing, monitoring and predicting the effects of ecosystem tipping cascades on marine ecosystem services and dependent human systems, Horizon 2020 EU project (June 2020-May 2025)
  • Chie Amano, Post Doc, Univ of Vienna, Arctic biodiversity change and its consequences: Assessing, monitoring and predicting the effects of ecosystem tipping cascades on marine ecosystem services and dependent human systems, Horizon 2020 EU project (June 2020-May 2025)
  • Eva Sintes, Research Prof, Spanish Institute of Oceanography
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Daniele De Corte (PhD)

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Roberta Hansman (PhD)

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Eva Sintes (Dr.)

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Thomas Reinthaler (PhD)

Selected Publications

  • Sintes, E., K. Bergauer, D. De Corte, T. Yokokawa, G.J. Herndl, 2013: Archaeal amoA gene diversity points to distinct biogeography of ammonia-oxidizing Crenarchaeota in the ocean. Environ. Microbiol., 15: 1647-1658
  • De Corte, D., E. Sintes, T. Yokokawa, G.J. Herndl, 2013: Comparison between MICRO-CARD-FISH and 16SrRNA gene clone libraries to assess the active versus total bacterial community in the coastal Arctic. Environ. Microbiol. Reports, 5: 272-281
  • Winter, C., B. Matthews, C.A. Suttle (2013). Effects of environmental variation and spatial distance on Bacteria, Archaea and viruses in sub-polar and arctic waters. ISME J, doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.56
  • Smetacek, V., C. Klaas, V.H. Strass, P. Assmy, M. Montresor, B. Cisewski, N. Savoye, A. Webb, F. d’Ovidio, J.M. Arrieta, U. Bathmann, R. Bellerby, G.M. Berg, P. Croot, F. d’Ovidio, S. Gonzalez, J. Henjes, G.J. Herndl, L.J. Hoffmann, H. Leach, M. Losch, M.M. Mills, C. Neill, I. Peeken, R. Röttgers, O. Sachs, E. Sauter, M.M. Schmidt, J. Schwarz, A. Terbrüggen, D. Wolf-Gladrow, 2012: Deep carbon export from a Southern Ocean iron-fertilized diatom bloom. Nature, 487: 313-319
  • Ruiz-Gonzalez, C., M. Gali, E. Sintes, G.J. Herndl, J.M. Gasol, R. Simó, 2012: Sunlight effects on the osmoheterotrophic uptake of DMSP-sulfur and leucine by polar phytoplankton. PLoSONE, e45545
  • Smetacek, V., C. Klaas, V.H. Strass, P. Assmy, M. Montresor, B. Cisewski, et al. (2012). Deep carbon export from a Southern Ocean iron-fertilized diatom bloom. Nature, 487, 313-319.
  • De Corte, D., E. Sintes, T. Yokokawa & G.J. Herndl (2011). Changes in viral and bacterial communities during the ice-melting season in the coastal Arctic (Kongsfjorden, Ny-Ålesund). Environ. Microbiol., 13, 1827-1841

Projects

  • Microbial Ecology of the Deep Atlantic Pelagic Realm, MEDEA. (ERC Advanced Grant) PI Gerhard J. Herndl