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Dr. Klas Ove Möller

Klas Ove Möller

Dr. Klas Ove Möller

Biological Carbon Pump

Head of Department

Phone: +49 (0)4152 87-2371

Mobile: +49 (0)175-236 7440

Fax: +49 (0)4152 87-2366

E-mail contact

Education


  • February 2013 PhD at Universität Hamburg, Dissertation "Impacts of trophodynamics and climate-induced habitat changes on zooplankton distribution and behavior: An optical sampling approach"
  • May 2007 Master at Iniversität Hamburg, Biologische Ozeanografie, Thesis: "In-situ distribution and vertical migration of Plankton in the North Sea"

Research Experience


  • since October 2019 Head of Group "Marine Snow and Plankton"
  • September 2016 - September 2019 Post-Doctoral Researcher & Project scientist, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Research
  • February 2013 - August 2016 Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Hamburg (UHAM)
  • November 2013 - December 2013 Guest scientist at UNIS Svalbard (Norway)
  • July 2013 Guest scientist at SCRIPPS Oceanographic Institution (USA)
  • August 2018 - November 2018 Guest scientist at WHOI (USA)
  • July 2007 - January 2013 Research associate and PhD-student at Iniversity of Hamburg (UHAM) (Germany)

Honors and Awards


  • September 2015 ICES Early Career Scientist award
  • June 2007 PICES Student travel grant

Professional Affiliations


  • since 2010 ICES Working Group on Zooplankton Ecology (WGZE), Active national member
  • since 2016 Working Group Aquatic Optic Technologies, Co-Chair
  • since 2016 SCOR Working Group “TOMCAT”

Professional Services


  • Peer-Reviewed Article for: • Journal of Plankton Research • Marine Biology • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Peer-Reviewed Proposals for: • National Science Foundation (USA) • Schmidt's Ocean Institute (USA) • German Science Foundation (DFG)

My research is mainly focussed on the biological and physical factors controlling the Biological Carbon Pump in in marine ecosystems. The following is a list of current research interests:

  • The role of marine snow for carbon flux (particle dynamics and characteristics)
  • Influence and linkages between highly productive shelf and open ocean carbon pump
  • How zooplankton mediates and affects carbon flux and sequestration
  • The trophodynamic impact of marine snow as a food source
  • Plankton patchiness, thin layer formation and distribution patterns (small- to meso-scale)
  • Zooplankton behavior (Individual to population level)
  • Impact of climate change on plankton in marine ecosystems
  • Underwater imaging systems and automatic classification approaches

I perform research using a variety of methods including in-situ observations with stationary and towed underwater imaging systems as well as lab- and shipboard experiments.