Dr. Yoana Voynova

Coastal Productivity

Head of Department

Phone: +49 (0) 4152 87- 2377

E-mail contact

Research Interests
Short CV
Publications

Primary production in coastal and estuarine waters
Influence of physical processes on primary producers and oxygen dynamics in coastal waters
Carbon and nutrient cycling in coastal systems
Influence of extreme events on coastal biogeochemistry
Autonomous and underway methods for oceanographic research : FerryBoxes and other methods

Department Head, Coastal Productivity Research Group, Institute of Coastal Research, Hereon, Germany (2021-present),
Deputy Department Head, Integrated Coastal Observing Systems & Head of FerryBox Team, Institute of Coastal Research, Hereon, Germany (2019-2020)
Postdoctoral Research Scientist (2015-2019), Institute of Coastal Research, Hereon, Germany
Postdoctoral Research Scientist (2021-2014), School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Lewes DE

Kordubel, K., Baschek, B., Hieronymi, M., Voynova, Y.G., & Möller, K.O. (2024): Improving the sampling of red Noctiluca scintillans to understand its impact on coastal ecosystem dynamics. Journal of Plankton Research, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbae010
Kordubel, K., Martínez-Rincón, R.O., Baschek, B., Boersma, M., Hieronymi, M., Johns, D.G., Kirstein, I.V., Voynova,, Y.G., & Möller, K.O. (2024): Long-term changes in spatiotemporal distribution of Noctiluca scintillans in the southern North Sea. Harmful Algae, Volume 138, 102699, doi:10.1016/j.hal.2024.102699
Kaiser, D., Voynova, Y.G., & Brix, H. (2023): Effects of the 2018 European heatwave and drought on coastal biogeochemistry in the German Bight. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 892, 164316, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164316
Rewrie, L.C.V., Baschek, B., van Beusekom, J.E.E., Körtzinger, A., Ollesch, G., & Voynova, Y.G. (2023): Recent inorganic carbon increase in a temperate estuary driven by water quality improvement and enhanced by droughts. Biogeosciences, 20, 4931–4947, doi:10.5194/bg-20-4931-2023
Rewrie, L.C.V., Voynova, Y.G., van Beusekom, J.E.E., Sanders, T., Körtzinger, A., Brix, H., Ollesch, G., & Baschek, B. (2023): Significant shifts in inorganic carbon and ecosystem state in a temperate estuary (1985–2018). Limnol Oceanogr., doi:10.1002/lno.12395
Schulz, G., Sanders, T., Voynova, Y.G., Bange, H.W., & Dähnke, K. (2023): Seasonal variability of nitrous oxide concentrations and emissions in a temperate estuary. Biogeosciences, 20, 3229–3247, doi:10.5194/bg-20-3229-2023
Dähnke, K., Sanders, T., Voynova, Y., & Wankel, S.D. (2022): Nitrogen isotopes reveal a particulate-matter-driven biogeochemical reactor in a temperate estuary. Biogeosciences, 19, 5879–5891, doi:10.5194/bg-19-5879-2022
Macovei, V.A., Callies, U., Calil, P.H.R., & Voynova, Y.G. (2022): Mesoscale Advective and Biological Processes Alter Carbon Uptake Capacity in a Shelf Sea. Front. Mar. Sci., 9:827075, doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.827075
Schulz, G., Sanders, T., van Beusekom, J.E.E., Voynova, Y.G., Schöl, A., & Dähnke, K. (2022): Suspended particulate matter drives the spatial segregation of nitrogen turnover along the hyper-turbid Ems estuary. Biogeosciences, 19, 2007–2024, doi:10.5194/bg-19-2007-2022
Callies U, M Kreus, W Petersen, YG Voynova. 2021. On Using Lagrangian Drift Simulations to Aid Interpretation of in situ Monitoring Data. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8:666653.doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.666653.
Birchill AJ, AD Beaton, T Hull, J Kaiser, M Mowlem, R Pascal, A Schaap, YG Voynova, C Williams, M Palmer. 2021. Exploring Ocean Biogeochemistry Using a Lab-on-Chip Phosphate Analyser on an Underwater Glider. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8:698102. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.698102
Macovei, VA*, W Petersen, W, H Brix, YG Voynova. 2021. Reduced ocean carbon sink in the south and central North Sea (2014–2018) revealed from FerryBox observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092645 * supervised student or postdoc
Macovei, VA*, YG Voynova, M Becker, J Triest, W Petersen. Long-term intercomparison of two pCO2 instruments based on ship-of-opportunity measurements in the Skagerrak, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 19(1): 37-50, doi: 10.1002/lom3.10403.
Kerimoglu, O, YG Voynova, F Chegini, H Brix, U Callies, R Hofmeister, K Klingbeil, C Schrum, and JEE van Beusekom. 2020. Interactive impacts of meteorological and hydrological conditions on the physical and biogeochemical structure of a coastal system, Biogeosciences, 17: 5097–5127, doi: 10.5194/bg-17-5097-2020
Voynova, YG, W Petersen, M Gehrung, S Aßmann, AL King. 2019. Intertidal regions changing coastal alkalinity: the Wadden Sea-North Sea tidally-coupled bioreactor, Limnology and Oceanography, 64(3): 1135-1149, doi: 10.1002/lno.11103.
Kitidis, V, JD Shutler, I Ashton, (multiple authors), YG Voynova, W Petersen, (multiple authors). 2019. Winter weather controls net influx of atmospheric CO2 on the north-west European shelf, Nature Scientific Reports 9, 20153. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56363-5.
King, AL, YG Voynova, V Rerolle, S Marty, P Jaccard, W Petersen, M Gehrung, A Hausot, D Angelescu, L Delauney. 2018. Final report on improved carbon system sensors, D3.9, WP3, JERICO-NEXT Final Report.
Ulfsbo, A, A Hannides, D Atamanchuk, A Poteau, S Hartman, H Bittig, YG Voynova, B Fiedler, A Comeau, and P Bresnahan, Biogeochemical Parameters: pH, In: A user’s guide for selected autonomous biogeochemical sensors. An outcome from the 1st IOCCP International Sensors Summer Course [Lorenzoni, L, M Telszewski, H Benway, AP Palacz (eds.)]. IOCCP Report No. 2/2017, pp.43-59.
Voynova, YG, H Brix, W Petersen, S Wiegelt-Krenz, M Scharfe. 2017. Extreme flood impact on estuarine and coastal biogeochemistry: the 2013 Elbe flood, Biogeosciences, 14: 541-557, DOI: 10.5194/bg-14-541-2017.
Fischer, SJ, JK York, YG Voynova, WJ Ullman. 2017. Distance-based mixing models of d18N NO3- and d18O NO3- in a marsh-lined estuary with multiple, distinct NO3- sources (Murderkill Estuary, Delaware, USA), Limnology and Oceanography, 62: 408-420, DOI: 10.1002/lno.10398.
Voynova, YG, KC Lebaron*, RT Barnes, WJ Ullman. 2015. In situ response of bay productivity to nutrient loading from a small tributary: The Delaware Bay-Murderkill Estuary tidally-coupled biogeochemical reactor, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 160:1-16, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.03.027
Voynova, YG, MJ Oliver, JH Sharp. 2013. Wind to zooplankton: Ecosystem-wide influence of seasonal wind-driven upwelling in and around the Delaware Bay, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 118, 6437–6450, doi:10.1002/2013JC008793
Voynova, YG and JH Sharp. 2012. Anomalous biogeochemical response to a flooding event in the Delaware Estuary: A possible typology shift due to climate change. Estuaries and Coasts, 35(4):943-958.
Macovei, VA*, YG Voynova, M Gehrung, W Petersen. 2021. Ship-of-Opportunity, FerryBox-integrated, membrane-based sensor pCO2, temperature and salinity measurements in the surface North Sea since 2013. PANGAEA dataset