Publications 2008 - 2012

Frommel, A. Y., R. Maneja, D. Lowe, A. M. Malzahn et al. (2012) Severe tissue damage in Atlantic cod larvae under increasing ocean acidification Nature Climate Change 2, 42–46. doi:10.1038/nclimate1324
Kerimoglu, O., Straile, D., Peeters, F. (2012) Role of phytoplankton cell size on the competition for nutrients and light in incompletely mixed systems. J. Theoretical Biology 300, 330-343. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.01.044
Kröncke, I., Boersma, M., Czeck, R., Dippner, J.W., Ehrich, S., Exo, M.K., Hüppop, O., Malzahn, A., Marencic, H., Markert, A., Millat, G., Neumann, H., Reiss, H., Sell, A., Sobottka, M., Wehrmann, A., Wiltshire, K.H., Wirtz, K.W. (2012). Auswirkungen auf marine Lebensräume. In: Mosbrugger, V., Brasseur, G.P., Schaller , M., Stribrny, B. (Hrsg.), Klimawandel und Biodiversität - Folgen für Deutschland. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt: 106-127.
Lemmen, C., and A. Khan (2012): A simulation of the Neolithic transition in the Indus Valley, In: Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations, edited by L. Giosan et al., Geophys. Monogr. Ser. 198, 107–114, AGU, Washington. doi:10.1029/2012GM001217
Wirtz, K.W. (2012) How fast can plankton feed? Maximum ingestion rate of planktonic feeders scales with digestive surface area, J. Plankton Res. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbs075
Wirtz, K.W. (2012) Intermittency in food particle processing rules grazing kinetics. Oecologia 169 (4) 879-894, doi:10.1007/s00442-012-2257-4
Wirtz, K. W. (2012) Who is eating whom? Morphology and feeding type determine the size relation between predators and their ideal prey. Marine Ecology Progr. Ser. 445, 1-12. doi:10.3354/meps09502
Hamer, H. H., Malzahn, A. M., Boersma, M. (2011). The invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi: a threat to fish recruitment in the North Sea?, J. Plankton Research, 33, 137-144. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbq100
Hofmeister, R., J. M. Beckers, H. Burchard (2011) Realistic modelling of the exceptional inflows into the central Baltic Sea in 2003 using terrain-following coordinates. Ocean Modelling 39, 233-247, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.04.007
Kaplan, J.O., K.M. Krumhardt, E.C. Ellis, W.F. Ruddiman, C. Lemmen and K. Klein-Goldewijk (2011): Holocene carbon emissions as a result of anthropogenic land cover change, Holocene 21 (5), 775–791, doi:10.1177/0959683610386983
Lemmen, C., D. Gronenborn and K.W. Wirtz (2011): A simulation of the Neolithic transition in Western Eurasia. J. Archaeol. Sci. 38, 3459–3470. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.08.008
Maerz, J. & Verney, R., Wirtz, K.W. & U. Feudel (2011) Modeling flocculation processes: intercomparison of a size class-based model and a distribution-based model. Continental Shelf Res. 31, S84-S93.
Smith, S.L., Pahlow, M., Merico, A. and Wirtz, K.W. (2011) Optimality as a unifying concept for planktonic organisms and their ecology. Limnol. Oceanogr. 56, 2080-2094
Tian, T., Su, J., Wiltshire K., Flöser G. & Wirtz, K.W. (2011) Physical control of winter-spring algal community structure in the German Bight and its effect on bloom timing. Continental Shelf Research 31, 1140-1148.
Tirok, K, B. Bauer, K. Wirtz & U. Gaedke (2011) Community dynamics driven by feedbacks between functionally diverse trophic levels. PLoS One 6, e27357. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027357
Wirtz, K.W. (2011) Metabolic scaling in phytoplankton due to intracellular light and CO2 decline. Journal of Plankton Research 33, 1325-1341.
Wirtz K.W. & Schroeder, F (2011) The integrated coastal observation and model system COSYNA. Proc. 5th International Conference on Applied Coastal Research, SCACR, Aachen.
Brandt, G. & Wirtz, K.W. (2010) Interannual variability of alongshore spring bloom dynamics in a coastal sea caused by the differential influence of hydrodynamics and light climate. Biogeosci. 7, 371-386
Dittami, S. M. ., Wichard, T., Malzahn, A. M., Pohnert, G., Boersma, M., Wiltshire, K. H. (2010). Culture conditions affect fatty acid content along with production of polyunsaturated aldehydes in Thalassiosira rotula (Bacillarophyceae), Nova Hedwigia. Beiheft 136, 231-248.
Gaillard, M.-J., S. Sugita, F. Mazier, A.-K. Trondman, A. Broström, T. Hickler, J.O. Kaplan, E. Kjellström, U. Kokfelt, P. Kuneš, C.Lemmen, P. Miller J. Olofsson, A. Poska, M. Rundgren, B. Smith, G. Strandberg, R. Fyfe, A.B. Nielsen, T. Alenius, L. Balakauskas, L. Barnekow, H.J.B. Birks, A. Bjune, L. Björkman, T. Giesecke, K. Hjelle, L. Kalnina, M. Kangur, W.O. van der Knaap, T. Koff, P. Lagerås, M. Latlałowa, M. Leydet, J. Lechterbeck, M. Lindbladh, B. Odgaard, S. Peglar, U. Segerström, H. Stedingk and H. Seppä (2010): Holocene land-cover reconstructions for studies on land cover-climate feedbacks. Clim. Past 6 (4), 483–499. doi:10.5194/cp-6-483-2010
Holstein, J. M. and Hensen, C. (2010): Microbial mediation of benthic biogenic silica dissolution, Geo-Marine Letters 30 (5), pp. 477-492 .
Holstein, J. & Wirtz, K.W. (2010) On the origin of highly active biogeochemistry in deeper coastal sediments – inverse model studies. Biogeosci. 7, 3741–3753, 2010.
Lemmen, C. and K. W. Wirtz (2010): Socio-technological revolutions and migration waves re-examining early world history with a mathematical model. In: The Spread of the Neolithic to Central Europe, D. Gronenborn and J. Petrasch (Ed.), RGZM Tagungen, 2010
Lemmen, C. (2010): World distribution of land cover changes during Pre- and Protohistoric Times and estimation of induced carbon releases. Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement, 2009 (4), 303-312. doi:10.4000/geomorphologie.7756
Liu, X. & Wirtz, K.W. (2010) Managing coastal area resources by stated choice experiments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 86, 512-517.
Malzahn, A.M., Hantzsche, F., Schoo, K.L., Boersma, M., Aberle, N. (2010). Differential effects of nutrient- limited primary production on primary, secondary or tertiary consumers, Oecologia 162 (1), 35-48.
Schartau, M., M. R. Landry and R. A. Armstrong (2010) Density estimation of plankton size spectra: a reanalysis of Iron Ex II data, J. Plankton Res. 32 (8), 1167-1184. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbq072
Schlüter, M. H., A. Merico, M. Reginatto, M. Boersma, K. H. Wiltshire & W. Greve (2010), Phenological shifts of three interacting zooplankton groups in relation to climate change, Global Change Biology, 16(11), 3144–3153
Schoo, K. L., Aberle, N., Malzahn, A. M., Boersma, M. (2010). Does the nutrient stoichiometry of primary producers affect the secondary consumer Pleurobrachia pileus?, Aquatic Ecology 44 (1), 233-242. doi:10.1007/s10452-009-9265-4
Wirtz,K., K. Bernhardt, G .Lohmann and C. Lemmen(2010): Mid-Holoceneregional reorganization of climate variability: Analyses of proxy data in the frequency domain. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 298 (3–4), 189–200. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.09.019
Wirtz, K.W. & Pahlow M. (2010) Dynamic CHL and nitrogen-carbon regulation in algae optimizes instantaneous growth rate. Marine Ecology Progr. Ser. 402, 81-96
Beck M, Köster J, Engelen B, Holstein J, Gittel A, Könneke, Riedel L, Wirtz KW, Cypionka H, Rullkötter J & Brumsack HJ. (2009) Deep pore water profiles reflect enhanced microbial activity towards tidal flat margins. Ocean Dynamics 59, 371-383.
Holstein, J.M. & Wirtz, K.W. (2009) Sensitivity analysis of nitrogen and carbon cycling in marine sediments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 82, 632-644.
Maerz, J. & Wirtz, K.W. (2009) Resolving physically and biologically driven suspended matter dynamics in tidal flats with a distribution-based model. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 84, 128-138.
Liu, X. & Wirtz, K.W. (2009) The economy of oil spills: Direct and indirect costs as a function of spill size. Journal of Hazardous Materials 171, 471-477.
Liu, X. & Wirtz, K.W., Kannen, A. & Kraft, D. (2009) Willingness to Pay among Households to Prevent Coastal Resources from Polluting by Oil Spills: A Pilot Survey. Marine Pollution Bulletin 58, 1514-1521.
Tian, T., Merico, A., Su, J., Staneva, J & Wirtz, K.W. (2009) Importance of resuspended sediment dynamics for the phytoplankton spring bloom in a coastal marine ecosystem. Journal of Sea Research 62, 214-228.
Brandt, G., Wehrmann, A. & Wirtz, K.W. (2008) Rapid invasion of Crassostrea gigas into the German Wadden Sea dominated by larval supply. J. Sea Research 59, 279-296.
Engel, A., K. Schulz, U. Riebesell, R. Bellerby, B. Bellerby, B. Delille, and M. Schartau (2008), Effects of CO2 on particle size distribution and phytoplankton abundance during a mesocosm bloom experiment (PeECE II), Biogeosciences.
Merico, A.; Tyrell, T.; Wilson, P.A.: Eocene/Oligocene ocean de-acidification linked to Antarctic glaciation by sea-level fall. Nature 452 (2008) 7190, 979 - 982. doi:10.1038/nature06853
Schlüter, Merja H.; Merico, Agostino; Wiltshire, Karen H.; Greve, Wulf; von Storch, Hans (2008) A statistical analysis of climate variability and ecosystem response in the German Bight, Ocean Dynamics 58, Issue 3-4, pp. 169-186
Wiltshire, K.H., Boersma, M., Greve, W., Janisch, S., Mangelsdorf, P., Manly, B.F.J., Malzahn, A.M. & Wirtz, K. W. (2008) Resilience of North Sea phytoplankton spring bloom dynamics: An analysis of long-term data at Helgoland Roads. Limnology & Oceanography 53, 1294–1302.