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André Freiwald

André Freiwald

André Freiwald publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where André Freiwald sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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André Freiwald D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where André Freiwald sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

André Freiwald is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and focuses primarily on environmental and earth sciences. Their work bridges several main fields including Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Paleontology.

Their research topics emphasize marine ecosystems and biological interactions within ocean environments. Key topics include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology

Freiwald's recent research papers reflect a focus on cold-water coral reefs and their ecological context. Notable publications are:

  • Climate-induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold-water corals and commercially important deep-sea fishes in the North Atlantic (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • Cold-water coral reefs thriving under hypoxia (2020), published in Coral Reefs
  • Madrepora oculata forms large frameworks in hypoxic waters off Angola (SE Atlantic) (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • Deciphering the composite morphological diversity of Lophelia pertusa, a cosmopolitan deep-water ecosystem engineer (2021), published in Ecosphere
  • Cold-water coral framework architecture is selectively shaped by bottom current flow (2023), published in Coral Reefs

Frequent collaborators include Léon Hoffman, Dierk Hebbeln, Covadonga Orejas, Claudia Wienberg, and Íris Sampaio, with whom they have conducted multiple joint studies.

Publication venues where Freiwald has frequently contributed include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Zootaxa
  • Coral Reefs
  • Scientific Reports
  • Polar Research

Among book publications, Freiwald has contributed to the title Corals - Habitat Formers in the Anthropocene (2022) published by IntechOpen.

Best Publications

  • Reefs of the Deep: The Biology and Geology of Cold-Water Coral Ecosystems

    J Murray Roberts;Andrew J Wheeler;André Freiwald

  • Cold-water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.

    J. Murray Roberts;Andrew J. Wheeler;André Freiwald;Stephen Cairns

  • Will human-induced changes in seawater chemistry alter the distribution of deep-sea scleractinian corals?

    John M. Guinotte;John M. Guinotte;James G Orr;Stephen D. Cairns;André Freiwald

  • The white coral community in the Central Mediterranean Sea - Revealed by ROV surveys

    André Freiwald;Lydia Beuck;Andreas Rüggeberg;Marco Taviani

  • Cold-Water Corals: List of topic boxes and case studies

    J. Murray Roberts;Andrew Wheeler;André Freiwald;Stephen Cairns

  • Reef-Forming Cold-Water Corals

    A. Freiwald

  • Megafauna of vulnerable marine ecosystems in French mediterranean submarine canyons: Spatial distribution and anthropogenic impacts

    Marie-Claire Fabri;Laura Pedel;L. Beuck;Francois Galgani

  • Role of cold-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs as fish habitat in the NE Atlantic

    Mark J. Costello;Mona McCrea;André Freiwald;Tomas Lundälv

  • Ocean Acidification Accelerates Reef Bioerosion

    Max Wisshak;Christine H. L. Schönberg;Armin U. Form;Andre Freiwald

  • Morphology and environment of cold-water coral carbonate mounds on the NW European margin

    A.J. Wheeler;A. Beyer;A. Freiwald;H. de Haas

  • Resilience of cold-water scleractinian corals to ocean acidification: Boron isotopic systematics of pH and saturation state up-regulation

    Malcolm McCulloch;Julie Trotter;Paolo Montagna;Jim Falter

  • The Sula Reef complex, Norwegian Shelf

    André Freiwald;Veit Hühnerbach;Bjørn Lindberg;John Brodie Wilson

  • Reefal coralline algal build-ups within the Arctic Circle: morphology and sedimentary dynamics under extreme environmental seasonality

    A. Freiwald;R. Henrich

  • Biosedimentology of Microbial Buildups IGCP Project No. 380 Proceedings of 2nd Meeting, Göttingen/Germany 1996

    Fritz Neuweiler;Joachim Reitner;Claude Monty;Mark Feldmann

  • Anatomy of a Deep-Water Coral Reef Mound from Stjernsund, West Finnmark, Northern Norway

    André Freiwald;Rudiger Henrich;Jürgen Pätzold

  • Climate‐induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold‐water corals and commercially important deep‐sea fishes in the North Atlantic

    Telmo Morato;José‐Manuel González‐Irusta;Carlos Dominguez‐Carrió;Chih‐Lin Wei

  • Grounding Pleistocene icebergs shape recent deep-water coral reefs

    André Freiwald;John B. Wilson;Rüdiger Henrich

  • Growth and erosion of a cold-water coral covered carbonate mound in the Northeast Atlantic during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene

    Boris Dorschel;Dierk Hebbeln;Andres Rüggeberg;Wolf Christian Dullo

  • Deep coral growth in the Mediterranean Sea: an overview

    Marco Taviani;André Freiwald;Helmut Zibrowius

  • First geo-marine survey of living cold-water Lophelia reefs in the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean basin)

    Marco Taviani;Alessandro Remia;Cesare Corselli;André Freiwald

  • Lipids and nitrogen isotopes of two deep-water corals from the North-East Atlantic: initial results and implications for their nutrition

    Kostas Kiriakoulakis;Elizabeth Fisher;George A. Wolff;André Freiwald

Frequent Co-Authors

Dierk Hebbeln
Dierk Hebbeln University of Bremen
J. Murray Roberts
J. Murray Roberts University of Edinburgh
Andrew J. Wheeler
Andrew J. Wheeler University College Cork
Marco Taviani
Marco Taviani Schmidt Ocean Institute
Stephen D. Cairns
Stephen D. Cairns National Museum of Natural History
Ricardo De Pol-Holz
Ricardo De Pol-Holz University of Magallanes
Norbert Frank
Norbert Frank Heidelberg University
Rüdiger Henrich
Rüdiger Henrich University of Bremen
Jan Fietzke
Jan Fietzke GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Jörn Peckmann
Jörn Peckmann Universität Hamburg

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