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Axel Temming is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work focuses on several key subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of marine and aquatic themes:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species

Temming has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed publications, with frequent appearances in several specialized journals. Their most common publication venues include:

  • Fisheries Research
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Temming span from 2020 to 2021, addressing diverse aspects of marine ecology and fisheries science. Notable papers include:

  • Gillnet fishers' knowledge reveals seasonality in depth and habitat use of cod (Gadus morhua) in the Western Baltic Sea, 2020, published in ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • The forgotten feeding ground: patterns in seasonal and depth-specific food intake of adult cod Gadus morhua in the western Baltic Sea, 2020, published in Journal of Fish Biology
  • Validation approaches of a geolocation framework to reconstruct movements of demersal fish equipped with data storage tags in a stratified environment, 2021, published in Fisheries Research
  • Sperm performance limits the reproduction of an invasive fish in novel salinities, 2021, published in Diversity and Distributions
  • Differences in diet compositions and feeding strategies of invasive round goby Neogobius melanostomus and native black goby Gobius niger in the Western Baltic Sea, 2021, published in Aquatic Invasions

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including Steffen Funk, Uwe Krumme, Jens-Peter Herrmann, Christian Möllmann, and Sandra Rybicki. Each of these coauthors has contributed to multiple projects alongside Temming.

Best Publications

  • A GIS modelling framework to evaluate marine spatial planning scenarios: Co-location of offshore wind farms and aquaculture in the German EEZ

    Antje Gimpel;Vanessa Stelzenmüller;Britta Grote;Bela H. Buck

  • Recruitment variability in Baltic Sea sprat (Sprattus sprattus) is tightly coupled to temperature and transport patterns affecting the larval and early juvenile stages

    H. Baumann;Hans-Harald Hinrichsen;C. Möllmann;F. W. Köster

  • Explaining diet composition of North Sea cod (Gadus morhua): prey size preference vs. prey availability

    Jens Floeter;Axel Temming

  • Marine snow, zooplankton and thin layers: indications of a trophic link from small-scale sampling with the Video Plankton Recorder

    Klas O. Moeller;Michael St John;Axel Temming;Jens Floeter

  • Daily activity, feeding and rations in gobies and brown shrimp in the northern Wadden Sea

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  • Life cycle of Crangon crangon in the North Sea: a simulation of the timing of recruitment as a function of the seasonal temperature signal

    Axel Temming;Ulrich Damm

  • Modelling gastric evacuation without meal size as a variable. A model applicable for the estimation of daily ration of cod (Gadus morhua L.) in the field

    Axel Temming;Niels G. Andersen

  • Gastric evacuation in cod: Prey-specific evacuation rates for use in North Sea, Baltic Sea and Barents Sea multi-species models

    A. Temming;J.-P. Herrmann

  • Pelagic effects of offshore wind farm foundations in the stratified North Sea

    Jens Floeter;Justus E.E. van Beusekom;Dominik Auch;Ulrich Callies

  • Eastern Baltic cod recruitment revisited—dynamics and impacting factors

    Friedrich W. Köster;Bastian Huwer;Hans-Harald Hinrichsen;Viola Neumann

  • Predation Hot Spots: Large Scale Impact of Local Aggregations

    Axel Temming;Jens Floeter;Siegfried Ehrich

  • Gastric evacuation in horse mackerel. I. The effects of meal size, temperature and predator weight

    A. Temming;J.-P. Herrmann

  • Predation of whiting and haddock on sandeel: aggregative response, competition and diel periodicity

    A. Temming;S. Götz;N. Mergardt;S. Ehrich

  • Climate Change and Small Pelagic Fish: Trophic dynamics

    Carl D. van der Lingen;Arnaud Bertrand;Antonio Bode;Richard Brodeur

  • Linking growth to environmental histories in central Baltic young-of-the-year sprat, Sprattus sprattus: an approach based on otolith microstructure analysis and hydrodynamic modelling

    Hannes Baumann;Hans-Harald Hinrichsen;Rudi Voss;Daniel Stepputtis

  • 20 Years of the German small-scale bottom trawl survey (GSBTS): A review

    Siegfried Ehrich;Sara Adlerstein;Uwe Brockmann;Jens Floeter

  • The ecophysiology of Sprattus sprattus in the Baltic and North Seas

    Myron A. Peck;Hannes Baumann;Matthias Bernreuther;Catriona Clemmesen

  • Temperature-induced regional and temporal growth differences in Baltic young-of-the-year sprat Sprattus sprattus

    Hannes Baumann;Tomas Gröhsler;Georgs Kornilovs;Andrej Makarchouk

  • A spatially explicit risk approach to support marine spatial planning in the German EEZ

    Antje Gimpel;Vanessa Stelzenmüller;Roland Cormier;Jens Floeter

  • Starving early juvenile sprat Sprattus sprattus (L.) in western Baltic coastal waters: evidence from combined field and laboratory observations in August and September 2003

    H. Baumann;M. A. Peck;H.‐E. Götze;A. Temming

  • Effect of temperature on the gastric evacuation in sprat Sprattus sprattus

    M. Bernreuther;A. Temming;J. P. Herrmann

  • Grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnadus) in the North Sea: an emerging key predator?

    Jens Floeter;Alexander Kempf;Morten Vinther;Corinna Schrum

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Möllmann
Christian Möllmann Universität Hamburg
Myron A. Peck
Myron A. Peck Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Catriona Clemmesen
Catriona Clemmesen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Monika Winder
Monika Winder Stockholm University
Thomas Pohlmann
Thomas Pohlmann Universität Hamburg
Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp
Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp Wageningen University & Research
Maiju Lehtiniemi
Maiju Lehtiniemi Finnish Environment Institute
Henn Ojaveer
Henn Ojaveer University of Tartu
Arnaud Bertrand
Arnaud Bertrand Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Antonio Bode
Antonio Bode Spanish Institute of Oceanography

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