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Barbara Niehoff is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their work encompasses extensive research within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research prominently investigates topics related to Marine and coastal ecosystems, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Marine and fisheries research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Niehoff has contributed to key publications in multiple venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut)
  • Journal of Plankton Research
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Nature Communications

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Barbara Niehoff include:

  • Sea-ice derived meltwater stratification slows the biological carbon pump: results from continuous observations, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Sea ice decline drives biogeographical shifts of key Calanus species in the central Arctic Ocean, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Unexpected fish and squid in the central Arctic deep scattering layer, 2022, Science Advances
  • Aggregate Feeding by the Copepods Calanus and Pseudocalanus Controls Carbon Flux Attenuation in the Arctic Shelf Sea During the Productive Period, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Sea-ice decline could keep zooplankton deeper for longer, 2023, Nature Climate Change

Frequent collaborators in Niehoff's research include Nicole Hildebrandt, Martin Graeve, Hauke Flores, Astrid Cornils, and Wilken-Jon von Appen. The frequency of their collaborations ranges between five and eight joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Globally consistent quantitative observations of planktonic ecosystems

    F. Lombard;F. Lombard;E. Boss;A.M. Waite;J. Uitz

  • Egg production of Calanus finmarchicus effect of temperature, food and season

    Hans-Jürgen Hirche;U. Meyer;Barbara Niehoff

  • The North Atlantic Ocean as habitat for Calanus finmarchicus: Environmental factors and life history traits

    Webjørn Melle;Jeffrey A. Runge;Erica Head;Stéphane Plourde

  • A high frequency time series at Weathership M, Norwegian Sea, during the 1997 spring bloom: the reproductive biology of Calanus finmarchicus

    Barbara Niehoff;Ulrike Klenke;Hans-Jürgen Hirche;Xabier Irigoien

  • Summertime plankton ecology in Fram Strait - a compilation of long- and short-term observations

    Eva-Maria Nöthig;Astrid Bracher;Anja Engel;Katja Metfies

  • Reproduction of the Arctic copepod Calanus hyperboreus in the Greenland Sea-field and laboratory observations

    Hans-Jürgen Hirche;Barbara Niehoff

  • Interannual variation in phytoplankton blooms and zooplankton productivity and abundance in the Gulf of Maine during Winter

    Edward G. Durbin;Robert G. Campbell;Maria C. Casas;Mark D. Ohman

  • Reproductive cycles of three dominant Calanus species in Disko Bay, West Greenland

    B. Niehoff;S. D. Madsen;B. W. Hansen;Torkel Gissel Nielsen

  • A high frequency time series at weathership M, Norwegian Sea, during the 1997 spring bloom: feeding of adult female Calanus finmarchicus

    Xabier Irigoien;Robert Head;Ulrike Klenke;Bettina Meyer-Harms

  • On birth and death in the sea

    Mark D. Ohman;Jeffrey A. Runge;Edward G. Durbin;David B. Field

  • Temperature driven changes in the diet preference of omnivorous copepods: no more meat when it's hot?

    Maarten Boersma;Maarten Boersma;K. Avarachen Mathew;Barbara Niehoff;Katherina L. Schoo

  • Feeding, growth and reproduction in the genus Calanus

    R.P. Harris;X. Irigoien;R.N. Head;C. Rey

  • A high-frequency time series at Ocean Weather Ship Station M (Norwegian Sea): population dynamics of Calanus finmarchicus

    Hans-Jürgen Hirche;Thomas Brey;Barbara Niehoff

  • Oogenesis and gonad maturation in the copepod Calanus finmarchicus and the prediction of egg production from preserved samples

    Barbara Niehoff;Hans-Jürgen Hirche

  • Life history strategies in zooplankton communities: The significance of female gonad morphology and maturation types for the reproductive biology of marine calanoid copepods

    Barbara Niehoff

  • Long-term effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on the Arctic calanoid copepods Calanus glacialis and C. hyperboreus

    Nicole Hildebrandt;Barbara Niehoff;Franz Josef Sartoris

  • Dietary shifts in the copepod Temora longicornis during spring: evidence from stable isotope signatures, fatty acid biomarkers and feeding experiments

    Eike Gentsch;Tobias Kreibich;Wilhelm Hagen;Barbara Niehoff

  • Comparative analysis of Calanus finmarchicus demography at locations around the Northeast Atlantic

    M. R. Heath;O. S. Astthorsson;J. Dunn;B. Ellertsen

  • Reproduction of Calanus glacialis in the Lurefjord (western Norway): indication for temperature-induced female dormancy

    Barbara Niehoff;Hans-Jürgen Hirche

  • Mesozooplankton community development at elevated CO 2 concentrations: results from a mesocosm experiment in an Arctic fjord

    B. Niehoff;T. Schmithüsen;N. Knüppel;M. Daase

  • Feeding by Calanus glacialis in a high arctic fjord: potential seasonal importance of alternative prey

    Alison C. Cleary;Janne E. Søreide;Daniela Freese;Daniela Freese;Barbara Niehoff

  • The effect of food limitation on gonad development and egg production of the planktonic copepod Calanus finmarchicus

    Barbara Niehoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Janne E. Søreide
Janne E. Søreide University Centre in Svalbard
Wilhelm Hagen
Wilhelm Hagen University of Bremen
Hans-Jürgen Hirche
Hans-Jürgen Hirche Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Jeffrey A. Runge
Jeffrey A. Runge University of Maine
Astrid Bracher
Astrid Bracher University of Bremen
Ilka Peeken
Ilka Peeken Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Michael R. Heath
Michael R. Heath University of Strathclyde
Kai G. Schulz
Kai G. Schulz Southern Cross University
Erica J. H. Head
Erica J. H. Head Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Eva-Maria Nöthig
Eva-Maria Nöthig Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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