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Christian Möllmann

Christian Möllmann

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
53
Citations
10987
World Ranking
4231
National Ranking
291

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
10874
World Ranking
16102
National Ranking
1128

Overview

Christian Möllmann is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their research contributions focus largely on marine and fisheries topics, encompassing areas such as Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Coastal and Marine Management, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Möllmann has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include Frontiers in Marine Science, Scientific Reports, ICES Journal of Marine Science, The Science of The Total Environment, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University).

The scientist's recent notable papers are:

  • Tipping point realized in cod fishery, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Fish stock development in the Central Baltic Sea (1974-1999) in relation to variability in the environment, 2023, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)
  • The Baltic Health Index (BHI): Assessing the social-ecological status of the Baltic Sea, 2021, People and Nature
  • Trade-offs between fisheries, offshore wind farms and marine protected areas in the southern North Sea - Winners, losers and effective spatial management, 2023, Marine Policy
  • Interannual variability in population dynamics of calanoid copepods in the Central Baltic Sea, 2023, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)

Among their collaborations, frequent co-authors include Camilla Sguotti, Steffen Funk, Alexandra M. Blöcker, Elena Hauten, and Saskia A. Otto.

In addition to journal articles, Möllmann has contributed to book publishing, with a notable book published by Maribus eBooks titled World ocean review: Mit den Meeren leben 7. Lebensgarant Ozean - nachhaltig nutzen, wirksam schützen in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Resolving the effect of climate change on fish populations

    Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp;Myron A. Peck;Georg H. Engelhard;Christian Möllmann

  • Synchronous ecological regime shifts in the central Baltic and the North Sea in the late 1980s

    J. Alheit;C. Möllmann;Jörg Dutz;G. Kornilovs

  • Reorganization of a large marine ecosystem due to atmospheric and anthropogenic pressure: a discontinuous regime shift in the Central Baltic Sea

    Christian Möllmann;Rabea Diekmann;Rabea Diekmann;Bärbel Müller-Karulis;Georgs Kornilovs

  • Sensitivity of marine systems to climate and fishing: Concepts, issues and management responses

    R. Ian Perry;Philippe Cury;Keith Brander;Simon Jennings

  • Effects of climate and overfishing on zooplankton dynamics and ecosystem structure: regime shifts, trophic cascade, and feedback loops in a simple ecosystem

    Christian Möllmann;Bärbel Müller-Karulis;Georgs Kornilovs;Michael A. St John

  • Trophodynamic control by clupeid predators on recruitment success in Baltic cod

    Friedrich W. Köster;Christian Möllmann

  • Long-term dynamics of main mesozooplankton species in the central Baltic Sea

    Christian Möllmann;Georgs Kornilovs;Ludvigs Sidrevics

  • Interaction between top-down and bottom-up control in marine food webs

    Christopher Philip Lynam;Marcos Llope;Christian Möllmann;Pierre Helaouët

  • Impact of 21st century climate change on the Baltic Sea fish community and fisheries

    Brian R. Mackenzie;Henrik Gislason;Christian Möllmann;Friedrich W. Köster

  • Baltic cod recruitment – the impact of climate variability on key processes

    Friedrich W. Köster;Christian Möllmann;Hans-Harald Hinrichsen;Kai Wieland

  • Feeding ecology of central Baltic Sea herring and sprat

    C. Möllmann;G. Kornilovs;M. Fetter;F. W. Köster

  • Biophysical modeling of larval Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) growth and survival

    Hans-Harald Hinrichsen;Christian Möllmann;Rüdiger Voss;Friedrich Köster

  • Climate, zooplankton, and pelagic fish growth in the central Baltic Sea

    Christian Möllmann;Georgs Kornilovs;Marina Fetter;Friedrich W. Köster

  • Using indicators for evaluating, comparing, and communicating the ecological status of exploited marine ecosystems. 2. Setting the scene.

    Yunne-Jai Shin;Lynne J. Shannon;Alida Bundy;Marta Coll

  • Recruitment of Baltic cod and sprat stocks: identification of critical life stages and incorporation of environmental variability into stock-recruitment relationships*

    Friedrich Köster;Hans-Harald Hinrichsen;Dietrich Schnack;M. A. St.John

  • A holistic view of marine regime shifts

    Alessandra Conversi;Alessandra Conversi;Vasilis Dakos;Anna Gårdmark;Scott Ling

  • Marine Ecosystem Regime Shifts Induced by Climate and Overfishing: A Review for the Northern Hemisphere

    Christian Möllmann;Rabea Diekmann

  • Population dynamics of calanoid copepods and the implications of their predation by clupeid fish in the Central Baltic Sea

    Christian Möllmann;Friedrich W. Köster

  • Preventing the collapse of the Baltic cod stock through an ecosystem-based management approach

    Martin Lindegren;Christian Möllmann;Anders Nielsen;Nils C. Stenseth

  • Marine regime shifts around the globe: theory, drivers and impacts

    Christian Möllmann;Carl Folke;Carl Folke;Martin Edwards;Alessandra Conversi;Alessandra Conversi

  • Fish stock development in the Central Baltic Sea (1976-2000) in relation to variability in the environment

    F. Köster;C. Möllmann;S. Neuenfeldt;M. Vinther

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Jürgen Hirche
Hans-Jürgen Hirche Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Martin Lindegren
Martin Lindegren Technical University of Denmark
Thorsten Blenckner
Thorsten Blenckner Stockholm Resilience Centre
Anna Gårdmark
Anna Gårdmark Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Bärbel Müller-Karulis
Bärbel Müller-Karulis Stockholm University
Michele Casini
Michele Casini University of Bologna
Brian R. MacKenzie
Brian R. MacKenzie Technical University of Denmark
Axel Temming
Axel Temming Universität Hamburg
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Nils Chr. Stenseth
Nils Chr. Stenseth University of Oslo

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