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Ecology and Evolution
Germany
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
113
Citations
60023
World Ranking
143
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Hans-Otto Pörtner is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on the following subfields:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth

Hans-Otto Pörtner has contributed to multiple research publications, with recent papers including:

  • Thermal bottlenecks in the life cycle define climate vulnerability of fish (2020, Science)
  • A framework for complex climate change risk assessment (2021, One Earth)
  • Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts (2023, Science)
  • Impacts of hypoxic events surpass those of future ocean warming and acidification (2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change (2021, Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hans-Otto Pörtner include:

  • Debra Roberts
  • Panmao Zhai
  • Christian Bock
  • Valérie Masson-Delmotte
  • Gisela Lannig

The scientist's publications have appeared several times in prominent venues such as:

  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Science
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

In addition to journal articles, Hans-Otto Pörtner has authored book publications, including a title published by Maribus eBooks:

  • World ocean review: Mit den Meeren leben 7. Lebensgarant Ozean - nachhaltig nutzen, wirksam schützen (2021)

Best Publications

  • Physiology and Climate Change

    Hans O. Pörtner;Anthony P. Farrell

  • Climate change affects marine fishes through the oxygen limitation of thermal tolerance.

    Hans-Otto Pörtner;Rainer Knust

  • Climate variations and the physiological basis of temperature dependent biogeography: systemic to molecular hierarchy of thermal tolerance in animals.

    Hans-Otto Pörtner

  • Oxygen- and capacity-limitation of thermal tolerance: a matrix for integrating climate-related stressor effects in marine ecosystems.

    Hans-Otto Pörtner

  • Contrasting futures for ocean and society from different anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios

    J. P. Gattuso;J. P. Gattuso;A. Magnan;R. Bille;W. W. L. Cheung

  • Climate change and temperature-dependent biogeography: oxygen limitation of thermal tolerance in animals.

    Hans-Otto Pörtner

  • Climate change effects on fishes and fisheries: towards a cause-and-effect understanding

    Hans-Otto Pörtner;M. Peck

  • Ecosystem effects of ocean acidification in times of ocean warming: a physiologist’s view

    Hans-Otto Pörtner

  • Biological Impact of Elevated Ocean CO2 Concentrations: Lessons from Animal Physiology and Earth History

    Hans O. Pörtner;Martina Langenbuch;Anke Reipschläger

  • Effects of long-term moderate hypercapnia on acid-base balance and growth rate in marine mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis)

    Basile Michaelidis;Christos Ouzounis;Andreas Paleras;Hans O. Pörtner

  • Impacts of ocean acidification on marine shelled molluscs

    Frédéric Gazeau;Frédéric Gazeau;Laura M. Parker;Steeve Comeau;Jean Pierre Gattuso;Jean Pierre Gattuso

  • Physiological basis for high CO2 tolerance in marine ectothermic animals: pre-adaptation through lifestyle and ontogeny?

    F. Melzner;Magdalena Gutowska;M. Langenbuch;S. Dupont

  • Climate change tightens a metabolic constraint on marine habitats

    Curtis Deutsch;Aaron Ferrel;Brad Seibel;Hans Otto Pörtner

  • Oxygen- and capacity-limited thermal tolerance: bridging ecology and physiology

    Hans-Otto Pörtner;Christian Bock;Felix Christopher Mark

  • Synergistic effects of temperature extremes, hypoxia, and increases in CO2 on marine animals: From Earth history to global change

    Hans O. Pörtner;Martina Langenbuch;Basile Michaelidis

  • Sensitivities of extant animal taxa to ocean acidification

    Astrid C. Wittmann;Hans-O. Pörtner

  • A framework for complex climate change risk assessment

    Nicholas P. Simpson;Katharine J. Mach;Andrew Constable;Jeremy Hess

  • Thermal bottlenecks in the life cycle define climate vulnerability of fish.

    Flemming T. Dahlke;Sylke Wohlrab;Sylke Wohlrab;Martin Butzin;Hans-Otto Pörtner;Hans-Otto Pörtner

  • Temperature-dependence of mitochondrial function and production of reactive oxygen species in the intertidal mud clam Mya arenaria

    Doris Abele;Katja Heise;Hans-Otto Pörtner;Susana Puntarulo

  • Physiological and metabolic responses to hypoxia in invertebrates

    M. K. Grieshaber;I. Hardewig;U. Kreutzer;Hans-Otto Pörtner

  • Adult exposure influences offspring response to ocean acidification in oysters

    Laura M. Parker;Pauline M. Ross;Wayne A. O'Connor;Larissa Borysko

  • Oxygen limitation of thermal tolerance defined by cardiac and ventilatory performance in spider crab, Maja squinado.

    Markus Frederich;Hans O. Pörtner

Frequent Co-Authors

Doris Abele
Doris Abele Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Thomas Brey
Thomas Brey University of Bremen
Jean-Pierre Gattuso
Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Inna M. Sokolova
Inna M. Sokolova University of Rostock
Klaus Anger
Klaus Anger Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Wolf Arntz
Wolf Arntz Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Guy Claireaux
Guy Claireaux University of Western Brittany
Miriam Fernández
Miriam Fernández Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Wayne A. O'Connor
Wayne A. O'Connor New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
William W. L. Cheung
William W. L. Cheung University of British Columbia

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