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Ingrid Kröncke is affiliated with the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental and earth sciences, focusing particularly on marine ecosystems and global environmental changes.

The main fields of study covered by Kröncke's work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their research also addresses several subfields such as:

  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Kröncke's work emphasizes key topics related to marine environments, including:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

The scholar has contributed publications to various scientific venues, with a frequent focus on journals related to marine and environmental sciences. The venues with multiple publications include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Kröncke include:

  • "Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Climate change effects on marine protected areas: Projected decline of benthic species in the North Sea," 2020, Marine Environmental Research
  • "Benthic ecosystem functioning under climate change: modelling the bioturbation potential for benthic key species in the southern North Sea," 2022, PeerJ
  • "Macrofauna as a major driver of bentho-pelagic exchange in the southern North Sea," 2021, Limnology and Oceanography
  • "Food web structure and community composition: a comparison across space and time in the North Sea," 2022, Ecography

Collaboration forms a notable part of Kröncke's academic activity. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Julia Meyer
  • Andrey Vedenin
  • Aaron J. Beck
  • Jens Greinert
  • Henning Reiss

Best Publications

  • Ecosystem-based marine spatial management: Review of concepts, policies, tools, and critical issues

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Vanessa Stelzenmüller;Andy South;Thomas Kirk Sørensen

  • Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe

    Francesca Pilotto;Francesca Pilotto;Ingolf Kühn;Ingolf Kühn;Rita Adrian;Renate Alber

  • Long-term changes in macrofaunal communities off Norderney (East Frisia, Germany) in relation to climate variability

    I. Kröncke;J. W. Dippner;H. Heyen;B. Zeiss

  • Species distribution modelling of marine benthos: a North Sea case study

    Henning Reiss;Sarah Cunze;Konstantin König;Hermann Neumann

  • Diversity and community structure of epibenthic invertebrates and fish in the North Sea

    R. Callaway;J. Alsvag;I.J. de Boois;J. Cotter

  • Seasonal variability of benthic indices: an approach to test the applicability of different indices for ecosystem quality assessment.

    Henning Reiss;Ingrid Kröncke

  • Daily Growth Rates in Shells of Arctica islandica: Assessing Sub-seasonal Environmental Controls on a Long-lived Bivalve Mollusk

    Bernd R. Schöne;Stephen D. Houk;Antuané D. Freyre Castro;Jens Fiebig

  • Sea surface water temperatures over the period 1884–1983 reconstructed from oxygen isotope ratios of a bivalve mollusk shell (Arctica islandica, southern North Sea)

    B Schone;A Freyrecastro;J Fiebig;S Houk

  • Recently established Crassostrea-reefs versus native Mytilus-beds: differences in ecosystem engineering affects the macrofaunal communities (Wadden Sea of Lower Saxony, southern German Bight)

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  • North Atlantic Oscillation dynamics recorded in shells of a long-lived bivalve mollusk

    Bernd R. Schöne;Wolfgang Oschmann;Jochen Rössler;Antuané D. Freyre Castro

  • Spatial patterns of infauna, epifauna, and demersal fish communities in the North Sea

    Henning Reiss;Steven Degraer;Gerard C. A. Duineveld;Ingrid Kröncke

  • The North Sea — A shelf sea in the Anthropocene

    Kay-Christian Emeis;Justus van Beusekom;Ulrich Callies;Ralf Ebinghaus

  • Climate change and marine benthos: a review of existing research and future directions in the North Atlantic

    S.N.R. Birchenough;H. Reiss;S. Degraer;N. Mieszkowska

  • Commonness and rarity in the marine biosphere

    Sean R. Connolly;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Julian Caley;Nancy Knowlton

  • Monitoring marine populations and communities: methods dealing with imperfect detectability

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Anke Weber;Carlo Pipitone;Mardik Leopold

  • Cross-realm assessment of climate change impacts on species’ abundance trends

    Diana E. Bowler;Christian Hof;Peter Haase;Peter Haase;Ingrid Kröncke

  • Assessing resilience in long-term ecological data sets

    F. Müller;M. Bergmann;R. Dannowski;J.W. Dippner

  • Influence of macrofauna long-term natural variability on benthic indices used in ecological quality assessment.

    Ingrid Kröncke;Henning Reiss

  • Changes in North Sea macrofauna communities and species distribution between 1986 and 2000

    Ingrid Kröncke;Henning Reiss;Jacqueline D. Eggleton;John Aldridge

  • Macrofauna Communities in the Eastern Mediterranean Deep Sea

    Ingrid Kröncke;Michael Türkay;Dieter Fiege

  • Long-term variability in macrofauna species composition off the island of Norderney (East Frisia, Germany) in relation to changes in climatic and environmental conditions

    Ingrid Kröncke;Bernd Zeiss;Christa Rensing

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard C.A. Duineveld
Gerard C.A. Duineveld Utrecht University
Steven Degraer
Steven Degraer Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Peter Haase
Peter Haase University of Duisburg-Essen
Stefan Stoll
Stefan Stoll University of Duisburg-Essen
Thomas Pohlmann
Thomas Pohlmann Universität Hamburg
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Bernd R. Schöne
Bernd R. Schöne Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Wolfgang Oschmann
Wolfgang Oschmann Goethe University Frankfurt
Sami Domisch
Sami Domisch Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Karsten Reise
Karsten Reise Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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