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Overview

Kai Bischof is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and has an extensive research record in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work focuses primarily on marine and coastal biological systems and ecosystem dynamics, contributing significantly to several subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics of their research encompass marine and coastal plant biology, marine biology and ecology research, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and the study of marine and coastal ecosystems. Additional focus areas include isotope analysis in ecology, algal biology and biofuel production, as well as peatlands and wetlands ecology.

Bischof has frequently published in several academic venues. The most prominent among these are Frontiers in Marine Science and the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Other notable venues include Ecology and Evolution, Phycological Research, and Cambridge Prisms Coastal Futures.

The following papers reflect some of their recent contributions in the field:

  • Imprint of Climate Change on Pan-Arctic Marine Vegetation, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Heat stress responses and population genetics of the kelp Laminaria digitata (Phaeophyceae) across latitudes reveal differentiation among North Atlantic populations, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Impacts of combined temperature and salinity stress on the endemic Arctic brown seaweed Laminaria solidungula J. Agardh, 2020, Polar Biology
  • Summer Heatwave Impacts on the European Kelp Saccharina latissima Across Its Latitudinal Distribution Gradient, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Glacial retreat and rising temperatures are limiting the expansion of temperate kelp species in the future Arctic, 2023, Limnology and Oceanography

Bischof collaborates extensively with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include Nora Diehl, Inka Bartsch, Sarina Niedzwiedz, Ulf Karsten, and Lydia Scheschonk.

Best Publications

  • The physical environment of Kongsfjorden–Krossfjorden, an Arctic fjord system in Svalbard

    Harald Svendsen;Agnieszka Beszczynska-Møller;Jon Ove Hagen;Bernard Lefauconnier

  • The marine ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

    Haakon Hop;Tom Pearson;Else Nøst Hegseth;Kit M. Kovacs

  • The genus Laminaria sensu lato : recent insights and developments

    Inka Bartsch;Christian Wiencke;Kai Bischof;Cornelia M. Buchholz

  • Ultraviolet radiation shapes seaweed communities

    Kai Bischof;Ivan Gómez;Markus Molis;Dieter Hanelt

  • An Inventory of UV-Absorbing Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids in Macroalgae from Polar to Warm-Temperate Regions

    Ulf Karsten;T. Sawall;Dieter Hanelt;Kai Bischof

  • Seasonal variation in ecophysiological patterns in macroalgae from an Arctic fjord. II. Pigment accumulation and biochemical defence systems against high light stress

    J. Aguilera;K. Bischof;U. Karsten;D. Hanelt

  • Effects of ultraviolet radiation on photosynthesis and related enzyme reactions of marine macroalgae

    Kai Bischof;Dieter Hanelt;Christian Wiencke

  • UV-radiation can affect depth-zonation of Antarctic macroalgae

    Kai Bischof;Dieter Hanelt;Christian Wiencke

  • Impact of UV-radiation on viability, photosynthetic characteristics and DNA of brown algal zoospores : implications for depth zonation

    Christian Wiencke;Iván Gómez;Hans Pakker;Antonio Flores-Moya

  • Life strategy, ecophysiology and ecology of seaweeds in polar waters

    Chris Wiencke;Margaret Nancy Clayton;I Gomez;K Iken

  • Solar ultraviolet radiation affects the activity of ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase and the composition of photosynthetic and xanthophyll cycle pigments in the intertidal green alga Ulva lactuca L.

    Kai Bischof;Gudrun Kräbs;Christian Wiencke;Dieter Hanelt

  • Light regime in an Arctic fjord: a study related to stratospheric ozone depletion as a basis for determination of UV effects on algal growth.

    Dieter Hanelt;H. Tüg;Kai Bischof;C. Groß

  • Acclimation of brown algal photosynthesis to ultraviolet radiation in Arctic coastal waters (Spitsbergen, Norway)

    Kai Bischof;Dieter Hanelt;Helmut Tüg;Ulf Karsten

  • Interactive effects of radiation, temperature and salinity on different life history stages of the Arctic kelp Alaria esculenta (Phaeophyceae)

    Jana Fredersdorf;Ruth Müller;Susanne Becker;Christian Wiencke

  • Physiological responses of the calcifying rhodophyte, Corallina officinalis (L.), to future CO2 levels

    Laurie C. Hofmann;Gamze Yildiz;Dieter Hanelt;Kai Bischof

  • Sensitivity of the early life stages of macroalgae from the Northern Hemisphere to ultraviolet radiation.

    Michael Y. Roleda;Michael Y. Roleda;Christian Wiencke;Dieter Hanelt;Kai Bischof

  • Decreased depth distribution of Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) in the Western Baltic: effects of light deficiency and epibionts on growth and photosynthesis

    Sven Rohde;Claas Hiebenthal;Martin Wahl;Rolf Karez

  • Seaweed Biology - Novel Insights into Ecophysiology, Ecology and Utilization

    Christian Wiencke;Kai Bischof

  • Susceptibility of zoospores to UV radiation determines upper depth distribution limit of Arctic kelps : evidence through field experiments

    Christian Wiencke;Michael Y. Roleda;Ansgar Gruber;Margaret N. Clayton

  • Imprint of Climate Change on Pan-Arctic Marine Vegetation

    Dorte Krause-Jensen;Philippe Archambault;Jorge Assis;Inka Bartsch

  • The effect of ultraviolet radiation on photosynthesis and ultraviolet-absorbing substances in the endemic Arctic macroalga Devaleraea ramentacea (Rhodophyta)

    Ulf Karsten;Kai Bischof;Dieter Hanelt;Helmut Tüg

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Wiencke
Christian Wiencke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Ulf Karsten
Ulf Karsten University of Rostock
Catriona L. Hurd
Catriona L. Hurd University of Tasmania
Paul J. Harrison
Paul J. Harrison University of Oxford
Michael Y. Roleda
Michael Y. Roleda University of the Philippines Diliman
Conrad A. Pilditch
Conrad A. Pilditch University of Auckland
Gernot Glöckner
Gernot Glöckner University of Cologne
Iván Gómez
Iván Gómez Austral University of Chile
Martin Graeve
Martin Graeve Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Félix L. Figueroa
Félix L. Figueroa University of Malaga

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