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Matthias Wolff is affiliated with the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology in Germany. The research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a notable publication record spanning several key subfields such as global and planetary change, ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, earth-surface processes, and sociology and political science.

The main topics addressed by Wolff's work include marine and fisheries research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coastal and marine management, coastal and marine dynamics, and aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity.

Among the recent scientific papers authored or coauthored by Wolff are:

  • Fishers who rely on mangroves: Modelling and mapping the global intensity of mangrove-associated fisheries, 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Reprint of: Fishers who rely on mangroves: Modelling and mapping the global intensity of mangrove-associated fisheries, 2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Mangrove research in Colombia: Temporal trends, geographical coverage and research gaps, 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Integrating Resource Perception, Ecological Surveys, and Fisheries Statistics: A Review of the Fisheries in Zanzibar, 2020, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture
  • Evaluating ecosystem impacts of gear regulations in a data-limited fishery-comparing approaches to estimate predator-prey interactions in Ecopath with Ecosim, 2022, ICES Journal of Marine Science

Wolff frequently collaborates with a group of researchers including Giovanni Romagnoni, Gustavo A. Castellanos-Galindo, Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen, Nibedita Mukherjee, and Thomas A. Worthington. These partnerships are reflected in multiple coauthored publications, contributing to the breadth of research across marine and coastal ecological topics.

In terms of dissemination venues, Wolff's work is regularly published in the following scientific journals:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science

Wolff's contributions also include book publications, notably with Frontiers Media. One recently published book is titled Data-limited Research in Stock Assessment to Increase the Understanding of Fisheries Resources and Inform and Improve Management Efforts (2023).

Best Publications

  • TropFishR: an R package for fisheries analysis with length-frequency data

    Tobias Karl Mildenberger;Marc Hollis Taylor;Matthias Wolff

  • A Trophic Flow Model of the Caeté Mangrove Estuary (North Brazil) with Considerations for the Sustainable Use of its Resources

    M. Wolff;V. Koch;V. Isaac

  • Litter processing and population food intake of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus in a high intertidal forest in northern Brazil

    Inga Nordhaus;Matthias Wolff;Karen Diele

  • Sustainable Livelihoods Approach in tropical coastal and marine social–ecological systems: A review

    Daniella Ferrol-Schulte;Matthias Wolff;Sebastian Ferse;Marion Glaser

  • Energy budget and ecological role of mangrove epibenthos in the Caeté estuary, North Brazil

    Volker Koch;Matthias Wolff

  • Population Dynamics of the Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus during the El Niño Phenomenon of 1983

    Matthias Wolff

  • Life-history, movement, and habitat use of Scylla serrata (Decapoda, Portunidae): current knowledge and future challenges

    Hilke Alberts-Hubatsch;Shing Yip Lee;Jan Olaf Meynecke;Karen Diele

  • Ecological network analysis metrics: The need for an entire ecosystem approach in management and policy

    Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath;Harald Asmus;Ragnhild Asmus;Dan Baird

  • Feeding ecology of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Ocypodidae): food choice, food quality and assimilation efficiency

    Inga Nordhaus;Matthias Wolff

  • A trophic model for Tongoy Bay —a system exposed to suspended scallop culture (Northern Chile)

    Matthias Wolff

  • Reef fish community structure in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (Panamá): living on a relatively stable rocky reef environment

    Arturo Dominici-Arosemena;Matthias Wolff

  • Comparative population dynamics of four fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae, genus Uca) from a North Brazilian mangrove ecosystem

    Volker Koch;Matthias Wolff;Karen Diele

  • Activity patterns, feeding and burrowing behaviour of the crab Ucides cordatus (Ucididae) in a high intertidal mangrove forest in North Brazil.

    Inga Nordhaus;Karen Diele;Matthias Wolff

  • Chemical defense of Mediterranean sponges Aplysina cavernicola and Aplysina aerophoba.

    Carsten Thoms;Matthias Wolff;K. Padmakumar;Rainer Ebel

  • Trophic modeling of the Northern Humboldt Current Ecosystem, Part I: Comparing trophic linkages under La Niña and El Niño conditions

    Jorge Tam;Marc H. Taylor;Verónica Blaskovic;Pepe Espinoza

  • Spawning and recruitment in the Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus

    M. Wolff

  • Environmental variability and fisheries: what can models do?

    Friedemann Keyl;Matthias Wolff

  • Trophic models of four benthic communities in Tongoy Bay (Chile): comparative analysis and preliminary assessment of management strategies

    Marco Ortiz;Matthias Wolff

  • Contextual factors influencing sustainable fisheries in Mexico

    Alejandro Espinoza-Tenorio;Ileana Espejel;Matthias Wolff;José Alberto Zepeda-Domínguez

  • Land use and land cover change affecting habitat distribution in the Segara Anakan lagoon, Java, Indonesia

    Erwin Riyanto Ardli;Matthias Wolff

  • Trophic modeling of the Northern Humboldt Current Ecosystem, Part II: Elucidating ecosystem dynamics from 1995 to 2004 with a focus on the impact of ENSO

    Marc H. Taylor;Jorge Tam;Verónica Blaskovic;Pepe Espinoza

Frequent Co-Authors

Shing Yip Lee
Shing Yip Lee Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ulrich Saint-Paul
Ulrich Saint-Paul Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology
Narriman Jiddawi
Narriman Jiddawi University of Dar es Salaam
Mark Spalding
Mark Spalding University of Cambridge
Brian D. Fath
Brian D. Fath Towson University
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Université Libre de Bruxelles
Jorge Cortés
Jorge Cortés University of Costa Rica
Dimitri Gutiérrez
Dimitri Gutiérrez Cayetano Heredia University
Rubén J. Lara
Rubén J. Lara Universidad Nacional del Sur
Jonathan R. Gair
Jonathan R. Gair Max Planck Society

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