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Overview

Olaf Pfannkuche is affiliated with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular attention to ecology and ocean engineering. The work involves studies in marine animal behaviour, underwater vehicles, communication systems, as well as coral and marine ecosystems.

Pfannkuche's publication record includes two recent papers published between 2020 and 2021. These are:

  • A Flexible Autonomous Robotic Observatory Infrastructure for Bentho-Pelagic Monitoring, 2020, Sensors
  • Working Group on Nephrops Surveys (WGNEPS), 2021, DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Jacopo Aguzzi, Jan Albiez, Sascha Flögel, Simone Marini, and Terje Torkelsen. Each of these colleagues has contributed to at least two joint publications.

Pfannkuche's scientific contributions span several main topics including:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Their work has appeared in venues like Sensors and the DIGITAL.CSIC repository of the Spanish National Research Council. This reflects engagement with both technological and ecological aspects of marine research.

Best Publications

  • A marine microbial consortium apparently mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Antje Boetius;Katrin Ravenschlag;Carsten J. Schubert;Dirk Rickert

  • Phytodetritus on the deep-sea floor in a central oceanic region of the Northeast Atlantic

    H. Thiel;Olaf Pfannkuche;G. Schriever;Karin Lochte

  • Benthic response to the sedimentation of particulate organic matter at the BIOTRANS station, 47°N, 20°W

    Olaf Pfannkuche

  • Activity, Distribution, and Diversity of Sulfate Reducers and Other Bacteria in Sediments above Gas Hydrate (Cascadia Margin, Oregon)

    Katrin Knittel;Antje Boetius;Andreas Lemke;Heike Eilers

  • In situ experimental evidence of the fate of a phytodetritus pulse at the abyssal sea floor.

    U. Witte;F. Wenzhöfer;Stefan Sommer;A. Boetius

  • Sea Floor Methane Hydrates at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin

    E. Suess;M.E. Torres;G. Bohrmann;R.W. Collier

  • Investigating hypoxia in aquatic environments: diverse approaches to addressing a complex phenomenon

    J. Friedrich;F. Janssen;F. Janssen;D. Aleynik;Hermann W. Bange

  • Benthic chamber and profiling landers in oceanography-A review of design, technical solutions and functioning.

    A. Tengberg;F. De Bovee;P. Hall;W. Berelson

  • Meiobenthos of the Deep Northeast Atlantic

    M. Vincx;B. J. Bett;A. Dinet;T. Ferrero

  • Meiobenthic stocks and benthic activity on the NE-Svalbard shelf and in the Nansen Basin

    Olaf Pfannkuche;Hjalmar Thiel

  • Sampler bias in the quantitative study of deep-sea meiobenthos

    Bj J. Bett;Ann Vanreusel;Magda Vincx;T. Soltwedel

  • Open ocean pelago-benthic coupling: cyanobacteria as tracers of sedimenting salp faeces

    Olaf Pfannkuche;Karin Lochte

  • The role of the benthic biota in sedimentary metabolism and sediment-water exchange processes in the Goban Spur area (NE Atlantic)

    Carlos Heip;G Duineveld;E Flach;G Graf

  • Structure and Drivers of Cold Seep Ecosystems

    Jean-Paul Foucher;Graham K. Westbrook;Antje Boetius;Silvia Ceramicola

  • Distribution, biomass and diversity of benthic foraminifera in relation to sediment geochemistry in the Arabian Sea

    F. Kurbjeweit;Gerhard Schmiedl;Ralf Schiebel;Ch. Hemleben

  • Responses of deep-sea benthos to sedimentation patterns in the North-East Atlantic in 1992

    O. Pfannkuche;Antje Boetius;Karin Lochte;U. Lundgreen

  • Efficiency of the benthic filter: Biological control of the emission of dissolved methane from sediments containing shallow gas hydrates at Hydrate Ridge

    Stefan Sommer;Olaf Pfannkuche;Peter Linke;R. Luff

  • An apparent lack of response by metazoan meiofauna to phytodetritus deposition in the bathyal north-eastern Atlantic

    A. J. Gooday;Olaf Pfannkuche;P. J. D. Lambshead

  • Cyclonic cold-core eddy in the eastern North Atlantic. II. Nutrients, phytoplankton and bacterioplankton

    Karin Lochte;Olaf Pfannkuche

  • The Size Structure of Deep-Sea Meiobenthos in the North-Eastern Atlantic: Nematode Size Spectra in Relation to Environmental Variables

    Thomas Soltwedel;O. Pfannkuche;H. Thiel

  • Phytodetritus on the deep-sea floor in a central oceanic region of the northeast Atlantic

    H. Thiel;O. Pfannkuche;G. Schrieber;Karin Lochte

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Linke
Peter Linke GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Klaus Wallmann
Klaus Wallmann GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Christoph Hemleben
Christoph Hemleben University of Tübingen
Thomas Soltwedel
Thomas Soltwedel Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Gerhard Schmiedl
Gerhard Schmiedl Universität Hamburg
Ralf Schiebel
Ralf Schiebel Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Andrew W. Dale
Andrew W. Dale GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Jens Greinert
Jens Greinert GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Ursula Witte
Ursula Witte University of Aberdeen

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