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| First name: | Britta |
| Last name: | Knefelkamp |
| Country: | Germany |
Thesis Subject:Examination of ecological and structural correlations of Micromonas sp. (Prasinophyceae) from different habitats and its role in the marine foodweb
| Education: | |
| since 2005 PhD at the BAH, Foundation Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Marine Station | |
| 1999 - 2004
Universität Bremen subjects: marine biology, botany, biochemistry Diploma thesis "A comparison between different methods to determine phytoplankton composition" in summer 2004. |
Scientific Interests and Goals:Interests:
Because the ecosystem of our world is the basis of all life, I directed my education towards the understanding of this underlying structure. In my PhD project I investigate the smallest single celled algae (0.2-3µm), that form the basis of the marine food web. I am interested in general biological processes; particularly in marine ecology. This includes organism diversity, abiotic factors and general correlations in the marine and coastal ecosystem. Furthermore, I want to know how these issues impact on politics, economics and society in general. To this end, I like to work with others (co-operating internationally in particular) in a friendly and professional manner for the benefit and better understanding of all concerned.
Personal aim:
My aim is to do all I possibly can to help save the world for “mice and man”. I want to encourage people to become more aware of environmental issues and related social problems and would like to help in promoting these issues. I want to influence the way people think, and play a part in making the world a better and safer place for all its various “inhabitants”. To get a broader picture of how the marine food web functions in parallel with such international affairs like politics and economics, I enhance my specific knowledge with related studies that are more diverse but equally global in nature. I am determined to use my knowledge and abilities to make a positive change to something I hold important in our world; biological diversity.
Because the ecosystem of our world is the basis of all life, I directed my education towards the understanding of this underlying structure. In my PhD project I investigate the smallest single celled algae (0.2-3µm), that form the basis of the marine food web. I am interested in general biological processes; particularly in marine ecology. This includes organism diversity, abiotic factors and general correlations in the marine and coastal ecosystem. Furthermore, I want to know how these issues impact on politics, economics and society in general. To this end, I like to work with others (co-operating internationally in particular) in a friendly and professional manner for the benefit and better understanding of all concerned.
Personal aim:
My aim is to do all I possibly can to help save the world for “mice and man”. I want to encourage people to become more aware of environmental issues and related social problems and would like to help in promoting these issues. I want to influence the way people think, and play a part in making the world a better and safer place for all its various “inhabitants”. To get a broader picture of how the marine food web functions in parallel with such international affairs like politics and economics, I enhance my specific knowledge with related studies that are more diverse but equally global in nature. I am determined to use my knowledge and abilities to make a positive change to something I hold important in our world; biological diversity.
Selected Publications:Knefelkamp, B., Carstens, K., Wiltshire, K. H.(2007).Comparison of different filter types on chlorophyll-a retention and nutrient measurements, JEMBE, in press.
R.B. Wynn, B. Knefelkamp (2004): Seabird distribution and oceanic upwelling off northwest Africa; British Birds Vol. 97 No. 7 (323-335)
For further information, please have a look at: http://www.awi.de/People/show?bknefelk
R.B. Wynn, B. Knefelkamp (2004): Seabird distribution and oceanic upwelling off northwest Africa; British Birds Vol. 97 No. 7 (323-335)
For further information, please have a look at: http://www.awi.de/People/show?bknefelk