Rebecca A. M. Lauerburg (MSc.)

Phone: +49(0)40 - 42838 7874
Fax: +49(0)40 - 42838 6618

University of Hamburg
Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science
Olbersweg 24
22767 Hamburg
Germany

Research interests

My research interests focus on the interactions between fish population dynamics and ecosystem changes at biotic and abiotic levels. Especially the growth of juvenile and adult fish, selective mortality and adaptation to changing conditions lay in the centre of my attention. I applied otolith microstructure analysis to study growth and survival patterns of juvenile Baltic Sprat (Sprattus Sprattus) and otolith macrostructure analysis to link growth rates of adult Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) to temperature in the North Sea. Currently I am working in the FACTS project to quantify and qualify the effects of forage fish availability on growth, condition and reproductive potential of whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in the North Sea ecosystem.

Educational Background

University education

2008-2010	Master of Science in Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Science at the Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science Master thesis: "Using otholith macrostructure to reconstruct the growth history of North Sea cod (Gadus morhua)"
2005-2008	Bachelor of Science in Biology at the University of Hamburg Bachelor thesis: "Survival and Growth Patterns of Baltic sprat (Sprattus sprattus balticus) 2006 in the Arkona Sea"

Employment

Since 2010

PhD-student at the Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science in the EU-Project FACTS under the supervision of Jens Flöter and Axel Temming.