Laura Meskendahl (Dipl.Biol.)

Phone: +49(0)40 - 42838 6617
Fax: +49(0)40 - 42838 6618
University of Hamburg
Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science
Olbersweg 24
22767 Hamburg
Germany

Research interests

My research focuses on bioenergetics and feeding ecology of small pelagic schooling fish like sprat and herring. I am especially interested in experiments investigating metabolic rates, feeding activities and consumption rates of juvenile sprat and herring. A special focus is also on the determination of swimming activities in relation to feeding rates by the use of automated image analyses, both in laboratory experiments and in field studies. Furthermore I am interested in sprat and herring growth and condition studies using long-term field data and measurements of otolith annual rings.

Educational Background

University education

2002 - 2004	Undergraduate studies in Biology at the University of Hamburg
2004 - 2008	Graduate studies in Biology at the University of Hamburg. Main subject Fisheries Science, minor subjects Microbiology and Zoology. Diploma thesis: Untersuchungen zum Energiestoffwechsel von Clupeiden.

Employment

Since 2008

PhD-student at the Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science

Publications

Research articles (peer-reviewed)

Meskendahl L., Herrmann J.-P. and Temming, A. (2010). Effects of temperature and body mass on metabolic rates of sprat, Sprattus sprattus L. Marine Biology 157(9): 1917-1927.

Other literature

Bernreuther, M.; Herrmann, J.P.; Meskendahl, L.; Peck, M.A. and Temming, A. (2007). Gaining robust estimates of predatory impacts by zooplanktivorous fish in the Baltic Sea. International GLOBEC Newsletter (2007), 13.2: 73-75.

Selected Oral & Poster Presentations

Meskendahl, L. (2007). Respiratory metabolism of sprat, Sprattus sprattus L. Oral presentation, Fischereibiologisch-Ozeanographisches Kolloquium, Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Sciences, University of Hamburg.