Marc Hufnagl (Dr.rer.nat.)

Phone: +49(0)40 - 42838 6625
Fax: +49(0)40 - 42838 6618
University of Hamburg
Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science
Olbersweg 24
22767 Hamburg
Germany

Research interests

Modelling behaviour physiology and drift of marine invertebrates Analyzing climate effects on ecosystems, fish and fisheries Life cycle modelling Population dynamics and lifecycle of the brown shrimp Crangon crangon Selective Tidal Stream Transport (STT)Influence of marine traffic and ship building on the environment

Educational Background

University education

10 / 98 - 7 / 03 Study of „Marine environmental science“ at the „Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres“
(Insitute for chemistry and biology of the marine environment” (University Oldenburg, Germany) Subjects: 1) biology 2) physical oceanography, organic geochemistry, marine chemistry.

06 / 01 - 8 / 01 Internship at Lysefjorden Skjell (mussel aquaculture), Norway.

08 / 01 - 9 / 01 Internship at the Alfred-Wegener Institute within the working group Bremerhaven Regional Ice Ocean Simulations.

10 / 02 - 7 / 03 Diploma thesis:
Determination of the release rates of alternative antifouling biocides from ship coatings” (Part of the EU Project “Ecopaint”) at the research centre Terramare (Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

Projects

10 / 02 - 7 / 03
„Ecopaint“, EU-project G3RD CT 2000-00368

10 / 03 - 03 / 05
„Environmental impact of seawater scrubber effluents“ funded by BP marine in cooperation with P&O ferries

05 / 05 - 05 / 08 “CRANGON Development, parameterization and application of a Y/R model for the evaluation of the status quo of fishing of Crangon crangon” funded by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection”

05 / 08 - 05 / 09 “RECLAIM REsolving CLimatic IMpacts on fish stocks ” EU 6th Framework Program ”

since 06 / 09 “ECODRIVE ECOsystem Change in the North Sea: Processes, Drivers, Future Scenarios ” funded by EU MarinEra - Regional Drivers of Ecosystem Change: Description, Modelling and Prediction (MarinEra) ”

Publications

Research articles (peer-reviewed)

Hufnagl M, Temming A, Siegel V, Tulp I, Bolle L (2010) Estimating total mortality and asymptotic length of Crangon crangon between 1955 and 2006. ICES Journal of Sea Research 67:875–884 (doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsq003) (abstract , pdf)

Hufnagl M, Temming A, Dähnhardt A (2010) Hermaphroditism in brown shrimp: lessons from field data and modelling. Marine Biology (doi:10.1007/s00227-010-1477-6) (abstract , pdf)

Hufnagl M, Temming A, Dähnhardt A, Perger A (2010) Is Crangon crangon (L. 1758, Decapoda, Caridea ) food limited in the Wadden Sea? Journal of Sea Research

Other literature

Hufnagl M (2009) Population dynamics and lifecycle of the brown shrimp Crangon crangon (Caridea, L. 1758). Experimental, biochemical and theoretical aspects. Dissertation, University of Hamburg (summary , pdf )

Behrends B and Hufnagl M (2005) Environmental impact of seawater scrubbing to reduce atmospheric ship emissions. . Proc. 3rd Int. Conference on Marine Science and Technology for Environmental Sustainability, ENSUS 2005, Newcastle, April 2005

Hufnagl M (2005) An Alternative Method to Measure Release Rates of Copper and Organic Biocides from Antifouling Paints. Proc. 3rd Int. Conference on Marine Science and Technology for Environmental Sustainability, ENSUS 2005, Newcastle, April 2005

Selected Oral & Poster Presentations

Hufnagl M Peck MA, Dickey – Collas M, Nash RDM, Pohlmann T (2010) Climate-driven, Bottom-up Control of North Sea Herring Recruitment. Poster: International Symposium, Climate Change Effects on Fish and Fisheries, Sendai, Japan

Hufnagl M, Temming A, Siegel V, Tulp I, Bolle L (2009) An evaluation of various models for the estimation of total mortality from length frequency distribution data confronted with seasonal variability in growth, recruitment and mortality. Presentation: ICES – Annual Science Conference, Berlin, Germany

Hufnagl M Peck MA, Dickey – Collas M, Nash RDM, Pohlmann T (2009) Climate-driven changes in the recruitment of North Sea herring: Bottom-up control on the survival of early life stages identified using a biophysical individual-based model.Presentation: ICES – Annual Science Conference, Berlin, Germany

Peck MA, Payne MR, Daewel U, Hufnagl M, Alekseeva I, Schrum C (2009) Climate-driven changes in suitable habitats for North Sea fish: Physiological constraints on the survival of early life stages. Poster: ICES – Annual Science Conference, Berlin, Germany

Hufnagl M (2005) Determination of the environmental impact of seawater scrubbing on the ports of Dover and Calais. Presentation: Ports 2005, Barcelona, Spain