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  • 2025
    • Barghorn, L., H. E. M. Meier, H. Radtke, T. Neumann and L. Naumov (2025). Warm saltwater inflows strengthen oxygen depletion in the western Baltic Sea. Clim. Dyn. 63: 29, doi: 10.1007/s00382-024-07501-x –open access–
    • Bellon, G., A. Selbmann, P. Wensveen, M. Rasmussen, A. Laute, X. Mouy and F. I. P. Samarra (2025). Killer whale (Orcinus orca) occurrence in Icelandic waters revealed by passive acoustic monitoring. Mar. Mamm. Sci.: e13211, doi: 10.1111/mms.13211 –open access–
    • Bolius, S., A. Schmidt, J. Kaiser, H. W. Arz, O. Dellwig, U. Karsten, L. S. Epp and A. Kremp (2025). Resurrection of a diatom after 7000 years from anoxic Baltic Sea sediment. ISME J. 19: wrae252, doi: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae252 –open access–
    • Haseler, M., L. Ben Abdallah, L. El Fels, B. El Hayany, G. Hassan, G. Escobar-Sánchez, E. Robbe, M. von Thenen, A. Loukili, M. Abd El-Raouf, F. Mhiri, A. A. El-Bary, G. Schernewski and A. Nassour (2025). Assessment of beach litter pollution in Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco: a study of macro and meso-litter on Mediterranean beaches. Environ. Monit. Assess. 197: 123, doi: 10.1007/s10661-024-13517-x –open access–
    • Ivar do Sul, J. A. (2025). From pollution to solution: a call for source control strategies for microplastics in the Ocean. Environ. Res. Lett. 20: 011002, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad9abd –open access–
    • Masci, L., G. C. Liakopoulos, R. Gromig, E. Kolovos, K. Kouli, M. Moros, L. Sadori, A. Sarantis, P. Slavin, J. Sypiański, G. Vidras, C. Vignola, B. Wagner, A. Izdebski and A. Masi (2025). Consilience in practice: social–ecological dynamics of the Lake Volvi region (Greece) during the last two millennia. J. Quat. Sci., doi: 10.1002/jqs.3645 –open access–
    • Nowaczyk, N. R., L. Jiabo, F. Lamy, L. Lembke-Jene and H. W. Arz (2025). The Mono Lake and Laschamps Geomagnetic Excursions Recorded by Sediments in the Drake Passage. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth 130: e2024JB029835, doi: 10.1029/2024JB029835 –open access–
    • Poul, H. M., M. Gröger, S. Karsten, B. Mayer, T. Pohlmann and H. E. M. Meier (2025). Natural variability masks climate change sea surface temperature signals: a comparison between the Baltic Sea, North Sea and North Atlantic Ocean. Clim. Dyn. 63: 102, doi: 10.1007/s00382-024-07538-y –open access–
    • Rodiouchkina, K., S. Goderis, C. B. Senel, P. Kaskes, Ö. Karatekin, M. E. Böttcher, I. Rodushkin, J. Vellekoop, P. Claeys and F. Vanhaecke (2025). Reduced contribution of sulfur to the mass extinction associated with the Chicxulub impact event. Nat. Commun. 16: 620, doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55145-6 –open access–
    • Schoderer, M., H. Bittig, B. Klein, R. Hägele, T. Steinhoff, K. Castro‐Morales, L. Cotrim da Cunha, A. K. Hornidge and A. Körtzinger (2025). From Individual Observations to Global Assessments: Tracing the Marine Carbon Knowledge Value Chain. Ocean and Society 2, doi: 10.17645/oas.8891 –open access–
    • Schumacher, J., D. Horn, G. Escobar-Sánchez, G. Markfort, G. Schernewski and M. von Weber (2025). Assessing Macrophyte and Ecosystem Service Changes in Shallow Eutrophic Coastal Waters Using Remote Sensing Methods. Land 14: 4, doi: 10.3390/land14010004 –open access–
    • Serafim, T. S. G., D. E. Schulz-Bull, C. P. Rüger, T. Dittmar, J. Niggemann, R. Zimmermann, J. J. Waniek and H. Osterholz (2025). Imprint of incomplete combustion processes on the water column of the anthropogenic-pressured Baltic Sea. Sci. Total Environ. 964: 178537, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178537 –open access–
    • Slimane, E. B., M. Haseler, L. Ben Abdallah, F. Mhiri, A. Nassour and G. Schernewski (2025). Efficient Beach Litter Monitoring: Accelerated Surveys of Pollution Hotspots—A North African Case Study. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 13: 71, doi: 10.3390/jmse13010071 –open access–
    • von Thenen, M., M. von Loh, E. Robbe, L. B. Abdallah, G. Escobar-Sánchez, M. Haseler, F. M’hiri and G. Schernewski (2025). Beach Wrack on Baltic and Mediterranean Sea Beaches: Litter Pollution and Management Perspectives. Estuar. Coast. 48: 61, doi: 10.1007/s12237-025-01497-1 –open access–
    • Waniek, J. J., H. Osterholz and H. C. Frazão (2025). A Global Inventory of Natural and Synthetic Estrogens in Aquatic Systems. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci. 17: 511-536, doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-032123-025855 –open access–
    • Zhou, M., I. Hand, A. Lerz, M. Moros, D. E. Schulz Bull and J. J. Waniek (2025). Temporal development of chlorinated hydrocarbons in the Baltic Sea sediments: Characterization of the pollution maximum. Sci. Total Environ. 962: 178395, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178395 –open access–
  • 2024
    • Bellon, G., H. Middel, C. Chicco and J. N. Rempel (2024). Changes in cetacean occurrence in Faxaflói Bay, Iceland, as observed from whale watching vessels. NAMMCO Scientific Publications 13, doi: 10.7557/3.7386 –open access–
    • Bick, A. and M. L. Zettler (2024). Description of three new species of Amphitritides Augener, 1922 (Terebellida, Annelida) from the coast of Namibia (South West Africa). Zootaxa 5446: 42-64, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.1.2 –open access–
    • Bittig, H. C., E. Jacobs, T. Neumann and G. Rehder (2024). A regional pCO2 climatology of the Baltic Sea from in situ pCO2 observations and a model-based extrapolation approach. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 16: 753-773, doi: 10.5194/essd-16-753-2024 –open access–
    • Bonnevie, I. M., M. v. Thenen and H. S. Hansen (2024). Editorial: Spatial planning for sustainable use of marine ecosystem services and resources. Front. Mar. Sci. 11: 1361827, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1361827 –open access–
    • Botterell, Z. L. R., F. Ribeiro, D. Alarcón-Ruales, E. Alfaro, J. Alfaro-Shigueto, N. Allan, N. Becerra, L. Braunholtz, S. Cardenas-Diaz, D. de Veer, G. Escobar-Sanchez, M. V. Gabela-Flores, B. J. Godley, I. Grønneberg, J. A. Howard, D. Honorato-Zimmer, J. S. Jones, C. Lewis, J. C. Mangel, M. Martin, J. P. M. Pérez, S. E. Nelms, C. Ortiz-Alvarez, A. Porter, M. Thiel and T. S. Galloway (2024). Plastic pollution transcends marine protected area boundaries in the eastern tropical and south-eastern Pacific. Mar. Poll. Bull. 201: 116271, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116271 –open access–
    • Brandt, P., M. H. Bordbar, P. Coelho, R. A. I. Koungue, M. Körner, T. Lamont, J. F. Lübbecke, V. Mohrholz, A. Prigent, M. Roch, M. Schmidt, A. K. van der Plas and J. Veitch (2024). Physical drivers of southwest African coastal upwelling and its response to climate variability and change. In: Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change: Science for Management and Policy Interventions. Ed. by G. P. von Maltitz, G. F. Midgley, J. Veitch, C. Brümmer, R. P. Rötter, F. A. Viehberg and M. Veste. Cham: Springer International Publishing: 221-257, 978-3-031-10948-5, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-10948-5_9 –open access–
    • Bruhns, T., C. Sánchez-Girón Barba, L. König, S. Timm, K. Fisch and I. M. Sokolova (2024). Combined effects of organic and mineral UV-filters on the lugworm Arenicola marina. Chemosphere 358: 142184, doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142184 –open access–
    • Böttner, C., C. J. Stevenson, R. Englert, M. Schönke, B. T. Pandolpho, J. Geersen, P. Feldens and S. Krastel (2024). Extreme erosion and bulking in a giant submarine gravity flow. Sci. Adv. 10: eadp2584, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adp2584 –open access–
    • Böttner, C., J. J. L. Hoffmann, D. Unverricht, M. Schmidt, T. Spiegel, J. Geersen, T. H. Müller, J. Karstens, K. J. Andresen, L. Sander, J. Schneider von Deimling and C. Schmidt (2024). The Enigmatic Pockmarks of the Sandy Southeastern North Sea. Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst. 25: e2024GC011837, doi: 10.1029/2024GC011837 –open access–
    • Cabral, A., G. M. S. Reithmaier, Y. Y. Y. Yau, L. C. Cotovicz Jr., J. Barreira, B. Viana, J. Hayden, S. Bouillon, N. Brandini, V. Hatje, C. E. de Rezende, A. L. Fonseca and I. R. Santos (2024). Large Porewater- Derived Carbon Outwelling Across Mangrove Seascapes Revealed by Radium Isotpes. Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans 129: e2024JC021319, doi: 10.1029/2024JC021319 –open access–
    • Chielle, R. S. A., R. V. Marins, M. S. Cavalcante and L. C. Cotovicz Jr (2024). Seasonal and spatial variability of CO2 emissions in a large tropical mangrove-dominated delta. Limnol. Oceanogr.: online, doi: 10.1002/lno.12471 –open access–
    • Cosme De Esteban, M., P. Feldens, R. Haroun, F. Tuya, A. Gil and F. Otero Ferrer (2024). Habitat mapping of the Vila Franca do Campo marine reserve (Azores) and recommendations for its improvement. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 303: 108809, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108809 –open access–
    • Cotovicz Jr., L. C., B. Cahill, B. Sabbaghzadeh, J. M. Lencina-Avila and G. Rehder (2024). Increase in marginal sea alkalinity may impact air–sea carbon dioxide exchange and buffer acidification. Limnol. Oceanogr. 69: 2332-2347, doi: 10.1002/lno.12672 –open access–
    • Czymzik, M., M. Christl, O. Dellwig, R. Muscheler, D. Müller, J. Kaiser, M. J. Schwab, C. K. M. Nantke, A. Brauer and H. W. Arz (2024). Synchronizing the Western Gotland Basin (Baltic Sea) and Lake Kälksjön (central Sweden) sediment records using common cosmogenic radionuclide production variations. Holocene 34: 1128-1137, doi: 10.1177/09596836241247311
    • Czymzik, M., O. Dellwig, R. Muscheler, P. Roeser, A. Brauer, J. Kaiser, M. Christl and H. W. Arz (2024). Retraction “Delayed Western Gotland Basin (Baltic Sea) ventilation in response to the onset of a Mid-Holocene climate oscillation” Quat. Sci. Rev. 345: 109017, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109017 –open access–
    • Das, S. K., N. Mahanta, B. Sahoo, R. K. Singh, C. A. Alvarez Zarikian, M. Tiwari, N. Vats, Nihal, F. Lamy, G. Winckler, J. L. Middleton, H. W. Arz, J. Gottschalk, C. Basak, A. Brombacher, O. M. Esper, J. R. Farmer, L. C. Herbert, S. Iwasaki, L. Lembke-Jene, V. J. Lawson, L. Lo, E. Malinverno, E. Michel, S. Moretti, C. M. Moy, A. C. Ravelo, C. R. Riesselman, M. Saavedra-Pellitero, I. Seo, R. A. Smith, A. L. Souza, J. S. Stoner, I. V. M. P. de Oliveira, S. Wan and X. Zhao (2024). Late Miocene to Early Pliocene paleoceanographic evolution of the Central South Pacific: A deep-sea benthic foraminiferal perspective. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 647: 112252, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112252
    • Das, S. K., R. K. Singh, M. Saavedra-Pellitero, J. Gottschalk, C. A. Alvarez Zarikian, L. Lembke-Jene, F. Lamy, G. Winckler, J. L. Middleton, H. W. Arz, C. Basak, A. Brombacher, O. M. Esper, J. R. Farmer, L. C. Herbert, S. Iwasaki, V. J. Lawson, L. Lo, E. Malinverno, E. Michel, S. Moretti, C. M. Moy, A. C. Ravelo, C. R. Riesselman, I. Seo, R. A. Smith, A. L. Souza, J. S. Stoner, I. M. Venancio, S. Wan and X. Zhao (2024). Recent deep-sea nematodes and agglutinated foraminifera select specific grains and bioclasts from their environments: Ecological implications. Mar. Micropaleontol. 192: 102409, doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2024.102409 –open access–
    • Davies, J., K. Fahl, M. Moros, A. Carter-Champion, H. Detlef, R. Stein, C. Pearce and M.-S. Seidenkrantz (2024). Sea-ice conditions from 1880 to 2017 on the Northeast Greenland continental shelf: a biomarker and observational record comparison. The Cryosphere 18: 3415-3431, doi: 10.5194/tc-18-3415-2024 –open access–
    • Dieterich, C. and H. Radtke (2024). Higher quantiles of sea levels rise faster in Baltic Sea Climate projections. Clim. Dyn. 62: 3709-3719, doi: 10.1007/s00382-023-07094-x –open access–
    • Dutz, J., J. Faber, L. Kreuzer, C. Burmeister, N. Welsch and S. A. K. Schmied (2024). Hydrochemical and biological monitoring of the Baltic Sea in the framework of the EU's marine strategy directive (MSFD) and the Baltic Monitoring Programme (BMP) of HELCOM, Cruise No. EMB346, 06.08.2024 - 20.08.2024, Rostock (Germany) - Rostock (Germany). Bonn: Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe;. doi: 10.48433/cr_emb346 –open access–
    • Ehrmann, W., P. A. Wilson, H. W. Arz, H. Schulz and G. Schmiedl (2024). Monsoon-driven changes in aeolian and fluvial sediment input to the central Red Sea recorded throughout the last 200 000 years. Clim. Past 20: 37-52, doi: 10.5194/cp-20-37-2024 –open access–
    • Filella, A., J. Umbricht, A. Klett, A. Vogts, T. Vannier, O. Grosso, M. Voss, L. Riemann and M. Benavides (2024). Dissolved organic matter offsets the detrimental effects of climate change in the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Crocosphaera. Limnol. Oceanogr. Lett. 9, 296-306, doi: 10.1002/lol2.10380 –open access–
    • Gebbe, R., K. Kesy, D. Hallier, A. Brauer, S. Bertilsson, M. Labrenz and M. M. Bengtsson (2024). The ecology of potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. in a seagrass meadow ecosystem. bioRxiv: 2024.06.15.599152, doi: 10.1101/2024.06.15.599152 –open access–
    • Geersen, J., M. Bradtmöller, J. Schneider von Deimling, P. Feldens, J. Auer, P. Held, A. Lohrberg, R. Supka, J. J. L. Hoffmann, B. V. Eriksen, W. Rabbel, H.-J. Karlsen, S. Krastel, D. Brandt, D. Heuskin and H. Lübke (2024). A submerged Stone Age hunting architecture from the Western Baltic Sea. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121: e2312008121, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2312008121 –open access–
    • Gogina, M., I. Kröncke, D. Marx and M. L. Zettler (2024). Status und Trends der biologischen Vielfalt an Küsten und in Küstengewässern. Zoobenthos. In: Faktencheck Artenvielfalt: Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven für den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. Ed. by C. Wirth, H. Bruelheide, N. Farwig, J. M. Marx and J. Settele. München: oekom 681-684, 978-3-98726-095-7, doi: 10.14512/9783987263361 –open access–
    • Gogina, M., S. J. Hahn, R. Ohde, A. Brandt, S. Forster, I. Kröncke, M. Powilleit, K. Romoth, M. Sonnewald and M. L. Zettler (2024). Baseline inventory of benthic macrofauna in German marine protected areas (2020–2022) before closure for bottom-contact fishing. Biology 13: 389, doi: 10.3390/biology13060389 –open access–
    • Greenwood, P. F., H. Grotheer, M. E. Böttcher and K. Grice (2024). The stable sulfur isotope and abundance fluxes of reduced inorganic sulfur and organic sulfur phases recorded in the Permian-Triassic transition of the Meishan type section. Org. Geochem. 196: 104808, doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2024.104808 –open access–
    • Gröger, M., C. Dutheil, F. Börgel and M. H. E. Meier (2024). Drivers of marine heatwaves in a stratified marginal sea. Clim. Dyn. 62: 3231-3243, doi: 10.1007/s00382-023-07062-5 –open access–
    • Gröger, M., F. Börgel, S. Karsten, H. E. M. Meier, K. Safonova, C. Dutheil, A. Receveur and P. Polte (2024). Future climate change and marine heatwaves - Projected impact on key habitats for herring reproduction. Sci. Total Environ. 951: 175756, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175756 –open access–
    • Gustafsson, M., Å. Strand, A. T. Laugen, J. Albretsen, C. André, G. Broström, P. E. Jorde, H. Knutsen, O. Ortega-Martinez, M. Sodeland, M. Waern, A.-L. Wrange and P. De Wit (2024). Unlocking the secret life of blue mussels: Exploring connectivity in the Skagerrak through biophysical modeling and population genomics. Evol. Appl. 17: e13704, doi: 10.1111/eva.13704 –open access–
    • Gyraite, G., M. Katarzyte, M. Bucas, G. Kalvaitiene, S. Kube, D. P. Herlemann, C. Pansch, A. F. Andersson, T. Pitkanen, A.-M. Hokajarvi, A. Annus-Urmet, G. Hauk, M. Hippelein, E. Lastauskiene and M. Labrenz (2024). Epidemiological and environmental investigation of the 'big four' Vibrio species, 1994 to 2021: a Baltic Sea retrospective study. Euro Surveill. 29: 32, doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.32.2400075 –open access–
    • Hagemann, J. R., F. Lamy, H. W. Arz, L. Lembke-Jene, A. Auderset, N. Harada, S. L. Ho, S. Iwasaki, J. Kaiser, C. B. Lange, M. Murayama, K. Nagashima, N. Nowaczyk, A. Martínez-García and R. Tiedemann (2024). A marine record of Patagonian ice sheet changes over the past 140,000 years. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121: e2302983121, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2302983121 –open access–
    • Hariri, S., H. E. M. Meier and G. Väli (2024). Investigating the influence of sub-mesoscale current structures on Baltic Sea connectivity through a Lagrangian analysis. Front. Mar. Sci. 11: 1340291, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1340291 –open access–
    • Hieronymus, J., M. Hieronymus, M. Gröger, J. Schwinger, R. Bernadello, E. Tourigny, V. Sicardi, I. Ruvalcaba Baroni and K. Wyser (2024). Net primary production annual maxima in the North Atlantic projected to shift in the 21st century. Biogeosciences 21: 2189-2206, doi: 10.5194/bg-21-2189-2024 –open access–
    • Hoffman, L. and M. L. Zettler (2024). Galeommatoidea (Bivalvia) from Namibia (Part 2). Iberus 42: 155-164
    • Hoffman, L. and M. L. Zettler (2024). Neoleptonidae (Bivalvia) from Namibia. Iberus 42: 165-173
    • Hoffman, L., C. Wienberg, M. Lisher and M. L. Zettler (2024). Occurrence of Adacnarca (Bivalvia: Philobryidae) of Late Pleistocene age from the continental shelf off Namibia and notes on species from South Africa. Basteria 88: 264-270 –open access–
    • Honorato-Zimmer, D., G. Escobar-Sánchez, K. Deakin, D. De Veer, T. Galloway, V. Guevara-Torrejón, J. Howard, J. Jones, C. Lewis, F. Ribeiro, G. Savage and M. Thiel (2024). Macrolitter and microplastics along the East Pacific coasts - A homemade problem needing local solutions. Mar. Poll. Bull. 203: 116440, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116440
    • Hu, Z., W. Li, S. V. Hohl, P. Meister, S. Yang, B. Zhang, Z. Xia and C. Liu (2024). Evaporite sequences as archives for Mg isotope compositions of seawater - Evidence from a Tethys marginal shelf basin in the Anisian. Chem. Geol. 668: 122346, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122346
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    • Jiménez, J. A., G. Winter, A. Bonaduce, M. Depuydt, G. Galluccio, B. van den Hurk, H. E. M. Meier, N. Pinardi, L. G. Pomarico and N. Vazquez Riveiros (2024). Sea Level Rise in Europe: Knowledge gaps identified through a participatory approach. Sea Level Rise in Europe: 1st Assessment Report of the Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise (SLRE1) 3-slre1: 3, doi: 10.5194/sp-3-slre1-3-2024 –open access–
    • Kaiser, J., E. Schefuß, J. Collins, R. Garreaud, J.-B. W. Stuut, N. Ruggieri, R. De Pol-Holz and F. Lamy (2024). Orbital modulation of subtropical versus subantarctic moisture sources in the southeast Pacific mid-latitudes. Nat. Commun. 15: 7512, doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-51985-4 –open access–
    • Kaiser, J., M. Tomczak, O. Dellwig and H. W. Arz (2024). Mediterranean-like “fall dump” events in the Baltic Sea. Holocene 34: 415-419, doi: 10.1177/09596836231219479
    • Kasuya, T., Y. Okazaki, S. Iwasaki, K. Nagashima, K. Kimoto, F. Lamy, J. R. Hagemann, L. Lembke-Jene, H. W. Arz, M. Murayama, C. B. Lange and N. Harada (2024). Orbital timescale CaCO3 burial and dissolution changes off the Chilean margin in the subantarctic Pacific over the past 140 kyr. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 11: 56, doi: 10.1186/s40645-024-00657-4 –open access–
    • Kiesel, J., C. Wolff and M. Lorenz (2024). Brief communication: From modelling to reality – flood modelling gaps highlighted by a recent severe storm surge event along the German Baltic Sea coast. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 24, 11: 3841-3849, doi: 10.5194/nhess-24-3841-2024 –open access–
    • Kremp, A., J. Dutz and M. L. Zettler (2024). Biological assessment of the Baltic Sea 2021. Rostock: Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde. 89 S. (Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte = Marine Science Reports ; 124), doi: 10.12754/msr-2024-0124 –open access–
    • Kuss, J. (2024). Baltic Sea Long-term Observation Programme, Cruise No. EMB 337, 19 March - 3 April 2024, Rostock - Sassnitz - Visby (Sweden) - Rostock (Germany). EMB 337. Bonn: Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe. 28 S. doi: 10.48433/cr_emb337 –open access–
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