Vita and Scientific Work from Dr. Klaas Meyn
Scientific Publications:
2021
Gerdes, K., Martìnez Arbizu, P., Gooday, A. J., Kuhn, T., Kihara, T. C., 2021. Discovery of Paleodictyon in the Indian Ocean. Marine Biodiversity, doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01231-7.
Gerdes, K., Kihara, T. C., Martìnez Arbizu, P., Kuhn, T., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Mah, C. L., Norenburg, J. L., Linley, T. D., Shalaeva, K., Macpherson, E., Gordon, D., Stöhr, S., Messing, C. G., Bober, S., Guggolz, T., Christodoulou, M., Gebruk, A., Kremenetskaia, A., Kroh, A., Sanamyan, K., Bolstad, K., Hoffman, L., Gooday, A. J., Molodtsova, T., 2021. Megafauna of the German exploration license area for seafloor massive sulphides along the Central and South East Indian Ridge (Indian Ocean). Biodiversity Data Journal, doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e69955.
Thiel, R., Knebelsberger, T., Kihara, T., Gerdes, K., 2021. Description of a new eelpout Pachycara angeloisp. nov. (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields in the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.6.
2019
2017
Conferences and Workshops:
2019
Gerdes, K., Martìnez Arbizu, P., Kihara, T. C.: Benthic Megafauna Diversity in the German License Area for Marine Massive Sulfides. Oral presentation at the MSMNE (Massive Sulfide and Manganese Nodule Exploration and Environmental Studies) Symposium 2017 (23.-24.05.2019) Hannover, Germany.
2018
Gerdes, K., Martìnez Arbizu, P., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Schwentner, M., Kihara, T.C.: Faunal Microdistribution of a Hydrothermal Vent Field: A 3D Reconstruction Approach. Oral presentation at the 15thDeep-Sea Biology Symposium (10.-14.09.2018) Monterey Bay, California, United States of America.
Gerdes, K., Martìnez Arbizu, P., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Schwentner, M. and Kihara, T. C.: Predicting Faunal Assemblages Based on High-Resolution 3D Reconstructions. Oral presentation at the MSMNE (Massive Sulfide and Manganese Nodule Exploration and Environmental Studies) Symposium 2017 (03.05.2018) Hannover, Germany.
2017
Gerdes, K., Martìnez Arbizu, P., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Schwentner, M. and Kihara, T. C.: Faunal Microdistribution of the hydrothermal vent field Pelagia: A 3D reconstruction approach. Oral presentation at the MSMNE (Massive Sulfide and Manganese Nodule Exploration and Environmental Studies) Symposium 2017 (07.06.2017) Hannover, Germany.
Gerdes K., Martinez Arbizu P., Brandt A., Kihara T.C.: Visualization tools or analyticial instruments? Combining image annotations and photogrammetry to reconstruct a chimney complex within the newly discovered Pelagia hydrothermal vent field. Poster presentation at the Marine Imaging Workshop 2017 (20.-24.02.2017) Kiel, Germany.
2015
Gerdes K., Martinez Arbizu P., Freitag R., Kuhn T., Schwarz-Schampera U., Brandt A., Kihara T.C.: Deep Sea benthic megafauna of the southern Central Indian Ridge: The community structure of active and inactive hydrothermal vent fields and its surrounding non-vent area based on video imagery and photographs. Poster presentation during the 14th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium (31.08.-04.09.2015) Aveiro, Portugal.
2012
Segelken-Voigt A., Gerdes K., Martinez Arbizu P., Wehrmann A., Glatzel T.: Nocturnal and diurnal emergence and recolonization of harpacticoid copepods in an intertidal sandflat of the Island of Wangerooge (southern North Sea). Poster presentation at YOUMARES 3 (12.-14.09.2012) Lübeck, Germany.
2022
- RV Pelagia – Indian Ocean Exploration for Seafloor Massive Sulfides – INDEX 2022
2021
- RV Pelagia – Indian Ocean Exploration for Seafloor Massive Sulfides – INDEX 2021
2019
- RV Sonne – Indian Ocean Exploration for Seafloor Massive Sulfides – INDEX 2019
2018
- RV Pelagia – Indian Ocean Exploration for Seafloor Massive Sulfides – INDEX 2018
2017
- RV Sonne – Indian Ocean Exploration for Seafloor Massive Sulfides – INDEX 2017
2016
- RV Maria S. Merian – Indian Ocean Exploration for Seafloor Massive Sulfides – INDEX 2016_2
- RV ?Porquouis pas? – Indian Ocean Exploration for Seafloor Massive Sulfides – INDEX 2016_1
2015
- RV Pelagia – Indian Ocean Exploration for Seafloor Massive Sulfides – INDEX 2015
2013
- RV Sonne – Indian Ocean Exploration for Seafloor Massive Sulfides – INDEX 2013
2012
- FRV Solea (Cruise 665) – Monitoring of near bottom fish fauna within the German EEZ of the North Sea
- FRV Walther Herwig III (Cruise 356) – IBTS (International Bottom Trawl Survey) and GSBTS (German Small-Scale Bottom Trawl Survey)
- FRV Walther Herwig III (Cruise 353/ 2nd Leg) – Hydroacoustic recording of pelagic fish distribution in SD 22 south and SD 24
since 2022
Project Manager at Seafields – EIA project planning, coordination, implementation and supervision
since 2019
Research Assistant at INES Integrated Environmental Solutions UG – Ecological characterization, public relations work, consulting, scientific research and publications
2015-2020
PhD Student, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB) within the “INDEX“ project (Indian Ocean)
2011-2015
Master of Science in Biology at the Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg
Projects:
- INDEX 2013 – Indian Ocean Exploration for Seafloor Massive Sulphides – Sailing and analyzing data within the INDEX Project
- MarBEF – Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Project – Morphological identification and biomass
- Monitoring benthopelagic Fishfauna – Benthos- and Fisheries Biologist on “FRV Solea”
- SFB/TRR31 – The active auditory system – Responsible for sustenance and care of experimental animals 2
2008-2011
Bachelor of Science in Biology at the Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg