Katrin Schmidt

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I'm currently employed as a Research Assistant in the NERC-Project: 'Quantifying the contribution of sympagic versus pelagic diatoms to Arctic food webs and biogeochemical fluxes: application of source-specific highly branched isoprenoid biomarkers' (PI: A. Atkinson, Co-PI: S. Belt). This is one of seven UK funded contributions to the 'Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate' (MOSAiC) led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany.

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Challenger Society

Supervised research degrees

2001, Nicola Plathner, University of Rostock, Master thesis: An experimental study on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope fractionationby Meganyctiphanes norvegica– the influence of food source, assimilation efficiency, growth rate and turnover. Degree: 'cum laude'
2002, Christina Augustin, University of Rostock, Master thesis: Salinity tolerance of the copepod Pseudocalanus spp. in the North Sea and in the Baltic Sea. Degree: 'cum laude'

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

SDG 14 Life Below Water

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Seasonal vertical migration of large polar copepods reinterpreted as a dispersal mechanism throughout the water column
Jones, K., Laudone, G., Schmidt, K., Niehoff, B., Cornils, A., Hagen, W., Flores, H., Heuzé, C., Welteke, N., Dorschner, S., Woll, M., Campbell, R. G., Ashjian, C. J., Gelfman, C. E., Shoemaker, K. M., Jenkins, R., Lebreton, B., Guillou, G., Hoppe, C. J. M. & Sakinan, S. & 7 others, Schaafsma, F. L., Hildebrandt, N., Castellani, G., Belt, S., Fong, A. A., Atkinson, A. & Graeve, M., 4 Jun 2025, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 6, 1, p. 2662-4435 431.
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Essential omega‐3 fatty acids are depleted in sea ice and pelagic algae of the Central Arctic Ocean
Schmidt, K., Graeve, M., Hoppe, C. J. M., Torres‐Valdes, S., Welteke, N., Whitmore, L. M., Anhaus, P., Atkinson, A., Belt, S. T., Brenneis, T., Campbell, R. G., Castellani, G., Copeman, L. A., Flores, H., Fong, A. A., Hildebrandt, N., Kohlbach, D., Nielsen, J. M., Parrish, C. C. & Rad‐Menéndez, C. & 3 others, Rokitta, S. D., Tippenhauer, S. & Zhuang, Y., Jan 2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 1, e17090.
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Ice algae as supplementary food rather than major energy source for the Barents sea zooplankton community
Kohlbach, D., Hop, H., Wold, A., Schmidt, K., Smik, L., Belt, S. T., Woll, M., Graeve, M., Goraguer, L., Foss, Ø. & Assmy, P., Dec 2024, In: Progress in Oceanography. 229, 103368.
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Insights into the diet and feeding behavior of immature polar cod (Boreogadus saida) from the under-ice habitat of the central Arctic Ocean
the MOSAiC team ECO & Schmidt, K., 16 Sept 2024, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 105, 3, p. 907-930 24 p.
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Observing change in pelagic animals as sampling methods shift: the case of Antarctic krill
Hill, S. L., Atkinson, A., Arata, J. A., Belcher, A., Nash, S. B., Bernard, K. S., Cleary, A., Conroy, J. A., Driscoll, R., Fielding, S., Flores, H., Forcada, J., Halfter, S., Hinke, J. T., Hückstädt, L., Johnston, N. M., Kane, M., Kawaguchi, S., Krafft, B. A. & Krüger, L. & 21 others, La, H. S., Liszka, C. M., Meyer, B., Murphy, E. J., Pakhomov, E. A., Perry, F., Piñones, A., Polito, M. J., Reid, K., Reiss, C., Rombola, E., Saunders, R. A., Schmidt, K., Sylvester, Z. T., Takahashi, A., Tarling, G. A., Trathan, P. N., Veytia, D., Watters, G. M., Xavier, J. C. & Yang, G., 8 Mar 2024, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 11, 1307402.
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Trophic marker composition of Calanus hyperboreus (Copepoda) sampled under sea ice and throughout the water column of the Central Arctic Ocean during the MOSAiC expedition (2019/2020)
Schmidt, K. (Creator), Graeve, M. (Creator), Hagen, W. (Creator), Lebreton, B. (Creator), Welteke, N. (Creator), Woll, M. (Creator), Dorschner, S. (Creator), Guillou, G. (Creator), Cornils, A. (Creator), Jenkins, R. (Creator), Schmidt, K. (Contributor), Schmidt, K. (Contributor), Schmidt, K. (Contributor), Schmidt, K. (Contributor), Graeve, M. (Contributor), Graeve, M. (Contributor), Graeve, M. (Contributor), Hagen, W. (Contributor), Hagen, W. (Contributor), Lebreton, B. (Contributor), Lebreton, B. (Contributor), Welteke, N. (Contributor), Woll, M. (Contributor), Dorschner, S. (Contributor), Guillou, G. (Contributor), Cornils, A. (Contributor), Jenkins, R. (Contributor), Flores, H. (Contributor), Flores, H. (Contributor), Flores, H. (Contributor), Hildebrandt, N. (Contributor), Campbell, R. G. (Contributor), Fong, A. (Contributor), Castellani, G. (Contributor), Ashjian, C. J. (Contributor), Gelfman, C. E. (Contributor), Sakinan, S. (Contributor), Shoemaker, K. M. (Contributor), Atkinson, A. (Contributor), Vortkamp, M. (Contributor), Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor), Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor) & Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor), NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre, 9 Apr 2025
DOI: 10.5285/e8792e69-c9ae-4d54-a0a0-622005f325ad, https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02027
Dataset
Fatty acid composition of particulate organic matter (POM) collected from surface waters and bottom sea-ice of the Central Arctic Ocean during the MOSAiC expedition in 2019/2020
Schmidt, K. (Creator), Graeve, M. (Creator), Welteke, N. (Creator), Hoppe, C. J. M. (Creator), Fong, A. A. (Creator), Hildebrandt, N. (Creator), Castellani, G. (Creator), Vortkamp, M. (Creator), Belt, S. T. (Creator), Atkinson, A. (Creator), Schmidt, K. (Contributor), Schmidt, K. (Contributor), Graeve, M. (Contributor), Welteke, N. (Contributor), Hoppe, C. J. M. (Contributor), Fong, A. A. (Contributor), Hildebrandt, N. (Contributor), Castellani, G. (Contributor), Vortkamp, M. (Contributor), Belt, S. T. (Contributor), Atkinson, A. (Contributor), Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor), Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor) & Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor), NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre, 13 Jul 2023
DOI: 10.5285/d7708d08-4bd4-439a-99e2-307a175977ea, https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01751
Dataset
Trophic marker composition of Arctic zooplankton and Polar cod sampled under sea ice and throughout the water column of the Central Arctic Ocean during the MOSAiC expedition (2019/2020)
Schmidt, K. (Creator), Graeve, M. (Creator), Lebreton, B. (Creator), Welteke, N. (Creator), Woll, M. (Creator), Guillou, G. (Creator), Schmidt, K. (Contributor), Schmidt, K. (Contributor), Graeve, M. (Contributor), Lebreton, B. (Contributor), Welteke, N. (Contributor), Woll, M. (Contributor), Guillou, G. (Contributor), Flores, H. (Contributor), Atkinson, A. (Contributor), Niehoff, B. (Contributor), Schaafsma, F. (Contributor), Vortkamp, M. (Contributor), Hildebrandt, N. (Contributor), Fong, A. (Contributor), Campbell, R. G. (Contributor), Castellani, G. (Contributor), Ashjian, C. J. (Contributor), Sakinan, S. (Contributor), Gelfma, C. E. (Contributor), Shoemaker, K. M. (Contributor), Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor), Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor) & Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor), NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre, 4 Jun 2025
DOI: 10.5285/b5c898b1-98e8-483a-838e-456741891d62, https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02068
Dataset
The silent majority: pico- and nanoplankton as ecosystem health indicators for marine policy
McQuatters-Gollop, A. (Creator), Stern, R. (Creator), Atkinson, A. (Creator), Best, M. (Creator), Bresnan, E. (Creator), Creach, V. (Creator), Devlin, M. (Creator), Holland, M. (Creator), Ostle, C. (Creator), Schmidt, K. (Creator), Sheppard, L. (Creator), Tarran, G. (Creator), Woodward, E. M. S. (Creator) & Tett, P. (Creator), University of Plymouth, 26 Jan 2024
DOI: 10.24382/0xgk-qf56, https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/36/
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Dr Katrin Schmidt

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Seasonal vertical migration of large polar copepods reinterpreted as a dispersal mechanism throughout the water column

Essential omega‐3 fatty acids are depleted in sea ice and pelagic algae of the Central Arctic Ocean

Ice algae as supplementary food rather than major energy source for the Barents sea zooplankton community

Insights into the diet and feeding behavior of immature polar cod (Boreogadus saida) from the under-ice habitat of the central Arctic Ocean

Observing change in pelagic animals as sampling methods shift: the case of Antarctic krill

Trophic marker composition of Calanus hyperboreus (Copepoda) sampled under sea ice and throughout the water column of the Central Arctic Ocean during the MOSAiC expedition (2019/2020)

Fatty acid composition of particulate organic matter (POM) collected from surface waters and bottom sea-ice of the Central Arctic Ocean during the MOSAiC expedition in 2019/2020

Trophic marker composition of Arctic zooplankton and Polar cod sampled under sea ice and throughout the water column of the Central Arctic Ocean during the MOSAiC expedition (2019/2020)

The silent majority: pico- and nanoplankton as ecosystem health indicators for marine policy

Dr Katrin Schmidt

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