Karin Springer
Dr. Karin Springer
Lehre
BSc Biologie
- Pflanzenphysiologie
- Einführung in die Biologie mariner Algen
MSc Marine Biology & ISATEC
- Ecophysiology of Marine Algae (Geländepraktikum Helgoland)
- Aquatic Flora (Geländepraktikum auf Helgoland oder Sylt)
- Bestimmungsübungen an eukaryotischen Meeres- und Frischwasser-Organismen
Forschungsinteressen
- Physiologische Aktivitäten und Stress Response Mechanismen (z.B. photosynthetische Aktivität, antioxidative Kapazität, Pigmentzusammensetzung) mariner Makroalgen
- Ökophysiologische Prozesse von Braunalgen in Strandanwurf-Gemeinschaften
- Degradation von Algenmaterial, beeinflusst durch Austrocknung, unterschiedliche Lichtregime (Starklicht, UV-Strahlung) und Temperatur
- Physiologische Stressantworten in Holobionten und Zooxanthellen
Dissertation
- Springer, K. (2014) Ecophysiology of kelps in beach-cast wrack communities. Dissertation FB2, Universität Bremen, Deutschland, 147 pp
Publikationen
- Jacob H, Springer K, Belter L, Kunzmann A (under review) Symbiodiniaceae in and ex hospite have differential physiological responses under different heat stress scenarios. Marine Biology Research.
- Kühnhold H, Schreiner M, Kunzmann A, Springer K (under review) Light-induced peridinin synthesis and antioxidant activity in endosymbionts of Cassiopea andromeda jellyfish – Targeting functional ingredients from underutilized marine biomass. Frontiers in Marine Science.
Springer K, Brix da Costa B, Samsuardi S, Kunzmann A (2022) Simulating cyanide fishing: photosynthetic effects of short-term cyanide exposure in three different hermatypic coral species. Marine Biology Research. doi: 10.1080/17451000.2022.2147947.
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2022.2147947
Stuthmann LE, Achuthan R,Pribbernow M, Hoang TD, SpringerK, Kunzmann A (2022) Improving the nutritional value of edible Caulerpa lentillifera (Chlorophyta) using high light intensities. A realistic tool for sea grape farmers. Algal Research 66: 102785. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2022
Thobor B, Tilstra A, Bourne DG, Springer K, Mezger SD, Struck U, Bockelmann F, Zimmermann L, Yánez Suárez AB, Klinke A, and Wild C (2022) The pulsating soft coral Xenia umbellata shows high resistance to warming when nitrate concentrations are low. Scientific reports 12:15788. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-21110-w
Sommer J, Kunzmann A, Stuthmann LE, Springer K (2022) The antioxidative potential of sea grapes (Caulerpa lentillifera, Chlorophyta) can be triggered by light to reach comparable values of pomegranate and other highly nutritious fruits. Plant Physiology Reports. doi: 10.1007/s40502-021-00637-6
KunzmannA, Samsuardi S, Johann O, Springer K (2020) Deeper, Larger, More Common: Cryptic Coral Species Podabacia Benefits from Reef Recovery. Annual Research & Review in Biology 35(12), 41-44.doi: 10.9734/ARRB/2020/v35i1230309
Stuthmann LE, Springer K, Kunzmann A (2020) Cultured and packed sea grapes (Caulerpa lentillifera): effect of different irradiances on photosynthesis. Journal of Applied Phycology 33, 1125-1136. doi: 10.1007/s10811-020-02322-x
Springer K, Lütz C, Lütz-Meindl U, Wendt A, Bischof K (2017) Hyposaline conditions affect UV susceptibility in the Arctic kelp Alaria esculenta (Phaeophyceae). Phycologia 56: 675-685
- Herbert NA, Bröhl S, Springer K, Kunzmann A (2017) Clownfish in hypoxic anemones replenish host O2 at only localised scales. Scientific Reports 7:6547; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06695-x
Feldarbeit / Expeditionen
- Freilandstudien auf Helgoland (Nordsee), Spitzbergen (Arktis) und in Vietnam und Indonesien