Prof. Dr. Christian Möllmann

Die Forschungsarbeiten unserer Gruppe befassen sich mit den Veränderungen der Struktur und der Funktionsweise mariner Ökosysteme unter dem Druck des Menschen, z. B. durch den Klimawandel und die Fischerei. Ziel unserer Arbeit ist es, einen Beitrag zu einem nachhaltigen, ökosystembasierten Management zu leisten, das die Bedürfnisse, Weltanschauungen und Potenziale der Ressourcennutzer und der an den Fischereisystemen beteiligten Akteure ausdrücklich berücksichtigt. Unser Ansatz basiert zwar auf den Naturwissenschaften, ist aber zunehmend transdisziplinär und beinhaltet die direkte Interaktion und Wissensbildung mit nicht-wissenschaftlichen Personen und Gruppen.

University education

1989-1990: Training in Basic Biology, University of Giessen.

1990-1996: Training in Biology with focus on Fisheries Biology, Marine Zoology and Physical Oceanography, University of Kiel.

1996: Diploma (equiv. M.Sc.). Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel. Thesis topic: “Consumption of zooplankton by the populations of herring and sprat in the Central Baltic Sea.” Supervisors: Profs. D. Schnack and H. Rosenthal, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel.

2002: Dr. rer. nat. (equiv. Ph.D.). Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel. Thesis topic: “The influence of hydrography and predation by herring (Clupea harengus) and sprat (Sprattus sprattus) on mesozooplankton long-term dynamics in the Central Baltic Sea”. Supervisors: Profs. D. Schnack and J. Lenz, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel.

Employment

1996–2003: Project Scientist at the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel.

2003-2004: Project Scientist at the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Charlottenlund, Denmark.

2004-2006: Research Scientist at the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Charlottenlund, Denmark.

2006: Senior Scientist at the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Charlottenlund, Denmark

July 2006- April 2008: Senior Scientist at the Institute of Hydrobiology and Fishery Science, University of Hamburg, Germany

since May 2008: Professor at the Institute for Hydrobiology and Fishery Science, University of Hamburg, Germany

BMBF-funded Research project: SpaCeParti– Coastal Fishery, Biodiversity, Spatial Use and Climate Change: A Participative Approach to navigate the Western Baltic Sea into a Sustainable Future 

BMBF-funded Research project: balt_ADAPT – Adaptation of the Western Baltic Coastal Fishery to Climate Change

BMBF-funded Research project: SeaUseTip – Tipping points in the social-ecological system of the North Sea

BMBF-funded Research project: marEEshift – Marine ecological-economic systems in the Western Baltic Sea and beyond: Shifting the baseline to a regime of sustainability

BMBF-funded Research project: HUMBOLDT TIPPING – Social-Ecological Tipping Points of the Northern Humboldt Current Upwelling System, Economic Repercussions and Governance Strategies 

Research project funded by the City of Hamburg: AuTagBeoFisch– Autonome Tauchroboter-gestützte Beobachtung von Fischschwärmen

EU-funded (Horizon 2020) Research project: COMFORT– Our common future ocean in the earth system – quantifying coupled cycles of carbon, oxygen, and nutrients for determining and achieving safe operating Spaces with respect to tipping points

EU-funded (Horizon 2020) Research project: MISSION ATLANTIC– Towards the Sustainable Development of the Atlantic Ocean

DFG-funded Research Training Group: RTG 2530– RTG2530 Biota-mediated effects on Carbon cycling in Estuaries  

Möllmann C, Voss R (2022) Ökosystembasiertes Management für den Dorsch der Westlichen Ostsee. Zeitschrift für Fischerei 2: Artikel 3: 1-10.

Schwermer H, Blöcker AM, Möllmann C, Döring M (2021) The ‘Cod-Multiple’: Modes of Existence of Fish, Science and People. Sustainability, 13, 12229.

Möllmann C, Cormon X, Funk S, Otto SA, Schmidt JO, Schwermer H, Sguotti C, Voss R, Quaas M (2021) Tipping point realized in cod fishery. Scientific Reports 11:14259.

Funk S, Frelat R, Möllmann C, Temming A, Krumme U (2021) The forgotten feeding ground: patterns in seasonal and depth-specific food intake of adult cod Gadus morhua in the western Baltic Sea. Journal of fish Biology 98: 707-722.

Blenckner T, Möllmann C, Stewart Lowndes J, et al. The Baltic Health Index (BHI): Assessing the social–ecological status of the Baltic Sea. People and Nature 3: 359–375

Sguotti C, Otto SA, Frelat R, Langbehn TJ, Ryberg MP, Lindegren M, Durant JM, Chr. Stenseth N, Möllmann C (2019) Catastrophic dynamics limit Atlantic cod recovery. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286: 20182877.