Dr. Claudia Günther

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Research Interests
- Small pelagic fish and brown shrimp
- Population dynamics
- Ecophysiology
- Otoliths
- Life cycle modeling
Educational background
Aug 2013 : PhD defense at the University of Hamburg . Thesis title: "Length back-calculation and growth pattern of juvenile Balti sprat (Sprattus sprattus L.)".
Feb 2009 - Aug2013: Postgraduate studies in fishery science at the University of Hamburg.
April 2004 – Sep 2008: Graduate studies in biology at the university of Hamburg with focus on fishery science and aquatic ecology .
Sep 2001 - March 2004: Undergraduate studies in biology at the University of Göttingen (Germany).
Employment
Since 1st June 2016: scientist at the University of Hamburg in a fishery-funded project establishing self-monitoring in the North Sea brown shrimp fishery.
1st July 2015 - 31th May 2016: scientist at the University of Hamburg in the EU funded project BONUS BIO-C3 (Biodiversity changes - causes, consequences and management implications).
1st May 2013 - 30th June 2015: scientist at the University of Hamburg in the EFF- (European Fisheries Fund) project CRANNET (Fishing gear optimization in the North Sea brown shrimp fishery).
15th Feb 2009 - 30th April 2013: postgraduate at the University of Hamburg in the cluster of excellence (CLISAP) for climate change.
Publications
Santos, J.; Herrmann, B.; Stepputtis, D.; Günther, C.; Limmer, B.; Mieske, B.; Schultz, S.; Neudecker, T.; Temming, A.; Hufnagl, M.; Bethke, E.; Kraus, G.. “Predictive framework for codend size selection of brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) in the North Sea beam-trawl fishery”. PLoS ONE 13 (7). (2018): S. 1-20 (e0200464).doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200464
Temming A.; Günther C.; Rückert C.; Hufnagl M.. “Understanding the life cycle of North Sea brown shrimp Crangon crangon”. Marine Ecology Progress Series 584. (2017): S. 119-143.doi: 10.3354/meps12325
C.C. Günther, J.-P. Herrmann, A. Temming. “Laboratory calibration of optimal growth to deduce in situ feeding conditions of early juvenile sprat Sprattus sprattus from otoliths”. Marine Ecology Progress Series 525. (2015): S. 199-215.doi: 10.3354/meps11208
C.C. Günther, A. Temming, H. Baumann, B. Huwer, C. Möllmann, C. Clemmesen, J.-P. Herrmann. “A novel length back-calculation approach accounting for ontogenetic changes in the fish length – otolith size relationship during the early life of sprat (Sprattus sprattus)”. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69 (7). (2012): S. 1214-1229.doi: 10.1139/f2012-054
C.C. Günther. Untersuchungen zum Sommerwachstum juveniler Sprotten (Sprattus sprattus) in der westlichen Ostsee. Hamburg: Universität Hamburg, 2008. Diplomarbeit
Selected oral and poster presentation
Günther, C., Hufnagl, M., Berkenhagen, J., Neudecker, T., Santos, J., Schultz, S., Stepputtis, D., Temming, T: Larger mesh-sizes in the North Sea brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) fishery: A win-win situation for the fishermen and the ecosystem. ICES ASC (Copenhagen; Denmark 2015).
Günther, C.C.: Non-linear back-calculation in juvenile Baltic sprat (Sprattus sprattus L.): Insights into a recruitment-critical life stage (oral presentation). 5th International Otolith Symposium 2014. Mallorca, Spain (2014).
Günther, C.C.: Climate change related distribution changes – the case of anchovies in the North Sea (Poster). 2nd ICES/PICES Conference "Oceans of Change"; Mallorca, Spain (2012)
Günther, C.C.: Endogene und exogene Einflüsse auf die Längenrückberechnung juveniler Ostsee-Sprotten anhand von Otolithen (oral presentation). Heinrich von Thünen Institut für Ostseefischerei, Rostock, Germany (2012)