Dr. Jürgen Möbius
Scientist
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Research interests
Marine Chemistry, Aquatic N cycling, Stable isotope biogeochemistry, Amino acid biogeochemistry, Proxy development, Paleoceanography, Sedimentology
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2006 Diploma in Geology and Palaeontology (University of Hamburg)
Thesis: Particle sedimentation during the 1998/99 El Niño event in the South China Sea: Amino acids and amino sugars
2010 Ph.D. in Biogeochemistry (University of Hamburg)
Thesis: Nitrogen cycling in the past and in the present Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Sea – Implications from stable isotope studies
Current position
Since 2010 Lecturer and Research Scientist at the Institute for Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry
Projects and Teaching
Teaching
Geological maps and profiles (lecture)
Marine sedimentation and biogeochemical proxies (lecture)
Marine-geological practical training (ship based)
Ocean Data View (software)
Project work
Since 2012 WAPCOAST (Water pollution prevention options for coastal zones and tourist areas, Black Sea)
2011 Alster Lake Project
2009/ 2010 HOBIMED/ INTERDYNAMIK (Integrierte Analyse zwischeneiszeitlicher Klimadynamik, Mediterranean Sea)
2007 - 2010 Nitrogen cycle of the Arabian Sea
2006 - 2009 MERF (Marine ecosystem response to natural fertilization, Mediterranean Sea)
Research cruises
Nghien cuu Bien (South China Sea, 2005); Poseidon P 339 (Southern Adriatic Sea, 2006); Meteor M 71-3 (Eastern Mediterranean Sea, 2007), M 74-1 (Arabian Sea, 2007), M 95 (Caribbean Sea, 2013), M 103 (Benguela Upwelling, 2014); Heincke He 348, 375, 394 (North Sea; 2011, 2012, 2013); Mare Nigrum MN 103 (Black Sea, 2012).
Publications
Lüdmann, T., Paulat, M., Betzler, C., Möbius, J., Lindhorst, S., Wunsch, M., Eberli, G.P., 2016. Carbonate mounds in the Santaren Channel, Bahamas: A current-dominated periplatform depositional regime. Marine Geology 376, 69-85.
Möbius, J. and Dähnke, K. (under review): Nitrate drawdown and its unexpected isotope effect in the Danube estuarine transition zone. Limnology and Oceanography
Schmiedl, G., Adloff, F., Emeis, K.-C., Grimm, R., Maier-Reimer, E., Mikolajewicz, U., Möbius, J. and Müller-Navarra, K. (in press): Holocene climate dynamics, biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem variability in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Springer Briefs
Möbius, J. (2013): Isotope fractionation during organic nitrogen remineralization (ammonification): Implications for nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 105, 422-432.
Galbraith, E., et al. (2013): Coherent climate-driven changes in the global marine nitrogen cycle during the past 80,000 years. Nature Geoscience, DOI:10.1038/NGEO1832
Robinson, R., et al. (2012): A review of nitrogen isotopic alteration in marine sediments. Paleoceanography 26, PA2101
Möbius, J., Gaye, B., Lahajnar, N., Bahlmann, E. and Emeis, K.-C. (2011): Influence of diagenesis on sedimentary δ15N in the Arabian Sea over the last 130 kyr. Marine Geology 284, 127-138.
Emeis, K.-C., Mara, P., Schlarbaum, T., Möbius, J., Dähnke, K., Struck, U., Mihalopoulos, N. and Krom, M. (2010): N-isotope ratios of nitrate, dissolved organic nitrogen and particulate nitrogen in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeochemistry 115, G04041.
Möbius, J., Lahajnar, N. and Emeis, K.-C. (2010): Diagenetic control of nitrogen isotope ratios in Holocene sapropels and recent sediments from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences 7, 3901-3914.
Zonneveld, K.A.F., Chen, L., Möbius, J., Mahmoud, M.S. (2009): Environmental significance of dinoflagellate cysts from the proximal part of the Po-river discharge plume (off southern Italy, Eastern Mediterranean). Journal of Sea Research 62(4), 189-213.
Koppelmann, R., Böttger-Schnack, R., Möbius, J. and Weikert, H. (2009): Trophic relationships of zooplankton in the eastern Mediterranean based on stable isotope measurements. Journal of Plankton Research 31(6), 669-686.
Wieland, A., Pape, T., Möbius, J., Klock, J-H. and Michaelis, W. (2008): Carbon pools and isotopic trends in a hypersaline cyanobacterial mat. Geobiology 6(2), 171-186.