Dr. Kathleen Gosnell

Postdoctoral Researcher

Office:
Room 12/310
Tel.: 0049 431 600 1446
E-Mail: kgosnell(at)geomar.de

Address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Building 12
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
24148 Kiel

Identify processes and distributions of trace metals in the oceans
Mercury and methylmercury uptake and bioaccumulation in plankton
Contaminants and their impacts on coastal, estuary and other aquatic environments

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For a full list of publications please click here.

Liu, H., Yuan, Z., Gosnell, K. J., Liu, T., Tammen, J. K., Wen, Z., Engel, A. , Liu, X., Huang, B., Kao, S. J., Achterberg, E. P., Browning, T. J. (2024). Patterns of (micro)nutrient limitation across the South Pacific Ocean. Communications Earth & Environment, 5 (1), 596.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01749-1
Zhang, Z., Xu, A., Hathorne, E., Gutjahr, M., Browning, T. J., Gosnell, K. J., Liu, T., Steiner, Z., Kiko, R., Yuan, Z., Liu, H., Achterberg, E. P., Frank, M. (2024). Substantial trace metal input from the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption into the South Pacific. Nature Communications, 15 (1), 8986.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52904-3
Gosnell, K. J., Mazrui, N., Mason, R. P. (2024). Properties influencing flux and diatom uptake of mercury and methylmercury from estuarine sediments. Environmental Pollution, 346, 123604.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123604
Gosnell, K.J., Heimbürger-Boavida, L.E., Beck, A.J., Ukotije-Ikwut, P., Achterberg, E.P. (2023). World War Munitions as a source of Mercury in the Southwest Baltic Sea. Chemosphere, 345, 140522.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140522
Gosnell, K.J., Beck, A.J., Müller, P., Keßler, A., Achterberg, E.P. (2022). Effects of salinity and temperature on seawater dissolution rate of initial detonation agent mercury fulminate. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 185, 114311.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114311