Lea Kappas MSc. | RD 3 Marine Ecology | RU Experimental Ecology

Doctoral Researcher | Marine Makrophytes | Topic 6

Research Focus

• Marine Macroalgae
• Biodiversity among Macroalgal communities of the Baltic
• Conservation of Macrophytes in the German Baltic Sea

Projects

• Digital Macroalgae Identification Key (Baltic Sea)
• Macroalgae Distribution in the German Baltic Sea

as part of the research group "Management Ecology of Marine Macrophytes"

Education and Professional Experience

since 2024:        Doctoral Researcher at GEOMAR - Helmholtz-Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

2024:                  i.a.c. Instructor RSTC Level 2 of the International Aquanautics Club

2024:                 MSc. in Marine Biology at the University of Bremen with the Marine Botany working
                          group of Prof. Dr. Kai Bischof.
                          Thesis "Environmental framework and heat stress response of the kelp Laminaria
                          hyperborea along its entire distribution gradient in the North-East Atlantic"

2022:                 BSc. in Biology at the University of Bremen with the Marine Botany working group
                          of Prof. Dr. Kai Bischof
                          Thesis "Potential analysis for carbon sequestration in the German Bight through the
                          kelp Laminaria hyperborea"

since 2019:       Core Team and Social Media Manager of the ICYMARE Conference for Young Marine
                          Researchers

Publications

Florian Stahl, Lea Kappas, Florian Uhl, Natascha Oppelt, Kai Bischof, Feasibility study for kelp afforestation in the German Bight: Habitat availability and light requirements of Laminaria hyperborea, Journal of Sea Research, Volume 200, 2024, 102512, ISSN 1385-1101, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2024.102512.