Pahlow, Markus

PD Dr. Markus Pahlow

Scientist in the research unit Biogeochemical Modelling

Office:
Room: 5-5.510
Tel.: +49 431 600-1907
E-Mail: mpahlow(at)geomar.de

Address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstr. 1–3
24148 Kiel
Germany

Research Interests

optimality-based and trait-based (adaptive) modelling of plankton organisms and ecosystems
interactions between biotic plankton processes and biogeochemical cycles
modelling evolution and maintenance of biodiversity in plankton ecosystems
turbulence in the surface ocean

Education and Employment

since 2012 Research scientist at GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
2007 – 2012 Postdoc at IFM-GEOMAR
2002 – 2006 research associate at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
2000 – 2001 NSERC fellow at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada
1999: Postdoc at AWI, Bremerhaven, Germany
1995 – 1998 PhD student at AWI and University of Bremen, Germany
1988 – 1995 Biology studies at the University of Kassel, Germany, University of Maryland, USA, and University of Bremen, Germany

Projects

EMS FORE International Helmholtz Laboratory "Eastern Mediterranean Sea as a model for Future Ocean Research", a German-Israeli joint project
DynaTrait, DFG Priority Programme (SPP 1704) "Flexibility Matters: Interplay between Trait Diversity and Ecological Dynamics Using Aquatic Communities as Model Systems", subproject 13, Modelling seasonal vertical migration in marine zooplankton.
SFB754, Climate-biogeochemistry interactions in the tropical ocean, phase 2: Teilprojekt B2, photoautotrophic responses to changes in nutrient stoichiometry (abgeschlossen)
OSS2015, Ocean strategic services beyond 2015 (Siebtes Rahmenprogramm der EU): work package 22.3, limiting factors of phytoplankton growth (abgeschlossen)

Publications

Number of items: 73.

Articles in a Scientific Journal - peer-reviewed

Li, N., Somes, C. J.

, Landolfi, A.

, Chien, C. T.

, Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2024) Global impact of benthic denitrification on marine N2 fixation and primary production simulated by a variable-stoichiometry Earth system model.

Biogeosciences (BG), 21 (19). pp. 4361-4380. DOI 10.5194/bg-21-4361-2024.

Grossowicz, M. and Pahlow, M. (2024) Zooplankton seasonal vertical migration in an optimality-based plankton ecosystem model. Journal of Plankton Research, 46 (3). pp. 295-306. DOI 10.1093/plankt/fbae016.

Chien, C. T.

, Pahlow, M., Schartau, M.

, Li, N.

and Oschlies, A.

(2023) Effects of phytoplankton physiology on global ocean biogeochemistry and climate.

Science Advances, 9 (30). Art.Nr. eadg1725.. DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adg1725.

Kerimoglu, O.

, Pahlow, M., Anugerahanti, P.

and Smith, S. L. (2023) FABM-NflexPD 2.0: testing an instantaneous acclimation approach for modeling the implications of phytoplankton eco-physiology for the carbon and nutrient cycles.

Geoscientific Model Development, 16 (1). pp. 95-108. DOI 10.5194/gmd-16-95-2023.

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Landolfi, A.

, Prowe, A. E. F.

, Pahlow, M., Somes, C. J.

, Chien, C. T.

, Schartau, M.

, Koeve, W.

and Oschlies, A.

(2021) Can top-down controls expand the ecological niche of marine N2 fixers?.

Frontiers in Microbiology, 12 . Art.Nr. 690200. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2021.690200.

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Chien, C. T.

, Pahlow, M., Schartau, M.

and Oschlies, A.

(2020) Optimality-Based Non-Redfield Plankton-Ecosystem Model (OPEMv1.0) in the UVic-ESCM 2.9. Part II: Sensitivity Analysis and Model Calibration.

Geoscientific Model Development, 13 . pp. 4691-4712. DOI 10.5194/gmd-13-4691-2020.

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Pahlow, M., Chien, C. T.

, Arteaga, L. A.

and Oschlies, A.

(2020) Optimality-Based Non-Redfield Plankton-Ecosystem Model (OPEMv1.0) in the UVic-ESCM 2.9. Part I: Implementation and Model Behaviour.

Geoscientific Model Development, 13 . pp. 4663-4690. DOI 10.5194/gmd-13-4663-2020.

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Arteaga, L.

, Pahlow, M., Bushinsky, S. M.

and Sarmiento, J. L.

(2020) Nutrient Controls on Export Production in the Southern Ocean.

Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33 (8). pp. 942-956. DOI 10.1029/2019gb006236.

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Lebrato, M., Pahlow, M., Frost, J. R., Küter, M., Jesus Mendes, P., Molinero, J. C. and Oschlies, A.

(2019) Sinking of Gelatinous Zooplankton Biomass Increases Deep Carbon Transfer Efficiency Globally.

Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33 (12). pp. 1764-1783. DOI 10.1029/2019GB006265.

Krishna, S., Pahlow, M. and Schartau, M.

(2019) Comparison of two carbon-nitrogen regulatory models calibrated with mesocosm data. Ecological Modelling, 411 . Art.Nr. 108711. DOI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.05.016.

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Su, B., Pahlow, M. and Prowe, A. E. F.

(2018) The role of microzooplankton trophic interactions in modelling a suite of mesocosm ecosystems.

Ecological Modelling, 368 . pp. 169-179. DOI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.11.013.

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Tsakalakis, I., Pahlow, M., Oschlies, A.

, Blasius, B. and Ryabov, A. B. (2018) Diel light cycle as a key factor for modelling phytoplankton biogeography and diversity. Ecological Modelling, 384 . pp. 241-248. DOI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.06.022.

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Marki, A. and Pahlow, M. (2016) Microzooplankton Stoichiometric Plasticity Inferred from Modeling Mesocosm Experiments in the Peruvian Upwelling Region.

Frontiers in Marine Science, 3 . Art. No. 258. DOI 10.3389/fmars.2016.00258.

Arteaga, L., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2016) Modeled Chl:C ratio and derived estimates of phytoplankton carbon biomass and its contribution to total particulate organic carbon in the global surface ocean.

Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30 (12). pp. 1791-1810. DOI 10.1002/2016GB005458.

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Su, B., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2016) Box-modeling of the impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition and benthic remineralization on the nitrogen cycle of the eastern tropical South Pacific.

Biogeosciences (BG), 13 . pp. 4985-5001. DOI 10.5194/bg-13-4985-2016.

Smith, S. L., Pahlow, M., Merico, A., Acevedo-Trejos, E., Sasai, Y., Yoshikawa, C., Sasaoka, K., Fujiki, T., Matsumoto, K. and Honda, M. C. (2016) Flexible phytoplankton functional type (FlexPFT) model: size-scaling of traits and optimal growth. Journal of Plankton Research, 38 (4). pp. 977-992. DOI 10.1093/plankt/fbv038.

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Fernandez-Castro, B., Pahlow, M., Mourino-Carballido, B., Maranon, E. and Oschlies, A.

(2016) Optimality-based Trichodesmium diazotrophy in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. Journal of Plankton Research, 38 (4). pp. 946-963. DOI 10.1093/plankt/fbw047.

Löscher, C., Bange, H. W.

, Schmitz, R. A., Callbeck, C. M., Engel, A.

, Hauss, H.

, Kanzow, T., Kiko, R.

, Lavik, G., Loginova, A. N.

, Melzner, F., Meyer, J., Neulinger, S. C., Pahlow, M., Riebesell, U.

, Schunck, H., Thomsen, S.

and Wagner, H. (2016) Water column biogeochemistry of oxygen minimum zones in the eastern tropical North Atlantic and eastern tropical South Pacific Oceans.

Biogeosciences (BG), 13 . pp. 3585-3606. DOI 10.5194/bg-13-3585-2016.

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Arteaga, L., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2015) Global monthly sea surface nitrate fields estimated from remotely sensed sea surface temperature, chlorophyll, and modeled mixed layer depth.

Geophysical Research Letters, 42 (4). pp. 1130-1138. DOI 10.1002/2014GL062937.

Su, B., Pahlow, M., Wagner, H. and Oschlies, A.

(2015) What prevents nitrogen depletion in the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern tropical South Pacific?.

Biogeosciences (BG), 12 . pp. 1113-1130. DOI 10.5194/bg-12-1113-2015.

Arteaga, L., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2014) Global patterns of phytoplankton nutrient and light colimitation inferred from an optimality-based model.

Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 28 (7). pp. 648-661. DOI 10.1002/2013GB004668.

Prowe, A. E. F.

, Pahlow, M., Dutkiewicz, S. and Oschlies, A.

(2014) How important is diversity for capturing environmental-change responses in ecosystem models?.

Biogeosciences (BG), 11 . pp. 3397-3407. DOI 10.5194/bg-11-3397-2014.

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Smith, S. L., Merico, A., Wirtz, K. W. and Pahlow, M. (2014) Leaving misleading legacies behind in plankton ecosystem modelling. Journal of Plankton Research, 36 (3). pp. 613-620. DOI 10.1093/plankt/fbu011.

Pahlow, M., Dietze, H.

and Oschlies, A.

(2013) Optimality-based model of phytoplankton growth and diazotrophy.

Marine Ecology Progress Series, 489 . pp. 1-16. DOI 10.3354/meps10449.

Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2013) Optimal allocation backs Droop’s cell-quota model.

Marine Ecology Progress Series, 473 . pp. 1-5. DOI 10.3354/meps10181.

Mouriño-Carballido, B., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2012) High sensitivity of ultra-oligotrophic marine ecosystems to atmospheric nitrogen deposition.

Geophysical Research Letters, 39 . L05601. DOI 10.1029/2011GL050606.

Prowe, F.

, Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2012) Controls on the diversity-productivity relationship in a marine ecosystem model. Ecological Modelling, 225 . pp. 167-176. DOI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.11.018.

Prowe, F.

, Pahlow, M., Dutkiewicz, S., Follows, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2012) Top-down control of marine phytoplankton diversity in a global ecosystem model. Progress in Oceanography, 101 . pp. 1-13. DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.11.016.

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Smith, S. L., Pahlow, M., Merico, A. and Wirtz, K. W. (2011) Optimality-based modeling of planktonic organisms.

Limnology and Oceanography, 56 (6). pp. 2080-2094. DOI 10.4319/lo.2011.56.6.2080.

Lebrato, M., Pahlow, M., Oschlies, A.

, Pitt, K. A., Jones, D. O. B., Molinero, J. C. and Condon, R. H. (2011) Depth attenuation of organic matter export associated with jelly falls.

Limnology and Oceanography, 56 . pp. 1917-1928. DOI 10.4319/lo.2011.56.5.1917.

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Oschlies, A.

, Pahlow, M., Yool, A. and Matear, R. J. (2010) Climate engineering by artificial ocean upwelling - channelling the sorcerer's apprentice.

Geophysical Research Letters, 37 . L04701. DOI 10.1029/2009GL041961.

Pahlow, M. and Prowe, F.

(2010) Model of optimal current feeding in zooplankton.

Marine Ecology Progress Series, 403 . pp. 129-144. DOI 10.3354/meps08466.

Wirtz, K. W. and Pahlow, M. (2010) Dynamic chlorophyll and nitrogen: carbon regulation in algae optimizes instantaneous growth rate.

Marine Ecology Progress Series, 402 . pp. 81-96. DOI 10.3354/meps08333.

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Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2009) Chain model of phytoplankton P, N and light colimitation.

Marine Ecology Progress Series, 376 . DOI 10.3354/meps07748.

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Smith, S. L., Yamanaka, Y., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2009) Optimal uptake kinetics: physiological acclimation explains the pattern of nitrate uptake by phytoplankton in the ocean.

Marine Ecology Progress Series, 384 . pp. 1-12. DOI 10.3354/meps08022.

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Pahlow, M., Vezina, A. F., Casault, B., Maass, H., Malloch, L., Wright, D. G. and Lu, Y. (2008) Adaptive model of plankton dynamics for the North Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography, 76 (2). pp. 151-191. DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.11.001.

Pahlow, M. (2005) Linking chlorophyll-nutrient dynamics to the Redfield N:C ratio with a model of optimal phytoplankton growth.

Marine Ecology Progress Series, 287 . pp. 33-43. DOI 10.3354/meps287033.

Pahlow, M. and Vézina, A. F. (2003) Adaptive model of DOM dynamics in the surface ocean.

Journal of Marine Research, 61 (1). pp. 127-146. DOI 10.1357/002224003321586435.

Pahlow, M., Riebesell, U.

and Wolf-Gladrow, D. (1997) The impact of cell shape and chain formation on nutrient acquisition of marine diatoms. Limnology and Oceanography, 42 . pp. 1660-1672.

Pahlow, M., Riebesell, U.

and Wolf-Gladrow, D. A. (1997) Impact of cell shape and chain formation on nutrient acquisition by marine diatoms. Limnology and Oceanography, 42 (8). pp. 1660-1672. DOI 10.4319/lo.1997.42.8.1660.

Presentations

Su, B., Prowe, A. E. F.

and Pahlow, M. (2017) Optimality-based zooplankton modelling in mesocosm experiments. [Talk] In: Priority Program 1704 DynaTrait International conference. , 09.13.10.2017, Hannover, Germany .

Prowe, A. E. F.

, Andersen, K. H., Visser, A. W., Kiorboe, T., Chiba, S., Su, B., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2016) Model-based analysis of zooplankton feeding strategies using a global ecosystem model. [Talk] In: Mini-Workshop on trait-based modelling. , 15.03.2016, Hamburg, Germany .

Oschlies, A.

, Landolfi, A.

, Rabouille, S., Koeve, W.

, Pahlow, M. and Somes, C. J.

(2015) Phosphorus Controls on Marine N2 Fixation. [Talk] In: Goldschmidt Conference 2015. , 16.-21.08.2015, Prague, Czech Republic. .

Prowe, A. E. F.

, Andersen, K. H., Visser, A. W., Kiorboe, T., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2015) Trade off-based zooplankton feeding strategies in a global model. [Talk] In: Obserseminar AG Ökologie / Ökosystem-Modellierung. , 05.06.2015, Potsdam, Germany .

Prowe, A. E. F.

, Andersen, K. H., Visser, A. W., Kiørboe, T., Su, B., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2015) Trade off-based zooplankton feeding strategies in a global model. [Talk] In: Trait-based approaches to Ocean Life. , 05.-08.10.2015, Waterville Valley, NH, USA .

Marki, A. and Pahlow, M. (2014) Optimality-based modelling of the effect of nutrient stoichiometry on mesocosm food web succession. [Talk] In: IMBER Open Science Conference FUTURE OCEAN. , 23.-27.06.2014, Bergen, Norway .

Marki, A. and Pahlow, M. (2014) Optimality-based modelling of the effect of nutrient stoichiometry on mesocosm food web succession. [Talk] In: AMEMR IV Future Challenges Symposium. , 30.06.-03.07.2014, Plymouth, UK .

Prowe, A. E. F.

, Pahlow, M., Follows, M., Dutkiewicz, S. and Oschlies, A.

(2012) The Darwin Model - understanding global plankton communities. [Talk] In: Opening of the VKR Centre of Excellence "Centre for Ocean Life". , 02.02.2012, Charlottenlund, Denmark .

Lebrato, M., Pitt, K. A., Sweetman, A. K., Pahlow, M., Oschlies, A.

, Jones, D. O. B., Condon, R. H. and Molinero, J. C. (2011) The fate of gelatinous zooplankton particulate organic matter (jelly-POM) in the biological pump: a modelling study. [Talk] In: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. , 13.-18.02.2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA .

Pahlow, M. (2011) Model of Optimal Nitrogen Fixation. [Invited talk] In: 3. International Workshop on Global Change Projection: Modeling, Intercomparison, and Impact Assessment. , 09.-11.03.2011, Tsukuba, Japan .

Prowe, A. E. F.

, Pahlow, M., Oschlies, A.

, Dutkiewicz, S. and Follows, M. (2011) Marine phytoplankton diversity: top-down control and the diversity-productivity relationship. [Talk] In: 3. Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research Symposium (AMEMR III 'The Next Generation'). , 27.-30.06.2011, Plymouth, UK .

Pahlow, M. (2010) Model of Zooplankton Optimal Current Feeding. [Talk] In: FB2 Seminar, Leibniz-Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR). , 11.01.2010, Kiel, Germany .

Prowe, F.

, Pahlow, M., Follows, M., Dutkiewicz, S. and Oschlies, A.

(2010) Effects of zooplankton feeding strategies on community structure in a simple plankton model. [Talk] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2010 "Plankton Grazing Rates in the Sea: So Many Methods, So Much Learned, So Much To Do". , 22.02.-26.02.2010, Portland, Oregon, USA .

Pahlow, M. (2009) Adaptive Modelling of Plankton Dynamics. [Invited talk] In: Workshop Theoretical Biology. , 23.02, Plön .

Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2009) Modelling the role of DOC in the global carbon cycle. [Other] In: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2009. , 28.01, Nice, France .

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Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2008) Chain model of Phytoplankton Optimal Utilisation of N, P and Light. [Talk] In: Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research Symposium 2008. , 25.06, Plymouth, U.K. .

Pahlow, M. (2007) Adaptive Plankton Model for the North Atlantic. [Talk] In: FB2 Seminar, Leibniz-Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR). , 21.05.2007, Kiel, Germany .

Pahlow, M. (2007) Motions in Mixed Layers: Dynamic vs. Steady State Simulations. [Talk] In: FB2 Seminar, Leibniz-Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR). , 05.11.2007, Kiel, Germany .

Conference posters

Pahlow, M. and Chien, C. T.

(2018) Finding Key BIO Traits in BIOgeochemical Modelling.

[Poster] In: DynaTrait Annual Meeting 2018. , 8.–11.10.2018, Potsdam .

Su, B., Prowe, A. E. F.

and Pahlow, M. (2015) Diversity effects of trait-based zooplankton feeding interactions in a global ecosystem model. [Poster] In: DynaTrait Annual Meeting. , 14.-17.09.2015, Hannover, Germany .

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Marki, A. and Pahlow, M. (2013) Modelling responses in mesocosm food web succession to changes in nutrient stoichiometry. [Poster] In: OCB Summer Science Workshop 2013. , 22.-25.07.2013, Woods Hole, MA, USA .

Prowe, A. E. F.

, Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2013) Phytoplankton community effects on productivity changes in a global reduced mixing scenario. [Poster] In: 45. International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics: The variability of primary production in the ocean: from the synoptic to the global scale. , 13.-17.05.2013, Liege, Belgium .

Arteaga, L., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2012) Light and nutrient colimitation in the global ocean. [Poster] In: EGU General Assembly 2012. , 22.-27.04.2012, Vienna, Austria .

Prowe, A. E. F.

, Pahlow, M., Dutkiewicz, S., Follows, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2012) Top-down control of marine phytoplankton diversity and ecosystem functioning in a global ecosystem model. [Poster] In: ClimECO3 Summer school. , 23.-28.07.2012, Ankara, Turkey .

Pahlow, M. and Prowe, F.

(2010) Model of Zooplankton Optimal Current Feeding. [Poster] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2010 "Oxygen Minimum Zones and Climate Change: Observations and Prediction IV". , 22.02.-26.02.2010, Portland, Oregon, USA .

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Prowe, F.

, Pahlow, M., Dutkiewicz, S., Follows, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2010) Top-down control of biodiversity. [Poster] In: ClimECO2 summer school. , 23.-27.08.2010, IUEM, Brest, France .

Prowe, F.

, Pahlow, M., Dutkiewicz, S., Follows, M. and Oschlies, A.

(2010) Top-down control of biodiversity. [Poster] In: Advanced School on Complexity, Adaptation and Emergence in Marine Ecosystems, ICTP, Miramare. , 18.10.2010, Triest, Italy .

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Gieschen, L., Oschlies, A.

and Pahlow, M. (2009) Modelling oceanic CO2 uptake: the relevance of zooplankton grazing. [Poster] In: Responses, Risks and Adaptation to Climate Change. , 01.05.2009, Philadelphia, USA .

Prowe, F.

, Oschlies, A.

and Pahlow, M. (2009) Finding the optimal strategy: zooplankton feeding strategies as traits in a plankton model. [Poster] In: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. , 27.01, Nice, France .

Theses - not published by a publisher

Pahlow, M. (2016) Optimality-based modelling of marine plankton processes. (Professorial dissertation), Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 192 pp.