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Summer semester 2024

General remarks

General lecture period summer semester 2024: 15.04.2024 to 12.07.2024 (with winter semester 2023/2024, 2nd exam period: 02.04. - 13.04.2024 (link CAU) - In accordance with the CAU's examination procedure regulations, there are no courses in bachelor's and master's degree programs during the examination periods (few exceptions for first semester students)).

More information at M. Sc. Biological Oceanography - information for students on OLAT.

Exam dates summer semester 2024: here (OLAT)

There is no general registration for courses - only for the exams at the end of the semester during registration phases (s.b.).

Notes on how to use the online tool can be found here:

If you have questions about the examination administration procedures in general (registration periods, examination periods, etc.) you may find answers in the Examination procedures section. If you are still unclear about anything you can contact the relevant Examination Office at any time.

Complete examination schedule SS 2024 (link to CAU).

Examinations:

Typical examination procedure:     

  1. Examination registration: You register for the examinations that you would like to take in the next examination period or that are assigned to the next examination period (s.b. Examination Organisation Online (CAU)). In case of registration problems contact the Examination Office Biology.

    During the registration period for the 1st examination period please register for all the written or oral examinations you would like to take in the 1st examination period (or around and assigned to the 1st examination period), but also for the examinations that you have already taken or started (e.g. seminar papers) during the lecture period (including before the registration period), as well as for examinations (e.g. assignments) that are to be taken during the lecture-free period.

    Note: For examinations taken before the registration period, examination attendance is considered as binding registration. You must also register for these examinations during the registration period, however, so that your academic achievements can be recorded in the system at a later stage.

  2. Checking admission: Two days before the start of the examination period, you check whether you have been granted admission to the examinations you have registered for.
  3. Examination attendance: You take the examinations during the examination period.
  4. Checking results: You check the results entered by the examiners.

Examination Organisation Online (CAU)

Access to the online tool in the CAU-Portal: http://www.uni-kiel.de/hisinone

The online tool has the following functions:

  • Registering for examinations / Cancelling registrations
  • Information on registered examinations (checking admissions. Information on examination dates, times and rooms)
  • Information on examination results
     

Notes on how to use the online tool can be found here:

You need your stu-ID to use the Studierenden-Online-Funktion online tool. Detailed information on the stu-ID and stu-e-mail address can be found at the Computing Centre StudiNet.

If you have questions about the examination administration procedures in general (registration periods, examination periods, etc.) you may find answers in the Examination procedures section. If you are still unclear about anything you can contact the Examination Office Biology at any time.

Registration period first exam phase summer semester: 03.06.2024 - 30.06.2024

First exam period summer semester: 15.07.2024 - 27.07.2024

Registration period second exam period summer semester: 26.08.2024 - 22.09.2024

Second exam period winter semester: 07.10.2024 - 19.10.2024 

Complete schedule see CAU website and here (link to CAU).

Keep in mind - it's your responsibility not to miss any fixed dates and/or deadlines.

Practical courses, practical exercises and some seminars have compulsory attendance (FPO).

Make sure that you sign the attendance list every course day!

Framework of courses:

  1. All of the five first semester modules are compulsory.
  2. Passed core modules of the first semester (MNF-bioc-101 and MNF-bioc-102) are important for the understanding for the advanced modules of the second semester in summer (e.g. MNF-bioc-201 and MNF-bioc-202).
  3. Passed exams of ALL compulsory modules of first and second semester are the  indispensable prerequisite for the exam of the core module of third semester in winter (MNF-bioc-301).
  4. A short presentation of your planned master's thesis ("proposal day") and a passed exam at the end of MNF-bioc-301 is the prerequisite to register your thesis (MNF-bioc-401) at the examination office.

For details concerning exams, prerequisites etc. look at the exam regulations in Biological Oceanography (p. 10-13).

Forms concerning exam withdrawal for good cause, medical certificate etc. (forms).

General regulations concerning examinations can be found here.

Considerations concerning using first or second exam phase (CAU).

Exams are generally scheduled only for the semester where the modules are taught.

  • There are no exams for winter semester modules MNF-bioc-1xx and MNF-bioc-3xx in summer semester.
  • There are no exams for summer semester modules MNF-bioc-2xx in winter semester.

Examination Schedule (lecturers and students tasks (link to CAU)

 

Timetables and course lists

General: Courses (lectures, seminars, practicals etc.) summer semester 2024

MSc. Biological Oceanography - second semester - lecture plan summer semester 2024 (click on "Stundenplan" for a complete time table).  All seven different possible practical parts in three blocks of MNF-bioc-202 are shown which looks heavily loaded - but you have to choose only two resp. three non overlapping parts.

Details: More detailed information concerning single courses and modules can be found on OLAT in general, resp. M. Sc. Biological Oceanography - information for students or via our module list, with links to the resp. module information on OLAT.

As you can take many optional modules outside of our curriculum (CAU-wide choices) these are not included in the example lists and timetables.

Block courses in summer 2024: 

  • MNF-bioc-264 (S. Garthe, Büsum): September/October 2024
  • MNF-bioc-271 (B. Schneider, Kiel): 21.05.2024 - 24.05.2024
  • MNF-bioc-280 (K. Heubel, FTZ): 26.08.2024 - 06.09.2024 at FTZ Büsum.
  • MNF-bioc-301 (F. Mittermayer, ALKOR cruise MNF-bioc-301): 18.08.2024 - 30.08.2024
  • MNF-bioc-368 (F. Weinberger, Aaland-Island (Finland) - Marine station Husö): 07.09.2024 - 22.09.2024

  • For optional modules within Biological Oceanography look at the module list.
  • Generally: for imported courses (e.g. Introduction to Physical Oceanography) and and courses outside of M. Sc. Biological Oceanography please always contact the person in charge of the module you are attending and the corresponding exam office.
  • For a selection of courses outside of our curriculum look here (optional courses outside of Biological Oceanography).

Summer semester 2024

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Semester: SS 2024 

Fehsenfeld, Sandra ; Kiko, Rainer ; Towle, D. ; Zimmer, Martin ; Melzner, Frank:
Effects of elevated seawater pCO2 on gene expression patterns in the gill of Green crab Carcinus maenas .
Vortrag: Ocean Science Meeting,
Portland, OR, USA, 22.-26.02.2010
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; Poster

Stiebens, V. ; Hu, Marian Yong-An ; Gutowska, Magdalena A. ; Melzner, Frank:
Accumulation of octopine by late-stage Sepia officinalis embryos during exposure to an hypoxic environment .
Vortrag: Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC) Symposium,
Vigo, Spain, 03.-11.09.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; Poster

Melzner, Frank ; Gutowska, M.A. ; Hu, Marian Yong-An ; Stumpp, Meike:
Acid-base regulatory capacity and associated proton extrusion mechanisms in marine invertebrates: An overview .
Vortrag: Annual Main Meeting of the Society of Experimental Biology,
Glasgow, UK, 28.06.-01.07.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]

Heinemann, Agnes ; Fietzke, Jan ; Hiebenthal, Claas ; Thomsen, Jörn ; Garbe-Schönberg, Dieter ; Melzner, Frank:
Acidification-Sensitivity of M. edulis .
Vortrag: Goldschmidt Conference 2009,
Davos, Switzerland, 21.-26.06.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [FB2/MG]; [FB3/EOE-B]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]; Poster

Kiko, Rainer ; Melzner, Frank:
Development of an in situ sampling strategy for environmental physiology of zooplankton through transcriptional profiling .
Vortrag: 3. International symposium on the environmental physiology of ectotherms and plants,
Tsukuba, Japan, 27.08.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; Poster

Nasrolahi, Ali ; Pansch, Christian ; Melzner, Frank ; Wahl, Martin:
Effect of temperature and salinity on larval duration and survival rate of the barnacle Amphibalanus improvisus in the Baltic Sea .
Vortrag: 44. European Marine Biology Symposium,
Liverpool, UK, 07.-11.09.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB3/EOE-B]; Poster; Amphibalanus improvisus in the Baltic Sea

Frommel, Andrea ; Piatkowski, Uwe ; Clemmesen-Bockelmann, Catriona ; Hu, Marian Yong-An ; Melzner, Frank:
Effects of elevated pCO2 on statolith formation in European squid (Loligo vulgaris) paralarvae .
Vortrag: Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC) Symposium,
Vigo, Spain, 03.-11.09.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB3/EV]; [FB2/BI]; Poster

Hu, Marian Yong-An ; Maneja, Rommel ; Gutowska, Magdalena A. ; Charmantier-Daures, M. ; Melzner, Frank:
Hypoxia, hypercapnia and low pH - A comparison of the early life of a cuttlefish and a squid regarding elevated environmental CO2 .
Vortrag: 4. ECoCLR,
Montpellier, France, 14.-18.12.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [FB3/EV]

Dorey, N. ; Martin, S. ; Melzner, Frank ; Oberhänsli, F. ; Teyssie, J. L. ; Jeffree, R. ; Bustamante, P. ; Gattuso, J.-P. ; Lacoue-Labarthe, T.:
Impact of ocean acidification on calcification in early life stages of S. officinalis .
Vortrag: Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC) Symposium,
Vigo, Spain, 03.-11.09.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; Poster

Thomsen, Jörn ; Saphoerster, Julia ; Heinemann, Agnes ; Hiebenthal, Claas ; Melzner, Frank:
Impacts of hypercapnia and temperature on physiological performance of marine invertebrates from the Baltic Sea .
Vortrag: Annual Main Meeting of the Society of Experimental Biology,
Glasgow, UK, 28.06.-01.07.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [FB3/EOE-B]

Stumpp, Meike ; Dupont, S. ; Thorndyke, M. ; Melzner, Frank:
Impacts of Ocean Acidification (OA) an Physiology and Gene Expression Patterns During Sea Urchin Larval Development .
Vortrag: EMBL Workshop "Evo-Devo meets Marine Ecology: New Frontiers in Ocean Science through Integrative Biology",
Sant'Angelo d'Ischia, Napoli, Italy, 09.-11.10.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; Poster

Appelhans, Yasmin ; Pansch, Christian ; Melzner, Frank ; Wahl, Martin:
Influence of seawater acidification on the feeding behavior of Carcinus maenas and Asterias rubens .
Vortrag: European Marine Biology Symposium,
Liverpool, UK, 08.09.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB3/EOE-B]; [FB2/BI]

Lyons, G. N. ; Gutowska, Magdalena A. ; Melzner, Frank ; Wilson, R. P. ; Liebsch, N. ; Allcock, A. L. ; Scantlebury, M. ; Houghton, J. D. R.:
Ocean acidification and the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis: behavioral and energetic consequences of cuttlebone ultra-structural changes .
Vortrag: Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC) Symposium,
Vigo, Spain, 03.-11.09.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; Poster

Saphörster, J. ; Thomsen, Jörn ; Melzner, Frank:
Physiological performance of Baltic Sea blue mussels, Mytilus edulis, under CO2 induced stress: Cardiac performance, activity and filtration rate .
Vortrag: Annual Main Meeting of the Society of Experimental Biology,
Glasgow, UK, 28.06.-01.07.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]

Appelhans, Yasmin ; Pansch, Christian ; Melzner, Frank ; Wahl, Martin:
Sour times for benthic predators: influences of seawater acidification on the feeding behaviour of Carcinus maenas and Asterias rubens .
Vortrag: 44th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS),
Liverpool, UK, 08.09.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB3/EOE-B]; [FB2/BI]

Appelhans, Yasmin ; Thomsen, Jörn ; Pansch, Christian ; Melzner, Frank ; Wahl, Martin:
Sour times for hungry starfish - Feeding rates of Asterias rubens are significantly reduced by seawater acidification .
Vortrag: Training Workshop on the fundamentals of carbon biogeochemistry,
Bergen, Norway, 24.-27.02.2009
Stichwörter:  [FB3/EOE-B]; [FB2/BI]; Poster

Saphoerster, Julia ; Thomsen, Jörn ; Heinemann, Agnes ; Melzner, Frank:
Acidification sensitivity of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, in the Baltic Sea: A holistic approach .
Vortrag: 2. Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World,
Monaco, 06.-09.10.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]; Poster

Melzner, Frank:
Cephalopod vs. fish early life history: life in the fast lane .
Vortrag: Annual Larval Fish Conference, IFM-GEOMAR,
Kiel, 04.-07.08.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]

Heinemann, Agnes ; Saphoerster, Julia ; Melzner, Frank:
CO2 related acidification-sensitivity of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis .
Vortrag: Future Ocean: Cluster Retreat,
Salzau, 17.-18.03.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]; Poster

Saphoerster, Julia ; Thomsen, Jörn ; Heinemann, Agnes ; Melzner, Frank:
Effects of future ocean acidification on marine animal physiology: mussels as model organisms .
Vortrag: 1. Mini-Symposium on Bivalves and Jellyfish Biology,
Kerteminde, Denmark, 10.12.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]

Stumpp, Meike ; Trübenbach, Katja ; Syré, S. ; Dupont, S. ; Melzner, Frank:
Effects of Ocean Acidification on Growth and Metabolism of Strongylocentrotus spp. adults and larvae .
Vortrag: 2. International Symposium on the Ocean in a High CO2 World,
Monaco, 06.-09.10.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]; Poster

Stumpp, Meike ; Melzner, Frank:
Effects of Ocean Acidification on Sea Urchin Larval Development .
Vortrag: 18. Larval Echinoderm Conference,
Woods Hole, USA, 23.-26.04.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]; Poster

Hu, M.Y.A. ; Frommel, Andrea ; Clemmesen-Bockelmann, Catriona ; Melzner, Frank:
Hypercapnic stress in early life stages of the squid Loligo vulgaris due to elevated environmental CO2 .
Vortrag: Second Symposium on The Ocean in a High-CO2 World,
Monaco, 06.-09.10.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB3/EV]; [FB2/BI]; poster

Bleich, Markus ; Melzner, Frank ; Hiebenthal, Claas ; Mempel, Helgi ; Schulz, Kai ; Riebesell, Ulf ; Wahl, Martin ; Sommer, Frank ; Sommer, Ulrich ; Form, Armin ; Piatkowski, Uwe ; Hanel, Reinhold ; Piepenburg, Dieter ; Spindler, Michael ; Eisenhauer, Anton ; Franke, Andrea ; Möller, V. ; Baumert, G.A. ; Clemmesen-Bockelmann, Catriona:
Kiel CO2 manipulation experimental facility (KICO2) .
Vortrag: Second Symposium on The Ocean in a High-CO2 World,
Monaco, 06.-09.10.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB3/EOE-B]; [FB2/BI]; [FB3/EOE-N]; [FB2/MG]; poster

Melzner, Frank ; Gutowska, M.A. ; Langenbuch, Martina:
Molluscan tolerance to future ocean acidification: What distinguishes the tolerant from the more sensitive taxa?
Vortrag: 1. Mini-Symposium on Bivalves and Jellyfish Biology, University of Odense,
Odense, Denmark, 10.12.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]

Melzner, Frank:
Pre-adaptation to future ocean acidification: What distinguishes the tolerant from the more sensitive species?
Vortrag: University of Montpellier,
Montpellier, France, 04.11.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]

Melzner, Frank ; Gutowska, M.A. ; Langenbuch, Martina:
Pre-adaptation to future ocean acidification: What distinguishes the tolerant from the more sensitive species?
Vortrag: 2. Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World,
Monaco, 06.-09.10.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]; Poster

Melzner, Frank ; Hu, Marian Yong-An ; Gutowska, M.A. :
Sensitivity of cephalopod embryonic development to elevated pCO2 and temperature .
Vortrag: Annual Larval Fish Conference, IFM-GEOMAR,
Kiel, 04.-07.08.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]

Gutowska, M.A. ; Melzner, Frank ; Langenbuch, Martina ; Meier, S. ; Pörtner H.O.:
Tolerance to elevated CO2 among calcifying invertebrates: the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis as a model organism .
Vortrag: 2. Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World,
Monte Verita, Switzerland, 06.-09.10.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]; Poster

Melzner, Frank:
Warum der Ozean sauer wird und warum das die Miesmuschel interessiert .
Vortrag: Aquariumsvortrag Kieler Woche, IFM-GEOMAR,
Kiel, 26.06.2008
Stichwörter:  [FB2/BI]; [A1:Ozeanversauerung]

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