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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Atlantic Network of Interdisciplinary Moorings and Time-series for Europe (ANIMATE)

Projektleitung:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Uwe Send
Beteiligte:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Arne Körtzinger, Prof. Dr. Douglas W.R. Wallace
Förderer:5. Rahmenprogramm der Europäischen Gemeinschaft
Mitwirkende
Institutionen:
Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Island
Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Deutschland
Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, England
Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas, Gran Canariia, Spanien
Laufzeit:1.12.2001 - 30.11.2004
Inhalt und Ziele:Three mooring sites (CIS, ESTOC, PAP) have been selected to collect data for the North East Atlantic. CIS , ESTOC, and PAP are all deep sites in over 3000 m of water. The difficult conditions throughout the year make them ideal for proving the technology and systems required to record real-time and delayed-mode data. Sensors are mounted at depths of upto 1000 m on the moorings to measure a wide range of physical, chemical and biological variables: Carbon Dioxide, Nutrient Concentrations, Temperature, Salinity, Pressure, Current Speed and Direction and Phytoplankton Concentration. These variables are are used by a range of scientific disciplines for, among other things, furthering our understanding of climate change.

Carbon Variability Studies by Ships of Opportunity (CAVASSOO)

Projektleitung:Prof. Dr. Douglas W.R. Wallace
Beteiligte:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Arne Körtzinger
Förderer:5. Rahmenprogramm der Europäischen Gemeinschaft
Mitwirkende
Institutionen:
University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich, England
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif sur Yvette, Frankreich
Instituto Investigaciones Marinas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Vigo, Spanien
Geophysical Research Institute, University of Bergen, Norwegen
Stichwörter:marine carbon cycle, Atlantic Ocean
Laufzeit:1.12.2000 - 30.11.2003
Inhalt und Ziele:CAVASSOO provides reliable estimates of the uptake of CO2 by the North Atlantic, and how this varies from season to season and year to year. These will in turn assist in constraining estimates of European and North American terrestrial (vegetation) sinks, using atmospheric inverse modelling techniques.
Kontakt:Körtzinger, Arne
Telefon +49 431 600-4200, Fax +49 431 600-4202, E-Mail: akoertzinger@geomar.de
Publikationen:
  1. Lüger, Heike ; Wallace, Douglas W.R. ; Körtzinger, Arne ; Nojiri, Yukihiro:
    The pCO2 variability in the midlatitude North Atlantic Ocean during a full annual cycle .
    In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles 18 (2004),
    Stichwörter:  [FB2/CH]
    [doi>10.1029/2003GB002200]
  2. Lüger, Heike ; Wanninkhof, Rik ; Wallace, Douglas W.R. ; Körtzinger, Arne:
    CO2 fluxes in the sub-tropical and sub-arctic North Atlantic based on measurements from a Volunteer Observing Ship .
    In: Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 111 (2006), S. C06024
    Stichwörter:  [FB2/CH]; carbon cycling; seasonal cycles; CO2 flux; North Atlantic; volunteer observing ship
    [doi>10.1029/2005JC003101]

Marine carbon sources and sinks assessment (CARBOOCEAN)

Projektleitung:Prof. Dr. Christoph Heintze
Beteiligte:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Arne Körtzinger, Prof. Dr. phil. Julie LaRoche, Prof. Dr. Gregor Rehder, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulf Riebesell, Prof. Dr. Uwe Send, Prof. Dr. Douglas W.R. Wallace, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Oschlies
Förderer:6. Rahmenprogramm der Europäischen Gemeinschaft
Laufzeit:1.1.2005 - 31.12.2009
Kontakt:Körtzinger, Arne
Telefon +49 431 600-4200, Fax +49 431 600-4202, E-Mail: akoertzinger@geomar.de

NICO: Weiterentwicklung und Test eines existierenden UV-Nitratsensors zu einem Gerät für den universellen Einsatz in der Meeresforschung

Projektleitung:Rüdiger Heuermann, TriOS GmbH, Oldenburg/Niedersachsen
Beteiligte:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Arne Körtzinger, Prof. Dr. Gerold Wefer, MARUM, Universität Bremen, Prof. Dr. Oliver Zielinski, Hochschule Bremerhaven
Förderer:Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Mitwirkende
Institutionen:
Trios GmbH, Oldenburg
MARUM, Universität Bremen
Hochschule Bremerhaven
Stichwörter:Ozeanographie; Meereschemie; Biogeochemie; Nitrat; Sensoren
Laufzeit:1.4.2006 - 31.3.2009
Inhalt und Ziele:In dem Projekt NICO ist das Hauptziel die Weiterentwicklung des UV-Nitratsensors zu einem in der Meeresforschung nutzbaren Gerät. Die Hauptarbeitsbereiche sind:
A) Optimierung des UV-Nitratsensors Die Nitratkonzentration wird in dem UV-Nitratsensor nicht direkt aus Messwerten abgeleitet, sondern mit einem mathematischen Algorithmus aus den Spektren verschiedener im Meerwasser enthaltener Substanzen abgeleitet. Die internen Auswertealgorithmen sollen optimiert werden, so dass für verschiedene Salzgehalte und chemische Zusammensetzungen des Meerwassers und damit für verschiedene Seegebiete optimale Algorithmen und Kalibriervorschriften vorliegen. Die Nachweisgrenze und die Genauigkeit des Sensors werden so für diese Seegebiete wie Ostsee, Nordsee, Atlantik optimiert. Weiterhin soll auch die mechanische Anordnung, der optische Weg und die Messelektronik optimiert werden.
B) Autonomer Langzeiteinsatz im Unterwasserbereich Der Sensor soll in Verankerungen und auf Driftern autonom über einen Zeitraum von mindestens einem halben Jahr einsetzbar sein.
C) Erprobung des Sensors Die Erprobung des Sensors soll die technischen Entwicklungsziele des Projektes verifizieren und die Einsatzfähigkeit und Langzeitstabilität des Sensors darstellen. Es sollen auch weitere Einsatzgebiete gefunden (ROV: ONLINE UV-Photometer) und durch die Erprobung erschlossen werden. Der Erfolg dieser Entwicklungsarbeit wird durch die Erprobung durch die Projektpartner und durch den Vergleich der Messergebnisse des UV-Nitratsensors mit konventionellen Analysemethoden verifiziert. Durch den Einsatz des Sensors in der Forschung und entsprechende Veröffentlichungen wird die Marktakzeptanz für den Sensor deutlich erhöht.

SFB460 Subproject A5: Uptake and Pathways of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide

Projektleitung:Prof. Dr. Douglas W.R. Wallace
Beteiligte:Prof. Dr. Pieter M. Grootes, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Arne Körtzinger
Förderer:Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Laufzeit:1.1.1996 - 31.12.2006
Inhalt und Ziele:This project investigates the quantitative uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) by the subpolar North Atlantic ocean. Knowledge of the uptake of the atmospheric CO2 in this area is important for understanding the global carbon budget. The storage of anthropogenic CO2 within the North Atlantic is relatively large on a unit-area basis. The key role of the North Atlantic is explained by intermediate and deep water formation. Hence the variability of the thermohaline circulation is directly linked to the net-uptake of anthropogenic CO2. In the context of climate change, feedback mechanisms between atmospheric CO2 (the most important greenhouse gas) and thermohaline circulation variability are likely. They need to be represented in sophisticated computer models of ocean-atmosphere interactions such as employed in other SFB 460 projects.
Publikationen:
  1. Körtzinger, Arne ; Mintrop, Ludger ; Duinker, Jan C.:
    On the penetration of anthropogenic CO2 into the North Atlantic Ocean .
    In: Journal of Geophysical Research 103 (1998), Nr. C9, S. 18681-18689
    Stichwörter:  [FB2/CH]
  2. Körtzinger, Arne ; Rhein, Monika ; Mintrop, Ludger:
    Anthropogenic CO2 and CFCs in the North Atlantic Ocean – a comparison of man-made tracers .
    In: Geophysical Research Letters 26 (1999), S. 2065-2068
    Stichwörter:  [FB2/CH]
  3. Friis, K. ; Körtzinger, Arne ; Pätsch, J. ; Wallace, Douglas W.R.:
    On the temporal increase of anthropogenic CO2 in the subpolar North Atlantic .
    In: Deep-Sea Research I 52 (2005), S. 681-698
    Stichwörter:  [FB2/CH]
  4. Tanhua, Toste ; Körtzinger, Arne ; Friis, K. ; Waugh, D.W. ; Wallace, Douglas W.R.:
    An estimate of anthropogenic CO2 inventory from decadal changes in oceanic carbon content .
    In: Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104 (2007), Nr. 9, S. 3037–3042
    Stichwörter:  [FB2/CH]

SFB460 Teilprojekt A2: Tiefe Konvektion - Variabilität und Relevanz für das marine CO2-System (Prozessstudie Labradorsee)

Projektleitung:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Arne Körtzinger
Beteiligte:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Uwe Send
Förderer:Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Laufzeit:1.1.2003 - 31.12.2006
Publikationen:
  1. Joos, Fortunat ; Plattner, Gian-Kasper ; Stocker, Thomas ; Körtzinger, Arne ; Wallace, Douglas W.R.:
    Trends in marine dissolved oxygen: Implications for ocean circulation changes and the carbon budget .
    In: EOS, Transactions, AGU 84 (2003), Nr. 21, S. 197-204
  2. Körtzinger, Arne ; Schimanski, Jens ; Send, Uwe ; Wallace, Douglas W.R.:
    The ocean takes a deep breath .
    In: Science 306 (2004), Nr. 5700, S. 1337
    Stichwörter:  [FB2/CH]; [FB1/PO]
    [doi>10.1126/science.1102557]
  3. Körtzinger, Arne ; Schimanski, Jens ; Send, Uwe:
    High-quality oxygen measurements from profiling floats: A promising new technique .
    In: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 22 (2005), S. 302-308
    Stichwörter:  [FB2]
  4. DeGrandpre, M.D. ; Körtzinger, Arne ; Send, U. ; Wallace, Douglas W.R. ; Bellerby, R.G.J.:
    Uptake and sequestration of atmospheric CO2 in the Labrador Sea deep convection region .
    In: Geophysical Research Letters 33 (2006), S. doi: 10.1029/2006GL026881
    Stichwörter:  [FB2/CH]; [FB1/PO]; Biogeosciences: Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling Oceanography: Biological and Chemical: Carbon cycling; Oceanography: Biological and Chemical: Gases; Oceanography: Biological

SFB754 - A4: Trends und Variabilität von Sauerstoffinventar und -versorgung in Sauerstoffminimumzonen

Projektleitung:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Arne Körtzinger, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Peter Brandt
Förderer:Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Laufzeit:1.1.2008 - 31.12.2011
Inhalt und Ziele:Ziel von Teilprojekt A4 ist ein besseres Verständnis der Rolle der Ozeanzirkulation für die Aufrechterhaltung der Sauerstoffminimumzonen. Kernpunkt dabei ist die Frage, wie die Sauerstoffzufuhr zu diesen Gebieten erfolgt. Im Hinblick auf mögliche Auswirkungen auf den mikrobiellen Stoffwechsel soll insbesondere auch die zeitliche Variabilität des Sauerstoffgehalts erfasst werden. Das Messprogramm besteht zu einem wesentlichen Teil aus kontinuierlichen Langzeitbeobachtungen. Dabei soll ein Referenzdatensatz gewonnen werden, der auch für andere Teilprojekte von Bedeutung ist. Während der ersten Antragsphase wird sich TP A4 regional auf den tropischen Nordostatlantik konzentrieren.

Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene (SOPRAN)

Projektleitung:Prof. Dr. Douglas W.R. Wallace
Beteiligte:Prof. Dr. Hermann Bange, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Peter Brandt, Dr. phil. Peter Croot, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Carsten Eden, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Arne Körtzinger, Prof. Dr. phil. Julie LaRoche, Prof. Dr. Karin Lochte, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulf Riebesell
Förderer:BMBF
Mitwirkende
Institutionen:
Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg
Universität Hamburg
Universität Bremen
Leibniz-Institut für Trophosphärenforschung, Leipzig
Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung, Warnemünde
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz
Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg
Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven
GKSS Forschungszentrum, Geesthacht
Laufzeit:1.1.2007 - 31.12.2009
Kontakt:Bange, Hermann
Telefon +49 431 600-4204, E-Mail: hbange@geomar.de

Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory (TENATSO)

Projektleitung:Prof. Dr. Douglas W.R. Wallace
Beteiligte:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Arne Körtzinger, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Visbeck
Förderer:6. Rahmenprogramm der Europäischen Gemeinschaft
Laufzeit:1.11.2006 - 31.10.2008

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