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 

Bahr, André ; Nürnberg, Dirk ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Garbe-Schönberg, Dieter:
Hydrological variability in Florida Straits during Marine Isotope Stage 5 cold events .
In: Paleoceanography 26 (2011),
Stichwörter:  Florida Straits, foraminifereal Mg/Ca, AMOC
[doi>10.1029/2010PA002015]

Voigt, Silke ; Schönfeld, Joachim:
Cyclostratigraphy of the reference section for the Cretaceous white chalk of northern Germany, Lägerdorf-Kronsmoor: A late Campanian-early Maastrichtian orbital time scale .
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 287 (2010), S. 67-80
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]; Time series analysis; Orbital time scale; Campanian; Maastrichtian; Carbonate values; Sea level
[doi>10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.017]

Schweizer, Magali ; Polovodova, Irina ; Nikulina, Anna ; Schönfeld, Joachim:
Molecular identification of Ammonia and Elphidium species (Foraminifera, Rotaliida) from the Kiel Fjord (SW Baltic Sea) with rDNA sequences .
In: Helgoland Marine Research (2010),
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]; Benthic foraminifers; Ammonia; Elphidium; Molecular identification; rDNA sequence; Kiel Fjord
[doi>10.1007/s10152-010-0194-3]

Voelker, A. H. L. ; de Abreu, L. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Erlenkeuser, H. ; Abrantes, F.:
Hydrographic conditions along the western Iberian margin during marine isotope stage 2 .
In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 10 (2009), Nr. 12, S. Q12U08
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]
[doi>10.1029/2009GC002605]

Altenbach, A. V. ; Schiebel, R. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Wefer, G.:
Memorial to Gerhard Friedrich Lutze (1932-2009) .
In: Journal of Foraminiferal Research 39 (2009), S. 361-363
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]
[doi>10.2113/gsjfr.39.4.361]

Eynaud, Frédérique ; De Abreu, Lúcia ; Voelker, Antje ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Salgueiro, Emilia ; Turon, Jean-Louis ; Penaud, Aurélie ; Toucanne, Samuel ; Naughton, Filipa ; Sánchez Goni, Maria Fernanda ; Malaizé, Bruno ; Cacho, Isabel:
Position of the Polar Front along the western Iberian margin during key cold episodes of the last 45 ka .
In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 10 (2009), Nr. 7, S. Q07U05
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]
[doi>10.1029/2009GC002398]

Polovodova, I. ; Nikulina, Anna ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Dullo, Wolf-Christian:
Recent benthic foraminifera in Flensburg Fjord (Western Baltic Sea) .
In: Journal of Micropalaeontology 28 (2009), S. 131-142
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]

Löwemark, L. ; Lin, I.-T. ; Wang, C.-H. ; Schönfeld, Joachim:
A test of gardening hypothesis for the trace fossil Zoophycos .
In: Bromley, R. G. ; Buatois, L. A. ; Mángano, M. G. ; Genise, J. F. ; Melchor, R. N. (Hrsg.) : Sediment-Organism Interactions: A Multifaceted Ichnology.
Tulsa, Okla., USA : SEPM, 2008, (SEPM Special Publication Bd. 88), S. 79-86. ISSN 1060-071X
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]

Nikulina, Anna ; Polovodova, Irina ; Schönfeld, Joachim:
Foraminiferal response to environmental changes in Kiel Fjord, SW Baltic Sea .
In: eEarth 3 (2008), Nr. 1, S. 37-49
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]; open access

Polovodova, Irina ; Schönfeld, Joachim:
Foraminiferal test abnormalities in the western Baltic Sea .
In: Journal of Foraminiferal Research 38 (2008), Nr. 4, S. 318-336
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]; benthic foraminifera; salinity; pollution; marginal seas; test dissolution

Gonzalez-Mora, Beatriz ; Sierro, Francisco J. ; Schönfeld, Joachim:
Temperature and stable isotope variationsin different water masses from the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean) between 250 150 ka .
In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 9 (2008), S. Q10016
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]; Mg/Ca paleothermometry; stable isotopes; Sr/Ca; marine isotope stage 7; Alboran Sea
[doi>10.1029/2007GC001906]

Toucanne, S. ; Mulder, T. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Hanquiez, V. ; Gonthier, E. ; Duprat, J. ; Cremer, M. ; Zaragosi, S.:
Contourites of the Gulf of Cadiz: a high-resolution record of the paleocirculation of the Mediterranean outflow water during the last 50,000 years .
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 246 (2007), Nr. 2/4, S. 354-366
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]; Gulf of Cadiz; Contourites; Mediterranean outflow water; Paleoclimate changes; Sea level fluctuations; Paleocirculation
[doi>10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.007]

Regenberg, M. ; Nürnberg, Dirk ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Reichart, G.-J.:
Early diagenetic overprint in Caribbean sediment cores and its effect on the geochemical composition of planktonic foraminifera .
In: Biogeosciences 4 (2007), S. 957-973
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]; Isotopes, Planktonic Foraminifera, Diagenesis

Regenberg, Marcus ; Nürnberg, Dirk ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Reichart, Gert-Jan:
Early diagenetic overprint in Caribbean sediment cores and its effect on the geochemical composition of planktonic foraminifera .
In: Biogeosciences 4 (2007), S. 957-973

Regenberg, Marcus ; Nürnberg, Dirk ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Reichart, Gert-Jan:
Early diagenetic overprint in Caribbean sediment cores and its effect on the geochemical composition of planktonic foraminifera .
In: Biogeosciences Discussions 4 (2007), S. 2179-2213

Nikulina, Anna ; Polovodova, Irina ; Schönfeld, Joachim:
Environmental response of living benthic foraminifera in Kiel Fjord, SW Baltic Sea .
In: eEarth Discussions 2 (2007), S. 191-217
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]; open access

Schönfeld, Joachim ; Numberger, Lea:
Seasonal dynamics and decadal changes of benthic foraminiferal assemblages in the western Baltic Sea (NW Europe) .
In: Journal of Micropalaeontology 26 (2007), S. 47-60
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]; Foraminifera; assemblages; phytoplankton; environmental change; Baltic Sea

Schönfeld, Joachim ; Numberger, Lea:
The benthic foraminiferal response to the 2004 spring bloom in the western Baltic Sea .
In: Marine Micropaleontology 65 (2007), S. 78-95
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]; Baltic Sea; Spring bloom; Benthic foraminifera; Phytopigments; Stable isotopes
[doi>10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.06.003]

Kucera, M. ; Schönfeld, Joachim:
The origin of modern oceanic foraminiferal faunas and Neogene climate change .
In: Williams, M. ; Haywood, A. M. ; Gregory, J. ; Schmidt, D. N. (Hrsg.) : Deep-Time Perspectives on Climate Change: Marrying the Signal from Computer Models and Biological Proxies.
London : Geological Society Publishing House, 2007, (The Micropalaeontology Society Special Publications), S. 409-425. - ISBN 978-1-86239-240-3
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]

Gregory, F. J. ; Armstrong, H. A. ; Boomer, I. ; Gersonde, R. ; Harding, I. ; Herrle, J. O. ; Lazarus, D. ; Schmidt, D. N. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Young, J. R.:
Celebrating 25 years of advances in micropalaeontology : a review .
In: Journal of micropalaeontology 25 (2006), S. 97-112
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]

Löwemark, L. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Schäfer, P.:
Deformation of pyritized burrows: A novel technique for the detection and estimation of core shortening in gravity cores .
In: Marine Geology 233 (2006), S. 37-48
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

Llave, E. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Hernández-Molina, F.J. ; Mulder, T. ; Somoza, L. ; Díaz del Río, V. ; Sánchez-Almazo, I.:
High-resolution stratigraphy of the Mediterranean outflow contourite system in the Gulf o Cadiz during the Late Pleistocene: the impact of Henrich events .
In: Marine Geology 227 (2006), S. 241- 262
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

Völker, A.H.L. ; Lebreiro, S.M. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Cacho, I. ; Erlenkeuser, H. ; Abrantes, F.:
Mediterranean Outflow Strengthens during Northern Hemisphere Coolings: A salt source for the glacial Atlantic?
In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 245 (2006), S. 39-55
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

Schönfeld, Joachim:
Taxonomy and distribution of the Uvigerina peregrina plexus in the tropical to northeastern Atlantic .
In: Journal of Foraminiferal Research 36 (2006), S. 355-367
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]

Schönfeld, Joachim ; Altenbach, V.A.:
Late Glacial to Recent distribution pattern of deep-water Uvigerina species in the northeastern Atlantic .
In: Marine Micropaleontology 57 (2005), Nr. 1-2, S. 1-24
Stichwörter:  [FB1/P-OZ]
[doi>10.1016/j.marmicro.2005.05.004]

Stickley, C.E. ; Brinkhuis, H. ; Mcgonigal, K.L. ; Chaproniere, G.C.H. ; Fuller, M. ; Kelly, D.C. ; Nürnberg, Dirk ; Pfuhl, H.A. ; Schellenberg, S.A. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Suzuki, N. ; Touchard, Y. ; Wei, W. ; Williams, G. L. ; Lara, J. ; Stant, S.A. :
Late Cretaceous-Quaternary biomagnetostratigraphy of ODP Sites 1168, 1170, 1171 and 1172, Tasmanian Gateway .
In: N.F., Kennett, J.P., and Malone, M.J. (Hrsg.) : Proceedings ODP, Scientific Results, Available from World Wide Web: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/189_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/111.PDF.
Bd. 189. College Station, USA : TAMU, 2004, S. 1-57.
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

Colmenero-Hidalgo, E. ; Flores, J.-A. ; Sierro, F.J. ; Bárcena, M. ; Löwemark, L. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Grimalt, J.:
Ocean surface water response to short-term climate changes revealed by coccolithophores from the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic) and Alboran Sea (W Mediterranean) .
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 205 (2004), S. 317-336
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

Nürnberg, Dirk ; Brughmans, Natasja ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Ninnemann, U. ; Dullo, Wolf-Christian:
Paleo-export production, terrigenous flux and sea surface temperatures around Tasmania - implications for glacial/interglacial changes in the subtropical convergence Zone .
In: Exon, N. ; Kennett, J. ; Malone, M. (Hrsg.) : The cenozoic southern ocean: tectonics, sedimentation and climate change between Australia and Antarctica.
Washington, DC, USA : American Geophysical Union, 2004, (Geophysical Monograph Series Bd. 151), S. 291-318. - ISBN 0-87590-416-5
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]; [FB1/P-OZ]

Malone, M. ; Martin, J. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Ninnemann, U. ; Nürnberg, Dirk ; White, T.:
The oxygen isotopic composition and temperature of southern ocean bottom waters during the Last Glacial Maximum .
In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2004), Nr. 222, S. 275-283
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

Löwemark, L. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Werner, F. ; Schäfer, P.:
Trace fossils as a paleoceanographic tool: evidence from Late Quaternary sediments of the southwestern Iberian margin .
In: Marine Geology 204 (2004), S. 27-41
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

Altenbach, A. ; Lutze, G.F. ; Schiebel, R. ; Schönfeld, Joachim:
Interdependence of ecological controls on benthic foraminifera: an example from the Gulf of Guinea .
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Paleoecology (2003), Nr. 197, S. 213-238

Abreu, L. de ; Shackleton, N.J. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Hall, M. ; Chapman, M.:
Millennial-scale oceanic climate variability off the Western Iberian margin during the last two glacial periods .
In: Marine Geology (2003), Nr. 106, S. 1-20
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

Nürnberg, Dirk ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Dullo, Wolf-Christian ; Rühlemann, C.:
RASTA Rapid climate changes in the western tropical Atlantic - Assessment of the biogenous and sedimentary record. R/V SONNE cruise report SO164 .
Kiel : GEOMAR Forschungszentrum, 2003
(GEOMAR Report Bd. 109)
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

Schönfeld, Joachim ; Zahn, R. ; Abreu, L. de:
Surface and deep water response to rapid climate changes at the Western Iberian Margin .
In: Global and Planetary Change 36 (2003), S. 237-264
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

Schönfeld, Joachim:
A new benthic foraminiferal proxy for near-bottom current velocities in the Gulf of Cadiz, northeastern Atlantic Ocean .
In: Deep-Sea Research I (2002), Nr. 49, S. 1853-1875
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

Schönfeld, Joachim:
Recent benthic foraminiferal assemblages in deep high-energy environments from the Gulf of Cadiz (Spain) .
In: Marine Micropaleontology 44 (2002), S. 141-162
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

Mulder, L.P. ; Voisset, M. ; Schönfeld, Joachim ; Le Drezen, E. ; Gonthier, E.:
Studying Past Deep-ocean Circulation and the Paleoclimate Record in the Gulf of Cadiz .
In: EOS (2002), Nr. 83, S. 481-488
Stichwörter:  [FB1/POZ]

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