黑料视频

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang

12/2023 鈥� Present    Postdoctoral Researcher at 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel; Deep-Sea Biology, Supervisors: Dr. Henk-Jan Hoving, Dr. Fleur Visser 

10/2021 鈥� 11/2022     Postdoctoral Researcher at 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel; Deep-Sea Biology, Supervisors: Dr. Henk-Jan Hoving, Dr. Fleur Visser

01/2018 鈥� 05/2022     PhD candidate at 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and in affiliation with the graduate school ISOS, Deep-Sea Biology, Supervisor: Dr. Henk-Jan Hoving

07/2017 鈥� 12/2017      Research assistant at 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Marine Speciation, Supervisor: Prof. Oscar Puebla

02/2017 鈥� 06/2017      Research assistant at 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Parental Investment and Immune Dynamics, Supervisor: Dr. Olivia Roth

10/2014 鈥� 01/2017     M. Sc. Biological Oceanography, 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Deep-Sea Biology, Supervisor: Dr. Henk-Jan Hoving, Prof. Oscar Pubela

10/2011 鈥� 07/2014     B. Sc. Biology, University of Hamburg, Germany; Supervisor: Dr. Kerstin D盲hnke
 

Publikationen

Schmittmann L, Schindler SV, Bayer T, Havermanns C, Merten V, Hoving HJT (2024) The sinking dead鈥� Arctic deep-sea scavengers' Diet suggests Nekton as Vector in Benthopelagic coupling, Environmental DNA, 6: e70020.

Merten V, Puebla O, Bayer T, Reusch TBH, Fuss J, Stefanschitz J, Metfies K, Stauffer JB, Hoving HJT (2023) Arctic nekton uncovered by eDNA metabarcoding: diversity, potential range expansions and pelagic-benthic coupling, Environmental DNA, 00, 1鈥� 16.

Merten V, Bayer T, Reusch TB, Puebla O, Fuss J, Stefanschitz J, Lischka A, Hauss H, Neitzel P, Piatkowski U, Czudaj S, Christiansen B, Denda A, Hoving HJT (2021) An integrative assessment combining deep-sea net sampling, in situ observations and eDNA analysis identifies Cabo Verde as a cephalopod biodiversity hotspot in the Atlantic Ocean, Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 760108

Visser F, Merten VJ, Bayer T, Oudejans MG, de Jonge DSW, Puebla O, Reusch TBH, Fuss J, Hoving HJT (2021) Deep-sea predator niche segregation revealed by combined cetacean biologging and eDNA analysis of cephalopod prey, Science Advances 7 : eabf5908. Shared first authorship with Fleur Visser

Stenvers VI, Hauss H, Osborn KJ, Neitzel P, Merten V, Scheer S, Robison BH, Freitas R, Hoving HJT (2021) Distribution, associations and role in the biological carbon pump of Pyrosoma atlanticum (Tunicata, Thaliacea) off Cabo Verde, NE Atlantic (2021), Scientific Reports

De Jonge DSW, Merten V, Bayer T, Puebla O, Reusch TBH, Hoving HJ (2021) A novel metabarcoding primer pair for environmental DNA analysis of Cephalopoda (Mollusca) targeting the nuclear 18S rRNA region, Royal Society Open Science 8: 201388

Merten V, Christiansen B, Javidpour J, Piatkowski U, Puebla O, Hoving HJT (2017) Trophic ecology of the orangeback squid Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup) in the eastern tropical Atlantic, PlosOne.

Jakob J, Nowka B, Merten V, Sanders T, Spieck E, D盲hnke K (2017) Oxidation kinetics and inverse isotope effect of marine nitrite-oxidizing bacteria, Aquatic Microbial Ecology: 80 (3).

Lischka A, Lacoue-Labarthe T, Hoving HJT, Merten V, Bustamante P (2018) Elevated Cadmium levels from flying squids in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 163: 323-330.
 

Expeditionen

As Chief Scientist:

2024 RV Meteor (M202), Azores, Portugal, 鈥淚nteractions Between cetacean predators and cephalopod prey in the Atlantic Ocean鈥� (黑料视频). Instrument deployments: towed and CTD-mounted camera systems, eDNA water collection with CTD rosette, acoustic moorings, echosounder, ADCP, pelagic trawls, onboard experiments

2022 RV Alkor, Baltic Sea, testing of a pelagic trawl

As Participant:

2021 RV Polarstern (PS126), FRAM Strait, Arctic Ocean, FRAMJELLY 鈥淕elatinous zooplankton in the gateway to the Arctic: Advanced methods to study their diversity, distribution, and role in the Fram Strait food web鈥� tasks: CTD and Sediment-Multicorer sampling and collection of cephalopod and fish eDNA samples, collection of amphipods for experiments. Chief Scientist: Dr. Thomas Soltwedel (AWI, Germany)

2020 RV Maria S. Merian (MSM95), FRAM Strait, Arctic Ocean; 鈥淚nvestigating Arctic seafloor integrity鈥� tasks: CTD sampling and cephalopod and fish eDNA collection, deployment, and operation of a towed camera system. Chief Scientist: Dr. Autun Puster (AWI, Germany)

2019 RV Polarstern (PS121), FRAM Strait, Arctic Ocean; 鈥淐ARCASS investigating the role of plankton and nekton in the biological carbon pump鈥� tasks: deep-sea landers, towed camera system, Multinet, Sediment-Multicorer, CTD and cephalopod and fish eDNA collection. Chief Scientist: Dr. K Metfies (AWI, Germany)

2018 RV Pelagia: (64PE441 - NICO leg 12), Azores, North Atlantic; 鈥淒ocumentation, characterization and quantification of prey layers targeted by cetacean species鈥� tasks: net sampling, CTD and cephalopod eDNA collection. Chief Scientist: Dr. Fleur Visser (Leiden University, Netherlands)

2018 RV Poseidon: (POS520), Cabo Verde, North Atlantic; 鈥淏iological baseline studies in the pelagic deep seas of Cabo Verde鈥� tasks: PELAGIOS, Multinet, CTD and cephalopod eDNA collection. Chief Scientist: Dr. Henk-Jan Hoving (黑料视频, Germany)

2017 RV Celtic Explorer (GO-SHIP A02), North Atlantic tasks: measurement of Chlorofluorocarbons. Chief Scientist: Prof. Peter Croot (NUI Galway, Ireland)

2015 RV Maria S. Merian (MSM49), Cabo Verde, North Atlantic tasks: cephalopod identification from net samples, leading the collection of squids via jigging. Chief Scientist: Dr. Bernd Christiansen (University Hamburg, Germany)

Auswahl Konferenzen

2024* MUSE One Day Workshop, Hamburg, Germany;oral presentation: 鈥淢USE environmental DNA Action Group鈥�

2022* Ocean Health Network Retreat, Kiel, Germany; oral presentation: 鈥淯sing environmental DNA to monitor Ocean Health鈥�

2022 Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC), Sesimbra, Portugal (hybrid event); oral presentation: 鈥淐ephalopod distribution and diversity of Macaronesia鈥�

2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting (Online); oral presentation: 鈥淎rctic nekton diversity and distribution identified with environmental DNA metabarcoding鈥�

2021 Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Brest, France oral presentation: 鈥淓nvironmental DNA metabarcoding to uncover patterns of diversity and distribution in deep-sea cephalopods鈥�

2020 Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California; Poster: 鈥淯se of environmental DNA metabarcoding to trace deep-sea cephalopods鈥�

2018 Cephalopod International Advisory Council, St. Petersburg, Florida; Poster: 鈥淎ssessment of cephalopod biodiversity and distribution around the Cape Verde archipelago using environmental DNA鈥�

2018 ICES Annual Science Conference 2018, Hamburg, Germany Poster: 鈥淎ssessment of cephalopod biodiversity and distribution around the Cape Verde archipelago using environmental DNA鈥�

*Invited Speaker

Auswahl Wissenschaftskommunikation

Coordination of Blog on research

Press release (2024) on cruise M202: 鈥�Diving deeper for richer prey?鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

Press release (2023) on 黑料视频-Grant Postdoc Activities 2022 鈥�Searching for genetic traces in the Baltic Sea鈥�

Merten V., Visser F., Hoving H.J.T., (2023) Deep-sea predator-prey dynamics revealed by biologging and eDNA analysis; In Frontiers in Ocean Observing: Emerging Technologies for Understanding and Managing a Changing Ocean. E.S. Kappel, V. Cullen, M.J. Costello, L. Galgani, C. Gord贸-Vilaseca, A. Govindarajan, S. Kouhi, C. Lavin, L. McCartin, J.D. Mu虉ller, B. Pirenne, T. Tanhua, Q. Zhao, and S. Zhao, eds, Oceanography 36(Supplement 1): 96鈥�99, .

Radiowissen Bayern2 (2022) 22-minu虉tiges H枚rfunk-Interview und Podcast u虉ber die Tiefsee, Editor Susi Weichselbaumer

Merten V. (2020) Tintenfische der Tiefsee. Senckenberg Museumsbuch Tiefsee 鈥� Vielfalt in der Dunkelheit; Editor Mosbrugger V, p. 96-99.