en: Barz, Kristina Dr.

Institute of

OF Baltic Sea Fisheries

Dr. Kristina Barz

Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries

Alter Hafen Süd 2
18069 Rostock

Telephone: +49 381 66099 133
Fax: +49 381 66099 199
Email: kristina.barz@thuenen.de

Fields of Activity

Scientist in the project Fish stocks online (Fischbestände Online): Sustainable fish purchasing - but how?

Link to the Website Fischbestände Online with information on fish stocks relevant for the German retail marked

Research Interests

Communication of scientific advice to the public
Consumer and society
Marketing, trade and certification

Scientific background

Since 2010: Scientist at the Thünen Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries, Rostock

2007 - 2010: Scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany, especially development of an optical plankton analyzer and a multi-sensor carrier system

2006 - 2007: Post Doc at the AWI (GLOBEC program synthesis phase, research on scyphomedusae, mysids and other zooplankton)

2002 - 2006: Ph.D. Position at the AWI, titel of thesis: „Influence of pelagic invertebrate predators on the zooplankton in the Baltic Sea and North Sea“

2000 - 2001: Biologist in Ecotoxicology at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany

1999: Volunteer Position: US Geological survey (USGS) Biological Resources Division, Alaska (work on chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta))

1998: University teaching position, University of Hamburg, Germany

1991 - 1997: Studies of Biology at the University of Hamburg, Major: Zoology, Minors: Hydrobiology/Fisheries and Conservation, MS Thesis (diploma) included the identification of parasites in sticklebacks. The parasites were used as indicators of stressed systems in the Baltic Sea (In German)

Projects

Contact Person for

Fish stocks online (Fischbestände Online): Sustainable fish purchasing - but how?

Involved in

ongoing projects

Wissenschaftliche Unterstützung des Fischereimanagements

completed projects

Publications (peer reviewed, Thünen)

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Hinrichsen HH, Barz K, Lehmann A, Moritz T (2022) Can sporadic records of ocean sunfish (Mola mola) in the western Baltic Sea be linked to saline inflow events? J Mar Syst 236:103802, DOI:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2022.103802
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Hirche H-J, Barz K, Ayon P, Schulz J (2014) High resolution vertical distribution of the copepod Calanus chilensis in relation to the shallow oxygen minimum zone off northern Peru using LOKI, a new plankton imaging system. Deep Sea Res Pt 1 Oceanogr Res Paper 88:63-73, DOI:10.1016/j.dsr.2014.03.001
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Schulz J, Peck M, Barz K, Schmidt JO, HansenFC, Peters J, Renz J, Dickmann M, Mohrholz V, Dutz J, Hirche H-J (2012) Spatial and temporal habitat partitioning by zooplankton in the Bornholm Basin (central Baltic Sea). Progr Oceanogr 107:3-30, DOI:10.1016/j.pocean.2012.07.002

Publications (peer reviewed, previous)

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Schulz J, Barz K, Ayon P, LüdtkeA, Zielinski O, Mengedoht D, Hirche H-J (2010) Imaging of plankton specimens with the lightframe on-sight keyspecies investigation (LOKI) system. J Eur Opt Soc 5(10017s):1-9
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Barz K, Hirche H-J (2009) Ecology of mysid shrimps in the Bornholm Basin (Central Baltic Sea). Helgol Mar Res 63(4):317-326, DOI:10.1007/s10152-009-0160-0
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Schulz J, Barz K, Mengedoht D, Hanken T, Lilienthal H, Rieper N, Hoops J, Vogel K, Hirche H-J (2009) Lightframe on-sight key species investigation (LOKI) : the art of imaging minute plankton species on-the-fly. In: Oceans 2009 - Europe : Bremen, Germany, 11-14 May 2009 ; [International Oceans '09 Conference and Exhibition] / IEEE. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE
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Barz K, Hirche H-J (2007) Abundance, distribution and prey composition of scyphomedusae in the southern North Sea. Mar Biol 151(3):1021-1033, DOI:10.1007/s00227-006-0545-4
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Barz K, Hinrichsen HH, Hirche H-J (2006) Scyphozoa in the Bornholm Basin (central Baltic sea) - the role of advection. J Mar Syst 60(1-2):167-176, DOI:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.01.002

More Publications (Thünen)

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Barz K (2024) FAO: Aquakultur überholt erstmalig Fangfischerei [FAO: Aquaculture overtakes capture fisheries for the first time] [online]. Welternährung Klima & Ressourcen(08/2024), zu finden in <https://www.welthungerhilfe.de/welternaehrung/rubriken/klima-ressourcen/weltfischbericht-aquakultur-ueberholt-fang-fischerei> [zitiert am 26.11.2024]
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Barz K, Strehlow HV, Arlinghaus R, Korzhenevych A, Meyer S, Zimmermann C (2024) Wirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Kabeljaus oder Dorsches. In: Deutscher Angelfischerverband (ed) Fisch des Jahres 2024: Der Dorsch oder Kabeljau (Gadus morhua). Berlin: Deutscher Angelfischerverband eV, pp 17-21
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Barz K, Zimmermann C (2024) Zustand der Kabeljaubestände im Nordost-Atlantik. In: Deutscher Angelfischerverband (ed) Fisch des Jahres 2024: Der Dorsch oder Kabeljau (Gadus morhua). Berlin: Deutscher Angelfischerverband eV, pp 45-56
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Gascuel D, Druon J-N, Barz K, Döring R, Goti L, Kreiß C, Dorrien C von, Kraak SBM, Stransky C, Borges L, Jung A, Villasante S, Absil C, Afonso O, Cozzolino M, Dewals J-F, Di Natale A, Gieseler JS, Grati F, Gomez S, et al (2021) Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) - Criteria and indicators that could contribute to incorporating sustainability aspects in the marketing standards under the Common Market Organisation (STECF-20-05). Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 123 p, JRC Sci Pol Rep, DOI:10.2760/211065
https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063590.pdf
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Barz K, Zimmermann C (2017) Nordsee-Kliesche [auf: Fischbestände online] [online]. Rostock: Thünen-Institut für Ostseefischerei, zu finden in <https://fischbestaende.portal-fischerei.de/Fischarten/?c=stock&a=detail&stock_id=868> [zitiert am 03.11.2017]