Linn J Hoffmann

Summary

Dr Hoffmann is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Botany, University of Otagoa, and Director of the Ocean Acidification Research Theme. She is a biological oceanographer with a focus on marine phytoplankton eco-physiology. Her work mainly focusses on the response of phytoplankton communities to multiple environmental and climate change stressors such as light, macronutrient concentration, microplastics, temperature, ocean acidification, and trace metal bioavailability.

Biogeochemistry Biological Oceanography Climate Change Biology Ecology Ecosystem Science Marine Biology

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University of Otago

Work details

Senior Lecturer

University of Otago

August 2014

Botany

I am a biological oceanographer with a focus on marine phytoplankton eco-physiology. My work mainly focusses on the response of phytoplankton communities to multiple environmental and climate change stressors such as light, macronutrient concentration, microplastics, temperature, ocean acidification, and trace metal bioavailability. Throughout my career, I have always worked in a team with researchers from multiple disciplines such as chemistry, geology, and geochemistry, and ecology. I have co-defined the now internationally recognized research field of studying the impact of ocean acidification on trace metal bioavailability and the consequences for marine phytoplankton. Further, I have specialized on the effect of metal release from volcanic eruptions for the marine primary producers and the related effects on higher trophic levels.

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July 9, 2021

Where three snail species attach while emersed in relation to heterogenous substrate temperatures underneath intertidal boulders

Nathan Janetzki, Kirsten Benkendorff, Peter G. Fairweather

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11675 PubMed 34285831