Christopher Krembs

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Dr. Christopher Krembs is a biological oceanographer with a background in sea ice ecology. His current research focuses on life at cold temperatures and high salinities. His interests include microbial mechanisms which alter the micro- environment of sea ice. Due to the interplay of organic molecules, salts and energy and mass fluxes in the polar sea ice cover, his interdisciplinary research is at the junction between sea-ice ecology, cryobiology, organic chemistry and sea ice physics. His current research focus is on microbial interactions and mechanisms in the brine channel system of sea ice that alter the geometrical constrains that govern life. These mechanisms are far reaching and affect the macroscopic scale of sea ice. He demonstrated that the cumulative effect of microbial habitat alterations affect physical sea ice characteristics. A strong interest in method and instrumental development has allowed him to pursue innovative new directions and concepts in sea ice research through numerous field trips and hypothesis-driven experimental evidence.

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Bibliography
C. Krembs (1996): Methodische Untersuchungen zur Erfassung der Verteilung von aquatischen Mikroorganismen im Mikrometer- bis Zentimeterbereich. The examination of a method and its relevance to sample the distribution of aquatic microorganisms on the scale of micrometers to centimeters. Marburg : Tectum Verl., 1996 Edition Wissenschaft; Reihe Biologie, Bd. 59.

C. Krembs, Gradinger R. Spindler M. Goehl A. (1996): New instruments for current and diffusion measurments at the sea ice-water interface: instrumental design and first results from field measurments in the Arctic Ocean. Ocean International 96, Conference proceedings Vol 3, Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd, 95-116.

C. Krembs (1996): Der Einfluss der dreidimensionalen Eisstruktur auf die Zusammensetzung und Aktivität arktischer Meereis-biozönosen, Editor Rektorat der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Heft 12, 15-22

C. Krembs, Juhl R.J., Strickler J.R. (1998): The spatial information preservation method: Sampling ther nanoscale spatial distribution of microorganisms Limnol. Oceanogr., 43(2), 298-306.

C. Krembs, Juhl R.J., Long R.A., Azam F. (1998): Nanoscale patchiness of bacteria in lake water studied with the spatial information preservation method. Limnol. Oceanogr., 43(2), 307-314.

Eicken, H. Weissenberger, J. Cottier, F. Evers K.-U. Krembs, C. Kuosa, H. Hall R. Jochmann, P. Leonard, G.H., Lindemann, F. Reisemann, M. Shen H. Smedsrud L.H. Ackley, S.F. Bussmann I. Freitag J. Gradinger R. Ikävalko J. Schuster W. Valero Delgado, F. Wadhams P. (1998): Ice-tank studies of physical and biological sea-ice processes , Proceedings of the 14th International IAHR Ice Symposium, Potsdam, N.Y., July 1998

C. Krembs, Gradinger R., Spindler M. (2000): Implications of brine channel geometry and surface area for the interaction of sympagic organisms in Arctic Sea ice. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 243, 55-80

C. Krembs, Engel A. (2001): Abundance and variability of microorganisms and TEP across the ice-water interface of melting first-year sea-ice in the Laptev Sea (Arctic). Mar. Biol. 138, 173-185 (.PDF)

C. Krembs, Gradinger R., Mock T. 2001: A mesocosm study on physical-biological interactions in artificial Arctic sea ice. Polar Biol. 24:356-364 (.PDF)

C. Krembs, Tuschling K. v.Juterzenka K. 2001: The influence of under-ice topography on the colonization of sea ice by algae. (.PDF)

Junge, K., C. Krembs, J. Deming, A. Stierle, and H. Eicken 2001. A microscopic approach to investigate bacteria under in-situ conditions in sea-ice samples, Ann. Glaciol., 33, 304-310

Krembs, C., H. Eicken, K. Junge, and J. W. Deming, High Concentrations of Exopolymetric Substances in Arctic Winter Sea Ice: Implications for the Polar Ocean Carbon Cycle and Cryoprotection of Diatoms, Deep-Sea Res., I 49, 2163-2181, 2002.

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