Dr. Jenna Balaguer

Postdoctoral Researcher

Topic 6: Marine and polar Life

RD2: Marine Biogeochemistry
RU CH Chemical Oceanography

WG Biogeochemical controls on ocean productivity

Office:
Room 12/220
Tel.: 0049 431 600 1230
E-Mail: jbalaguer(at)geomar.de

 

Address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Building 12
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
24148 Kiel

Research Focus

  • phytoplankton ecology
  • remote sensing
  • nutrient limitation
  • primary production
  • experimental and field-based approaches 

Project

Vita

  • 2023 - today: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Postdoctoral researcher
  • 2022: University of Bremen & Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, PhD
  • 2018: Sorbonne University, Master's degree

Publications

  • Balaguer, J., Koch, F., Flintrop, C. M., Völkner C., Iversen, M., & Trimborn, S. (2023b). Iron and manganese availability drives primary production and carbon export in the Weddell Sea. Current Biology 33(20), 4405-4414.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.086
  • Balaguer, J., Thoms, S., & Trimborn, S. (2023a). The physiological response of an Antarctic key phytoplankton species to low iron and manganese concentrations. Limnology and Oceanography68(9), 2153-2166.
    DOI: 10.1002/lno.12412
  • Balaguer, J., Koch, F., Hassler, C., & Trimborn, S. (2022). Iron and manganese co-limit the growth of two phytoplankton groups dominant at two locations of the Drake Passage. Communications Biology5(1), 207.
    DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03148-8
  • Purser, A., Hehemann, L., Boehringer, L., Tippenhauer, S., Wege, M., Bornemann, H., ... & Wenzhoefer, F. (2022). A vast icefish breeding colony discovered in the Antarctic. Current Biology32(4), 842-850.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.12.022

For a full list of publications please visit OceanRep.