Makareviciute, Kriste

Dr. Kriste Makareviciute - Fichtner

Post-doctoral researcher

Research division 3: Marine Ecology
Research Unit: Ocean EcoSystems Biology

Office:
Room: DW-227
Phone: +49 431 600-4404
Email: kmakareviciute(at)geomar.de

Address: Düsternbrooker Weg 20 D-24105 Kiel

Education and employment

2016-2021 Doctorate in Biological Oceanography, Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel, Germany. Dissertation title: Declining silicon to nitrogen ratios: effects on phytoplankton and plankton food webs
Advisors: Ulrich Sommer, Birte Matthiessen, Heike Lotze

2013-2015: International Master in Applied Ecology, University of Poitiers, France and Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel, Germany. Master thesis: Spatial Heterogeneity of Phytoplankton Functional Groups in the Treene Catchment

2009-2012: Bachelor studies in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Vilnius University, Lithuania. Bachelor thesis: Biodiversity of Odonates in Small Seepage Lakes

Publications

Number of items: 10.

Makareviciute-Fichtner, K.

, Matthiessen, B.

, Lotze, H. K. and Sommer, U. (2024) Nutrient enrichment alters phytoplankton biomass and composition via silicon limitation.

Frontiers in Marine Science, 11 . Art.Nr. 1289768. DOI 10.3389/fmars.2024.1289768.

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Strauss, J.

, Choi, C. J., Grone, J., Wittmers, F., Jimenez-Thamm, V., Makareviciute-Fichtner, K.

, Bachy, C.

, Jaeger, G. S., Poirier, C., Eckmann, C., Spezzano, R., Löscher, C. R., Sarma, V. V. S. S., Mahadevan, A. and Worden, A. Z.

(2023) The Bay of Bengal exposes abundant photosynthetic picoplankton and newfound diversity along salinity‐driven gradients.

Environmental Microbiology, 25 (11). pp. 2118-2141. DOI 10.1111/1462-2920.16431.

Eckmann, C. A., Eberle, J. S., Wittmers, F., Wilken, S., Bergauer, K., Poirier, C., Blum, M., Makareviciute-Fichtner, K.

, Jimenez-Thamm, V., Bachy, C.

, Vermeij, M. J. A. and Worden, A. Z.

(2023) Eukaryotic algal community composition in tropical environments from solar salterns to the open sea.

Frontiers in Marine Science, 10 . Art.Nr. 1131351. DOI 10.3389/fmars.2023.1131351.

Makareviciute-Fichtner, K.

, Matthiessen, B., Lotze, H. K. and Sommer, U. (2021) Phytoplankton nutritional quality is altered by shifting Si:N ratios and selective grazing. Journal of Plankton Research, 43 (3). pp. 325-337. DOI 10.1093/plankt/fbab034.

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Makareviciute-Fichtner, K.

(2021) Declining silicon to nitrogen ratios : effects on phytoplankton and plankton food webs.

(PhD/ Doctoral thesis), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 129 pp.

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Makareviciute, K.

, Matthiessen, B., Lotze, H. K. and Sommer, U. (2020) Decrease in diatom dominance at lower Si:N ratios alters plankton food webs. Journal of Plankton Research, 42 (4). pp. 411-424. DOI 10.1093/plankt/fbaa032.