GEOMAR  Pahlow, Markus

PD Dr. Markus Pahlow

Scientist in the research unit Biogeochemical Modelling

Office:
Room: 20-210
Tel.: +49 431 600-4027
Fax: +49 431 600-4469
E-Mail: mpahlow(at)geomar.de

Address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Düsternbrooker Weg 20
24105 Kiel
Germany

Research Interests

  • optimality-based and trait-based (adaptive) modelling of plankton organisms and ecosystems
  • interactions between biotic plankton processes and biogeochemical cycles
  • modelling evolution and maintenance of biodiversity in plankton ecosystems

  • turbulence in the surface ocean

Education and Employment

  • since 2012 Research scientist at GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
  • 2007 – 2012  Postdoc at IFM-GEOMAR
  • 2002 – 2006  research associate at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
  • 2000 – 2001  NSERC fellow at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada
  • 1999: Postdoc at AWI, Bremerhaven, Germany
  • 1995 – 1998  PhD student at AWI and University of Bremen, Germany
  • 1988 – 1995  Biology studies at the University of Kassel, Germany, University of Maryland, USA, and University of Bremen, Germany

Projects

  • EMS FORE International Helmholtz Laboratory "Eastern Mediterranean Sea as a model for Future Ocean Research", a German-Israeli joint project
  • DynaTrait, DFG Priority Programme (SPP 1704) "Flexibility Matters: Interplay between Trait Diversity and Ecological Dynamics Using Aquatic Communities as Model Systems", subproject 13, Modelling seasonal vertical migration in marine zooplankton.
  • SFB754, Climate-biogeochemistry interactions in the tropical ocean, phase 2: Teilprojekt B2, photoautotrophic responses to changes in nutrient stoichiometry (abgeschlossen)
  • OSS2015, Ocean strategic services beyond 2015 (Siebtes Rahmenprogramm der EU): work package 22.3, limiting factors of phytoplankton growth (abgeschlossen)

Publications

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Number of items: 70.

Articles in a Scientific Journal - peer-reviewed

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Chien, C. T. , Pahlow, M., Schartau, M. , Li, N. and Oschlies, A. (2023) Effects of phytoplankton physiology on global ocean biogeochemistry and climate. Open Access Science Advances, 9 (30). Art.Nr. eadg1725.. DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adg1725.

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Kerimoglu, O. , Pahlow, M., Anugerahanti, P. and Smith, S. L. (2023) FABM-NflexPD 2.0: testing an instantaneous acclimation approach for modeling the implications of phytoplankton eco-physiology for the carbon and nutrient cycles. Open Access Geoscientific Model Development, 16 (1). pp. 95-108. DOI 10.5194/gmd-16-95-2023.

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Landolfi, A. , Prowe, A. E. F. , Pahlow, M., Somes, C. J. , Chien, C. T. , Schartau, M. , Koeve, W. and Oschlies, A. (2021) Can top-down controls expand the ecological niche of marine N2 fixers?. Open Access Frontiers in Microbiology, 12 . Art.Nr. 690200. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2021.690200.

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Chien, C. T. , Pahlow, M., Schartau, M. and Oschlies, A. (2020) Optimality-Based Non-Redfield Plankton-Ecosystem Model (OPEMv1.0) in the UVic-ESCM 2.9. Part II: Sensitivity Analysis and Model Calibration. Open Access Geoscientific Model Development, 13 . pp. 4691-4712. DOI 10.5194/gmd-13-4691-2020.

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Pahlow, M., Chien, C. T. , Arteaga, L. A. and Oschlies, A. (2020) Optimality-Based Non-Redfield Plankton-Ecosystem Model (OPEMv1.0) in the UVic-ESCM 2.9. Part I: Implementation and Model Behaviour. Open Access Geoscientific Model Development, 13 . pp. 4663-4690. DOI 10.5194/gmd-13-4663-2020.

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Arteaga, L. , Pahlow, M., Bushinsky, S. M. and Sarmiento, J. L. (2020) Nutrient Controls on Export Production in the Southern Ocean. Open Access Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33 (8). pp. 942-956. DOI 10.1029/2019gb006236.

Lebrato, M., Pahlow, M., Frost, J. R., Küter, M., Jesus Mendes, P., Molinero, J. C. and Oschlies, A. (2019) Sinking of Gelatinous Zooplankton Biomass Increases Deep Carbon Transfer Efficiency Globally. Open Access Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33 (12). pp. 1764-1783. DOI 10.1029/2019GB006265.

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Krishna, S., Pahlow, M. and Schartau, M. (2019) Comparison of two carbon-nitrogen regulatory models calibrated with mesocosm data. Ecological Modelling, 411 . Art.Nr. 108711. DOI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.05.016.

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Su, B., Pahlow, M. and Prowe, A. E. F. (2018) The role of microzooplankton trophic interactions in modelling a suite of mesocosm ecosystems. Open Access Ecological Modelling, 368 . pp. 169-179. DOI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.11.013.

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Tsakalakis, I., Pahlow, M., Oschlies, A. , Blasius, B. and Ryabov, A. B. (2018) Diel light cycle as a key factor for modelling phytoplankton biogeography and diversity. Ecological Modelling, 384 . pp. 241-248. DOI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.06.022.

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Smith, S. L., Pahlow, M., Merico, A., Acevedo-Trejos, E., Sasai, Y., Yoshikawa, C., Sasaoka, K., Fujiki, T., Matsumoto, K. and Honda, M. C. (2016) Flexible phytoplankton functional type (FlexPFT) model: size-scaling of traits and optimal growth. Journal of Plankton Research, 38 (4). pp. 977-992. DOI 10.1093/plankt/fbv038.

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Fernandez-Castro, B., Pahlow, M., Mourino-Carballido, B., Maranon, E. and Oschlies, A. (2016) Optimality-based Trichodesmium diazotrophy in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. Journal of Plankton Research, 38 (4). pp. 946-963. DOI 10.1093/plankt/fbw047.

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Löscher, C., Bange, H. W. , Schmitz, R. A., Callbeck, C. M., Engel, A. , Hauss, H. , Kanzow, T., Kiko, R. , Lavik, G., Loginova, A. N. , Melzner, F., Meyer, J., Neulinger, S. C., Pahlow, M., Riebesell, U. , Schunck, H., Thomsen, S. and Wagner, H. (2016) Water column biogeochemistry of oxygen minimum zones in the eastern tropical North Atlantic and eastern tropical South Pacific Oceans. Open Access Biogeosciences (BG), 13 . pp. 3585-3606. DOI 10.5194/bg-13-3585-2016.

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Su, B., Pahlow, M., Wagner, H. and Oschlies, A. (2015) What prevents nitrogen depletion in the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern tropical South Pacific?. Open Access Biogeosciences (BG), 12 . pp. 1113-1130. DOI 10.5194/bg-12-1113-2015.

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Arteaga, L., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2014) Global patterns of phytoplankton nutrient and light colimitation inferred from an optimality-based model. Open Access Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 28 (7). pp. 648-661. DOI 10.1002/2013GB004668.

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Prowe, A. E. F. , Pahlow, M., Dutkiewicz, S. and Oschlies, A. (2014) How important is diversity for capturing environmental-change responses in ecosystem models?. Open Access Biogeosciences (BG), 11 . pp. 3397-3407. DOI 10.5194/bg-11-3397-2014.

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Smith, S. L., Merico, A., Wirtz, K. W. and Pahlow, M. (2014) Leaving misleading legacies behind in plankton ecosystem modelling. Journal of Plankton Research, 36 (3). pp. 613-620. DOI 10.1093/plankt/fbu011.

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Pahlow, M., Dietze, H. and Oschlies, A. (2013) Optimality-based model of phytoplankton growth and diazotrophy. Open Access Marine Ecology Progress Series, 489 . pp. 1-16. DOI 10.3354/meps10449.

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Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2013) Optimal allocation backs Droop’s cell-quota model. Open Access Marine Ecology Progress Series, 473 . pp. 1-5. DOI 10.3354/meps10181.

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Mouriño-Carballido, B., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2012) High sensitivity of ultra-oligotrophic marine ecosystems to atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Open Access Geophysical Research Letters, 39 . L05601. DOI 10.1029/2011GL050606.

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Prowe, F. , Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2012) Controls on the diversity-productivity relationship in a marine ecosystem model. Ecological Modelling, 225 . pp. 167-176. DOI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.11.018.

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Prowe, F. , Pahlow, M., Dutkiewicz, S., Follows, M. and Oschlies, A. (2012) Top-down control of marine phytoplankton diversity in a global ecosystem model. Progress in Oceanography, 101 . pp. 1-13. DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.11.016.

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Smith, S. L., Pahlow, M., Merico, A. and Wirtz, K. W. (2011) Optimality-based modeling of planktonic organisms. Open Access Limnology and Oceanography, 56 (6). pp. 2080-2094. DOI 10.4319/lo.2011.56.6.2080.

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Lebrato, M., Pahlow, M., Oschlies, A. , Pitt, K. A., Jones, D. O. B., Molinero, J. C. and Condon, R. H. (2011) Depth attenuation of organic matter export associated with jelly falls. Open Access Limnology and Oceanography, 56 . pp. 1917-1928. DOI 10.4319/lo.2011.56.5.1917.

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Oschlies, A. , Pahlow, M., Yool, A. and Matear, R. J. (2010) Climate engineering by artificial ocean upwelling - channelling the sorcerer's apprentice. Open Access Geophysical Research Letters, 37 . L04701. DOI 10.1029/2009GL041961.

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Pahlow, M. and Prowe, F. (2010) Model of optimal current feeding in zooplankton. Open Access Marine Ecology Progress Series, 403 . pp. 129-144. DOI 10.3354/meps08466.

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Wirtz, K. W. and Pahlow, M. (2010) Dynamic chlorophyll and nitrogen: carbon regulation in algae optimizes instantaneous growth rate. Open Access Marine Ecology Progress Series, 402 . pp. 81-96. DOI 10.3354/meps08333.

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Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2009) Chain model of phytoplankton P, N and light colimitation. Open Access Marine Ecology Progress Series, 376 . DOI 10.3354/meps07748.

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Smith, S. L., Yamanaka, Y., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2009) Optimal uptake kinetics: physiological acclimation explains the pattern of nitrate uptake by phytoplankton in the ocean. Open Access Marine Ecology Progress Series, 384 . pp. 1-12. DOI 10.3354/meps08022.

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Pahlow, M., Vezina, A. F., Casault, B., Maass, H., Malloch, L., Wright, D. G. and Lu, Y. (2008) Adaptive model of plankton dynamics for the North Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography, 76 (2). pp. 151-191. DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.11.001.

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Pahlow, M. and Vézina, A. F. (2003) Adaptive model of DOM dynamics in the surface ocean. Open Access Journal of Marine Research, 61 (1). pp. 127-146. DOI 10.1357/002224003321586435.

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Pahlow, M., Riebesell, U. and Wolf-Gladrow, D. (1997) The impact of cell shape and chain formation on nutrient acquisition of marine diatoms. Limnology and Oceanography, 42 . pp. 1660-1672.

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Pahlow, M., Riebesell, U. and Wolf-Gladrow, D. A. (1997) Impact of cell shape and chain formation on nutrient acquisition by marine diatoms. Limnology and Oceanography, 42 (8). pp. 1660-1672. DOI 10.4319/lo.1997.42.8.1660.

Articles in a Scientific Journal - without review

Presentations


Su, B., Prowe, A. E. F. and Pahlow, M. (2017) Optimality-based zooplankton modelling in mesocosm experiments. [Talk] In: Priority Program 1704 DynaTrait International conference. , 09.13.10.2017, Hannover, Germany .


Prowe, A. E. F. , Andersen, K. H., Visser, A. W., Kiorboe, T., Chiba, S., Su, B., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2016) Model-based analysis of zooplankton feeding strategies using a global ecosystem model. [Talk] In: Mini-Workshop on trait-based modelling. , 15.03.2016, Hamburg, Germany .


Oschlies, A. , Landolfi, A. , Rabouille, S., Koeve, W. , Pahlow, M. and Somes, C. J. (2015) Phosphorus Controls on Marine N2 Fixation. [Talk] In: Goldschmidt Conference 2015. , 16.-21.08.2015, Prague, Czech Republic. .


Prowe, A. E. F. , Andersen, K. H., Visser, A. W., Kiorboe, T., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2015) Trade off-based zooplankton feeding strategies in a global model. [Talk] In: Obserseminar AG Ökologie / Ökosystem-Modellierung. , 05.06.2015, Potsdam, Germany .


Prowe, A. E. F. , Andersen, K. H., Visser, A. W., Kiørboe, T., Su, B., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2015) Trade off-based zooplankton feeding strategies in a global model. [Talk] In: Trait-based approaches to Ocean Life. , 05.-08.10.2015, Waterville Valley, NH, USA .


Marki, A. and Pahlow, M. (2014) Optimality-based modelling of the effect of nutrient stoichiometry on mesocosm food web succession. [Talk] In: IMBER Open Science Conference FUTURE OCEAN. , 23.-27.06.2014, Bergen, Norway .


Marki, A. and Pahlow, M. (2014) Optimality-based modelling of the effect of nutrient stoichiometry on mesocosm food web succession. [Talk] In: AMEMR IV Future Challenges Symposium. , 30.06.-03.07.2014, Plymouth, UK .


Prowe, A. E. F. , Pahlow, M., Follows, M., Dutkiewicz, S. and Oschlies, A. (2012) The Darwin Model - understanding global plankton communities. [Talk] In: Opening of the VKR Centre of Excellence "Centre for Ocean Life". , 02.02.2012, Charlottenlund, Denmark .


Lebrato, M., Pitt, K. A., Sweetman, A. K., Pahlow, M., Oschlies, A. , Jones, D. O. B., Condon, R. H. and Molinero, J. C. (2011) The fate of gelatinous zooplankton particulate organic matter (jelly-POM) in the biological pump: a modelling study. [Talk] In: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. , 13.-18.02.2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA .


Pahlow, M. (2011) Model of Optimal Nitrogen Fixation. [Invited talk] In: 3. International Workshop on Global Change Projection: Modeling, Intercomparison, and Impact Assessment. , 09.-11.03.2011, Tsukuba, Japan .


Prowe, A. E. F. , Pahlow, M., Oschlies, A. , Dutkiewicz, S. and Follows, M. (2011) Marine phytoplankton diversity: top-down control and the diversity-productivity relationship. [Talk] In: 3. Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research Symposium (AMEMR III 'The Next Generation'). , 27.-30.06.2011, Plymouth, UK .


Pahlow, M. (2010) Model of Zooplankton Optimal Current Feeding. [Talk] In: FB2 Seminar, Leibniz-Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR). , 11.01.2010, Kiel, Germany .


Prowe, F. , Pahlow, M., Follows, M., Dutkiewicz, S. and Oschlies, A. (2010) Effects of zooplankton feeding strategies on community structure in a simple plankton model. [Talk] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2010 "Plankton Grazing Rates in the Sea: So Many Methods, So Much Learned, So Much To Do". , 22.02.-26.02.2010, Portland, Oregon, USA .


Pahlow, M. (2009) Adaptive Modelling of Plankton Dynamics. [Invited talk] In: Workshop Theoretical Biology. , 23.02, Plön .


Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2009) Modelling the role of DOC in the global carbon cycle. [Other] In: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2009. , 28.01, Nice, France .

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Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2008) Chain model of Phytoplankton Optimal Utilisation of N, P and Light. [Talk] In: Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research Symposium 2008. , 25.06, Plymouth, U.K. .


Pahlow, M. (2007) Adaptive Plankton Model for the North Atlantic. [Talk] In: FB2 Seminar, Leibniz-Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR). , 21.05.2007, Kiel, Germany .


Pahlow, M. (2007) Motions in Mixed Layers: Dynamic vs. Steady State Simulations. [Talk] In: FB2 Seminar, Leibniz-Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR). , 05.11.2007, Kiel, Germany .

Conference posters

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Pahlow, M. and Chien, C. T. (2018) Finding Key BIO Traits in BIOgeochemical Modelling. Open Access [Poster] In: DynaTrait Annual Meeting 2018. , 8.–11.10.2018, Potsdam .


Su, B., Prowe, A. E. F. and Pahlow, M. (2015) Diversity effects of trait-based zooplankton feeding interactions in a global ecosystem model. [Poster] In: DynaTrait Annual Meeting. , 14.-17.09.2015, Hannover, Germany .

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Marki, A. and Pahlow, M. (2013) Modelling responses in mesocosm food web succession to changes in nutrient stoichiometry. [Poster] In: OCB Summer Science Workshop 2013. , 22.-25.07.2013, Woods Hole, MA, USA .


Prowe, A. E. F. , Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2013) Phytoplankton community effects on productivity changes in a global reduced mixing scenario. [Poster] In: 45. International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics: The variability of primary production in the ocean: from the synoptic to the global scale. , 13.-17.05.2013, Liege, Belgium .


Arteaga, L., Pahlow, M. and Oschlies, A. (2012) Light and nutrient colimitation in the global ocean. [Poster] In: EGU General Assembly 2012. , 22.-27.04.2012, Vienna, Austria .


Prowe, A. E. F. , Pahlow, M., Dutkiewicz, S., Follows, M. and Oschlies, A. (2012) Top-down control of marine phytoplankton diversity and ecosystem functioning in a global ecosystem model. [Poster] In: ClimECO3 Summer school. , 23.-28.07.2012, Ankara, Turkey .


Pahlow, M. and Prowe, F. (2010) Model of Zooplankton Optimal Current Feeding. [Poster] In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2010 "Oxygen Minimum Zones and Climate Change: Observations and Prediction IV". , 22.02.-26.02.2010, Portland, Oregon, USA .

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Prowe, F. , Pahlow, M., Dutkiewicz, S., Follows, M. and Oschlies, A. (2010) Top-down control of biodiversity. [Poster] In: ClimECO2 summer school. , 23.-27.08.2010, IUEM, Brest, France .

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Prowe, F. , Pahlow, M., Dutkiewicz, S., Follows, M. and Oschlies, A. (2010) Top-down control of biodiversity. [Poster] In: Advanced School on Complexity, Adaptation and Emergence in Marine Ecosystems, ICTP, Miramare. , 18.10.2010, Triest, Italy .

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Gieschen, L., Oschlies, A. and Pahlow, M. (2009) Modelling oceanic CO2 uptake: the relevance of zooplankton grazing. [Poster] In: Responses, Risks and Adaptation to Climate Change. , 01.05.2009, Philadelphia, USA .


Prowe, F. , Oschlies, A. and Pahlow, M. (2009) Finding the optimal strategy: zooplankton feeding strategies as traits in a plankton model. [Poster] In: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. , 27.01, Nice, France .

Theses - not published by a publisher

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Pahlow, M. (2016) Optimality-based modelling of marine plankton processes. (Professorial dissertation), Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 192 pp.

Software

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