Dr. Joachim Sch枚nfeld
Ocean Circulation and
Climate Dynamics
Research Unit:
Palaeo-Oceanography

Office:
Room: 8/C-107
Phone: +49 431 600-2315
E-Mail: jschoenfeld(at)geomar.de

Palaeo-Oceanography
 

Address:
Wischhofstra脽e 1-3
D-24148 Kiel

Direction

Research Interests

  • Benthic Foraminifera
  • Proxy development
  • Biomonitoring
  • Quaternary paleoceanography
  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic stratigraphy

     

Education and Career

1986
Diplom-Geologe, University of Kiel

1989
 Dr. rer. nat., University of Kiel

1989
Post Doc, Institute of Geology and Paleontology, University of Kiel, Germany

1990 - 1993
Junior Scientist, Federal Bureau of Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, Germany

1993 - 1999
Research Associate, 91探花 Research Center for Marine Geosciences, Kiel, Germany

1999 - 2001
Research Associate, FB 5 - Geowissenschaften, Bremen University, Germany

鈥2002 - 2004
Project Scientist, Tethys Geoconsulting Ltd., Kiel, Germany

current Staff Scientist, 91探花 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
 

Selected Publications

coming:

Mendes, I., Lu虉bbers, J., 厂肠丑辞虉苍蹿别濒诲, J., Baldermann, A., Carrasco, A.R., Cravo, A., Gomes, A., Grasse, P. & Stamm, F.: Novel field experiment on alkalinity enhancement in intertidal environments.

 

2018 - 2024

Schmidt, S., Hathorne, E.C., 厂肠丑辞虉苍蹿别濒诲J., Gosnell, K. J. & Garbe-Scho虉nberg, D., 2024. Incorporation of dissolved heavy metals into the skeleton of Poritescorals based on multi鈥恊lement culturing experiments -- Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25, e2022GC010726, doi: 10.1029/2022GC010726.

Milker, Y., 厂肠丑辞虉苍蹿别濒诲, J., Meng, S., Wrozyna, C., Schneppmu虉ller, M. & Schmiedl, G., 2023. Are they everywhere? 鈥 Benthic foraminifera from saline springs in central Germany -- Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 53: 286鈥304, doi: 10.2113/gsjfr.53.4.286.

Sch枚nfeld, J., Glock, N., Polovodova Asteman, I., Roy, A.S., Warren, M., Weissenbach, J & Wukovits, J., 2023. Benthic foraminiferal patchiness - revisited -- Journal of Micropalaeontology, 42: 171鈥192, doi: 10.5194/jm-42-171-2023.

Glock, N., Erdem, Z. & Sch枚nfeld, J., 2022. The Peruvian oxygen minimum zone was similar in extent but weaker during the Last Glacial Maximum than Late Holocene. -- Communications Earth & Environment, 3:307, 14 pp., doi: 10.1038/s43247-022-00635-y.

Schmidt, S., Hathorne, E.C., Sch枚nfeld, J. & Garbe-Sch枚nberg, D., 2022. Heavy metal uptake of near-shore benthic foraminifera during multi-metal culturing experiments. -- Biogeosciences, 19: 629鈥664, doi: 10.5194/bg-19-629-2022.

Schmidt, S. & Sch枚nfeld, J., 2022. An Early Modern anthropogenic heavy metal record of the Helgoland Mud Area, (German Bight, North Sea). -- Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft f眉r Geowissenschaften, 173: 425鈥444, doi: 10.1127/zdgg/2022/0368.

Sch枚nfeld, J. & Mendes, I., 2022. Benthic foraminifera and pore water carbonate chemistry on a tidal flat and salt marsh at Ria Formosa, Algarve, Portugal. -- Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 276, 108003, 16 pp., doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108003.

Woehle, C. Roy, A.S., Glock, N., Michels, J., Wein, T., Weissenbach, J., Romero, D., Hiebenthal, C., Gorb, S.N., Sch枚nfeld, J., & Dagan, T., 2022. Denitrification in foraminifera has ancient origins and is complemented by associated bacteria. -- PNAS, 119, No. 25, e2200198119, 11 pp., doi: 10.1073/pnas.2200198119.

Francescangeli, F., Milker, Y., Bunzel, D., Thomas, H., Norbisrath, M., Sch枚nfeld, J. & Schmiedl, G., 2021. Recent benthic foraminiferal distribution in the Elbe Estuary (North Sea, Germany): A response to environmental stressors. -- Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 251, 107198, 14 pp., doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107198.

Schmidt, S. & Sch枚nfeld, J., 2021. Living and dead foraminiferal assemblage from the supratidal sand Japsand, North Frisian Wadden Sea: distributional patterns and controlling factors. -- Helgoland Marine Research, 75, 6, 22 pp., doi: 10.1186/s10152-021-00551-2.

Sch枚nfeld, J., Beccari, V., Schmidt, S. & Spezzaferri, S., 2021. Biometry and taxonomy of Adriatic Ammonia species from Bellaria-Igea Marina (Italy). -- Journal of Micropalaeontology, 40: 195鈥223, doi: 10.5194/jm-40-195-2021.

Sch枚nfeld, J. & Mendes, I., 2021. Environmental triggers of faunal changes revealed by benthic foraminiferal monitoring. -- Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 253, 107313, 16 pp., doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107313.

Erdem, Z., Sch枚nfeld, J., Rathburn, A.E., P茅rez, M.E., Cardich, J., & Glock, N., 2020. Bottom-water deoxygenation at the Peruvian Margin during the last deglaciation recorded by benthic foraminifera. -- Biogeosciences, 17: 3165鈥3182, doi: 10.5194/bg-17-3165-2020

Glock, N., Romero, D., Roy, A.-S., Woehle, C., Dale, A., Sch枚nfeld, J., Wein, T., Weissenbach, J. & Dagan, T., 2020. A hidden sedimentary phosphate pool inside benthic foraminifera from the Peruvian upwelling region might nucleate phosphogenesis -- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 289: 14鈥32, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.08.002.

Mendes, I., Lobo, F.J., Hanebuth, T., L贸pez-Quir贸s, A., Sch枚nfeld, J., Lebreiro, S.M., Reguera, M.I., Ant贸n, L. & Ferreira, 脭., 2020. Temporal variability of flooding events of Guadiana River (Iberian Peninsula) during the middle to late Holocene: Imprints in the shallow marine sediment record. -- Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 556, 109900, 16 pp., doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109900.

Sch枚nfeld, J. & L眉bbers, J., 2020. Checklist, assemblage composition, and biogeographic assessment of Recent benthic foraminifera (Protista, Rhizaria) from S茫o Vincente, Cape Verdes. -- Zootaxa, 4731: 151鈥192, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.2.1.

Sch枚nfeld, J. & Voigt, T., 2020. Sediment geometry, facies analysis and paleobathymetry of the Schrammstein Formation (late Turonian) in southern Saxony, Germany -- Zeitschrift der deutschen Gesellschft f眉r Geowissenschaften, 171: 199鈥209, doi: 10.1127/zdgg/2020/0220.

Jentzen,A., Sch枚nfeld, J., Weiner, A., Weinkauf, M., N眉rnberg, D. & Kucera, M., 2019. Seasonal and interannual variability in population dynamics of planktic foraminifers off Puerto Rico (Caribbean Sea) -- Journal of Micropalaeontology, 38: 231鈥247, doi: 10.5194/jm-38-231-2019.

Sch枚nfeld, J., 2019. Wie Ost- und West-Forscher voneinander lernen -- In: Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (Hrsg.), Die Geschwindigkeit der Ver盲nderung war atemberaubend, p. 4, (letzter Zugriff am 8.11.2019, 12:32 Uhr).

Waelbroeck, C., Lougheed, B., Vazquez Riveiros, N., Missiaen, L., Pedro, J., Dokken, T., Hajdas, I., Wacker, L., Abbott, P., Dumoulin, J.P., Thil, F., Eynaud, F., Rossignol, L., Fersi, W., Albuquerque, A. L., Arz, H., Austin, W., Came, R., Carlson, A., Collins, J., Dennielou, B., Desprat, S., Dickson, A., Elliot, M., Farmer, E., Giraudeau, J., Gottschalk, J., Henderiks, J., Hughen, K., Jung, S., Knutz, P., Lebreiro, S., Lund, D., Lynch-Stieglitz, J., Malaiz茅, B., Marchitto, T., Martinez Mendez, G., Mollenhauer, G., Naughton, F., Nave, S., Nuernberg, D., Oppo, D., Peck, V., Peeters, F., Penaud, A., Ramos, R.P., Repschl盲ger, J., Roberts, J., Ruehlemann, C., Salgueiro, E., Sanchez Goni, M.F., Sch枚nfeld, J., Scussolini, P., Skinner, L., Skonieczny, C., Thornalley, D., Toucanne, S., Rooij, D.V., Vidal, L., Voelker, A., Wary, M., Weldeab, S. & Ziegler, M., 2019. Consistently dated Atlantic sediment cores over the last 40 thousand years. Scientific Data,  6:165, 12 pp., doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0173-8.

Bahr, A., Hoffmann, J., Sch枚nfeld, J., Schmidt, M.W., N眉rnberg, D., Batenburg, S.J. & Voigt, S., 2018. Low-latitude expressions of high-latitude forcing during Heinrich Stadial 1 and the Younger Dryas in northern South America -- Global and Planetary Change, 160: 1鈥9, doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.11.008.

Bertlich, J., N眉rnberg, D., Hathorne, E.C., De Nooijer, L.J., Mezger, E.M., Kienast, M., Nordhausen, S., Reichart, G.-J., Sch枚nfeld, J., Bijma, J., 2018. Salinity control on Na incorporation into calcite tests of the planktonic foraminifera Trilobatus sacculifer 鈥 evidence from culture experiments and surface sediments. -- Biogeosciences, 15: 5991鈥6018, doi: 10.5194/bg-15-5991-2018.

Glock, N., Erdem, Z., Wallmann, K., Somes, C.J., Liebetrau, V., Sch枚nfeld, J.,  Gorb, S. &  Eisenhauer, A., 2018. Coupling of oceanic carbon and nitrogen facilitates spatially resolved quantitative reconstruction of nitrate inventories. -- Nature Communications, (2018)9:1217, 10 pp., doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03647-5.

Jentzen,A., N眉rnberg, D., Hathorne, E.C., Sch枚nfeld, J., 2018. Mg/Ca and d18O in living planktic foraminifers from the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Florida Straits -- Biogeosciences, 15: 7077鈥7095, doi: 10.5194/bg-15-7077-2018.

Jentzen, A., Sch枚nfeld, J., Schiebel, R., 2018. Assessment of the effect of increasing temperature on the ecology and assemblage structure of modern planktic foraminifers in the Caribbean and surrounding seas. -- Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 48: 251鈥272, doi: 10.2113/gsjfr.48.3.251.

L眉bbers, J. & Sch枚nfeld, J., 2018. Recent salt marsh foraminiferal assemblages from Iceland -- Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 200: 380鈥394, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2017.11.019.

Sch枚nfeld, J., 2018. Benthic foraminiferal monitoring revealed environmental triggers of faunal changes. -- Newsletter of Micropalaeontology, 98: 39鈥41.

Sch枚nfeld, J., 2018. Monitoring benthic foraminiferal dynamics at Bottsand coastal lagoon (western Baltic Sea). -- Journal of Micropalaeontology, 37: 383鈥393, doi: 10.5194/jm-37-383-2018.

Woehle, C., Roy, A.S., Glock, N., Wein, T., Weissenbach, J., Rosenstiel, P., Hiebenthal, C., Michels, J., Sch枚nfeld, J. & Dagan, T., 2018. A novel eukaryotic denitrification pathway in foraminifera. -- Current Biology, 28: 2536鈥2543, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.027.