Publications by Christel Sybille Hassler

Marine biogenic humic substances control iron biogeochemistry across the Southern Ocean

Iron, which is an essential element for marine photosynthesis, is sparingly soluble in seawater. In consequence, iron bioavailability controls primary productivity in up to 40% of the world’s ocean, including most of the Southern Ocean. Organic ligands are ...

2025

Marine biogenic humic substances control iron biogeochemistry across the Southern Ocean (vol 16, 2662, 2025)

Christel Sybille Hassler

In the version of the article initially published, ref. 30 included the wrong author list and has now been amended to "Smith, A. J. et al. Identifying potential sources of iron-binding ligands in coastal Antarctic environments and the wider Southern Ocean. ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2025

Distinct responses of diatom- and flagellate-dominated Antarctic phytoplankton communities to altered iron and light supply

Christel Sybille Hassler

Primary production in the Southern Ocean is strongly influenced by the availability of light and iron (Fe). To examine the response of two distinct natural Antarctic phytoplankton communities (diatom vs. flagellates) to increasing light and Fe availability ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2024

Genomic insights into the coupling of a Chlorella-like microeukaryote and sulfur bacteria in the chemocline of permanently stratified Lake Cadagno

Christel Sybille Hassler

Meromictic Lake Cadagno is a permanently stratified system with a persistent microbial bloom within the oxic-anoxic boundary called the chemocline. The association between oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis within the chemocline has been known for at l ...

SPRINGERNATURE2023

Chasing iron bioavailability in the Southern Ocean: Insights from Phaeocystis antarctica and iron speciation

Christel Sybille Hassler

Dissolved iron (dFe) availability limits the uptake of atmospheric CO2 by the Southern Ocean (SO) biological pump. Hence, any change in bioavailable dFe in this region can directly influence climate. On the basis of Fe uptake experiments with Phaeocystis a ...

AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE2023

Environmental drivers of eukaryotic plankton and fish biodiversity in an Arctic fjord

Christel Sybille Hassler

Arctic fjords are experiencing rapid environmental shifts due to climate change, which may have significant impacts on marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. However, the impact of climate change on fjord biodiversity is difficult to quantify given ...

SPRINGER2023

Exploring the coupled ocean and atmosphere system with a data science approach applied to observations from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition

Julia Schmale, Andrea Baccarini, Irina Gorodetskaya, Christel Sybille Hassler, Katherine Colby Leonard, Robin Lewis Modini, Jenny Thomas, Sebastian Johannes Heinz-Josef Landwehr, Alireza Moallemi, Fernando Perez Cruz

The Southern Ocean is a critical component of Earth's climate system, but its remoteness makes it challenging to develop a holistic understanding of its processes from the small scale to the large scale. As a result, our knowledge of this vast region remai ...

2021

Cycling of zinc and its isotopes across multiple zones of the Southern Ocean: Insights from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition

Christel Sybille Hassler

Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient, playing an important role in several key processes in marine phytoplankton. Here, we present the first high-resolution depth profiles for dissolved Zn and delta Zn-66 from all major zones of the Southern Ocean, coll ...

2020

Electrochemical evaluation of iron-binding ligands along the Australian GEOTRACES southwestern Pacific section (GP13)

Christel Sybille Hassler

In this work, we performed electrochemical investigations of Fe-binding ligands in water samples collected in autumn 2011 along the Australian GEOTRACES southwestern Pacific section (GP13, between 153 degrees E and 170 degrees W longitude along the 30 degr ...

2020