B.Sc. (Biological Sciences), M.Sc. (Marine Biology), Ph.D. (Marine Sciences)
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Biography
Dr Svenja Halfter is a zooplankton ecologist and biogeochemist and has worked at Earth Sciences/NIWA Wellington since July 2022.
Research Interests:
- Zooplankton physiology, diversity & biogeography
- Ecosystem responses to climate change (pelagic and sea ice-focused)
- Marine carbon cycling and sequestration, including mCDR technologies
- Long-term time series, in particular of biological data
- Science needs of Marine Protected Areas
- Essential Variable development, e.g., EOVs and EBVs
Recent publications:
Halfter, S. et al. (2025). Status of ocean observations in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.
Johnston, N. M., Murphy, E. J., Atkinson, (...), Halfter, S. et al. (2022). Status, change and futures of zooplankton in the Southern Ocean. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
Halfter, S., Cavan, E. L., Butterworth, P., Swadling, K. M., & Boyd, P. W. (2021). “Sinking dead” - How zooplankton carcasses contribute to particulate organic carbon flux in the subantarctic Southern Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography.
Cavanagh, R.D., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Grant, (...), Halfter, S. et al. Future risk for Southern Ocean ecosystem services under climate change. Frontiers in Marine Science.
Halfter, S., Cavan, E.L., Swadling, K.M., Eriksen, R., Boyd, P.W. (2020). The role of zooplankton in establishing carbon export regimes in the Southern Ocean – A comparison of two representative case studies in the subantarctic region. Frontiers in Marine Science.
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