Kraberg Dr. Katja Metfies Prof. Dr. Bettina Meyer PD Dr. Barbara Niehoff Dr. Eva-Maria Nöthig Dr. Ilka Peeken Prof. Dr. Kristin Tessmar-Raible Postdocs/M.Sc. Dr. Dominik Bahlburg Dr. Astrid Cornils Martin

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Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Poland and United Kingdom PS153; Project: SWOS Christian Haas/Ilka Peeken (GPF20-2/005) GOALS: Collection of multidisciplinary information on the western Weddell Sea continental [...] and gradients in dependence of sea ice conditions Principal Investigators: Christian Haas E-Mail Ilka Peeken E-Mail Participants: 43 Free berths: 13 Period: February - April 2026 Days at sea : 63 Working

Pollution Observatory / Microplastics in the Arctic (in-house project; PIs: Melanie Bergmann, Ilka Peeken and Gunnar Gerdts) “Microplastics Reactor” and “Sediment Separator” (in-house technology transfer

Pollution Observatory / Microplastics in the Arctic (in-house project; PIs: Melanie Bergmann, Ilka Peeken and Gunnar Gerdts) “Microplastics Reactor” and “Sediment Separator” (in-house technology transfer

for small crustaceans, they represent the basis of food webs in the polar seas. AWI researchers Ilka Peeken and Hauke Flores are currently exploring the connections between the ice and different life forms [...] question of who eats whom “We’re just getting started,” say AWI sea ice ecologists Hauke Flores and Ilka Peeken, who are working together to better grasp the food webs – or who eats whom – under the ice. “For [...] are important for the food webs and how those webs could be affected by climate change,” adds Ilka Peeken. To do so, the researchers not only have to identify which species live under the ice, but also

adjacent ecosystem. Contact Ilka Peeken +49(471)4831-1626 E-Mail CV Publications ORCID Google Scholar Photo Download Dr. Ilka Peeken at the MOSAiC expedition. jpg | 318 KB Dr. Ilka Peeken at the MOSAiC expedition [...] expedition. jpg | 378 KB Marine biologist Dr. Ilka Peeken jpg | 2 MB Scientist Ilka Peeken dives the ROV from the, jpg | 605 KB Media National Geographic | 30.10.2019 Why does the Arctic have more plastic than [...] Sea ice: a habitat for specialists Dr Ilka Peeken, marine biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Biodiversity Polar regions Plastic Sea Ice Climate change is especially putting the polar regions under

attention, Ilka Peeken has given frequent interviews and talks at events and in schools. Furthermore, she advises the Arctic Council on strategies for monitoring microplastic in sea ice and snow. Dr Ilka Peeken [...] AWI EXPERT Ilka Peeken is a marine ecologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), where she investigates the biology, biogeochemistry and pollution of sea [...] Peeken T: +49 (471) 4831-1626 E: ilka.peeken@awi.de Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Germany Fo to : K er st in R ol fe s / A lf re d- W eg en er -I ns ti tu t

Japan (Prof. Dr. Takafumi Hirata) AWI, Polar Biological Oceanography , Bremerhaven, Germany ( Dr. Ilka Peeken ) Richmond School of Arts and Science, Dep. of Geography and Environment (Dr. Tihomir Kostadinov)

Dr. Katja Metfies (PI, molecularbiology) PD Dr. Barbara Niehoff (PI, zooplankton ecology) Dr. Ilka Peeken (PI, sea ice ecology & flow cytometry) associated scientists: Dr. Eduard Bauerfeind Dr. Hauke Flores