Prof. Dr. Ulf Karsten

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems,Polar Research
KeywordsMacroalgea, Chemical ecology, Cyanobacteria, Algae, Applied ecology

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityRostock
InstitutionUniversität Rostock
InstituteAngewandte Ökologie und Phykologie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Robert KingSchool of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney
Prof. Dr. Ian DawesSchool of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney
Start of initial sponsorship16/06/1995

Programme(s)

1994Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2000Ulf Karsten, John A. West: Living in the intertidal zone - seasonal effects on heterosides and sun-screen compounds in the red alga Bangia atropurpurea (Bangiales).. In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2000, 221-234
2000Ulf Karsten: Occurrence of photoprotective mycosporine-like amino acid compounds (MAAs) in marine red macroalgae from temperate Australian waters.. In: Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales , 2000, 123-129
1999Ulf Karsten, John A. West, Giuseppe C. Zuccarello, Oliver Nixdorf, Kevin D. Barrow, Robert J. King: Low molecular weight carbohydrate patterns in the Bangiophyceae (Rhodophyta).. In: Journal of Phycology, 1999, 967-976
1998Ulf Karsten, Josef Maier, Ferran Garcia-Pichel: Seasonality in UV-absorbing compounds of cyanobacterial mat communities from an intertidal mangrove flat.. In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 1998, 37-44
1997Ulf Karsten, Kevin D. Barrow, Oliver Nixdorf, John A. West, Robert J. King: Biochemical characterization of the mannitol metabolism in the mangrove red alga Caloglossa leprieurii (Montagne) J.Agardh.. In: Planta, 1997, 173-178
1997Ulf Karsten, Kevin D. Barrow, John A. West, Robert J. King: Mannitol metabolism in the intertidal mangrove red alga Caloglossa leprieurii: salinity effects on enzymatic activity.. In: Phycologia, 1997, 150-156
1996Ulf Karsten, Kevin D. Barrow, Oliver Nixdorf, Robert J. King: The compability of unusual organic osmolytes from mangrove red algae with enzyme activity.. In: Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 1996, 577-582