Taking the precautionary approach to deep-sea exploitation
Together with a team of early-career exports from the JETZON ECR group, I recently published a comment in Communications Earth and Environment! We argue tha...
Welcome!
Read further about my current research projects, recent publications, coming up fieldwork and science communication initiatives.
About me
I’m a zooplankton ecologist and biogeochemist with a PhD from the University of Tasmania in Australia and currently work for NIWA Wellington in New Zealand as a postdoctoral fellow. I have extensive experience in ship- and ice-based fieldwork and am passionate about communicating my research to a broad audience.
My main research interests are:
- Relationship between plankton physiology, distribution, and population dynamics, and the Biological Carbon Pump
- Impact of climate change on polar regions, especially on sea-ice ecosystems, and temperate waters around Aotearoa/New Zealand
- Ocean observations and data management
Contact
Send me an email: Svenja.Halfter@niwa.co.nz.
Recent Posts
Back from the field
I just returned from an interesting field season. I was lucky enough to go twice down south to the Ross Sea!
New job with NIWA in New Zealand
After finishing my PhD at IMAS (without corrections!!!) early this year, I found a job faster than expected! In July, I’ll move to Wellington in New Zealand ...
New publication alert!
My new publication on how zooplankton help establishing carbon export regimes in the Southern Ocean is finally out! Together with my amazing co-authors and m...