TEACHING

Courses taught regularly

WINTER SEMESTER

2005-present     Mikrobiologie mariner Lebensräume, Microbiology of marine habitats
(lecture for undergraduates and graduates, 1 ECTS, 5103104)  LSF

2005-present     Mikrobiologie mariner Lebensräume, Microbiology of marine habitats
(seminar for graduates, 2 ECTS, 5103117)  LSF

2005-present     Methoden der aquatischen Umweltmikrobiologie, Methods of aquatic environmental microbiology (lecture for undergraduates and graduates, 1 ECTS, 5103107)  LSF

2005-present     Methoden der aquatischen Umweltmikrobiologie, Methods of aquatic environmental microbiology (2-day lab course for graduates, 1-2 ECTS, 5103212)  LSF

2005-present     Grosspraktikum „Mikrobielle Ökologie“, Lab course „Microbial ecology´´
(four-week course for undergraduates and graduates, course responsibility 50%, 5 ECTS, 5103201)

2020, 2021         Marine Mikroben: Struktur und Funktion, Marine microbes: structure and function
(lecture, 1-2 ECTS,5103111)  LSF

2021-present     Ökologie der Mikroorganismen - Energie- und Stoffkreisläufe; Microbial Ecology: Microbial Processes, Energy Fluxes and Elemental Cycles (lecture for undergraduates and graduates, 4 ECTS, 5103101)  LSF

SUMMER SEMESTER

2005-present     Ökologisches Geländepraktikum (Marine Ökologie),
lab course in fundamentals of marine ecology for undergraduates, two one-week courses per semester held on biological stations on the islands of Hiddensee, Sylt, Helgoland, Spiekeroog and in Greifswald, course responsibility 100%, 2,5 ECTS, 5103026  LSF

2006-present     Ökologie der Ostsee, Ecology of the Baltic Sea
(lecture for graduates, 1 ECTS, 5103106)  LSF

2006-present     Mikroskalige Methoden: Mikrosensoren und Biosensoren, Microscale methods: microsensors and biosensors
(lecture for graduates, 2 ECTS, 5103205) LSF

2009-present     Mikroskalige Methoden: Mikrosensoren und Biosensoren, Microscale methods: microsensors and biosensors
(two-day lab course for graduates, 2 ECTS, 5103211)  LSF

2010-present     Mikrobiologie mariner extremer Lebensräume, Microbiology of marine extreme habitats
(lecture for graduates, 1 ECTS, 5103213)  LSF

2010-present     Marine Ökologie, Marine ecology (seminar for undergraduates, 2 ECTS, 5103010)  LSF

2015-present     Methoden der molekularen mikrobiellen Ökologie, Methods of molecular microbial ecology
(seminar for graduates, course responsibility 50%, since 2021 100%, 1 ECTS, 5103207)  LSF

20015-present   Methoden der molekularen mikrobiellen Ökologie, Methods of molecular microbial ecology
(four week lab course for graduates, course responsibility 50%, 5 ECTS, 5103203)  LSF

2017-present     Die Meere: Verschmutzung, Risiken und Wandel, The Oceans: pollution, risks and change (seminar for graduates, 1 ECTS, 5103012)  LSF

2021-present     Ecology (part III, microbial ecology)
(lecture in ecology: animal ecology, plant ecology and microbial ecology) for undergraduates, course responsibility 1/3, 3 ECTS, 5103001)  LSF

BOOKS (editors)

Meyer-Reil, L.-A. und Köster, M. 1993. Mikrobiologie des Meeresbodens (Microbiology of Marine Sediments). Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, 290 S.

REVIEWED ARTICLES

Köster, M., Charfreitag, O., Meyer-Reil, L.-A. 1991. Availability of nutrients to a deep-sea benthic microbial community: results from a ship-board experiment. Kieler Meeresforsch., Sonderh. 8, 127-133.

Köster, M., Jensen, P., Meyer-Reil, L.-A. 1991. Hydrolytic activity associated with biogenic structures in deep-sea sediments. In Chrost, R.J (ed.): Microbial Enzymes in Aquatic Environments, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 298-310.

Meyer-Reil, L.-A., Köster, M. 1991. Fine-scale distribution of hydrolytic activity associated with foraminiferans and bacteria in sediments of the Norwegian-Greenland-Sea. Kieler Meeresforsch., Sonderh. 8, 121-126.

Meyer-Reil, L.-A., Köster, M. 1992. Microbial life in pelagic sediments: the impact of environmental parameters on the enzymatic degradation of organic material. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 81, 65-72.

Köster, M. 1993. Mikrobielle Aktivitäten an Grenzflächen. In Meyer-Reil, L.-A. und Köster, M. (Hrsg.) Mikrobiologie des Meeresbodens. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, 82-120.

Köster, M., Dahlke, S., Meyer-Reil, L.-A. 1997. Microbiological studies along a gradient of eutrophication in a shallow coastal inlet in the southern Baltic Sea (Nordrügensche Bodden). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 152, 27-39.

Köster, M.,Meyer-Reil, L.-A. 1998. Enzymatischer Abbau von organischem Material in Sedimenten - Standardisierung und Anwendungsbeispiele –(Enzymatic degradation of organic matter – standardization and application). In Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM) (Hrsg.), A. Remde und P. Tippmann (Bearb.): Mikrobiologische Charakterisierung aquatischer Sedimente – Methodensammlung - R. Oldenbourg Verlag München Wien, 74-86.

Köster, M., Babenzien, H.-D., Black, H.J., Dahlke, S., Gerbersdorf, S., Meyercordt, J., Meyer-Reil, L.-A., Rieling, T., Stodian, I., and Voigt, A. (2000). Significance of aerobic and anaerobic mineralization processes of organic carbon in sediments of a shallow coastal inlet in the Southern Baltic Sea. In Flemming, B.W., Delafontaine, M.T., and Liebezeit, G. (eds.): Muddy Coast Dynamics and Resource Management – Processes and Products. Elsevier Oceanography Book Series, SCOR WG 106, 185-194.

Meyer-Reil, L.-A., Köster, M. 2000. Eutrophication of marine waters: Effects on benthic microbial communities. In C.R.C. Sheppard (ed.): Seas at the millennium: an environmental evaluation, Elsevier Science Ltd., Amsterdam, 257-265.

Meyer-Reil, L.-A., Köster, M. 2000. Eutrophication of marine waters: Effects on benthic microbial communities. Mar. Poll. Bull. 255-263.  https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00114-4

Rieling, T., Gerbersdorf, S., Stodian, I., Black, H.J., Dahlke, S., Köster, M., Meyercordt, J., Meyer-Reil, L.-A. 2000. Benthic microbial decomposition of organic matter and nutrient fluxes at the sediment-water interface in a shallow coastal inlet of the southern Baltic Sea (Nordrügensche Bodden). In B.W. Flemming, M.T. Delafontaine, and G. Liebezeit (eds.): Muddy Coast Dynamics and Resource Management – Processes and Products. Elsevier Oceanography Book Series, SCOR WG 106, 175-184.  https://doi.org/10.1016/S1568-2692(00)80014-5

Stodian, I., Black, H.J., Gerbersdorf, S., Köster, M., Meyer-Reil, L.-A., Rieling, T. 2000. Geochemical investigations of iron and manganese in coastal sediments of the southern Baltic Sea. In B.W. Flemming, M.T. Delafontaine, and G. Liebezeit (eds.): Muddy Coast Dynamics and Resource Management – Processes and Products. Elsevier Oceanography Book Series, SCOR WG 106, 149-160.

Köster, M. and Meyer-Reil, L.-A. 2001. Characterization of carbon and microbial biomass pools in shallow water coastal sediments of the southern Baltic Sea (Nordrügensche Bodden). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 214, 25-41.

Köster, M., Meyer-Reil, L.-A. 2001. Concentration and microbial decomposition of organic material in sediments of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. In P. Schäfer, W. Ritzrau, M. Schlüter, and J. Thiede (eds.): The Northern North Atlantic: A Changing Environment, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 241-257.

Boschker, H.T.S., de Graaf, W., Köster, M., Meyer-Reil, L.-A., Cappenberg, T.E. 2001. Bacterial populations and processes involved in acetate and propionate consumption in anoxic brackish sediment. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 35, 97-103.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2001.tb00792.x

Black, H.J., Dainat, M., Köster, M., Meyer-Reil, L.-A. 2002. A multiple corer for taking virtually undisturbed samples from shallow water sediments. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 54, 45-50.  https://doi.org/10.1006/ecss.2001.0837

Köster, M., Meyer-Reil, L.-A. 2002. Ecology of marine microbial biofilms. In G. Bitton (ed.): The encyclopedia of environmental microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, 1081-1091.  https://doi.org/10.1002/0471263397.env052

Köster, M., Dahlke, S., Meyer-Reil, L.-A. 2005. Microbial colonization and activity in relation to organic carbon in sediments of hypertrophic coastal waters (Nordrügensche Bodden; Southern Baltic Sea). Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 39:69-83 doi:10.3354/meps152027

Paffenhöfer G.-A., Köster, M. 2005. Digestion of diatoms by planktonic copepods and doliolids. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 297:303-310 doi:10.3354/meps297303

Köster, M., Gliesche C.G., Wardenga, R. 2006. Microbiosensors for the measurement of microbially available dissolved organic carbon – sensor characteristics and preliminary environmental application. Appl. Environm. Microbiol. 72:7063-7073.  https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00641-06

Köster, M., Meyer-Reil, L.-A., Fengler, G. 2007. Influence of microbial colonization on the sediment erodibility in an intertidal groyne field of the river Elbe, pp. 107-116 In Westrich, B., and Förstner, U. (eds.) Sediment Dynamics and Pollutant Mobility in Rivers. An Interdisciplinary Approach. Series: Environmental Science and Engineering, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.

Falk, S., Hannig, M., Braker, G., Wardenga, R., Köster, M., Jürgens, K., Gliesche, C. 2007 NirS-containing denitrifier communities in the water column and sediment of the Baltic Sea. Biogeosciences, 3, 697-727.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-4-255-2007

Köster, M., Krause, C., Paffenhöfer, G.-A. 2008 Time-series measurements of oxygen consumption of copepod nauplii. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 353, 157-164.  https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07185

Köster, M., Wardenga, R., Blume, M. 2008 Microscale investigations of microbial communities in coastal sediments. Mar. Ecol. 29, 89-105.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00219.x

Köster M., Paffenhöfer G.-A., Baker C.V., Williams J.E. 2010. Oxygen consumption of doliolids (Tunicata, Thaliacea). J Plankton Res 32, 171-180.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbp112

Köster, M., Sietmann, R., Meuche, A., Paffenhöfer, G.-A. 2011. The ultrastructure of a doliolid and a copepod fecal pellet. J. Plankton Res. 33,1538-1549.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbr053

Paffenhöfer, G.-A., Köster, M. 2011. From one to many. On the life cycle of Dolioletta gegenbauri Uljanin (Tunicata, Thaliaceae). J. Plankton Res. 33,1139-1145.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbr001

Lee, R.F., Köster, M, Paffenhöfer, G.-A. 2012 Ingestion and defecation of dispersed oil droplets by pelagic tunicates. J. Plankton Res. 34, 1058-1063.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbs065

Brack, C., Mikolasch, A., Pukall, R., Schumann, P., Köster, M., Schauer, F. 2013. Bacteriolytic Bacillus species isolated from brackish waters of the Southern Baltic Sea. Mar Biol 160, 2699–2709.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2263-z

Köster M., Paffenhöfer, G.-A. 2013. Oxygen consumption of fecal pellets of doliolids (Tunicata, Thaliacea) and planktonic copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) J. Plankton Res. 35, 323-336.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbt038

Köster, M., Paffenhöfer, G.-A., Schlüter, R., Meuche, A. 2014. Time-series observations of prokaryotic colonization of zooplankton fecal pellets. J. Plankton Res. 36, 1461-1475.  https://academic.oup.com/plankt

Köster M., Paffenhöfer, G.-A. 2017. How efficiently can doliolids (Tunicata, Thaliacea) utilize phytoplankton and their own fecal pellets? J. Plankton Res. 39, 305-315.  https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbw089

Paffenhöfer, G.-A., Köster, M. 2018. Oxygen consumption of nauplii of marine planktonic copepods. EIMBO 1, 74-78.

https://dx.doi.org/10.31031/eimbo.2018.01.000513

Paffenhöfer, G.-A., Köster, M. 2020. The Effects of microplastics on Dolioletta gegenbauri (Tunicata, Thaliacea). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.. 78, 94–105 (2020).  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-019-00676-z

Köster, M., Paffenhöfer, G.-A. 2022. Feeding of marine zooplankton on microplastic fibers. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 83, 129–141  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-022-00948-1

Köster, M.; Paffenhöfer, G.-A. 2022. On the predation of doliolids (Tunicata, Thaliacea) on calanoid Copepods. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 10, 1293.  https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10091293