Kristin Stolberg

Bio

Kristin holds a Master of Science degree in aquatic tropical ecology attained at the University of Bremen in Germany. Her main interests focus on the evaluation of coral reef ecosystems health and impact assessment for developing concepts and methodologies for the sustainable utilization and conservation of tropical aquatic ecosystems. In her master’s thesis she investigated the distribution and expansion rate of corallimorpharians within the Zanzibar Channel in collaboration with the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology and the Institute of Marine Sciences in Tanzania. Her recent work focused on modeling coral coverage within the GBR based on cyclone events and coral reef imagery annotation and assessment at the University of Queensland within the Catlin Seaview Survey Project. Within the Global Reef Expedition 2014 Kristin will support the benthic coral reef group in assessing coral reef health and detrimental impacts on corals within Indo Pacific reefs.

Missions

• Chagos Archipelago
• Great Barrier Reef
• Palau
• Solomon Islands

Photos

• © Kristen Stolberg/LOF

• Blue seastar! © Kristen Stolberg/LOF

• Pair of reef lizardfish (Synodus variegatus).

• This worm-like creature is actually a sea cucumber (Synaptula lamperti).

• Fellow Badi Samaniego conducting a fish survey.

• Scientists boarding the Calcutta after returning from a dive.

• This ‘Halgerda batangas’ nudibranch (sea slug) almost looks more like a sponge than a sea slug.

• A macro view of cushion star (Culcita novaeguineae).

• Researcher Renee Carlton hard at work studying the effect of ocean acidification on corals.

• Here is one animal that we often find on our dives called the blue sea star (Linckia laevigata).

• This is the underside of a cushion star (Culcita novaeguineae).