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Institute of

OF Baltic Sea Fisheries

Dr. Patrick Polte


Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries

Alter Hafen Süd 2
18069 Rostock
Telephone
+49 381 66099 103
Fax
+49 381 66099 199
Email
patrick.polte@thuenen.de

Fields of activty

  • Coordination of the Ruegen- Herring Larvae Survey (RHLS) (within the EU- Data Collection Framework DCF)


Research interests

  • Recruitment ecology of Western Baltic herring
  • Role of inshore transitional waters as nursery areas for marine fishes
  • Ecological functions of habitat complexity and –diversity

Scientific background

Since 03/2016: Scientist in EMFF-pilotproject herring recruitment

2010 - 12/2015: Senior scientist at the Thünen Institute for Baltic Sea Fisheries, Rostock

2007 - 2010: Post-doctoral research fellow at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Seattle, USA

2005 - 2007: Post-doctoral research fellow at the Alfred Wegener-Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI), Wadden Sea Station Sylt

2001-2004: Dissertation at the AWI- Wadden Sea Station Sylt/University of Bremen. Titel: “ Ecological functions of intertidal seagrass beds for fishes and epifauna in the Wadden Sea“

1993 - 2000: Undergraduate studies in biology at the Johann Gutenberg University Mainz and the Carl v. Ossietzky University Oldenburg. Grade: Diploma-Biologist

Projects

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Publications (Thünen)

  1. 0

    Berg F, Nash R, Moesgaard Albertsen C, Bartolino V, Bekkevold D, Berges B, Bjarnason S, Brazier A, Clarke D, Egan A, Farrell ED, Goodall J, Haase S, Jacobsen JA, Kotterba P, Kvamme C, Makrooni MA, Marchal P, Polte P, Rohlf N, et al (2024) Second workshop on stock identification and allocation of catches of herring to stocks (WKSIDAC2; outputs from 2023 meeting). Copenhagen: ICES, iii, 67 p, ICES Sci Rep 6(5), DOI:10.17895/ices.pub.24998747

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067501.pdf

  2. 1

    Huwer B, Beggs S, Giraldo C, Holah H, Höffle H, Nash R, Polte P, Reeve M, Rohlf N, Damme CJG van, Kooij J van der, Werner M (2024) Working Group on Surveys on Ichthyoplankton in the North Sea and Adjacent Seas (WGSINS; outputs from 2023 meeting). Copenhagen: ICES, iv, 62 p, ICES Sci Rep 6(15), DOI:10.17895/ices.pub.25212692

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn067779.pdf

  3. 2

    Fischbach V, Finke A, Moritz T, Polte P, Thieme P (2023) A staging system for Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) larvae based on external morphology and skeletal development. Limnol Oceanogr: Methods 21(7):357-376, DOI:10.1002/lom3.10551

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066430.pdf

  4. 3

    Moyano M, Illing B, Akimova A, Alter K, Bartolino V, Börner G, Clemmesen C, Finke A, Gröhsler T, Kotterba P, Livdane L, Mittermayer F, Moll D, Nordheim L von, Peck M, Schaber M, Polte P (2023) Caught in the middle: bottom-up and top-down processes impacting recruitment in a small pelagic fish. Rev Fish Biol Fisheries 33(1):55-84, DOI:10.1007/s11160-022-09739-2

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065680.pdf

  5. 4

    Brazier A, Kvamme C, Bartolino V, Bekkevold D, Berg F, Berges B, Egan A, Farrell E, Griffiths C, Haase S, Håkansson KB, Henriksen O, Holdgate A, Huwer B, Jacobsen NS, Johnsen E, Kotterba P, Lundy M, Polte P, Rohlf N, et al (2023) Herring Assessment Working Group for the Area South of 62° N (HAWG). Copenhagen: ICES, 837 p, ICES Sci Rep 5(23), DOI:10.17895/ices.pub.22182034

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066633.pdf

  6. 5

    Bekkevold D, Berg F, Polte P, Bartolino V, Ojaveer H, Mosegaard H, Farrell ED, Fedotova E, Hemmer-Hansen J, Huwer B, Trijoulet V, Moesgaard Albertsen C, Fuentes-Pardo AP, Gröhsler T, Pettersson M, Jansen T, Folkvord A, Andersson L (2023) Mixed-stock analysis of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus): a tool for identifying management units and complex migration dynamics. ICES J Mar Sci 88(1):173-184, DOI:10.1093/icesjms/fsac223

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065969.pdf

  7. 6

    Mgeleka SS, Silas MO, Mtonga C, Rumisha C, Viinamäki E, Polte P, Sköld M, Winder M, Gullström M (2023) Population genetics of the hound needlefish Tylosurus crocodilus (Belonidae) indicate high connectivity in Tanzanian coastal waters. Mar Biol Res 19(4-5):261-270, DOI:10.1080/17451000.2023.2224026

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066593.pdf

  8. 7

    Polte P, Alix M, Beggs S, Charitonidou K, Costas G, Diaz P, Fischbach V, Ganias K, Giraldo C, Höffle H, Holah H, Huwer B, Jimenez P, Joly L, Kjesbu O, Kloppmann MHF, Loots C, Makarcuks A, Tiedemann M, Ulleweit J, et al (2023) Working Group on Atlantic Fish Larvae and Eggs Surveys (WGALES; outputs from 2022 meeting). Copenhagen: ICES, 43 p, ICES Sci Rep 5(30), DOI:10.17895/ices.pub.22189954

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066114.pdf

  9. 8

    Huwer B, Beggs S, Giraldo C, Holah H, Höffle H, Kloppmann MHF, Loots C, Nash R, Polte P, Reeve M, Rohlf N, Damme CJG van, Werner M (2023) Working Group on Surveys on Ichthyoplankton in the North Sea and Adjacent Seas (WGSINS; outputs from 2022 meeting). Copenhagen: ICES, 60 p, ICES Sci Rep 5(22), DOI:10.17895/ices.pub.22146905

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn066632.pdf

  10. 9

    Huang AT, Alter K, Polte P, Peck M (2022) Disentangling seasonal from maternal effects on egg characteristics in western Baltic spring-spawning herring Clupea harengus. J Fish Biol 101(6):1428-1440, DOI:10.1111/jfb.15210

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn065422.pdf

  11. 10

    Finke A, Nordheim L von, Kotterba P, Polte P (2022) Impact of spawn concentrations on Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) egg survival in Baltic Sea inshore spawning areas. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 275:107961, DOI:10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107961

  12. 11

    Behrens JW, Ryberg MP, Einberg H, Eschbaum R, Florin A-B, Grygie W, Herrmann JP, Huwer B, Hüssy K, Knospina E, Noomaa K, Oesterwind D, Polte P, Smolinski S, Udzups D, van Deurs M, Ojaveer H (2022) Seasonal depth distribution and thermal experience of the non-indigenous round goby Neogobius melanostomus in the Baltic Sea: implications to key trophic relations. Biol Invasions 24:527–541, DOI:10.1007/s10530-021-02662-w

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064138.pdf

  13. 12

    Rohlf N, Damme CJG van, Höffle H, Holah H, Kloppmann MHF, Werner M, Polte P, Huwer B, Loots C, Giraldo C, Beggs S, Nash RDM (2021) ICES Working Group on Surveys on Ichthyoplankton in the North Sea and adjacent Seas (WGSINS; outputs from 2020 meeting). Copenhagen: ICES, 31 p, ICES Sci Rep 3(14), DOI:10.17895/ices.pub.7910

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064261.pdf

  14. 13

    Polte P, Gröhsler T, Kotterba P, Nordheim L von, Moll D, Santos J, Rodriguez-Tress P, Zablotski Y, Zimmermann C (2021) Reduced reproductive success of Western Baltic herring (Clupea harengus) as a response to warming winters. Front Mar Sci 8:589242, DOI:10.3389/fmars.2021.589242

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn063306.pdf

  15. 14

    Polte P, Gröhsler T (2021) Western Baltic spring spawning herring recruitment monitored by the Rügen Herring Larvae Survey. ICES Sci Rep 3(12):760-763

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn064094.pdf

  16. 15

    Polte P, Gröhsler T (2020) 2019 Western Baltic spring spawning herring recruitment monitored by the Rügen Herring Larvae Survey. ICES Sci Rep 2(60):1041-1043

  17. 16

    Silas MO, Mgeleka SS, Polte P, Sköld M, Lindborg R, de la Torre-Castro M, Gullström M (2020) Adaptive capacity and coping strategies of small-scale coastal fisheries to declining fish catches: Insights from Tanzanian communities. Environ Sci Pol 108:67-76, DOI:10.1016/j.envsci.2020.03.012

  18. 17

    Beggs S, Damme CJG van, Giraldo C, Holah H, Huwer B, Kloppmann MHF, Loots C, Polte P, Rohlf N, Werner M (2020) ICES Working Group on Surveys on Ichthyoplankton in the North Sea and adjacent Seas (WGSINS; outputs from 2019 meeting). Copenhagen: ICES, 33 p, ICES Sci Rep 2(17), DOI:10.17895/ices.pub.5969

  19. 18

    Kaljuste O, Kloppmann MHF, Kupschus S, Lordan C, de Boois IJ, Clark D, Clausen LW, Hansson M, Jech M, Kellner J, Polte P, Storr-Paulsen M, Wieland K (2020) ICES workshop on the realigning of the Ecosystem Observation Steering Group (WKREO). Copenhagen: ICES, 24 p, ICES Sci Rep 2(14), DOI:10.17895/ices.pub.5965

  20. 19

    Nordheim L von, Kotterba P, Moll D, Polte P (2020) Lethal effect of filamentous algal blooms on Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) eggs in the Baltic Sea. Aquatic Conserv 30(7):1362-1372, DOI:10.1002/aqc.3329

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062294.pdf

  21. 20

    Moyano M, Illing B, Polte P, Kotterba P, Zablotski Y, Gröhsler T, Hüdepohl P, Cooke SJ, Peck M (2020) Linking individual physiological indicators to the productivity of fish populations: A case study of Atlantic herring. Ecol Indic 113:106146, DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106146

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn062349.pdf

  22. 21

    Polte P, Gröhsler T (2019) 2018 Western Baltic spring spawning herring recruitment monitored by the Rügen Herring Larvae Survey. ICES Sci Rep 1(2):929-933, DOI:10.17895/ices.pub.5460

  23. 22

    Moll D, Kotterba P, Jochum KP, Nordheim L von, Polte P (2019) Elemental inventory in fish otoliths reflects natal origin of atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) from Baltic Sea juvenile areas. Front Mar Sci 6:191, DOI:10.3389/fmars.2019.00191

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn061008.pdf

  24. 23

    Dodson JJ, Daigle G, Hammer C, Polte P, Kotterba P, Winkler G, Zimmermann C (2019) Environmental determinants of larval herring (Clupea harengus) abundance and distribution in the western Baltic Sea. Limnol Oceanogr 64(1):317-329, DOI:10.1002/lno.11042

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn060236.pdf

  25. 24

    Polte P, Gröhsler T (2018) 2017 Western Baltic spring spawning herring recruitment monitored by the Rügen Herring Larvae Survey. ICES HAWG Rep 2018:868-871

  26. 25

    Nordheim L von, Kotterba P, Moll D, Polte P (2018) Impact of spawning substrate complexity on egg survival of Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus, L.) in the Baltic Sea. Estuaries Coasts 41(2):549-559, DOI:10.1007/s12237-017-0283-5

  27. 26

    Moll D, Kotterba P, Nordheim L von, Polte P (2018) Storm-induced Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) egg mortality in Baltic Sea inshore spawning areas. Estuaries Coasts 41(1):1-12, DOI:10.1007/s12237-017-0259-5

  28. 27

    Polte P, Kotterba P, Moll D, Gröhsler T, Nordheim L von (2018) Time series of the Ruegen Larval Herring N20 Index and potential reasons for a declining larval production. In: ICES benchmark workshop on pelagic stocks (WKPELA 2018) : 12.-16.02.2018, Copenhagen. Copenhagen: ICES, pp 1-10

  29. 28

    Polte P, Oeberst R, Gröhsler T (2017) Annex 5h: Rügen herring larvae survey (RHLS). ICES WGIPS Rep 2017:284-287

  30. 29

    Polte P, Kotterba P, Moll D, Nordheim L von (2017) Ontogenetic loops in habitat use highlight the importance of littoral habitats for early life-stages of oceanic fishes in temperate waters. Sci Rep 7:42709, DOI:10.1038/srep42709

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn058300.pdf

  31. 30

    Kotterba P, Moll D, Hammer C, Peck M, Oesterwind D, Polte P (2017) Predation on Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) eggs by the resident predator community in coastal transitional waters. Limnol Oceanogr 62(6):2616-2628, DOI:10.1002/lno.10594

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn058697.pdf

  32. 31

    Kotterba P, Moll D, Nordheim L von, Peck M, Oesterwind D, Polte P (2017) Predation on larval Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) in inshore waters of the Baltic Sea. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 198:1-11, DOI:10.1016/j.ecss.2017.08.017

  33. 32

    Paulsen M, Clemmesen C, Hammer C, Polte P, Malzahn AM (2016) Food-limited growth of larval Atlantic herring Clupea harengus recurrently observed in a coastal nursery area. Helgol Mar Res 70:1-12, DOI:10.1186/s10152-016-0470-y

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn057890.pdf

  34. 33

    Gröger JP, Hinrichsen HH, Polte P (2014) Broad-scale climate influences on spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus, L.) recruitment in the Western Baltic Sea. PLoS One 9(2):e87525, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0087525

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn053343.pdf

  35. 34

    Polte P, Zimmermann C (2014) Der Rügen-Heringslarvensurvey des Thünen-Instituts: Hintergründe, Kritik und Anwendung der Ergebnisse. Fischerei Fischmarkt MV(1)

  36. 35

    Fey DP, Lejk AM, Margonski P, Szymanek L, Psuty I, Nermer T, Lempe F, Strehlow HV, Polte P, Moll D, Stybel N, Hiller A, Laak M van (2014) Herring : an analysis of spawning ground management, ecological conditions and human impacts in Greifswald Bay, Vistula Lagoon and Hanö Bight [online]. Malmö: Andersson, 184 p, zu finden in <http://www.baltic-herring.eu> [zitiert am 22.10.2015]

  37. 36

    Kotterba P, Kühn C, Hammer C, Polte P (2014) Predation of threespine stickleback (Gastrosteus aculeatus) on the eggs of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) in a Baltic Sea lagoon. Limnol Oceanogr 59(2):578-587, doi:10.4319/lo.2014.59.2.0578

  38. 37

    Polte P, Kotterba P, Hammer C, Gröhsler T (2014) Survival bottlenecks in the early ontogenesis of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus, L.) in coastal lagoon spawning areas of the western Baltic Sea. ICES J Mar Sci 71(4):982-990, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fst050

  39. 38

    Dorrien C von, Hammer C, Zimmermann C, Stepputtis D, Stuermer IW, Kotterba P, Polte P (2013) A review on herring Clupea harengus (Actinopterygii: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) recruitment and early life stage ecology in the Western Baltic Sea. Acta Ichth Piscat 43(3):169-182, doi:10.3750/AIP2013.43.3.01

  40. 39

    Sommer R, Polte P (2013) Ausflug in die Kinderstube des Herings. Nordkurier(24.05.2013):3

  41. 40

    Reum JC, Essington TE, Greene CM, Rice CA, Polte P, Fresh KL (2013) Biotic and abiotic controls on body size during critical life history stages of a pelagic fish, Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii). Fisheries Oceanogr 22(4):324-336, DOI:10.1111/fog.12025

  42. 41

    Stybel N, Haller I, Polte P, Lempe F (2013) Engagement für nachhaltige Entwicklungen and Küsten und im Meer. Fischerei Fischmarkt MV(4):37-40

  43. 42

    Paulsen M, Hammer C, Malzahn AM, Polte P, Dorrien C von, Clemmesen C (2013) Nutritional situation for larval Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus L.) in two nursery areas in the western Baltic Sea. ICES J Mar Sci 71(4):991-1000, DOI:10.1093/icesjms/fst168

  44. 43

    Polte P (2013) Ruegen herring larvae survey and N20 larval index. Working Document WKPELA. Benchmark workshop on pelagic stocks (WKPELA): 4-8 February 2013. Copenhagen: ICES, 10 p

  45. 44

    Polte P, Worsoe Clausen L (2013) Stock components and early life cycle ecology of Western Baltic spring spawning herring - prospects of recent research results with potential implication for stock assessment strategy. Working Document WKPELA9. Benchmark workshop on pelagic stocks (WKPELA): 4-8 February 2013. Copenhagen: ICES, 13 p

  46. 45

    Heiler J, Hammer C, Kotterba P, Polte P (2012) Die vertikale Verteilung von Heringslarven im Greifswalder Bodden. Inf Fischereiforsch 59:25-29, DOI:10.3220/Infn59_25-29_2012

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn051013.pdf

  47. 46

    Beyer S, Goni O, Polte P, Kotterba P, Zimmermann C, Hammer C (2011) Herring recruitment ecology: Looking at the youngest : ICES CM 2011/H:45. Rostock: IOR, 1 p

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn055083.pdf

  48. 47

    Polte P, Beyer S, Kotterba P, Hammer C, Oeberst R, Zimmermann C (2011) Identifying recruitment bottlenecks in the early life history of Western Baltic herring (Clupea harengus, L.) : ICES CM H:45. Rostock: OSF, 1 p

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn055082.pdf

  49. 48

    Oeberst R, Polte P (2011) Regional change of seasonal temperature regimes do exceeds the prognosed global climate change effect in inshore Baltic ecosystems - implications for fisheries management. Rostock: OSF, 37 p

    https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/dn055080.pdf

    Publications (previous)

    1. 0

      Polte P, Buschbaum C (2008) Native pipefish Entelurus aequoreus are promoted by the introduced seaweed Sargassum muticum in the northern Wadden Sea, North Sea. Aquatic Biol 3(1):11-18, DOI:10.3354/ab00071

    2. 1

      Polte P, Asmus H (2006) Influence of seagrass beds (Zostera noltii) on the species composition of juvenile fishes temporarily visiting the intertidal zone of the Wadden Sea. J Sea Res 55(3):244-252, DOI:10.1016/j.seares.2005.11.004

    3. 2

      Polte P, Asmus H (2006) Intertidal seagrass beds (Zostera noltii) as spawning grounds for transient fishes in the Wadden Sea. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 312:235-243

    4. 3

      Polte P, Schanz A, Asmus H (2005) Effects of current exposure on habitat preference of mobile 0-group epibenthos for intertidal seagrass beds (Zostera noltii) in the northern Wadden Sea. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 62(4):627-635, DOI:10.1016/j.ecss.2004.09.031

    5. 4

      Polte P, Schanz A, Asmus H (2005) The contribution of seagrass beds (Zostera noltii) to the function of tidal flats as a juvenile habitat for dominant, mobile epibenthos in the Wadden Sea. Mar Biol 147(4):813-822, DOI:10.1007/s00227-005-1583-z

    6. 5

      Schanz A, Polte P, Asmus H (2002) Cascading effects of hydrodynamics on an epiphyte–grazer system in intertidal seagrass beds of the Wadden Sea. Mar Biol 141(2):287-297, DOI:10.1007/s00227-002-0823-8

    7. 6

      Schanz A, Polte P, Asmus H, Asmus R (2000) Currents and turbulence as a top-down-regulator in intertidal seagrass communities. Biol Mar Medit 7(2):278-181

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