Markus Huettel

Huettel Photo Professor

Biological Oceanography
Ph.D., University of Kiel, 1988

My research addresses biological and physical transport processes at the sea floor and how these processes affect benthic organisms and sediment biogeochemistry. Central themes of my work are the ecology of sandy shelf beds, the influence of currents and waves on bottom dwellers and sea grasses, the impact of biological and physical transport on mineralization in coastal sediments, and the cycling of matter in coral reefs. The investigations combine fieldwork and laboratory flow channel studies.