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Katja Fennel

ResearcherOceanographyDalhousie University

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Katja Fennel

Researcher

Oceanography

Natural Sciences

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 NSERC), most recently in 2022.

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Research

autonomous observation carbon export data assimilation mesopelagic zone numerical models ocean biogeochemistry primary production

Latest papers

The Verification Challenge of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal.
Annual review of marine science · 2026 · first author
Carbon-centric dynamics of Earth's marine phytoplankton.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024 · senior author
Fusion-Based Hypoxia Estimates: Combining Geostatistical and Mechanistic Models of Dissolved Oxygen Variability.
Environmental science & technology · 2020

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Training for novel directions in quantitative climate science
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$132,000
BELAS: Biological Carbon Export in the Labrador Sea
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$340,313
Improving estimates of ocean productivity and carbon sequestration through a combination of autonomous observation- and model-based approaches
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$183,000

All 13 grants and awards

11 publications.

The Verification Challenge of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal.

Fennel K

Annual review of marine science2026First author

DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-032123-025717 PMID: 40763257

Carbon-centric dynamics of Earth's marine phytoplankton.

Stoer AC, Fennel K

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2405354121 PMID: 39467120

Fusion-Based Hypoxia Estimates: Combining Geostatistical and Mechanistic Models of Dissolved Oxygen Variability.

Matli VRR, Laurent A, Fennel K, Craig K, Krause J, Obenour DR

Environmental science & technology2020

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c03655 PMID: 32881494

Time-Evolving, Spatially Explicit Forecasts of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone.

Laurent A, Fennel K

Environmental science & technology2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05790 PMID: 31738049

Community composition influences the population growth and ecological impact of invasive species in response to climate change.

Denley D, Metaxas A, Fennel K

Oecologia2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-04334-4 PMID: 30604087

Biogeochemical Controls on Coastal Hypoxia.

Fennel K, Testa JM

Annual review of marine science2019First author

DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010318-095138 PMID: 29889612

Rapid coastal deoxygenation due to ocean circulation shift in the NW Atlantic.

Claret M, Galbraith ED, Palter JB, Bianchi D, Fennel K, Gilbert D, Dunne JP

Nature climate change2018

DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0263-1 PMID: 30416585

Biogeochemistry: Ocean hotspots of nitrogen loss.

Fennel K

Nature2017First author

DOI: 10.1038/551305a PMID: 29144458

Putting Temperature and Oxygen Thresholds of Marine Animals in Context of Environmental Change: A Regional Perspective for the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Brennan CE, Blanchard H, Fennel K

PloS one2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167411 PMID: 27997536

A model-based insight into the coupling of nitrogen and sulfur cycles in a coastal upwelling system.

Azhar MA, Canfield DE, Fennel K, Thamdrup B, Bjerrum CJ

Journal of geophysical research. Biogeosciences2014

DOI: 10.1002/2012jg002271 PMID: 26213661

Training for novel directions in quantitative climate science

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Stastna, Marek M

Keywords: data science; earth system modeling; high performance computing; machine learning; meterorology; oceanography

$132,000

BELAS: Biological Carbon Export in the Labrador Sea

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Ship Time

Principal investigators: Bertrand, Erin E

Keywords: BGC Argo; biological carbon pump; carbon export; climate change; international collaboration; Labrador Sea; molecular indicies; phytoplankton bloom

$340,313

Improving estimates of ocean productivity and carbon sequestration through a combination of autonomous observation- and model-based approaches

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fennel, Katja

Keywords: ocean biogeochemistry; autonomous observation; primary production; carbon export; mesopelagic zone; numerical models; data assimilation

$183,000

Assessment and Verification Tools for Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Fennel, Katja K

$585,300

Climate and ocean dynamics informing resource management and adaptation policy_x000d_

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Kienast, Markus

$685,371

Quantifying and predicting Canada's ocean carbon sink

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Advancing Climate Change Science in Canada

Principal investigators: Hamme, Roberta

$540,000

Marine environmental prediction through improved biogeochemical models

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fennel, Katja

$366,000

Canada Research Chair in Marine Prediction

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Fennel, Katja

Keywords: CRC

$100,000

Canada Research Chair in Marine Prediction

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Fennel, Katja

Keywords: CRC

$400,000

Year-round automated observations of ecological processes in coastal waters

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Cullen, John

$138,007

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Katja Fennel

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The Verification Challenge of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal.

Carbon-centric dynamics of Earth's marine phytoplankton.

Fusion-Based Hypoxia Estimates: Combining Geostatistical and Mechanistic Models of Dissolved Oxygen Variability.

Time-Evolving, Spatially Explicit Forecasts of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone.

Community composition influences the population growth and ecological impact of invasive species in response to climate change.

Biogeochemical Controls on Coastal Hypoxia.

Rapid coastal deoxygenation due to ocean circulation shift in the NW Atlantic.

Biogeochemistry: Ocean hotspots of nitrogen loss.

Putting Temperature and Oxygen Thresholds of Marine Animals in Context of Environmental Change: A Regional Perspective for the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of St. Lawrence.

A model-based insight into the coupling of nitrogen and sulfur cycles in a coastal upwelling system.

Training for novel directions in quantitative climate science

BELAS: Biological Carbon Export in the Labrador Sea

Improving estimates of ocean productivity and carbon sequestration through a combination of autonomous observation- and model-based approaches

Assessment and Verification Tools for Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)

Climate and ocean dynamics informing resource management and adaptation policy_x000d_

Quantifying and predicting Canada's ocean carbon sink

Marine environmental prediction through improved biogeochemical models

Canada Research Chair in Marine Prediction

Canada Research Chair in Marine Prediction

Year-round automated observations of ecological processes in coastal waters

Frequent collaborators

Anna Metaxas