02/2014 - 10/2018: PhD in Marine Sciences
NIOZ - Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems (The Netherlands); Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences, Marine Biology Research Group (Belgium)
Doctoral thesis: Benthic ecosystem response to polymetallic nodule extraction in the deep sea
09/2016 - 02/2019: MSc in Statistical Data Analysis
Ghent University (Belgium)
Thesis: Deciphering the DOC composition in the Arctic Ocean using parallel factor analysis
09/2011 - 02/2014: MSc in Biology
Aarhus University (Denmark)
Thesis: Degradation of dissolved organic matter in the Arctic deep sea
09/2009 - 07/2010: Erasmus Exchange Student in Biology
University of Oviedo (Spain)
10/2008 - 09/2011: BSc in Biology
University of Bremen (Germany)
Thesis: Diversity of dehalogenating bacteria in marine sediments
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Aquatic Science, Oceanography, Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology
1091
Scholar Citations
15
Scholar h-index
21
Scholar i10-index
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Taxon-specific differences in C and N cycling and metabolic activity of intertidal organisms: part A—short-term processes T Stratmann, D van Oevelen, MTJ van der Meer Frontiers in Marine Science 13, 1816642 , 2026 2026
Trophic ecology of Ophiuroidea and Asteroidea in the Clarion-Clipperton-Fracture Zone (Central Pacific) T Stratmann, E Simon-Lledó, MTJ van der Meer, M Christodoulou, ... Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 225, 104598 , 2025 2025
Sponge species from New Zealand may transform and degrade dissolved organic matter T Stratmann, MLM Miranda, A de Kluijver, K Busch, M Kelly, S Mills, ... Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 585, 152092 , 2025 2025 Citations: 3
Combining 13C, 15N, and 2H tracers to measure feeding and metabolic activity in marine, shallow-water sponges – A pilot study T Stratmann, DX Sahonero-Canaves, MTJ van der Meer Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 591, 152123 , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
Nutrient fluxes, oxygen consumption and fatty acid composition from deep-water demo- and hexactinellid sponges from New Zealand T Stratmann, K Busch, A de Kluijver, M Kelly, S Mills, S Rossel, PJ Schupp Deep-Sea Research Part I, 104416 , 2024 2024 Citations: 6
The emerging picture of a diverse deep Arctic Ocean seafloor: From habitats to ecosystems E Ramirez-Llodra, HK Meyer, BA Bluhm, S Brix, A Brandt, J Dannheim, ... Elementa - Science of the Anthropocene 12 (1), 1-38 , 2024 2024 Citations: 20
Role of Astrophorina sponges (Demospongiae) in food-web interactions at the Flemish Cap (NW Atlantic) T Stratmann, FJ Murillo, M Sacau, M Koen Alonso, E Kenchington Marine Ecology Progress Series 729, 99–116 , 2024 2024 Citations: 2
Deconvolving feeding niches and strategies of abyssal holothurians from their stable isotope, amino acid, and fatty acid composition T Stratmann, P van Breugel, AK Sweetman, D van Oevelen Marine Biodiversity 54, 80 , 2023 2023 Citations: 12
Role of polymetallic-nodule dependent fauna on carbon cycling in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (Pacific) T Stratmann Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 1151442 , 2023 2023 Citations: 12
Developing elastic-plastic material models for pressure measurement films in a steel-steel contact for smooth and rough surfaces I Stratmann, J Goersch, M Neuser, C Schindler, T Stratmann Journal of Tribology 145, 071501-1 - 071501-8 , 2023 2023 Citations: 3
Inverse Modeling Applications to Coastal Marine Ecosystems N Niquil, Q Nogues, B Saint-Beat, V David, D van Oevelen, T Stratmann, ... Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
Major fine-scale spatial heterogeneity in accumulation of gelatinous carbon fluxes on the deep seabed HJ Hoving, A Boetius, KM Dunlop, J Greinert, M Haeckel, DOB Jones, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 1192242 , 2023 2023 Citations: 13
Habitat types and megabenthos composition from three sponge‑dominated high‑Arctic seamounts T Stratmann, E Simon‑Lledó, TM Morganti, A de Kluijver, A Vedenin, ... Scientific Reports 12, 20610 , 2022 2022 Citations: 24
The ProkaBioDen database, a global database of benthic prokaryotic biomasses and densities in the marine realm T Stratmann Scientific Data 9, 179 , 2022 2022 Citations: 2
Photobiological effects on ice algae of a rapid whole-fjord loss of snow cover during spring growth in Kangerlussuaq, a West Greenland fjord BK Sorrell, I Hawes, T Stratmann, LC Lund-Hansen Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9, 814 , 2021 2021 Citations: 10
Polymetallic nodules are essential for food‑web integrity of a prospective deep‑seabed mining area in Pacific abyssal plains T Stratmann, K Soetaert, D Kersken, D van Oevelen Scientific Reports 11, 12238 , 2021 2021 Citations: 68
Seafloor images of undisturbed and disturbed polymetallic nodule province seafloor collected during RV SONNE expeditions SO268/1+ 2 A Purser, Y Bodur, S Ramalo, T Stratmann, T Schoening PANGAEA https://doi. org/10.1594/PANGAEA 935856 , 2021 2021 Citations: 14
Upwelling irradiance below sea ice—PAR intensities and spectral distributions LC Lund-Hansen, M Bjerg-Nielsen, T Stratmann, I Hawes, BK Sorrell Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9, 830 , 2021 2021 Citations: 6
Abyssal food-web model indicates faunal carbon flow recovery and impaired microbial loop 26 years after a sediment disturbance experiment DSW De Jonge, T Stratmann, L Lins, A Vanreusel, A Purser, Y Marcon, ... Progress in Oceanography 189, 102446 , 2020 2020 Citations: 54
The BenBioDen database, a global database for meio-, macro-and megabenthic biomass and densities T Stratmann, D van Oevelen, P Martinez Arbizu, CL Wei, JX Liao, ... Scientific Data 7 (206) , 2020 2020 Citations: 30
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Biological responses to disturbance from simulated deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining DOB Jones, S Kaiser, AK Sweetman, CR Smith, L Menot, A Vink, ... PLoS One 12 (2), e0171750 , 2017 2017 Citations: 377
Key role of bacteria in the short-term cycling of carbon at the abyssal seafloor in a low particulate organic carbon flux region of the eastern Pacific Ocean AK Sweetman, CR Smith, CN Shulse, B Maillot, M Lindh, MJ Church, ... Limnology and Oceanography 64 (2), 694-713 , 2019 2019 Citations: 92
Abyssal plain faunal carbon flows remain depressed 26 years after a simulated deep-sea mining disturbance T Stratmann, L Lins, A Purser, Y Marcon, CF Rodrigues, A Ravara, ... Biogeosciences 15 (13), 4131-4145 , 2018 2018 Citations: 90
Polymetallic nodules are essential for food‑web integrity of a prospective deep‑seabed mining area in Pacific abyssal plains T Stratmann, K Soetaert, D Kersken, D van Oevelen Scientific Reports 11, 12238 , 2021 2021 Citations: 68
Abyssal food-web model indicates faunal carbon flow recovery and impaired microbial loop 26 years after a sediment disturbance experiment DSW De Jonge, T Stratmann, L Lins, A Vanreusel, A Purser, Y Marcon, ... Progress in Oceanography 189, 102446 , 2020 2020 Citations: 54
Assessing the environmental status of selected North Atlantic deep-sea ecosystems G Kazanidis, C Orejas, A Borja, E Kenchington, LA Henry, O Callery, ... Ecological Indicators 119, 106624 , 2020 2020 Citations: 45
Has phytodetritus processing by an abyssal soft-sediment community recovered 26 years after an experimental disturbance? T Stratmann, L Mevenkamp, AK Sweetman, A Vanreusel, D Van Oevelen Frontiers in Marine Science 5, 59 , 2018 2018 Citations: 40
Effects of sea-ice light attenuation and CDOM absorption in the water below the Eurasian sector of central Arctic Ocean (> 88 N) LC Lund-Hansen, S Markager, K Hancke, T Stratmann, S Rysgaard, ... Polar Research 34 (1), 23978 , 2015 2015 Citations: 38
The BenBioDen database, a global database for meio-, macro-and megabenthic biomass and densities T Stratmann, D van Oevelen, P Martinez Arbizu, CL Wei, JX Liao, ... Scientific Data 7 (206) , 2020 2020 Citations: 30
The SCOC database, a large, open, and global database with sediment community oxygen consumption rates T Stratmann, K Soetaert, CL Wei, YS Lin, D van Oevelen Scientific Data 6 (242) , 2019 2019 Citations: 30
Metabolic rates are significantly lower in abyssal Holothuroidea than in shallow-water Holothuroidea A Brown, C Hauton, T Stratmann, A Sweetman, D Van Oevelen, ... Royal Society Open Science 5 (5) , 2018 2018 Citations: 28
Impaired short-term functioning of a benthic community from a deep Norwegian fjord following deposition of mine tailings and sediments L Mevenkamp, T Stratmann, K Guilini, L Moodley, D Van Oevelen, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 4, 169 , 2017 2017 Citations: 27
Recovery of Holothuroidea population density, community composition, and respiration activity after a deep‐sea disturbance experiment T Stratmann, I Voorsmit, A Gebruk, A Brown, A Purser, Y Marcon, ... Limnology and Oceanography 63 (5), 2140-2153 , 2018 2018 Citations: 25
Habitat types and megabenthos composition from three sponge‑dominated high‑Arctic seamounts T Stratmann, E Simon‑Lledó, TM Morganti, A de Kluijver, A Vedenin, ... Scientific Reports 12, 20610 , 2022 2022 Citations: 24
The emerging picture of a diverse deep Arctic Ocean seafloor: From habitats to ecosystems E Ramirez-Llodra, HK Meyer, BA Bluhm, S Brix, A Brandt, J Dannheim, ... Elementa - Science of the Anthropocene 12 (1), 1-38 , 2024 2024 Citations: 20
Seafloor images of undisturbed and disturbed polymetallic nodule province seafloor collected during RV SONNE expeditions SO268/1+ 2 A Purser, Y Bodur, S Ramalo, T Stratmann, T Schoening PANGAEA https://doi. org/10.1594/PANGAEA 935856 , 2021 2021 Citations: 14
Major fine-scale spatial heterogeneity in accumulation of gelatinous carbon fluxes on the deep seabed HJ Hoving, A Boetius, KM Dunlop, J Greinert, M Haeckel, DOB Jones, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 1192242 , 2023 2023 Citations: 13
Deconvolving feeding niches and strategies of abyssal holothurians from their stable isotope, amino acid, and fatty acid composition T Stratmann, P van Breugel, AK Sweetman, D van Oevelen Marine Biodiversity 54, 80 , 2023 2023 Citations: 12
Role of polymetallic-nodule dependent fauna on carbon cycling in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (Pacific) T Stratmann Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 1151442 , 2023 2023 Citations: 12
Will low primary production rates in the Amundsen Basin (Arctic Ocean) remain low in a future ice-free setting, and what governs this production? LC Lund-Hansen, J Bendtsen, T Stratmann, R Tonboe, SM Olsen, ... Journal of Marine Systems 205, 103287 , 2020 2020 Citations: 11
