Research Projects:
- Project 1.) Assisted evolution of marine calcifiers to climate change
- Project 2.) Establishment of symbiosis and symbiont flexibility
- Project 3.) Animal ecology, reproduction of foraminifera
- Project 4.) Adaptation in extreme Seas such as Persian Gulf
- Project 5.) Sustainability transformation, coral reefs and society
DFG-Project SYMBIO-AID
Research grant "Temporary positions for principal investigators" by German Research Foundation (DFG), 1/07/2020 - 31/12/2023
The role of diatom endosymbionts on the adaptation potential of reef calcifiers
MOPGA Post-doc Fellowship
Research grant by French Ministry Campus France 2018-2020
Ammonium and Sulfate Assimilation Is Widespread in Benthic Foraminifera (Frontiers in Marine Science)
Deposit-feeding of Nonionellina labradorica (foraminifera) from an Arctic methane seep site and possible association with a methanotroph (Biogeosciences)
Publications in peer-reviewed international journals
(17) Schmidt C, Geslin E, Bernhard JM, LeKieffre C, Svenning MM, Roberge H, Schweizer M, Giuliana P (2022) Deposit-feeding of Nonionellina labradorica (foraminifera) from an Arctic methane seep site and possible association with a methanotroph, Biogeoscience 19 (16), 3897-3909
(16) Westphal H, Murphy GN, Doo SS, Mann T, Petrovic A, Schmidt C, M Stuhr ( Ecosystem design as an avenue for improving services provided by carbonate producing marine ecosystems, PeerJ,10, e12785
(15) Narayan G, Reymond CE, Stuhr M, Doo S, Schmidt C, Mann T, Westphal H (2021) Response of large benthic foraminifera to climate and local changes: Implications for future carbonate production, Sedimentology, 69 (1), 121-161
(14) Prazeres M, Morard R, Roberts T, Doo SS, Jompa J, Schmidt C, Stuhr, M, Renema W, Kucera M (2020) High dispersal capacity and biogeographic breaks shape the genetic diversity of a globally distributed reef-dwelling calcifiers, Ecology and Evolution 10 (12), 5976-5989
(13) Takagi H, Kimoto K, Fujiki T, Saito H, Schmidt C, Kucera M, Moriya K (2019) Characterizing photosymbiosis in modern planktonic foraminifera. Biogeosciences 16: 3377-3396
(12) Nettersheim BJ, Brocks JJ, Schwelm A, Hope JM, Not F, Lomas M, Schmidt C, Schiebel R, Nowack ECM, De Deckker P, Pawlowski J, Bowser SS, Bobrovskiy I, Zonneveld K, Kucera M, Stuhr M, Hallmann C (2019) Putative sponge biomarkers in unicellular Rhizaria question an early rise of animals. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3 (4), 577-581
(11) Meilland J, Siccha M, Weinkauf MF, Jonkers L, Morard R, Baranowski U, Baumeister A, Bertlich J, Brummer G-J, Debray P, Fritz-Endres T, Groeneveld J, Magerl L, Munz P, Rillo MC, Schmidt C, Takagi H, Theara G, Kucera M (2019) Highly replicated sampling reveals no diurnal vertical migration but stable species-specific vertical habitats in planktonic foraminifera. Journal of Plankton Research 41 (2), 127-141
(10) Schmidt C, Morard R, Romero O, Kucera M (2018) Diverse Internal Symbiont Community in the Endosymbiotic Foraminifera Pararotalia calcariformata: Implications for Symbiont Shuffling Under Thermal Stress. Frontiers in Microbiology 9
(9) Titelboim D, Sadekov A, Almogi-Labin A, Herut B, Kucera M, Schmidt C, Hyams-Kaphzan O, Abramovich S (2017) Geochemical signatures of benthic foraminiferal shells from a heat-polluted shallow marine environment provide field evidence for growth and calcification under extreme warmth. Global Change Biology
(8) Schmidt C, Morard R, Prazeres M, Barak H, Kucera M (2016) Retention of high thermal tolerance in the invasive foraminifera Amphistegina lobifera from the Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aqaba. Marine Biology 163: 228
(7) Schmidt C, Titelboim D, Brandt J, Herut B, Abramovich S, Almogi-Labin A, Kucera M (2016) Extremely heat tolerant photo-symbiosis in a shallow marine benthic foraminifera. Scientific Reports 6: 30930
(6) Titelboim D, Almogi-Labin A, Herut B, Kucera M, Schmidt C, Hyams-Kaphzan O, Ovadia O, Abramovich S (2016) Selective responses of benthic foraminifera to thermal pollution. Marine Pollution Bulletin 105: 324-336
(5) Webster NS, Negri AP, Botté ES, Laffy PW, Flores F, Noonan S, Schmidt C, Uthicke S (2016) Host-associated coral reef microbes respond to the cumulative pressures of ocean warming and ocean acidification. Scientific Reports 6: 19324
(4) Schmidt C, Morard R, Almogi-Labin A, Weinmann AE, Titelboim D, Abramovich S, Kucera M (2015) Recent invasion of the symbiont-bearing foraminifera Pararotalia into the Eastern Mediterranean facilitated by the ongoing warming trend. PLoS ONE 10: e0132917
(3) Schmidt C, Kucera M, Uthicke S (2014) Combined effects of warming and ocean acidification on coral reef Foraminifera Marginopora vertebralis and Heterostegina depressa. Coral Reefs 33:805–818
(2) Uthicke S, Vogel N, Doyle J, Schmidt C, Humphrey C (2012) Interactive effects of climate change and eutrophication on the dinoflagellate-bearing benthic foraminifer Marginopora vertebralis. Coral Reefs 31:401-414
(1) Schmidt C, Heinz P, Kucera M, Uthicke S (2011) Temperature-induced stress leads to bleaching in larger benthic foraminifera hosting endosymbiotic diatoms. Limnology and Oceanography 56: 1587-1602