Dr. Sandra Kube

Environmental monitoring Baltic Sea, focus biological monitoring

Ecology and population genetics of mesozooplankton and gelatinous plankton Baltic Sea
Shallow water ecology Baltic Sea
Ecophysiology of marine invertebrates

Project coordination EU joint project BiodivERsA (2021-2024): "Pathogenic Vibrio bacteria in the current and future Baltic Sea waters: mitigating the problem (BaltVib)" (project leader Prof. Dr. Matthias Labrenz)

Publications

Herlemann DPR, Delgado LF, Riedinger DJ, Fernández-Juárez V, Andersson AF, Pansch C, Riemann L, Bengtsson MM, Gyraite G, Katarzyte M, Kisand V, Kube S, Martin G, Piwosz K, Rakowski M, Labrenz M (2025): Low impact of Zostera marina meadows on sediment and water microbiota under brackish conditions. Environmental Microbiome 20: 2, doi: 10.1186/s40793-024-00662-6

Gyraite G, Katarzyte M, Bucas M, Kalvaitiene G, Kube S, Herlemann DP, Pansch C, Andersson AF, Pitkanen T, Hokajarvi A-M, Annus-Urmet A, Hauk G, Hippelein M, Lastauskiene E, Labrenz M (2024): Epidemiological and environmental investigation of the 'big four' Vibrio species, 1994 to 2021: a Baltic Sea retrospective study. Euro Surveill. 29: 32, doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.32.2400075

Riedinger DJ, Fernández-Juárez V, Delgado L, Sperlea T, Hassenrück C, Herlemann DPR, Pansch C, Kataržytė M, Bruck F, Ahrens A, Rakowski M, Piwosz K, Stevenson A, Reusch TBH, Gyraitė G, Schulz-Bull D, Benterbusch-Brockmöller H, Kube S, Dupke S, Andersson AF, Riemann L, Labrenz M (2024): Control of Vibrio vulnificus proliferation in the Baltic Sea through eutrophication and algal bloom management. Commun. Earth Environ. 5: 246, doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01410-x

Meyer J, Dahlke S, Kafka M, Kerkow A, Lindner C, Kube S, Nawka B L, Schubert H, Schumann R, Blindow I (2019): Submerged vegetation in a shallow brackish lagoon does not enhance water clarity but offers substantial refuge for zooplankton. Aquatic Botany, 154, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2018.12.002

Böckmann S, Seidler M, Schubert H, Kube S (2018): Population genetics of two allopatric (North Sea and Baltic Sea) populations of Evadne nordmanni (Podonidae): Similarities and differences. Internat Rev Hydrobiol., 103, 54-62. doi.org/10.1002/iroh.201701930

Jaspers C, Huwer B, Antajan E, Hosia A, Hinrichsen H-H, Biastoch A, Angel D, Asmus R, Augustin C, Bagheri S, Beggs S E, Balsby T J S, Boersma M, Bonnet D, Christensen J T, Dänhardt A, Delpy F, Falkenhaug T, Finenko G, Fleming N E C, Fuentes V, Galil B, Gittenberger A, Griffin D C, Haslob H, Javidpour J, Kamburska L, Kube S, Langenberg V T, Lehtiniemi M, Lombard F, Malzahn A, Marambio M, Mihneva V, Møller L F, Niermann U, Okyar M I, Özdemir Z B, Pitois S, Reusch T B H, Robbens J, Stefanova K, Thibault D, van der Veer H W, Vansteenbrugge L, van Walraven L, Woźniczka A (2018): Ocean current connectivity propelling the secondary spread of a marine invasive comb jelly across western Eurasia. Global Ecol Biogeogr.,27, 814-827. doi.org/10.1111/geb.12742

Janßen H, Augustin C B, Hinrichsen H-H, Kube S (2013): Impact of secondary hard substrate on the distribution and abundance of Aurelia aurita in the western Baltic Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 75, 224-234.

Jansen J M, Pronker A E, Kube S, Sokolowski A, Sola J C, Marquiegui M A, Schiedek D, Bonga S W, Wolowicz M, Hummel H (2007): Geographic and seasonal patterns and limits in the adaptive response to temperature of European Mytilus spp. and Macoma balthica populations. Oecologia 154, 23-34.

Kube S, Postel L, Honnef C, Augustin C B (2007): Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Baltic Sea – distribution and overwintering between autumn 2006 and spring 2007. Aquatic Invasions 2, 137-145.

Kube S, Sokolowski A, Jansen J M, Schiedek D (2007): Seasonal variability of free amino acids in two marine bivalves, Macoma balthica and Mytilus spp., in relation to environmental and physiological factors. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – A, 147 (4), 1015-1027.

Kube S, Gerber A, Jansen J M, Schiedek D (2006): Patterns of organic osmolytes in two marine bivalves, Macoma balthica and Mytilus spp., along their European distribution. Marine Biology, 149, 1387-1396.

Kube S, Kube J, Bick A (2006): A loss of fecundity in a population of mudsnails Hydrobia ventrosa caused by larval trematodes does not measurably affect host population equilibrium level. Parasitology 132, 725-732.

Kube J, Kube S, Dierschke V (2002): Spatial and temporal variations in the trematode component community of the mudsnail Hydrobia ventrosa in relation to the occurrence of waterfowl as definitive hosts. Journal of Parasitology. 88(6), 1075-1086.

Kube S, Kube J, Bick A (2002): Component community of larval trematodes in the mudsnail Hydrobia ventrosa: Temporal variations in prevalence in relation to host life-history. Journal of Parasitology. 88(4), 730-737.

Probst S, Kube J, Bick A (2000): Effects of winter severity on life history patterns and population dynamics of Hydrobia ventrosa (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Arch. Hydrobiol. 148, 383-396.

Probst S, Kube J (1999): Histopathological effects of larval trematode infections in mudsnails and their impact on host growth: What causes gigantism in Hydrobia ventrosa (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 238, 49-68.

Dierschke V, Kube J, Probst S, Brenning U (1999): Feeding ecology of dunlins Calidris alpina staging in the Southern Baltic Sea, 1. Habitat use and food selection. Journal of Sea Research 42, 49-64.

Reports, Monographs

Kube S, Bolius S, Dutz J (2026): Erarbeitung von Grundlagen für ein Monitoring von gelatinösem Zooplankton in der deutschen Ostsee. Schlussbericht: Projektlaufzeit: 01. November 2025 - 31. Januar 2026. 41 S., im Auftrag des Landesamtes für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Geologie Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Zettler M L, Dutz J, Kemp A, Paul C, Busch S, Naumann M, Kube S (2025): Biological assessment of the Baltic Sea 2024. Meereswiss. Ber./Mar. Sci. Rep., Warnemünde, 131. doi: 10.12754/msr-2025-0131

Dutz J, Zettler M L, Kremp A, Paul C, Kube S (2025): Biological assessment of the Baltic Sea 2023. Meereswiss. Ber./Mar. Sci. Rep., Warnemünde, 129. doi: 10.12754/msr-2025-0129

Kube S, Köhn J, Lehnert G, Faber J, Kurzweg K, Schöne S, Sadkowiak B, Radisch J, Burmeister C, Heyn L, Musso M, Wegner-Repke J (2025): Baltic Sea Long-term Observation Programme, Cruise No. EMB372, 01.08.2025 - 16.08.2025, Rostock-Marienehe (Germany) - Rostock-Marienehe (Germany). Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe. https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_emb372

Kube S, Naumann M, Heene T, Köhn J, Schöne S, Hand I, Dierken M, Fechtel C, Schubert S, Hehl U, Sakpal H, Oppler J, Rummel K, Bodenstein S (2024): Baltic Sea Long-term Observation Programme, Cruise No. EMB353, 07.11.2024 - 22.11.2024, Rostock-Marienehe (Germany) - Rostock-Marienehe (Germany). Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe. https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_emb353

Naumann M, Kube S, Sass M, Neubert S, Sadkowiak B, Schöne S, Kreuzer L, Fechtel C, Wickenhäuser J, Grundmann L, Huseby S, Palmbo Bergman A, Sakpal H, Torres Martin, L C (2024): Baltic Sea Long-term Observation Programme, Cruise No. EMB340, 25.04.2024 - 15.05.2024, Rostock-Marienehe (Germany) - Rostock-Marienehe (Germany). Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe. https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_emb340

Telesh I, Skarlato S, Kube S, Rohde H, Schubert H (2023): Zooplankton of the Baltic Sea: General Aspects and Identification Hints. Rostocker Meeresbiologische Beiträge, 32, 129 pp.

Labrenz M, Kube S (2021): Pathogenic Vibrio bacteria in the current and future Baltic Sea waters: mitigating the problem, Cruise No. EMB283, 03.08.2021 - 16.08.2021, Rostock (Germany) - Rostock (Germany). Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe. https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_emb283

Kube S, Schoor A, Schubert H (2015): Biodiversität und Dynamik der Zooplanktongemeinschaft in den Küstengewässern der südwestlichen Ostsee : Schlussbericht : ZOODYN : Projektlaufzeit: 01. Mai 2013-31. Dezember 2014. Universität Rostock.

Middelboe AL, Fürhaupter K, Berg T, Pehlke C, Darr A, Gogina M, Zettler M, Bochert R, Sagert S, Kube S, Schlüter L, Mohlenberg F, Montserrat F (2011): Fehmarnbelt Marine Biology Services -Criteria and thresholds for environmental impact assessments. Femern A/S, 107pp.

Schlüter L, Mohlenberg F, Kube S, Sagert S (2010): Plankton flora and fauna of the Greater Fehmarnbelt, Baseline Survey-Phase I. Femern A/S, 131pp.

Augustin C, Kube S (2010): From polyps to medusae - Jellyfish distribution and ecology in the Greater Fehmarnbelt, Baseline Survey. Femern A/S, 38pp.

Postel L, Kube S (2008): A matter of time and temperature: The spread of Mnemiopsis leidyi. ICES Insights 45, 16-19.

Kube S, Postel L (2008): Ein Einwanderer mit schlechtem Ruf – Die Rippenqualle Mnemiopsis leidyi in der Ostsee. Traditio et Innovatio 02-08, 10-12.

Kube S, Postel L, Hammer C, Zimmermann C, Sommer U, Javidpour J, Clemmesen C, Boersma M (2007): Die Invasion der räuberischen Rippenqualle Mnemiopsis leidyi in der Ostsee. Landesamt für Natur und Umwelt des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Landesamt für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Geologie Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 50pp.

Kube J, Probst S (1999): Bestandsabnahme bei schilfbewohnenden Vogelarten an der südlichen Ostseeküste: Welchen Einfluß hat die Schilfmahd auf die Brutvogeldichte? - Vogelwelt 120, 27-38.