Publikationen (Stand: 07.03.2024)

Owen K, Gilles A, Authier M, Carlström J, Genu M, Kyhn LA, Nachtsheim DA, Ramírez-Martínez NC, Siebert U, Sköld M, Teilmann J, Unger B and Sveegaard S (2024) A negative trend in abundance and an exceeded mortality limit call for conservation action for the Vulnerable Belt Sea harbour porpoise population. Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1289808. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1289808

Kruse, K., Knickmeier, K., Brennecke, D., Unger, B., Siebert, U. (2023). Plastic Debris and Its Impacts on Marine Mammals. In: Brennecke, D., Knickmeier, K., Pawliczka, I., Siebert, U., Wahlberg, M. (eds) Marine Mammals. Springer, Cham.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-06836-2.pdf?pdf=button

Unger B., Baltzer J., Brackmann J., Brasseur S., Brügmann M., Diederichs B., Galatius A., Geelhoed S.C.V , Huus Petersen H., IJsseldijk L.L., Jensen T. K., Jess A., Nachtsheim D., Philipp C., Scheidat M., Schop J., Siebert U., Teilmann J., Thøstesen C.B., van Neer A. (2022): Marine mammals. In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Link: qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org/reports/marine-mammal.

Philipp, C.; Unger, B.; Siebert, U. Occurrence of Microplastics in Harbour Seals (Phoca vitulina) and Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) from German Waters. Animals 2022, 12, 551.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12050551

Unger, B., Nachtsheim, D., Ramírez Martínez, N., Siebert, U., Sveegaard, S., Kyhn, L., Balle, J. D., Teilmann, J., Carlström, J., Owen, K. and Gilles, A. (2021) MiniSCANS-II: Aerial survey for harbour porpoises in the western Baltic Sea, Belt Sea, the Sound and Kattegat in 2020 : Joint survey by Denmark, Germany and Sweden. Final report to Danish Environmental Protection Agency, German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management: 28. https://www.tiho-hannover.de/itaw/forschung/projekte-aquatisch/abgeschlossene-projekte/2015-bis-2020/miniscans-ii-flugzeuggestuetze-erfassung-von-schweinswalen-in-der-westlichen-ostsee-der-beltsee-dem-oeresund-und-kattegat-in-2020.

Schulz, M., Unger, B., Philipp, C. and Fleet, D. M. (2021) Replicate analyses of OSPAR beach litter data. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 193(10): 662.

Philipp C, Unger B, Ehlers SM, Koop JHE and Siebert U (2021) First Evidence of Retrospective Findings of Microplastics in Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) From German Waters. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:682532. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.682532

Nachtsheim, D. A., Viquerat, S., Unger, B., Ramírez-Martínez, N. C., Siebert, U., & Gilles, A. (2021). Small cetacean in a human high-use area: Trends in harbour porpoise abundance in the North Sea over two decades. Frontiers in Marine Science7, 1135.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.606609

Janssen, G., E. Schachtner, M. Werner, K. Schiele, A. Darr, L. Maack, S. Garte, K. Fließbach, U. Siebert, B. Unger, B. Schuchardt, R. Pesch, P. Schmitt, C. Kuhmann & M. Steitz (2022): Integration mariner Naturschutzbelange in die zukünftige deutsche Meeresraumordnung. BfN Skripten

Philipp, C.; Unger, B.; Fischer, E.K.; Schnitzler, J.G.; Siebert, U. Handle with Care - Microplastic Particles in Intestine Samples of Seals from German Waters. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10424.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410424

Unger, B., Herr, H., Viquerat, S., Gilles, A., Burkhardt-Holm, P. and Siebert, U. (2020). Opportunistically collected data from aerial surveys reveal spatio-temporal distribution patterns of marine debris in German waters. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10610-9

Philipp, C.; Unger, B.; Fischer, E.; Siebert, U. (2019). Microplastics in marine top predators - A pilot study from German waters. World Marine Mammal Conference 2019, Barcelona, Spain, 9th – 12th December 2019, Poster, Abstract book, p. 557

Philipp, C.; Unger, B. (2019): Meeresmüll – Ideen zur Vermeidung und aktuelle Forschung aus Schleswig-Holstein. Veröffentlicht in Natur- und Umweltschutz Band 18 (Heft 1) des Mellumrat e.V..

Panti, C., Baini, M., Lusher, A., Hernandez-Milan, G., Bravo Rebolledo, E.L., Unger, B., Syberg, K., Simmonds, M.P., Fossi, M.C. (2019). "Marine litter: one of the major threats for marine mammals." Environmental Pollution , 247, 72-79
http://www.accobams.org/new_accobams/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Panti-et-la-2019-ECS-marine-litter.pdf

Reckendorf, A.; Unger, B.; Herr, H.; Wohlsein, P.; Siebert, U.: Marine debris and plastic pollution – an emerging non-infectious threat to aquatic wildlife and human health. In: Talk, Abstract book 13TH CONFERENCE European Wildlife Disease Association, Larissa, GREECE, 27th to 31st August 2018, S. 46

Unger, B.; Herr, H.; Gilles, A.; Viquerat, S.; Siebert, U.: Possible conflict areas between harbour porpoises and floating debris in the German North and Baltic Seas
In: talk, abstract book
The 32nd Conference European Cetacean Society, La Spezia, Italy, 6th April to 10th April 2018, S. 83
http://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/sites/default/files/27253%20ABSTRACT%20BOOK_LOW%20RES.pdf

Fleet D.M., Dau K., Gutow L., Schulz M., Unger B. & van Franeker J.A. (2017) Marine litter. In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2017. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Last updated 21.12.2017.
qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org/reports/marine-litter

Unger, B.; Herr, H.; Benke, H.; Böhmert, M.; Burkhardt-Holm, P.; Dähne, M.; Hillmann, M.; Wolff-Schmidt, K.; Wohlsein, P.; Siebert, U.: Marine debris in harbor porpoises and seals in German waters
In: poster, abstract book 22nd Biennial Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Halifax, Canada, 22-27 October, 2017, S. 166
http://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzKR5q6OcthETWx3aDZ4Tk16elk/view

Unger, B.; Herr, H.; Benke, H.; Böhmert, M.; Burkhardt-Holm, P.; Dähne, M.; Hillmann, M.; Wolff-Schmidt, K.; Wohlsein, P.; Siebert, U.: Marine debris in harbour porpoises and seals from German waters. In: Marine Environmental Research (2017)  77-84
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.07.009

Piatkowski, U.; Wohlsein, P.; van Neer, A.; Schnitzler, J.; Reckendorf, A.; Lehnert, K.; Lakemeyer, J.; Grilo, M.; Herr, H.; Unger, B.; Herder, V.; Siebert, U.: Studies on sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) stranded on the coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in 2016 In: Poster, abstract book
31st Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Middelfart, Denmark, 29. April-03. Mai, 2017, S. 270
http://europeancetaceansociety.eu/sites/default/files/AbstractBook_0.pdf

Unger, B.; Viquerat, S.; Siebert, U.; Herr, H.: Distribution patterns of floating marine debris in German waters between 2010 and 2012
In: Poster, Abstract book
31st Annual Conference European Cetacean Society, Middelfart, Denmark, 01-03. Mai 2017, S. 40
http://europeancetaceansociety.eu/sites/default/files/AbstractBook_0.pdf

Unger, B.; Herr, H.; Siebert, U. (2017). Distribution of floating marine debris and its occurrence in marine mammals from German waters and findings in sperm whales accidentally entering the North Sea in 2016. Talk beim workshop “Marine litter: an emerging cause of concern of marine mammals” bei der Tagung der European Cetacean Society, Middelfart (DK), 30.05.2017

Unger, B.; Bravo Rebolledo, E. L.; Deaville, R.; Gröne, A.; IJsseldijk, L. L.; Leopold, M. F.; Siebert, U.; Spitze, J.; Wohlsein, P.; Herr, H.: Large amounts of marine debris found in sperm whales stranded along the North Sea coast in early 2016
In: Marine Pollution Bulletin (2016), 112, 1-2, S. 134-141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.08.027

Unger, B., Bravo Rebolledo, E.L., Deaville, R., Gröne, A., IJsseldijk, L.L., Leopold, M.F.L., Siebert, U., Spitz, J., Wohlsein, P., Herr, H. (2016). Large amounts of marine debris found in sperm whales stranded along the North Sea coast in early 2016. Paper SC/66b/E09_rev presented to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission in Bled, Slovenia, 2016, 28 pp.

Unger, B.,Herr, H., Boehmert, M., Hillmann, M., Wolff-Schmidt, K., Siebert, U. (2015) Marine debris findings in dead stranded marine mammals from German waters. Poster at the 21st Biennial Conference of the Society for Marine Mammology, San Francisco, USA.

Unger, B., Herr, H., Böhmert, M., Hillmann, M., Wolff-Schmidt, K., Siebert, U. (2015). Marine debris findings in dead stranded harbour porpoises from German waters. Paper SC/66a/E/6 presented to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission in San Diego, USA, 2015, 8 pp.

Unger, B., Herr, H., Gilles, A., Siebert, U. (2014). Project plan on the growing problem of marine debris and its impacts on marine mammals in German waters. Paper SC/65b/E10 presented to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission in Bled, Slovenia, 4 pp.

Unger, B.; Feindt-Herr, H.; Gilles, A.; Siebert, U. (2014): Marine mammals and debris – potential conflict in the German North Sea. Poster, 28th European Cetacean Society Conference, Liège, 07-09.04.2014, 2014, S. 238

Dissertation

Unger, B. (2019). “ Marine debris in the North- and Baltic Seas. spatio-temporal distribution patterns and its occurrence in marine mammals”. Dissertation, Hannover 2019. Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover.
https://elib.tiho-hannover.de/receive/tiho_mods_00000140