Peter Feldens - publications

2026

• Geersen, J., P. Feldens, L. Rollwage, L. M. Baumann, K. Krämer, P. Westfeld, S. Krastel, S. Ahmerkamp, F. Tauber and J. S. von Deimling (2026). Ship wake-induced water column mixing and meter-scale seabed erosion in the Baltic Sea. Nat. Commun. 17: 1350, doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-68875-6
• Naumann, A., P. Feldens, M. L. Zettler and S. Papenmeier (2026). From detection to complexity: AI boulder mapping enables structural analysis of Baltic Sea reefs. Front. Remote Sens. 7: 1672398, doi: 10.3389/frsen.2026.1672398
• Schönke, M., I. Schulze, M. Gogina, C. v. Dorrien, D. Oesterwind and P. Feldens (2026). What AIS misses and Acoustics reveal: Monitoring seafloor disturbance and recovery from bottom trawling in the southern Baltic Sea over five years. Ecological Informatics 94: 103638, doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103638

2025

• Giannakopoulos, V., P. Feldens and E. Fakiris (2025). Semi-Automated Mapping of Pockmarks from MBES Data Using Geomorphometry and Machine Learning-Driven Optimization. Remote Sens. 17: 2917, doi: 10.3390/rs17162917
• Schmale, O., V. Mohrholz, S. Papenmeier, K. Jürgens, M. Blumenberg, P. Feldens, S. Jordan, P. Ruiz-Fernández, C. Meeske, J. Fabian, S. Iwe and L. Umlauf (2025). The control of physical and biological drivers on pelagic methane fluxes in a Patagonian fjord (Golfo Almirante Montt, Chile). Sci. Total Environ. 982: 179584, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179584
• Schulze, I., M. Schönke, P. Feldens and S. Papenmeier (2025). Temporal evolution of anchor tracks on a silty seafloor (Eckernförde Bay/Baltic Sea). Front. Remote Sens. 6, doi: 10.3389/frsen.2025.1576192
• Voss, M., P. Holtermann, S. Ahmerkamp, D. L. Arévalo Martínez, B. Cahill, M. Chouksey, J. W. Dippner, J. Dutz, P. Feldens, J. Geersen, K. Gentsch, M. Gogina, D. Herlemann, J. Henkel, M. Kanwischer, B. Krebs, A. Kremp, A. Malissery, R. Mars, J. Müller, S. Neubert, H. Osterholz, H. Radtke, G. Rehder, K. Romoth, M. Sass, I. Sassenhagen, O. Schmale, M. v. Thenen, M. v. Weber and O. Zielinski (2025). Coastal zones of the Baltic Sea in the Anthropocene: Current state and the impact of climate change. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 326: 109504, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109504
• Wallmann, K. J. G., M. Schmidt and Arbeitsgruppe "Ringversuch" (2025). Ringversuch zur Bestimmung der Kohlenstoffgehalte in Oberflächensedimenten der Deutschen Ostsee. Kiel, Germany: GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel. 23 S. doi: 10.3289/KOMSO_AP1.2

2024

• Böttner, C., C. J. Stevenson, R. Englert, M. Schönke, B. T. Pandolpho, J. Geersen, P. Feldens and S. Krastel (2024). Extreme erosion and bulking in a giant submarine gravity flow. Sci. Adv. 10: eadp2584, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adp2584
• Cosme De Esteban, M., P. Feldens, R. Haroun, F. Tuya, A. Gil and F. Otero Ferrer (2024). Habitat mapping of the Vila Franca do Campo marine reserve (Azores) and recommendations for its improvement. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 303: 108809, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108809
• Geersen, J., M. Bradtmöller, J. Schneider von Deimling, P. Feldens, J. Auer, P. Held, A. Lohrberg, R. Supka, J. J. L. Hoffmann, B. V. Eriksen, W. Rabbel, H.-J. Karlsen, S. Krastel, D. Brandt, D. Heuskin and H. Lübke (2024). A submerged Stone Age hunting architecture from the Western Baltic Sea. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121: e2312008121, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2312008121
• Gogina, M., J. Piontek, I. Schulze, H. Arndt, L. P, A. Ostmann, M. Janßen, S. Okolski, J. Kallmeyer, P. Feldens, S. Pomrehn, F. Pohl, A. Ackermann, R. Ems, A. Dale and S. Sommer (2024). MGF-OSTSEE-2024: Assessing the impact of mobile bottom trawl fishing in marine protected areas (Natura 2000) of the western Baltic Sea, Cruise No. EMB342, 10.06.2024 - 17.06.2024, Rostock (Germany) - Rostock (Germany). Bonn: Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe;. doi: 10.48433/cr_emb342
• Hinz, M., P. Westfeld, P. Feldens, A. Feldens, S. Themann and S. Papenmeier (2024). AI-based boulder detection in sonar data - bridging the gap from experimentation to application. Int. Hyd. Rev. 30: 78-98, doi: 10.58440/ihr-30-1-a08
• Marx, D., A. Feldens, S. Papenmeier, P. Feldens, A. Darr, M. L. Zettler and K. Heinicke (2024). Habitats and biotopes in the German Baltic Sea. Biology 13: 6, doi: 10.3390/biology13010006
• Piret, L., S. Bertrand, C. Moffat, P. Feldens, S. Papenmeier and H. Arz (2024). Recent ice-contact delta formation in front of Pio XI glacier controls sedimentary processes in Eyre Fjord, Patagonia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 49: 5054-5068, doi: 10.1002/esp.6012

2023

• Czymzik, M., R. Tjallingii, B. Plessen, P. Feldens, M. Theuerkauf, M. Moros, M. J. Schwab, C. K. M. Nantke, S. Pinkerneil, A. Brauer and H. W. Arz (2023). Mid-Holocene reinforcement of North Atlantic atmospheric circulation variability from a western Baltic lake sediment record. Clim. Past 19: 233-248, doi: 10.5194/cp-19-233-2023
• Feldens, A., D. Marx, A. Herbst, A. Darr, S. Papenmeier, M. Hinz, M. L. Zettler and P. Feldens (2023). Distribution of boulders in coastal waters of Western Pomerania, German Baltic Sea. Front. Earth Sci. 11: 1155765, doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1155765
• Feldens, P., P. Held, F. Otero-Ferrer, L. Bramanti, F. Espino and J. Schneider von Deimling (2023). Can black coral forests be detected using multibeam echosounder “multi-detect” data? Front. Remote Sens. 4: 988366, doi: 10.3389/frsen.2023.988366

2022

• Feldens, P., K. Schwarzer, D. Sakuna-Schwartz and S. Khokiattiwong (2022). Geomorphological evolution of the Andaman Sea offshore Phang Nga province (Thailand) during the Holocene: An example for a sediment starving shelf. Coasts 2: 1-16, doi: 10.3390/coasts2010001
• Papenmeier, Svenja, Darr, Alexander, & Feldens, Peter. (2022). Bathymetry data from detonation scars in the Fehmarnbelt, German Baltic Sea. [Data set]. Zenodo., doi:10.5281/zenodo.6374951
• Schönke, M., D. Clemens and P. Feldens (2022). Quantifying the physical impact of bottom trawling based on high-resolution bathymetric data. Remote Sens. 14: 2782, doi: 10.3390/rs14122782
• Schulze, I., M. Gogina, M. Schönke, M. L. Zettler and P. Feldens  (2022). Seasonal change of multifrequency backscatter in three Baltic Sea habitats. Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3: 956994, doi: 10.3389/frsen.2022.956994
• Theuerkauf, M., T. Blume, A. Brauer, N. Dräger, P. Feldens, K. Kaiser, C. Kappler, F. Kästner, S. Lorenz, J.-P. Schmidt and M. Schult (2022). Holocene lake-level evolution of Lake Tiefer See, NE Germany, caused by climate and land cover changes. Boreas 51: 299-316, doi: 10.1111/bor.12561

2021

• Ehlert von Ahn, C. M., J. C. Scholten, C. Malik, P. Feldens, B. Liu, O. Dellwig, A.-K. Jenner, S. Papenmeier, I. Schmiedinger, M. A. Zeller and M. E. Böttcher (2021). A multi-tracer study of fresh water sources for a temperate urbanized coastal bay (Southern Baltic Sea). Front. Environ. Sci. 9: 642346, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.642346
• Feldens, P., M. E. Böttcher, D. Clemens, A. Emde, T. Giese, M. Gogina, J. Kallmeyer, R. Kern, J. Piontek, P. Roeser, M. Schönke, S. Sommer and M. A. Zeller (2021). Elisabeth Mann Borgese Berichte Cruise No. EMB268, 18.06.2021 – 21.06.2021. Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe.
• Feldens, P., M. Gogina, H. Arndt, B. M. E., D. Clemens, S. Forster, K. H. George, S. Hoffmann, J. Kallmeyer, R. Kern, S. Khodami, A. Kitte, P. Martinez Arbizu, J. Packmor, J. Piontek, M. Powilleit, P. Roeser, M. Sachs, M. Schönke and M. A. Zeller (2021). MGF-Ostsee Project: Potential effects of closure for bottom fishing in the marine protected areas (MPAs) of the western Baltic Sea – baseline observations. Elisabeth Mann Borgese Berichte Cruise No. EMB267, 01.06.2021 – 16.06.2021
• Feldens, P., P. Westfeld, J. Valerius, A. Feldens and S. Papenmeier (2021). Automatic detection of boulders by neural networks:  A comparison of multibeam echo sounder and side-scan sonar performance. Hydrogr. Nachrichten, 119: 6-17, doi: 10.23784/HN119-01
• Feldens, Peter; Gogina, Mayya; Arndt, Hartmut; Böttcher, Michael E; Clemens, David; Forster, Stefan; George, Kai Horst; Hoffmann, Sven; Kallmeyer, Jens; Kern, Ramona; Khodami, Sahar; Kitte, Axel; Martínez Arbizu, Pedro; Packmor, Jana; Piontek, Judith; Powilleit, Martin; Roeser, Patricia A; Sachs, Maria; Schönke, Mischa; Zeller, Mary A (2021) MGF-Ostsee Project: Potential effects of closure for bottom fishing in the marine protected areas (MPAs) of the western Baltic Sea - baseline observations, Cruise No. EMB267; Leg1+2, 01.06.2021 - 16.06.2021, Rostock (Germany) - Rostock (Germany). Chief scientists: Feldens, Peter; Gogina, Mayya.
• Miluch, J., A. Osadczuk, P. Feldens, J. Harff, Ł. Maciąg and H. Chen (2021). Seismic profiling-based modeling of geometry and sedimentary architecture of the Late Pleistocene delta in the Beibu Gulf, SW of Hainan Island (South China Sea). J. Asian Earth Sci. 205: 104611, doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2020.104611
• Schneider von Deimling, J. and P. Feldens (2021). ECOMAP: Habitatkartierung mittels innovativer optischer und akustischer Fernerkundungs- und Auswerteverfahren. Hydrogr. Nachrichten, 120: 14-22, doi: 10.23784/HN120-02
• Schulze, I., D. Wilken, M. L. Zettler, M. Gogina, M. Schönke and P. Feldens (2021). Laboratory measurements to image endobenthos and bioturbation with a high-frequency 3d seismic lander. Geosciences 11: 508, doi: 10.3390/geosciences11120508

2020

• Czechowska, K., P. Feldens, F. Tuya, M. Cosme de Esteban, F. Espino, R. Haroun, M. Schönke and F. Otero-Ferrer (2020). Testing side-scan sonar and multibeam echosounder to study black coral gardens: A case study from Macaronesia. Remote Sens. 12: 3244, doi: 10.3390/rs12193244
• Feldens, P. (2020). Super resolution by deep learning improves boulder detection in side scan sonar backscatter mosaics. Remote Sens. 12: 2284, doi: 10.3390/rs12142284
• Papenmeier, S., A. Darr, P. Feldens and R. Michaelis (2020). Hydroacoustic mapping of geogenic hard substrates: Challenges and review of German approaches. Geosciences 10: 100, doi: 10.3390/geosciences10030100
• Xiong, P., J. Dudzińska-Nowak, J. Harff, X. Xie, W. Zhang, H. Chen, J. Tao, H. Chen, J. Miluch, P. Feldens, Ł. Maciąg, A. Osadczuk, Q. Meng and E. Zorita (2020). Modeling paleogeographic scenarios of the last glacial cycle as a base for source-to-sink studies: An example from the northwestern shelf of the South China Sea. J. Asian Earth Sci. 203: 104542, doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2020.104542

2019

• Enders, K., A. Käppler, O. Biniasch, P. Feldens, N. Stollberg, X. Lange, D. Fischer, K.-J. Eichhorn, F. Pollehne, S. Oberbeckmann and M. Labrenz (2019). Author Correction: Tracing microplastics in aquatic environments based on sediment analogies. Sci. Rep. 9: 18839, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-54997-z
• Enders, K., A. Käppler, O. Biniasch, P. Feldens, N. Stollberg, X. Lange, D. Fischer, K.-J. Eichhorn, F. Pollehne, S. Oberbeckmann and M. Labrenz (2019). Tracing microplastics in aquatic environments based on sediment analogies. Sci. Rep. 9: 15207, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50508-2
• Feldens, P., A. Darr, A. Feldens and F. Tauber (2019). Detection of boulders in side scan sonar mosaics by a neural network. Geosciences 9: 159, doi: 10.3390/geosciences9040159
• Schönke, M., L. Wiesenberg, I. Schulze, D. Wilken, A. Darr, S. Papenmeier and P. Feldens (2019). Impact of sparse benthic life on seafloor roughness and high-frequency acoustic scatter. Geosciences 9: 454, doi: 10.3390/geosciences9100454
• Wilken, D., T. Wunderlich, P. Feldens, J. Coolen, J. Preston and N. Mehler (2019). Investigating the Norse harbour of Igaliku (Southern Greenland) using an integrated system of side-scan sonar and high-resolution reflection seismics. Remote Sens. 11: 1889, doi: 10.3390/rs11161889

2018

• Feldens, P., I. Schulze, S. Papenmeier, M. Schönke and J. Schneider von Deimling (2018). Improved interpretation of marine sedimentary environments using multi-frequency multibeam backscatter data. Geosciences 8: 214, doi: 10.3390/geosciences8060214
• Häusler, K., O. Dellwig, B. Schnetger, P. Feldens, T. Leipe, M. Moros, F. Pollehne, M. Schönke, A. Wegwerth and H. W. Arz (2018). Massive Mn carbonate formation in the Landsort Deep (Baltic Sea): Hydrographic conditions, temporal succession, and Mn budget calculations. Mar. Geol. 395: 260-270, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2017.10.010
• Krastel, S., W. Li, M. Urlaub, A. Georgiopoulou, R. B. Wynn, T. Schwenk, C. Stevenson and P. Feldens (2018). Mass wasting along the NW African continental margin. In: Subaqueous Mass Movements, Special Publications, Geological Society, London. Ed. by D. G. Lintern, D. C. Mosher, L. G. Moscardelli, P. T. Bobrowsky, C. Campbell, J. D. Chaytor, J. J. Clague, A. Georgiopoulou, P. Lajeunesse, A. Normandeau, D. J. W. Piper, M. Scherwath, C. Stacey and D. Turmel. London: Geological Society 477: Sp477.36, 0305-8719 2041-4927, doi: 10.1144/sp477.36
• Kreuzburg, M., M. Ibenthal, M. Janssen, G. Rehder, M. Voss, M. Naumann and P. Feldens (2018). Sub-marine continuation of peat deposits from a coastal peatland in the southern Baltic Sea and its Holocene development. Front. Earth Sci. 6: 103, doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00103
• Li, W., S. Krastel, T. M. Alves, M. Urlaub, L. Mehringer, A. Schürer, P. Feldens, F. Cross, C. J. Stevenson and R. B. Wynn (2018). The Agadir Slide offshore NW Africa: Morphology, emplacement dynamics, and potential contribution to the Moroccan Turbidite System. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 498: 436-449, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.07.005
• Stevenson, C. J., P. Feldens, A. Georgiopoulou, M. Schönke, S. Krastel, D. J. W. Piper, K. Lindhorst and D. Mosher (2018). Reconstructing the sediment concentration of a giant submarine gravity flow. Nat. Commun. 9: 2616, doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05042-6

2017

• Feldens, P. (2017). Sensitivity of Texture Parameters to Acoustic Incidence Angle in Multibeam Backscatter. IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett. 14, 12: 2215-2219, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2017.2756258
• Heinrich, C., P. Feldens and K. Schwarzer (2017). Highly dynamic biological seabed alterations revealed by side scan sonar tracking of Lanice conchilega beds offshore the island of Sylt (German Bight). Geo-Mar. Lett. 37: 289-303, doi: 10.1007/s00367-016-0477-z
• Mitchell, N. C., M. Ligi, P. Feldens and C. Hübscher (2017). Deformation of a young salt giant: regional topography of the Red Sea Miocene evaporites. Basin Research 29: 352-369, doi: 10.1111/bre.12153
• Schönke, M., P. Feldens, D. Wilken, S. Papenmeier, C. Heinrich, J. Schneider von Deimling, P. Held and S. Krastel (2017). Impact of Lanice conchilega on seafloor microtopography off the island of Sylt (German Bight, SE North Sea). Geo-Mar. Lett. 37: 305-318, doi: 10.1007/s00367-016-0491-1

2016

• Albarakati, A. M. A., D. F. McGinnis, F. Ahmad, P. Linke, M. Dengler, P. Feldens, M. Schmidt and R. Al-Farawati (2016). Thermal small steps staircase and layer migration in the Atlantis II Deep, Red Sea. Arab. J. Geosci. 9: 392, doi: 10.1007/s12517-016-2399-5
• Augustin, N., F. M. van der Zwan, C. W. Devey, M. Ligi, T. Kwasnitschka, P. Feldens, R. A. Bantan and A. S. Basaham (2016). Geomorphology of the central Red Sea Rift: determining spreading processes. Geomorphology 274: 162-179, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.08.028
• Augustin, N., Feldens, P., Kwasnitschka, T., Schmidt, M., Al Farawati, R., Basaham, A.S. (2016). High resolution bathymetry of the Red Sea Rift (1 arc-second) from POSEIDON cruise POS408 and PELAGIA cruises 64PE350 and 64PE351. PANGAEA Dataset #860374. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.860374
• Feldens, P., M. Schmidt, I. Mücke, N. Augustin, R. Al-Farawati, M. Orif and E. Faber (2016). Expelled subsalt fluids form a pockmark field in the eastern Red Sea. Geo-Mar. Lett. 36: 339-352, doi: 10.1007/s00367-016-0451-9
• Schneider von Deimling, J., P. Held, P. Feldens and D. Wilken (2016). Effects of using inclined parametric echosounding on sub-bottom acoustic imaging and advances in buried object detection. Geo-Mar. Lett. 36: 113-119, doi: 10.1007/s00367-015-0433-3
• Wölfl, A.-C., N. Wittenberg, P. Feldens, H. C. Hass, C. Betzler and G. Kuhn (2016). Submarine landforms related to glacier retreat in a shallow Antarctic fjord. Antarct. Sci. 28: 475-486, doi: 10.1017/S0954102016000262