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Günter Köck
Dr. Günter KöckInstitut für interdisziplinäre Gebirgsforschung
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
ICT-Gebäude
Technikerstraße 21a
AT-6020 Innsbruck
Austria
Mailing Address:
Institut für interdisziplinäre Gebirgsforschung
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
ICT-Gebäude
Andreas Dipauli Str. 26A
AT-6020 Innsbruck
Austria
Phone: +43 1 51581 2771
Fax: +43 1 515 81 1275
E-mail: guenter.koeck(at)oeaw.ac.at
URL Institution: www.oeaw.ac.at/deutsch/forschung/programme.html
Personal URL: link
Additional functions:
project leader of the Austrian-Canadian Arctic research project “HIGH-ARCTIC - Fish from sensitive ecosystems as bioindicators of global climate change”; co-editor of the scientific journal "eco.mont" (a peer-reviewed journal on protected mountain areas research)
Key Publications of Günter Köck (up to ten) :
Hudelson, K.E., Muir, D.C.G., Drevnick, P.E., Köck, G., Iqaluk, D., Wang, X., Kirk, J.L., Barst, B.D., Grgicak-Mannion, A., Shearon, R., Fisk, A.T. (2019). Temporal trends, lake-to-lake variation, and climate effects on Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) mercury concentrations from six High Arctic lakes in Nunavut, Science of The Total Environment 2019 (678), 801-812. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.453.
Cabrerizo, A., Muir, D.C.G. , Köck, G., Iqaluk, D., Wang, X. (2018). Climatic Influence on temporal trends of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides in landlocked char from lakes in the Canadian High Arctic. Environmental Science & Technology.
Köck, G., Arnberger, A. (2017). The Austrian Biosphere Reserves in the light of changing MAB strategies. eco.mont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research 9(Special issue), 85-92.
Köck, G., Brenner, H. (2015). Appropriate behaviour in the forests of Wienerwald Biosphere Reserve. eco.mont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research 7(2), 36-40.
Köck, G. (2014). 40 years of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme in Austria – a success story of ecologic basic research evolving into a flagship of transdisciplinarity. eco.mont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research 6(1), 57-62.
Köck, G., Muir, D., Yang, F., Wang, X.,Talbot, C., Gantner, N., Moser, D. (2012). Bathymetry and sediment geochemistry of Lake Hazen (Quttinirpaaq National Park, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut). ARCTIC 65(1), 56-66.
Reist, J.D., Wrona, F.J., Prowse, T.D., Dempson, J.B., Power, M., Köck, G., Carmichael, T.J., Sawatzky, C.D., Lehntonen, H., Tallman, R.F. (2006). Effects of climate change and UV radiation on fisheries for Arctic freshwater and anadromous species. AMBIO 35(7), 402-410.
Muir, D., Wang, X., Bright, D., Lockhart, L., Köck, G. (2005). Spatial and temporal trends of mercury and other metals in landlocked char from lakes in the Canadian Arctic archipelago. Sci. Tot. Environ. 351/352, 464-478.
Köck, G., Hofer, R. (1998). Origin of cadmium and lead in clear softwater lakes of high altitude and high latitude, and their bioavailability and toxicity to fish. In: Fish Ecotoxicology (T. Braunbeck, D.E. Hinton, B. Streit), Birkhäuser Verlag Basel/ Switzerland, pp 225-257.
Köck, G., Triendl, M., Hofer, R. (1996). Seasonal patterns of metal accumulation in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) from an oligotrophic Alpine lake related to temperature. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53(4), 780-786.
Köck, G., Hofer, R., Wögrath S. (1995). Accumulation of trace metals (Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn) in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) from oligotrophic Alpine lakes: relation to lake alkalinity. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52(11), 2367-2376.
Expertise of Günter Köck:
Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
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Expert Type | Expert Type |
Scientific / Fundamental Research | |
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering | |
Research Interface / Management | |
Topic Atmosphere | Global Warming |
Air Pollution | |
Topic Hydrosphere | Fresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes |
Water Pollution / Waste Water | |
Topic Cryosphere | Glaciers |
Snow Cover | |
Permafrost / Solifluction | |
Topic Biosphere | Animals |
Biodiversity | |
Topic Integrated Systems | Biogeochemical Cycles except Carbon |
Hydrogeochemical Cycle | |
Topic Health | Pollution Effects / Water Quality |
Weather / Radiation / Climatic Effects | |
Topic Sustainability | Ecological Sustainability |
Time Frame | Recent / Today |
Future | |
Statistical Focus | Mean Change / Trends |
Variability | |
Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
Decadal / Centennial | |
Methods | Data Collection - Measurement |
Data Collection - Documents, Archives | |
Data Analysis | |
Literature Study | |
Applied Research / Technology | |
Program Coordination / Management | |
Mountain Research Initiative | Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount |
Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins | |
Sustainable land use and natural resources management | |
Europe (including Eastern Europe) |
Specialties of Günter Köck:
Arctic research, fish biology, fish toxicology, bioindicator studies in freshwater systems (e.g. high-mountain and polar lakes), protected areas (biosphere reserves, national parks)
Last update: 11/28/22
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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