Günter Köck
Dr. Günter KöckInternationale Forschungsprogramme
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Dr. Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2
AT-1010 Wien
Austria
Phone: (43 1)515 81 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) :
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Polar Ice Sheets/ Sea Ice |
| 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 |
| Spatial Zones | Mountain / Highland |
| 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 | |
| Alpine Convention | AC Mountain Agriculture |
| AC Water | |
| 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 |
Specialties of Günter Köck:
Arctic research, fish biology, fish toxicology, bioindicator studies in freshwater systems (e.g. high-mountain and polar lakes)
Last update: 4/7/17
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2017)
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