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Uwe Kils is a German marine biologist specializing in Antarctic biology.

[edit] Career

His work led to the development of instruments for in situ observation of underwater fauna, including the ecoSCOPE and the first software for full speed video processing.^[1] Later work at Kiel included the study of predator-prey interactions of juvenile herring and plankton, for which a floating laboratory was built called ATOLL.^[2] The ATOLL was composed of three curved fiberglass elements, each 25 m long and having a draught of only 38 cm. For towing, the elements could be assembled in a long S-shape; in operation, the elements would form a horseshoe shape surrounding 150 m² water surface and was developed and deployed in the Bay of Kiel.

[edit] Awards

Year	Award	Organization	Result
1979	Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) ("German Research Society")	Won^[3]

[edit] Photo gallery

Photos by Kils

Larvae of an icefish

Compound eye of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba

Salmon egg hatching (Salmo salar)

Amphipod image (possibly Ampeliscidae)

[edit] Selected publications

Kils, U.: "Swimming Behavior, Swimming Performance, and Energy Balance of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba", translation of Ph.D. thesis in German from 1979, College Station, Texas; 1981. Available free via Wikisource
Kils, U., Klages, N. (1979) "Der Krill" Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau, 10: 397-402.
Kils, U. (1987) "Verhaltensphysiologische Untersuchungen an pelagischen Schwärmen - Schwarmbildung als Strategie zur Orientierung in Umwelt-Gradienten. Bedeutung der Schwarmbildung in der Aquakultur", (Habilitation), Universität Kiel, Ber Inst Meereskunde, Kiel 163: 1-168.
Kils, U. (1983) Swimming and feeding of Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba - some outstanding energetics and dynamics - some unique morphological details. In: Berichte zur Polarforschung, Alfred-Wegener-Institut fuer Polarforschung, Sonderheft 4 (1983). On the biology of Krill Euphausia superba, Proceedings of the Seminar and Report of Krill Ecology Group, ed. S. B. Schnack, 130 - 155
Kils, U., Marschall, P. (1995) "Der Krill, wie er schwimmt und frisst - neue Einsichten mit neuen Methoden" (The Antarctic krill - feeding and swimming performances - new insights with new methods). In: Hempel, I., Hempel, G., Biologie der Polarmeere - Erlebnisse und Ergebnisse. Gustav Fischer Jena - Stuttgart - New York, 201 - 207
Kils, U., (2006) "So frisst der Krill" How krill feeds. In: Hempel, G., Hempel, I., Schiel, S., Faszination Meeresforschung, Ein oekologisches Lesebuch. Hauschild Bremen, 112-115.

[edit] References

^ Kils, U (1992) "The ecoSCOPE and dynIMAGE: Microscale Tools for in situ Studies of Predator Prey Interactions" Arch Hydrobiol Beih 36: 83-96]
^ Kils, U.: The ATOLL Laboratory and other Instruments Developed at Kiel; U.S. GLOBEC NEWS Technology Forum Number 8: 6-9.
^ (German) List of winners of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 1978 - 2003, from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) ("German Research Society").

[edit] External links

Wikisource has original works written by or about: Uwe Kils

[0] Kils, U (1992) "The ecoSCOPE and dynIMAGE: Microscale Tools for in situ Studies of Predator Prey Interactions" Arch Hydrobiol Beih 36: 83-96]

[1] Kils, U.: The ATOLL Laboratory and other Instruments Developed at Kiel; U.S. GLOBEC NEWS Technology Forum Number 8: 6-9.

[2] (German) List of winners of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 1978 - 2003, from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) ("German Research Society").

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