VRENI HÄUSSERMANN
Summary of Education: Diploma and PhD at
Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany;
one year exchange
programm at Universidad de Concepción, Chile and one year visiting scholar at
University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
(Copyright of the pictures on this site: Vreni Häussermann and
Günter Försterra)
Present Position:
Scientific
director of Huinay Scientific Field Station,
Fjord Comau, South Chile (since October 2003)
Pictures
of this new scientific station:
above water and under water ...
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Anthozoan Mountain, on the trail between Banff and Lake Luise, Alberta,Canada, September 2002 |
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PhD Project:
Aug.
99-Jan. 04, Defence: May 2004:
"A novel approach for sampling and description of
non-scleractinian Hexacorallia exemplified by Chilean sea anemones"
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Gerhard
Haszprunar at Zoologische Staatssammlung
München (ZSM), Germany;
Special subject adviser: Dr. Karin Riemann, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and
Marine Research; Bremerhaven/Germany (AWI), PD Dr. Wolfgang Schäfer, Univesity
Erlangen
Support in
Chile: Dr. Wolfgang Stotz Uslar; Universidad
Católica del Norte, Sede Coquimbo
The complete PhD thesis can be downloaded as pdf file from the website
of the Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich.
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 | In this project, novel methods and techniques accompanied
by conventional procedures are applied to set a new standard for the
collection, description and re-description of soft-bodied hexacorals. High abundance and
diversity, fragmentary and confusing taxonomy, interesting zoogeography
and the urgent need for data for ecological studies made Chilean sea
anemones a perfect target group for the novel approach. Applying this
approach, some selected species were described resp. re-described (Anemonia
alicemartinae, Oulactis concinnata, Phymactis papillosa, Phymanthea pluvia,
Actinostola chilensis). In the published papers, the genera with
marginal ruff and these with non-adhesive vesicles on the colum as well as
the South American Actinostola species were revised. The first
colonial anemone Cereus herpetodes was reported. Finally a protocol
for sampling, preservation and examination of soft-bodied hexacorals was
published. |
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Education:
May 2004:
Defense of the PhD Project, grade of PhD thesis and defense: "summa cum laude"
Nov. 02-Jan. 04:
Visiting scientist at the Universidad
Austral de Chile (UACH)
Sept. 00-Oct. 02: Ph.D. project
at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM)
Aug. 99-Aug. 00:
Visiting scholar in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne Fautin at the University of
Kansas/USA
Aug. 99-Jan. 04: PhD project "A novel approach for
sampling and description of non-scleractinian Hexacorallia
exemplified by Chilean sea anemones"
Oct.
98: Diploma (with honours) in biology at
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität;
München; (LMU),
Germany;
grade[1]
1.0 obtaining "first class honors"
Oct. 97-Oct.
98: Diploma thesis "Beiträge zur Aktinienfauna Chiles (Cnidaria:
Anthozoa)"
"Contributions to the sea anemone fauna of Chile
(Cnidaria: Anthozoa)"
Feb. 97-Sept. 97: Diploma examinations (ecology, zoology/systematics,
botany/systematics, soil science)
Aug. 94-Oct. 95: One year of integrated studies in marine biology at the Universidad de Concepción / Chile,
with emphasis on marine invertebrates
Nov. 92-Oct. 97: Hauptstudium
Biologie (graduate studies of biology) at the LMU Munich
Nov.
92: Vordiplom (graduation); subjects: biology, chemistry, physics;
grade1
1.2
Oct.90-Nov.92: Grundstudium
Biologie (undergraduate studies of biology) at the LMU Munich
April 90-June
90: Practical training in agriculture and landscape-gardening
Oct. 89 - Mar. 90: Studies of pharmacy at the LMU Munich
June
89:
Abitur (University entrance qualification):
grade1
1.4
German Grading System: 1.0 (best) – 6.0 (worst)
Thesis Research:
Oct.
97-Oct. 98: "Beiträge zur Aktinienfauna Chiles (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)",
"Contributions to the sea anemone fauna of Chile (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)"
Overwiew over the 11 most common Actiniidae in shallow water - sampled during
a 6 months expedition along the Chilean coast, together with Dipl. Biol. Günter Försterra
Adviser: Dr. Gerhard Haszprunar, ZSM / LMU
Additional advisers: Dr. Karin
Riemann, AWI Bremerhaven; Dr. Hajo Schmidt, Universität Heidelberg
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Actinostola chilensis between gorgonians (Primnoella sp.), 25
m, Lenca, Seno de Reloncaví; South Chile
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Aerial view of the fjords Comau (left) and Reñihue (right)
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Professional Presentations:
Conference Posters:
Häussermann, V. y Försterra, G. (1995):
"Actiniaria y Corallimorpharia en la área costera de Concepción"; XV Jornada de
Ciencias de Mar, Universidad
Católica del Norte, Coquimbo/Chile
Häussermann, V. (2001): "A novel approch to
sampling and description of non-scleractinian hexacorals exemplified by Chilean
sea anemones"; Terra Nostra 01/6: 164 (4th Annual Meeting of the
Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, GfBS), abstract.
Försterra, G. & Häussermann, V. (2001): "Large assemblages of
azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) in shallow waters of South
Chilean fjords"; Terra Nostra 01/6: 155 (4th Annual Meeting of the GfBS), abstract.
Häussermann, V. (2002): "Reproductive patterns
in Chilean sea anemones"; Zoology 105, Suppl. V: 97 (95th Annual Meeting of
the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, DZG), abstract.
Häussermann, V. (2002): "Coloniality in
Anthozoa" (5th Annual Meeting of the GfBS), abstract.
Gallardo, V.A., G. Försterra,
V. Häussermann and J. Faundez (2005): Hallazgo de sistemas bacterianos
sulfurosos someros asociados a la actividad hidrotermal del Fiordo Comau, Xa
Región. Annual
COLACMAR meeting, May16-20 2005, Viña del Mar, Chile; pdf
poster, abstract.
Bravo,
Alejandro; G. Försterra. & V. Häussermann (2005): Fishing in Troubled
Waters – Evidence for higher Diversity and high Abundance of Cold Water Corals
along the Chilean Coast. 3rd International Symposium on Deep Sea Corals ISDSC 3,
November 28-December 2; Miami, Florida, USA, p. 234; pdf
poster, abstract.
McCulloch, M., P.
Montagna, G. Försterra, G. Mortimer, V. Häussermann & C. Mazzoli (2005).
Uranium-series dating and growth rates of the cool-water coral Desmophyllum
dianthus from the Chilean fjords. 3rd International Symposium on Deep Sea
Corals ISDSC 3, November 28-December 2; Miami, Florida, USA, p. 191; pdf
poster.
Försterra,
Günter and Vreni Häussermann (2006): Fjord regions as laboratories for
understanding processes in marine ecosystems affected by climate changes. 41st
European Marine Biology Symposium EMBS41,
Cork, Ireland, September 4-8, 2006, abstract
Lôbo-Hajdu, G., Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R., Carvalho, M., Willenz, P., Esteves, E. L., Häussermann, V., Försterra, G., Bravo, A. and Hajdu, E. (2006):
New records of marine sponges for the southeastern Pacific (23 - 56ºS). 7th
International Sponge Symposium, May 7-13, Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, p. 293;
abstract.
Oral Presentations:
Häussermann, V. (2002): "Do sea anemones inhibit the resettlement of
economically interesting species?". International workshop on restoration of
marine benthic invertebrate populations", 8.-12.11.02, Universidad
Católica del Norte, Coquimbo.
Häussermann, V. (2003): "Diversity of shallow water anthozoans of South
Chilean fiords - an overview", XXIII Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, 5.-8.4.2003,
Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, abstract.
Häussermann, V. (2003): “Sea anemone taxonomy: problems, their consequences
and solutions exemplified by Chilean species", VII International Congress on
Coelenterate Biology, 6.-13.7.2003, University of Kansas, Lawrence,
Kansas, USA, abstract.
Häussermann, V. (2003): “Distribution patterns of South American and
Antarctic sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)”, IBMANT and ANDEEP
meeting, 19.-24.10.2003, Ushuaia, Argentina, abstract.
Mariana de S. Carvalho; Ruth Desqueyroux-Faundez; Philippe Willenz; Günter
Försterra; Verena Häussermann; Gisele Lôbo-Hajdu and Eduardo Hajdu (2005):
Esponjas de los fiordos Comau y Quintupeu (X Región de los Lagos, Chile). Annual
COLACMAR meeting, May16-20 2005, Viña del Mar, Chile, abstract.
Häussermann, V. (2005): Biodiversity of
Chilean sea anemones: distribution patterns
and zoogeographic implications. Annual COLACMAR
meeting, May16-20 2005, Viña del Mar, Chile, abstract.
Försterra. G. & V. Häussermann (2005): In Sight, Still Out of mind! —
Coral Banks in Chilean Fjords: Characteristics, Distribution, Threats. 3rd
International Symposium on Deep Sea Corals ISDSC
3, November 28-December 2;
Miami, Florida, USA, p. 125, abstract.
Cañete, Juan I., Akira Hamano & Vreni Häussermann
(2006): Polar biodiversity out of the Antarctic continent: O'Higgins I sea mount
as an example of cold, deep megabenthic fauna off central Chile. Pangaea
meeting, Punta Arenas, April 10-14, 2006.
Häussermann, Vreni & Günter Försterra
(2006): Primera evidencia para arrecifes recientes de hidrocorales en aguas
someras de la Patagonia chilena. Congreso
de Ciencias del Mar, Iquique, Chile, May 22-26, 2006, abstract.
Häussermann, Vreni & Günter Försterra
(2006): Quality versus speed – the Chilean fjord region as a case study for
the dilemma of optimizing MPA patterns in a complex environment under growing
economic pressure. 41st European Marine Biology Symposium EMBS41,
Cork, Ireland, September 4-8, 2006, abstract.
Häussermann, V. (2006): Fundamental taxonomic
problems in benthic inventories exemplified by Chilean anthozoans and their
implications for the NaGISA project. NaGISA World
Coference, Kobe, Japan,
October 15-18; p. 28, abstract.
Iriarte, J. L., González, H., León, J., Leal,
C., Marín, S., Häussermann, V. and Sobarzo, M. (2006): Marine carbon flow in a
fjord pelagic food web: fjords as main carbon sink in southern Chile? 1st
International Congress on Ecosystem Services in the Neotropics, Valdivia,
November 13-19, abstract.
Försterra, G. & Häussermann, V. (2007): Inventories
and environmental baseline studies as fundament for coastal management and
sustainable development in the Chilean fjord region. First International
Workshop: Evolutionary Impact of Exotic Aquaculture on Native Aquatic
Biodiversity; Puerto Montt (Chile), January 17-19, Darwin Initiative Project, abstract.
Unpublished reports:
G. Försterra, V. Häussermann, R. Fitzek y Yany
G. (2004, version revisada 10.1.2006): Propuesta para el establecimiento de un parque marino en los fiordos
Comau y Renihue (incluyendo Quintupeu, Cahuelmo y la isla Lilihuapi);
pdf
V. Häussermann, G. Försterra, A. Wehrmann, M.
Thiel, M. Schrödl y E. Clasing (2004): Primer workshop en la Estacion Cientifica
Huinay: los fiordos chilenos; pdf:
English,
Spanish,
German
Newsletter contributions:
Försterra,
G. & Häussermann, V (2004): Chilean fjords – an endangered paradise.
Global
Marine Environment 1: 12-13
Häussermann, V. & Försterra, G. (2004): Chilean sea anemones – forgotten flowers
of the sea.
Global Marine
Environment 1: 16-17
Försterra, G. & Häussermann, V (2004): Die chilenischen Fjorde - ein bedrohtes
Paradies.
GfBS newsletter
13: 24-26, 57
Häussermann, V.
& Försterra, G. (2004): Die chilenischen Seeanemonen - vergessene Blumen des
Meeres.
GfBS newsletter 13:
31-33, 57
Försterra, G., Häussermann,
V. & Gerard P. Foley Jr. (in press): Adding pieces to a complex puzzle –
discovering the benthic life in the channels and fjords of Chilean Patagonia. Global
Marine Environment 3.
Hajdu, E., Willenz, P., Lôbo-Hajdu, G., Desqueyroux-Faundez, R.,
Carvalho, M., Häussermann, V., Försterra, G. and M. Scuteri (2005): Marine
sponges biodiversity. Project AMBARC-diving and
wading in South America. Global
Marine Environment 4: 28-29.
Willenz, P., Häussermann, V., Försterra, G., Schrödl,
M., Melzer, R., Atwood, L. and Jorda, C. (in press): Finding more pieces of the
Chilean puzzle. Global
Marine Environment 5 (proof).
Contributions to other media:
Underwater
photo author for the book about the planned marine reserve in Bahía Tic Toc,
South Chile;
Ed.: Pumalin Foundation; 2002
Contribution
of underwater pictures/scientific
pictures to:
- “Underwater Field guide to Ross Island and McMurdo
Sound, Antarctica – Cnidaria”, 2001; http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/fguide/
- the chapter „Cnidaria“ in
the book „Das Mittelmeer - Fauna, Flora, Ökologie, Band II/1,
Bestimmungsführer“, Editor: Robert Hofrichter, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag,
2003
- TV documentation “La Ley de la Selva: Huinay”, Megavisión, March
2004
- Exposition for the „Month of the
Sea“, Hornopirén, Chile, May 2004
- the ARD Scientific Quiz “Kopfball” (cnidae picture), 2005
- the Netwatch section of the Science Magazin
2004,
Science 309: 2009;
and a
report on the BIOPAT programm in the Science and Development Network of the
Journal "Science" (March 2004)
- the reports about
the Chilean fjords and the series "Especies endémicas de Chile" in the Chilean
newspapers "El Mercurio" and "La Tercera" (2004, 2005)
Invited Talks:
"Landbased diving expeditions along the Chilean coast - experiences and
results". Alfred-Wegener-Institut
for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven/Germany, 12/2000.
"A novel approch to sampling and description of non-scleractinian hexacorals
exemplified by Chilean sea anemones". Natural History
Museum Naturalis, Leiden/The Netherlands, 3/2001.
"Meeresbiologische Expeditionen entlang der chilenischen Küste; Erfahrungen -
Eindrücke - Ergebnisse"; Zoologische
Staatssammlung München, 4/2001.
"Im Land der Blumentiere - Seeanemonen an Chiles Küste". Deutscher Akademikerinnen Bund (DAB: Female
German academics), 4/2002.
"Chile: von der Atacamawüste bis Patagonien - über und unter Wasser". Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität
München, 7/2002.
"Scientific expeditions along the Chilean coast: benthos research with
emphasis on Anthozoa". Monterey Bay
Aquarium, 8/2002.
"Belleza escondida: la vida submarina de los fiordos chilenis – imagenes de
Huinay". Universidad
Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, 4/2003.
"La diversidad marina de los fiordos chilenos". Class for "Master of
Business" students, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, 8/2003, 8/2004.
"Belleza escondida – la vida marina en los fiordos chilenos".
Centro de Investigaciones Australes CADIC,
Ushuaia, Argentina (photo presentation during the evening program of the IMANT/ANDEEP-symposium),
10/2003.
"The
undiscovered beauty – meeresbiologische Forschung in den chilenischen
Fjorden". Universität Erlangen,
Universität Hannover, Institut für
Meereskunde IfM Kiel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
LMU; all 11/2003.
"The Chilean
fjords-an endangered paradise."
Biodiversity Research Centre/Vancouver,
University of Victoria,
Bamfield Marine Science Center (all Canada);
Friday
Harbor Marine Laboratories, University of Southern California,
Scripps
Institution of Oceanography (all USA), June/July 2004
The need for
inventory research and marine protected areas in the Chilean fjord region, WWF
Valdivia, September 2004
"La importancia de
la investigación en los fiordos chilenos"; workshop of the Cimar Fiordos 9
meeting, 25./26.10.2004, Valparaíso, Chile
"La biodiversidad
bentónica en los fiordos chilenos"; workshop WWF Valdivia, Chilean gouvernment,
Centro Ballena Azul (organisation): Caracterización e importancia biológica de la Provincia
biogeográfica Chiloense: Primeros pasos hacia una conservación ecoregional
planificada, 11./12.11.2004, Valdivia, Chile.
"La biodiversidad
bentónica de los fiordos chilenos y su investigación en Huinay";
Centro EULA,
Concepción; annual CONA meeting, Valdivia; Universidad
Austral de Chile; Marine Field Station of Dichato/University
of Concepción; all Chile, all December 2004.
"Sea anemones - forgotten flowers of the
sea. Marine biological research in Chile; State Zoological Collection Munich,
Germany; 14.1.2005
"Research opportunities at the Huinay
Scientific Field Station, Fjord Comau, Chile"; State Zoological Collection
Munich, Germany; 14.1.2005
"La
biodiversidad bentonicas de los fiordos chilenos;
Navimag ferry “Puerto Eden”, 22.3.2005
"Interdisciplinary research opportunities
in two new scientific facilities in the fjords Comau (42°S) and Iceberg (48°S)";
congreso CEQUA, Pto. Natales, 6.4.2005
"Distribution patterns of Chilean sea
anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)"; congreso
CEQUA, Pto. Natales, 7.4.2005
"The biodiversity of the Chilean fjords and
its study on the Huinay Scientific Field Station"; congreso
CEQUA, Pto.
Natales, 7.4.2005
"La
biodiversidad de los fiordos chilenos"; noche de videos at the
COLACMAR meeting, 17.5.2005
"The
biodiversity of the Chilean fjords and its study on the Huinay Scientific Field
Station"; Census of Marine Life/COREOCEAN,
Heinz Center, World
Bank,
Smithsonian Institution, Conservation
International, The Nature Conservancy (TNC);
USA, all July 2005.
"Estudios
científicos en los fiordos y canales chilenos"; CONAMA, Santiago,
22.7.2005; Comision Borde Costero, Puerto Montt, 10.8.2005; both Chile.
"The
biodiversity of the Chilean fjords and its study on the Huinay Scientific Field
Station"; NIWA Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington,
Department of
Conservation Wellington, University of Christchurch, University of
Dunedin,
Leigh Marine Lab//University of Auckland, all New Zealand; University of
Tasmania (Hobart) and University of
Sydney, Australia; all October and November
2005.
Satellite
event: "Saving the Chilean fjords? – a lost battle?" 1st
international meeting on marine protected areas (IMPAC1), October 23-27, Geelong,
Australia
"Estudios
Científicos en los Fiordos y Canales Chilenos"; Subsecretaria de
Pesca,
Valparaíso, Chile; 22.11.2005
"Áreas
marinas de alta protegidas en fiordos de la Xa región – necesidades,
contextos, caminos"; reunión con Subsecretaria de Pesca, DOC Nueva Zelanda,
NOAA; Santiago, Chile, 31.1.2006.
Photo-presentation
of the marine biodiversity of the Chilean fjords at the scientific workshop
"Investigación ambiental en la salmonicultura chilena - Gasto o Inversión?",
WWF Valdivia, Puerto Montt, March 23 and 24, 2006
La
biodiversidad bentónica de los fiordos chilenos y su investigación en Huinay,
Centro de Investigaciones de Ecosistemas Patagónicas (CIEP),
Coyhaique, 14.8.2006.
The marine
diversity of the Patagonian fjords and its study at the Huinay Scientific Field
Station, University of Bergen,
University of Trondheim, NIVA
Oslo, all Norway, University
of Göteborg, Kristineberg
Marine Research Station, both Sweden, University
of Copenhagen, Denmark, University
of Bochum, Geo-Bio-Center
Munich, both Germany, September 2006.
The state of
the art of marine conservation in Chile, marine protected areas workshop,
organized by V. Häussermann, G. Försterra and Bill Ballantine, European Marine
Biology Symposium (EMBS 41), Cork,
Ireland, 6.9.2006.
La
biodiversidad bentónica del fiordo Comau y la propuesta de un área marina
protegida; presentation to fishermen, Huinay, 4.12.2006
Impactos
de una carretera a lo largo del fiordo Comau, presentation to the MOP, Huinay,
11./12.1.2007
The
marine diversity of the Patagonian fjords and its study at the Huinay Scientific
Field Station; First International Workshop: Evolutionary
Impact of Exotic Aquaculture on Native Aquatic Biodiversity; Puerto Montt
(Chile), January 18, 2007.
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A. chilensis is the first species of the genus Actinostola
to be described including in situ and in vivo information, 25
m, Comau fjord |
Anthothoe chilensis covers a mussle bed which is covered by the
gastropod Crepidula sp., 10 m, Comau fjord, South Chile |
List
of publications:
Häussermann, V. and Försterra, G. (2001): A new species of sea anemone from
Chile, Anemonia alicemartinae (Cnidaria:
Anthozoa). An invader or an indicator for environmental change in shallow water?; Organisms Diversity & Evolution 1(3): 211-224; abstract and
colour pictures;
pdf (Copyright
Urban & Fischer Verlag 2001)
Häussermann, V. & Försterra, G. (2003): First evidence for coloniality
in sea anemones; Marine Ecology Progress Series 257: 291-294; one colony of Cereus
herpetodes and a rock covered with
colonies of this species;
pdf
(copyright Inter-Research 2003)
Häussermann, V. (2003): Ordnung Ceriantharia
(Zylinderrosen). In: Hofrichter, R. (Hrsg.),
Das Mittelmeer, Fauna, Flora, Ökologie,
Band II/1, Bestimmungsführer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin:
450-453
Häussermann, V. (2003): Ordnung Actiniaria (Seeanemonen, Aktinien). In:
Hofrichter, R. (Hrsg.), Das Mittelmeer, Fauna, Flora, Ökologie, Band II/1,
Bestimmungsführer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin 2003:
476-499
Häussermann, V. (2003): Ordnung Corallimorpharia (Korallenanemonen). In:
Hofrichter, R. (Hrsg.), Das Mittelmeer, Fauna, Flora, Ökologie, Band II/1,
Bestimmungsführer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin 2003:
499-501
Häussermann, V. (2003): Ordnung Zoantharia (= Zoanthiniaria, Zoanthidae)
(Krustenanemonen). In: Hofrichter, R. (Hrsg.), Das Mittelmeer, Fauna, Flora, Ökologie,
Band II/1, Bestimmungsführer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg,
Berlin 2003: 501-505
Häussermann, V. (2003): Redesription of
Oulactis
concinnata (Drayton
in Dana, 1846) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), an actiniid sea anemone from Chile and Perú
with special fighting
tentacles; with a preliminary revision of the genera with a “frond-like”
marginal ruff´; Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 345: 173-208;
pdf
(copyright Museum Naturalis 2003)
Försterra, G. & Häussermann, V. (2003): First
report on large scleractinian (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) accumulations in
cold-temperate shallow water of south Chilean fjords; Zoologische
Mededelingen Leiden 345:
117-128; for pictures look at the website of Günter Försterra;
pdf
(copyright Museum Naturalis, 2003)
Häussermann, V.(2004): Identification and
taxonomy of soft-bodied hexacorals exemplified by Chilean sea anemones;
including guidelines for sampling, preservation and examination; Journal of the
Marine Biological Association of the UK 84: 931-936;
pdf (copyright
Cambridge University Press)
Häussermann, V.(2004): Redescription
of Phymactis
papillosa (Lesson, 1830)
and Phymanthea pluvia
(Drayton in Dana, 1846) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), two actiniid sea anemones from the
south east Pacific with a discussion of the genera Phymactis, Bunodosoma and
Phymanthea; Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 78: 345-381;
pdf
(copyright
Museum Naturalis)
Häussermann, V. (2004): The sea
anemone genus Actinostola Verrill,
1883: variability and utility of traditional taxonomic features; and a
re-description of Actinostola
chilensis
McMurrich, 1904; Polar Biology 28: 26-38 (Erratum 2005: 28: 338-350); pdf;
pdf
Erratum (copyright
Springer Verlag)
Försterra, G., Beuck, L., Häussermann, V. & Freiwald,
A. (2005): Shallow water Desmophyllum dianthus (Scleractinia) from Chile:
characteristics of the biocenoses, the bioeroding community, heterotrophic
interactions and (palaeo)-bathymetrical implications. In: Freiwald, A., Roberts,
J. M. (eds.): Cold-water corals and ecosystems. Springer-Verlag Berlin
Heidelberg, pp. 937-977;
pdf
(copyright Springer Verlag).
Cairns, S., V. Häussermann and G. Försterra (2005). A review of the Scleractinia
(Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the
description of two new species; Zootaxa 1018: 14-46; pdf
(copyright Magnolia Press)
Häussermann, V. and
Försterra, G.(2005):
Distribution patterns of Chilean shallow-water sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa:
Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia); with a discussion of the taxonomic and
zoogeographic relationships between the actinofauna of the South East Pacific,
the South West Atlantic and Antarctica; Pages 91-102 in W. E. Arntz, G. A.
Lovrich and S. Thatje, eds. The Magellan-Antarctic connection: links and
frontiers at high southern latitudes. Scientia Marina 69 (Suppl. 2); pdf
(copyright).
Michael
Schrödl, María-Angélica Alarcón, Luis R. Bedriñana, Francisco J. Bravo, Carlos
M. Bustamante, Rosana Carvalho, Günther Försterra, Carlos Gallardo, Verena
Häussermann, Andrea Salmen (2005): Nudipleura (Gastropoda:
Opisthobranchia) from the southern Chilean Comau Fjord, with redescription of
Polycera priva Marcus, 1959; Vita Malacologica 3: 23-33.; pdf
(copyright).
van
Ofwegen, L., Häussermann, V. and Försterra, G. (2006): A new genus of soft
coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae) from Chile. Zootaxa 1219: 47-57;
pdf
(copyright Magnolia press).
Schwabe,
E., Försterra, G., Häussermann, V., Alarcón, M.-A. and Schrödl, M. (2006):
Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the southern Chilean Comau Fjord, with
reinstatement of Tonicia calbucensis Plate, 1897. Zootaxa 1341: 1-27; pdf
(copyright Magnolia Press).
Melzer,
Roland R., Schrödl, Michael, Häussermann, Verena, Försterra, Günter, and
Montoya Bravo, Maria Fernanda (2006): Pycnogonids on cnidarians at Comau fjord,
Southern Chile: a report on 2005 SCUBA collections. Spixiana 29: 237-242; pdf.
Verena Häussermann (2006):
Biodiversity of Chilean sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa): distribution patterns
and biogeographic implications; including new records for the fjord region.
Investigaciones Marinas; pdf.
Häussermann, Verena & Günter
Försterra (2007). Extraordinary abundance of hydrocorals (Cnidaria,
Hydrozoa, Stylasteridae) in shallow water of the Patagonian fjord region. Polar
Biology 30 (4): 487-492; pdf
(copyright Springer) (online
first: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-006-0207-5).
Accepted / in review / in preparation:
Verena Häussermann and Günter Försterra (in
press):
Large assemblages of cold-water corals in Chile – a summary of recent findings
and their implications. Bulletin of Marine Science.
van Ofwegen, Leen, Häussermann,
Verena & Günter Försterra (in review): The genus Alcyonium
(Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) in Chile. Zootaxa.
Günter Försterra, Verena
Häussermann and Carsten Lüter (to be submitted): Mass occurrences of
the recent brachiopod Magellania venosa (Terebratellidae) in the fjords
Comau and Renihue, Chile.
JL Iriarte, M. Sobarzo, G. Försterra, V. Häeussermann, H. E.. González,
R. Torres, N. Sanchez, J. Mardones (to be submitted in April):
Oceanographic studies and ecological interactions in Southern Chilean
fjords: the Comau fjord example. Journal of Marine Systems.
Sinniger, Frederik and Häussermann,
Vreni (in preparation): Zoanthids (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zoanthidae) from
shallow water of the southern Chilean fjord region with the description of a new
genus and two new species. Zootaxa.
Häussermann, V. (in preparation):
A
re-description of Isotealia
antarctica and its distribution in South America and Antarctica.
Hajdu, E. et al. (in
preparation): An inventory of the Porifera of the fjord Huinay, South Chile
Schrödl, M.; Häussermann, V. and Försterra, G. (to be submitted to Veliger):
A new species of aeolid nudibranch species from Chile
Försterra,
Günter & Verena Häussermann (in press): The balance between
standardization, quality, and practicability in benthic inventories –
experiences with the NaGISA protocol in the Chilean fjord region. Seto Marine
Biological Laboratory Publications (Kyoto); not peer-reviewed
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Anemonia alicemartinae on rhizom of Lessonia
trabeculata
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unidentified
Acontiaria from the fiord region of South Chile
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Scholarships, Awards and Grants:
A) Awards:
Award for the best poster at the 4th Annual meeting of the GfBS (2001)
Poster award at the 5th Annual meeting of the GfBS (2002)
Award "VI Premios Europeos de
Medio Ambiente a la Empresa" to Endesa for the success of the Huinay
Foundation; Spain, April 2004
Hintelmann Award for Taxonomic Research, 2005 (5000 Euro)
B) Scholarships:
One year DAAD (German Academic Exchange service)
scholarship for integrated studies in a foreign country (IAS) at the Universidad de Concepción (1994/1995)
Travel stipend for the Marine Biology Congress in La Serena/Chile by the Universidad de Concepción (May 1995)
One year DAAD scholarship for Ph.D. studies (HSP III) at the University of Kansas; Lawrence/Kansas; USA
(1999/2000)
One year scholarship for Ph.D. studies ("Promotionsstipendium zur Förderung
des wissenschaftlichen und künstlerischen Nachwuchses") by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2000/2001)
Travel stipend for an invited talk by the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and
Marine Research; Bremerhaven/Germany (AWI) (December 2001)
One year scholarship for PhD studies within the programme HWP by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2002)
Travel stipend for the 95th Annual meeting of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG), Halle,
by the Deutsche Akademikerinnen Bund, DAB (May
2002)
Scholarship for research activities on
Huinay Scientific Field Station in the Comao Fiord, South
Chile (2003)
Travel stipend for the 7th International Congress on Coelenterate Biology in
Lawrence, Kansas,
USA by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (July 2003)
Travel
stipend for the 1st NaGISA World Congress, Kobe, Japan, by NaGISA (October 2006)
Travel
stipend for the PICES/ICES Meeting “New frontiers in Marine Science”,
Baltimore, USA, June 26-29, 2007, by PICES (1000 US$) (June 2007)
C) Grants
9860 US$ grant of the PADI Foundation
for the project "Geographical and bathymetrical distribution of
the azooxanthellate coral banks in the northern Patagonian fjord region and
implications for their conservation"; May 2005
2590 US$ grant of the Universidad Austral de Chile (DID internal
projects, together with Alejandro Bravo) for the project "Las
Actiniaria y Corallimorpharia de la Bahía de Calfuco, Valdivia: un inventario
completo en base de metodología al día"; March 2005
Approx. 2400US$ grant of the Brasilean
gouvernment (PROSUL; project leader Eduardo Hajdu) for the
Brasilean-Chilean-Argentinean project "Biogeography of South American sponges
and anthozoans"; March 2005
5145 US$ grant of the PADI
Foundation for work on the inventory of Chilean gorgonians (2006)
D)
Logistic support, invitations
Logistic support of the project "Fiordo Tempano" for a first biodiversity
inventory of the South Chilean fjords Tempano and Bernardo, 48°S; March 2005
Invitation to the
CEQUA
meeting, Puerto Natales; 4.-9.4.2005
Logistic
support of NAVIMAG and CONAF for the
project "Bioregionalisación
de la región de los fiordos chilenos";
March 2005 and March 2006.
Invitation
to the scientific workshop "Investigación ambiental en la salmonicultura
chilena - Gasto o Inversión?", Puerto Montt, March 23 and 24, 2006.
Logistic
support of
Naviera Austral, Raul Marin Balmaceda, Fiordo Palvita, Fundacion Otway for
a biodiversity study of the Northern Patagonian Zone,
March 2007.
University Activities:
Research Assistant at the Department of Limnology (summer 1992)
Research Assistant at the Department of Entomology (summer 1993)
Research Assistant at the Department of Soil Sciences (summer 1994)
Teaching Assistant for "Vegetation Societies" at the Department of Phytogeography (summer 1996)
Teaching Assistant and dive guide for the excursion "Biology
and Ecology of Coral Reefs" (winter
1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001)
Research Assistant at the Department of Ecology; Project: "Induced defenses of water organisms" (2000-2001)
Teaching assistant and underwater photographer for “Biology and Ecology of Norwegian Fjords” (summer 2001)
Master of Business Class "Biodiversity of Chilean fjords", 08/2003, 08/2004
and 8/2005
Relevant Working experience:
April-June 90 Practical
training in agriculture and landscape-gardening
1992-2001 Scientific
assistant at different departments of the
LMU Munich (Ecology, Limnology,
Vegetation Science, Soil Science, Entomology)
Since 1997 Curatorial
experience (Establishment and management of collections of Chilean Cnidaria;
sampling and preservation of invertebrates), free-lance at the
ZSM
1996-2001 Co-assisting the
marine biological excursion „Ecology of Coral Reefs“
(2 weeks/year including work as dive guide); Sinai, Egypt
Jan. 97; Jan./Feb. 99 Management of
an ecologically run lodge in Costa
Rica (daily organisation, interpreter, guide for rain forest and
whale-watching tours, finances)
1996 – 2000 Assisting persons
and accompanying students with special needs
Since 1997 Expedition
experience (responsible organisation and realization of three major marine
biological expeditions to Chile in 1997/98, 1999/2000 and 2001)
February 2001 Underwater photo documentation and evaluation for the creation
of a marine reserve in South Chile for the Pumalin Foundation
August 2001 Co-assisting the excursion „Biology and
Ecology of Norwegian Fjords”, Hopavagen, Norway
Since 2003 Reviewer for
scientific publications on Anthozoa for international journals
Since 2003 Foundation and
leadership of the group of young scientists
„Young Anthozoologists“; creation and
launching of the website www.anthozoa.com
(cited in Science Netwatch 2004,
Science 309: 2009)
Since 2003 Director of
Huinay Scientific Field Station (Direction,
establishment and management of a new scientific field station in the Chilean
fjords)
Since 2004 Co-Foundation and
organisation of a “Fjord Research Network”;
creation and launching of the website
www.fjord-research.net
March
2005, March 2006: Responsible organisation of three expeditions to remote areas
of the Chilean fjord region for groups of up to 7 researchers
Since
March 2005 Bioregionalisation of the
Chilean fjord region for a zonification as base for a
sustainable development
January
2006 Proposal of a marine protected area in the fjords Comau
and Reñihue to the Undersecretary of Fisheries, pdf
Since 2006
Edition of the chapters for the book “Marine Benthos of the Chilean fjord
region”
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Field laboratory in the Atacama Desert, North Chile
(expedition 1997/98 for the diploma thesis) |
Aquarium of Vancouver |
Expeditions :
1) Expeditions of G. Försterra and V. Häussermann to collect anthozoans
between 1997 ans 2002:
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“Chilean
cnidarians I”: Arica to Punta Arenas, October 1997-April 1998, GME1:
16-17, 12-13; see picture of field laboratory above, photo2,
photo3,
photo4
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“Chilean
cnidarians II”: Puerto Montt to Puerto Chacabuco, December 1999-January
2000, GME1:
16-17, 12-13
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“Chilean
cnidarians III”: Puerto Montt to Puerto Chacabuco, January to April 2001, GME1:
16-17, 12-13
2) Expeditions organised as directors of the Huinay Scientific
Field Station (since 2002):
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“Huinay
Fiordos 1”: Northern Patagonian Zone (Chiloé Island and Guaitecas Islands), 28.2.-10.3.2005;
Participants: Eduardo Hajdu, Gisele Lobo-Hajdu, Philippe Willenz, Mariana
Carvalho, Vreni Häussermann, Günter Försterra, Donat Willenz, thanks to
PROSUL Brazil! GME
3; photo,
webreport
of P. Willenz
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“Huinay
Fiordos 2”: Central Patagonioan Zone (Tempano and Bernardo fjord and
neighbouring channels, Puerto Eden), 20.3.-2.4.2005, participants: Vreni Häussermann,
Günter Försterra, Roddy Foley, thanks to CONAF, NAVIMAG and Tempano
project! GME
3, informe
Tempano, photo1,
photo2,
photo3,
photo4,
photo5;
report in
Spanish.
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“Huinay
Fiordos 3”: Central Patagonian Zone (Puerto Natales to Golfo de
Penas), 1.3.-20.3.2006, participants: Vreni Häussermann, Günter Försterra,
Michael Schrödl, Roland Melzer, Philippe Willenz, Liz Atwood, Christian
Jorda, many thanks to CONAF and Navimag!, photo1,
photo2,
photo3,
GME 5;
report in
Spanish; webreport of P. Willenz
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"Huinay
Fiordos 4": Northern Patagonian Zone (Chiloé Island, Fiordo Palvitad,
Fiordo Pitipalena, 5.3.-22.3.2007 (organisation), participants: Günter Försterra,
Nicola Reiff, Roland Meier, Katharina Jörger, Russell Smart, Aruna Singh; photo1;
photo2;
photo3.
Special Skills :
Languages: German (native language)
English, Spanish, French (fluently)
Diving: Rescue Diver (PADI)
and CMAS Gold/*** (license for and experience in leading dive groups), Chilean
diving license
Computer applications: Windows (9x, NT), MS Word, Power
Point, Excel, Front Page, Access, Word
Perfect, Adobe Photoshop,
Corel
Draw, Silver Fast, Endnote, Internet (basic HTML skills), EASy
Professional Interests:
General: Fjord regions and their latitudinal comparisons, marine protected areas
Specific: Systematics, biogeography,
biology and ecology of anthozoans, marine invertebrates
Professional Affiliations:
Co-Founder of "Fjord Research Network" (2004)
Founder of
the group of researchers „Young Anthozoologists“ (2003);
www.anthozoa.com
Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik
(GfBS: Society for Biological Systematics, since 2001)
Verein deutscher Biologen (VdBiol:
Society of German Biologists, since
2000)
Networking manager of PERLAS
(Partnership for ecosysem research in Latin American seas, since 2002)
Census Of Marine Life (COML, since 2002)
Deutscher Akademikerinnen Bund (DAB: German
Female Academics, since
2002)
WWF (since 1989)
Pro Regenwald (1997-2004)
Greenpeace (1993-1997)
Non-professional
activities:
Free-lance at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München (since
1997)
Voluntary support of several actions for environmental preservation
(ecological working group at school, student body of the department of biology,
society for nature preservation (BUND))
Involvement for the establishment of
marine protected areas in Chile (since 2003)
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Sea lions near
Caleta Gonzalo, South Chile (Otaria flavescens)
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Peale's
dolphin / delfín austral (Lagenorhynchus australis)
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Hobbies:
Trekking,
triathlon, sea-kayaking, ski-touring, nature and underwater photography
Further links:
If
you want to see more under water pictures of the South Chilean fjords, look here...
Pictures, travel
reports and platform for discussions and comments of Vreni and Fossi
Webpage of
Günter Försterra
Webpage
of PERLAS (Partnership for Ecosystem Research in Latin American Seas)
Portfolio of professional underwater pictures
Census Of Marine Life (COML)
Sea anemone
database
Underwater
Field guide to Ross Island and McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Pumalin
Foundation, Puerto Montt, Chile
Huinay
Scientific Field Station, Santiago, Chile
Mundo Azul, Lima, Peru
Webpage of
Uli Häussermann
Tree Tigers Website
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Diving in Dichato, Central Chile
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Preparing the next dive; Isla Refugio, South Chile
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Some pictures taken in Chile:
Tide-pooling
on Chiloé Island
For not disturbing and hurting the sea anemones, it is often easier to collect them with
their substratum; Dichato, Central Chile
Caves can
only be sampled by SCUBA diving; Caleta Gonzalo, 18m, South Chile
Sea anemones
seem to have become more abundant and often dominate large areas; 18 m, Isla
Laitec, South Chile
This - still unidentified - species of sea anemone is spending half of its time
out of the water, hanging below intertidal boulders; Quellón, South
Chile
Large
assemblages of azooxanthellate Scleractinia can be found in shallow waters
of South Chilean fiords; Desmophyllum dianthus (larger corals) and
Caryophyllia sp. (small corals); 20-30 m, Caleta Gonzalo, South Chile
Impressive
accumulation of azooxanthellate Scleractinia, mainly Desmophyllum dianthus, under an overhang; Puyuhuapi,
25 m, South Chile
...for more pictures of corals click here
Outside of the protected fiords, benthic communities
are often dominated by sponges; Bahía TicToc, 28 m, South Chile
A colourful
community of cnidarians and sponges; Isla Laitec, 25 m
Curious sea
lions (Otaria flavescens) are common visitors of divers
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The coast at Los Molinos near Valdivia, South Chile
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The coast at Pan de Azucar, North Chile
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Some conspicious Chilean invertebrates:
Actinostola
chilensis surrounded by giant brachiopod Magellania venosa; Caleta Gonzalo,
25 m, South Chile
Boloceropsis
platei hatches its young to overcome critical body size
The colour of the corallimorpharian Corynactis
carnea is very variable, but always brilliant; Chome, 15 m, Central
Chile
Alcyonium
sp.; Caleta Gonzalo, 25 m, South Chile
Colony of large zoantharians: Parazoanthus sp.; Lenca,
15 m, South Chile
In Central Chile, the gorgonian Lophogorgia
platyclados is quite common; Dichato; 13 m
Lophogorgia
platyclados surrounded by the sea anemone Antholoba
achates; cave ceiling , Dichayto, 5 m
A very unusual sea anemone, Dactylanthus
antarcticus, feeding on gorgonians Primnoella sp. (photograph
Lloyd Peck); South Chile
Hydrozoan
(probably Hybocodon prolifer) on a yellow sponge; Caleta Gonzalo, 20
m, South Chile
The nudibranch
Tritonia odhneri; Quellón, 15 m, South Chile
A crab eating
an actinian; Quellón, 22m, South Chile
A
camouflaged crab; Bahía TicToc, 20 m, South Chile
The sea spider Lithodes santolla or centolla is a
favourite Chilean sea-food; surrounded by the zoantharian Epizoanthus
sp.; Puerto Cisnes, 26 m; South Chile
Field of
giant ascidians-Pyura praeputialis; Antofagasta, 13 m, North
Chile
Colony of bryozoans; Puerto Cisnes,
22 m; and Caleta Gonzalo, 24
m; both South Chile
Tentacle crown
of a sea cucumber; Caleta Gonzalo, 20 m, South Chile
Many species
of sea stars can be found in the fiord region; Caleta Gonzalo, 18 m, South
Chile
Sea
stars are often found in high densities on the rocky ground; Lenca, 12 m,
South Chile...
...and they can become quite large...;
bahía Tic Toc, 10 m, South Chile
See urchin
surrounded by juveniles and Anthothoe chilensis; Caleta
Gonzalo, 15 m, South Chile
Several species of Ophiuroida (Lenca, 38m; Isla Refugio, 28
m) can be found in South Chilean fiords
Most recent update: 31st of March 2007
