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Günter Försterra

Huinay Foundation and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar
Avda. Brazil 2950
Valparaíso, Chile

E-Mail: gunter_forsterra@yahoo.com, g.forsterra@huinay.cl
Website: http://www.people.freenet.de/foersterra/
Phone: 0056-63-249928
Fax: 0056-63-221455

Günter Försterra

PRESENT POSITION

Research coordinator/managing scientist at Huinay Scientific Field Station (since Sept. 2004)

EDUCATION

  • Since Oct. 02: PhD project with field work on Huinay Scientific Field Station, Chile: A novel approach for structural analyses of benthic communities exemplified by Chilean fiords
  • Aug. '00 - Sept. 02: Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of Ecology of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU, Munich; free-lance at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM)  
  • Aug. '99 - July '00: Graduate Studies in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas (KU)
  • Oct. '98: Diplom (Master) in Biology at the LMU, Munich, Germany: grade1[1] 1.0 with honors, diploma examinations ecology, zoology (systematics), botany (systematics), soil science
  • Oct. '97 - Oct.'98: Diploma thesis: "Contributions to the Sea Anemone Fauna of Chile (Cnidaria, Anthozoa)", advisor: Dr. Gerhard Haszprunar at ZSM München, LMU/ZSM (Zoological State Collection Munich); second advisor: Dr. Karin Riemann, Alfred-Wegener-Institut for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven
  • Aug. '94 - Oct. '95:  One year of integrated graduate studies in marine biology at the Universidad de Concepción, Chile, with emphasis on marine invertebrates
  • Nov. '92 - Oct. '97: Hauptstudium Biologie (graduate studies) in biology at the LMU, Munich
  • Nov. '92: Vordiplom (graduation), grade1 1,6; subjects: biology, chemistry and physics
  • Oct. '90 - Nov. '92: Grundstudium Biologie (undergraduate studies) at the LMU, Munich
  • June 1988: Abitur (University entrance qualification): grade1 1.9  
    German Grading System: 1.0 (best) - 6.0 (worst)  
SCHOLARSHIPS
  • Travel and accommodation stipend for the PICES/ICES Meeting "Last frontiers in Marine Science", Baltimore, June 26-29 US$ (2007)
  • Travel award for the MARXAN Best Practises workshop in Vancouver, Canada, April 2007 by PACMARA (2007)
  • Travel stipend for the 1st NaGISA World Congress, Kobe, Japan, by NaGISA (2006)
  • Travel award for the 3rd International Meeting on Cold-Water Corals (ICSC3) in Miami, USA, November/December 2005 by the George Institute for Biodiversity, GIBS (2007)
  • 2 year DAAD scholarship for Ph.D. studies (HSP III) at the Universidad Austral de Chile Valdivia / Chile (since October 2002)
  • Scholarship for research activities on the marine biological station of the Huinay Foundation in the Comao Fiord, South Chile (January 2003-August 2004)
  • PEET (Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy) fellowship at theUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence / Kansas (Aug. 1999 - Jan. 2000)
  • One year DAAD (German Academic Exchange service) scholarship for integrated studies in a foreign country (IAS) at the Universidad de Concepción (1994/1995)
  • Travel award for an invited talk by the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research; Bremerhaven/Germany (AWI), (2001)
  • Travel award for the Marine Biology Congress in La Serena/Chile by the Universidad de Concepción (1995)
RESEARCH 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
  • Grant of the Brasilean gouvernment (PROSUL; project leader Eduardo Hajdu) for the Brasilean-Chilean-Argentinean project "Biogeography of South American sponges and anthozoans" for an expedition to the Guaitecas Archipelago, South Chile; March 2005
  • 5145 US$ grant of the PADI Foundation for the inventory of Chilean gorgonians, May 2006
LOGISTIC SUPPORT/INVITATIONS
  • Logistic support for the project "Fiordo Tempano" for a an expedition to the South Chilean fjords Tempano and Bernardo, 48°S for a first biodiversity inventory, of the Tempano project, the CONAF and NAVIMAG, March 2005
  • Logistic support for the project "Biodiversity of the Central Patagonian Zone", march 2005 of CONAF, NAVIMAG
  • Invitation to the CEQUA meeting, Puerto Natales, Chile, Abril 2005
  • Invitation to the cientific workshop "Investigación ambiental en la salmonicultura chilena - Gasto o Inversión?", Puerto Montt, Chile, March 23 and 24, 2006
  • Logistic support of Naviera Austral, Raul Marin Balmaceda, Fiordo Palvitad, Fundacion Otway for a biodiversity study of the Northern Patagonian Zone (March 2007).
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, Millenium, NT, 2000, XP), MS Word, Word Perfect, Adobe Photoshop. Silver Fast, Corel Draw, Excel, Endnote, Power Point, Access, Internet (basic HTML skills)
RELEVANT WORKING EXPERIENCE
  • Since 2006: Edition of the chapters for the book "Marine Benthos of the Chilean fjord region"
  • January 2006: Proposal of a marine reserve in the fjords Comau and Reñihué to the Undersecretary of Fisheries, Chile
  • Since March 2005: Bioregionalisation of the Chilean fjord region for a zonification as base for sustainable development
  • 2004: Co-foundation and leadership of the group "Fjord Research Network" (www.fjord-research.net)
  • May 2001: Establishing own business for photo/video nature documentation and sale of photo/video equipment. Specialty: Underwater photography
  • February 2001: Underwater photo documentation and evaluation for the creation of a marine reserve in South Chile for the Pumalin Foundation
  • Since 1997: Free-lance at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München
  • Since 1995: Expedition experience (responsible organisation and realization of three major marine biological expeditions to Chile)
  • Since 1994: Curatorial experience (Establishment and management of collections of Chilean sea anemones; sampling and preservation of invertebrates)
  • 1996/1997, 2002: Assisting persons with special needs in Munich
  • During 4 years elected into various positions (including direction) of the Association of Students in the Olympic Center (1991-1994)
  • June - Sept. 1990: Assistant for medical examinations and anesthesia at the Rinecker Hospital in Munich
  • Oct. '88 - May '90: Community service (in lieu of military service) at the Rinecker Hospital
UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
  • Research Assistant / curatorial assistant of Dr. Daphne Fautin at University of Kansas, USA (Aug.'99 - Jan. '00)
  • Teaching Assistant: for "Vegetation Societies" at the Department of Phytogeography (summer 1996), TA and dive guide for the excursion "Biology and Ecology of Coral Reefs" (winter 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001), TA and underwater photographer for "Biology and Ecology of Norwegian Fjords" (summer 2001)
INVITED TALKS
  • Impactos de una carretera a lo largo del fiordo Comau, presentation to the MOP, Huinay, 11./12.1.2007 and Santiago, 27.3.2007
  • 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.
  • The marine diversity of the Patagonian fjords and its study at the Huinay Scientific Field Station; Galathea 3, Valparaiso, 9.2.2007
  • La biodiversidad bentónica del fiordo Comau y la propuesta de un área marina protegida; presentation to fishermen in Quiaca, 16.2.2007
  • La biodiversidad bentónica del fiordo Comau y la propuesta de un área marina protegida; presentation to fishermen in Huinay, 4.12.2006
  • The marine diversity of the Patagonian fjords and its study at the Huinay Scientific Field Station. Presentations given at various universities specializing in fjord research: University of Bergen, University of Trondheim, NIVA Oslo (Norway); University of Göteborg, Kristineberg Marine Research Station (Sweden); University of Kopenhagen (Denmark); University of Bochum, Geo-Bio Center Munich (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 de los fiordos chilenos y su investigación en Huinay, Centro de Investigaciones de Ecosistemas Patagónicas (CIEP), Coyhaique, 14.8.2006.
  • Photo-presentation of the marine biodiversity of the Chilean fjords at the scientific workshop "Investigación ambiental en la salmonicultura chilena - Gasto o Inversión?", Puerto Montt, March 23 and 24, 2006.
  • 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.
  • Estudios Científicos en los Fiordos y Canales Chilenos; Subsecretaria de Pesca, Valparaíso, Chile; 22.11.2005
  • Satellite event: Saving the Chilean fjords? - a lost battle? 1st international meeting on marine protected areas (IMPAC1), October 23-27, Geelong, Australia.
  • 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.
  • Estudios científicos en los fiordos y canales chilenos; CONAMA, Santiago, 22.7.2005; Comision Borde Costero, Puerto Montt, 10.8.2005; both Chile.
  • Marine biodiversity of the Chilean fjords and its study at Huinay Scientific Field Station; Smithsonian Institution, CORE Oceans/Census of Marine Life, Heinz Center, World Bank, The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, Washington, D. C., USA; all July 2005
  • La biodiversidad de los fiordos chilenos; video night at the COLACMAR meeting, 17.5.2005
  • The biodiversity of the Chilean fjords and its study on the Huinay Scientific Field Station; congreso CEQUA, Pto. Natales, 7.4.2005
  • Distribution patterns of Chilean sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa); congreso CEQUA, Pto. Natales, 7.4.2005
  • 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
  • La biodiversidad bentonicas de los fiordos chilenos; Navimag ferry "Puerto Eden, 22.3.2005
  • Research opportunities at the Huinay Scientific Field Station, Fjord Comau, Chile; State Zoological Collection Munich, Germany; 14.1.2005
  • Sea anemones - forgotten flowers of the sea. Marine biological research in Chile; State Zoological Collection Munich, Germany; 14.1.2005
  • 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: "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; Marine Field Station of Dichato/University of Concepción; all Chile, 11.,13.+17.12.2004.
  • 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 (all USA), June/July 2004.
  • The undiscovered beauty - meeresbiologische Forschung in den chilenischen Fjorden. University Erlangen, University Hannover, Institute for Marine Resarch Kiel, LMU Munich; all 11/2003.
  • Belleza escondida - la vida marina en los fiordos chilenos. Centro de Investigaciones Australes CADIC, Ushuaia, Argentina (photo presentation during the evening program of the IBMANT/ANDEEP-symposium), 10/2003.
  • Biodiversidad Marine en los fiordos chilenos. Master of Business Programm, UACH, 8/2003; 08/2004.
  • Belleza escondida: la vida submarina de los fiordos chilenis - imagenes de Huinay. Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, 4/2003; Huinay Scientific Field Station, 4/2003 and 12/2003.
  • Scientific expeditions along the Chilean coast: benthos research with emphasis on Anthozoa. Monterey Bay Aquarium, 8/2002.
  • Chile: von der Atacamawüste bis Patagonien - über und unter Wasser. LMU Munich, 7/2002.
  • Im Land der Blumentiere - Seeanemonen an Chiles Küste. DAB Munich, 4/2002.
  • Meeresbiologische Expeditionen entlang der chilenischen Küste; Erfahrungen - Eindrücke - Ergebnisse; ZSM, 4/2002.
  • 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.
  • Landbased diving expeditions along the Chilean coast - experiences and results. Alfred-Wegener-Institut for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven/Germany, 12/2000.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • General: Marine ecology/taxonomy, natural resources management, conservation projects
  • Specific: Ecology of benthic communities of South Chile, ecology and systematics of Anthozoans
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Verein deutscher Biologen (VdBiol, since 2000), Gesellschaft für biologische Systematik (GfBS, since 2001), Fjord Research Network FjoRNet (www.fjord-research.net); Vice director of PERLAS (Partnership for ecosysem research in Latin American seas, since 2002), Census of Marine Life (COML, since 2002), WWF (since 1997), Pro Regenwald (1990-1997), Society for Nature Conservation in Germany (BUND, since 1980)

PUBLICATIONS

Häussermann, V. and Försterra, G. (2007). Extraordinary abundance of hydrocorals (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Stylasteridae) in shallow water of the Patagonian fjord region. Polar Biology 30 (4): 487-492 (online first: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-006-0207-5).

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.

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.

Leen van Ofwegen, Verena Häussermann and Günter Försterra (2006): A new genus of soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae) from Chile. Zootaxa 1219: 47-57.

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

Cairns, S., Häussermann, V. & Försterra, G. (2005): A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 1018: 15-46

Häussermann, V. and G. Försterra (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).

Michael Schrödl, María-Angélica Alarcón, Luis R. Bedriñana, Francisco J. Bravo, Carlos M. Bustamante, Rosana Carvalho, Günter 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

Häussermann, V. and Försterra, G. (2003): "First evidence for coloniality in sea anemones"; Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 257: 291-294.

Försterra, G. (2003): Chapter "Scleractinia" in the reference work "Das Mittelmeer", Ed.: Dr. Robert Hofrichter, Spektrum Verlag

Opresko, D. and Försterra, G. (2003): Chapter "Antipatharia" in the reference work "Das Mittelmeer", Ed.: Dr. Robert Hofrichter, Spektrum Verlag

Försterra, G. and Häussermann, V. (2003): First report on large scleractinian (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) accumulations in cold-temperate shallow water of south Chilean fjords. Zool. Verh. Leiden 345, 117-128

Häussermann, V. and Försterra, G. (2001): "A new species of sea anemone from Chile, Anemonia alicemartinae n. sp. (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). An invader or an indicator for environmental change in shallow water?"; Org. Div. Evol. 1(3): 211-224.

A. Zahn, M. Steiger, B. Petri, G. Försterra (1991); "Beiträge zum Artenschutz Nr. 17, Amphibienkartierung im Landkreis Altötting", S. 113 - 117, Schriftenreihe des Bayerischen Landesamts für Umweltschutz.

  • Accepted/in press/in review:

    Häussermann, V. and Försterra, G. (in press): Large assemblages of cold-water corals in Chile - a summary of recent findings. Bulletin of Marine Science.

    van Ofwegen, L., Häussermann, V. and Försterra, G. (in press): The genus Alcyonium (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) in Chile. Zootaxa.

    Galea, Horia, Häussermann, Verena and Günter Försterra (in press): Hydrozoa, fjord Comau, Chile. Check list.

    Försterra, G. and Häussermann, V. (in review): The balance between standardization, quality, and practicability in benthic inventories - experience with the NaGISA protocol in the Chilean fjord region. Seto Marine Biological Laboratory Publications (Kyoto). (not peer reviewed)

    Häussermann, Verena and Försterra, Günter (in review): A new species of sea anemone from the Chilean fjord region, Paraisanthus n. sp. (Actiniaria: Isanthidae), with a discussion of the family Isanthidae Carlgren, 1938. Zootaxa.

    Iriarte, Jose Luis, Gonzalez, Humberto, Torres, Rodrigo, Mardones, Jorge, Sánchez, Nicolás, Försterra, Günter and Häussermann, Vreni (in review):  Oceanographic studies and ecological interactions in Southern Chilean fjords: the Comau fjord example. Journal of Marine Systems.

    Galea, Horia, Häussermann, Verena and Försterra, Günter (in review): Cnidaria, Hydrozoa: First records, local and extended world distribution, region of south-Chilean fjords. Check List.

  • Selection of publications in preparation:

    Günter Försterra, Verena Häussermann and Carsten Lüter (to be submitted): Mass occurrences of the recent brachiopod Magellania venosa (Terebratellidae) in the fjords Comau and Reñihue, Chile. Marine Ecology.

    Försterra, G. and Häussermann, V. (in preparation): First evidence of a symbiosic relationship between the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus and the photosynthetically active endolithic organisms Ostreobium quekettii and a cyanophycea. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

    Försterra, G., Häussermann, V. and Willenz, Ph. (field work in process): Growth rate and growth rhythm analysis and study of possible effects through endolithic algae in cold-water corals by calcein in situ staining.

    Försterra, G., Häussermann, V. and Mayr, Ch. (field work in process): Studies on the nature of symbiotic interactions between endolithic algae and cold-water corals of Chilean fjords by stable isotope analysis.

    Miller, K. Häussermann, V., Försterra, G., and Whaller, R. (lab work in process): A genetic comparison of subpopulations of the cosmopolitan coral Desmophyllum dianthus worldwide.

    Häussermann, V. and Försterra, G. (eds.) (in preparation): The benthic fauna of the Chilean fjord region - a taxonomic identification guide. Published by Leaders, Chile.

    Cairns, S., Breedy, O., Häussermann, V. and Försterra, G. (in preparation): The gorgonians of the Chilean fjord region, with the description of several new species.

    Försterra, G., Häussermann, V., Hajdu, E. & Schrödl, M.: Zoogeographical pattern in the Chilean fjord region of three dominating benthic invertebrates groups (Cnidaria, Porifera, Mollusca).

    Hajdu, E. et al.: An inventory of the Porifera of the fjord Comau, South Chile

    Schrödl, M., Häussermann, V. and Försterra, G.: A new aeolid nudibranch species from Chile

PRESENTED POSTERS AND TALKS

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.

Försterra, G. and Häussermann, V. (2007): Where the deep sea comes into reach - deep-water emergence in the Chilean fjord region. New Frontiers in Marine Science; June 26-29, Baltimore, USA.

Häussermann, V., and Försterra, G. (2007): A hotspot in the cold - outstanding biodiversity in the Chilean Patagonian fjord region. New Frontiers in Marine Science; June 26-29, Baltimore, USA.

Försterra, Günter (2006): Inadequacies of the NaGISA protocol for application in the Chilean fjord region and alternative procedures. NaGISA World Coference, Kobe, Japan, October 15-18; p. 21-22.

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, Cork, Ireland, September 4-8, 2006.

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, Cork, Ireland, September 4-8, 2006.

Gisele Lôbo-Hajdu; Ruth Desqueyroux-Faúndez; Mariana S. de Carvalho; Philippe Willenz; Eduardo L. Esteves; Verena Häusserman; Günter Försterra; Alejandro Bravo; Eduardo Hajdu (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.

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.

Mariana de S. Carvalho; Ruth Desqueyroux-Faundez; Philippe Willenz; Günter Försterra; Verena Häussermann; Gisele Lôbo-Hajdu y Eduardo Hajdu (2005): Esponjas de los fiordos Comau y Quintupeu (X Región de los Lagos, Chile). Annual COLACMAR meeting, May16-20 2005, Vina del Mar, Chile

Försterra. G. (2005): Optimizing sampling- and analysis patterns for digital-photographic macro-epibenthic community studies - a combined theoretical and practical approach exemplified by a Chilean fjord. Annual COLACMAR meeting, May16-20 2005, Vina del Mar, Chile.

Gallardo, V.A., G. Försterra, V. Häussermann & J. Faundez (2005): Hallazgo de sistemas bacterianos sulfurosos someros asociados a la actividad hidrotermal del Fiordo, X Región. Annual COLACMAR meeting, May16-20 2005, Vina del Mar, Chile.

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.

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.

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.

Försterra, G. (2004): "A novel approach to diversity assessments of macro-epi-benthic communities exemplified by Chilean fjords"; Annual NABS meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 6.-11.6.2004.

Wehrmann, A. & Schmidt, A. & Försterra, G. (2004): The end of a tropical story: carbonate production by coral assemblages and related benthic communities in the shallow waters of South Chilean fjords. - In: Kukla, P. & Littke, R. & Stollhofen, H. & Schwarzer, D. [Eds.]: Sediment 2004: Kurzfassungen und Exkursionsführer. - Schriftenr. Dt. Geol. Ges., 33: 174; Hannover.

Försterra, G. (2003): "The south Chilean fjord region- methods and techniques for structural analysis of shallow water benthic communities", IBMANT and ANDEEP meeting, 19.-24.10.2003, Ushuaia, Argentina

Försterra, G. (2003): "A novel approach to diversity assessments of marine benthic communities exemplified by a Chilean fjord", 5.-8.5.2003, XXIII Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas

Försterra, G. (2002): "Reconstructing a lost world - the urgent need for reproducible inventory methods in benthic science", 8.-12.11.02, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo.

Försterra, G. and Häussermann, V. (2001): "Large assemblages of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) in shallow water of south Chilean fiords"; Terra Nostra 01(6): 155.

Försterra, G. y Häussermann, V. (1995): "Actiniaria y Corallimorpharia en la area costera de Concepción"; Resumenes de la XV Jornada de Ciencias de Mar in Coquimbo/Chile: 120.

NEWSLETTERS

Willenz, P., Häussermann, V., Försterra, G., Schrödl, M., Melzer, R., Atwood, L. and C. Jorda (2007). Finding more pieces of the Chilean puzzle. Global Marine Environment 5: 26-29.

Hajdu, E., Willenz, P., Lôbo-Hajdu, Desqueyroux-Faundez, Carvalho, M., Häussermann, V., Försterra, G. and M. Scuteri (2006): Marine sponges biodiversity. Project AMBARC-diving and wading in South America. Global Marine Environment 4: 28-29.

Försterra, G., Häussermann, V. & Gerard P. Foley Jr. (2006): Adding pieces to a complex puzzle - discovering the benthic life in the channels and fjords of Chilean Patagonia. Global Marine Environment 3: 18-21.

Försterra, G. & Häussermann, V. (2004): Chilean fjords - an endangered paradise. JMB Global Marine Environment 1: 12-13

Häussermann, V. & Försterra, G.: Chilean sea anemones - forgotten flowers of the sea. JMB Global Marine News Environment: 16-17

Försterra, G. & Häussermann, V. (2004): Die Fjorde Patagoniens- ein bedrohtes Paradies. GfBS Newsletter 13: 24-26, 57

Häussermann, V. & Försterra, G. (2004): Chilenische Seeanemonen - die vergessenen Blumen des Meeres. GfBS Newsletter 13: 31-33, 57

CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER MEDIA

  • Contribution to the "Underwater Field guide to Ross Island and McMurdo Sound, Antarctica - Cnidaria", 2001; http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/fguide/  
  • Photographic author of he book "Bahía TicToc", South Chile, Ed.: Pumalin Foundation (2002)
  • Exhibition of under water pictures for the Month of the Sea, Hornopiren, South Chile, May to September 2004
  • The TV documentation "La Ley de la Selva: Huinay", Megavisión, March 2004
  • Animal Enzyclopedia, Brockhaus, 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)
HOBBIES

Nature and underwater photography, sea kayaking, mountaineering, trekking, triathlon, sailing

Updated: 31 July, 2007

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