Bettina Riedel
PostDoc 
 
Post to: Department of Marine Biology
Althanstrasse 14
1090 Vienna
Austria
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Education

     PhD (Hons), 2009, Behavioural responses of soft-bottom macrofauna to hypoxia and anoxia
     University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 
     supervisor: J. Ott (Univ. of Vienna, Austria)
     reviewers: RJ. Diaz (VIMS, USA), R. Rosenberg (Univ. of Gothenburg, Sweden)
     examiners: RJ. Diaz, J. Ott, M. Zuschin (Univ. of Vienna, Austria)
     guest: H. Rumohr (IFM GEOMAR, Germany)

     MSc (Hons), 2001, Marine Ecology        
     University of Vienna, Austria (supervisor: J. Ott, Austria)   


Research Interest 

  • Coastal & estuarine marine ecology
  • Threats to biodiversity (eutrophication, anoxia, fishing activities, climate change)
  • Ecosystem response to disturbances (resilience, succession, etc.)
  • Benthic communities, behavioural ecology, bioindication  

Research Activities

  • 06/2009-05/2012
    FWF project/Austrian Science Fund (P21542-B03)
    "Low dissolved oxygen events in the Northern Adriatic: in situ experimental insights into multi-level responses before, during and post-anoxia"
  • 11/2010
    Short-term research stay at the Laboratory of Recent and Fossil Bio-Indicators (University of Angers, France)
  • 01/2009-12/2010
    ÖAD/Austrian Academic Exchange Service
    Bilateral project for "Scientific-Technical Cooperation" between Slovenia and Austria (SI 22/2009)
  • 03/2005-02/2009
    Project FWF/Austrian Science Fund (P17655-B03)
    "Oxygen crises in the North Adriatic: effect on the structure and behavior of the macroepibenthos"
  • 09/2002 & 09/2000
    Field research for the project "Reaction of a Northern Adriatic benthic community to repeated disturbances"; Marine Biology Station (MBS)
    Piran, Slovenia
  • 06-10/1999
    Laboratory work for the project "Marine Environmental Monitoring Program in the Persian Gulf 1999"; Texplor/Univ. of Vienna


Teaching

  • Since 2006
    Mentor of: Dipl. Ing. A. Haselmair; A. Steckbauer; T. Pados (diploma students), Mag. Lucie Schiemer (doctoral student)
  • 2007 & 2008 WS
    "Introduction to Marine Biology" (selected lectures, with Dr. M. Stachowitsch, Dr. D. Abed-Navandi; 3 ECTS-points, 2-hour credit)


Publications

  • Haselmair A., Stachowitsch M., Zuschin M., Riedel B. (accepted/in press: Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.). Behaviour and mortality of benthic crustaceans in response to experimentally induced hypoxia and anoxia in situ.
  • Riedel B. 2010. Book review of "Ecology of Marine Sediments. From Science to Management" by John S. Gray & Michael Elliot, 2nd edition. Mar. Ecol. 31: 520-521.
  • Sawyer J., Zuschin M., Riedel B., Stachowitsch M. 2009. Predator-prey interactions from in situ time-lapse observations of a sublittoral mussel bed in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 371: 10-19, DOI 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.12.010
  • Riedel B., Zuschin M., Haselmair A., Stachowitsch M. 2008. Oxygen depletion under glass: behavioural responses of benthic macrofauna to induced anoxia in the Northern Adriatic. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 367: 17-27, DOI 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.08.007.
  • Riedel B., Zuschin M., Stachowitsch M. 2008. Dead zones: a future worst-case scenario for Northern Adriatic biodiversity. In: Climate warming and related changes in Mediterranean marine biota. F. Briand (ed.). CIESM Workshop Monograps 35: 73-77.
  • Riedel B., Stachowitsch M., Zuschin M. 2008. Sea anemones and brittle stars: unexpected predatory interactions during induced in situ oxygen crises. Mar. Biol. 153: 1075-1085, DOI 10.1007/s00227-007-0880-0
  • Stachowitsch M., Riedel B., Zuschin M. Machan R. 2007. Oxygen depletion and benthic mortalities: the first in situ experimental approach to documenting an elusive phenomenon. Limnol. Oceanogr.: Methods 5: 344-352.

Meetings 

2010

  • ICES Annual Science Conference, Nantes, France, 20-24 September (talk accepted) 
  • European Geosciences Union (EGU), Vienna, Austria, 2-7 May (2 posters)
  • 3rd International Palaeontological Congress (IPC), London, UK, 28 June - 3 July (1 poster accepted)

2009

  • 44th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), Liverpool, UK, 7-11 September (poster)
  • North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC), Cincinnati, USA, 21-26 June (poster)

2008

  • ProMare, Vienna, Austria, 27 November (invited talk)
  • World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (WCMB), Valencia, Spain, 11-15 November (talk)
  • Researcher meeting in the framework of Eurasia-Pacific-Uninet, Vienna, Austria, 5 November (talk)
  • 43rd European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), Ponta Delgada, Azores/Portugal, 8-12 September (talk & poster)
  • CIESM workshop (n°35; "Climate warming and related changes in Mediterranean marine biota"), Helgoland, Germany, 28-31 May (invited scientist, talk)
  • Initialisierungsworkshop Plattform Biodiversität Forschung Austria (BDFA), Nationalpark Thayatal, Austria, 14-15 April

2007

  • 15th meeting of the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS), Porto, Portugal, 7-9 November (invited Austrian scientist, poster)
  • GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Denver, Colorado, USA, 28-31 October (poster)
  • The International Conference and the 97th Annual Meeting of the Geologische Vereinigung, Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October (poster)
  • 42nd European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), Kiel, Germany, 27-31 August, (2 posters)
  • International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Arendal, Norway, 11-14 June (talk)  

2006

  • Marine Biology Institute, Piran, Slovenia, Oktober 2nd, (invited talk)
  • 41st European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), Cork, Irland, 3-10 September, (talk & 3 posters)
  • 76. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, Kiel, Germany, 28-30 August, (poster)

2005

  • 40th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), Vienna, Austria, 21-25 August, (2 posters) 
  • Congress assistance; 40th European Marine Biology Symposium, Biocenter Althanstrasse 14; 1090 Vienna, 21-25 August 2005 (organised by Ott, Bright,
    Schiemer, Hohenegger & Zuschin)


Languages

German (native), English (fluent), Italian (proficient), French (un tout petit peu)


Awards

MARS-poster award at the 42nd EMBS (European Marine Biology Symposium), Kiel, Germany, 27-31 August 2007  


Memberships


Further Education

  • 03-06/2010: French language course (beginner level), Berlitz, Vienna, Austria 
  • 03-04/2009: Italian language refresher course, mytraining Erwachsenenbildung, Vienna, Austria
  • 05-06/2008: Workshop "English in an European and International Context", Personalentwicklung, Univ. of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  • 04-06/2006 Workshop “Presentations and Lectures in the University Context”, Personalentwicklung, Univ. of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  • 10/2004-09/2006: Master-level studies “Landscape design & architecture“, Univ. of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
 
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