Bettina Riedel
Ph.D. student
Mailing Address: Department of Marine Biology

Althanstrasse 14

1090 Vienna

Austria

Phone: ++43-1-4277 / 54327

Fax: ++43-1-4277 / 9542

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Education

     Ph.D., since July 2005, Behavioural responses of soft-bottom macrofauna to hypoxia and anoxia
     University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (supervisors: Dr. M. Stachowitsch; Ao. Prof. Dr. M. Zuschin; Prof. Dr. J. Ott)

     M.Sc. (Hons), 2001, Marine Ecology        
     University of Vienna, Austria (supervisors: Dr. M. Stachowitsch; Prof. Dr. J. Ott)   

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

  • 10/2008
    Project submission FWF/Austrian Science Fund (P21542-B17)
    "Low dissolved oxygen events in the Northern Adriatic: in situ experimental insights into multi-level responses before, during and post-anoxia"
    With Dr. M. Stachwitsch, Ao. Prof. Dr. M. Zuschin
  • 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"
    With Dr. M. Stachwitsch, Ao. Prof. Dr. M. Zuschin
  • 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; with Dr. M. Stachowitsch
  • 06-10/1999
    Laboratory work for the project "Marine Environmental Monitoring Program in the Persian Gulf 1999"; Texplor/Univ. of Vienna; with
    Dr. M. Stachowitsch, Dr. R. Kikinger

Teaching

  • Since 2006
    Mentor of diploma students: Dipl. Ing. A. Haselmair; A. Steckbauer 
  • 2007 & 2008 WS
    "Introduction to Marine Biology" (selected lectures, with Dr. M. Stachowitsch, Dr. D. Abed-Navandi; 3 ECTS-points, 2-hour credit)
  • 2008 SS
    "Marine Turtle Field Course" (with Dr. M. Stachowitsch; 10 ECTS-points, 6-hour credit)

Publications

Peer reviewed journals
  • Haselmair A., Stachowitsch M., Zuschin M., Riedel B. (in submission). Bioherm-associated crustacean response to low DO events in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea).
  • Sawyer J., Zuschin M., Riedel B., Stachowitsch M. (J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., accepted). Predatory-prey interactions from in situ time-lapse observations of a sublittoral mussel bed in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic).
  • 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., 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.
Monographs
  • 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. CIESM (ed.). CIESM Workshop Monograps 35: 73-77.

Skills

Technical: DO/H2S/ pH and temperature microelectrode in situ measurements, CTD, water movement measurements (MR flowmeter,
plaster dissolution, fluorescin), scientific photo- and film documentation, PADI-divemaster, boat operator licence

Software-Applications:
All MS-Office applications, webdesign, EndNote, Unix, Statistics (SPSS, PRIMER, FISAT II), image processing (Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Premiere)

Languages

German (native), English (fluent), Italian (proficient)

Conferences - Symposia - Workshops

 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; "Mediterranean biogeographic indicators of global warming"), 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)

Awards

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

Memberships

Further Education

  • 05-06/2008: Workshop "English in an European and International Context", Personalentwicklung, Univ. of Vienna, Austria
  • 04-06/2006 Workshop “Presentations and Lectures in the University Context”, Personalentwicklung, Univ. of Vienna, Austria
  • 10/2004-09/2006: Master-level studies “Landscape design & architecture“, Univ. of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria