Alexandra Haselmair
M.Sc. student

Mailing Address: 

Department of Marine Biology
Althanstrasse 14
1090 Vienna
Austria

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Education

     M.Sc., 2008, Marine Biology 
     Title: "Experimentally induced anoxia in the Northern Adriatic Sea: behavioural  responses and mortalities of benthic crustaceans"
     University of Vienna, Austria (supervisors: Dr. M. Stachowitsch; Prof. Dr. J. Ott)

     DI (Master degree in landscape architecture), 2002
     University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria (supervisors: DI S. Preis, Ao. Prof. Dr. S. Muhar)

Research Interest 

  • Diversity and ecology of bioherm-associated crustaceans
  • Fauna and flora of coastal and benthic habitats (Mediterranean Sea)
  • Ecology of corals (Corallium rubrum)

Teaching

2006/2007 Annual teaching assistance at the Introductory Biology Tutorial, botanical part

Publications

Peer reviewed journals
  • Haselmair A., Stachowitsch M., Zuschin M., Riedel B. (in submission). Bioherm-associated crustacean responses to low DO events in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea).
  • 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.
Theses
  • A. Haselmair (2008). Experimentally induced anoxia in the Northern Adriatic Sea: behavioural responses and mortalities of benthic crustaceans. Master thesis, Univ. of Vienna
  • A. Haselmair (2002). River ecology management concept Upper Mur: morphological mapping and development of measures. Master thesis, Univ. of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Skills

Technical: Electron microscopy (SEM and TEM), Scientific UW photography, PADI-divemaster, boat operator licence

Software-Applications: All MS-Office applications, ArcView, ArcGIS, SPSS, Adobe Photoshop

Conferences

2007

  • 42nd European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), Kiel, Germany, 27-31 August, (2 posters)

Awards

2008

  • Rupert-Riedl-Award, Haus des Meeres - Aqua Terra Zoo, Vienna, Austria