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Kristin Kaschner, Ph.D.
Evolutionary Biology & Ecology Lab
Institute of Biology I (Zoology)
Albert-Ludwigs-University
Hauptstrasse 1
D-79104 Freiburg
Phone: ++49 / 761 / 203 - 2566
E-Mail: kristin.kaschner@biologie.uni-freiburg.de |
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Kristin Kaschner’s main research interest is the application
and development of large-scale habitat suitability modelling
approaches to investigate potential impacts of anthropogenic
activities on marine mammals.
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Current projects |
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"Whales-eat-fish” Project
(July 2007-April 2009; 2010 - no cost extension)
Examining
the impacts of whales on commercial fisheries in tropical ecosystems
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Co-Principle Investigator;
in collaboration with Arizona
State University, Tempe, US & ISMER,
Rimouski, Canada.
Funded by Lenfest Ocean
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AquaMaps (December
2004 – on-going)
Producing standardized range maps for
currently 9,000 species of fishes, marine mammals and invertebrates
- Model development
Funded by MARA, Pew
Fellows Program in Marine Conservation, INCOFISH, Sea
Around Us, and Biogeoinformatics of Hexacorals. |
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FishBase & SeaLifeBase (2000 – on-going) - Collaborator & data contribution |
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Sea
Around Us Project (1999 – on-going) |
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| Past projects |
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FMAP Project (2007)
Mapping global biodiversity of marine mammals under current and future climate
scenarios
Post-doctoral Fellow, Dalhousie
University, Halifax, Canada.
Funded by The Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation
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ERMC Project (2006-2007)
Environmental risk mitigation
capability sonar – developing
an automated tool for assessing the potential impact of underwater
noise on marine fauna
Research Fellow, CREEM,
St.Andrew’s University, St. Andrews,UK
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Projekt
MINOS+ (2005)
Investigation harbour porpoise density and occurrence in the North Sea
Research Fellow, FTZ,
Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany |
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Sea
Around Us Project (1999-2004)
Modelling and mapping resource overlap between marine mammals and fisheries on
a global scale
PhD thesis work, Fisheries
Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Funded by Pew Charitable
Trusts, HSI, DAAD,
UBC graduate fellowships |
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