Dr. Kristin Kaschner
Dr. Kristin Kaschner
Department of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis
Tennenbacher Straße 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Room 03.063
email: kristin.kaschner(a)biologie.uni-freiburg.de
phone: +49 761 203-8666
fax: +49 761 203-3751
Research Interests
Global conservation, biogeography and macroecology of marine organisms
Anthropogenic impacts on marine mammals, spatial planning and marine protected areas
Species distribution modeling and meta-analyses
Current proyects and collaborations
| 2014- | Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs)-Identification of global priority sites for the conservation of marine mammals | |
| 2012- | EU-BON-Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU-Proyect FP7/2007-2013-308454; international partners) | |
| 2011- | MORSE-Management of Ocean Resources under Shifting Expectations: bringing the historical perspective into marine mammal conservation (CEFE CNRS, France; international partners) | |
| 2008- | GOBI-Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (international partners) | |
| 2004- | AquaMaps-Online atlas and species distribution model containing standardized distributions maps for over 17,300 species of fishes, marine mammals and invertebrates (FishBase Information and Research Group, Inc., Philippines & Geomar Helmholtz Zentrum für Ozeanforschung, Kiel) |
Selected publications
For a full list of publications see on Google Scholar.
Dunn DC, Ardron JA, Bax N, Bernal P, Cleary J, Cresswell I, Donnelly B, Dunstan P, Gjerde K, Johnson D, Kaschner K, Lascelles B, Rice J, von Nordheim H, Wood L, Halpin PN (2014) The Convention on Biological Diversity’s Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas: origins, development, and current status. Marine Policy
Selig ER, Turner WR, Troëng S, Wallace BP, Halpern BS, Kaschner K, Lascelles BG, Carpenter KE, Mittermeier RA (2014) Global priorities for marine biodiversity conservation Plos One 9:e82898
Foote AD, Kaschner K, Schultze SE, Garilao C, Ho SYW, Post K, Higham TFG, Stokowska C, van der Es H, Embling CB, Gregersen K, Johansson F, Willerslev E, Gilbert MTP (2013) Ancient DNA reveals that bowhead whale lineages survived Late Pleistocene climate change and habitat shifts. Nature Communications 4:1677
Williams R, Grand J, Hooker SK,
Kaschner K, Quick N, Jewell R, Williams R, Harris CM (2012) Global coverage of cetacean line-transect surveys: status quo, gaps and future challenges. Plos One 7:13
Kaschner K, Tittensor DP, Ready J, Gerrodette T, Worm B (2011) Current and future patterns of global marine mammal biodiversity. Plos One 6:e19653
Cisneros-Montemayor AM, Sumaila UR, Kaschner K, Pauly D (2010) The global potential for whale watching. Marine Policy 34:1273-1278
Coll M, Piroddi C, Steenbeek J, Kaschner K, Ben Rais Lasram F, Aguzzi J, Ballesteros E, Bianchi CN, Corbera J, Dailianis T, Danovaro R, Estrada M, Froglia C, Galil BS, Gasol JM, Gertwagen R, Gil J, Guilhaumon F, Kesner-Reyes K, Kitsos M-S, Koukouras A, Lampadariou N, Laxamana E, López-Fé de la Cuadra CM, Lotze HK, Martin D, Mouillot D, Oro D, Raicevich S, Rius-Barile J, Saiz-Salinas JI, San Vicente C, Somot S, Templado J, Turon X, Vafidis D, Villanueva R, Voultsiadou E (2010) The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, patterns, and threats. Plos One 5:e11842
Ready J, Kaschner K, South AB, Eastwood PD, Rees T, Rius J, Agbayani E, Kullander S, Froese R (2010) Predicting the distributions of marine organisms at the global scale. Ecological Modelling 221:467-478
Gerber LR, Morissette L, Kaschner K, Pauly D (2009) ECOLOGY Should Whales Be Culled to Increase Fishery Yield? Science 323:880-881
Kaschner K, Watson R, Trites AW, Pauly D (2006) Mapping worldwide distributions of marine mammals using a Relative Environmental Suitability (RES) model. Marine Ecology Progress Series 316:285-310
Redfern JV, Ferguson MC, Becker EA, Hyrenbach KD, Good C, Barlow J, Kaschner K, Baumgartner MF, Forney KA, Ballance LT, Fauchald P, Halpin P, Hamazaki T, Pershing AJ, Qian SS, Read A, Reilly SB, Torres L, Werner F (2006) Techniques for cetacean-habitat modeling. Marine Ecology Progress Series 310:271-295
Opportunities for Bachelor and Master Projects