Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde
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Alexander Darr

Alexander Darr
Address:
Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
Germany
Phone:
+49 381 5197 3450
Fax:
+49 381 5197 440
E-Mail:

Expertise

  • Taxonomy and autecology of macrozoobenthos (e.g. Mollusca, Crustacea)

  • Community analysis with focus on the identification of characteristic or key species and the linkage with biotops

  • Function of benthic communities

  • Interdependencies between species and communities and their surrounding abiotic and biotic environment

  • Times series

  • Habitat suitability modeling (MARS, CART, GLM, GLM for zero-inflated data)

  • Monitoring and assessment of benthic communities on behalf the water framework directive (WFD, the habitat directive and the Marine Strategy (MSFD)

  • Assessment of benthic communities and habitats including the prediction of potential impacts of human activity in EIA processes

  • Quality management systems