Dr. Michael L. Zettler

Address:

Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Biological Oceanography
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
Germany

Phone:

+49 381 5197 236

Fax:

+49 381 5197 440

E-Mail:

michnullael.zettler@io-warnemuende.de

Research gate

Orcid ID

Expertise

Leader of the Working Group on Ecology of benthic organisms
Guidance of research projects
Sampling of benthic organisms at Sea (North and Baltic Sea)
Examination of the benthos samples
Video and habitat mapping of the Baltic Sea
Teaching of diploma and phd students
Taxonomy and ecology of benthic organisms (Biodiversity and checklist of macrozoobenthos of the southern Baltic Sea)
Relationships between macrozoobenthos and environmental parameters (modelling and prediction of benthic patterns)
Characterisiation of NATURA-2000-sites (habitat types, macrozoobenthos) in the EEZ of the German Baltic Sea
Macrozoobenthos investigations off the coast of South-West Afrika (Namibia, Angola)
Assessment of habitats in terms of macrozoobenthos along a gradient in the southern Baltic Sea (mainly depending on water depth and salinity) in respect of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) and Marine Strategy Directive (MSD)
- sensitivity / tolerance of macrozoobenthic species of the southern Baltic Sea (ES500.05-values)

Others

1998, 2001, 2003, 2014 and 2016 successful attendance at the quality assurance courses within the Federation-Countries-Measuring-Program
Editorial Board: Lauterbornia (Dinkelscherben)
Chairman of Landesfachausschusses (LFA) Malakologie of NABU Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
taxonomy and ecology of freshwater molluscs (examples: Theodoxus, Marstoniopsis, Pisidium, Sphaerium, Unio, Anodonta, Pseudanodonta)
taxonomy and ecology of freshwater crustaceans (examples: Gammarus, Synurella, Pallasea, Dikerogammarus, Pontogammarus, Astacus)
monitoring of annex species of the EC Habitat Directive (molluscs: Anisus vorticulus, Unio crassus)

New Species

New TAXA for Science	Class/Order	Locus typicus
Pseudamnicola beckmani Glöer & Zettler, 2007	Gastropoda	Spain
Pseudamnicola granjaensis Glöer & Beckmann, 2007	Gastropoda	Spain
Heterospio angolana Bochert & Zettler, 2009	Polychaeta	Angola
Marginella himburgae Massier & Zettler, 2009	Gastropoda	Namibia
Gibbula massieri Rolán & Zettler, 2010	Gastropoda	Namibia
Grandidierella ischienoplia Bochert & Zettler, 2010	Amphipoda	Angola
Lanceophora lanceolata Thandar, Zettler & Arumugam, 2010	Holothuroidea	Angola
Lanceophora Thandar, Zettler & Arumugam, 2010	Holothuroidea	Angola
Ocnus paracorbulus Thandar, Zettler & Arumugam, 2010	Holothuroidea	Namibia
Ocnus placominutus Thandar, Zettler & Arumugam, 2010	Holothuroidea	Angola
Panningia pseudocurvata Thandar, Zettler & Arumugam, 2010	Holothuroidea	Angola
Rhopalodinaria bocherti Thandar, Zettler & Arumugam, 2010	Holothuroidea	Angola
Heterocuma ambrizetensis Bochert & Zettler, 2011	Cumacea	Angola
Nebalia deborahae Bochert & Zettler, 2012	Leptostraca	Namibia
Trochochaeta ankeae Bochert & Zettler, 2013	Polychaeta	Angola
Wallametopa cylindrica Zettler & Glück, 2016	Amphipoda	South Africa
Niphargus zarosiensis Zettler & Zettler, 2017	Amphipoda	Greece
Aeginella corallina Zettler, Freiwald & Guerra-Garcia, 2018	Amphipoda	Angola
Ledoyerella kunensis Zettler & Myers, 2018	Amphipoda	Namibia
Afriscrobs ampliorscapus Böhmer & Zettler, 2020	Amphipoda	Namibia
Polititapes parvovalis Zettler & Alf, 2021	Bivalvia	Namibia
Bornia walvisensis Zettler & Hoffman, 2021	Bivalvia	Namibia
Kurtiella namibiensis Zettler & Hoffman, 2021	Bivalvia	Namibia
Scacchia aartseni Zettler & Hoffman, 2021	Bivalvia	Namibia
Scacchia huberi Zettler & Hoffman, 2021	Bivalvia	Namibia
Bithynia beloslavensis Glöer & Zettler, 2021	Gastropoda	Bulgaria
Bithynia corfuensis Glöer & Zettler, 2021	Gastropoda	Greece
Gyraulus messonghi Glöer & Zettler, 2021	Gastropoda	Greece
Pseudamnicola kavosensis Glöer & Zettler, 2021	Gastropoda	Greece
Pseudobithynia nigra Glöer & Zettler, 2021	Gastropoda	Greece