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Wolf-Henning Kusber
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Contact:
Wolf-Henning KUSBER
Botanischer Garten
und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin,
Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Phone: (+4930)
838-50177,
Fax: (+4930) 838-50186, E-mail: w.h.kusber [at] bgbm.org.
Functions:
Memberships in scientific societies:
Research interests:
- Biodiversity informatics, particularly data processing and data evaluation
- Extend the amount and increase the quality and availability of networked data resources
- Intercalibration of taxonomic concepts in micro algae
- Nomenclature of algae
- Taxonomy of algae especially phytoflagellates, desmids and diatoms
- Red Lists of freshwater algae
- Algal flora of Berlin (Germany)
- Charophytes of Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany)
- Changes in the biodiversity of freshwater micro algae
Research projects:
- Typification of Ehrenberg's taxa (Project AlgaTerra)
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Data evaluation (Project AlgaTerra, SYNTHESYS)
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German Red List of Desmids (in cooperation with Antje Gutowski &
Dieter Mollenhauer)
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Types of African Surirellaceae (Andrew-Mellon-Foundation)
- Red List of Algae in Berlin (in cooperation with Regine Jahn and Ursula Geissler)
- Medium-term changes in the biodiversity of micro algae in Berlin waters: a
comparison of old and new data (in cooperation with Regine Jahn and Ursula
Geissler).
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