Cornelya Klutsch
Research Scientist
(+47) 902 85 906
cornelya.klutsch@nibio.no
Place
Svanhovd
Visiting address
Svanhovd, NO-9925 Svanvik
Biography
Dr. Cornelya F. C. Klütsch works at the interface of molecular ecology, genomics, and conservation. Her main research interests include the use of genetic and genomic tools to address applied and basic conservation, management, and eco-evolutionary questions in wildlife and fish species. Currently, she is a Research Scientist at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO, Norway) where she works in a transnational, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectorial framework on local, regional, and international conservation issues in (sub)arctic environments. This includes a wide range of topics and systems including population genetic and wildlife forensic analyses of large carnivores (e.g., lynx and brown bear) and freshwater species (e.g., brown trout, freshwater mussels). Further, she is interested in the development of eDNA and metabarcoding approaches as tools for environmental research and monitoring of soil and freshwater biota. Recently, Cornelya expanded her horizons and works now more intensely on the integration of citizen science and ecosystem service assessments into research and conservation management. Finally, she continues teaching within the Edu-Arctic and INTERACT projects with the aim of bringing molecular ecological topics into the classroom (i.e., STEM education). With this broad approach, she hopes to contribute to the development of a sustainable society and green and blue bioeconomies.
Previous positions/education:
Postdoctoral research position and sessional lecturer at Trent University (Ontario, Canada).
Postdoctoral research position at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (Sweden)
PhD at the Alexander Koenig Research Museum and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn (Germany)
Master’s degree in zoology at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)
Authors
Junbin Zhao Mikhail Mastepanov Cornelya Klutsch Hanna Marika Silvennoinen David Kniha Svein Wara Runar KjærAbstract
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Authors
Sławomir Kaczmarek Tomasz Marquardt Snorre B. Hagen Cornelya Klutsch Steffen Roth Anna SeniczakAbstract
Abstract To date, only adults of Zercon forsslundi have been known. According to the description of this species, it has been the first report of Zercon with clear differences in opisthonotal chaetotaxy between females and males, a unique character in the genus. At the same time, Z. forsslundi belongs to a unique group of Zercon species with dorsal setae J5 in females clearly longer than setae J1 – J4 , the latter ones being short and of similar length. Our description is the first-ever report on the full morphological ontogeny of Z. forsslundi , the mite species, the adult which is the most similar to the recently described Zercon hamaricus and to a lesser extent to Zercon polonicus . The morphological closeness of the above-mentioned species has been confirmed in immature stages. We also studied the geographic distribution of Z. forsslundi and its above-mentioned congeners with remarks on their evolutionary affinity on the background of dispersal abilities and faunal dispersal after the Last Glacial Maximum. We also report the occurrence of Z. forsslundi and Z. hamaricus in the Northern Norway for the first time. Ranges of Z. forsslundi and Z. hamaricus overlap in the area of N Norway. Also, the microenvironmental sympatry was confirmed for these taxa. We also proved the niche overlap of these two species, which is probably limited to the northern verge of Eurasia. Zercon polonicus , not present in the current Arctic fauna, probably is a post-glacial relict, inhabiting more southern mountainous areas of Europe (Carpathians and Alps).
Authors
Anna Seniczak Cornelya Klutsch Stanisław Seniczak Snorre B. Hagen Fredrik A. Selmer Stephen J. CoulsonAbstract
We present five new records of soil oribatid mites, including four found in the Norwegian subarctic, in Finnmark: Chamobates voigtsi (Oudemans, 1902), Hermannia nodosa Michael, 1888, Kunstidamaeus nidicola (Willmann, 1936) and Oribatella sexdentata Berlese, 1916, and one found in Svalbard: Scutozetes arcticus Ermilov & Makarova, 2021. This paper presents details of these new records and comments on the known distribution and ecology of the species.
