Curriculum Vitae

Rupert Michael Wienerroither
Senior Engineer
Institute of Marine Research
P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes
5817 Bergen, Norway
Phone: +47 5523 8536
email: rupert@imr.no

Education
2005 Dr. rer. nat. University of Salzburg, Austria
Dissertation title: “Meso- and bathypelagic fishes of the Canary Islands: an annotated species list, species composition, and biogeographic distribution”
2001 Mag rer. nat. University of Salzburg, Austria
Thesis title: “Species composition of mesopelagic fishes in the area of the Canary Islands, Eastern Central Atlantic”

Work experience
2011- Senior Engeneer, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen
2008-2010 Postdoc, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen
NFR Project: Assessing the marine fish diversity of Jan Mayen and adjacent waters towards the 2010 Norwegian Red List
Identification of fish specimens collected during IMR surveys in northern and southern hemisphere
Management of the fish reference collection
Organization of fish taxonomy workshops and preparation of identification keys
Member of the Norwegian Red List committee of experts for saltwater fishes
Participation in various surveys in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea
2000-2004 Repeated stays at the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2000-2007 Repeated stays at the Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas, Gran Canaria, Spain

Languages
German (native), English and Norwegian (fluent)

Publications
Wienerroither RM, Nedreaas KH, Uiblein F, Christiansen JS, Byrkjedal I, Karamushko OV. 2010. The marine fishes of Jan Mayen Island, NE Atlantic – past and present. Marine Biodiversity. DOI 10.1007/s12526-010-0055-y
Byrkjedal I, Langhelle G, de Lange Wenneck T, Wienerroither RM. 2010. Lycodes adolfi Nielsen and Fosså, 1993 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) found in the Arctic Ocean. Polar Biology 34:465-467
Gjøsæter J, Hesthagen T, Borgstrøm R, Brabrand Å, Byrkjedal I, Christiansen JS, Nedreaas K, Pethon P, Uiblein F, Vøllestad LA, Wienerroither R. 2010. Fisker “Pisces”. In: Kålås JA, Viken Å, Henriksen S, Skjelseth S (eds) The 2010 Norwegian Red List for Species. Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre, Norway, pp. 403-412
Wienerroither RM, Uiblein F, Bordes F, Moreno T. 2009. Composition, distribution, and diversity of pelagic fishes around the Canary Islands, Eastern Central Atlantic. Marine Biology Research 5:328-344
Aschan MM, Karamushko OV, Byrkjedal I, Wienerroither RM, Borkin IV, Christiansen JS. 2009. Records of the gadoid fish Arctogadus glacialis (Peters, 1874) in the European Arctic. Polar Biology 32:963-970
Bordes F, Wienerroither R, Uiblein F, Moreno T, Bordes I, Hernández V, Caballero C. 2009. Catálogo de especies meso y batipelágicas. Peces, moluscos y crustáceos. Colectadas con arrastre en las Islas Canarias durante las campañas realizadas a bordo del B/E “La Bocaina”. Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas (ICCM), Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información – Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación, Viceconsejeria de Pesca, 326 pp
Wienerroither RM. 2003. Species composition of mesopelagic fishes in the area of the Canary Islands, Eastern Central Atlantic. Informes Técnicos del Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas, 9: 1-110