Staff

Mara Knüsel

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Curriculum Vitae

2020 – 2024 PhD in Aquatic Ecology, University of Zurich and Eawag, Switzerland
2018 – 2020 Master of Science in Ecology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2015 – 2018 Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Media

Eawag News:

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Publications

Delić, T., Di Batista Borko, Š., Premate, E., Rexhepi, B., Alther, R., Knüsel, M., … Altermatt, F. (2025). Phylogenetic origin of morphologically cryptic species shapes co‐occurrence and sympatry patterns. Freshwater Biology, 70(2), e70000 (14 pp.)-14. doi:10.1111/fwb.70000, Institutional Repository
Keck, F., Peller, T., Alther, R., Barouillet, C., Blackman, R., Capo, E., … Altermatt, F. (2025). The global human impact on biodiversity. Nature, 641, 395-400. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08752-2, Institutional Repository
Knüsel, M., Alther, R., & Altermatt, F. (2024). Pronounced changes of subterranean biodiversity patterns along a Late Pleistocene glaciation gradient. Ecography, 2024(8), e07321 (10 pp.). doi:10.1111/ecog.07321, Institutional Repository
Knüsel, M., Alther, R., Locher, N., Ozgul, A., Fišer, C., & Altermatt, F. (2024). Systematic and highly resolved modelling of biodiversity in inherently rare groundwater amphipods. Journal of Biogeography, 51(11), 2094-2108. doi:10.1111/jbi.14975, Institutional Repository
Knüsel, M., Alther, R., Couton, M., & Altermatt, F. (2024). Temporal consistency and spatial variability in detection: implications for monitoring of macroinvertebrates from shallow groundwater aquifers. Subterranean Biology, 49, 139-161. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.49.132515, Institutional Repository
Knüsel, M., Alther, R., & Altermatt, F. (2024). Terrestrial land use signals on groundwater fauna beyond current protection buffers. Ecological Applications, 34(8), e3040 (13 pp.). doi:10.1002/eap.3040, Institutional Repository
Schneider, A. S., Knüsel, M., Alther, R., & Altermatt, F. (2024). Grundwasserbiodiversität: Makroinvertebraten in Schweizer Grundwasserökosystemen - Vorkommen, Vielfalt und Biomasse. Aqua & Gas, 104(3), 16-21. , Institutional Repository
Stoch, F., Knüsel, M., Zakšek, V., Alther, R., Salussolia, A., Altermatt, F., … Flot, J. F. (2024). Integrative taxonomy of the groundwater amphipod Niphargus bihorensis Schellenberg, 1940 reveals a species-rich clade. Contributions to Zoology, 93(4), 371-395. doi:10.1163/18759866-bja10064, Institutional Repository
Couton, M., Studer, A., Hürlemann, S., Locher, N., Knüsel, M., Alther, R., & Altermatt, F. (2023). Integrating citizen science and environmental DNA metabarcoding to study biodiversity of groundwater amphipods in Switzerland. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 18097 (13 pp.). doi:10.1038/s41598-023-44908-8, Institutional Repository
Knüsel, M., Borko, Š., Alther, R., Salussolia, A., Flot, J. F., Altermatt, F., … Stoch, F. (2023). Phylogenetic structure and molecular species delimitation hint a complex evolutionary history in an Alpine endemic Niphargus clade (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 306, 27-36. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2023.07.001, Institutional Repository
Martin, P., Knüsel, M., Alther, R., Altermatt, F., Ferrari, B., & Vivien, R. (2023). Haplotaxis gordioides (Hartmann in Oken, 1819) (Annelida, Clitellata) as a sub-cosmopolitan species: a commonly held view challenged by DNA barcoding. Zoosymposia, 23, 78-93. doi:10.11646/zoosymposia.23.1.10, Institutional Repository
Schneider, A. S., Knüsel, M., & Altermatt, F. (2023). Assessment of occurrence, diversity, and biomass of macroinvertebrates in Swiss groundwater systems using citizen science data. Subterranean Biology, 46, 147-164. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.46.112569, Institutional Repository
Studer, A., Knüsel, M., Alther, R., Hürlemann, S., & Altermatt, F. (2022). Erfassung der Grundwasserflohkrebse. Studie zur Artenvielfalt und Verbreitung im Einzugsgebiet der Töss. Aqua & Gas, 102(4), 14-19. , Institutional Repository

Knüsel, M. A., Lee, D. E., König, B., Bond, M. L. (2019). Correlates of home range sizes of giraffes, Giraffa camelopardalis. Animal Behaviour, 149:143-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.01.017

Address

E-Mail: mara.knuesel@eawag.ch
Phone: +41 58 765 6727
Fax: +41 58 765 5802
Address: Eawag
Überlandstrasse 133
8600 Dübendorf
Office: BU G17