Staff
Nadja Christen
About Me
Responsible for fieldwork operations within the River Fish Ecology group
Projects I am involved with
Lake Lucerne Lake trout migration
- Juvenile trout tagging (PIT)
- Recapture / tagging of returning lake-migratory trout
- Maintenance of PIT tag antennas in Lake Lucerne tributaries
- Maintenance of temperature loggers in Lake Lucerne tributaries
- Heron colony tracking (recording trout PIT tags in heron colonies)
- Heron camera traps
River Fish Network
- Population genetics of freshwater fish
SWAT Swiss Acoustic Telemetry Network
Arctic Charr Greenland
- Diversification of anadromous charr in southern Greenland
Curriculum Vitae
| 2024 - |
Technician at Eawag (FishEc) |
| 2022 & 2023 |
Whale research station Whale Point (Gil Island, BC, Canada) Volunteer. Land- and boat based marine mammal monitoring (acoustic & visual) |
| 2019 |
Pro Lutra (Switzerland) Volunteer. Mapping species distribution of Eurasian otter |
| 2016 |
Caño Palma Biological Station (Costa Rica) Visiting Staff. Terrestrial & marine wildlife research & monitoring |
| 2015 - 2016 |
Wildtier Schweiz (Switzerland) Internship. Data curation & analysis “Rehkitzmarkierung Schweiz” (roe deer fawn tagging project Switzerland) |
| 2014 - 2020 |
Genossenschaft Keimling (Switzerland) Co-founder and project leader. Production of natural cosmetics, craft beer, planning of permaculture gardens. |
| 2013 |
Caño Palma Biological Station (Costa Rica) Project manager. Sea turtle monitoring programme |
| 2011 - 2012 |
University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus (England) Field Assistant. Environmental impact study. Monitoring seabird behaviour & abundance at SeaGen tidal turbine installation site. |
| 2010 - 2011 |
Marine Biological Association (England) Volunteer. Marine fish population monitoring |
| 2009 - 2010 |
Master of Research in Marine Biology University of Plymouth (England) |
| 2005 - 2008 |
B.Sc. in Biology University of Basel (Switzerland) |
Publications
Caballero Gutierrez N, Janko C, Rehnus M (2018). Wo setzt die Rehgeiss ihre Kitze? 45 Jahre Forschung bringen Licht ins Dunkel. Schweizer Jäger, 4: 30-33
Christen N, Janko C, Rehnus M (2017) The effect of environmental gradients on the bed site selection of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Mamm Res.doi: 10.1007/s13364-017-0343-z
Maclean IM et al. (2014)Resolving issues with environmental impact assessment of marine renewable energy installations. Front. Mar. Sci. 1:75. doi:10.3389/fmars.2014.00075
Savidge G et al. (2014) Strangford Lough and the SeaGen Tidal Turbine. In book: Marine Renewable Energy Technology and Environmental Interactions, Publisher: Springer, Editors: Shields, M. A. and Payne, A, pp.153-172. Doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-8002-5_12
Christen N, Calosi P, McNeill CL, Widdicombe S (2013) Structural and functional vulnerability to elevated pCO2 in marine benthic communities. Marine Biology, 160: 2113-2128, doi: 10.1007/s00227-012-2097-0
Cited in:IPCC, 2014:Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[Core Writing Team, R.K. Pachauri and L.A. Meyer (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 151 pp.
Address
| E-Mail: | nadja.christen@cluttereawag.ch |
| Phone: | +41 58 765 2142 |
| Fax: | +41 58 765 2168 |
| Address: | Eawag
Seestrasse 79 6047 Kastanienbaum |
| Office: | SL B05 |
Research Group
River Fish Ecology