Projects, Presentations & Expeditions

1. Projects completely or partially carried out in Huinay

2011

• Ardelan, Murat &, Jose-Luis Iriarte, Merel Collenteur, Klaudia Hernandez, Janset Kankus, Ingvil Nortier Jensen, Lasse M. Olsen, Nicolas Sanchez & Anne Vera Hunnistad. WAFOW: Can waste emission from fish farms change the structure of marine food webs? A comparative study of coastal ecosystems in Norway and Chile
• Diez, Beatriz & Roy Mackenzie. Diazospring: diazotrofia en sistemas termales
• Gallardo, Victor Ariel (Universidad de Concepción, Chile) Analisis de Bacterios Filamentos
• Lauden, Juergen & Carin Janzen, Sebastian Baumgarten, Franziska Kupprat & Stefanie Sokol. Cold water coral ecology, 2011
• Le Roux, Jacobus & Catalina Carreña. Centro de excelencia de Geotérmia de los Andes
• Melzer, Roland, Roland Meyer & Andrea Weis. Inventory of Comau fjord arthropods
• Torres, Rodrigo, Diego Parra, Constanza Maureira & Nolasca Valdés; Evaluación del efecto del hierro disuelto y silicatos en el secuestro

2010

• Ardelan, Murat,  Jose Luis, Iriarte, Stephan Bouwmeester, Merel Collenteur, Harriet De Rutier, Klaudia Hernandez, Janset Kankus, Ingvil Nortier Jensen, Lasse M. Olsen, Nicolas Sanchez, Saskia Van Orsel & Anne Vera Hunnistad. WAFOW: Can waste emission from fish farms change the structure of marine food webs? A comparative study of coastal ecosystems in Norway and Chile
• Caputo, Luciano & Toni Palau. Limnological characterization of inland water bodies: Scientific Expedition into the grounds of San Ignacio de Huinay Foundation, X region de los Lagos, Chile
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann & Christoph Mayr (2005-present): Symbiotic relationships between shallow-water individuals of Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) with endolithic algae; a study including stable isotope analysis. Field work: VH, GF.
• Mayr, Christoph, Günter Försterra, Vreni Häussermann & Alexander Altenbach. Nutrient cycles and terrestrial-marine coupling in Comau fjord based on stable isotope analysis (field work: Huinay staff; 2006-2009)
• Pinto Da Rocha, Ricardo, Fernando Portella De Luna Marques, Glaucio Machado, Marcos Ryotaro Hara & Francisco Javier Cádiz Lorca (2008-2010): Filogenia dos opilioes da família Gonyleptidae (Arachnida: Opiliones) baseada em caracteres morfolóicos, moleculares e comportamentais
• Pinto da Rocha, Ricardo, Francisco J. Cádiz Lorca & Fernando Portella de Luna Marques. Filogeografia de los estilomatóforos chilenos (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Stylommatophora), y su implicancia en las hipótesis de origen del Bosque Fray Jorge
• Richter, Claudio, Carin Jantzen & Juergen Laudien. Cold water coral ecology 2010
• Zelaya, Diego G. & Marina Guller. Micro molluscs of the Chilean fjords.

2009

• Anton, Roland. Studies on Nudibrachia:  Systematic research on Nudibranchia, comparison of populations from different locations
• Gorny, Matthias. ROV transects – An inventory of the benthos of the Comau and Reñihué fjords.
• Cuq, Emilio, Rocío Urrutia and Daniel Utean. Cores from one hundred alerce trees on Cerro La Cruz
• Flores, Lorena & Renate Hirschfelder. vegetation sociology
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann & Christoph Mayr (2005-present): Symbiotic relationships between shallow-water individuals of Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) with endolithic algae; a study including stable isotope analysis. Field work: VH, GF.
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann, Christoph Mayr (2005-present): Symbiotic relationships between shallow-water individuals of Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) with endolithic algae; a study including stable isotope analysis. Field work: VH, GF.
• Försterra, Günter, Häussermann, Verena and Philippe Willenz (2005-present): Growth rate estimations of shallow-water populations of Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) through calcein in situ staining. Field work: VH & GF
• Gorny, Matthias: Repeating ROV transects
• Griesshaber, Erika: Brachiopods. Shell structure and size of Magellania and Terebratella.
• Häussermann, Vreni, Günter Försterra, Michelle Marcotte, Josh Biro, Philippe Willenz, Hannes Imhoff & Josefina Peters (15.-24.1.).Replacement of Expedition HF7 – Llico Bajo and north Chiloé.
• Häussermann, Verena & Günter Försterra, Eduardo Hajdu,  Leen van Ofwegen, Breedy Odalisca, Stephen Cairns, Frederic Sinniger, Horia Galea, Americo Montiel, V. Natalia Bulnes, Martin Thiel, Enrico Schwabe, Michael Schrödl, Diego Zelaya, Roland Melzer, Roland Meyer, Hugo Moyano, Carsten Lüter, David Pawson, IgorSmirnow, Jens Bohn, Chris Mah, Erika Mutschke, Phil Lambert, Marcos Tatian, German Pequeño, Fabio Pitombo, Michelle Klautau, Ruth Faundez, Gisele Lobo-Hajdu, Carolina Zagal, Eduardo Tarifeno, Marcus Sobarzo, Francisco Hervé & Soto, Maria (1997-2009). Benthic invertebrates of the Chilean fjord region. (Field collections: Verena Häussermann & Günter Försterra, also Huinay field station staff and some of the authors.)
• Häussermann, Verena, Michael Dawson & Günter Försterra. First record of the moon jellyfish, Aurelia (Scyphozoa: Semaeostomeae), for Chile
• Iriarte, Jose Luis, Gabriela Silva, Caroll Garcia, Pamela Labbe, Lorena Rebolledo, Gabriela Mera & Julio Alderete (2007-presente). The role of Silicon on phytoplankton blooms in the Chilean Fjord system: The impact of past and future scenarios of variable freshwater streamflow on marine productivity.
• Lagger, Cristian, Verena Häussermann, Günter Försterra & Marcos Tatian (2007-2009). An inventory of the ascidians of the Comau fjord.
• Landler, Lukas. Ecology and biogeoraphy of Chilina spp. (Chilinidea: Gastorpoda). Ecological ranges and Geographic related prevalence.
• Laudien, Jürgen, Carin Jantzen, Gertraud Schmidt, Marlene Wall, Duygu Sevgi Sevilgen, Marc Einsporn, Matthias Wehkamp, Stephanie Hagen, Christoph Held, Philipp Fischer, Tobias Funke, Claudio Richter, Philip Messtorff, Carsten Haneke, & examinors Frank Werner, Klaus Muller, Hannes Thalmaier, Dirk Schories: course “scientific diving 2009”, with 3 scientific projects
• Lehmann, Tobias & Roland Anton. An inventory of the pycnogonida on cnidarians of the Comau and Reñihué fjords.
• Lehmann, Tobias. The pycnogonids from the Comau fjord.
• Lescinski, Halard. Brachiopods of the Comau fjord: encrusters, borers and the degradation of the shells from a paleontologists point of view. (Part of a study: Brachiopods on the Atlantic coast of Argentina)
• Mayr, Christoph, Günter Försterra, Verena Häussermann & Alexander Altenbach. nutrient cycles and terrestrial-marine coupling in Comau fjord based on stable isotope analysis (field work: Huinay staff; 2006-2009)
• McKenzie, Roy & Leslie Abarzua. Seasonal variations of Dominant bacterial populations in hotspring microbial mats, Comau fjord, X region, Chile.
• McKenzie, Roy, Beatríz Díez &  Mónica Vásquez. Seasonal variations of Dominant bacterial populations in Hotspring microbial mats, Comau fjord, X region, Chile.
• Messtorff, Philip,  AWI course “scientific diving 2009”. Desmophyllum dianthus – Growth and Recruitment and Filter Feeders Growth
• Montiel, Américo. An inventory of the polychaeta of the Comau and Reñihué fjords.(English and Spanish)
• Palau, Antonio, Luciano Caputo, Yurina Cifuentes, Alfonso Guiseppe, Cristina Eftimie, (Piloto Ecocopter, mecanico Ecocopter). Caracterización limnologica de las masas de agua continentales: Expedición científica a los terrenos de la Fundación San Ignacio de Huinay, décima región de los Lagos, Chile (2008-2009)
• Sundberg, Per, Iván Hinojosa, Pierre De Wit, Helena Wiklund. An inventory of the Nemertea of the Comau fjord
• Urrutia, Homero, Roy Mackenzie, Leslie Abarzúa, Monica Luz Vasquez & Beatriz Diez Moreno. Estimation of diversity and community structure through Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis analysis of Bacterial 16s rRNA sequences from different Hot Spring Microbial Mats, Comau Fjord, X region, Chile
• Waller, Rhian. Sampling of Corals – Desmophyllum Dianthus
• Willenz, Philippe (2004-presente). An inventory of the sponges of the Comau and Reñihué fjords.

2008

• Ardelan, Murat & Jose Luis Iriarte. Response of phytoplankton assemblages to Fe addition in a chilean fjord
• Cádiz,  Francisco. Prospección de moluscos pulmonados en San Ignacio de Huinay
• Flores, Lorena, Rosa Soto & Renate Hirschfelder. The plant communities of the Huinay territory
• Fontúrbel, Francisco. Muestreo de pequeños mamíferos en la Tercera Laguna del fiordo Comau, en predios de la Fundación San Ignacio del Huinay, Región de Los Lagos, Chile
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann & Christoph Mayr (2005-present). Symbiotic relationships between shallow-water individuals of Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) with endolithic algae; a study including stable isotope analysis. Field work: VH, GF.
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann & Philippe Willenz (2005-present). Growth rate estimations of shallow-water populations of Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) through calcein in situ staining. Field work: VH & GF
• Gillan David. Archaebacterial diversity in shallow marine sediments of the Chilean fjord region.
• Hausmann, Axel, Thomas Greifenstein & Luis Parra. Looking for Gondwanaland relicts: the Geometridae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of the Nothofagus forests of Chile and Tasmania
• Häussermann, Verena & Günter Försterra, Eduardo Hajdu,  Leen van Ofwegen, Breedy Odalisca, Stephen Cairns, Frederic Sinniger, Horia Galea, Americo Montiel, V. Natalia Bulnes, Martin Thiel, Enrico Schwabe, Michael Schrödl, Diego Zelaya, Roland Melzer, Roland Meyer, Hugo Moyano, Carsten Lüter, David Pawson, Igor Smirnow, Jens Bohn, Chris Mah, Erika Mutschke, Phil Lambert, Marcos Tatian, German Pequeño, Fabio Pitombo, Michelle Klautau, Ruth Faundez, Gisele Lobo-Hajdu, Carolina Zagal, Eduardo Tarifeno, Marcus Sobarzo, Francisco Hervé & Soto, Maria (1997-2009). Benthic invertebrates of the Chilean fjord region. (Field collections: Verena Häussermann & Günter Försterra, also Huinay field station staff and some of the authors.)
• Hiscock, Keith. Parallel ecosystems? Fjordic habitats in Chile and in Scotland.
• Iriarte, Jose Luis, Humberto González, Yoanna Eissler, Catharina Alvez-Sousa, Hector Pavez, Caroll García & Gabriela Silva. The role of Silicon on phytoplankton blooms in the Chilean Fjord system: The impacto of past and future scenarios of variable freshwater streamflow on marine productivity.
• Iriarte, Jose Luis, Alvez-Sousa, Catharina, Yoanna Eissler, Caroll García, Humberto Gonzalez-Estay, Gabriela Silva & Hector Pavez. The role of Silicon on phytoplankton blooms in the Chilean Fjord system: The impacto of past and future scenarios of variable freshwater streamflow on marine productivity.
• Iriarte, Jose Luis, Humberto Gonzalez, Nicolas Sanchez (2005-2007). Phytoplankton primary productivity and its fate in the pelagic food web of Comau fjord (42S): the influence of copepods versus cladocera in fueling classical versus microbial trophic pathways in frontal zones
• Mackenzie, Roy & Gerardo Carcamo; Estimation of diversity and community structure through Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis analysis of Bacterial 16s rRNA sequences from different Hot Spring Microbial Mats, Comau Fjord, X region, Chile
• Mayr, Christoph, Günter Försterra, Verena Häussermann, & Alexander Altenbach. Nutrient cycles and terrestrial-marine coupling in Comau fjord based on stable isotope analysis (field work: Huinay staff; since 2006)
• Pequeño, German. Los peces de la region de los fiordos
• Pequeño, Horacio. Stomach content of merluza and congrio
• Palau, Antonio & Luciano Caputo,. Caracterización limnologica de las masas de agua continentales: Expedición científica a los terrenos de la Fundación San Ignacio de Huinay, décima región de los Lagos, Chile
• Torres, Rodrigo, Brian Reid, Madeleine Ámame, Bandy Troulosos & Constanza Maureira. Efecto de la ceniza del volcan Chaiten en la quimica y biología del Fiordo Comau
• Expedition HF6 - Puerto Cisnes and Chiloé (see expeditions) 

2007

• Flores, Lorena & Rosa Soto. Flora y vegetación de San Ignacio de Huinay, Chiloe Continental, Region de Los Lagos, Chile
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann & Christoph Mayr (2005-present). Symbiotic relationships between shallow-water individuals of Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) with endolithic algae; a study including stable isotope analysis. Field work: VH, GF.
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann & Philippe Willenz (2005-present). Growth rate estimations of shallow-water populations of Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) through calcein in situ staining. Field work: VH & GF
• Gaulke, Maren. An inventory of the amphibians of the Huinay area
• Gerkin, Sarah. Monographing the Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea).
• Hadju, Eduardo & Philippe Willenz. Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biogeography of Chilean Marine Sponges: Orders Astrophorida and Halichondria’ and ‘Project EMBARC- Bioprospeccao, taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of marine sponges (Phylum Porifera) from Brazil, Argentina and Chile’
• Hajdu, Eduardo, Ruth Desqueyroux-Faundez, Phillippe Willenz, Erik Lôbo-Hajdu, Erika Meduna & Daniela De Ameida Lopes (since 2004). Häussermann, Verena (since 1998). Taxonomy and biogeography of the sea anemones of the Chilean fjord region.
• Häussermann, Verena & Günter Försterra, Eduardo Hajdu,  Leen van Ofwegen, Breedy Odalisca, Stephen Cairns, Frederic Sinniger, Horia Galea, Americo Montiel, V. Natalia Bulnes, Martin Thiel, Enrico Schwabe, Michael Schrödl, Diego Zelaya, Roland Melzer, Roland Meyer, Hugo Moyano, Carsten Lüter, David Pawson, IgorSmirnow, Jens Bohn, Chris Mah, Erika Mutschke, Phil Lambert, Marcos Tatian, German Pequeño, Fabio Pitombo, Michelle Klautau, Ruth Faundez, Gisele Lobo-Hajdu, Carolina Zagal, Eduardo Tarifeno, Marcus Sobarzo, Francisco Hervé & Soto, Maria (1997-2009). Benthic invertebrates of the Chilean fjord region. (Field collections: Verena Häussermann & Günter Försterra, also Huinay field station staff and some of the authors.)
• Jörger, Katharina. inventory of the molluscs of the Fjord Comau. Expedition member.
• Mayr, Christoph, Günter Försterra, Verena Häussermann & Alexander Altenbach. nutrient cycles and terrestrial-marine coupling in Comau fjord based on stable isotope analysis (field work: Huinay staff; since 2006)
• Meyer, Roland. inventory of the decapod crustaceans of the fjord region. Expedition member.
• Nicolas Straube and Francisco Concha Torro. Evolution and adaptive radiation of Etmopterid sharks
• Ofwegen, Leen, Verena Häussermann & Günter Försterra (since 2005). Soft corals of the Chilean fjord region. Field work: VH & GF.
• Palau, Antonio & Caputo, Luciano. Caracterización limnologica de las masas de agua continentales: Expedición científica a los terrenos de la Fundación San Ignacio de Huinay, décima región de los Lagos, Chile
• Reiff, Nicola Geo-Bio Centre LMU University Munich. Expedition member. Inventory of polychaets of the fjord Comau
• Sareyka, Jörg, Vreni Häussermann. Induction of fighting tentacles in Chilean sea anemones
• Sareyka, Jörg, Joshua Biro, Günter Försterra, Ralph Tollrian. Stomach content of salmonids in the rivers of the Comau fjord
• Sinniger, Frederic, and Verena Häussermann (since 2005). Zoanthids of the Chilean fjord region.

2006

• Antezana, Tarsicio (since 2005): Diversity survey of phytoplankton; Comau Fjord. 
• Antezana, Tarsicio and Leif Djurfeldt (since 2005): Short-term circulation and conditions for mid summer phyto- and zooplankton growth in the Southern Chile; Comau Fjord. Antezana, Tarsicio (since 2005). Diversity survey of phytoplankton; Comau Fjord.  
• Antezana, Tarsicio &Leif Djurfeldt (since 2005). Short-term circulation and conditions for mid summer phyto- and zooplankton growth in the Southern Chile; Comau Fjord.
• Atwood, Elizabeth, Melzer, Roland and Meyer, Roland (2006). Vertical migration of Decapoda larvae in response to freshwater.
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann & Carsten Lüter (2006). Mass occurrences of the recent brachiopod Magellania venosa (Terebratellidae) in the fjords Comau and Reñihué, Chile. Field work: VH&GF.
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann & Christoph Mayr (2005-present). Symbiotic relationships between shallow-water individuals of Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) with endolithic algae; a study including stable isotope analysis. Field work: Huinay staff.
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann & Philippe Willenz (2005-present). Growth rate estimations of shallow-water populations of Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) through calcein in situ staining. Field work: Huinay staff.
• Galea, Horia (2006). An inventory of the hydrozoans (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the fjord Comau.
• Gallardo, Ariel, Stefan Sievert & Carola Espinoza (since 2004). Chemotrophical bacteria in the fjord Comau.
• German Pequeño (2006). An inventory of the fishes of the fjord Comau.
• Gulliksen, Björn (2005-2006). A preliminary study of predation on ascidians in the fjord Comau. Hajdu, Eduardo, Desqueyroux-Faundez, Ruth, & Phillippe Willenz (since 2004): Estudio de la biodiversidad y distribución geográfica de las esponjas marinas (Phylum Porifera) de la costa de Chile.
• Harper, Liz & Lloyd Peck (2006). Predation on brachiopods. Sampling by HSFS staff in January 2006.
• Häussermann, Verena, Günter Fösterra, , et al. (Eduardo Hajdu, Leen van Ofwegen, Odalisca Breedy, Stephen Cairns, Frederic Sinniger, Mike Dawson, Horia Galea, Americo Montiel, V. Natalia Bulnes, Martin Thiel , Enrico Schwabe , Michael Schrödl,  Diego Zelaya, Roland Melzer, Roland Meyer, Hugo Moyano, Carsten Lüter, David Pawson, Igor Smirnow, Jens Bohn, Chris Mah, Erika Mutschke, Phil Lambert, Marcos Tatian, German Pequeño, Fabio Pitombo) (2006). Benthic invertebrates of the Chilean fjord region.  Field collections: Vreni Häussermann and Günter Försterra, also Huinay field station staff and some authors.
• Iriarte, Jose Luis &Humberto Gonzalez, et al. (2005-present). Phytoplankton primary productivity and its fate in the pelagic food web of Comau fjord (42S): The influence of copepods versus cladocera in fuelling classical versus microbial trophic pathways in frontal zones.
• Lagger, Cristian & Marcos Tatián (since 2006). Biodiversity of ascidians in the Comau Fjord.  Lobo-Hajdu, Gisele (since 2004): Genetic relationship between different subpopulations of Cliona. 
• Mayr, Christoph, Günter Försterra, Verena Häussermann & Alexander Altenbach(since 2006). nutrient cycles of Comau fjord based on stable isotope analysis
• Meyer, Roland (2006). Species inventory and rearing experiments with focus on decapod crustaceans and their zoea-larvae; Comau Fjord & Southern Patagonia. 
• Miller, Karin, Verena Häussermann, Günter Försterra & Rhian Waller (2006): Genetic relationships between (sub-)populations of the cosmopolitan coral Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Field work: VH, GF, LA & DT.
• Miller, Karin, Verena Häussermann, Günter Försterra & Rhian Waller (2006). Genetic relationships between (sub-)populations of the cosmopolitan coral Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Field work: VH, GF, LA & DT.
• Pawlowski, Jan, Delia Fontaine & Loïc Pillet (2006). Diversity foraminifera form Chilean Patagonia molecular versus morphologic approach; Comau Fjord.
• Pequeño, German (2006). An inventory of the fishes of the fjord Comau.
• Silva, Nelson & Jasna Haro (2006). Balance de masa de nitrógeno y fósforo inorgánico disuelto en el estuario Reloncaví y distribución espacial de nitrato, fosfato y silicato entre Puerto Montt y boca del Guafo (CONA-C12F 06-08). 
• Thiel, Martin (2006). Diversity of peracarid crustaceans and nemerteans; Comau Fjord & Southern Patagonia.
• Torres, Rodrigo et al. (since 2005). Carbon-dioxide exchanges at air-sea interface and its relations with physical and biological processes at the COMAU fjord (42°S); Comau Fjord.
• Willenz, Philippe (since 2005). Biodiversity of Porifera Distribution in Southern Chile; Comau Fjord & Southern Patagonia.
• Zelaya, Diego (2006). Diversity of mollusks in the Magellan region; Comau Fjord & Southern Patagonia. 

2005

• Antezana, Tarsicio, Leif Djurfeldt & Johan Rohde (2005-2006). Short-term circulation and conditions for mid summer phyto and zooplankton growth in the Southern Chile; Comao Fjord.
• Cairns, Stephen, Verena Häussermann & Günter Försterra (2003-2005). Two new species of Scleractinia from shallow water of south Chilean fjords. Field work during 2005: VH and GF.
• Desqueyroux-Faundez, Ruth, Eduardo Hajdu, Gisele Lobo-Hajdu, Phillippe Willenz & Mariana Carvalho (since 2004). Estudio de la biodiversidad y distribución geográfica de las esponjas marinas (Phylum Porifera) de la costa de Chile.
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann & Philippe Willenz (2005-present). Growth rate estimations of shallow-water populations of Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) through calcein in situ staining. Field work: VH & GF.
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann, Christoph Mayr (2005-present). Symbiotic relationships between shallow-water individuals of Desmophyllum dianthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) with endolithic algae; a study including stable isotope analysis. Field work: VH, GF.
• Gulliksen, Björn (2005-2006). A preliminary study of predation on ascidians in the fjord Comau.
• Iriarte, Jose Luis et al. (since 2005). Phytoplankton primary productivity and its fate in the pelagic food web of Comau fjord (42S): The influence of copepods versus cladocera in fueling classical versus microbial trophic pathways in frontal zones.
• Melzer, Roland (since 2005). An inventory of Arthropoda of the fjord Comau with special focus on the Pantopoda.
• Schrödl, Michael (since 2004). Biodiversity assessment of the gastropod fauna (Mollusca) in the Comau fjord.
• Schwabe, Enrico, Günter Försterra, Verena Häussermann & Michael Schrödl (2004-2005). An inventory of the chitons (Polyplacophora; Mollusca) of the fjord Comau. Field work: VH, GF & MS.
• Sirenko, Boris & Carlos Gallardo (2005). Prospective study and taxonomy of the chitons (Mollusca; Polyplacophora) from Huinay (Comau fjord).
• Torres, Rodrigo, Madeleine Hamamé, Maximo Frangopulus & Humberto Gonzalez (2005-2006). Carbon dioxide exchanges at air-sea interphase and its relations with physical and biological processes at the COMAU fjord (42°S).

2004

• Cairns, Stephen, Verena Häussermann & Günter Försterra (2003-2005).  Two new species of Scleractinia from shallow water of south Chilean fjords. Field work: VH and GF.
• Desqueyroux-Faundez, Ruth, Eduardo Hajdu, Gisele Lobo-Hajdu, Phillippe Willenz & Mariana Carvalho (since 2004). Estudio de la biodiversidad y distribución geográfica de las esponjas marinas (Phylum Porifera) de la costa de Chile. Foundation Claraz, Suiza (2004).
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann, Lydia Beuck & Andre Freiwald (2004). Ecology of shallow water coral banks in Chilean fjords. Field work: VH and GF.
• Gallardo, Victor Ariel, Günter Försterra, Verena Häussermann & Juán Faúndez (2004-present). Chemotrophical bacteria in the fjord Comau.
• Häussermann, Verena (2004). Novel approaches for sampling and description of non-scleractinian Hexacorallia exemplified by Chilean sea anemones. PhD thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. (1999-2004).
• Mazzini, Camilo (2004). Diversidad y plasticidad de la arquitectura de plantas leñosas andino-patagónica.
• Montagna, Paolo, Malcolm McCulloch, Günter Försterra & Verena Häussermann (2004). Deep-sea corals as high resolution recorders of Southern Ocean nutrient chemistry and circulation (Australian Science Council). Field work: GF & VH.
• Salinas, Sergio, Julio Salcedo & Raul Montoya (2004). The water exchange and residence time in Comau fjord forced by fluctuating vertical density field and theirs effects on the pattern of oxygen consumption rates and photosynthetic pigments in the basin waters.
• Schrödl, Michael et al. (since 2004). Biodiversity assessment of the gastropod fauna (Mollusca) in the Comau fjord.
• Schwabe, Enrico, Günter Försterra, Verena Häussermann & Michael Schrödl (since 2004). An inventory of the chitons (Polyplacophora; Mollusca) of the fjord Comau. Field work: VH, GF & MS.
• Wehrmann, Achim et al. (2004). Studies on benthic communities for their potential as carbonate factory. Solicitud al Ministerio Estatal para Educacion y Ciencia.

2002-2003

• Cabrera, Hernán & Tomás Rioseco (2002-4). Variabilidad fotosintética en la sucesión y en las especies de árboles en claros y bajo dosel del bosque siempreverde valdiviano (San Ignacio del Huinay).
• Cairns, Stephen, Verena Häussermann & Günter Försterra (2003-2005). Two new species of Scleractinia from shallow water of south Chilean fjords. Field work: VH and GF.
• Försterra, Günter (2001-present). A novel approach for biodiversity assessment of macro-epi-benthos exemplified by a Chilean fjord. PhD thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.
• Häussermann, Verena (2002-present). An inventory of the anthozoans of the fjord Comau.
• Martinez, Daniel, Annaliese Eipert & Marco Cisternas (2002-2003). Birds of Huinay. The book “Aves del Huinay” was published in 2004.
• Thomas, Felipe, Camila Pavéz & Hugo Cortéz (2003). Comportamiento social en el lobo marino común Otaria flavescens. Theses.
• Viddi, Francisco et al. (2002-2004). Ecología y conservación del delfín austral y delfín chileno en el sur de Chile.

2. Presentations at scientific meetings; talks

Scientific meetings

2011

• Jantzen, Carin, VerenaHaeussermann, GuenterFoersterra, JuergenLaudien, Claudio Richter: (2011): The cold water coral Desmophyllum dianthus grows along a pH gradient in the Comau Fjord (Patagonia, Chile). YOUMARE, Bremerhaven, Germany. 07 – 09 September, 2011 (panel)
• Försterra, Günter, Emma Plotnek, Dan Genter & Verena Häussermann (2011) Patrones de registros de Ballenas Azules (Balenoptera musculus intermedia) – Evidencia para un especie callejando o artefactos de muestro? Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, Viña del Mar, Chile. 16 – 19 August, 2011
• Försterra, Günter & Verena Häussermann (2011): Fundamental problems in managing largely unknown diverse marine systems in Chilean Patagonia. 2nd World Congress on Marine Biodiversity; Aberdeen, Scotland, September 26-30.
• Försterra, Günter & Verena Häussermann (2011): Time to say goodbye! – Why digital imaging techniques should replace diver observations in benthic assessments. 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress; Victoria, BC, Canada, May 14-18.
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann, Keith Hiscock, Emma Plotnek & Dan Genter (2011): Shallow cold water coral reefs in Chilean Patagonia – ecosystems that may be destroyed before they are really known. 9th International Temperate Reefs Symposium; Plymouth, UK, July 4-8.
• Försterra, Günter & Verena Häussermann (2011): Fundamental problems in managing largely unknown diverse marine systems in Chilean Patagonia. 2^nd World Congress on Marine Biodiversity; Aberdeen, Scotland, September 26-30. (entrega de “objeto digital” paraserpresentado en congreso)
• Häussermann, Verena & Günter Försterra (2011): MARXAN reversed – Decision support algorithms as tools for improving field work planning: A Chilean example. 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress; Victoria, BC, Canada, May 14-18
• Meyer R, Melzer RR (2011) Decapoda of the Chilean fjords: taxonomy and biogeography. 104. Jahrestagung der DZG, 9.-12.9.2011, Universität Saarbrücken, Poster and Abstract., DZG Tagung, Saarbrucken, September 09-12, 2011
• Plotnek,  Emma, Günter Försterra, Verena Häussermann & Dan Genter, (David Bellhoff) (2011) Uncovering the Secrets of Chilean Patagonia before they disappear. YOUMARES, Bremerhaven, Germany. 07 – 09 September, 2011
• Weis A, Melzer RR (2011) Pycnogonida of the Chilean fjords: taxonomy and biogeography. 104. Jahrestagung der DZG, 9.-12.9.2011, Universität Saarbrücken, Poster and Abstract.

2010

• Försterra, Günter, C. Mayr & V. Häussermann (2010): Cold water corals and endolithic algae – parasitism, commensalism or mutualism? 45th European Marine Biology Symposium; Edinburgh, Scotia, August 23-27.
• Hajdu, Eduardo (2010): When Biotas Split & Meet: Sponge Distribution in the Crossroads of the Atlantic, Austral and Pacific Oceans. 8th World Sponge Conference, Girona, 20-24 September.
• Häussermann, Verena, Günter Försterra & P. Brickle (2010): Falkland Islands – an outpost of the Chilean Fjord Region? 45th European Marine Biology Symposium; Edinburgh, Scotia, August 23-27.
• Häussermann, Verena, Günter Försterra & P. Brickle (2010): Las Islas Malvinas y la Patagonia Chilena – Conexiones biogeográficas. X Congreso de Ciencias del Mar – Chile; Concepción, October 19-22.
• Mackenzie, Roy, Leslie Abarzúa, Homero Urrutia & Beatríz Díez (2010): "Bacterial Diversity in Hot Springs Analyzed by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and Scanning Electron Microscopy". X reunión de la red española de microorganismos extremófilos, Santa Sussana (Catalunya), España, octubre
• Mariaux, J. & B.B. Georgiev (2010): A parasite biodiversity hotspot in Chilean Patagonia as evidenced by avian cestodes. ICOPA XII, Melbourne (communication).
• Melzer, R.R., M. Schroedl, R. Meyer, E. Schwabe, G. Försterra & V. Häussermann (2010): Hardly explored – already threatened: Southern Chilean fjord biodiversity. EurOcean 2010 conference, 12.-13.10.2010, Oostend, Poster.

2009

• Marcotte, Michelle, Verena Häussermann, Josh Biro & Günter Försterra (2009): The role of the silent warden: Trophic interactions between killer whales and sea lions in Chilean Patagonia, Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, Talcahuano, Chile, May 25-28, 2009.
• Häussermann, Verena & Günter Försterra (2009): The Chilean fjord region - A lost case for MPA planning? International Marine Conservation Congress IMCC, Washington D.C., May 20-24, 2009.
• Försterra, Günter & Verena Häussermann (2009): he Chilean fjord region – Problems in managing an unknown but complex system; International Marine Conservation Congress IMCC, Washington D.C., May 20-24, 2009.
• Försterra, Günter & Verena Häussermann (2009): Typically Special: The Patagonian Fjord Region and its characteristics; Fjord Meeting, Bergen, May 7 and 8, 2009.
• Bahr, Fiona, Marcotte Michelle, Axel Hausmann, Josh Biro, Verena Haeussermann, Günter Försterra (2009): The Patagonian Fjord Region: A hotspot that should not leave us cold; Biodiversity Hotspots, Luxemburg, March 26-28.

2008

• Försterra, Günter & Verena Häussermann (2008): Fjord regions: where the deep sea comes into reach.  4th International symposium of deep-sea corals, December 1-5, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann (2008): Saving a biodiversity hotspot: baseline studied as research priority for the Chilean Patagonian Fjord Region. 1st World Congress on Marine Biodiversity, Valencia, Spain, November 11-15.
• Försterra, Günter, Verena Häussermann, Michalle Marcotte & Josh Biro (2008): Taxonomic tools for assessing marine biodiversity - a new field guide for the Chilean fjords. Congresso de Ciencias del Mar, Viña del Mar, May 27-29, 2008.
• Häussermann, Verena, Günter Försterra (2008): Why wander around in the distance, when good things lie nearby: unexpected biodiversity hot spot in the Chilean Fjord Region. 1st World Congress on Marine Biodiversity, Valencia, Spain, November 11-15.
• Mackenzie, Roy & Gerardo Carcamo (2008): Estimation of diversity and community structure through Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis analysis of Bacterial 16s rRNA sequences from different Hot Spring Microbial Mats, Comau Fjord, X region, Chile. Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, Viña del Mar, May 27-29, 2008.
• Marcotte, Michelle, Verena Häussermann, Günter Försterra & Josh Biro (2008): Discoveries of the Huinay Scientific Field Station, 2001 – 2008: A quest to protect a unique environment. Congresso de Ciencias del Mar, Viña del Mar, May 27-29, 2008.
• Straube N. & F. Concha (2008): The Chondrichthvan fauna of the Comau Fjord, Chile: First approach. Congresso de Ciencias del Mar, Viña del Mar, May 27-29, 2008.

2007

• Försterra Günter & Verena Häussermann (2007): Inventories and environmental baseline studies as fundament for coastal management and sustainable development in the Chilean fjord region. First International Workshop: Evolutionary Impact of Exotic Aquaculture on Native Aquatic Biodiversity; Puerto Montt (Chile), January 17-19.
• Försterra Günter & Verena Häussermann (2007): Where the deep sea comes into reach – deep-water emergence in the Chilean fjord region. New Frontiers in Marine Science; June 26-29, Baltimore, USA.
• Häussermann, Verena & Günter Försterra (2007): A hotspot in the cold – outstanding biodiversity in the Chilean Patagonian fjord region. New Frontiers in Marine Science; June 26-29, Baltimore, USA.

2006

• Fernanda Correia, Azevedo, Eduardo Hajdu & Michelle Klautau (2006): Calcareous sponges (Porifera Calcarea) from Chile. 7th International Sponge Symposium, May 7-13, Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, p. 265.
• Cañete, Juan I., Akira Hamano & Verena Häussermann (2006): Polar biodiversity out of the Antarctic continent: O'Higgins I sea mount as an example of cold, deep megabenthic fauna off central Chile. Pangaea meeting, Punta Arenas, April 10-14, 2006.
• de Carvalho, Mariana S., Gustavo Bastos, Ruth Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Eduardo Hajdu (2006): Towards a revision of Chilean Astrophorida (Demospongiae) - SE Pacific. 7th International Sponge Symposium, May 7-13, Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, p. 270.
• Esteves Eduardo L., Gisele Lôbo-Hajdu & Eduardo Hajdu (2006):  High diversity of Crambe Vosmaer, 1880 (Crambeidae, Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae) in the SE Pacific. 7th International Sponge Symposium, May 7-13, Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, p. 281.
• Försterra, Günter (2006): Inadequacies of the NaGISA protocol for application in the Chilean fjord region and alternative procedures. NaGISA World Conference, Kobe, Japan, October 15-18; p. 21-22.
• Försterra, Günter & Verena Häussermann (2006): Fjord regions as laboratories for understanding processes in marine ecosystems affected by climate changes. 41st European Marine Biology Symposium, Cork, Ireland, September 4-8, 2006.
• Häussermann, Verena (2006): Fundamental taxonomic problems in benthic inventories exemplified by Chilean anthozoans and their implications for the NaGISA project. NaGISA World Conference, Kobe, Japan, October 15-18; p. 28.
• Häussermann, Verena & Günter Försterra (2006): Primera evidencia para arrecifes recientes de hidrocorales en aguas someras de la Patagonia chilena. Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, Iquique, Chile, May 22-26, 2006.
• Häussermann, Verena & Günter Försterra (2006): Quality versus speed – the Chilean fjord region as a case study for the dilemma of optimizing MPA patterns in a complex environment under growing economic pressure. 41st European Marine Biology Symposium, Cork, Ireland, September 4-8, 2006.
• Hajdu, Eduardo, Ruth Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Philippe Willenz (2006): A rosettes bearing Clathria (Cornulotrocha) sp. nov. from a SE Pacific fjord (Chilean Patagonia) (Microcionidae, Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae). 7th International Sponge Symposium, May 7-13, Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, p. 284.
• Iriarte, José L., Marcus Sobarzo, Humberto E. González, Nicolás Sanchez, Marcelo Mardonez & Luis Cuevas (2006): Primary production and downward flux of organic material in a highly stratified fjord in southern Chile. ASLO summer meeting, June 4-9, 2006, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Iriarte, José Luis, Humberto González, Jorge León, Carlos Leal, Sandra Marín, Verena Häussermann & Marcus Sobarzo (2006): Marine Carbon Flow in a Fjord pelagic food web: fjords as main carbon sink in southern Chile? 1st International congress on Ecosystem Services in the Neotropics, Valdivia, November 13-19, 2006.
• Lôbo-Hajdu, Gisele, Ruth Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Mariana S. de Carvalho, Philippe Willenz Eduardo L. Esteves, Verena Häusserman, Günter Försterra, Alejandro Bravo & Eduardo Hajdu (2006): New records of marine sponges for the southeastern Pacific (23 - 56ºS). 7th International Sponge Symposium, May 7-13, Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, p. 293.
• Mardones, Jorge, Nicolás Sánchez, José L. Iriarte & Humberto E. González (2006): Flujo vertical de material particulado en un fiordo estratificado: Fiordo Comau (42,2ºS), X Región, Chile. Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, May 22-26, 2006, Iquique.
• Salinas, Sergio, Julio Salcedo & Elizabeth Gahona (2006): Intercambio de agua y tiempo de residencia forzado por la onda de marea M2 y la fluctuación del campo vertical de densidad en el fiordo Comau, (42°20’S;72°30W) Chile. Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, May 22-26, 2006, Iquique.
• Sanchez, Nicolás, Jorge Mardones, José L. Iriarte & Humberto E. González (2006): Impacto trófico de crustáceos planctónicos dominantes (Copépodos y Cladoceros) en el fiordo Comau (X Región, Chile). Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, May 22-26, 2006, Iquique.
• Sirenko, B.I. & C. Gallardo (2005) Chitons (Polyplacophora) of Chile . In: Poster Abstracts of the IV. International Congress of the European Malacological Societies, Oct. 10-14. 2005 in Naples ( Italy ). Notizario S.I.M., Supplem. Bollettino Malacologico, (year 23) (5-8), 89.
• Viddi, Francisco, Loreto Balkenhol, Sandra Ribeiro, Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete, Ana de la Torriente, Juan Torres-Florez, Sonja Heinrich & Bello Maximiliano (2006), Are rivers important for marine dolphins? Towards the conservation of two linked ecosystems in the Chilean northern Patagonian fjords. 20th Annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, San Jose, California, USA, June 24-28.
• Willenz, Philippe, Alexander Ereskovsky & Eduardo Hajdu (2006): Spermatogenesis in the genus Iophon (Acarnidae, Microcionina, Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae) from Chilean Patagonia and the White Sea: A comparative study. 7th International Sponge Symposium, May 7-13, Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, p. 89.

2005

• Bravo, Alejandro, Günter Försterra & Verena Häussermann (2005): Fishing in Troubled Waters – Evidence for higher Diversity and high Abundance of Cold Water Corals along the Chilean Coast. 3rd International Symposium on Deep Sea Corals ISDSC 3, November 28-December 2; Miami, Florida, USA, p. 234.
• Carvalho, Mariana de S., Desqueyroux-Faundez Ruth, Willenz Philippe, Forsterra Günter, Häussermann Verena, Lôbo-Hajdu Gisele & Hajdu Eduardo (2005): Esponjas de los fiordos Comau y Quintupeu (X Región de los Lagos, Chile). Annual COLACMAR meeting, May16-20 2005, Vina del Mar, Chile.
• Försterra, Günter (2005): Optimizing sampling- and analysis patterns for digital-photographic macro-epibenthic community studies – a combined theoretical and practical approach exemplified by a Chilean fjord. Annual COLACMAR meeting, May16-20 2005, Vina del Mar, Chile.
• Försterra, Günter & Verena Häussermann (2005): In Sight, Still Out of mind! — Coral Banks in Chilean Fjords: Characteristics, Distribution, Threats. 3rd International Symposium on Deep Sea Corals ISDSC 3, November 28-December 2; Miami, Florida, USA, p. 125.
• Gallardo, V. A., Günter Försterra, Verena Häussermann & J. Faundez (2005): Hallazgo de sistemas bacterianos sulfurosos someros asociados a la actividad hidrotermal del Fiordo, X Región. Annual COLACMAR meeting, May16-20 2005, Vina del Mar, Chile.
• Häussermann, Verena (2005): Biodiversity of Chilean sea anemones: distribution patterns and zoogeographic implications. Annual COLACMAR meeting, May16-20 2005, Vina del Mar, Chile.
• Martinez, Javiera & Tarsicio Antezana (2005): Mosaico de comunidades planctonicas en la region de fiordos de Chiloe continental: Comau, Quintupeu y Cahuelmo. Annual COLACMAR meeting, May 16-20 2005, Vina del Mar, Chile.
• McCulloch, M., P. Montagna, Günter Försterra, G. Mortimer, Verena Häussermann & C. Mazzoli (2005). Uranium-series dating and growth rates of the cool-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus from the Chilean fjords. 3rd International Symposium on Deep Sea Corals ISDSC 3, November 28-December 2; Miami, Florida, USA, p. 191.

2004

• Försterra, Günter (2004): “A novel approach to diversity assessments of macro-epi-benthic communities exemplified by Chilean fjords”; Annual NABS meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 6.-11.6.2004.
• Wehrmann, Achim, Andreas Schmidt & Günter Försterra (2004): The end of a tropical story: carbonate production by coral assemblages and related benthic communities in the shallow waters of South Chilean fjords. - In: Kukla, P. & Littke, R. & Stollhofen, H. & Schwarzer, D. [Eds.]: Sediment 2004: Kurzfassungen und Exkursionsführer. - Schriftenr. Dt. Geol. Ges., 33: 174; Hannover.

2003

• Cabrera, Hernan M., Tomás M. Rioseco, Román Oscar & Savelli Bruno (2003): Fotosíntesis y fotoinhibición en plántulas de tres especies arbóreas de la sucesión  del bosque lluvioso templado chileno. Congreso de Botanica.
• Försterra, Günter (2003): “A novel approach to diversity assessments of marine benthic communities exemplified by a Chilean fjord”, 5.-8.5.2003, XXIII Congreso de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas.
• Försterra, Günter (2003): “The south Chilean fjord region- methods and techniques for structural analysis of shallow water benthic communities”, IBMANT and ANDEEP meeting, 19.-24.10.2003, Ushuaia, Argentina.
• Häussermann, Verena (2003): Distribution patterns of South American and Antarctic sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), IBMANT and ANDEEP Symposium, 19.-24.10.2003, Ushuaia, Argentina, 64.
• Häussermann, Verena (2003): Diversity of shallow water anthozoans in South Chilean fjords – an overview, 5.-8.5.2003, XXIII Jornada de Ciencias de Mar, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile, 43.
• Häussermann, Verena (2003): Sea anemone taxonomy: problems, their consequences and solutions exemplified by Chilean species, VII International Congress on Coelenterate Biology, 6.-13.7.2003, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 114.
• Rioseco, Tomás, Bruno Savelli, Roman Oscar & Cabrera Hernan M. (2003): Comportamiento hídrico diario y estacional de tres especies arbóreas del bosque lluvioso templado chileno. Congreso de Botánica.

Non-scientific Meetings and Other Venues (given by scientists of HSFS)

2009

• The ecology and importance of fjord ecosystems – a proposal for an ICES study group; Benthos Working Group of ICES, Asko, Sweden, April 23, 2009

2008

• La propuesta de la Fundacion Huinay para un area marina protegida en los fiordos Comau y Reñihué; CONAMA meeting, Puerto Montt, 11.11.2008 (given by Dr. Matthias Gorny)
• Estudios bentónicos de fondos duros y conclusiones para el manejo; Taller de salmonicultura, Coyhaique, Chile, Oct 1-3, 2008
• Especies amanazadas en la region de los fiordos; CONAMA meeting “Especies amenazadas”, Puerto Montt, 27.8.2008
• Cooperaciones binacionales -  el centro cientifico Huinay y sus relaciones con investigadores alemanes; DFG meeting in Santiago de Chile, 4.6.2008
• Patrones de conservacion - conclusiones de las investigaciones del Centro Cientifico Huinay; CONAMA meeting “Plan de conservación Chiloe, Palena y las Guiatecas”, 29.4.2008
• La necesidad de un red de áreas marinas protegidas para la región de los fiordos chilenos; Foro Patagonico, 24.1.2008, Puerto Varas
• The biodiversity of the Chilean fjords and its study at Huinay Scientific Field Station, Presentation to Salmon Chile, 9.1.2008

2007

• Propuesta para una área marina protegida en los fiordos Comau y Reñihué y implicaciones para la gente local, presentación a pescadores en Quiaca y Huinay, 8. y 22.10.2007 
• “Estudios científicos en la región de los fiordos e implicaciones para el establecimiento de AMPs”, reunión Foro Patagónico, 22.11.2007. 
• “Informacion cientifica para la gestion de AMPs. Caso de estudio: Estación científica Huinay”, taller internacional sobre áreas marinas protegidas, Valparaíso, Octubre 8-12, 2007 
• Resultados preliminares de la expedición Huinay Fiordos 4, Raul Marina Balmaceda y Puñihuil, marzo 2007. 
• The marine diversity of the Patagonian fjords and its study at the Huinay Scientific Field Station; First International Workshop, MARXAN workshop, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 5.4.2007

• Impactos de una carretera a lo largo del fiordo Comau, presentation to the MOP, Huinay, 11./12.1.2007 and Santiago, 27.3.2007
• The marine diversity of the Patagonian fjords and its study at the Huinay Scientific Field Station; First International Workshop: 
  Evolutionary Impact of Exotic Aquaculture on Native Aquatic Biodiversity; Puerto Montt (Chile), January 18, 2007.
• The marine diversity of the Patagonian fjords and its study at the Huinay Scientific Field Station; Galathea 3, Valparaiso, 9.2.2007 (GF)
• La biodiversidad bentónica del fiordo Comau y la propuesta de un área marina protegida; presentacion a pescadores en Quiaca, 16.2.2007 (GF)

2006

• La biodiversidad bentónica del fiordo Comau y la propuesta de un área marina protegida; presentacion a pescadores en Huinay, 4.12.2006 
• The marine diversity of the Patagonian fjords and its study at the Huinay Scientific Field Station. Presentation given at various universities specializing in fjord research: University of Bergen, University of Trondheim, NIVA Oslo (Norway); University of Göteborg, Kristineberg Marine Research Station (Sweden); University of Kopenhagen (Denmark); University of Bochum, Geo-Bio Center Munich (Germany); septimbre 2006.
• The state of the art of marine conservation in Chile, marine protected areas workshop, organized by V. Häussermann, G. Försterra and Bill Ballantine, European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS 41), Cork, Ireland, 6.9.2006.
• La biodiversidad bentónica de los fiordos chilenos y su investigación en Huinay, Centro de Investigaciones de Ecosistemas Patagónicas (CIEP), Coyhaique, 14.8.2006.
• Photo-presentation of the marine biodiversity of the Chilean fjords at the scientific workshop "Investigación ambiental en la salmonicultura chilena - Gasto o Inversión?", Puerto Montt, March 23 and 24, 2006.
• Áreas marinas de alta protegidas en fiordos de la Xa región – necesidades, contextos, caminos; reunión con Subsecretaria de Pesca, DOC Nueva Zelanda, NOAA; Santiago, Chile, 31.1.2006.

2005

• Sea anemones - forgotten flowers of the sea. Marine biological research in Chile; Zoological State Collection Munich, Germany; 14.1.2005. 
• Research opportunities at the Huinay Scientific Field Station, Fjord Comau, Chile; Zoological State Collection Munich, Germany; 14.1.2005. 
• La biodiversidad bentonicas de los fiordos chilenos; Barco Navimag “Puerto Eden”, 22.3.2005. 
• Interdisciplinary research opportunities in two new scientific facilities in the fjords Comau (42°S) and Iceberg (48°S); congreso CEQUA, Pto. Natales, 6.4.2005. 
• Distribution patterns of Chilean sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa); congreso CEQUA, Pto. Natales, 7.4.2005. 
• The biodiversity of the Chilean fjords and its study on the Huinay Scientific Field Station; congreso CEQUA, Pto. Natales, 7.4.2005. 
• La biodiversidad de los fiordos chilenos; video nights at the COLACMAR meeting, 17.5.2005. 
• The biodiversity of the Chilean fjords and its study on the Huinay Scientific Field Station; Census of Marine Life/COREOCEAN, Heinz Center, World Bank, Smithsonian Institution, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy; USA, todo julio 2005. 
• Estudios científicos en los fiordos y canales chilenos; CONAMA, Santiago, 22.7.2005; Comision Borde Costero, Puerto Montt, 10.8.2005; ambos en Chile. 
• The biodiversity of the Chilean fjords and its study on the Huinay Scientific Field Station; NIWA Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington, Department of Conservation Wellington, University of Christchurch, University of Dunedin, Leigh Marine Lab//University of Auckland, all New Zealand; University of Tasmania (Hobart) and University of Sydney, Australia; todos octubre y noviembre 2005. 
• Satellite event: Saving the Chilean fjords? – a lost battle? 1st international meeting on marine protected areas (IMPAC1), octubre 23-27 2005, Geelong, Australia. 
• Estudios Científicos en los Fiordos y Canales Chilenos; Subsecretaria de Pesca, Valparaíso, Chile; 22.11.2005.

2004

• The Chilean fjords-an endangered paradise. Biodiversity Research Centre/Vancouver, University of Victoria, Bamfield Marine Science Center (all Canada); Friday Harbor Marine Laboratories, University of Southern California, Scripps Institution (all USA), todos junio/julio 2004. 
• The need for inventory research and marine protected areas in the Chilean fjord region, WWF Valdivia, septiembre 2004. 
• La importancia de la investigación en los fiordos chilenos; workshop of the Cimar Fiordos 9 meeting, 25./26.10.2004, SHOA Valparaíso, Chile. 
• La biodiversidad bentónica en los fiordos chilenos; workshop WWF Valdivia, Chilean gouvernment, Centro Ballena Azul: “Caracterización e importancia biológica de la Provincia biogeográfica Chiloense: Primeros pasos hacia una conservación ecoregional planificada”, 11./12.11.2004, Valdivia, Chile. 
• La biodiversidad bentónica de los fiordos chilenos y su investigación en Huinay; Centro EULA, Concepción; annual CONA meeting, Valdivia; Marine Field Station of Dichato/University of Concepción; Universidad Austral de Valdivia; all Chile, deciembre 2004. 
• Biodiversidad Marine en los fiordos chilenos. Master of Business Programme, UACH, 08/2004.

2004

• Belleza escondida – la vida marina en los fiordos chilenos. Centro de Investigations Austral CADIC, Ushio, Argentina (presentación de fotos durante el programa de noche en el simposium de IBMANT/ANDEEP), 10/2003. 
• The undiscovered beauty – meeresbiologische Forschung in den chilenischen Fjorden. University Erlangen, University Hannover, Institute for Marine Resarch Kiel, LMU Munich; todo 11/2003.
• Biodiversidad Marine en los fiordos chilenos. Master of Business Programme, UACH, 8/2003.

Exhibiciones
Exhibición de imágenes submarinas del fiordo Comau y un afiche. Hornopirén, mayo (“Mes del Mar”)-septiembre 2004.

3. Expeditions

1) Expeditions of scientific staff of the Huinay Scientific Field Station before inauguration of the station in 2002.

• “Chilean cnidarians I”: Arica to Punta Arenas, October 1997-April 1998
• “Chilean cnidarians II”: Puerto Montt to Puerto Chacabuco, December 1999-January 2000
• “Chilean cnidarians III”: Puerto Montt to Puerto Chacabuco, January to April 2001

2) Expeditions of scientific staff of the Huinay Scientific Field Station since 2002.

• “Huinay Fiordos 1”: Northern Patagonian Zone (Chiloé Island and Guaitecas Islands), 28.2.-10.3.2005; Participants: Eduardo Hajdu, Gisele Lobo-Hajdu, Philippe Willenz, Mariana Carvalho, Vreni Häussermann, Günter Försterra, Donat Willenz, thanks to PROSUL Brazil! Försterra, Günter, Häussermann, Verena & Gerard P. Foley Jr. (2006): Adding pieces to a complex puzzle – discovering the benthic life in the channels and fjords of Chilean Patagonia. Global Marine Environment 3: 18-21; pdf.

• “Huinay Fiordos 2”:Central Patagonian Zone (Tempano and Bernardo fjord and neighbouring channels, Puerto Eden), 20.3.-2.4.2005, participants: Vreni Häussermann, Günter Försterra, Roddy Foley, thanks to CONAF, NAVIMAG and Tempano project! Försterra, Günter, Häussermann, Verena & Gerard P. Foley Jr. (2006): Adding pieces to a complex puzzle – discovering the benthic life in the channels and fjords of Chilean Patagonia. Global Marine Environment 3: 18-21; pdf. Informe en castellano.
  
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• “Huinay Fiordos 3”: Central Patagonian Zone (Puerto Natales to Golfo de Penas), 1.3.-20.3.2006, participants: Vreni Häussermann, Günter Försterra, Michael Schrödl, Roland Melzer, Philippe Willenz, Liz Atwood, Christian Jorda, many thanks to CONAF and Navimag!. Philippe Willenz, Verena Häussermann, Günter Försterra, Michael Schrödl, Roland Melzer, Elizabeth Atwood & Christian Jorda. Finding more pieces of the Chilean puzzle. Global Marine Environment 5; pdf. Informe en castellano.
  
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• “Huinay Fiordos 4”. Northern Patagonian Zone (Chiloé, Chaitén, Raul Marin Balmaceda). 5.3.-22.3.07, participants: Günter Försterra, Nicola Reiff, Roland Meier, Katharina Jörger, Russell Smart, Aruna Singh (planned by Vreni Häussermann). Many thanks to the people from Raul Marin Balmaceda, Fiordo Palvitad, Fundacion Otway and Naviera Austral!

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• “Huinay Fiordos 5”: Sponges of the Reñihué fjord. 9.5.-21.5., participants: Philippe Willenz, Eduardo Hajdu, Josh Biro, (planned by Vreni Häussermann). Many thanks to the Pumalin Foundation!

• "Huinay Fiordos 6": Benthic invertebrates of the Northern Patagonian Zone (Parque Tantauco, Puerto Cisnes): February 10-27, 2008, participants: Vreni Häussermann, Günter Försterra, Nicola Reiff, Philippe Willenz, Michelle Marcotte, Josh Biro and Roddy Foley (planned by Vreni Häussermann). Many thanks to the people of Parque Tantauco!

• “Replacement Huinay Fiordos 7” Región: X Region (Llico Bajo/costa abierta, Canal Chacao/Isla de Chiloé): January 17 – 25, 2009. Participantes: Vreni Häussermann, Gunter Fösterra (con Fabian), Philippe Willenz, Josh Biro, Michelle Marcotte, Hannes Imhoff, Josefina Peters. Many thanks to Sinergias!

• “Huinay Fiordos 8” Fiordo Renihué (X región) February 07 – 12 2009. Participantes: Philippe Willenz, Americo Montiel, Michelle Marcotte, Josh Biro; organizado por V. Häussermann. Many thanks to the Pumalin Foundation!

• “Huinay Fiordos 9” Isla Navarino and Anihué (XII y XI región), December 03 2010 – 20  January 2011. Participantes: Vreni Häussermann, Günter Fösterra (con Fabian, Fiona), Michelle Marcotte, David Bybee (con Herenui, Tevai, Matohi, Ahiatea), Estefanía Rodriguez, Philipp Moell, Alejandro Grajales, Graham Edgar. Many thanks to DAP, NAVIMAG, Naviera Austral and the American Museum of Natural History.

• “Huinay Fiordos 10” Fiordo Reñihue (X región), March 19 – 21 2011. Participantes: Roland Melzer, Roland Meyer, Andrea Weiss; organizado por V. Häussermann. Many thanks to the Pumalin Foundation!