Tockner, Klement
Professor
Department of Environmental Systems Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Switzerland
Biography
Klement Tockner has been a professor (-Titularprofessor-) at the Department of Environmental Sciences at ETH Zurich since September 2005. At the department of Limnology, EAWAG, he directs the research group for floodplain ecology. Born on November 1, 1962 in Schöder, Austria, he studied zoology and botany at the University of Vienna. He finished his doctoral dissertation on the ecology of the Danube River at the Biological Station Lunz, Austrian Academy of Sciences, in 1993. Between 1993 and 1994 he worked as a limnology expert in East Africa. Between 1994 and 1996 he was a Postdoc at the University of Vienna where he coordinated the Danube Restoration Project. In 1996 he was appointed as a riparian ecologist at the Limnology department at EAWAG and as a lecturer at ETH Zurich. He had been a guest scientist at the Tohoku University in Sendai/Japan and at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook/New York.
Research Interest
His research concentrates on the ecology of complex riverine landscapes. His particular interests are the linkages between hydrology, geomorphology, and ecological processes in floodplain ecosystems. He also develops scientific concepts that underpin the sustainable management of aquatic ecosystems. Since six years, he runs a field research station along the Tagliamento River in Friuli/Italy.
Publications
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Edge effects are important in supporting beetle biodiversity in a gravel-bed river floodplain. Langhans SD, Tockner K. PLoS One. 2014 Dec 29;9(12):e114415. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114415. eCollection 2014.
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IRBAS: An online database to collate, analyze, and synthesize data on the biodiversity and ecology of intermittent rivers worldwide. Leigh C, Laporte B, Bonada N, Fritz K, Pella H, Sauquet E, Tockner K, Datry T. Ecol Evol. 2017 Jan 3;7(3):815-823. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2679. eCollection 2017 Feb.
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Non-perennial Mediterranean rivers in Europe: Status, pressures, and challenges for research and management. Skoulikidis NT, Sabater S, Datry T, Morais MM, Buffagni A, Dörflinger G, Zogaris S, Del Mar Sánchez-Montoya M, Bonada N, Kalogianni E, Rosado J, Vardakas L, De Girolamo AM, Tockner K. Sci Total Environ. 2017 Jan 15;577:1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.147. Epub 2016 Oct 31. Review.
