Otto Nüsslin (26 October 1850,

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

– 2 January 1915,

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) was a German

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and

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. After completing his studies, he joined the staff of

Bernard Altum Johann Bernard Theodor Altum (31 January 1824 – 1 February 1900) was a German Catholic priest, zoologist, and forest scientist who also engaged in popularizing his religiously grounded understanding of science. Background Altum was born to s ...

(1824-1900) and

Robert Hartig Robert Hartig (born: Heinrich Julius Adolph Robert Hartig, 30 May 1839, in Braunschweig – died 9 October 1901, in Munich) was a German forestry scientist and mycologist. He has been called the father of forest pathology. Biography He was educ ...

(1839-1901) at the Forestry Academy in

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. In 1880 Nüsslin founded the ''Lehrstuhl für Zoologie und Forstzoologie'' (Department of Zoology and Forest Zoology) at the

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; ) is both a German public research university in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, and a research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 when the University of Karlsruhe (), founde ...

, where he served as a professor until 1914. He is known for his research of zoological species that have a negative impact on forests, such as the

bark beetle A bark beetle is the common name for the subfamily of beetles Scolytinae. Previously, this was considered a distinct family (Scolytidae), but is now understood to be a specialized clade of the "true weevil" family (Curculionidae). Although th ...

. In the field of

ichthyology Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...

, he is credited with providing scientific descriptions of three coregonid species found in Swiss lakes. Several species bear his name, such as: ''Henneguya nuesslini'', ''Adelges nuesslini'', ''Bursaphelenchus nuesslini'' and ''Kissophagus nuesslini''.

Publications

* ''Zur Kritik des Amphioxauges''. Inaugural dissertation, 1877 - Critique on

amphioxus The lancelets ( ), also known as amphioxi (: amphioxus ), consist of 32 described species of somewhat fish-like benthic filter feeding chordates in the subphylum Cephalochordata, class Leptocardii, and family Branchiostomatidae. Lancelets div ...

. * ''Beiträge zur Anatomie und Physiologie der Pulmonaten'', 1879 - Contributions to the

anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old scien ...

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physiology Physiology (; ) is the science, scientific study of function (biology), functions and mechanism (biology), mechanisms in a life, living system. As a branches of science, subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ syst ...

Pulmonata Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includes ...

. * ''Über normale Schwärmzeiten und über Generationsdauer der Borkenkäfer'', 1882 - On normal "swarm times" and "generation times" of the bark beetle. * ''Über einige neue Urthiere aus dem Herrenwieser See im badischen Schwarzwalde'', (1884). * ''Die Schweizer Coregonenspecies: Erurderung auf eine Dr. V. Fatios "Deux mots à propos Coregonus macrophthalmus de Nüsslin"'', 1903 - Swiss ''

Coregonus ''Coregonus'' is a diverse genus of fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae). The ''Coregonus'' species are known as whitefishes. The genus contains at least 68 described extant taxa, but the true number of species is a matter of debate. The type ...

'' species, A reply to Dr.

Victor Fatio Victor Fatio (28 November 1838 – 19 March 1906), was a Swiss zoologist. He was a bird conservationist, noting the value of birds in pest control in agriculture. He was involved in organizing the first anti-phylloxera congress in Lauxanne in 187 ...

. * ''Leitfaden der Forstinsektenkunde'', 1905 - Guide to forest

entomology Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

. * ''Neuere ergebnisse der chermes-forschung'', (1910). * ''Die Larven der Gattung Coregonus, ihre Beziehungen zur Biologie, und ihre systematische Bedeutung'', 1908 - The larvae of the genus ''Coregonus'', their relationship to biology, and their systematic significance.Google Books
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References

* Biography based on a translation of an equivalent article at the

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, namely: ** U. Sperlich: Otto Nüßlin. In Peter Weidenbach (editor): Biographie bedeutender Forstleute aus Baden-Württemberg. ** Obituary. In: Zeitschrift für angewandte Entomologie. Deutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte Entomologie. Paul Parey Verlag, 1915.

External links

* 1850 births 1915 deaths Scientists from Karlsruhe German entomologists German ichthyologists German foresters Academic staff of the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development Forestry academics {{Germany-zoologist-stub