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Alexander Plotkin

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Researcher
Telephone: 90223023
Department: Bunnsamfunn

Curriculum Vitae

Økologi av hardbunnsamfunn
Taksonomisk bestemmelse av bunndyr: særlig kompetanse innen svamper (Porifera) og gode kunnskaper i pigghuder og flerbørstemark.
Morfologiske metoder: histologi, lysmikroskopi, SEM
Molekyærbiologiske metoder: opprensing av DNA, PCR oppsett, sammenstilling av DNA-sekvenser, fylogenetiske analyser
Dataanalyser: MANOVA, PCA (Prinsipalkomponentanalyse), klusteranalyse

Publications

Academic articles

2017

Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Nordic and Siberian Seas

Alexander Plotkin, Elena Gerasimova, Hans Tore Rapp
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 98 p. 1273-1335
2017

Carnivorous sponges (Cladorhizidae) of the deep Weddell Sea, with descriptions of two new species

Melina Dressler-Allame, Christian Göcke, Daniel Kersken, Alexander Plotkin, Dorte Janussen
Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 137 p. 190-206
2016

Molecular phylogenies challenge the classification of Polymastiidae (Porifera, Demospongiae) based on morphology

Alexander Plotkin, Oliver Voigt, Endre Willassen, Hans Tore Rapp
17 p. 45-66
2016

Polymastiidae (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with ornamented exotyles: a review of morphological affinities and description of a new genus and three new species

Alexander Plotkin, Christine Morrow, Elena Gerasimova, Hans Tore Rapp
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 97 p. 1351-1406
2012

Phylogenetic reconstruction of the Polymastiidae (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) based on morphology

Alexander Plotkin, Elena Gerasimova, Hans Tore Rapp
Hydrobiologia 687 p. 21-41
2008

Polymastiidae and Suberitidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) of the deep Weddell Sea, Antarctic

Alexander Plotkin, Dorte Janussen
Zootaxa 1866 p. 95-135
2008

Vosmaeria Fristedt, 1885 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Halichondriidae): revision of species, phylogenetic reconstruction and evidence for split

Elena Gerasimova, Dirk Erpenbeck, Alexander Plotkin
Zootaxa 1694 p. 1-37
2007

New genus and species of Polymastiidae (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) from the Antarctic deep sea

Alexander Plotkin, Dorte Janussen
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87 p. 1395-1401
2005

Subtidal underwater rock communities of the White Sea: structure and interaction with bottom flow

Alexander Plotkin, Alexander Railkin, Elena Gerasimova, Alexander Pimenov, Tatyana Sipenkova
Biologiâ morâ. Engelsk utgave: Russian journal of marine biology 31 p. 335-343
2004

Biodiversity and distribution of Polymastiidae (Demospongiae, Hadromerida) in the Arctic area

Plotkin, Alexander
Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti biologici dell'Università di Genova 68 p. 535-547

Other journal contributions

2021

Alcyonium bursa Linnaeus, 1758 is not a sponge

Rob W.M. Van Soest, Alexander Plotkin
Zootaxa 4951 p. 193-200

Scientific lectures

2010

Phylogenetic reconstruction of Polymastiidae (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) based on morphology

Alexander Plotkin, Elena Gerasimova, Hans Tore Rapp

Reports and dissertations

2016

Phylogeny and taxonomy of Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae)

Alexander Plotkin, Hans Tore Rapp
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