My daughter Natasha, born in July 1994, and my son Esteban, born in October 1998.

I was born on the 8th of July 1947 in Feldkirch (Austria) of Russian parents, and was swiftly brought to Argentina at the tender age of 1 year. After graduating in Zoology at the School of Natural Sciences of the University of La Plata (in 1973), I got my Doctoral degree from the School of Exact and Natural Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires in 1981. In 1976-1977 (as a postgraduate fellow of the Argentine National Reesearch Council, CONICET), and again in 1985 (as a postdoctoral Tinker Fellow), I worked at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, San Diego on Recent polycystine Radiolaria under the direction of Dr. William R. Riedel.

Since 1970 I held teaching positions at the Universities of Buenos Aires and La Plata, giving occasional courses on Planktology at various Mexican and Brazilian universities. At present I am an Associate Professor and I teach the undergraduate (Limnology) and graduate (Planktology) courses at the School of Exact and Natural Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. I am a researcher (Investigador Principal) of the Argentine National Research Council (CONICET).

I took part in many oceanographic cruises on Argentine, Brazilian and US research vessels collecting planktonic and sedimentary materials and environmental data in various oceanic areas (south Atlantic, Antarctic, tropical Pacific, Arctic Ocean).

My current research interests focus on microzooplankton ecology, distribution and systematics as related to present and past oceanic dynamics. Recent and Holocene/Pleistocene Radiolaria: distribution, ecology and paleoecology, based on planktonic, sediment trap and sedimentary materials. Ecology and distribution of high-latitude microplankton.

I have presented ca. 70 papers at national and international meetings, and have published approx. 100 scientific papers in various specialized journals.

Doctoral dissertation: Morfología esqueletaria, sistemática, distribución y sus condicionantes abióticos en Polycystina del Atlántico Sudoccidental. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, April 1981 (in Spanish).

Boltovskoy, D., Riedel, W.R. 1980. Polycystine Radiolaria from the Southwestern Atlantic ocean plankton. Revista Española de Micropaleontología, 12(1):99-146.

Boltovskoy, D, Bender Kotzian, S., Pedrozo, F.L. 1983. Some new techniques for the preparation and illustration of Polycystina (Radiolaria). Micropaleontology, 29(4):382-390.

Boltovskoy, D., Jankilevich, S.S. 1985. Radiolarian distribution in east equatorial Pacific plankton. Oceanologica Acta, 8(1):101-123.

Boltovskoy, D., Riedel, W.R. 1987. Polycystine Radiolaria of the California Current region: seasonal and geographic patterns. Marine Micropaleontology, 12(1):65-104.

Boltovskoy, D. 1987. Sedimentary record of radiolarian biogeography in the equatorial to Antarctic western Pacific Ocean. Micropaleontology, 33(3):267-281.

Boltovskoy, D. 1988. The range through method and first-last appearance data in paleontological surveys. Journal of Paleontology, 62(1):157-159.

Boltovskoy, D. 1988. Equatorward sedimentary shadows of near-surface oceanographic patterns. Speculations in Science and Technology, 11(3):219-232.

Boltovskoy, D., Vrba, A. 1988. Classification and geographic distribution of Stylodictya - type radiolarians. Micropaleontology, 34(4):362-370.

Boltovskoy, D., Vrba, A. 1989. Latitute-related shell patterns in Radiolaria: Botryostrobus auritus/australis morphotypes in the equatorial to Antarctic Pacific. Marine Micropaleontology, 13(4):309-323.

Boltovskoy, D. 1989. Radiolarian record of the last 40,000 years in the western equatorial Pacific. Oceanologica Acta, 12(1):79-86.

Boltovskoy, D. 1991. Holocene-upper Pleistocene radiolarian biogeography and paleoecology of the equatorial Pacific. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 86:227-241.

Boltovskoy, D. 1992. Current and productivity patterns in the equatorial Pacific across the last glacial maximum based on radiolarian east-west and downcore faunal gradients. Micropaleontology, 38(4):1-18.

Boltovskoy, D., Alder, V.A. 1992. Paleoecological implications of radiolarian distribution and standing stocks vs. accumulation rates in the Weddell Sea. The Antarctic Paleoenvironment: A Perspective on Global Change (J.P. Kennet & D.A. Warnke, eds.), Antarctic Research Series, 56:377-384, American Geophysical Union.

Boltovskoy, D., Alder, V.A., Abelmann, A. 1993. Radiolarian sedimentary imprint in Atlantic equatorial sediments: comparison with the yearly flux at 853 m. Marine Micropaleontology, 23(1):1-12.

Boltovskoy, D., Alder, V.A., Abelmann, A. 1993. Annual flux of Radiolaria and other shelled plankters in the eastern equatorial Atlantic at 853 m: seasonal variations and Polycystine species-specific responses. Deep-Sea Research, 40(9):1863-1895.

Boltovskoy, D. 1994. The sedimentary record of pelagic biogeography. Progress in Oceanography, 34:135-160.

Kling, S.A., Boltovskoy, D. 1995. Radiolarian vertical distribution patterns across the southern California Current. Deep-Sea Research, 42(2):191-231.

Boltovskoy, D., Oberhaensli, H., Wefer, G. 1996. Radiolarian assemblages in the eastern tropical Atlantic: patterns in the plankton and in sediment trap samples. Journal of Marine Systems, 8(1/2):31-51.

Anderson, R.O., Nigrini, N., Boltovskoy, D., Takahashi, K. 1995 (in press). Radiolaria. In: "An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa" (Second Edition), J. Lee, editor.

Boltovskoy, D., Uliana, E., Wefer, G. 1996. Seasonal variations in the flux of microplankton and radiolarian assemblage compositions in the northeastern tropical Atlantic at 2195 m. Limnology & Oceangraphy, 41(4):615-635.

Boltovskoy, D. 1998. Classification and Distribution of South Atlantic Recent Polycystine Radiolaria. Palaeontologia Electronica, 1(2): 116 pp., 2.5 MB. http://www-odp.tamu.edu/paleo/1998_2/boltovskoy/issue2.htm.

Boltovskoy, D. 1999. Radiolaria Polycystina. "South Atlantic Zooplankton" (D. Boltovskoy, ed.), Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 149-212.

Kling, S.A., Boltovskoy, D. Radiolaria Phaeodaria. 1999."South Atlantic Zooplankton" (D. Boltovskoy, ed.), Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 213-264.

Bernstein, R., Kling, S.A., Boltovskoy, D. Acantharia. 1999."South Atlantic Zooplankton" (D. Boltovskoy, ed.), Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 75-147.

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On various marine plankters (mesozooplankton, tintinnids, foraminifers, etc.)



Books edited

Boltovskoy D. (Editor). 1981. Atlas del Zooplancton del Atlántico Sudoccidental y métodos de trabajo con el zooplancton marino. Publicación Especial del Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Mar del Plata, Argentina, pp. I-XXX + 1-938.

Boltovskoy D. (Editor). 1999. South Atlantic Zooplankton. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. i-xvi + 1-1706. (ISBN 90-5782-035-8).

Journal and book articles

Boltovskoy, D. 1971. Pterópodos thesosomados del Atlántico Sudoccidental. Malacologia, 11(1):121-140.

Boltovskoy, D. 1974. Study of surface shell structures in Thecosomata (Pteropoda: Mollusca), by means of scanning electron microscopy. Marine Biology, 27(2):165-172.

Boltovskoy, D. 1975. Some biometrical, ecological, morphological and distributional aspects of chaetognatha. Hydrobiologia, 46(4):515-534.

Boltovskoy, D. 1975. Ecological aspects of zooplankton (Foraminifera, Pteropoda and Chaetognatha) of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Veliger, 18(2):203-216.

Boltovskoy, D. 1979. Zooplankton of the south-western Atlantic. South African Journal of Science, 75(12):541-544.

Boltovskoy, D. 1982. Variación latitudinal de la diversidad zooplanctónica en el Atlántico Sudoccidental. Physis, Secc. A, 41(100):1-6.

Dadón, J.R., Boltovskoy, D. 1982. Zooplanktonic recurrent groups (Pteropoda, Euphausiacea and Chaetognatha) in the Southwestern Atlantic ocean. Physis, Secc. A, 41(100):63-83.

Boltovskoy, D. 1986. Biogeography of the Southwestern Atlantic: current problems and prospects. In: Pelagic biogeography, Proceedings of an International Conference, The Netherlands, 29 May - 5 June 1985. Edited by A.C. Pierrot-Bults, S. Van der Spoel, B.J. Zahuranec y R.K. Johnson, UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science, No. 49, UNESCO Press, pp. 14-24.

Boltovskoy, D., Alder, V.A. 1988. Estimates of microplanktonic biomass in Antarctic near-surface waters: the effects of wind. Polar Biology (Internacional, Alemania), 8(4):397-399.

Boltovskoy, E., Boltovskoy, D. 1988. Cenozoic deep-sea benthic Foraminifera: turnovers and between-site correlations. Revue de Micropalentologie, 31(2):67-84.

Boltovskoy, D., Alder, V.A., Spinelli, F. 1989. Summer Weddell Sea microplankton: assemblage structure, distribution and abundance, with special emphasis on the Tintinnina. Polar Biology, 9:447-456.

Boltovskoy, E., Boltovskoy, D. 1989. Paleocene-Pleistocene benthic foraminiferal evidence of major paleoceanographic events in the eastern south Atlantic (DSDP Site 525, Walvis Ridge). Marine Micropaleontology, 14:283-316.

Boltovskoy, D., Dinofrio, E., Alder, V.A. 1990. Environmental influence on intraspecific variability in Antarctic tintinnids: Cymatocylis affinis/convallaria in Weddell Sea waters. Journal of Plankton Research, 12(2):403-413.

Alder, V.A., Boltovskoy, D. 1991. Microplanktonic distributional patterns west of the Antarctic Peninsula, with special emphasis on the tintinnids. Polar Biology, 11(2):103-112.

Boltovskoy, D., Vivequin, S.M., Swanberg, N.R. 1991. Vertical distribution of tintinnids and associated microplankton in the upper layer of the Barents Sea. Sarsia, 76:141-151.

Alder, V.A., Boltovskoy, D. 1991. The ecology and biogeography of tintinnid ciliates in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean. Marine Chemistry, 35(1-4):337-346.

Boltovskoy, D., Alder, V.A. 1992. Microzooplankton and tintinnid species-specific assemblage structures: patterns of distribution and year-to-year variations in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica). Journal of Plankton Research, 14:1405-1423.

Alder, V.A., Boltovskoy, D. 1993. The ecology of microzooplankton in the Weddell-Scotia confluence area: horizontal and vertical distribution patterns. Journal of Marine Research, 51(2):323-344.

Lange, C.B., Boltovskoy, D. 1995. Trampas de sedimento. "Manual de m&eiacute;todos ficológicos" (K. Alveal, M.E. Ferrario, E.C. Oliveira, E. Zar, eds.), Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, pp. 93-118.

Boltovskoy, D., Swanberg, N.R., Vivequin, S.M. 1995. Tintinnids and other microplankton from the Greenland Sea: abundance and distribution in the Marginal Ice Zone (May-June 1989). Marine Ecology (P.S.Z.N.), 16(2):1-15.

Boltovskoy, E., Boltovskoy, D., Correa, N. Brandini, F. 1996. Planktonic foraminifers from the Southwestern Atlantic (30 to 60œS): species-specific patterns in the upper 50 m. Marine Micropaleontology, 28:53-72.

Boltovskoy, D. 1998. Pelagic biogeography: background, gaps and trends. "Pelagic Biogeography ICoPB II" (IOC Wks. Rep. 142), (A.C. Pierrot-Bults, S. van del Spoel, eds.), pp. 53-64.

Thompson, G.A., Alder, V.A., Boltovskoy, D., Brandini, F. 1999. Abundance and biogeography of tintinnids (Ciliophora) and associated microzooplankton in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Plankton Research, 21(7):1265-1298.

Boltovskoy, D., Gibbons, Mark J., Hutchings, L., Binet, D. 1999. General biological features of the South Atlantic. "South Atlantic Zooplankton" (D. Boltovskoy, ed.), Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 1-42. 5.

Boltovskoy, E., Boltovskoy, D., Brandini, F. In press. Planktonic Foraminifera from Southwestern Atlantic epipelagic waters: abundance, distribution and year-to-year variations. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

Brandini, F., Boltovskoy, D., Piola, A., Kocmur, S., Roetgerns, R., Abreu, P.C. In press (June 2000). The effects of fronts on the distribution of nutrients and chlorophyll in the Southwestern Atlantic between 30 and 62œS. Deep Sea Research, 47(6):1015-1033.

Boltovskoy, D. In press. Diversidad y biogeografía del zooplancton del Atlántico Sur. Anales de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Boltovskoy, D. 1996. Calentamiento global, el océano y el plancton. Ciencia e Investigación (Buenos Aires), 47:4-15. Republished in 1997 in Interscientia, 2(1) [http://aix1.uottawa.ca/publications/interscientia/inter.3/clima/clima.html] (Popular article)

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Freshwater issues, methods, fauna, ecology...



Boltovskoy, D., Vélez, G. 1983/1984. A simple and inexpensive device for rigging light-and-dark bottle castings. Acta Hydrobiologica, 25/26(1):117-119.

Boltovskoy, D., Pedrozo, F.L., Battistoni, P.A. 1984. The effects of wind and diel vertical migrations on the distribution of freshwater zooplankton. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 19(3):137-154.

Boltovskoy, D., Pedrozo, F.L., Mazzoni, H.E., Díaz, M. 1985. Effects of net, pump and bottle sampling on the abundance estimates of planktonic Rotifera. Journal of Plankton Research, 7(2):295-302.

Boltovskoy, D., Mazzoni, H.E. 1988. The effects of sampling gear and environmental conditions on the abundance estimates of zooplankton. Revue d'Hydrobiologie Tropicale, 21(1):21-34.

Boltovskoy, D., Izaguirre, I., Correa, N. 1995. Feeding selectivity of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia) on natural phytoplankton. Hydrobiologia, 312:171-182.

Boltovskoy, D., Correa, N., Cataldo, D., Stripeikis, J., Tudino, M. 1997. Environmental stress on Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia) in the Paraná river delta (Argentina): complex pollution-related disruption of population structures. Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie, 138(4):483-507.

Cataldo, D., Boltovskoy, D. 1998. Population dynamics of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia) in the Paraná river delta (Argentina). Hydrobiologia, 380(1/2):153-163.

Boltovskoy, D., Cataldo, D. 1999. Population dynamics of Limnoperna fortunei, an invasive fouling mollusc, in the lower Paran&aiacute; river (Argentina). Biofouling, 14(3):255-263.

Cataldo, D., Boltovskoy, D. In press. Yearly reproductive activity of Limnoperna fortunei (Bivalvia) as inferred from the occurrence of its larvae in the plankton of the lower Paraná river and the Río de la Plata estuary (Argentina). Aquatic Ecology.

Cataldo, D., Colombo, J.C., Boltovskoy, D., Bilos, C., Landoni, P. In press. Environmental toxicity assessment in the Paraná river delta (Argentina): simultaneous evaluation of selected pollutants and mortality rates of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia) juveniles. Environmental Pollution.

Correa, N., Boltovskoy, D. 1998. Las invasiones biológicas. Componente ignorado del cambio global. Ciencia e Investigación, 51(1/2):4-14. (Popular article)

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