After completing his studies, he joined the staff of
Bernard Altum (1824-1900) and
Robert Hartig (1839-1901) at the Forestry Academy in
Eberswalde. In 1880 Nüsslin founded the Lehrstuhl für Zoologie und Forstzoologie (Department of Zoology and Forest Zoology) at the
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 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. In the field of
ichthyology, 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.
Beiträge zur Anatomie und Physiologie der Pulmonaten, 1879 - Contributions to the
anatomy and
physiology of
Pulmonata.
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 species, A reply to Dr.
Victor Fatio.
Leitfaden der Forstinsektenkunde, 1905 - Guide to forest
entomology.
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.[1][2]
References
Biography based on a translation of an equivalent article at the
German Wikipedia, 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.