A5007820123- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
University of Duisburg-Essen
2019-2024
A multitude of anthropogenic pressures deteriorate the Baltic Sea, resulting in need to protect and restore its marine ecosystem. For an efficient conservation, comprehensive monitoring assessment all ecosystem elements is fundamental importance. The Marine Environment Protection Commission HELCOM coordinates conservation measures regulated by several European directives. However, this holistic hindered gaps within current schemes. Here, twenty-two novel methods with potential fill some...
Abstract Intensive agriculture drives an ongoing deterioration of stream biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across the planet. Key agricultural stressors include increased deposited fine sediment insecticides flushed from adjacent land into streams. The individual combined effects on aquatic biota are increasingly studied, but functional consequences loss associated with remain poorly understood. We addressed this knowledge gap by examining different concentrations insecticide...
Legislations and commitments regulate Baltic Sea status assessments monitoring. These suffer from monitoring gaps that need prioritization. We used three sources of information; scientific articles, project reports a stakeholder survey to identify in relation requirements set by the HELCOM's Action Plan, Marine Strategy Framework Directive Water Directive. The most frequently mentioned gap was key are not sufficiently monitored space time. Biodiversity category containing gaps. However,...
Introduction Microbes are increasingly (re)considered for environmental assessments because they powerful indicators the health of ecosystems. The complexity microbial communities necessitates novel tools to derive conclusions decision-makers, and machine learning is a promising option in that context. While amplicon sequencing typically applied assess communities, metagenomics total RNA (herein summarized as omics-based methods) can provide more holistic picture biodiversity at sufficient...
Abstract Background Freshwater ecosystem degradation and biodiversity decline are strongly associated with intensive agricultural practices. Simultaneously occurring stressors can interact in complex ways, preventing an accurate prediction of their combined effects on aquatic biota. Here, we address the limited mechanistic understanding multiple stressor two globally important stressors, insecticide (chlorantraniliprole), increased fine sediment load assessed impact transcriptomic profile...
Abstract Background Microbes are increasingly (re)considered for environmental assessments because they powerful indicators the health of ecosystems. The complexity microbial communities necessitates novel tools to derive conclusions decision-makers, and machine learning is a promising option in that context. While amplicon sequencing typically applied assess communities, metagenomics total RNA (herein summarized as omics-based methods) can provide more holistic picture biodiversity at...
Efforts to renew marine ecosystem monitoring include advanced technology and cost-effective methods have been repeatedly called for. The current environmental legislation in European Union (EU) requires also beyond the scope of conventional sampling strategies. Despite several studies showing benefits new methods, progress adopt national programmes under legal requirements has slow. In this study, we reviewed use a set EU strategy framework directive (MSFD), which calls for holistic view...