UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE

2024

• Abbas, G., Jomaa, S., Fink, P., Brosinsky, A., Nowak, K.M., Kümmel, S., Schkade, U.-K., Rode, M. (2024):
  Investigating sediment sources using compound-specific stable isotopes and conventional fingerprinting methods in an agricultural loess catchment
  Catena 246 , art. 108336 10.1016/j.catena.2024.108336
• Fink, P. (2024): Book review:
  Hildrew, A., and Giller, P. (2023). The Biology and Ecology of Streams and Rivers. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN: 978-0198516101 (Hardcover) 466 p. € 124.50
  Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 33 (2), 90 - 91 10.1002/lob.10629
• Perujo, N., Neuert, L., Fink, P., Weitere, M. (2024):
  Saturation of intracellular phosphorus uptake and prevalence of extracellular phosphorus entrapment in fluvial biofilms after long-term P pulses: Implications for river self-purification
  Sci. Total Environ. 952 , art. 175976 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175976
• Pilecky, M., Kämmer, S.K., Winter, K., Ptacnikova, R., Meador, T.B., Wassenaar, L.I., Fink, P., Kainz, M.J. (2024):
  Compound-specific stable isotope analyses of fatty acids indicate feeding zones of zooplankton across the water column of a subalpine lake
  Oecologia 205 , 325 - 337 10.1007/s00442-024-05574-3
• Rigby, K., Berdalet, E., Berglund, C., Roger, F., Steinke, M., Saha, M., Grebner, W., Brown, E., John, U., Gamfeldt, L., Fink, P., Berggren, F., Selander, E. (2024):
  Direct and indirect effects of copepod grazers on community structure
  J. Plankton Res. 46 (5), 515 - 524 10.1093/plankt/fbae047
• Scepanski, D., Augustin, N., Dünn, M., Scherwaß, A., Xavier, J.R., Werner, J., Waldvogel, A.-M., Arndt, H. (2024):
  Vertical distribution of epibenthic megafauna of a large seamount west of Cape Verde islands (tropical North Atlantic).
  Marine Biodiversity 54:6. doi.org/10.1007/s12526-023-01400-w
• Schlenker, A., Brauns, M., Fink, P., Lorenz, A.W., Weitere, M. (2024):
  Long-term recovery of benthic food webs after stream restoration
  Sci. Total Environ. 923 , art. 171499 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171499
• Schlenker, A., Brauns, M., Fink, P., Weitere, M. (2024):
  Beyond biomass: Resource effects on primary production and consumer nutrient assimilation in streams
  Freshw. Biol. 69 (10), 1353 - 1363 10.1111/fwb.14310
• Hamann, L., Werner, J., Haase, F.J., Thiel, M., Scherwaß, A., Laforsch, C., Löder, M.G.J., Blanke, A., Arndt, H. (2024):
  Retention of microplastics by biofilms and their ingestion by protists in rivers. Environ.
  Microbiol. Rep. 2024;16:e70016. doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70016
• Titocci, J., Fink, P. (2024):
  Disturbance alters phytoplankton functional traits and consequently drives changes in zooplankton life-history traits and lipid composition
  Hydrobiologia 851 (1), 161 - 180 10.1007/s10750-023-05323-2
• Weichert, F.G., Brack, W., Brauns, M., Fink, P., Johann, S., Krauss, M., Hollert, H. (2024):
  Dataset on target chemical and bioassay analysis - Exploring contaminants of emerging concern in a low mountain river of central Germany
  Data Brief 54 , art. 110510 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110510
• Weichert, F.G., Inostroza, P.A., Ahlheim, J., Backhaus, T., Brack, W., Brauns, M., Fink, P., Krauss, M., Svedberg, P., Hollert, H. (2024):
  AI-aided chronic mixture risk assessment along a small European river reveals multiple sites at risk and pharmaceuticals being the main risk drivers
  bioRxiv 10.1101/2024.11.15.623722
• Weichert, F.G., Werner, B.J., Brauns, M., Fink, P., Johann, S., Krauss, M., Hollert, H. (2024):
  Chemical analysis dataset for contaminants of emerging concern and bioanalytical data for samples from a low mountain stream in Central Germany [Data set]
  Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.11114083
• Zill, J., Perujo, N., Fink, P., Mallast, U., Siebert, C., Weitere, M. (2024):
  Contribution of groundwater-borne nutrients to eutrophication potential and the share of benthic algae in a large lowland river
  Sci. Total Environ. 951 , art. 175617 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175617

2023

• Acosta E., Fincke V., Nitsche F., Arndt H. (2023):
  Novel cercozoan and heterolobosean protists from the rhizosphere and phyllosphere of two endemic cacti from the Atacama Desert.
  Europ. J. Protistol., 126034. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126034
• Bischoff, A.A., Kubitz, M., Ballesteros-Redondo, L., Stüeken, M., Rapp, T., Fink, P., Hagen, W., Palm, H.W. (2023):
  Dynamics of fatty acids in pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) larvae and juveniles during early rearing and weaning in a commercial RAS—Implications for dietary refinement
  Fishes 8 (9), art. 444 10.3390/fishes8090444
• Boenigk, J., Beisser, D., Franke, L., Klar, L., Ilić, M., Fink, P. (2023):
  Differences in pigment composition and concentration between phototrophic, mixotrophic, and heterotrophic Chrysophyceae
  Fottea 23 (2), 223 - 234 10.5507/fot.2023.001
• Boyen, J., Ribes-Navarro, A., Kabeya, N., Monroig, O., Rigaux, A., Fink, P., Hablützel, P., Navarro, J.C., De Troch, M. (2023):
  Functional characterization reveals a diverse array of metazoan fatty acid biosynthesis genes
  Mol. Ecol. 32 (4), 970 - 982 10.1111/mec.16808
• Iannino, A., Fink, P., Vosshage, A.T.L., Weitere, M. (2023):
  Resource-dependent foraging behaviour of grazers enhances effects of nutrient enrichment on algal biomass
  Oecologia 201 (2), 479 - 488 10.1007/s00442-022-05308-3
• Ilić, M., Walden, S., Hammerstein, S.K., Stockenreiter, M., Stibor, H., Fink, P. (2023):
  Pigment and fluorescence proxies to estimate functional diversity of phytoplankton communities
  Fundam. Appl. Limnol. 196 (3-4), 229 - 249 10.1127/fal/2023/1466
• Lennartz, A.E. (née Rybarski), Nitsche, F., Schoenle, A., Voigt, C., Staubwasser, M., Arndt, H., (2023):
  High diversity and isolated distribution of aquatic heterotrophic protists in salars of the Atacama Desert at different salinities.
  European Journal of Protistology, p.125987. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2023.125987
• Pilecky, M., Fink, P., Kämmer, S.K., Schott, M., Zehl, M., Kainz, M.J. (2023):
  Mass spectrometry imaging reveals the spatial distribution of essential lipids in Daphnia magna – potential implications for trophic ecology
  Inland Waters 13 (1), 111 - 120 10.1080/20442041.2022.2127609
• Zupo, V., Mazzella, V., Fink, P., Saha, M., Carotenuto, Y., Mutalipassi, M. (2023):
  Copepods vs. salmons environmental treats for crustaceans or possible eco-sustainable solutions?
  In: Zupo, V. (ed.) Crustaceans. Endocrinology, biology and aquaculture
  CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, p. 211 - 222 10.1201/9780367853426-17

2022

• Bischoff, A.A., Kubitz, M., Wranik, C.M., Ballesteros-Redondo, L., Fink, P., Palm, H.W. (2022):
  The effect of Brachionus calyciflorus (Rotifera) on larviculture and fatty acid composition of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca (L.)) cultured under pseudo-green water conditions
  Sustainability 14 (11), art. 6607 10.3390/su14116607
• Hohlfeld, M., Meyer, C., Schoenle, A., Nitsche, F., Arndt, H (2022).:
  Biogeography, autecology, and phylogeny of Percolomonads based on newly described species. J.
  Eukaryot. Microbiol. 00:e12930. doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12930
• Iannino, A., Weitere, M., Fink, P. (2022):
  Wie Nährstoffe und Weidegänger gemeinsam die Eutrophierung in Fließgewässern steuern
   KW Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft 15 (4), 218 - 224 10.3243/kwe2021.04.002
• Mutalipassi, M., Mazzella, V., Schott, M., Fink, P., Glaviano, F., Porzio, L., Lorenti, M., Buia, M.C., von Elert, E., Zupo, V. (2022):
  Ocean acidification affects volatile infochemicals production and perception in fauna and flora associated with Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile
  Front. Mar. Sci. 9 , art. 809702 10.3389/fmars.2022.809702
• Pietsch, T., Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2022):
  High molecular diversity in the functional group of small bacterivorous non-scaled chrysomonad flagellates.
  Europ J Protistol. 86, 125915. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2022.125915
• Perujo, N., Neuert, L., Fink, P., Kamjunke, N., Sunjidmaa, N., Weitere, M., Graeber, D. (2022):
  Labile DOC increases P removal efficiencies in the benthic zone and shifts P thresholds towards higher P concentrations
  EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022
  EGUsphere, Copernicus Publications, EGU22-5521 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-5521
• Roggatz, C.C., Saha, M., Blanchard, S., Schirrmacher, P., Fink, P., Verheggen, F., Hardege, J.D. (2022):
  Becoming nose-blind—Climate change impacts on chemical communication
  Glob. Change Biol. 28 (15), 4495 - 4505 10.1111/gcb.16209
• Saha, M., Fink, P. (2022):
  Algal volatiles – the overlooked chemical language of aquatic primary producers
  Biol. Rev. 97 (6), 2162 - 2173 10.1111/brv.12887
• Schiwitza, S., Spruck, C., Nitsche, F. (2022):
  Biogeographical distribution of Hartaetosiga strains (Choanoflagellatea, Craspedida, Salpingoecidae) including morphological and transcriptomic data from a transect across the
  Atlantic Ocean.
  Euk. Microbiol. 70. doi: 10.1111/jeu.12933
• Schmitz, M., Deutschmann, B., Markert, N., Backhaus, T., Brack, W., Brauns, M., Brinkmann, M., Seiler, T.-B., Fink, P., Tang, S., Beitel, S., Doering, J.A., Hecker, M., Shao, Y., Schulze, T., Weitere, M., Wild, R., Velki, M., Hollert, H. (2022):
  Demonstration of an aggregated biomarker response approach to assess the impact of point and diffuse contaminant sources in feral fish in a small river case study
  Sci. Total Environ. 804 , art. 150020 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150020
• Schoenle, A., Hohlfeld, M.; Rybarski, A., Sachs, M., Freches, E., Wiechmann, K., Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2022):
  Cafeteria in extreme environments: Investigations on C. burkhardae and three new species from the Atacama Desert and the deep ocean.
  Europ. J. Protistol. 85: 1259052021
• Stief, P., Schauberger, C.,Lund, M.B., Greve, A.,Abed, R.M.M., Al-Najjar, M.A., Attard, K., Bonaglia, S., Deutzmann, J.S., Franco-Cisterna, B., García-Robledo, E., Holtappels, M., John, U., Maciute, A., Magee, M.J., Pors, R., Santl-Temkiv, T., Scherwass, A., Evilgen, D.S., de Beer, D., Glud, R.N., Andreas Schramm, A., Kamp, A. (2022):
  Intracellular nitrate storage by diatoms can be an important nitrogen pool in freshwater and marine ecosystems
  Communications Earth & Environment, 3 (1) . doi: 10.1038/s43247-022-00485-8
• Titocci, J., Bon, M., Fink, P. (2022):
  Morpho-functional traits reveal differences in size fractionated phytoplankton communities but do not significantly affect zooplankton grazing
  Microorganisms 10 (1), art. 182 10.3390/microorganisms10010182
• Titocci, J., Fink, P. (2022):
  Food quality impacts on reproductive traits, development and fatty acid composition of the freshwater calanoid copepod Eudiaptomus sp.
   J. Plankton Res. 44 (4), 528 - 541 10.1093/plankt/fbac030

2021

• Carduck, S., Nitsche, F., Rybarski, A., Hohlfeld, M., Arndt, H. (2021):
  Diversity and phylogeny of percolomonads based on newly discovered species from hypersaline and marine and waters.
  Europ J. Protistol. 80: 125808 ; doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2021.125808
• Iannino, A., Fink, P., Weitere, M. (2021):
  Feedback between bottom-up and top-down control of stream biofilm mediated through eutrophication effects on grazer growth
  Sci. Rep. 11 , art. 21621 10.1038/s41598-021-00856-9
• Iannino, A., Vosshage, A.T.L., Weitere, M., Fink, P. (2021):
  Effects of phosphorus enrichment on the spatial heterogeneity of stream periphyton under uneven light conditions
  Hydrobiologia 848 (11), 2721 - 2729 10.1007/s10750-021-04591-0
• Ilić, M., Cordellier, M., Fink, P. (2021):
  Intrapopulation variability in a functional trait: susceptibility of Daphnia to limitation by dietary fatty acids
  Freshw. Biol. 66 (1), 130 - 141 10.1111/fwb.13623
• Konschak, M., Zubrod, J.P., Baudy, P., Fink, P., Kenngott, K.G.J., Englert, D., Röder, N., Ogbeide, C., Schulz, R., Bundschuh, M. (2021):
  Chronic effects of the strobilurin fungicide azoxystrobin in the leaf shredder Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea; Amphipoda) via two effect pathways
  Ecotox. Environ. Safe. 209 , art. 111848 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111848
• Konschak, M., Zubrod, J.P., Baudy, P., Fink, P., Pietz, S., Duque, T.S., Bakanov, N., Schulz, R., Bundschuh, M. (2021):
  Mixture effects of a fungicide and an antibiotic: Assessment and prediction using a decomposer-detritivore system
  Aquat. Toxicol. 232 , art. 105762 10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.105762
• Rybarski, A.E., Nitsche, F., Park, J.S., Filz, P., Schmidt, P., Kondo, R., Simpson, A.G.B., Arndt, H. (2021):
  Revision of the phylogeny of Placididea (Stramenopiles): Molecular and morphological diversity of novel placidid protists from extreme aquatic environments.
  Europ. J. Protistol 81: 125809. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2021.125809
• Sahm, R., Sünger, E., Burmann, L., Zubrod, J.P., Schulz, R., Fink, P. (2021):
  Compound‐specific δ15N analyses of amino acids for trophic level estimation from indigenous and invasive freshwater amphipods
  Int. Rev. Hydrobiol. 106 (1), 41 - 47 10.1002/iroh.202002058
• Schiwitza, S., Gutsche, L., Freches, E., Arndt, H., Nitsche, F. (2021):
  Extended divergence estimates and species descriptions of new craspedid choanoflagellates from the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile.
  Europ. J. Protistol. 79: 125798. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2021.125798
• Schoenle, A., Hohlfeld, M., Hermanns, K., Mahé, F., de Vargas, C., Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2021):
  High and specific diversity of protists in the deep-sea basins dominated by diplonemids, kinetoplastids, ciliates and foraminiferans.
  Commun. Biol. 4, 501. doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02012-5

2020

• Arndt, H., Ritter, B., Rybarski, A., Schiwitza, S., Dunai, T., Nitsche, F. (2020): 
  Mirroring the effect of geological evolution: Protist speciation in the Atacama Desert. 
  Global and Planetary Change 190: 103193. doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103193
• Boyen, J., Fink, P., Mensens, C., Hablützel, P.I., De Troch, M. (2020):
  Fatty acid bioconversion in harpacticoid copepods in a changing environment: a transcriptomic approach
  Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B-Biol. Sci. 375 , art. 20190645 10.1098/rstb.2019.0645
• Couturier, L.I.E., Michel, L.N., Amaro, T., Budge, S.M., da Costa, E., De Troch, M., Di Dato, V., Fink, P., Giraldo, C., Le Grand, F., Loaiza, I., Mathieu-Resuge, M., Nichols, P.D., Parrish, C.C., Sardenne, F., Vagner, M., Pernet, F., Soudant, P. (2020):
  State of art and best practices for fatty acid analysis in aquatic sciences
  ICES J. Mar. Sci. 77 (7-8), fsaa121 10.1093/icesjms/fsaa121
• Fink, P., Norf, H., Anlanger, C., Brauns, M., Kamjunke, N., Risse-Buhl, U., Schmitt-Jansen, M., Weitere, M., Borchardt, D. (2020):
  Streamside mobile mesocosms (MOBICOS): A new modular research infrastructure for hydro-ecological process studies across catchment-scale gradients
  Int. Rev. Hydrobiol. 105 (3-4), 63 - 73 10.1002/iroh.201902009
• Iannino, A., Vosshage, A.T.L., Weitere, M., Fink, P. (2020):
  Taxonomic shift over a phosphorus gradient affects the stoichiometry and fatty acid composition of stream periphyton
   J. Phycol. 56 (6), 1687 - 1695 10.1111/jpy.13060
• Konschak, M., Zubrod, J.P., Baudy, P., Fink, P., Kenngott, K., Lüderwald, S., Englert, K., Jusi, C., Schulz, R., Bundschuh, M. (2020):
  The importance of diet-related effects of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin on the leaf-shredding invertebrate Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea; Amphipoda)
  Aquat. Toxicol. 222 , art. 105461 10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105461
• Mutalipassi, M., Fink, P., Maibam, C., Porzio, L., Buia, M.C., Gambi, M.C., Patti, F.P., Scipione, M.B., Lorenti, M., Zupo, V. (2020):
  Ocean acidification alters the responses of invertebrates to wound-activated infochemicals produced by epiphytes of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica
  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 530–531 , art. 151435 10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151435
• Reinhardt, T., Moelzner, J., Neu, T.R., Fink, P. (2020):
  Biofilm pads—an easy method to manufacture artificial biofilms embedded in an alginate polymer matrix
  Limnol. Oceanogr. Meth. 18 (1), 1 - 7 10.1002/lom3.10339
• Schiwitza, S., Lisson, L., Arndt, H., Nitsche, F. (2020):
  Morphological and molecular investigation on freshwater choanoflagellates (Craspedida, Salpingoecidae) from the River Rhine at Cologne (Germany).
  Europ. J. Protistol. 73. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2020.125687
• Schiwitza, S., Nitsche, F. (2020):
  A Needle in the Haystack – Mapping Sequences to Morphology Exemplified by the Loricate Choanoflagellate Enibas thessalia sp. nov. (Acanthoecida, Acanthoecidae).
  Protist 172. doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2020.125782
• Schoenle, A., Hohlfeld, M., Rosse, M., Filz, P., Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2020):
  Global comparison of bicosoecid Cafeteria-like flagellates from the deep ocean and surface waters, with reorganization of the family Cafeteriaceae. Europ. J.
  Protistol. 73, 125665. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2019.125665
• Trench-Fiol, S., Fink, P. (2020):
  Metatranscriptomics from a small aquatic system: microeukaryotic community functions through the diurnal cycle
  Front. Microbiol. 11 , art. 1006 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01006
• Živaljić, S., Scherwass, A., Schoenle, A., Hohlfeld, M., Quintela-Alonso, P., Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2020):
  A barotolerant ciliate isolated from the abyssal deep-sea of the North Atlantic: Euplotes dominicanus sp. n. (Ciliophora, Euplotia).
  Europ. J. Protistol. 73, Article 125664. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2019.125664
• Živaljić, S., Schoenle, A., Scherwass, A., Hohlfeld, M., Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2020):
  Influence of hydrostatic pressure on the behaviour of three ciliate species isolated from the deep sea.
  Marine Biology  167:63. doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-3673-3
   

2019

• Iannino, A., Vosshage, A.T.L., Weitere, M., Fink, P. (2019):
  High nutrient availability leads to weaker top-down control of stream periphyton: Compensatory feeding in Ancylus fluviatilis
  Freshw. Biol. 64 (1), 37 - 45 10.1111/fwb.13192
• Ilić, M., Werner, C., Fink, P. (2019):
  Equal relevance of omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids for the fitness of Daphnia spp.
  Limnol. Oceanogr. 64 (16), 2512 - 2525 10.1002/lno.11201
• Reinhardt, T., van Schingen, M., Windisch, H.S., Nguyen, T.Q., Ziegler, T., Fink, P. (2019):
  Monitoring a loss: Detection of the semi‐aquatic crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) in inaccessible habitats via environmental DNA
  Aquat. Conserv.-Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. 29 (3), 353 - 360 10.1002/aqc.3038
• Saha, M., Berdalet, E., Carotenuto, Y., Fink, P., Harder, T., John, U., Not, F., Pohnert, G., Potin, P., Selander, E., Vyverman, W., Wichard, T., Zupo, V., Steinke, M. (2019)
  Using chemical language to shape future marine health
  Front. Ecol. Environ. 17 (9), 530 - 537 10.1002/fee.2113
• Salk, K.R., Fink, P., Filstrup, C.T., Rose, K.C., Grossart, H.-P. (2019):
  ASLO activities focus on meeting the needs of early career members
  Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 28 (2), 76 - 78 10.1002/lob.10316
• Schiwitza, S., Arndt, H., Nitsche, F. (2019):
  First description of an euryoecious acanthoecid choanoflagellate species, Enibas tolerabilis gen. et sp. nov., from a salar in the Chilean Andes based on morphological and transcriptomic data.
  Europ J. Protistol. 67: 106-113. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2018.11.004
• Trommer, G., Lorenz, P., Lentz, A., Fink, P., Stibor, H. (2019):
  Nitrogen enrichment leads to changing fatty acid composition of phytoplankton and negatively affects zooplankton in a natural lake community
  Sci. Rep. 9 , art. 16805 10.1038/s41598-019-53250-x
• Windisch, H.S., Fink, P. (2019):
  Transcriptome sequencing of a keystone aquatic herbivore yields insights on the temperature-dependent metabolism of essential lipids
  BMC Genomics 20 , art. 894 10.1186/s12864-019-6268-y
• Zupo, V., Mutalipassi, M., Glaviano, F., Buono, A.C., Cannavacciuolo, A., Fink, P. (2019):
  Inducers of settlement and metamorphosis of the shrimp Hippolyte inermis Leach in Posidonia oceanica
  Sci. Rep. 9 , art. 12336 10.1038/s41598-019-48110-7

2018

• Fink, P., Windisch, H.S. (2018):
  The essential omega-3 fatty acid EPA affects expression of genes involved in the metabolism of omega-6 derived eicosanoids in Daphnia magna
  Hydrobiologia 846 (1): 5-16. doi: 10.1007/s10750-018-3675-z
• Li, R., Nitsche, F. Arndt, H. (2018):
  Mesoscale investigations based on microsatellite analysis of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis in the River-Sieg system (Germany) reveal a genetic divergence.
  Conservation Genetics 19: 959–968. doi.org/10.1007/s10592-018-1069-4
• Reinhardt, T., Baldauf,L.,Ilic, M., Fink,P. (2018):
  Cast away: Drift as the main determinant for larval survival in western fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) in headwater streams
   Journal of Zoology 306 (3): 171-179. doi: 10.1111/jzo.12581
• Reinhardt, T., Baldauf,L.,Ilic, M., Fink,P. (2018):
  Microbial community composition and trophic role along a marked salinity gradient in Laguna Piular, Salar de Atacama, Chile
  Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 111 1361-1374. doi: 10.1007/s10482-018-1091-z
• Schiwitza, S., Arndt, H., Nitsche, F. (2018):
  Four new choanoflagelle species from extreme saline environments: Indication for isolation-driven speciation exemplified by highly adapted Craspedida from salt flats in the Atacama Desert (Northern Chile).
  Europ. J. Protistol. 66: 86-96. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2018.08.001
• Schwarzenberger, A., Fink, P. (2018):
  Gene expression and activity of digestive enzymes of Daphnia pulex in response to food quality differences
   Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 218: 23-29. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2018.01.009.
• Venter, P., Nitsche, F., Scherwass, A., Arndt, H. (2018):
  Discrepancies between molecular and morphological databases of soil ciliates studied for temperate grasslands of central Europe.
  Protist 169: 521-538. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2018.04.001
• Venter, P., Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2018):
  The hidden diversity of flagellated protists in soil.
  Protist 169: 432-449. 10.1016/j.protis.2018.04.007
• Von Elert, E., Fink, P. (2018):
  Global warming: testing for direct and indirect effects of temperature at the interface of primary producers and herbivores is required
  Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6: 87. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00087
• Windisch, H.S., Fink, P. (2018):
  The molecular basis of essential fatty acid limitation in Daphnia magna - a transcriptomic approach
   Molecular Ecology 27 (4): 871-885. doi: 10.1111/mec.14498
• Živaljić, S.,  Schoenle, A., Nitsche, F., Hohlfeld, M., Piechocki, J., Reif, F., Shumo, M., Weiss, A., Werner, J., Witt, M., Voss, J., Arndt, H. (2018):
  Survival of marine heterotrophic flagellates isolated from the surface and the deep sea at high hydrostatic pressure: literature review and own experiments.
  Deep-Sea Res. II, 148: 251-259. doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.022

2017

• Carr, M., Richter, D., Fozouni, P., Smith, T.J., Jeuck, A., Leadbeater, B., Nitsche, F. (2017):
  A six-gene phylogeny provides new insights into choanoflagellate evolution.
  Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 107: 166-178. doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.10.011
• Fink, P., Von Elert, E. (2017):
  No effect of insect repellents on the behaviour of Lymnaea stagnalis at environmentally relevant concentrations
  Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24 (33): 26120-26124. doi: 10.1007/s11356-017-0205-x.
• Fink, P., Moelzner,J., Berghahn, R., Von Elert, E. (2017):
  Do insect repellents induce drift behaviour in aquatic non-target organisms?
  Water Research 108: 32-38. doi: j.watres.2016.10.083
• Groendahl, S., Fink, P. (2017):
  High dietary quality of non-toxic cyanobacteria for a benthic grazer and its implications for the controk of cyanobacterial biofilms
  BMC Ecology 17: 20. doi: 10.1186/s12898-017-0130-3
• Groendahl, S., Fink, P. (2017):
  Consumer species richness and nutrients interact in determining producer diversity
  Scientific Reports 7: 44869. doi: 10.1038/srep44869
• Groendahl, S., Kahlert, M., Fink, P. (2017):
  The best of both worlds: A combined approach for analyzing microalgal diversity via metabarcoding and morphology-based methods
  PloS One 12 (2): e0172808. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172808.
• Jeuck, A., Nitsche, F., Wylezich, C., Wirth, O., Hennemann, M., Troll, N., Bergfeld, T., Monir, S., Scherwaß, A., Arndt, H. (2017):
  A Comparison of Methods to Analyze Aquatic Heterotrophic Flagellates of Different Taxonomic Groups.
  Protist 168, 375–391. doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2017.04.003
• Richter, D., Nitsche, F. (2017):
  Choanoflagellata
   in: Handbook of Protists. Archibald, J.M. Simpson, A.G.B , Slamovits, C.H.(eds.) Springer, 2nd edition ISBN-13: 978-3319281476
• Schoenle, A., Nitsche, F., Werner, J., Arndt, H. (2017):
  Deep-sea ciliates: recorded diversity and experimental studies on pressure tolerance.
  Deep-Sea Res I, 128: 55-66. doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.08.015
• Zubrod, J. P., Englert, D., Wolfram, J., Rosenfeldt, R. R., Feckler, A., Bundschuh, R., Seitz, F., Konschak, M., Baudy, P., Lüderwald, S., Fink, P., Lorke, A., Schulz, R., Bundschuh, M. (2017):
  Long-term effects of fungicides on leaf-associated microorganisms and shredder populations—an artificial stream study
  Environmental Science and Technology 36 (8): 2178-2189. doi: 10.1002/etc.3756

2016

• Christjani, M., Fink, P., Von Elert, E. (2016):
  Phenotypic plasticity in three Daphnia genotypes in response to predator kairomone: evidence for an involvement of chitin deacetylases
   Journal of Experimental Biology 219: 1679-1704. doi: 10.1242/jeb.133504
• Groendahl, S., Fink, P. (2016):
  The effect of diet mixing on a nonselective herbivore
   PloS One 11 (7): e0158924. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158924
• Nitsche, F. (2016):
  A phylogenetic and morphological re-investigation of Diaphanoeca spiralifurca, Didymoeca elongata and Polyoeca dichotoma (Acanthoecida/Choanomonadida) from the Caribbean Sea.
  European Journal of Protistology 52: 58–64. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2015.11.001
• Nitsche, F., Thomsen, H. A., Richter, D.J. (2016):
  Bridging the gap between morphological species and molecular barcodes - Exemplified by loricate choanoflagellates.
  Europ. J. Protistol. 57: 26-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2016.10.006
• Pitsch, G., Adamec, L., Dirren, S., Nitsche, F., Šimek, K. Sirova, D., Posch, T. (2016): The green Tetrahymena utriculariae n. sp. (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) with its Endosymbiotic Algae (Micractinium sp.), living in traps of a carnivorous aquatic plant. Protist 64 (3): 322-335. doi.10.1111/jeu.12369
• Scherwass A., Erken M., Arndt H. (2016):
  Grazing effects of ciliates on microcolony formation in bacterial biofilms
  In: "Microbial biofilms - Importance and Applications": 81-93 Ed: D. Dhanasekaran and N. Thajuddin
• Schönle, A., Jeuck, A., Nitsche, F., Venter, P., Prausse, D., Arndt, H. (2016):
  Methodological studies on estimates of abundance and diversity of heterotrophic flagellates from the deep-sea floor.
  J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 4, 22: doi:10.3390/jmse4010022
• Thompsen, H.A., Nitsche, F., Richter, D.J. (2016):
  Seasonal occurrence of loricate choanoflagellates in Danish inner waters.
  Protist 167: 622-638. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2016.09.002
• Von Elert,E., Preuss, K., Fink, P. (2016):
  Infodisruption of inducible anti-predator defenses through commercial insect repellents?
   Environmental Pollution 210: 18-26. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.11.032
• Zupo, V., Mutalipassi, M., Fink, P.,  and Marco Di Natale (2016):
  Effect of ocean acidification on the communications among invertebrates mediated by plant-produced volatile organic compounds
  Global Journal of Ecology 1 (1): 12-18. doi: 10.17352/gje.000002

2015

• Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2015):
  Comparison of similar Arctic and Antarctic morphotypes of heterotrophic protists regarding its genotypes and ecotypes.
  Protist 166: 42-57. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2014.11.002
• Berney, C., Geisen, S., Van Wichelen, J., Nitsche, F., Vanormelingen P., Bonkowski, M., Bass, D. (2015):
  Expansion of the ‘Reticulosphere’: Diversity of novel branching and network-forming amoebae helps to define Variosea (Amoebozoa).
  Protist 166: 271-295. doi: 10.1016/j.protis
• Hardenbicker, P., Weitere, M., Fink, P., Hillebrand, H. (2015):
  Effects of temperature on the mutual interaction between phytoplankton communities and benthic filter feeders
  Fundamental and Applied Limnology 187 (2): 87-100. doi: 10.1127/fal/2015/0752
• Ghomi, M. R., Von Elert, E., Uhde, A., Fink, P. (2015):
  Nutritional responses of round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) caught from Rhine River (Germany) as a wild species to different fish oils
  Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology 15 (3): 375-384. doi: 10.5958/0974-181X.2015.00038.4
• Moelzner, J., Fink, P. (2015):
  Gastropod grazing on a benthic alga leads to liberation of food-finding infochemicals
  Oikos 124 (12): 1603-1608. doi: 10.1111/oik.02069
• Moelzner, J., Fink, P. (2015):
  Consumer patchiness explained by volatile infochemicals in a freshwater ecosystem
  Ecosphere 6 (3): Article 35. doi: 10.1890/ES14-00246.1
• Maibam, C., Fink, P., Romano, G., Buia, C. M., Butera, E., Zupo, V. (2015):
  Centropages typicus (Crustacea, Copepoda) reacts to volatile compounds produced by planktonic algae
  Marine Ecology 36 (6): 819-834. doi: 10.1111/maec.12254
• Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2015):
  Comparison of similar Arctic and Antarctic morphotypes of heterotrophic protists regarding its genotypes and ecotypes.
  Protist 166: 42-57. doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2014.11.002
• Schoolmann, G., Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2015):
  Aspects of the life span and phenology of the invasive freshwater shrimp Atyaephyra desmarestii (Millet, 1831) at the northeastern edge of its range (Upper Rhine).
  Crustaceana 88: 949-962. doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003470
• Zupo, V., Maibam, C., Fink, P., Von Elert, E. (2015):
  Effect of storage on the fatty acid content of foods for post-larvae of the crustacean decapod Hippolyte inermis
  Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 59 (2): 45-54. doi: 10.1080/07924259.2014.1001498
• Zupo, V., Maibam, C., Buia, M. C., Gambi, M. C., Patti, F. P., Scipione, M. P., Laurenti, M., Fink, P. (2015):
  Chemoreception of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica by benthic invertebrates is altered by seawater acidification
  Journal of Chemical Ecology 41 (8): 766-779. doi: 10.1007/s10886-015-0610-x

2014

• Ghomi, M. R., Von Elert, E., Borcherding, J., Fink, P. (2014):
  Fatty acid composition and content of round goby (Neogobius melanostomus Pallas 1814) and monkey goby (Neogobius fluviatilis Pallas 1814), two invasive gobiid species in the lower Rhine River (Germany)
  Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30 (3): 527-531. doi: 10.1111/jai.12312
• Ghomi,M. R., Von Elert, E., Borcherding, J., Uhde, A., Fink, P. (2014):
  Correlation between body size and fatty acid and essential amino acid composition of round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) and monkey goby (Neogobius fluviatilis), from Rhine River (Germany)
  Biologia 69 (6): 799-805. doi: 10.2478/s11756-014-0374-8
• Jeuck, A., Arndt, H., Nitsche, F. (2014):
  Extended phylogeny of the Craspedida (Choanomonada).
  Europ. J. Protistol. 50: 430-443. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2014.06.001
• Moelzner, J., Fink, P. (2014):
  The smell of good food: volatile infochemicals as resource quality indicators
  Journal of Animal Ecology 83 (5): 1007-1014. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12220. Recommended on Faculty of 1000 prime!
• Maibam, C., Fink, P., Romano, G., Buia, M. C., Gambi, M.C., Scipione, M. B., Patti, F. P., Lorenti, M., Butera, E., Zupo, V. (2014):
  Relevance of wound-activated compounds produced by diatoms as toxins and infochemicals for benthic invertebrates
  Marine Biology 161 (7): 1639-1652. doi: 10.1007/s00227-014-2448-0
• Nitsche, F. (2014):
  Stephanoeca arndti spec. nov - First cultivation success including molecular and autecological data from a freshwater acanthoecid choanoflagellate from Samoa.
  Europ. J. Protistol. 50: 412-421. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2014.03.004

2013

• Domonell, A., Brabender, M., Nitsche, F., Bonkowski, M., Arndt, H. (2013):
  Community structure of cultivable protists in different grassland and forest soils of Thuringia.
  Pedobiologia 56: 1-7.  doi: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2012.07.001
• Quintela-Alonso, P., Nitsche, F., Wylezich, C., Arndt, H., Foissner, W. (2013):
  A New Tetrahymena (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) from Groundwater of Cape Town, South Africa. 
  J. Euk. Microbiol. 60:235-246.  doi: 10.1111/jeu.12021

2012

• Brabender, M., Domonell, A., Kiss, A.K., Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2012):
  Phylogenetic and morphological diversity of novel soil cercomonad species with a description of two new genera (Nucleocercomonas and Metabolomonas).
  Protist 163: 495-528. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2012.02.002
• Shah Salani, F., Arndt, H., Hausmann, K., Nitsche, F., Scheckenbach, F. (2012): Analysis of the community structure of abyssal kinetoplastids revealed similar communities at larger spatial scales.
  ISME Journal 6: 713-723. doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.138
• Stoupin, D., Kiss, A.K., Arndt, H., Shatilovich, A.V., Gilichinsky, D.A., Nitsche, F. (2012):
  Cryptic diversity within the choanoflagellate morphospecies complex Codosiga botrytis – Phylogeny and morphology of ancient and modern isolates.
  Europ. J. Protistol. 48: 263-273. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2012.01.004
• Pawlowski, J., Audic, S., Adl, S., Bass, D., Belbahri, L., Berney, C., Bowser, S.S., Cepicka, I., Decelle, J., Dunthorn, M., Fiore-Donno, A., Gile, H.G., Holzmann, M., Jahn, R., Jirk?, M., Keeling, J.P., Kostka, M., Kudryavtsev, A., Lara, E., Lukeš, J., Mann, G.D., Mitchell, A.D.E., Nitsche, F., Romeralo, M., Saunders, W.G., Simpson, G.B.A., Smirnov, V.A., Spouge, J., Stern, F.R., Stoeck, T., Zimmermann, J., Schindel, D., de Vargas, C. (2012):
  CBOL Protist Working Group: Barcoding eukaryotic richness beyond the animal, plant and fungal kingdoms.
  PLoS Biology 10 (11): e1001419. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001419
• Scherwass, A., Bergfeld, T., Schöl, A., Weitere, M. and Arndt, H. (2010):
  Changes in the plankton community along the length of the River Rhine: Lagrangian sampling and enclosure experiments,
  J. Plankt. Res. 32 (4): 491-502. doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbp149

2011

• Ackermann, B., Esser, M., Scherwaß, A., Arndt, H. (2011):
  Long-term dynamics of microbial biofilm communities of the River Rhine with special references to ciliates
  Int. Revue Hydrobiol. 96:1-19. doi.org/10.1002/iroh.201011286
• Bergfeld, T., Scherwass, A., Ackermann, B., Fischer, H., Arndt, H., Schöl, A. (2011):
  Longitudinal and seasonal dynamics of the planktonic microbial community along the length of the River Rhine.
  River Systems 19(4): 337-349. doi: 10.1127/1868-5749/2011/0037
• Nitsche, F., Carr, M., Arndt, H., Leadbeater, B.S.C. (2011):
  Higher level taxonomy and molecular phylogenetics of the Choanoflagellatea.
  J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 58: 452-462. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00572.x
• Quintela Alonso, P., Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2011):
  Molecular Characterization and Revised Systematics of Microdiaphanosoma arcuatum (Ciliophora, Colpodea).
  J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 58: 114-119.  doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00527.x 

2010

• Bergfeld, T., Scherwass, A., Ackermann, B., Arndt, H., Schöl, A. (2009).: Comparison of the components of the planktonic food web in three large rivers (Rhine, Moselle and Saar)".
  River Research and Applications 25 (10): 1232-1250. doi.org/10.1002/rra.1217

2009

• Risse-Buhl, U., Scherwass, A., Schlüssel, A., Arndt, H., Kröwer, S., Küsel, K. (2009):
  Detachment and motility of surface-associated ciliates at increased flow velocities.
  Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 55: 209-218. doi:10.3354/ame01302

2008

• Nitsche, F., Arndt, H. (2008): 
  A new choanoflagellate species from Taiwan: Morphological and molecular biological studies of Diplotheca elongata nov. spec. and D. costata.
  Europ. J. Protistol. 44: 220-226. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2008.01.002
• Wey, J.K., Scherwass, A., Norf, H., Arndt, H., Weitere, M. (2008):
  Effects of protozoan grazing within river biofilms under semi-natural conditions.
  Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 52: 283-296. doi: 10.3354/ame01236

2007

• Nitsche F., Weitere M., Scheckenbach F., Hausmann K., Wylezich C., Arndt H. (2007):
  Deep sea records of choanoflagellates with a description of two new species.
  Acta Protozool. 46 (2): 99-106

2005

• Scherwass, A., Fischer, Y., Arndt, H.(2005):
  Detritus as a potential food source for protozoans: consumption and digestion of plant detritus by a heterotrophic flagellate (Chilomonas paramecium) and a ciliate (Tetrahymena pyriformis). Aquatic Ecology 39(4): 439-445. doi: 10.1007/s10452-005-9012-4
• Scherwass, A., Arndt, H. (2005):
  Structure, dynamics and control of the ciliate fauna in the potamoplankton of the river Rhine.
  Arch. Hydrobiol. 164(3): 287-307. doi: 10.1127/0003-9136/2005/0164-0287
• Weitere, M., Scherwass, A., Sieben, K.-T., Friedrich, G., Arndt, H.(2005):
  Planctonic Food Web Structure and Potential Carbon Flow in the Lower River Rhine with a Focus on the Role of the Protozoans.
  River Research and Applications 21: 535-549. doi: 10.1002/rra.825

2002

• Scherwass, A., Wickham, S. A. , Arndt, H. (2002):
  Determination of the abundance of ciliates in highly turbid running waters - an improved method tested for the River Rhine.
  Arch. Hydrobiol. 156 (1): 135-146. doi: 10.1127/0003-9136/2002/0156-0135

2001

• Scherwass, A., Eimer, A. & Arndt, H. (2001):
  Selective influence of filter-feeding benthic bivalves (Corbicula sp., Mytilus sp.) on planctonic ciliates.
  Verh. Int. Verein. theor. angew. Limnol. 27: 3315-3318. doi: 10.1080/03680770.1998.11902440

1999

• Scherwass, A., Arndt, H. (1999):
  Ciliaten im Potamoplankton des Rheins: Reines Driftphänomen oder eigene Planktongemeinschaft?.
  Tag. Dt. Ges. Limnol: Erw. Zus.

1996

• Scherwass, A., Lorenz, D. & Neumann, D. (1996):
  Charakterisierung der Interstitialwasserbedingungen eines abwasserbelasteten Mühlengrabens.
  Tag. Dt. Ges. Limnol: Erw. Zus.