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Christer Erséus

Christer Erséus

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
8949
World Ranking
5730
National Ranking
140

Overview

Christer Erséus is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these main fields, they have contributed significantly to subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Pharmacology, Insect Science, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics such as:

  • Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Leech Biology and Applications
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Plant and animal studies

Erséus has published extensively in several venues with multiple contributions in:

  • Zoologica Scripta
  • Zootaxa
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Diversity
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Christer Erséus include:

  • "Phylogenomic analyses reveal a Palaeozoic radiation and support a freshwater origin for clitellate annelids," 2020, Zoologica Scripta
  • "Annelids in Extreme Aquatic Environments: Diversity, Adaptations and Evolution," 2021, Diversity
  • "Cryptic Clitellata: Molecular Species Delimitation of Clitellate Worms (Annelida): An Overview," 2021, Diversity
  • "A proposed order-level classification in Oligochaeta (Annelida, Clitellata)," 2021, Zootaxa
  • "Towards an integrative revision of Haplotaxidae (Annelida: Clitellata)," 2024, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Erséus include:

  • Svante Martinsson
  • Mårten Klinth
  • Anna Mankowski
  • Manuel Kleiner
  • Nikolaus Leisch

Best Publications

  • The magnitude of global marine species diversity

    Ward Appeltans;Shane T. Ahyong;Shane T. Ahyong;Gary Anderson;Martin V. Angel

  • The Function of Marine Critical Transition Zones and the Importance of Sediment Biodiversity

    Lisa A. Levin;Donald F. Boesch;Alan Covich;Cliff Dahm

  • New environmental metabarcodes for analysing soil DNA: potential for studying past and present ecosystems.

    Laura S. Epp;Sanne Boessenkool;Eva P. Bellemain;James Haile;James Haile

  • A molecular phylogeny of annelids

    Vincent Rousset;Fredrik Pleijel;Greg W. Rouse;Christer Erséus

  • Endosymbiotic sulphate-reducing and sulphide-oxidizing bacteria in an oligochaete worm.

    Nicole Dubilier;Caroline Mülders;Tim Ferdelman;Dirk de Beer

  • Validating Livanow: molecular data agree that leeches, Branchiobdellidans, and Acanthobdella peledina form a monophyletic group of oligochaetes.

    Mark E. Siddall;Kathleen Apakupakul;Eugene M. Burreson;Kathryn A. Coates

  • DNA Barcoding Reveals Cryptic Diversity in Lumbricus terrestris L., 1758 (Clitellata): Resurrection of L. herculeus (Savigny, 1826)

    Samuel W. James;Samuel W. James;David Porco;David Porco;Thibaud Decaëns;Benoit Richard

  • ICZN rules—a farewell to Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata)

    Christer Erséus;Mark J. Wetzel;Lena Gustavsson

  • 18S rDNA phylogeny of Clitellata (Annelida)

    Christer Erséus;Mari Källersjö

  • Phylogeny of Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata) based on mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data

    Erica Sjölin;Christer Erséus;Mari Källersjö

  • Phylogeny of oligochaetous Clitellata

    Christer Erséus

  • Sperm types and their use for a phylogenetic analysis of aquatic clitellates

    Marco Ferraguti;Christer Erséus

  • Coexistence of bacterial sulfide oxidizers, sulfate reducers, and spirochetes in a gutless worm (Oligochaeta) from the Peru margin.

    Anna Blazejak;Christer Erséus;Rudolf Amann;Nicole Dubilier

  • Biological invasions in soil: DNA barcoding as a monitoring tool in a multiple taxa survey targeting European earthworms and springtails in North America

    David Porco;David Porco;Thibaud Decaëns;Louis Deharveng;Samuel W. James;Samuel W. James

  • Evaluation of ITS rDNA as a complement to mitochondrial gene sequences for phylogenetic studies in freshwater mussels: an example using Unionidae from north-western Europe

    Mari Källersjö;Ted Von Proschwitz;Stefan Lundberg;Pia Eldenäs

  • Molecular phylogeny of Enchytraeidae (Annelida, Clitellata)

    Christer Erséus;Emilia Rota;Lisa Matamoros;Pierre De Wit

  • Phylogeny of 16S rRNA, Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase, and Adenosine 5′-Phosphosulfate Reductase Genes from Gamma- and Alphaproteobacterial Symbionts in Gutless Marine Worms (Oligochaeta) from Bermuda and the Bahamas

    Anna Blazejak;Jan Kuever;Christer Erséus;Rudolf Amann

  • PARSIMONY ANALYSIS OF THE PHYLOGENY OF SOME OLIGOCHAETA (ANNELIDA) USING SPERMATOZOAL ULTRASTRUCTURE

    Barrie G. M. Jamieson;Christer Erseus;Marco Ferraguti

  • Genetic variation in the popular lab worm Lumbriculus variegatus (Annelida: Clitellata: Lumbriculidae) reveals cryptic speciation.

    Daniel R. Gustafsson;David A. Price;Christer Erséus

  • Phylogenetic analysis of the aquatic Oligochaeta under the principle of parsimony

    Christer Erséus

  • Phylogenetic analysis of Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata) based on 18S rDNA sequences.

    C Erséus;T Prestegaard;Källersj

Frequent Co-Authors

Olav Giere
Olav Giere Universität Hamburg
Nicole Dubilier
Nicole Dubilier Max Planck Society
Samuel W. James
Samuel W. James Maharishi International University
Sascha L. Hallett
Sascha L. Hallett Oregon State University
Mark E. Siddall
Mark E. Siddall American Museum of Natural History
Mansour El-Matbouli
Mansour El-Matbouli University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Barrie G. M. Jamieson
Barrie G. M. Jamieson University of Queensland
Rudolf Amann
Rudolf Amann Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Peter J. O'Donoghue
Peter J. O'Donoghue University of Queensland
Stephen D. Atkinson
Stephen D. Atkinson Oregon State University

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