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Christian Albrecht

Christian Albrecht

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Ecology and Evolution

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Overview

Christian Albrecht is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany. Their research primarily lies within the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology. Subfields of study include Ecology, Insect Science, Parasitology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Oceanography.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Mollusks and Parasites Studies, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Parasites and Host Interactions, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics.

Christian Albrecht has published research extensively in several venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate engagement with diverse aquatic ecological subjects. Selected publications are:

  • Diversification of epizoic freshwater limpets in ancient lakes on Sulawesi, Indonesia: Coincidence or coevolution? (2020), Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • The conservation status of the world's freshwater molluscs (2020), Hydrobiologia
  • Deep drilling reveals massive shifts in evolutionary dynamics after formation of ancient ecosystem (2020), Science Advances
  • Simultaneous genotyping of snails and infecting trematode parasites using high-throughput amplicon sequencing (2021), Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Need for harmonized long-term multi-lake monitoring of African Great Lakes (2022), Journal of Great Lakes Research

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Christian Albrecht include:

  • Catharina Clewing (28 collaborations)
  • Björn Stelbrink (20 collaborations)
  • Mohamed Ghamizi (17 collaborations)
  • Hanane Rassam (16 collaborations)
  • Hassan Benaissa (15 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Is deep-water gastropod decline in the ancient lakes Malawi and Tanganyika heralding ecosystem change ?

    B. Van Bocxlaer;R. Schultheiß;P.-D. Plisnier;C. Albrecht

  • Ancient Lake Ohrid: biodiversity and evolution

    Christian Albrecht;Thomas Wilke

  • As Time Goes by: A Simple Fool's Guide to Molecular Clock Approaches in Invertebrates*

    Thomas Wilke;Christian Albrecht

  • Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of pulmonate gastropods (Mollusca): new insights from increased taxon sampling.

    Benoît Dayrat;Michele Conrad;Shaina Balayan;Tracy R. White

  • From sea to land and beyond – New insights into the evolution of euthyneuran Gastropoda (Mollusca)

    Annette Klussmann-Kolb;Angela Dinapoli;Kerstin Kuhn;Bruno Streit

  • Mediterranean winter rainfall in phase with African monsoons during the past 1.36 million years

    Bernd Wagner;Hendrik Vogel;Alexander Francke;Alexander Francke;Tobias Friedrich

  • The biogeography of Sulawesi revisited: is there evidence for a vicariant origin of taxa on Wallace's "anomalous island"?

    Björn Stelbrink;Christian Albrecht;Robert Hall;Thomas von Rintelen

  • The effect of tropical deforestation on stingless bees of the genus Melipona (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in central Rondonia, Brazil

    J. Christopher Brown;Christian Albrecht

  • The conservation status of the world’s freshwater molluscs

    Monika Böhm;Nadia I. Dewhurst-Richman;Nadia I. Dewhurst-Richman;Mary Seddon;Sophie E.H. Ledger

  • Rapid evolution of an ancient lake species flock: Freshwater limpets (Gastropoda: Ancylidae) in the Balkan Lake Ohrid

    Christian Albrecht;Christian Albrecht;Sasho Trajanovski;Kerstin Kuhn;Bruno Streit

  • A molecular phylogeny of Planorboidea (Gastropoda, Pulmonata): insights from enhanced taxon sampling

    Christian Albrecht;Kerstin Kuhn;Bruno Streit

  • Concurrent evolution of ancient sister lakes and sister species: the freshwater gastropod genus Radix in lakes Ohrid and Prespa

    Christian Albrecht;Christian Wolff;Peter Glöer;Thomas Wilke

  • Rare earth elements and relation between their potential bioavailability and soil properties, Nidda catchment (Central Germany)

    Mareike Loell;Christian Albrecht;Peter Felix-Henningsen

  • Invasion of ancient Lake Titicaca by the globally invasive Physa acuta (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Hygrophila)

    Christian Albrecht;Oliver Kroll;Edmundo Moreno Terrazas;Thomas Wilke

  • Ecological and morphological differentiation among cryptic evolutionary lineages in freshwater limpets of the nominal form-group Ancylus fluviatilis (O.F. Müller, 1774).

    Markus Pfenninger;Sid Staubach;Christian Albrecht;Bruno Streit

  • Molluscan Models in Evolutionary Biology: Apple Snails (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) as a System for Addressing Fundamental Questions*

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  • Multilocus Phylogeny of the Afrotropical Freshwater Crab Fauna Reveals Historical Drainage Connectivity and Transoceanic Dispersal Since the Eocene

    Savel R. Daniels;Ethel E. Phiri;Sebastian Klaus;Sebastian Klaus;Christian Albrecht

  • Pleistocene phylogeography and phylogenetic concordance in cold-adapted spring snails (Bythinella spp.).

    M. Benke;M. Brändle;C. Albrecht;T. Wilke

  • Spatial variability of recent sedimentation in Lake Ohrid (Albania/Macedonia)

    H. Vogel;M. Wessels;C. Albrecht;H.-B. Stich

  • Molecular phylogeny and character evolution in the Western Palaearctic Helicidae s.l. (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora).

    Dirk Steinke;Christian Albrecht;Markus Pfenninger

  • Old fossils–young species: evolutionary history of an endemic gastropod assemblage in Lake Malawi

    Roland Schultheiß;Bert Van Bocxlaer;Thomas Wilke;Christian Albrecht

  • A freshwater biodiversity hotspot under pressure – assessing threats and identifying conservation needs for ancient Lake Ohrid

    G. Kostoski;C. Albrecht;S. Trajanovski;T. Wilke

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wilke
Thomas Wilke University of Giessen
Thomas von Rintelen
Thomas von Rintelen Museum für Naturkunde
Hendrik Vogel
Hendrik Vogel University of Bern
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham
Bruno Streit
Bruno Streit Goethe University Frankfurt
Bernd Wagner
Bernd Wagner University of Cologne
Laura Sadori
Laura Sadori Sapienza University of Rome
Frank P. Wesselingh
Frank P. Wesselingh Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Sebastian Krastel
Sebastian Krastel Kiel University
Mathias Harzhauser
Mathias Harzhauser Natural History Museum Vienna

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