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Overview

David W. Thieltges is a researcher affiliated with the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research in the Netherlands. Their work primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on ecology, parasitology, and marine biology.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Their subfields of study cover:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Parasitology
  • Oceanography
  • Small Animals

Research topics addressed by Thieltges include:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Marine animal studies overview

Thieltges has contributed to a number of recent papers, some of which include:

  • "Collateral diseases: Aquaculture impacts on wildlife infections," 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Marine virus predation by non-host organisms," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Consumption of trematode parasite infectious stages: from conceptual synthesis to future research agenda," 2023, Journal of Helminthology
  • "Spread of the invasive shell-boring annelid Polydora websteri (Polychaeta, Spionidae) into naturalised oyster reefs in the European Wadden Sea," 2020, Marine Biodiversity
  • "Anthropogenic noise pollution and wildlife diseases," 2023, Trends in Parasitology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Thieltges are:

  • Andreas M. Waser
  • Maral Khosravi
  • K. Mathias Wegner
  • M. Anouk Goedknegt
  • Philip M. Riekenberg

Thieltges publishes regularly in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Marine Biodiversity
  • Biological Invasions
  • Research Square
  • Trends in Parasitology

In addition to journal articles, Thieltges has authored several book publications. These include works published by RIA-UA and Ifremer, such as:

  • "Atlas des parasites et maladies de la coque commune Cerastoderma edule," 2021
  • "Inventario de parasitos e enfermidades do berberecho Cerastoderma edule," 2021
  • "Catalogue of parasites and diseases of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule," 2021

Best Publications

  • Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Stefano Allesina;Matias Arim;Cherie J. Briggs

  • Diversity, decoys and the dilution effect: how ecological communities affect disease risk

    P. T. J. Johnson;D. W. Thieltges

  • When parasites become prey: ecological and epidemiological significance of eating parasites

    Pieter T.J. Johnson;Andrew P. Dobson;Kevin D. Lafferty;David J. Marcogliese

  • Parasites affect food web structure primarily through increased diversity and complexity.

    Jennifer A. Dunne;Kevin D. Lafferty;Andrew P. Dobson;Ryan F. Hechinger

  • The role of biotic factors in the transmission of free-living endohelminth stages.

    D. W. Thieltges;K. T. Jensen;R. Poulin

  • Are aliens threatening European aquatic coastal ecosystems

    Karsten Reise;Sergej Olenin;David W. Thieltges

  • Parasites and global warming: net effects of temperature on an intertidal host-parasite system.

    A. Studer;D. W. Thieltges;R. Poulin

  • Effect of temperature on emergence, survival and infectivity of cercariae of the marine trematode Renicola roscovita (Digenea: Renicolidae).

    David W. Thieltges;Jennifer Rick

  • Parasites and marine invasions: Ecological and evolutionary perspectives

    M. Anouk Goedknegt;Marieke E. Feis;K. Mathias Wegner;Pieternella C. Luttikhuizen

  • Wadden Sea mussel beds invaded by oysters and slipper limpets: competition or climate control?

    Georg Nehls;Susanne Diederich;David W. Thieltges;Matthias Strasser

  • The comparative ecology and biogeography of parasites

    Robert Poulin;Boris R. Krasnov;David Mouillot;David W. Thieltges

  • Invaders interfere with native parasite–host interactions

    David W. Thieltges;David W. Thieltges;Karsten Reise;Katrin Prinz;K. Thomas Jensen

  • Too cold to prosper—winter mortality prevents population increase of the introduced American slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata in northern Europe

    David W. Thieltges;Matthias Strasser;Justus E.E. van Beusekom;Karsten Reise

  • Parasites as prey in aquatic food webs: implications for predator infection and parasite transmission

    David W. Thieltges;Per-Arne Amundsen;Ryan F. Hechinger;Pieter T. J. Johnson

  • Parasite induced summer mortality in the cockle Cerastoderma edule by the trematode Gymnophallus choledochus

    David W. Thieltges

  • Spatial heterogeneity in parasite infections at different spatial scales in an intertidal bivalve

    David W. Thieltges;Karsten Reise

  • Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Pacific Oyster Hemolymph Microbiota across Multiple Scales

    Ana Lokmer;M. Anouk Goedknegt;David W. Thieltges;Dario Fiorentino

  • Collateral diseases: Aquaculture impacts on wildlife infections

    Mark M. Bouwmeester;M. Anouk Goedknegt;Robert Poulin;David W. Thieltges

  • Production of marine trematode cercariae: a potentially overlooked path of energy flow in benthic systems

    David W. Thieltges;Xavier de Montaudouin;Brian Fredensborg;K. Thomas Jensen

  • Macroparasite community in molluscs of a tidal basin in the Wadden Sea

    David W. Thieltges;Manuela Krakau;Henrike Andresen;Silke Fottner

  • Native Parasites Adopt Introduced Bivalves of the North Sea

    Manuela Krakau;David Thieltges;Karsten Reise

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Poulin
Robert Poulin University of Otago
Karsten Reise
Karsten Reise Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
David J. Marcogliese
David J. Marcogliese Environment and Climate Change Canada
Kevin D. Lafferty
Kevin D. Lafferty United States Geological Survey
Pieter T. J. Johnson
Pieter T. J. Johnson University of Colorado Boulder
Kim N. Mouritsen
Kim N. Mouritsen Aarhus University
Xavier de Montaudouin
Xavier de Montaudouin University of Bordeaux
Theunis Piersma
Theunis Piersma University of Groningen
Andrew P. Dobson
Andrew P. Dobson Princeton University
Christian Hof
Christian Hof University of Würzburg

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