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3883
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2129
National Ranking
75

Overview

Heike Wägele is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and is active in research within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Ocean Engineering, Biotechnology, and Biomaterials.

The research primarily focuses on marine biology and ecology, particularly exploring marine sponges and natural products as well as marine biology and environmental chemistry. Some specific topics covered in their publications include:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials

Heike Wägele has contributed to various peer-reviewed journals with notable publications including:

  • Selection of sponge-associated bacteria with high potential for the production of antibacterial compounds, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • First Study on Marine Heterobranchia (Gastropoda, Mollusca) in Bangka Archipelago, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2020, Diversity
  • Antibacterial scalarane from Doriprismatica stellata nudibranchs (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia), egg ribbons, and their dietary sponge Spongia cf. agaricina (Demospongiae, Dictyoceratida), 2020, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Transcriptomics provides a robust framework for the relationships of the major clades of cladobranch sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia), but fails to resolve the position of the enigmatic genus Embletonia, 2021, BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • Metabolome of the Phyllidiella pustulosa Species Complex (Nudibranchia, Heterobranchia, Gastropoda) Reveals Rare Dichloroimidic Sesquiterpene Derivatives from a Phylogenetically Distinct and Undescribed Clade, 2020, Journal of Natural Products

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Gabriele M. König
  • Adelfia Papu
  • Stefan Kehraus
  • Wencke Krings
  • Charlotte Neumann

Heike Wägele publishes regularly in notable scientific venues such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Diversity
  • Organisms Diversity & Evolution
  • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • BMC Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Reconstruction of the phylogeny of the opisthobranchia (Mollusca:Gastropoda) by means of 18S and 28S rRNA gene sequences

    Verena Vonnemann;Michael Schrödl;Annette Klussmann-Kolb;Heike Wägele

  • Comparative morphology and evolution of the cnidosac in Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia).

    Jessica A. Goodheart;Sabrina Bleidißel;Dorothee Schillo;Ellen E. Strong

  • Defensive strategies of Cladobranchia (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)

    Annika Putz;Gabriele M. König;Heike Wägele

  • On the anatomy and zoogeography of Tritoniella belli Eliot, 1907 (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia) and the synonymy of T. sinuata Eliot, 1907

    Heike Wägele

  • Revision of the Antarctic genus Notaeolidia (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia), with a description of a new species

    Heike Wägele

  • Description of a New Notaspidean Genus and Species (Opisthobranchia: Notaspidea) from the Antarctic Ocean

    Heike Wägele;Stefan Hain

  • Studies on the morphology and anatomy of the Antarctic nudibranch genera Pseudotritonia Thiele, 1912 and Telarma Odhner, 1934 with a discussion of the family Charcotiidae Odhner, 1926 (Nudibranchia: Opisthobranchia)

    Heike Wägele

  • Redescription and anatomy of Aegires (Anaegires) albus Thiele, 1912 (Opisthobranchia, Doridacea) and synonymy with A. protectus Odhner, 1934

    Heike Wägele

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