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Karl-Otto Rothhaupt

Karl-Otto Rothhaupt

Karl-Otto Rothhaupt publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karl-Otto Rothhaupt sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

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Karl-Otto Rothhaupt D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karl-Otto Rothhaupt sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Karl-Otto Rothhaupt is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in the subfields of ecology, nature and landscape conservation, environmental chemistry, oceanography, and global and planetary change.

Their main topics of work revolve around aquatic ecosystems and related ecological dynamics. Key subjects include:

  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species

Rothhaupt has published articles in a range of scientific journals, reflecting a focus on aquatic and environmental studies. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Aquatic Invasions
  • Biology
  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Rothhaupt include:

  • The distribution and spread of quagga mussels in perialpine lakes north of the Alps (2022, Aquatic Invasions)
  • Toxicity and Starvation Induce Major Trophic Isotope Variation in Daphnia Individuals: A Diet Switch Experiment Using Eight Phytoplankton Species of Differing Nutritional Quality (2022, Biology)
  • Qualitative and quantitative changes in phenology of chlorophyll a concentrations during the transition from eutrophy to oligotrophy (2024, Limnology and Oceanography Letters)
  • Veliger density and environmental conditions control quagga mussel colonization rates in two perialpine lakes (2023, Journal of Great Lakes Research)
  • The Potential Impacts of Invasive Quagga and Zebra Mussels on Macroinvertebrate Communities: An Artificial Stone Substrate Based Field Experiment Using Stable Isotopes (2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Hui Zhang
  • Elizabeth Yohannes
  • Linda Haltiner
  • Piet Spaak
  • Stuart R. Dennis

Best Publications

  • Ecological effects of water-level fluctuations in lakes: an urgent issue

    Karl M. Wantzen;Karl-Otto Rothhaupt;Martin Mörtl;Marco Cantonati

  • Chemical induction of colony formation in a green alga (Scenedesmus acutus) by grazers (Daphnia)

    Winfried Lampert;Karl Otto Rothhaupt;Eric von Elert

  • Temperature Effects Explain Continental Scale Distribution of Cyanobacterial Toxins

    Evanthia Mantzouki;Miquel Lürling;Jutta Fastner;Lisette de Senerpont Domis

  • Stratification strength and light climate explain variation in chlorophyll a at the continental scale in a European multilake survey in a heatwave summer

    Daphne Donis;Evanthia Mantzouki;Daniel F. McGinnis;Dominic Vachon;Dominic Vachon

  • An extension of the floodpulse concept (FPC) for lakes

    Karl M. Wantzen;Wolfgang J. Junk;Karl-Otto Rothhaupt

  • Predictive Length–Dry Mass Regressions for Freshwater Invertebrates in a Pre‐Alpine Lake Littoral

    Daniel Baumgärtner;Karl‐Otto Rothhaupt

  • Feeding rates of macro- and microzooplankton on heterotrophic nanoflagellates

    Klaus Jürgens;Stephen A. Wickham;Karl Otto Rothhaupt;Barbara Santer

  • Zooplankton-mediated changes of bacterial community structure

    K. Jürgens;Harmut Arndt;K. O. Rothhaupt

  • Effects of Adult Dreissena polymorpha on Settling Juveniles and Associated Macroinvertebrates

    Martin Mörtl;Karl-Otto Rothhaupt

  • Strong impact of wintering waterbirds on zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) populations at Lake Constance, Germany

    Stefan Werner;Martin Mörtl;Hans‐Günther Bauer;Karl‐Otto Rothhaupt

  • A simulation study of the feedback of phytoplankton on thermal structure via light extinction

    Karsten Rinke;Peter Yeates;Karl-Otto Rothhaupt

  • Ecological interactions of the microparasite Caullerya mesnili and its host Daphnia galeata

    Kerstin Bittner;Karl-Otto Rothhaupt;Dieter Ebert

  • Mass mortality of the invasive bivalve Corbicula fluminea induced by a severe low-water event and associated low water temperatures

    Stefan Werner;Karl-Otto Rothhaupt

  • Alternating dynamics of rotifers and Daphnia magna in a shallow lake

    Winfried Lampert;Karl Otto Rothhaupt

  • Effects of the invasive bivalve Corbicula fluminea on settling juveniles and other benthic taxa

    Stefan Werner;Karl-Otto Rothhaupt

  • Zebra mussels mediate benthic–pelagic coupling by biodeposition and changing detrital stoichiometry

    René Gergs;Karsten Rinke;Karl‐Otto Rothhaupt

  • Effects of water-depth and water-level fluctuations on the macroinvertebrate community structure in the littoral zone of Lake Constance

    Daniel Baumgärtner;Martin Mörtl;Karl-Otto Rothhaupt

  • Ecological effects of water-level fluctuations in lakes

    Karl M. Wantzen;Karl-Otto Rothhaupt;Martin Mörtl;Marco Cantonati

  • Effects of zebra mussels on a native amphipod and the invasive Dikerogammarus villosus: the influence of biodeposition and structural complexity

    René Gergs;Karl-Otto Rothhaupt

  • Characterization of microsatellite loci for the Mediterranean red gorgonian, Paramuricea clavata

    K. Mokhtar-Jamai;L. Bottin;A. Chaix;D. Aurelle

Frequent Co-Authors

Winfried Lampert
Winfried Lampert Max Planck Society
Walter Traunspurger
Walter Traunspurger Bielefeld University
Dominik Martin-Creuzburg
Dominik Martin-Creuzburg University of Konstanz
Dietmar Straile
Dietmar Straile University of Konstanz
Frank Peeters
Frank Peeters University of Konstanz
Hans-Peter Grossart
Hans-Peter Grossart University of Potsdam
Karl M. Wantzen
Karl M. Wantzen François Rabelais University
Donald C. Pierson
Donald C. Pierson Uppsala University
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Petra M. Visser
Petra M. Visser University of Amsterdam

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