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Klaus Schwenk 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 Klaus Schwenk sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 115 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Klaus Schwenk 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 Klaus Schwenk sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Klaus Schwenk is affiliated with the University of Koblenz and Landau in Germany. Their research spans broadly within Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Ecology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Environmental Chemistry, and Genetics. The focus on interdisciplinary studies marks their work across these interconnected subfields.

Their main research topics include:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Schwenk are several from 2020 to 2023, reflecting ongoing research activity in environmental and ecological sciences. Some of these include:

  • "Making waves: Pulling the plug-Climate change effects will turn gaining into losing streams with detrimental effects on groundwater quality" (2022, Water Research)
  • "Emerging Midges Transport Pesticides from Aquatic to Terrestrial Ecosystems: Importance of Compound- and Organism-Specific Parameters" (2022, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • "A synthesis of anthropogenic stress effects on emergence-mediated aquatic-terrestrial linkages and riparian food webs" (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Host-pathogen coevolution drives innate immune response to Aphanomyces astaci infection in freshwater crayfish: transcriptomic evidence" (2022, BMC Genomics)
  • "Ecology of predator-induced morphological defense traits in Daphnia longispina (Cladocera, Arthropoda)" (2020, Oecologia)

Frequent co-authors have included:

  • Nina Röder, with 14 joint publications
  • Mirco Bundschuh, with 10 joint publications
  • Kathrin Theißinger, with 9 joint publications
  • Caterina Francesconi, with 8 joint publications
  • Odile Lecompte, with 8 joint publications

Publication venues where Schwenk has frequently contributed include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 4 publications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 3 publications
  • The Science of The Total Environment with 2 publications
  • Water Research with 2 publications
  • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology with 2 publications

Best Publications

  • The Monopolization Hypothesis and the dispersal–gene flow paradox in aquatic organisms

    Luc De Meester;Africa Gómez;Beth Okamura;Klaus Schwenk

  • Cryptic animal species are homogeneously distributed among taxa and biogeographical regions.

    Markus Pfenninger;Klaus Schwenk

  • The power of species sorting: Local factors drive bacterial community composition over a wide range of spatial scales

    Katleen Van der Gucht;Karl Cottenie;Koenraad Muylaert;Nele Vloemans

  • Introduction. Extent, processes and evolutionary impact of interspecific hybridization in animals

    Klaus Schwenk;Nora Brede;Nora Brede;Bruno Streit

  • MULTI‐GROUP BIODIVERSITY IN SHALLOW LAKES ALONG GRADIENTS OF PHOSPHORUS AND WATER PLANT COVER

    S.A.J. Declerck;J. Vandekerkhove;L. Johansson;K. Muylaert

  • A taxonomic reappraisal of the European Daphnia longispina complex (Crustacea, Cladocera, Anomopoda)

    Adam Petrusek;Anders Hobæk;Jens Petter Nilssen;Morten Skage

  • Genetic markers Genealogies and Biogeographic patterns in the Cladocera

    Klaus Schwenk;Anna Sand;Maarten Boersma;Michaela Brehm

  • Assembly mechanisms determining high species turnover in aquatic communities over regional and continental scales

    Duarte S. Viana;Jordi Figuerola;K. Schwenk;M. Manca

  • A “crown of thorns” is an inducible defense that protects Daphnia against an ancient predator

    Adam Petrusek;Ralph Tollrian;Klaus Schwenk;Andreas Haas

  • Molecular systematics of European Hyalodaphnia: the role of contemporary hybridization in ancient species.

    Klaus Schwenk;David Posada;Paul D. N. Hebert

  • Review on environmental alterations propagating from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems.

    Ralf Schulz;Mirco Bundschuh;Mirco Bundschuh;René Gergs;René Gergs;Carsten A. Brühl

  • RAPD identification of microsatellites in Daphnia

    A. Ender;K. Schwenk;T. Städler;B. Streit

  • The impact of human-made ecological changes on the genetic architecture of Daphnia species.

    Nora Brede;Christoph Sandrock;Dietmar Straile;Piet Spaak

  • Clonal diversity and structure within a population of the pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus foraged by Bewick's swans.

    H. H. Hangelbroek;N. J. Ouborg;L. Santamaria;K. Schwenk

  • The evolutionary time machine: using dormant propagules to forecast how populations can adapt to changing environments

    Luisa Orsini;Luisa Orsini;Klaus Schwenk;Luc De Meester;John Kenneth Colbourne

  • Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences of Interspecific Hybridization in Cladocerans

    K. Schwenk;P. Spaak

  • Multi-generation studies with Chironomus riparius--Effects of low tributyltin concentrations on life history parameters and genetic diversity

    Christian Vogt;Carsten Nowak;Joao Barateiro Diogo;Matthias Oetken

  • 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

  • Microsatellite markers for European Daphnia

    N. Brede;A. Thielsch;C. Sandrock;P. Spaak

  • Differences in the sensitivity among cryptic lineages of the Gammarus fossarum complex.

    A. Feckler;A. Thielsch;K. Schwenk;R. Schulz

  • Contribution of cyclic parthenogenesis and colonization history to population structure in Daphnia.

    Anne Thielsch;Nora Brede;Nora Brede;Adam Petrusek;Luc De Meester

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Streit
Bruno Streit Goethe University Frankfurt
Adam Petrusek
Adam Petrusek Charles University
Carsten Nowak
Carsten Nowak Senckenberg Nature Research Society
Luc De Meester
Luc De Meester Freie Universität Berlin
Mirco Bundschuh
Mirco Bundschuh University of Koblenz and Landau
Markus Pfenninger
Markus Pfenninger Goethe University Frankfurt
Marco Thines
Marco Thines Goethe University Frankfurt
Jörg Oehlmann
Jörg Oehlmann Goethe University Frankfurt
Ralf Schulz
Ralf Schulz University of Koblenz and Landau

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