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Overview

Mark O. Gessner is affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change. The main topics covered in their work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of Gessner's research efforts:

  • Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research, 2021, Ecology Letters
  • Pathways for cross-boundary effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning, 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition, 2021, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors that have worked extensively with Gessner include:

  • Hans-Peter Grossart (21 publications)
  • Jens C. Nejstgaard (15 publications)
  • Stella A. Berger (14 publications)
  • Florian Leese (8 publications)
  • Sabine Wollrab (8 publications)

The most frequent publication venues for Gessner's work are:

  • Global Change Biology (4 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (3 publications)
  • Ecology Letters (2 publications)
  • Nature Communications (2 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges

    David Dudgeon;Angela H. Arthington;Mark O. Gessner;Zen-Ichiro Kawabata

  • Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity

    Charles J. Vorosmarty;Peter B. McIntyre;Peter B. McIntyre;M. O. Gessner;D. Dudgeon

  • Diversity meets decomposition

    Mark O. Gessner;Mark O. Gessner;Christopher M. Swan;Christian K. Dang;Christian K. Dang;Brendan G. McKie

  • Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

    I. Tanya Handa;Rien Aerts;Frank Berendse;Matty P. Berg

  • CONTRIBUTION OF STREAM DETRIVORES, FUNGI, AND BACTERIA TO LEAF BREAKDOWN BASED ON BIOMASS ESTIMATES

    Mäggi Hieber;Mark O. Gessner

  • A perspective on leaf litter breakdown in streams

    Mark O. Gessner;Eric Chauvet;Mike Dobson

  • IMPORTANCE OF STREAM MICROFUNGI IN CONTROLLING BREAKDOWN RATES OF LEAF LITTER

    Mark O. Gessner;Eric Chauvet

  • Continental-scale effects of nutrient pollution on stream ecosystem functioning.

    Guy Woodward;Guy Woodward;Mark O Gessner;Paul S Giller;Vladislav Gulis

  • A CASE FOR USING LITTER BREAKDOWN TO ASSESS FUNCTIONAL STREAM INTEGRITY

    Mark O. Gessner;Eric Chauvet

  • Synthetic chemicals as agents of global change

    Emily S Bernhardt;Emma J Rosi;Mark O Gessner;Mark O Gessner

  • N : P ratios influence litter decomposition and colonization by fungi and bacteria in microcosms

    Sabine Güsewell;Mark O. Gessner

  • Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems.

    Sebastian Birk;Daniel Chapman;Laurence Carvalho;Bryan M. Spears

  • Ergosterol-to-Biomass Conversion Factors for Aquatic Hyphomycetes

    Mark O. Gessner;Eric Chauvet

  • Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning: emerging issues and their experimental test in aquatic environments

    Paul S. Giller;Helmut Hillebrand;Ulrike G. Berninger;Mark O. Gessner

  • The Role of Biodiversity in the Functioning of Freshwater and Marine Benthic Ecosystems

    Alan P. Covich;Melanie C. Austen;Felix Bärlocher;Eric Chauvet

  • Methods to Study Litter Decomposition: A Practical Guide

    Manuel A. S. Graça;Felix Bärlocher;Mark O. Gessner

  • Species diversity, functional diversity, and ecosystem functioning

    D. Hooper;N. Buchmann;V. Degrange;S. M. Díaz

  • A global experiment suggests climate warming will not accelerate litter decomposition in streams but might reduce carbon sequestration

    Luz Boyero;Richard G. Pearson;Mark O. Gessner;Mark O. Gessner;Leon A. Barmuta

  • Bacteria, fungi and the breakdown of leaf litter in a large river

    Virginie Baldy;Mark O. Gessner;Eric Chauvet

  • Erratum: Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity

    C. J. Vörösmarty;P. B. McIntyre;M. O. Gessner;D. Dudgeon

  • Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude

    Luz Boyero;Manuel A. S. Graca;Alan M. Tonin;Javier Perez

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Chauvet
Eric Chauvet Paul Sabatier University
Manuel A. S. Graça
Manuel A. S. Graça University of Coimbra
Scott D. Tiegs
Scott D. Tiegs Oakland University
Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
Luz Boyero
Luz Boyero University of the Basque Country
David Dudgeon
David Dudgeon University of Hong Kong
Andrea C. Encalada
Andrea C. Encalada Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Brendan G. McKie
Brendan G. McKie Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Catherine M. Yule
Catherine M. Yule University of the Sunshine Coast
Verónica Ferreira
Verónica Ferreira University of Coimbra

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