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Overview

Markus Weitere is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications spanning various subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Water Science and Technology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Weitere's work addresses diverse topics within Environmental Science, highlighting areas such as Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, and Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with multiple environmental stressors and ecosystem processes. Examples include:

  • "Pesticides are the dominant stressors for vulnerable insects in lowland streams," 2021, Water Research
  • "The Asymmetric Response Concept explains ecological consequences of multiple stressor exposure and release," 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Exploring flow-biofilm-sediment interactions: Assessment of current status and future challenges," 2020, Water Research
  • "Disentangling multiple chemical and non-chemical stressors in a lotic ecosystem using a longitudinal approach," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Resilience trinity: safeguarding ecosystem functioning and services across three different time horizons and decision contexts," 2020, Oikos

Weitere collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Mario Brauns, Patrick Fink, Dietrich Borchardt, Norbert Kamjunke, and Werner Brack. These collaborations contribute to a substantial publication record, especially in journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, International Review of Hydrobiology, Water Research, Limnology and Oceanography, and Hydrobiologia.

Their publication venues emphasize interdisciplinary research at the intersection of ecology, chemistry, and environmental technology, consistently addressing challenges in freshwater and aquatic ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Pesticides are the dominant stressors for vulnerable insects in lowland streams.

    Matthias Liess;Liana Liebmann;Philipp Vormeier;Oliver Weisner

  • Grazing resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms depends on type of protective mechanism, developmental stage and protozoan feeding mode.

    Markus Weitere;Tanja Bergfeld;Scott A. Rice;Carsten Matz

  • Ecological Simplification: Human Influences on Riverscape Complexity

    Marc Peipoch;Mario Brauns;F. Richard Hauer;Markus Weitere

  • The Bode hydrological observatory: a platform for integrated, interdisciplinary hydro-ecological research within the TERENO Harz/Central German Lowland Observatory

    Ute Wollschläger;Sabine Attinger;Dietrich Borchardt;Mario Brauns

  • The food web perspective on aquatic biofilms

    Markus Weitere;Martina Erken;Nabil Majdi;Hartmut Arndt

  • Large-scale patterns in biodiversity of microbial eukaryotes from the abyssal sea floor

    Frank Scheckenbach;Klaus Hausmann;Claudia Wylezich;Markus Weitere

  • Tracing the first step to speciation: ecological and genetic differentiation of a salamander population in a small forest

    Sebastian Steinfartz;Markus Weitere;Diethard Tautz

  • Contribution of biofilm-dwelling consumers to pelagic–benthic coupling in a large river

    Marcel Kathol;Helmut Fischer;Markus Weitere;Markus Weitere

  • Continuous In-Stream Assimilatory Nitrate Uptake from High-Frequency Sensor Measurements

    Michael Rode;Susanne Halbedel née Angelstein;Muhammad Rehan Anis;Dietrich Borchardt

  • Adaptive divergence vs. environmental plasticity: tracing local genetic adaptation of metamorphosis traits in salamanders

    Markus Weitere;Diethard Tautz;Dietrich Neumann;Sebastian Steinfartz

  • The role of quorum sensing mediated developmental traits in the resistance of Serratia marcescens biofilms against protozoan grazing.

    Shu-Yeong Queck;Markus Weitere;Ana María Moreno;Scott A. Rice

  • Contrasting long-term trends and shifts in phytoplankton dynamics in two large rivers

    Paulin Hardenbicker;Susanne Rolinski;Markus Weitere;Helmut Fischer

  • Linking environmental warming to the fitness of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea

    Markus Weitere;Andreas Vohmann;Nadine Schulz;Catherine Linn

  • Molecular comparisons of freshwater and marine isolates of the same morphospecies of heterotrophic flagellates.

    Frank Scheckenbach;Claudia Wylezich;Alexander P. Mylnikov;Markus Weitere

  • Responses of Biofilm-Dwelling Ciliate Communities to Planktonic and Benthic Resource Enrichment

    Helge Norf;Hartmut Arndt;Markus Weitere

  • Protozoans and Biofilms

    Hartmut Arndt;Kerstin Schmidt-Denter;Brigitte Auer;Markus Weitere

  • Impact of local temperature increase on the early development of biofilm-associated ciliate communities

    Helge Norf;Hartmut Arndt;Markus Weitere

  • Molecular identity of strains of heterotrophic flagellates isolated from surface waters and deep-sea sediments of the South Atlantic based on SSU rDNA

    Frank Scheckenbach;Claudia Wylezich;Markus Weitere;Klaus Hausmann

  • Effects of temperature increase on the grazing of planktonic bacteria by biofilm-dwelling consumers

    Marcel Kathol;Helge Norf;Hartmut Arndt;Markus Weitere

  • Linking the evolution of habitat choice to ecosystem functioning: direct and indirect effects of pond-reproducing fire salamanders on aquatic-terrestrial subsidies

    Timm Reinhardt;Sebastian Steinfartz;Achim Paetzold;Markus Weitere

  • Habitat adaptation rather than genetic distance correlates with female preference in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra)

    Barbara A Caspers;Claudia Junge;Markus Weitere;Sebastian Steinfartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Hartmut Arndt
Hartmut Arndt University of Cologne
Michael Rode
Michael Rode Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Werner Brack
Werner Brack Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Matthias Liess
Matthias Liess Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Sebastian Steinfartz
Sebastian Steinfartz Leipzig University
Andreas Lorke
Andreas Lorke University of Koblenz and Landau
Christian Griebler
Christian Griebler University of Vienna
Ralf Seppelt
Ralf Seppelt Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt
Staffan Kjelleberg
Staffan Kjelleberg Nanyang Technological University

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