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Overview

Martin Wahl is affiliated with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on Mathematics and Environmental Science.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Mathematics
  • Environmental Science

Within these disciplines, Wahl's subfields of study cover:

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Parasitology

Themes consistently addressed in Wahl's work involve:

  • Statistical Methods and Inference
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Random Matrices and Applications
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Parasites and Host Interactions

Martin Wahl has contributed research papers to various publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • The Annals of Statistics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Global Change Biology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Martin Wahl are:

  • Heat sensitivity of first host and cercariae may restrict parasite transmission in a warming sea, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Role of hydrodynamics in shaping chemical habitats and modulating the responses of coastal benthic systems to ocean global change, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Epiphytes provide micro-scale refuge from ocean acidification, 2020, Marine Environmental Research
  • The Higher the Needs, the Lower the Tolerance: Extreme Events May Select Ectotherm Recruits With Lower Metabolic Demand and Heat Sensitivity, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Two comparative studies of computer simulations and experiments as learning tools in school and out-of-school education, 2022, Instructional Science

Frequent co-authors in Wahl's collaborative work are:

  • Christian Pansch
  • Claudia Bommarito
  • Dakeishla M. Díaz-Morales
  • Gil Rilov
  • Tamar Guy-Haim

Best Publications

  • Marine epibiosis. I. Fouling and antifouling: some basic aspects

    Martin Wahl

  • The second skin: ecological role of epibiotic biofilms on marine organisms.

    Martin Wahl;Franz Ronald Goecke;Antje Labes;Sergey Dobretsov

  • Calcifying invertebrates succeed in a naturally CO 2 -rich coastal habitat but are threatened by high levels of future acidification

    Jörn Thomsen;Magdalena Gutowska;Julia Saphörster;Agnes Heinemann

  • Epibacterial community patterns on marine macroalgae are host-specific but temporally variable.

    Tim Lachnit;Tim Lachnit;Diana Meske;Martin Wahl;Tilmann Harder

  • ADVANCES IN MARINE BIOLOGY, VOL 59

    Martin Wahl;Veijo Jormalainen;Klemens Eriksson;James A. Coyer

  • Associational resistance and shared doom: effects of epibiosis on herbivory.

    Martin Wahl;Mark E. Hay

  • The influence of natural surface microtopographies on fouling

    A Valeria Bers;Martin Wahl

  • Specific epibacterial communities on macroalgae: phylogeny matters more than habitat

    Tim Lachnit;Martina Blümel;Johannes F. Imhoff;Martin Wahl

  • The predominantly facultative nature of epibiosis: experimental and observational evidence

    Martin Wahl;Olaf Mark

  • Ecological lever and interface ecology: epibiosis modulates the interactions between host and environment.

    Martin Wahl

  • Microbial colonization and degradation of polyethylene and biodegradable plastic bags in temperate fine-grained organic-rich marine sediments.

    Alice Nauendorf;Stefan Krause;Nikolaus K. Bigalke;Elena V. Gorb

  • Stress Ecology in Fucus: Abiotic, Biotic and Genetic Interactions

    Martin Wahl;Veijo Jormalainen;Britas Klemens Eriksson;James A Coyer

  • Chemical control of bacterial epibiosis on ascidians

    Martin Wahl;P. R. Jensen;W. Fenical

  • Macroalgae may mitigate ocean acidification effects on mussel calcification by increasing pH and its fluctuations

    Martin Wahl;Sabrina Schneider Covachã;Vincent Saderne;Vincent Saderne;Claas Hiebenthal

  • Patterns of nutrient loading in forested and urbanized coastal streams

    M.H. Wahl;H.N. McKellar;T.M. Williams

  • Non-native marine invertebrates are more tolerant towards environmental stress than taxonomically related native species: Results from a globally replicated study

    Mark Lenz;Bernardo A.P. da Gama;Nadine V. Gerner;Judith Gobin

  • CRAYFISH FEEDING PREFERENCES FOR FRESHWATER MACROPHYTES: THE INFLUENCE OF PLANT STRUCTURE AND CHEMISTRY

    Greg Cronin;Greg Cronin;David M. Lodge;Mark E. Hay;Margaret Miller

  • Regulation of anti-herbivore defence by Fucus vesiculosus in response to various cues

    Sven Rohde;Markus Molis;Martin Wahl

  • Biologists ignore ocean weather at their peril.

    Amanda E. Bates;Brian Helmuth;Michael T. Burrows;Murray I. Duncan

  • Habitat traits and food availability determine the response of marine invertebrates to ocean acidification.

    Christian Pansch;Christian Pansch;Iris Schaub;Iris Schaub;Jonathan N Havenhand;Martin Wahl

  • Marine epibiosis. II. Reduced fouling on Polysyncraton lacazei (Didemnidae, Tunicata) and proposal of an antifouling potential index

    Martin Wahl;Francoise Lafargue

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Molis
Markus Molis University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Ulf Karsten
Ulf Karsten University of Rostock
Florian Weinberger
Florian Weinberger Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gil Rilov
Gil Rilov Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Martin Thiel
Martin Thiel Catholic University of the North
Sergey Dobretsov
Sergey Dobretsov Sultan Qaboos University
Masahiro Nakaoka
Masahiro Nakaoka Hokkaido University
Arne Körtzinger
Arne Körtzinger GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Anton Eisenhauer
Anton Eisenhauer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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