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Overview

Piet Spaak is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Switzerland and has a significant research presence in environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work predominantly covers aquatic ecosystems and ecological dynamics, focusing on several specialized subfields.

The scientist's research spans key subfields including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, genetics, environmental chemistry, and molecular biology. Their research topics are concentrated in aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, fish ecology and management, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, evolution and genetic dynamics, gut microbiota and health, species distribution and climate change, and myxozoan parasites in aquatic species.

Frequent publication venues for Piet Spaak's work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Hydrobiologia, Limnology and Oceanography, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and Aquatic Invasions.

Coauthors regularly collaborating with Spaak are Blake Matthews, Linda Haltiner, Stuart R. Dennis, Justyna Wolinska, and Amruta Rajarajan. Each has contributed to multiple joint publications, reflecting a collaborative research approach.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Piet Spaak are:

  • Threespine Stickleback in Lake Constance: The Ecology and Genomic Substrate of a Recent Invasion (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • The distribution and spread of quagga mussels in perialpine lakes north of the Alps (2022, Aquatic Invasions)
  • Host-Associated Bacterial Communities Vary Between Daphnia galeata Genotypes but Not by Host Genetic Distance (2022, Microbial Ecology)
  • Revisiting the phylogenetic position of Caullerya mesnili (Ichthyosporea), a common Daphnia parasite, based on 22 protein-coding genes (2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution)
  • Non-additive effects of foundation species determine the response of aquatic ecosystems to nutrient perturbation (2021, Ecology)

Best Publications

  • Chemically induced anti-predator defences in plankton: a review

    Sandra Lass;Piet Spaak

  • Predator-mediated plasticity in morphology, life history, and behavior of Daphnia: the uncoupling of responses

    Maarten Boersma;Piet Spaak;Luc De Meester

  • The ecological forecast horizon, and examples of its uses and determinants.

    Owen L Petchey;Owen L Petchey;Mikael Pontarp;Mikael Pontarp;Thomas M Massie;Sonia Kéfi

  • Homogenization of lake cyanobacterial communities over a century of climate change and eutrophication.

    Marie-Eve Monchamp;Piet Spaak;Piet Spaak;Isabelle Domaizon;Nathalie Dubois

  • Genetic markers Genealogies and Biogeographic patterns in the Cladocera

    Klaus Schwenk;Anna Sand;Maarten Boersma;Michaela Brehm

  • Environmental stress and local adaptation in Daphnia magna

    Luc De Meester;Maarten Boersma;Piet Spaak

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

    Nora Brede;Christoph Sandrock;Dietmar Straile;Piet Spaak

  • Population genetic structure of 3 alpine stream insects: influences of gene flow, demographics, and habitat fragmentation

    Michael T. Monaghan;Piet Spaak;Christopher T. Robinson;J. V. Ward

  • Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences of Interspecific Hybridization in Cladocerans

    K. Schwenk;P. Spaak

  • Sedimentary DNA Reveals Cyanobacterial Community Diversity over 200 Years in Two Perialpine Lakes.

    Marie-Eve Monchamp;Marie-Eve Monchamp;Jean-Claude Walser;Francesco Pomati;Francesco Pomati;Piet Spaak;Piet Spaak

  • Life History Variation and the Coexistence of a Daphnia Hybrid With Its Parental Species

    Piet Spaak;J. Rob Hoekstra

  • The cost of being common: evidence from natural Daphnia populations.

    Justyna Wolinska;Justyna Wolinska;Piet Spaak

  • Macroinvertebrate diversity in fragmented Alpine streams: implications for freshwater conservation

    Michael T. Monaghan;Christopher T. Robinson;Christopher T. Robinson;Piet Spaak;Piet Spaak;James V. Ward;James V. Ward

  • Genetic structure of cyclic parthenogenetic zooplankton populations - a conceptual framework

    Luc De Meester;Joost Vanoverbeke;Koen De Gelas;Raquel Ortells

  • Genetic differentiation of Baetis alpinus Pictet (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in fragmented alpine streams

    Michael T Monaghan;Piet Spaak;Christopher T Robinson;J V Ward

  • Nonrandom sexual reproduction and diapausing egg production in a Daphnia hybrid species complex

    Barbara Keller;Piet Spaak

  • Microsatellite markers for European Daphnia

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

  • The coexistence of hybrid and parental Daphnia: the role of parasites

    Justyna Wolinska;Kerstin Bittner;Dieter Ebert;Piet Spaak

  • Spatial, environmental and anthropogenic effects on the taxon composition of hybridizing Daphnia.

    Barbara Keller;Justyna Wolinska;Marina Manca;Piet Spaak

  • Individual-level trait diversity predicts phytoplankton community properties better than species richness or evenness

    Simone Fontana;Simone Fontana;Mridul Kanianthara Thomas;Mirela Moldoveanu;Piet Spaak;Piet Spaak

  • Predator-mediated plasticity in morphology, life history, and behavior of Daphnia: The uncoupling of responses (vol 152, pg 237, 1998)

    M Boersma;P Spaak;Luc De Meester

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Pomati
Francesco Pomati Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Maarten Boersma
Maarten Boersma Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Nelson G. Hairston
Nelson G. Hairston Cornell University
Blake Matthews
Blake Matthews Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Monika Winder
Monika Winder Stockholm University
Luc De Meester
Luc De Meester Freie Universität Berlin
Michael T. Monaghan
Michael T. Monaghan Freie Universität Berlin
Christopher T. Robinson
Christopher T. Robinson Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Juliane Hollender
Juliane Hollender Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Bastiaan Willem Ibelings
Bastiaan Willem Ibelings University of Geneva

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