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Overview

Ralph Tollrian is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant portion of work in Ecology. Their research encompasses diverse subfields such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Plant Science.

The main topics covered in Tollrian's research include:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies

Tollrian's recent publications reflect a focus on ecological and environmental topics, with notable articles including:

  • The Asymmetric Response Concept explains ecological consequences of multiple stressor exposure and release, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A novel environmental DNA detection approach for the wading birds Platalea leucorodia, Recurvirostra avosetta and Tringa totanus, 2020, Conservation Genetics Resources
  • The history, biological relevance, and potential applications for polyp bailout in corals, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • Linking local movement and molecular analysis to explore philopatry and population connectivity of the southern stingray Hypanus americanus, 2020, Journal of Fish Biology
  • An environmental DNA metabarcoding approach versus a visual survey for reefs of Koh Pha-ngan in Thailand, 2022, Environmental DNA

Tollrian often collaborates with a network of researchers, with frequent co-authors including Linda C. Weiss, Martin Horstmann, Maximilian Schweinsberg, Florian Leese, and Arne J. Beermann.

The scientist publishes regularly in journals and platforms such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie, PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Best Publications

  • The ecology and evolution of inducible defenses

    C. Drew Harvell

  • Transgenerational induction of defences in animals and plants

    Anurag A. Agrawal;Christian Laforsch;Ralph Tollrian

  • PREDATOR FUNCTIONAL RESPONSES: DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN HANDLING AND DIGESTING PREY

    Jonathan M. Jeschke;Michael Kopp;Ralph Tollrian

  • Consumer‐food systems: why type I functional responses are exclusive to filter feeders

    Jonathan M. Jeschke;Michael Kopp;Ralph Tollrian

  • Inducible Defenses in Cladocera:: Constraints, Costs, and Multipredator Environments

    Ralph Tollrian;Stanley I. Dodson

  • Chemical cues, defence metabolites and the shaping of pelagic interspecific interactions

    Georg Pohnert;Georg Pohnert;Michael Steinke;Michael Steinke;Ralph Tollrian

  • The impact of ultraviolet radiation on the vertical distribution of zooplankton of the genus Daphnia

    Stephan C. Rhode;Markus Pawlowski;Ralph Tollrian

  • Environmental Tolerance, Heterogeneity, and the Evolution of Reversible Plastic Responses

    Wilfried Gabriel;Barney Luttbeg;Andrew Sih;Ralph Tollrian

  • Neckteeth formation in Daphnia pulex as an example of continuous phenotypic plasticity: morphological effects of Chaoborus kairomone concentration and their quantification

    Ralph Tollrian

  • INDUCIBLE DEFENSES IN MULTIPREDATOR ENVIRONMENTS: CYCLOMORPHOSIS IN DAPHNIA CUCULLATA.

    Christian Laforsch;Ralph Tollrian

  • Alternative antipredator defences and genetic polymorphism in a pelagic predator–prey system

    Luc De Meester;Lawrence J. Weider;Ralph Tollrian

  • Prey swarming: which predators become confused and why?

    Jonathan M. Jeschke;Ralph Tollrian

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

    Adam Petrusek;Ralph Tollrian;Klaus Schwenk;Andreas Haas

  • Inducible defenses: The relevance of chemical alarm cues in Daphnia

    Christian Laforsch;Laura Beccara;Ralph Tollrian

  • Individual swimming behavior of Daphnia: effects of food, light and container size in four clones

    Stanley I. Dodson;Shanna Ryan;Ralph Tollrian;Winfried Lampert

  • Multiple-stressor effects on stream invertebrates: a mesocosm experiment manipulating nutrients, fine sediment and flow velocity

    Vasco Elbrecht;Vasco Elbrecht;Arne J. Beermann;Arne J. Beermann;Gunnar Goessler;Janis Neumann

  • Rising pCO2 in Freshwater Ecosystems Has the Potential to Negatively Affect Predator-Induced Defenses in Daphnia

    Linda C. Weiss;Leonie Pötter;Annika Steiger;Sebastian Kruppert

  • Fish-kairomone induced morphological changes in Daphnia lumholtzi (Sars)

    Ralph Tollrian

  • Chaoborus crystallinus predation on Daphnia pulex: can induced morphological changes balance effects of body size on vulnerability?

    Ralph Tollrian

  • Density-dependent effects of prey defences

    J. M. Jeschke;R. Tollrian

  • An acoustic microscopy technique reveals hidden morphological defenses in Daphnia.

    Christian Laforsch;Wilfred Ngwa;Wolfgang Grill;Ralph Tollrian

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Leese
Florian Leese University of Duisburg-Essen
Christian Laforsch
Christian Laforsch University of Bayreuth
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin
John K. Colbourne
John K. Colbourne University of Birmingham
Stanley I. Dodson
Stanley I. Dodson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stanislav N. Gorb
Stanislav N. Gorb Kiel University
Winfried Lampert
Winfried Lampert Max Planck Society
Klaus Schwenk
Klaus Schwenk University of Koblenz and Landau
Christoph D. Matthaei
Christoph D. Matthaei University of Otago
Georg Pohnert
Georg Pohnert Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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