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Sabine Hilt is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and is active in the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Their research prominently addresses topics related to aquatic ecosystems, including the dynamics of phytoplankton, fish ecology and management, marine and coastal ecosystems, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity, microbial community ecology, and environmental toxicology.

Among Sabine Hilt's recent academic contributions are several papers published in well-recognized journals:

  • "Shifting states, shifting services: Linking regime shifts to changes in ecosystem services of shallow lakes" (2020, Freshwater Biology)
  • "Feedback between climate change and eutrophication: revisiting the allied attack concept and how to strike back" (2022, Inland Waters)
  • "Blue Waters, Green Bottoms: Benthic Filamentous Algal Blooms Are an Emerging Threat to Clear Lakes Worldwide" (2021, BioScience)
  • "Potential role of submerged macrophytes for oxic methane production in aquatic ecosystems" (2022, Limnology and Oceanography)
  • "Studying interactions among anthropogenic stressors in freshwater ecosystems: A systematic review of 2396 multiple-stressor experiments" (2024, Ecology Letters)

Sabine Hilt frequently publishes in the following scientific venues:

  • Freshwater Biology
  • Water Research
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Aquatic Botany

Their work involves collaboration with several co-authors who have appeared repeatedly in joint publications. These include Jan Köhler, Elisabeth M. Gross, Bastian Herbert Polst, Mechthild Schmitt-Jansen, and Julie A. Coetzee, with co-authoring counts ranging from six to eight collaborations per individual.

The research topics Sabine Hilt engages with encompass a wide array of environmental and ecological issues such as:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Best Publications

  • Lake responses to reduced nutrient loading - an analysis of contemporary long-term data from 35 case studies

    Erik Jeppesen;Martin Søndergaard;Jens Peder Jensen;Karl E. Havens

  • Can allelopathically active submerged macrophytes stabilise clear-water states in shallow lakes?

    Sabine Hilt;Elisabeth M. Gross

  • Restoration of submerged vegetation in shallow eutrophic lakes : a guideline and state of the art in Germany

    Sabine Hilt;Elisabeth M. Gross;Michael Hupfer;Harald Morscheid

  • Herbivory on freshwater and marine macrophytes: A review and perspective

    Elisabeth S. Bakker;Kevin A. Wood;Jordi F. Pages;G. F. (Ciska) Veen

  • Cross continental increase in methane ebullition under climate change

    Ralf C. H. Aben;Nathan Barros;Ellen van Donk;Thijs Frenken

  • Translating Regime Shifts in Shallow Lakes into Changes in Ecosystem Functions and Services

    Sabine Hilt;Erik Jeppesen;Annelies J. Veraart

  • Shifting states, shifting services: Linking regime shifts to changes in ecosystem services of shallow lakes

    Annette B.G. Janssen;Sabine Hilt;Sarian Kosten;Jeroen J.M. de Klein

  • Boom‐bust dynamics in biological invasions: towards an improved application of the concept

    David L. Strayer;David L. Strayer;Carla M. D'Antonio;Franz Essl;Mike S. Fowler

  • Searching for allelopathic effects of submerged macrophytes on phytoplankton—state of the art and open questions

    Elisabeth M. Gross;Sabine Hilt;Paola Lombardo;Gabi Mulderij

  • Long‐term response of a shallow, moderately flushed lake to reduced external phosphorus and nitrogen loading

    J. Köhler;S. Hilt;R. Adrian;A. Nicklisch

  • A feedback loop links brownification and anoxia in a temperate, shallow lake

    Jan Köhler;Katrin Attermeyer;Hans-Peter Grossart

  • Response of submerged macrophyte communities to external and internal restoration measures in north temperate shallow lakes.

    Sabine Hilt;Marta M. Alirangues Nuñez;Elisabeth S. Bakker;Irmgard Blindow

  • Feedback between climate change and eutrophication: revisiting the allied attack concept and how to strike back

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  • Facilitation of clear-water conditions in shallow lakes by macrophytes: differences between charophyte and angiosperm dominance

    Irmgard Blindow;Anders Hargeby;Sabine Hilt

  • Allelopathic inhibition of epiphytes by submerged macrophytes

    Sabine Hilt

  • Impact of water-level fluctuations on cyanobacterial blooms: options for management

    Elisabeth S. Bakker;Sabine Hilt

  • In Situ Allelopathic Potential of Myriophyllum Verticillatum (Haloragaceae) against selected Phytoplankton Species

    Sabine Hilt;Mary G. N. Ghobrial;Elisabeth M. Gross

  • Searching for allelopathic effects of submerged macrophytes on phytoplankton—state of the art and open questions

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  • Regulation of submersed macrophyte biomass in a temperate lowland river: Interactions between shading by bank vegetation, epiphyton and water turbidity

    Jan Köhler;Justyna Hachoł;Sabine Hilt

  • A regime shift from macrophyte to phytoplankton dominance enhances carbon burial in a shallow, eutrophic lake

    Sabine Hilt;Katrin Attermeyer;Hans Peter Grossart;Hans Peter Grossart

  • Abrupt regime shifts in space and time along rivers and connected lake systems

    Sabine Hilt;Jan Köhler;Hans‐Peter Kozerski;Egbert H. van Nes

  • Warming advances top-down control and reduces producer biomass in a freshwater plankton community

    Mandy Velthuis;Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis;Thijs Frenken;Susanne Stephan

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Peter Grossart
Hans-Peter Grossart University of Potsdam
Thomas Mehner
Thomas Mehner Leibniz Association
Sarian Kosten
Sarian Kosten Radboud University
Elisabeth S. Bakker
Elisabeth S. Bakker Wageningen University & Research
Ursula Gaedke
Ursula Gaedke University of Potsdam
Rita Adrian
Rita Adrian Freie Universität Berlin
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Ellen Van Donk
Ellen Van Donk Utrecht University
Michael T. Monaghan
Michael T. Monaghan Freie Universität Berlin
Michael Hupfer
Michael Hupfer Leibniz Association

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