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Sebastian Diehl

Sebastian Diehl

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
49
Citations
10508
World Ranking
4006
National Ranking
97

Overview

Sebastian Diehl is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with a strong emphasis on aquatic ecosystems, oceanography, and ecological dynamics.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Key subfields of study encompass:

  • Oceanography
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Recent publications include:

  • "Fitting functional response surfaces to data: a best practice guide" (2020, Ecosphere)
  • "Local and continental-scale controls of the onset of spring phytoplankton blooms: Conclusions from a proxy-based model" (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • "Stoichiometric mismatch causes a warming-induced regime shift in experimental plankton communities" (2022, Ecology)
  • "Impact of climate warming on phenological asynchrony of plankton dynamics across Europe" (2023, Ecology Letters)
  • "Vertical Niche Partitioning and the Performance of Mixotrophic Generalists against Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Specialists under Contrasting Light-Nutrient Supply Regimes" (2024, The American Naturalist)

Frequent coauthors in their publications are:

  • Dietmar Straile
  • Frank Peeters
  • Enzo Gronchi
  • Klaus Jöhnk
  • Wojciech Uszko

Common venues for publication include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecology Letters
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecosphere
  • Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • The interaction between predation and competition: a review and synthesis

    Jonathan M. Chase;Peter A. Abrams;James P. Grover;Sebastian Diehl

  • FISH PREDATION AND BENTHIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE - THE ROLE OF OMNIVORY AND HABITAT COMPLEXITY

    Sebastian Diehl

  • Foraging efficiency of three freshwater fishes: effects of structural complexity and light

    Sebastian Diehl

  • SHIFTS IN FISH COMMUNITIES ALONG THE PRODUCTIVITY GRADIENT OF TEMPERATE LAKES - PATTERNS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SIZE-STRUCTURED INTERACTIONS

    L. Persson;S. Diehl;L. Johansson;G. Andersson

  • Temperature dependence of the functional response

    Göran Englund;Gunnar Öhlund;Catherine L. Hein;Catherine L. Hein;Sebastian Diehl

  • EFFECTS OF POPULATION DENSITY ON INDIVIDUAL GROWTH OF BROWN TROUT IN STREAMS

    Thomas M. Jenkins;Sebastian Diehl;Kim W. Kratz;Scott D. Cooper

  • Trophic Interactions in Temperate Lake Ecosystems: A Test of Food Chain Theory

    Lennart Persson;Sebastian Diehl;Lars Johansson;Gunnar Andersson

  • PHYTOPLANKTON, LIGHT, AND NUTRIENTS IN A GRADIENT OF MIXING DEPTHS: FIELD EXPERIMENTS

    Sebastian Diehl;Stella Berger;Robert Ptacnik;Angelika Wild

  • Influence of Submerged Macrophytes on Trophic Interactions Among Fish and Macroinvertebrates

    Sebastian Diehl;Ryszard Kornijów

  • Effects of enrichment on three-level food chains with omnivory

    Sebastian Diehl;Margit Feißel

  • Implications of scale for patterns and processes in stream ecology

    Scott D. Cooper;Sebastian Diehl;Kim Kratz;Orlando Sarnelle

  • Copepods act as a switch between alternative trophic cascades in marine pelagic food webs

    Herwig Stibor;Olav Vadstein;Sebastian Diehl;Anna Gelzleichter

  • Quantifying Spatial Heterogeneity in Streams

    Scott D. Cooper;Leon Barmuta;Orlando Sarnelle;Kim Kratz

  • PHYTOPLANKTON, LIGHT, AND NUTRIENTS IN A GRADIENT OF MIXING DEPTHS: THEORY

    Sebastian Diehl

  • Relative Consumer Sizes and the Strengths of Direct and Indirect Interactions in Omnivorous Feeding Relationships

    Sebastian Diehl

  • Effects of Piscivore‐Mediated Habitat Use on Resources, Diet, and Growth of Perch

    Sebastian Diehl;Peter Eklov

  • Piscivore efficiency and refuging prey: the importance of predator search mode

    Peter Eklöv;Sebastian Diehl

  • Water temperature and mixing depth affect timing and magnitude of events during spring succession of the plankton

    Stella Angela Berger;Sebastian Diehl;Herwig Stibor;Gabriele Trommer

  • Performance of sinking and nonsinking phytoplankton taxa in a gradient of mixing depths

    Robert Ptacnik;Sebastian Diehl;Stella Berger

  • Effects of warming on predator-prey interactions - a resource-based approach and a theoretical synthesis.

    Wojciech Uszko;Sebastian Diehl;Göran Englund;Priyanga Amarasekare

  • Effects of habitat structure on resource availability, diet and growth of benthivorous perch, Perca fluviatilis

    Sebastian Diehl

Frequent Co-Authors

Herwig Stibor
Herwig Stibor Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Scott D. Cooper
Scott D. Cooper University of California, Santa Barbara
Roger M. Nisbet
Roger M. Nisbet University of California, Santa Barbara
Jan Karlsson
Jan Karlsson Umeå University
Pär Byström
Pär Byström Umeå University
Lennart Persson
Lennart Persson Umeå University
Göran Englund
Göran Englund Umeå University
Christopher A. Klausmeier
Christopher A. Klausmeier Michigan State University
Orlando Sarnelle
Orlando Sarnelle Michigan State University
André M. de Roos
André M. de Roos University of Amsterdam

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