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Tilmann Harder

Tilmann Harder

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Ecology and Evolution

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40
Citations
6157
World Ranking
6136
National Ranking
325

Overview

Tilmann Harder is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany. Their research focuses extensively on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of ecology, oceanography, molecular biology, global and planetary change, and pollution.

The scientist's work addresses multiple main topics related to marine systems, including:

  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Harder has several recent publications highlighting various aspects of marine ecology and microbial interactions. Notable papers include:

  • Laminarin is a major molecule in the marine carbon cycle, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Niche-based assembly of bacterial consortia on the diatom Thalassiosira rotula is stable and reproducible, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • A community perspective on the concept of marine holobionts: current status, challenges, and future directions, 2021, PeerJ
  • Past and Future Grand Challenges in Marine Ecosystem Ecology, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Crystalline iron oxides stimulate methanogenic benzoate degradation in marine sediment-derived enrichment cultures, 2020, The ISME Journal

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jan Tebben
  • Sylke Wohlrab
  • Boris Koch
  • Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
  • Jakob K. Giesler

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in certain venues, reflecting areas of focus and research communities, such as:

  • The ISME Journal
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PeerJ

Best Publications

  • The seaweed holobiont: Understanding seaweed-bacteria interactions

    Suhelen Egan;Tilmann Harder;Catherine Burke;Peter Steinberg;Peter Steinberg

  • Marine biofilms as mediators of colonization by marine macroorganisms: implications for antifouling and aquaculture.

    Peiyuan Qian;Stanley C.K. Lau;Stanley C.K. Lau;Hans-Uwe Dahms;Sergey Dobretsov;Sergey Dobretsov

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

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

  • Induction of larval metamorphosis of the coral Acropora millepora by tetrabromopyrrole isolated from a Pseudoalteromonas bacterium.

    Jan Tebben;Dianne M. Tapiolas;Cherie A. Motti;David Abrego

  • Chemical mediation of coral larval settlement by crustose coralline algae

    Jan Tebben;C. A Motti;Nahshon Siboni;D. M. Tapiolas

  • Climate change and disease: bleaching of a chemically defended seaweed

    Alexandra H. Campbell;Tilmann Harder;Shaun Nielsen;Staffan Kjelleberg

  • Laminarin is a major molecule in the marine carbon cycle

    Stefan Becker;Stefan Becker;Jan Tebben;Sarah Coffinet;Karen Helen Wiltshire

  • A distinctive epibiotic bacterial community on the soft coral Dendronephthya sp. and antibacterial activity of coral tissue extracts suggest a chemical mechanism against bacterial epibiosis.

    Tilmann Harder;Stanley C K Lau;Sergey Dobretsov;Tsz K. Fang

  • Energy content at metamorphosis and growth rate of the early juvenile barnacle Balanus amphitrite

    Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Tilmann Harder;Jianwen Qiu;Jianwen Qiu;Peiyuan Qian

  • Extracts of Ceramium rubrum, Mastocarpus stellatus and Laminaria digitata inhibit growth of marine and fish pathogenic bacteria at ecologically realistic concentrations

    Donata Dubber;Tilmann Harder

  • Marine Epibiosis: Concepts, Ecological Consequences and Host Defence

    Tilmann Harder

  • Combined effects of temperature and salinity on larval development and attachment of the subtidal barnacle Balanus trigonus Darwin

    Vengatesen Thiyagarajan;Tilmann Harder;Pei-Yuan Qian

  • Induction of larval settlement in the polychaete Hydroides elegans by marine biofilms: an investigation of monospecific diatom films as settlement cues

    Tilmann Harder;Cindy Lam;Pei-Yuan Qian

  • Compounds associated with algal surfaces mediate epiphytic colonization of the marine macroalga Fucus vesiculosus

    Tim Lachnit;Matthias Fischer;Sven Künzel;John F. Baines

  • Tough Adults, Frail Babies: An Analysis of Stress Sensitivity across Early Life-History Stages of Widely Introduced Marine Invertebrates

    M. Carmen Pineda;Christopher D. McQuaid;Xavier Turon;Susanna López-Legentil

  • Identification of the Antibacterial Compound Produced by the Marine Epiphytic Bacterium Pseudovibrio sp. D323 and Related Sponge-Associated Bacteria

    Anahit Penesyan;Jan Tebben;Matthew Lee;Torsten Thomas

  • Isolated thallus-associated compounds from the macroalga Fucus vesiculosus mediate bacterial surface colonization in the field similar to that on the natural alga

    Tim Lachnit;Martin Wahl;Tilmann Harder

  • Waterborne polar macromolecules act as algal antifoulants in the seaweed Ulva reticulata

    Tilmann Harder;Sergey Dobretsov;Pei Yuan Qian

  • Induction of larval settlement in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell): role of bacterial extracellular polymers.

    Stanley C K Lau;Tilmann Harder;Pei‐Yuan Qian

  • Niche-based assembly of bacterial consortia on the diatom Thalassiosira rotula is stable and reproducible

    Julian Mönnich;Jan Tebben;Jennifer Bergemann;Rebecca Case;Rebecca Case

  • A community perspective on the concept of marine holobionts: current status, challenges, and future directions

    Simon M. Dittami;Enrique Arboleda;Jean Christophe Auguet;Arite Bigalke

  • Isolation of bacterial metabolites as natural inducers for larval settlement in the marine polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell).

    Tilmann Harder;Stanley Chun Kwan Lau;Hans-Uwe Dahms;Pei-Yuan Qian

Frequent Co-Authors

Pei-Yuan Qian
Pei-Yuan Qian Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Peter D. Steinberg
Peter D. Steinberg University of New South Wales
Sergey Dobretsov
Sergey Dobretsov Sultan Qaboos University
Vengatesen Thiyagarajan
Vengatesen Thiyagarajan University of Hong Kong
Fabrice Not
Fabrice Not Roscoff Marine Station
Staffan Kjelleberg
Staffan Kjelleberg Nanyang Technological University
Ezequiel M. Marzinelli
Ezequiel M. Marzinelli University of New South Wales
Stefan Becker
Stefan Becker Max Planck Society
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Shinichi Sunagawa
Shinichi Sunagawa Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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