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45
Citations
7832
World Ranking
4850
National Ranking
257

Overview

Ursula Gaedke is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in the subfields of ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, genetics, and nature and landscape conservation.

The main topics covered in their research include plant and animal studies, evolution and genetic dynamics, isotope analysis in ecology, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, marine and coastal ecosystems, ecosystem dynamics and resilience, and evolutionary game theory and cooperation.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on ecological dynamics and food web interactions. Notable papers include:

  • The shape of a defense-growth trade-off governs seasonal trait dynamics in natural phytoplankton, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • Steeper size spectra with decreasing phytoplankton biomass indicate strong trophic amplification and future fish declines, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Trophic Transfer Efficiency in Lakes, 2022, Ecosystems
  • Coupled changes in traits and biomasses cascading through a tritrophic plankton food web, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Quantitative food web structure and ecosystem functions in a warm-temperate seagrass bed, 2021, Marine Biology

Ursula Gaedke frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Ruben Ceulemans, Toni Klauschies, Christian Guill, Laurie Anne Wojcik, and Ellen van Velzen. These collaborations reflect a consistent engagement with a network of researchers in related ecological and environmental fields.

Their work is published regularly in various scientific venues, with multiple publications in journals such as Ecology and Evolution, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Oikos, Ecosystems, and Ecology. These venues underscore their contribution to broad ecological and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Beyond the Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) Model : Mechanisms Driving Plankton Succession

    Ulrich Sommer;Rita Adrian;Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis;James J. Elser

  • Rapid evolution revealed by dormant eggs

    Nelson G. Hairston;Winfried Lampert;Carla E. Cáceres;Cami L. Holtmeier

  • Compensatory dynamics are rare in natural ecological communities

    J. E. Houlahan;D. J. Currie;K. Cottenie;G. S. Cumming

  • Challenges and opportunities for integrating lake ecosystem modelling approaches

    Wolf M. Mooij;Dennis Trolle;Erik Jeppesen;George Arhonditsis

  • NATURAL SELECTION FOR GRAZER RESISTANCE TO TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA: EVOLUTION OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY?

    N. G. Hairston Jr.;C. L. Holtmeier;W. Lampert;L. J. Weider

  • The size distribution of plankton biomass in a large lake and its seasonal variability

    Ursula Gaedke

  • Mixotrophs combine resource use to outcompete specialists: Implications for aquatic food webs

    Jörg Tittel;Vera Bissinger;Barbara Zippel;Ursula Gaedke

  • Mechanistic theory and modelling of complex food-web dynamics in Lake Constance.

    Alice Boit;Neo D. Martinez;Richard J. Williams;Ursula Gaedke

  • Ecosystem analysis based on biomass size distributions: A case study of a plankton community in a large lake

    Ursula Gaedke

  • Long-term cyclic persistence in an experimental predator-prey system.

    Bernd Blasius;Lars Rudolf;Guntram Weithoff;Ursula Gaedke

  • The intrinsic predictability of ecological time series and its potential to guide forecasting

    Frank Pennekamp;Alison C. Iles;Alison C. Iles;Joshua Garland;Georgina Brennan

  • Spectral analysis unmasks synchronous and compensatory dynamics in plankton communities.

    David A. Vasseur;Ursula Gaedke

  • Inorganic carbon limitation and mixotrophic growth in Chlamydomonas from an acidic mining lake.

    Jörg Tittel;Vera Bissinger;Ursula Gaedke;Norbert Kamjunke

  • The first decade of oligotrophication of Lake Constance : II. The response of phytoplankton taxonomic composition.

    Ulrich Sommer;Ursula Gaedke;Annette Schweizer

  • INTERPLAY BETWEEN ENERGY LIMITATION AND NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY: EMPIRICAL DATA AND FOOD WEB MODELS

    Ursula Gaedke;Silke Hochstädter;Dietmar Straile

  • Warming induces shifts in microzooplankton phenology and reduces time-lags between phytoplankton and protozoan production

    Nicole Aberle;Barbara Bauer;Aleksandra Lewandowska;Ursula Gaedke

  • Spring weather determines the relative importance of ciliates, rotifers and crustaceans for the initiation of the clear-water phase in a large, deep lake

    Katrin Tirok;Ursula Gaedke

  • The effect of irradiance, vertical mixing and temperature on spring phytoplankton dynamics under climate change: long-term observations and model analysis

    Katrin Tirok;Ursula Gaedke

  • Seasonal changes of trophic transfer efficiencies in a plankton food web derived from biomass size distributions and network analysis

    Ursula Gaedke;Dietmar Straile

  • Effects of Climatic and Density-Dependent Factors on Year-Class Strength of Coregonus lavaretus in Lake Constance

    Reiner Eckmann;Ursula Gaedke;Hans Johst Wetzlar

Frequent Co-Authors

Dietmar Straile
Dietmar Straile University of Konstanz
Thomas Mehner
Thomas Mehner Leibniz Association
Hans-Peter Grossart
Hans-Peter Grossart University of Potsdam
Ulrich Sommer
Ulrich Sommer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
David A. Vasseur
David A. Vasseur Yale University
Sabine Hilt
Sabine Hilt Leibniz Association
Peter C. de Ruiter
Peter C. de Ruiter University of Amsterdam
Rita Adrian
Rita Adrian Freie Universität Berlin
Gregor F. Fussmann
Gregor F. Fussmann McGill University
Sandra Brucet
Sandra Brucet Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

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