Publications

invasive ponto-caspian amphipods and fish increase the distribution range of the acanthocephalan pomphorhynchus tereticollis in the river rhine.	non-indigenous species that become invasive are one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide. in various freshwater systems in europe, populations of native amphipods and fish are progressively displaced by highly adaptive non-indigenous species that can perform explosive range extensions. a total of 40 ponto-caspian round gobies neogobius melanostomus from the rhine river near düsseldorf, north rhine-westphalia, germany, were examined for metazoan parasites and feeding ecology. three ...	2012	23300895
getting what is served? feeding ecology influencing parasite-host interactions in invasive round goby neogobius melanostomus.	freshwater ecosystems are increasingly impacted by alien invasive species which have the potential to alter various ecological interactions like predator-prey and host-parasite relationships. here, we simultaneously examined predator-prey interactions and parasitization patterns of the highly invasive round goby (neogobius melanostomus) in the rivers rhine and main in germany. a total of 350 n. melanostomus were sampled between june and october 2011. gut content analysis revealed a broad prey sp ...	2014	25338158
invaders, natives and their enemies: distribution patterns of amphipods and their microsporidian parasites in the ruhr metropolis, germany.	the amphipod and microsporidian diversity in freshwaters of a heterogeneous urban region in germany was assessed. indigenous and non-indigenous host species provide an ideal framework to test general hypotheses on potentially new host-parasite interactions, parasite spillback and spillover in recently invaded urban freshwater communities.	2015	26263904