Recent Publications

2012

Erken, M., Farrenschon, N., Speckmann, S., Arndt, H., Weitere, M. (2012): Quantification of individual fagellate - bacteria interactions within semi-natural biofilms. Protist, in press PDF (pdf)

König, U., Borcherding, J. (2012): Preserving young-of-the-year Perca fluviatilis in ethanol, formalin, or in a frozen state and the consequences for measuring morphometrics. J.Appl.Ichthyol.(2012): 1–5 PDF (pdf)

Shah Salani, F., Arndt, H.,  Hausmann, K., Nitsche, F., Scheckenbach, F. (2012): Analysis of the community structure of abyssal kinetoplastids revealed similar communities at larger spatial scales. The ISME Journal 6: 713-723, doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.138 PDF (pdf)

Stoupin, D., Kiss, A.K., Arndt, H., Shatilovich, A.V., Gilichinsky, D.A., Nitsche, F. (2012): Cryptic Diversity within the Choanoflagellate Morphospecies Complex Codosiga botrytis ­ Phylogeny and Morphology of Ancient and Modern Isolates. Europ. J. Protistol. (in press)

2011

Ackermann, B., Esser, M., Scherwaß, A., Arndt, H. (2011): Long-term dynamics of microbial biofilm communities of the River Rhine with special references to ciliates. Int. Revue Hydrobiol. 96:1-19 PDF (pdf)

Bergfeld, T., Scherwass, S., Ackermann, B., Fischer, H., Arndt, H., Schöl, A. (2011): Longitudinal and seasonal dynamics of the planktonic microbial community along the length of the River Rhine. River Systems 19(4): 337-349 PDF (pdf)

Becker, G. (2011): Interactions between scrapers and periphyton.  In: Central European stream ecosystems: The long term study of the Breitenbach, Wagner, R., Marxsen, J., Zwick, P., Cox, E. (Eds), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. ISBN 978-3-527-32952-6

Becks, L.; Agrawal, A.F. (2011): The effect of sex on the mean and variance of fitness in facultatively sexual rotifers. J. Evol. Biol. 24: 656-664 PDF (pdf)

Borcherding, J., Gertzen, S., Staas, S. (2011): First record of Pontian racer goby, Babka gymnotrachelus (Gobiidae: Teleostei), in the River Rhein, Germany. J. Appl. Ichthyol.:  online version 27: 1-3

Borcherding, J., Staas, S., Krüger, S., Ondračková, M., Šlapanský, L., Jurajda, P. (2011): Non-native Gobiid species in the lower River Rhine (Germany): recent range extensions and densities. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 27: 1-3  PDF (pdf)

Ellner, S.P.; Becks, L. (2011): Rapid prey evolution and the dynamics of two-predator food webs. Theoret. Ecol. 4: 133-152 PDF (pdf)

Fink, P., Kottsieper, A., Heynen, M., Borcherding, J. (2011): Selective zooplanktivory of an invasove Ponto-Caspian mysid and possible consequences for the zooplankton community structure of invaded habitats. Aquat. Sci.: online early PDF (pdf)

Hellström, G., Heynen, M., Oosten, J., Borcherding, J., Magnhagen, C. (2011): The effect of group size on risk taking and social conformity in Eurasian perch. Ecol. Freshw. Fish 20: 499-502 PDF (pdf)

Heynen, M., Heermann, L., Borcherding, J. (2011): Does the consumption of divergent resources influence risk taking behaviour in juvenile perch (Perca fluviatilis L.)? Ecol. Freshw. Fish 20: 1–4 PDF (pdf) 

Howe, A.T., Bass,  D., Scoble, J.M., Lewis, R., Vickerman, K., Arndt, H., Cavalier-Smith, T. (2011) Novel cultured protists identify deep-branching environmental DNA clades of Cercozoa: New genera Tremula, Micrometopion, Minimassisteria, Nudifila, Peregrinia. Protist 162: 332-372 PDF (pdf)

Kathol, M., Fischer, H., Weitere, M. (2011): Contribution of biofilm-dwelling consumers to pelagic coupling in a large river. Freshw. Biol. 56: 1160-1172 PDF (pdf)

Lagauzère S, Moreira S, Koschorreck M (2011): Influence of bioturbation on the biogeochemistry of the sediment in the littoral zone of an acidic mine pit lake. Biogeosci. 8: 339-352  PDF (pdf)

Nitsche, F., Carr, M., Arndt, H., Leadbeater, B.S.C. (2011): Higher level taxonomy and molecular phylogenetics of the Choanoflagellatea. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 58: 452-462 PDF (pdf)

Quintela-Alonso, P., Nitsche, F. Arndt, H. (2011): Molecular characterization and revised systematics of Microdiaphanosoma arcuatum (Ciliophora, Colpodea). J. Euk. Microbiol. 58: 114-119 PDF (pdf)

2010

Becks, L. and A.F. Agrawal (2010): Higher rates of sex evolve in spatially heterogeneous environments. Nature 468: 89-92 PDF (pdf)

Borcherding, J., Beeck, P., DeAngelis, D. L., Scharf, W. R. (2010): Match or mismatch: the influence of phenology on size-dependent life history and divergence in population structure. J. Anim. Ecol. 79(5): 1101-1112 PDF (pdf)

Borcherding, J., Heynen, M., Jäger-Kleinicke, T., Winter, H.V., Eckmann, R. (2010): Re-establishment of the North Sea houting in the River Rhine. Fisheries Manag. Ecol. 17: 291-293 PDF (pdf)

Claessens, M., Wickham, S.A., Post, A.F., Reuter, M. (2010): A paradox of the ciliates? High ciliate diversity in a resource-poor environment. Mar. Biol. 157: 483-494 PDF (pdf)

Heynen, M., Hellström, G., Magnhagen, C., Borcherding, J. (2010): Does morphological variation between young-of-the-year perch from two Swedish lakes depend on genetic differences? Ecol. Fresw. Fish 19: 163-169 PDF (pdf)

Norf, H., Foissner, W. (2010): A new flagship peritrich (Ciliophora, Peritrichida) from the River Rhine, Germany. Apocarchesium arndti n. sp. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 57: 250-267 PDF (pdf)

Norf, H., Kniggendorf, L.G., Fischer, A., Arndt, H., Kureck, A. (2010): Sexual and reproductive traits of Hypania invalida (Polychaeta, Ampharetidae): a remarkable invasive species in Central European waterways. Freshw. Biol. 55 (12): 2510-2520 PDF (pdf)

Scheckenbach, F., Hausmann, K., Wylezich, C., Weitere, M., Arndt, H. (2010): Large-scale patterns in biodiversity of microbial eukaryotes from the abyssal sea floor. PNAS 107(1): 115-120 PDF (pdf)

Scherwass, A., T. Bergfeld, A. Schoel, M. Weitere und H. Arndt (2010): Changes in the plankton community along the length of the River Rhine: Lagrangian sampling during a spring situation. J. Plankt. Res. 32 (4): 491-502 PDF (pdf)

Vohmann, A., Borcherding, J., Kureck, A., Bij de Vaate, A., Arndt, H., Weitere, M. (2010): Strong body mass decrease of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea during summer. Biological Invasions 12: 53-64 PDF (pdf)

Wylezich C., Nies G., Mylnikov A. P., Tautz D. & Arndt H. (2010): An evaluation of the use of LSU rRNA D1-D5 region for DNA based taxonomy of eukaryotic protists. Protist 161: 342-352 PDF (pdf)

2009

Bergfeld, T., Scherwass, A., Ackermann,B., Arndt;H., Schöl,A. (2009): Comparison of the components of the planktonic food web in three large rivers (Rhine, Moselle and Saar)". River Res. Appl. 25 (10): 1232-1250 PDF (pdf)

Heermann, L., Eriksson, L.-O., Magnhagen, C., Borcherding, J. (2009): Size-dependent energy storage and winter mortality of perch. Ecol. Freshw. Fish 18: 560-571 PDF (pdf)

Kathol, M., Norf, H., Arndt, H., Weitere, M. (2009): Effects on temperature increase on the grazing within river biofilms under semi-natural conditions. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 52: 283-296

Loquay N., Wylezich C., Arndt H. (2009): Composition of groundwater nanoprotist communities in different aquifers based on aliquot cultivation and genotype assessment of cercomonads. Fund. Appl. Limnol. 174 (3):261-269 PDF (pdf)

Norf, H., Arndt, H., Weitere, M. (2009): Responses of biofilm-dwelling ciliate communities to planctonic and benthic resource enrichment. Microb. Ecol. 57: 678-700 PDF (pdf)

Norf, H., Arndt, H., Weitere, M. (2009): Effects of resource supplements on mature ciliate biofilms: an empirical test using a new type of flow cell. Biofouling 25 (6): 769-778 PDF (pdf)

Risse-Buhl, U., Scherwass, A., Schlüssel, A., Arndt, H., Kröwer, S., Küsel, K. (2009): Detachment and motility of surface-associated ciliates at increased flow velocities. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 55: 209-218 PDF (pdf)

Scharf, W.R., Heermann, L., König, U., Borcherding, J. (2009): Development of abundance and size structure of young-of-the-year perch populations using three methods. Fish. Res. 96: 77-87 PDF (pdf)

Vohmann, A., Mutz, M., Arndt, H., Weitere, M. (2009): Grazing impact and phenology of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri and the bryozoans Plumatella emarginata and Fredericella sultana under experimental warming. Fresw. Biol. 54: 1078-1092 PDF (pdf)

Weitere, M., Vohmann, A., Schulz, N., Linn, C., Dietrich, D. Arndt, H. (2009): Linking environmental warming to the fitness of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea. Global Change Biol. 15: 2838-2851 PDF (pdf)

Wey, J.K., Norf, H., Arndt, H., Weitere, M. (2009): Role of dispersal in shaping communities of ciliates and heterotrophic flagellates within riverine biofilms. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54(5): 1615-1626 PDF (pdf)

2008

Becks, L. and H. Arndt (2008): Transitions from stable equilibria to chaos, and back, in an experimental food web. Ecology 89 (11): 3222-3226 (pdf)

Borcherding, J., Magnhagen, C. (2008): Food abundance affects both morphology and behaviour of juvenile perch. Ecol. Freshw. Fish 17: 207-218 (pdf)

Borcherding, J., Pickhardt, C., Winter, H.V., Becker, J.S. (2008): Migration history of North Sea hounting (Corogonus oxyrinchus L.) caught in Lake Ijsselmeer (The Netherlands) inferred from scale transects of 88Sr:44Ca ratios. Aquat. Sci. 70: 47-56 (pdf)

Borcherding, J., Staas, S. (2008): Local riverine fish communities as promotors for habitat restoration in the floodplain area of the Lower Rhine . 4th World Fisheries Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 49: 835-843 (pdf)

Claessens, M., Wickham, S. A., Post, A.F., Reuter, M. (2008): Ciliate community in the oligotrophic Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Aquat. Microbiol. Ecol. 53: 181-190

Magnhagen, C., Borcherding, J. (2008): Risk-taking behaviour in foraging perch: does predation pressure influence age-specific boldness? Anim. Behav. 75: 509-517 PDF (pdf)

Nitsche, F. & Arndt, H. (2008): A new choanoflagellate species from Taiwan: Morphological and molecular biological studies of Diplotheca elongata nov. spec. and D. costata. Europ. J. Protistol. 44: 220-226 (pdf)

Urbatzka, R., Beeck, P., van der Velde, G., Borcherding, J. (2008): Alternative use of food resources causes intra-cohort variation in the size distribution of young-of-the-year perch  (Perca fluviatilis). Ecol. Freshw. Fish, 17(3): 475-480 (pdf)

Weitere, M., Dahlmann, J., Viergutz, C., Arndt, H. (2008): Differential grazer-mediated effects of high summer temperatures on pico- and nanoplankton communities. Limnol. Oceanogr. 53 (2): 477-486 PDF (pdf)

Wey, J.K., Scherwass, A., Norf, H., Arndt, H., Weitere, M. (2008): Effects of protozoan grazing within river biofilms under semi-natural conditions. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 52: 283-296 (pdf)

2007

Borcherding J., Hermasch B., P. Murawski (2007): Field observations and laboratory experiments on growth and lipid content of young-of-the-year perch. Ecol. Freshw. Fish 16: 198-209.(pdf)

Cleven, E.-J., Königs, S. (2007): Growth of interstitial ciliates in association with ciliate bacterivory in a sandy hyporheic zone. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 47: 177-189

Heermann, L., Beek, P., Borcherding, J. (2007): Two size classes of 0+ year perch: is phenotiypic plasticity based on food resources? J. Fish Biol. 70: 1365-1377 (pdf)

Klein Breteler, J.K., Vriese,T., Borcherding, J., Breukelaar, A., Jörgens, L., Staas, S., deLaak, G., Ingendahl, D. (2007): Assessment of population size and migration routes of silver eel in the River Rhine based on a 2-year combined mark-recapture and telemetry study. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 64: 1450-1456 (pdf)

Nitsche F., Weitere M., Scheckenbach F., Hausmann K., Wylezich C., Arndt H. (2007): Deep sea records of choanoflagellates with a description of two new species. Acta Protozool. 46 (2): 99-106 (pdf)

Norf, H., Arndt, H., Weitere, M. (2007): Impact of local temperature increase on the early development of biofilm-associated ciliate communities. Oecologia 151 (2): 341-350 (pdf)

Steinfartz, S. Weitere, M., Tautz, D. (2007): Tracing the first step to speciation: ecological and genetic differentiation of a salamander population in a small forest. Molec. Ecol. 16: 4550-4561

Viergutz, C., Kathol, M., Norf, H., Arndt, H., Weitere, M. (2007): Control of microbial communities by the macrofauna: a sensitive interaction in the context of extreme summer temperatures? Oecologia 151 (1): 115-124 (pdf)

Wylezich C., Mylnikov A. P., Weitere M., Arndt H. (2007): Distribution and phylogenetic relationships of freshwater Thaumatomonads with a description of the New Species Thaumatomonas coloniensis n. sp. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 54 (4): 347-357 (pdf)

Willkomm, M., Schlüssel, A., Reiz, E., Arndt, H. (2007): Effects of microcurrents in the boundary layer on the attachment of benthic heterotrophic nanoflagellates. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 48: 169-174 (pdf)

2006

Borcherding, J., Murawski, S., Arndt, H. (2006): Population ecology, vertical migration and feeding of the Ponto-Caspian invader Hemimysis anomala in a gravel-pit lake connected to the River Rhine. Freshw. Biol. 51 (12): 2376-2387 (pdf)

Borcherding, J. (2006): Prey or predator: 0+ perch (Perca fluviatilis) in the trade-off between food and shelter. Environ. Biol. of Fish. 77 (1): 87-96 (pdf)

Borcherding, J., Scharbert, A., Urbatzka, R. (2006): Timing of downstream migration and food uptake of juvenile North Sea houting stocked in the Lower Rhine and the Lippe (Germany). J. Fish Biol. 68: 1271-1286 (pdf)

Borcherding, J.. (2006): Ten years of practical experience with the Dreissena-Monitor, a biological early warning system for continuous water quality monitoring. Hydrobiologia 556: 417-426 (pdf)

Hausmann, K., Selchow, P., Scheckenbach, F., Weitere, M., Arndt, H. (2006): Cryptic Species in a Morphospecies Complex of Heterotrophic Flagellates: the Case Study of Caecitellus spp. Acta Protozool. 45: 415-431 (pdf)

Heermann, L. & Borcherding, J. (2006): Winter short-distance migration of juvenile fish between two floodplain water bodies of the Lower River Rhine. Ecol. Freshw. Fish 15: 161-168 (pdf)

Scheckenbach F, Wylezich C, Mylnikov AP, Weitere M, Arndt H. (2006): Molecular comparisons of freshwater and marine isolates of the same morphospecies of heterotrophic flagellates. Appl Environ. Microb. 72 (10): 6638-6643 (pdf)

2005

Becks, L., Hilker, F., Malchow, H., Jürgens, K., Arndt, H. (2005): Experimental demonstration of chaos in a microbial food web. Nature 435: 1226-1229 (pdf)

Stauffer, D., Arndt, H. (2005): Simulation and experiment of extinction or adaptation of biological species after temperature changes. Int. J. Mod. Phys. C. 16 (3): 389-392 (pdf)

Scheckenbach F., Wylezich C., Weitere M., Hausmann K., Arndt H. (2005). Molecular identity of strains of heterotrophic flagellates isolated from surface waters and deep-sea sediments of the South Atlantic based on SSU rDNA. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 38 (3): 239-247 (pdf)

Scherwass, A., Fischer, Y., Arndt, H.(2005): Detritus as a potential food source for protozoans: consumption and digestion of plant detritus by a heterotrophic flagellate (Chilomonas paramecium) and a ciliate (Tetrahymena pyriformis). Aquat. Ecol.: 39 (4): 439-445  (pdf)

Scherwass, A., Arndt, H. (2005): Structure, dynamics and control of the ciliate fauna in the potamoplankton of the river Rhine. Archiv Hydrobiol: 164 (3): 287-307 (pdf)

Weitere, M., Scherwass, A., Sieben, K.-T., Friedrich, G., Arndt, H. (2005): Planctonic food web structure and potential carbon flow in the Lower River Rhine with a focus on the role of the Protozoans. River Res. Appl. 21: 535-549 (pdf)

Weitere, M., Bergfeld, T., Matz, C., Rice, S.A., Kjelleberg, S. (2005): Grazing resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms depends on type of protective mechanism, developmental stage and protozoan feeding mode. Environm. Microbiol. 7: 1593-1601 PDF (pdf)

2004

Auer,B., Czioska,E., Arndt, H. (2004): The pelagic community of a gravel pit lake: Significance of Coleps hirtus viridis (Prostomatida) and its role as a scavenger. Limnologica 34: 187-198
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Auer, B., Elzer, U., Arndt, H. (2004): Comparison of pelagic food webs in lakes along a trophic gradient and with seasonal aspects: influence of resource and prdation. J. Plankt. Res. 26, 6: 697-709 (pdf)

Cleven, E.-J. (2004): Pelagic Ciliates in a Large Mesotrophic Lake: Seasonal succession and taxon-specific bacterivory in Lake Constance. Int. Revue Hydrobiol. 89 (3): 289-304 PDF (pdf)

Cleven, E.-J. (2004): Seasonal and spatial distribution of ciliates in the sandy hyporheic zone of a lowland stream. Europ. J. Protistol. 40: 71-84 PDF (pdf)

Dietrich, D., Arndt, H. (2004): Benthic heterotrophic flagellates in an Antarctic melt water stream. Hydrobiologia 529: 59-70 (pdf)

Matz, C., Deines, P., Boenigk, J., Arndt, H., Eberl, L., Kjelleberg, S., Jürgens, K. (2004): Impact of volacein-Ppoducing bacteria on survival and feeding of bacterivorous Nanoflagellates. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 70 (3): 1593-1599 (pdf)

Stief, P., Altmann, D., de Beer, D., Bieg, R., Kureck, A. (2004): Microbial activities in the burrow environment of the potamal Ephoron virgo. Freshw. Biol. 49: 1152-1163 (pdf)

Weitere. M., Tautz, D. Neumann, D., Steinfartz, S. (2004): Adaptive divergence vs. environmental plasticity: tracing local genetic adaptation of metamorphosis traits in salamanders. Molec. Ecol. 13: 1665-1677 (pdf)

Wickham, S.A., Nagle, S., Hillebrand, H. (2004): Control of epibenthic ciliate communities by grazers and nutrients. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 35: 153-162 PDF (pdf)

2003

Arndt, H., Hausmann, K., Wolf, M. (2003): Deep-sea heterotrophic nanoflagellates of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: qualitative and quantitative aspects of their pelagic and benthic occurence. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 256: 45-56 (pdf)

Arndt, H.,  Schmidt-Denter, K., Auer, B., Weitere, M. (2003): Protozoans and biofilms. In: Fossil and Recent Biofilms (Krumbein, W.E., Paterson, D.M. & Zavarzin, G.A., Eds.) Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht., p.173-189 (pdf)

Auer, B., Kiertucki, E., Arndt, H. (2003): Distribution of heterotrophic nano- and microflagellates in sediments of two small mesotrophic lakes. Archiv Hydrobiol. 158: 127-144 (pdf)

Cleven, E. and Meyer, E.I. (2003): A sandy hyporheic zone limited vertically by a solid boundary. Archiv Hydrobiol. 157: 267-288 (pdf)

Diederichs, S., Beardsley, C., Cleven, E.-J. (2003): Detection of ingested bacteria in benthic Ciliates using Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization. System. Appl. Microbiol. 26: 644-630 PDF (pdf)

Garstecki, T. Wickham, S.A. (2003): The response of benthic rhizopods to sediment disturbance does not support the intermediate disturbance hypothesis. Oikos 103: 528-536
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Prast, M., Arndt, H., Schöl, A. (2003): Untersuchungen zum planktischen Nahrungsnetz in Rhein und Mosel mittels Videomikroskopie. Hydrobiologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung 47: 102-107
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Weitere, M., Arndt, H. (2003): Structure of the heterotrophic flagellate community in the water column of the River Rhine (Germany). Europ. J. Protistol. 39: 287-300
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Weitere, M., Schmidt-Denter, K., Arndt, H. (2003): Laboratory experiments on the impact of biofilms on the plankton of a large river. Freshw. Biol. 48: 1983-1992 (pdf)

2002

Beeck, P.; Tauber, S.; Kiel, S.; Borcherding, J. (2002): 0+ perch (Perca fluviatilis) predating on 0+ bream (Abramis brama): A case study on a eutrophic gravel pit lake at the lower Rhine, Germany. Freshw. Biol. 47: 2359-2369 (pdf)

Boenigk, J., Arndt, H. (2002):  Bacterivory by heterotrophic flagellates: community structure and feeding strategies. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 81: 465-480 (pdf)

Boenigk, J., Matz, C., Jürgens, K., Arndt, H. (2002): Food concentration-dependent regulation of food selectivity of interception-feeding bacterivorous nanoflagellates. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 27: 195-202 (pdf)

Borcherding, J., Bauerfeld, M., Hintzen,D., Neumann, D. (2002): Lateral migrations of fishes between floodplain lakes and their drainage channels at the Lower Rhine: diel and seasonal aspects. J. Fish Biol. 61: 1154-1170 (pdf)

Borcherding, J., Sturm, W. (2002): The seasonal succession of macroinvertebrates in the River Rhine and two neighbouring gravel-pit lakes monitored with artificial substrates. Int. Revue Hydrobiol. 87: 165-181 (pdf)

Garstecki, T., Wickham, S.A., Arndt, H. (2002): Effects of experimental sediment resuspension on a coastal planktonic microbial food web. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 55: 751-762 (pdf)

Hausmann, K, Weitere, M., Wolf, M., Arndt, H. (2002): Meteora sporadica gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Protista incertae sedis) - an extraordinary free-living protist from the Mediterranean deep sea.  Europ. J. Protistol. 38: 171-177 (pdf)

Matz, C., Boenigk, J. Arndt, H., Jürgens, K. (2002): Role of bacterial phenotypic traits in selective feeding of the heterotrophic nanoflagellate Spumella sp. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 27: 137-148  (pdf)

Pfister, G., Auer, B., Arndt, H. (2002): Pelagic ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) of different brackish and freshwater lakes – a community analysis at the species level.  Limnologica 32: 147-168 (pdf)

Scherwass A., Wickham, St.A., Arndt, H. (2002): Determination of the abundance of ciliates in highly turbid running waters - an improved method tested for the River Rhine. Arch. Hydrobiol. 156: 135-143 (pdf)

Schöl, A., Kirchesch, V., Bergfeld, T., Schöll, F., Borcherding, J., Müller, D. (2002): Modelling the chlorophyll a content of the River Rhine – Interrelation between riverine algal production and population biomass of grazers, rotifers and the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha. Int. Revue Hydrobiol. 87 (2-3): 295-317 (pdf)

Weihrauch, F., Borcherding, J. (2002): The zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) as an epizoon of anisopteran larvae (Anisoptera: Gomphidae, Corduliidae, Libelluidae). Odontologica 31 (1): 85-94 

Weitere, M., Arndt, H. (2002): Water discharge regulated bacteria/ heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF) interactions in the water column of the River Rhine. Microb. Ecol. 44:19-29 (pdf)

Weitere, M., Arndt, H. (2002): Top-down effects on pelagic heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF) in a large river (River Rhine): Do losses to the benthos play a role? Freshw. Biol. 47: 1437-1450 (pdf)

2001

Adrian, R., Wickham, S. A., Butler, N. M. (2001):Trophic interactions between zooplankton and the microbial community in contrasting food webs: the epilimnion and deep chlorophyll maximum of a mesotrophic lake. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 24: 83-97 (pdf)

Auer, B., Arndt, H. ( 2001): Taxonomic composition and biomass of heterotrophic flagellates in relation to lake trophy and season. Freshw. Biol. 46: 959-972 (pdf)

Boenigk, J., C. Matz, K. Jürgens, Arndt, H. (2001): The Influence of preculture conditions and food quality on the ingestion and digestion process of three species of Heterotrophic Nanoflagellates. Microb. Ecol. 42: 168-176 (pdf)

Boenigk, J., Arndt,H., Cleven, E.-J. (2001): The problematic nature of fluorescently labeled bacteria (FLB) in Spumella feeding experiments – an explanation by video microscopy. Archiv Hydrobiol. 152 (2): 329-338 (pdf)

Boenigk, J., Matz, C., Jürgens, K., Arndt, H.  (2001): Confusing selective feeding with differential digestion in bacterivorous nanoflagellates. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 48 (4): 425-432 (pdf)

Cleven, E.-J., Weisse, Th.  (2001): Seasonal succession and taxon-specific bacterial grazing rates of heterotrophic nanoflagellates in Lake Constance. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 23: 147-161

Garstecki, T., Wickham, S.A. (2001): Effects of resuspension and mixing on population dynamics and trophic interactions in a simple benthic microbial food web. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 25: 281-292 (pdf)

Ingendahl, D (2001): Dissolved oxygen concentration and emergence of sea trout fry from natural redds in tributaries of the River Rhine. J. Fish Biol. 58: 325-341
  
Pfister, G. B., Auer, H., Arndt. (2001): Community analysis of pelagic ciliates in numerous different freshwater and brackish water habitats. Verh. Int. Verein. theor. angew. Limnol. 27: 3404-3408  (pdf)

Scherwass, A., Eimer, A., Arndt, H. (2001): Selective influence of filter-feeding benthic bivalves (Corbicula sp., Mytilus sp.) on planctonic ciliates. Verh. Int. Verein. theor. angew. Limnol. 27: 3315-3318

2000

Arndt, H., Dietrich, D., Auer, B., Cleven, E., Gräfenhan, T., Weitere, M., Mylnikov, A.P.(2000): Functional diversity of hetrotrophic flagellates in aquatic ecosystems. In: The Flagellates (Leadbeater, B.S.C. & Green, J.C., Eds.) Taylor & Francis Ltd, London. 240-268 (pdf)

Boenigk, J. , Arndt, H. (2000): Comparative studies on the feeding behavior of two heterotrophic nanoflagellates: the filterfeeding choanoflagellate Monosiga ovata and the raprtorial-feeding kinetoplastid Rhynchomonas nasuta. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 22: 243-249 (pdf)

Boenigk, J., Arndt, H. (2000): Particle handling during interception feeding by four species of heterotrophic nanoflagellate. J. Euk. Microbiol. 47: 350-358 (pdf)

Borcherding, J., Maw, S.K., Tauber, S. (2000): Growth of 0+ perch (Perca fluviatilis) predating on 0+ bream (Abramis brama). Ecol. Freshw. Fish 9: 236-241

Borcherding, J., Wolf, J. (2000): The influence of suspended particles on the acute toxicity of 2-chlor-4-nitro-aniline, cadmium, and pentachlorophenol on the valve movement response of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). Arch. Environ. Con. Tox. 40: 497-504  

Dietrich, D., Arndt, H. (2000): Biomass partitioning of benthic microbes in a Baltic inlet: relationships between bacteria, algae, heterotrophic flagellates and ciliates. Mar. Biol. 136: 309-322 (pdf)

Garstecki, T., Arndt, H. (2000): Seasonal abundances and community structure of benthic Rhizopods in shallow lagoons of the Southern Baltic Sea. Europ. J. Protistiol. 36: 103-115
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Garstecki, T., Verhoeven, R., Wickham, S.A., Arndt, H. (2000): Benthic-pelagic coupling: a comparison of benthic and planktonic heterotrophic protistan community structure in shallow estuaries of the Southern Baltic. Freshw. Biol. 45: 147-167 (pdf)

Premke, K., Arndt, H. (2000): Predation on heterotrophic flagellates by protists: Food selectivity determined using a live-staining technique. Archiv Hydrobiol. 150: 17-28 (pdf)
Wickham, S. A , Gieseke, A., Berninger, U.-G. (2000). Benthic ciliate identification and enumeration: an improved methodology and its application.  Aquat. Microb. Ecology 22: 79-91 (pdf)

Applied Research

2011

Borcherding, J. 2011. The successful re-introduction of North Sea houting to the River Rhine System in Europe. In: Soorae, P. S. (ed.), Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2011. More case studies from around the globe. Gland, Switzerland, IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group and Abu Dhabi, pp 20-23.

2010

Borcherding, J. 2010. Steps from ecological and ecotoxicological research to the monitoring for water quality using the zebra mussel in a biological early warning system. In: Van der Velde, G., Bij de Vaate, A., and Rajagopal, S. (eds.), The Zebra Mussel in Europe. Weikersheim, Margraf Publishers, pp 279-284.

2001

Borcherding, J. (2001): Zwei neue Schwebgarnelen (Crustacea: Mysidacea) in rheinangebundenen Nebengewässern am Unteren Niederrhein. In: Beiträge zur Gewässer- und Naturkunde Nordrhein-Westfalens. S. Kronsbein, D. Pasch, van de Weyer; K. (Hrsg.), Natur am Niederrhein (N.F.) 16 (1,2): 138-141

Bokranz, W. J. (2000): Beutespektrum des Kormorans: Bestimmungsschlüssel Otolithen und Knochenreste einheimischer Süßwasserfische. Ornithologische Mitteilungen 52. Jg. Nr. 10: 324-329

Kureck, A., Bieg, R., Ottenberg, R. (2001): Einfluß von Futtermenge und Neozoen auf Überlebensrate und Wachstum  von Ephoron virgo (Ephemeroptera) im Rhein.  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie (DGL) - Tagungsbericht 2000 (Magdeburg): 379-83.

Kureck, A., Bieg, R. (2001): Zur Ernährungsökologie von Ephoron virgo (Ephemeroptera) im Rhein: Die Entwicklung der Mundwerkzeuge und der Einfluss von Nahrungskonkurrenz auf die filtierenden Larven.  Verhandlungen der Westdeutschen Entomologischen Tagung 2000: 299-306

2000

Huckenbeck, B., Wipking, W. (2000): (Über)-Leben in Raum und Zeit: Laufkäfer auf Biotopinseln in der Großstadt Köln. Mitt. Dtsch. Ges. Allg. Angew. Ent. 12, Giessen: 307-310.

Wolf, J., L. Küchler, Borcherding, J. (2000): Der Dreissena-Monitor: Ein Instrument zur kontinuierlichen Überwachung der Elbe an an der Gewässergütemeßstation Schmilka. 2. Hohenheimer Workshop zur Bioindikation "Biologische Testverfahren", Altbach-Deizisau, Deutschland, 6. – 8.4.1998; A. Fromin, U. Arndt, D. Elsner & A. Klump (Hrsg.), Verlag Günter Heimbach, Stuttgart