Publications

    2024

  • Ruiz, Micaela B.; Moreira, Eugenia; Novillo, Manuel; Neuhaus, Stefan; Leese, Florian; Havermans, Charlotte
    Detecting the invisible through DNA metabarcoding : The role of gelatinous taxa in the diet of two demersal Antarctic key stone fish species (Notothenioidei)
    In: Environmental DNA Vol. 6 (2024) Nr. 3, e561
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Buchner, Dominik; Sinclair, James S.; Ayasse, Manfred; Beermann, Arne J.; Buse, Jörn; Dziock, Frank; Enss, Julian; Frenzel, Mark; Hörren, Thomas; Li, Yuanheng; Monaghan, Michael T.; Morkel, Carsten; Müller, Jörg; Pauls, Steffen U.; Richter, Ronny; Scharnweber, Tobias; Sorg, Martin; Stoll, Stefan; Twietmeyer, Sönke; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Wiggering, Benedikt; Wilmking, Martin; Zotz, Gerhard; Gessner, Mark O.; Haase, Peter; Leese, Florian
    Upscaling biodiversity monitoring: Metabarcoding estimates 31,846 insect species from Malaise traps across Germany
    In: Molecular Ecology Resources (2024) in press
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Macher, Till-Hendrik; Arle, Jens; Beermann, Arne; Frank, Lina; Hupało, Kamil; Koschorreck, Jan; Schütz, Robin; Leese, Florian
    Is it worth the extra mile? : Comparing environmental DNA and RNA metabarcoding for vertebrate and invertebrate biodiversity surveys in a lowland stream
    In: PeerJ Vol. 12 (2024) e18016
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Madge Pimentel, Iris; Baikova, Daria; Buchner, Dominik; Burfeid Castellanos, Andrea; David, Gwendoline M.; Deep, Aman; Doliwa, Annemie; Hadžiomerović, Una; Mayombo, Ntambwe Albert Serge; Prati, Sebastian; Spyra, Marzena; Vermiert, Anna-Maria; Beisser, Daniela; Dunthorn, Micah; Piggott, Jeremy J.; Sures, Bernd; Tiegs, Scott D.; Leese, Florian; Beermann, Arne
    Assessing the response of an urban stream ecosystem to salinization under different flow regimes
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 926 (2024) 171849
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Juvigny-Khenafou, Noël P.D.; Burgazzi, Gemma; Steiner, Nikita; Harvey, Eric; Terui, Akira; Piggott, Jeremy; Manfrin, Alessandro; Feckler, Alexander; Leese, Florian; Schäfer, Ralf B.
    Effects of flow reduction and artificial light at night (ALAN) on litter decomposition and invertebrate communities in streams : A flume experiment
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 912 (2024) 168836
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • David, Gwendoline M.; Madge Pimentel, Iris; Rehsen, Philipp M.; Vermiert, Anna-Maria; Leese, Florian; Gessner, Mark O.
    Multiple stressors affecting microbial decomposer and litter decomposition in restored urban streams : Assessing effects of salinization, increased temperature, and reduced flow velocity in a field mesocosm experiment
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 943 (2024) 173669
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Madge Pimentel, Iris; Rehsen, Philipp M.; Beermann, Arne J.; Leese, Florian; Piggott, Jeremy J.; Schmuck, Sebastian
    An automated modular heating solution for experimental flow-through stream mesocosm systems
    In: Limnology and Oceanography: Methods Vol. 22 (2024) Nr. 3, pp. 135 - 148
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Mack, Leoni; Buchner, Dominik; Brasseur, Marie V.; Kaijser, Willem; Leese, Florian; Piggott, Jeremy J.; Tiegs, Scott D.; Hering, Daniel
    Fine sediment and the insecticide chlorantraniliprole inhibit organic-matter decomposition in streams through different pathways
    In: Freshwater Biology Vol. 69 (2024) Nr. 3, pp. 365 - 375
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Sander, Mandy; Beermann, Arne; Buchner, Dominik; Madge Pimentel, Iris; Sinclair, James S.; Weiss, Martina; Haase, Peter; Leese, Florian
    Environmental DNA time series analysis of a temperate stream reveals distinct seasonal community and functional shifts
    In: River Research and Applications Vol. 40 (2024) Nr. 5, pp. 850 - 862
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Remmel, Nicole; Buchner, Dominik; Enss, Julian; Hartung, Viktor; Leese, Florian; Welti, Ellen A. R.; Sinclair, James S.; Haase, Peter
    DNA metabarcoding and morphological identification reveal similar richness, taxonomic composition and body size patterns among flying insect communities
    In: Insect Conservation and Diversity Vol. 17 (2024) Nr. 3, pp. 449 - 463
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)

    • 2023

  • Graiff, Angelika; Braun, Matthias; Driemel, Amelie; Ebbing, Jörg; Grossart, Hans-Peter; Harder, Tilmann; Hoffman, Joseph I.; Koch, Boris; Leese, Florian; Piontek, Judith; Scheinert, Mirko; Quillfeldt, Petra; Zimmermann, Jonas; Karsten, Ulf
    Big data in Antarctic sciences-current status, gaps, and future perspectives
    In: Polarforschung Vol. 91 (2023) pp. 45 - 57
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Laini, A.; Stubbington, R.; Beermann, Arne; Burgazzi, G.; Datry, T.; Viaroli, P.; Wilkes, M.; Zizka, V.M.A.; Saccò, M.; Leese, Florian
    Dissecting biodiversity : Assessing the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic structure of an insect metacommunity in a river network using morphological and metabarcoding data
    In: The European Zoological Journal Vol. 90 (2023) Nr. 1, pp. 320 - 332
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Buchner, Dominik; Beermann, Arne; Hörren, Thomas; Enss, Julian; Frenzel, Mark; Li, Yuanheng; Müller, Jörg; Pauls, Steffen U.; Sorg, Martin; Haase, Peter; Leese, Florian
    German-wide Malaise trap metabarcoding estimates over 33,000 insect species
    (2023)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Brasseur, Marie V.; Buchner, Dominik; Mack, Leoni; Schreiner, Verena C.; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Leese, Florian; Mayer, Christoph
    Multiple stressor effects of insecticide exposure and increased fine sediment deposition on the gene expression profiles of two freshwater invertebrate species
    In: Environmental Sciences Europe (ESEU) Vol. 35 (2023) Nr. 1, 81
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Macher, Till-Hendrik; Schütz, Robin; Yildiz, Atakan; Beermann, Arne; Leese, Florian
    Evaluating five primer pairs for environmental DNA metabarcoding of Central European fish species based on mock communities
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) Vol. 7 (2023) pp. 217 - 245
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Salis, Romana; Schreiner, Verena C.; Rozenberg, Andrey; Ohler, Katharina; Baudy-Groh, Patrick; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Leese, Florian
    Effects of fungicides on aquatic fungi and bacteria : a comparison of morphological and molecular approaches from a microcosm experiment
    In: Environmental Sciences Europe (ESEU) Vol. 35 (2023) Nr. 1, 62
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Macher, Till-Hendrik; Schütz, Robin; Hörren, Thomas; Beermann, Arne; Leese, Florian
    It's raining species : Rainwash eDNA metabarcoding as a minimally invasive method to assess tree canopy invertebrate diversity
    In: Environmental DNA Vol. 5 (2023) Nr. 1, pp. 3 - 11
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Pant, Pradeep; Leese, Florian
    Probing the Nucleic Acid Flexibility to Disarm the Viral Counter-Defense Machinery : Design and Characterization of Potent p19 Inhibitors
    In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B: Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces & Biophysical Chemistry Vol. 127 (2023) Nr. 41, pp. 8842 - 8851
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Hupało, Kamil; Copilaș-Ciocianu, Denis; Leese, Florian; Weiss, Martina
    Morphology, nuclear SNPs and mate selection reveal that COI barcoding overestimates species diversity in a Mediterranean freshwater amphipod by an order of magnitude
    In: Cladistics Vol. 39 (2023) Nr. 2, pp. 129 - 143
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Hempel, Christopher A.; Buchner, Dominik; Mack, Leoni; Brasseur, Marie V.; Tulpan, Dan; Leese, Florian; Steinke, Dirk
    Predicting environmental stressor levels with machine learning: a comparison between amplicon sequencing, metagenomics, and total RNA sequencing based on taxonomically assigned data
    In: Frontiers in Microbiology Vol. 14 (2023) 1217750
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Macher, Till-Hendrik; Schütz, Robin; Beermann, Arne J.; Leese, Florian; Wagner, Falko; Arle, Jens; Koschorreck, Jan
    Umwelt-DNA-basiertes Monitoring an der Fischtreppe Dessau-Roßlau : Ein Vergleich mit fischereilichen Methoden
    In: Wasserwirtschaft Vol. 113 (2023) Nr. 5, pp. 47 - 55
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Vos, Matthijs; Hering, Daniel; Gessner, Mark O.; Leese, Florian; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Tollrian, Ralph; Boenigk, Jens; Haase, Peter; Meckenstock, Rainer; Baikova, Daria; Bayat, Helena; Beermann, Arne; Beißer, Daniela; Beszteri, Bánk; Birk, Sebastian; Boden, Lisa; Brauer, Verena; Brauns, Mario; Buchner, Dominik; Burfeid-Castellanos, Andrea; David, Gwendoline; Deep, Aman; Doliwa, Annemie; Dunthorn, Micah; Enß, Julian; Escobar-Sierra, Camilo; Feld, Christian K.; Fohrer, Nicola; Grabner, Daniel; Hadziomerovic, Una; Jähnig, Sonja C.; Jochmann, Maik; Khaliq, Shaista; Kiesel, Jens; Kuppels, Annabel; Lampert, Kathrin P.; Le, T.T. Yen; Lorenz, Armin W.; Madariaga, Graciela Medina; Meyer, Benjamin; Pantel, Jelena H.; Pimentel, Iris Madge; Mayombo, Ntambwe Serge; Nguyen, Hong Hanh; Peters, Kristin; Pfeifer, Svenja M.; Prati, Sebastian; Probst, Alexander J.; Reiner, Dominik; Rolauffs, Peter; Schlenker, Alexandra; Schmidt, Torsten C.; Shah, Mana; Sieber, Guido; Stach, Tom Lennard; Tielke, Ann-Kathrin; Vermiert, Anna-Maria; Weiss, Martina; Weitere, Markus; Sures, Bernd
    The Asymmetric Response Concept explains ecological consequences of multiple stressor exposure and release
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 872 (2023) 162196
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Schneeweiss, Anke; Juvigny-Khenafou, Noël P. D.; Osakpolor, Stephen; Scharmüller, Andreas; Scheu, Sebastian; Schreiner, Verena C.; Ashauer, Roman; Escher, Beate I.; Leese, Florian; Schäfer, Ralf B.
    Three perspectives on the prediction of chemical effects in ecosystems
    In: Global Change Biology Vol. 29 (2023) Nr. 1, pp. 21 - 40
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Brasseur, Marie V.; Leese, Florian; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Schreiner, Verena C.; Mayer, Christoph
    Transcriptomic sequencing data illuminate insecticide-induced physiological stress mechanisms in aquatic non-target invertebrates
    In: Environmental Pollution Vol. 335 (2023) 122306
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Brasseur, Marie V.; Martini, Jan; Wilfling, Olivia; Wüthrich, Remo; Birnstiel, Emil; Oester, Rebecca; Zizka, Vera M. A.; Singer, Gabriel; Leese, Florian; Vitecek, Simon
    Exploring macroinvertebrate biodiversity in the dynamic southern Balkan stream network of the Vjosa using preservative-based DNA metabarcoding
    In: Aquatic Sciences Vol. 85 (2023) Nr. 2, 51
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)

    • 2022

  • Maasri, Alain; Jähnig, Sonja C.; Adamescu, Mihai C.; Haase, Peter; Hering, Daniel; Leese, Florian; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Worischka, Susanne; et al.
    A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research
    In: Ecology Letters Vol. 25 (2022) Nr. 2, pp. 255 - 263
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Buchner, Dominik; Macher, Till-Hendrik; Leese, Florian
    APSCALE : Advanced pipeline for simple yet comprehensive analyses of DNA Meta-barcoding data
    In: Bioinformatics Vol. 38 (2022) Nr. 20, pp. 4817 - 4819
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Blancher, Philippe; Lefrançois, Estelle; Rimet, Frédéric; Vasselon, Valentin; Argillier, Christine; Arle, Jens; Beja, Pedro; Boets, Pieter; Boughaba, Jeanne; Chauvin, Christian; Deacon, Michael; Duncan, Willie; Ejdung, Gunilla; Erba, Stefania; Ferrari, Benoit; Fischer, Helmut; Hänfling, Bernd; Haldin, Michael; Hering, Daniel; Hette-Tronquart, Nicolas; Hiley, Alice; Järvinen, Marko; Jeannot, Benjamin; Kahlert, Maria; Kelly, Martyn; Kleinteich, Julia; Koyuncuoǧlu, Serdar; Krenek, Sascha; Langhein-Winther, Sidsel; Leese, Florian; Mann, David; Marcel, Rémy; Marcheggiani, Stefania; Meissner, Kristian; Mergen, Patricia; Monnier, Olivier; Narendja, Frank; Neu, Diane; Pinto, Veronica Onofre; Pawlowska, Alina; Pawlowski, Jan; Petersen, Martin; Poikane, Sandra; Pont, Didier; Renevier, Marie-Sophie; Sandoy, Steinar; Svensson, Jonas; Trobajo, Rosa; Zagyva, Andrea Tünde; Tziortzis, Iakovos; Van Der Hoorn, Berry; Vasquez, Marlen Ines; Walsh, Kerry; Weigand, Alexander; Bouchez, Agnès; Onofre Pinto, Veronica; Tünde Zagyva, Andrea
    A strategy for successful integration of DNA-based methods in aquatic monitoring
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) Vol. 6 (2022) pp. 215 - 226
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Hupalo, Kamil; Macher, Till-Hendrik; Schütz, Robin; Leese, Florian
    Assessing Metropolitan Biodiversity Using Aquatic Environmental DNA Metabarcoding
    In: Metroplitan Research: Methods and Approaches / Gurr, Jens Martin; Parr, Rolf; Hardt, Dennis (Eds.) 2022, pp. 223 - 248
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Weiss, Martina; Weigand, Hannah; Leese, Florian
    Individual small in-stream barriers contribute little to strong local population genetic structure five strictly aquatic macroinvertebrate taxa
    In: Ecology and Evolution Vol. 12 (2022) Nr. 4, e8807
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Bohmann, Kristine; Elbrecht, Vasco; Carøe, Christian; Bista, Iliana; Leese, Florian; Bunce, Michael; Yu, Douglas W.; Seymour, Mathew; Dumbrell, Alex J.; Creer, Simon
    Strategies for sample labelling and library preparation in DNA metabarcoding studies
    In: Molecular Ecology Resources Vol. 22 (2022) Nr. 4, pp. 1231 - 1246
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Hupało, Kamil; Schmidt, Saskia; Macher, Till-Hendrik; Weiss, Martina; Leese, Florian
    Fresh insights into Mediterranean biodiversity : Environmental DNA reveals spatio-temporal patterns of stream invertebrate communities on Sicily
    In: Hydrobiologia Vol. 849 (2022) Nr. 1, pp. 155 - 173
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Pawlowski, J.; Bruce, K.; Panksep, K.; Aguirre, F.I.; Amalfitano, S.; Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, L.; Baussant, T.; Bouchez, A.; Carugati, L.; Cermakova, K.; Cordier, T.; Corinaldesi, C.; Costa, F.O.; Danovaro, R.; Dell'Anno, A.; Duarte, S.; Eisendle, U.; Ferrari, B.J.D.; Frontalini, F.; Frühe, L.; Haegerbaeumer, A.; Kisand, V.; Krolicka, A.; Lanzén, A.; Leese, Florian; Lejzerowicz, F.; Lyautey, E.; Maček, I.; Sagova-Marečková, M.; Pearman, J.K.; Pochon, X.; Stoeck, T.; Vivien, R.; Weigand, A.; Fazi, S.
    Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring : A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 818 (2022) 151783
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Brasseur, Marie V.; Beermann, Arne; Elbrecht, Vasco; Grabner, Daniel; Peinert-Voss, Bianca; Salis, Romana; Weiss, Martina; Mayer, Christoph; Leese, Florian
    Impacts of multiple anthropogenic stressors on the transcriptional response of Gammarus fossarum in a mesocosm field experiment
    In: BMC Genomics Vol. 23 (2022) Nr. 1, 816
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)

    • 2021

  • Arribas, Paula; Andújar, Carmelo; Bidartondo, Martin I.; Bohmann, Kristine; Coissac, Éric; Creer, Simon; de Waard, Jeremy R.; Elbrecht, Vasco; Ficetola, Gentile F.; Goberna, Marta; Kennedy, Susan; Krehenwinkel, Henrik; Leese, Florian; Novotny, Vojtech; Ronquist, Fredrik; Yu, Douglas W.; Zinger, Lucie; Creedy, Thomas J.; Meramveliotakis, Emmanouil; Noguerales, Víctor; Overcast, Isaac; Morlon, Hélène; Vogler, Alfried P.; Papadopoulou, Anna; Emerson, Brent C.
    Connecting high-throughput biodiversity inventories : Opportunities for a site-based genomic framework for global integration and synthesis
    In: Molecular Ecology Vol. 30 (2021) Nr. 5, pp. 1120 - 1135
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Buchner, Dominik; Beermann, Arne J.; Leese, Florian; Weiss, Martina
    Cooking small and large portions of “biodiversity-soup” : Miniaturized DNA metabarcoding PCRs perform as good as large-volume PCRs
    In: Ecology and Evolution Vol. 11 (2021) Nr. 13, pp. 9092 - 9099
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Wolf, Klara K. E.; Hoppe, Clara J. M.; Leese, Florian; Weiss, Martina; Rost, Björn; Neuhaus, Stefan; Gross, Thilo; Kühne, Nancy; John, Uwe
    Revealing environmentally driven population dynamics of an Arctic diatom using a novel microsatellite PoolSeq barcoding approach
    In: Environmental Microbiology Vol. 23 (2021) Nr. 7: Special Issue on Ecophysiology of Extremophiles, pp. 3809 - 3824
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Buchner, Dominik; Macher, Till-Hendrik; Beermann, Arne; Werner, Marie-Thérése; Leese, Florian
    Standardized high-throughput biomonitoring using DNA metabarcoding: Strategies for the adoption of automated liquid handlers
    In: Environmental Science and Ecotechnology (ESE) Vol. 8 (2021) 100122
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Sagova-Mareckova, Markta; Boenigk, Jens; Bouchez, Agnès; Cermakova, Kristina; Chonova, Teofana; Cordier, Tristan; Eisendle, Ursula; Elersek, Tina; Fazi, Stefano; Fleituch, Tadeusz M.; Frühe, Larissa; Gajdosova, Magdalena; Graupner, Nadine; Haegerbaeumer, Arne; Kelly, Andrea M.; Kopecky, J.; Leese, Florian; Nõges, Peeter; Orlic, Sandi; Panksep, Kristel; Pawlowski, Jan; Petrusek, Adam; Piggott, Jeremy J.; Rusch, Johannes Christopher; Salis, Romana; Schenk, Janina; Simek, Karel; Stovicek, Adam; Strand, David Allan; Vasquez, M.I.; Vrålstad, Trude; Zlatkovic, S.; Zupancic, M.; Stoeck, Thorsten
    Expanding ecological assessment by integrating microorganisms into routine freshwater biomonitoring
    In: Water Research Vol. 191 (2021) pp. 116767
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Macher, Till-Hendrik; Beermann, Arne; Leese, Florian
    TaxonTableTools : A comprehensive, platform-independent graphical user interface software to explore and visualise DNA metabarcoding data
    In: Molecular Ecology Resources Vol. 21 (2021) Nr. 5, pp. 1705 - 1714
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Beermann, Arne; Werner, Marie-Thérése; Elbrecht, Vasco; Zizka, Vera; Leese, Florian
    DNA metabarcoding improves the detection of multiple stressor responses of stream invertebrates to increased salinity, fine sediment deposition and reduced flow velocity
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 750 (2021) pp. 141969
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Berger, Elisabeth; Bossenbroek, Lisa; Beermann, Arne; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Znari, Mohammed; Riethmüller, Sina; Sidhu, Nanki; Kaczmarek, Nils; Benaissa, Hassan; Ghamizi, Mohamed; Plicht, Sabrina; Ben Salem, Souad; El Qorchi, Fadoua; Naimi, Mohamed; Leese, Florian; Frör, Oliver
    Social-ecological interactions in the Draa River Basin, southern Morocco : Towards nature conservation and human well-being using the IPBES framework
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 769 (2021) 144492
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Jähnig, Sonja C.; Baranov, Viktor; Altermatt, Florian; Cranston, Peter; Friedrichs-Manthey, Martin; Geist, Juergen; He, Fengzhi; Heino, Jani; Hering, Daniel; Hölker, Franz; Jourdan, Jonas; Kalinkat, Gregor; Kiesel, Jens; Leese, Florian; Maasri, Alain; Monaghan, Michael T.; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Tockner, Klement; Tonkin, Jonathan D.; Domisch, Sami
    Revisiting global trends in freshwater insect biodiversity
    In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs). Water Vol. 8 (2021) Nr. 2, e1506
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Blackman, Rosetta C.; Altermatt, Florian; Foulquier, Arnaud; Lefébure, Tristan; Gauthier, Maïlys; Bouchez, Agnès; Stubbington, Rachel; Weigand, Alexander M.; Leese, Florian; Datry, Thibault
    Unlocking our understanding of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams with genomic tools
    In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Vol. 19 (2021) Nr. 10, pp. 574 - 583
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Buchner, Dominik; Haase, Peter; Leese, Florian
    Wet grinding of invertebrate bulk samples : A scalable and cost-efficient protocol for metabarcoding and metagenomics
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) Vol. 5 (2021) pp. 73 - 81
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Macher, Till-Hendrik; Schütz, Robin; Arle, Jens; Beermann, Arne; Koschorreck, Jan; Leese, Florian
    Beyond fish edna metabarcoding : Field replicates disproportionately improve the detection of stream associated vertebrate species
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) Vol. 5 (2021) e66557
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Høye, Toke T.; Ärje, Johanna; Bjerge, Kim; Hansen, Oskar L. P.; Iosifidis, Alexandros; Leese, Florian; Mann, Hjalte M. R.; Meissner, Kristian; Melvad, Claus; Raitoharju, Jenni
    Deep learning and computer vision will transform entomology
    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) Vol. 118 (2021) Nr. 2, pp. e2002545117
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Cordier, Tristan; Alonso-Sáez, Laura; Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Laure; Aylagas, Eva; Bohan, David A.; Bouchez, Agnès; Chariton, Anthony; Creer, Simon; Frühe, Larissa; Keck, François; Keeley, Nigel; Laroche, Olivier; Leese, Florian; Pochon, Xavier; Stoeck, Thorsten; Pawlowski, Jan; Lanzén, Anders
    Ecosystems monitoring powered by environmental genomics : A review of current strategies with an implementation roadmap
    In: Molecular Ecology Vol. 30 (2021) Nr. 13, pp. 2937 - 2958
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Leese, Florian; Sander, Mandy; Buchner, Dominik; Elbrecht, Vasco; Haase, Peter; Zizka, Vera
    Improved freshwater macroinvertebrate detection from environmental DNA through minimized nontarget amplification
    In: Environmental DNA Vol. 3 (2021) Nr. 1, pp. 261 - 276
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Rimet, Frédéric; Aylagas, Eva; Borja, Angel; Bouchez, Agnès; Canino, Alexis; Chauvin, Christian; Chonova, Teofana; Čiampor, Fedor; Costa, Filipe O.; Ferrari, Benoit J.D.; Gastineau, Romain; Goulon, Chloé; Gugger, Muriel; Holzmann, Maria; Jahn, Regine; Kahlert, Maria; Kusber, Wolf-Henning; Laplace-Treyture, Christophe; Leese, Florian; Leliaert, Frederik; Mann, David G.; Marchand, Frédéric; Méléder, Vona; Pawlowski, Jan; Rasconi, Serena; Rivera, Sinziana; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Schweizer, Magali; Trobajo, Rosa; Vasselon, Valentin; Vivien, Régis; Weigand, Alexander; Witkowski, Andrzej; Zimmermann, Jonas; Ekrem, Torbjørn
    Metadata standards and practical guidelines for specimen and DNA curation when building barcode reference libraries for aquatic life
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) Vol. 5 (2021) pp. 17 - 33
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Meyer, Albin; Boyer, Frédéric; Valentini, Alice; Bonin, Aurélie; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Beisel, Jean-Nicolas; Bouquerel, Jonathan; Wagner, Philippe; Gaboriaud, Coline; Leese, Florian; Dejean, Tony; Taberlet, Pierre; Usseglio-Polatera, Philippe
    Morphological vs. DNA metabarcoding approaches for the evaluation of stream ecological status with benthic invertebrates : Testing different combinations of markers and strategies of data filtering
    In: Molecular Ecology Vol. 30 (2021) Nr. 13, pp. 3203 - 3220
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)

    • 2020

  • Buchner, Dominik; Leese, Florian
    BOLDigger - a Python package to identify and organise sequences with the Barcode of Life Data systems
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) Vol. 4 (2020) pp. 19 - 21
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Mack, Leoni; Attila, Jenni; Aylagas, Eva; Beermann, Arne; Borja, Angel; Hering, Daniel; Kahlert, Maria; Leese, Florian; Lenz, Robin; Lehtiniemi, Maiju; Liess, Antonia; Lips, Urmas; Mattila, Olli-Pekka; Meissner, Kristian; Pyhälahti, Timo; Setälä, Outi; Strehse, Jennifer S.; Uusitalo, Laura; Willstrand Wranne, Anna; Birk, Sebastian
    A Synthesis of Marine Monitoring Methods With the Potential to Enhance the Status Assessment of the Baltic Sea
    In: Frontiers in Marine Science Vol. 7 (2020) 552047
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Theissinger, Kathrin; Kästel, Anna; Elbrecht, Vasco; Makkonen, Jenny; Michiels, Susanne; Schmidt, Susanne I.; Allgeier, Stefanie; Leese, Florian; Brühl, Carsten A.
    Corrigendum : Using DNA metabarcoding for assessing chironomid diversity and community change in mosquito controlled temporary wet-lands (Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 2 (e21060) DOI: 10.3897/mbmg.2.21060)
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) Vol. 4 (2020) pp. 60854
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Laini, Alex; Beermann, Arne; Bolpagni, Rossano; Burgazzi, Gemma; Elbrecht, Vasco; Zizka, Vera; Leese, Florian; Viaroli, Pierluigi
    Exploring the potential of metabarcoding to disentangle macroinvertebrate community dynamics in intermittent streams
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) Vol. 4 (2020) pp. 65 - 79
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Dömel, Jana S.; Dietz, Lars; Macher, Till-Hendrik; Rozenberg, Andrey; Mayer, Christoph; Spaak, Johanna M.; Melzer, Roland R.; Leese, Florian
    Analyzing drivers of speciation in the Southern Ocean using the sea spider species complex Colossendeis megalonyx as a test case
    In: Polar Biology Vol. 43 (2020) Nr. 4, pp. 319 - 342
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Zizka, Vera; Weiss, Martina; Leese, Florian
    Can metabarcoding resolve intraspecific genetic diversity changes to environmental stressors? : A test case using river macrozoobenthos
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) Vol. 4 (2020) pp. 23 - 34
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Wallinger, Corinna; Leese, Florian; Traugott, Michael
    Einsatz DNA-basierter Methoden im Biodiversitäts-Monitoring
    In: Gefahrstoffe - Reinhaltung der Luft Vol. 80 (2020) Nr. 3, pp. 95 - 99
  • Rehm, Peter; Thatje, Sven; Leese, Florian; Held, Christoph
    Phylogenetic relationship within cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) and genetic variability of two antarctic species of the family leuconidae
    In: Scientia Marina: International journal on marine sciences Vol. 84 (2020) Nr. 4, pp. 385 - 392
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Milošević, Djuradj; Milosavljević, Aleksandar; Predić, Bratislav; Medeiros, Andrew S.; Savić-Zdravković, Dimitrija; Stojković Piperac, Milica; Kostić, Tijana; Spasić, Filip; Leese, Florian
    Application of deep learning in aquatic bioassessment : Towards automated identification of non-biting midges
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 711 (2020) pp. 135160
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Hempel, Christopher A.; Peinert, Bianca; Beermann, Arne; Elbrecht, Vasco; Macher, Jan-Niklas; Macher, Till-Hendrik; Jacobs, Gunnar; Leese, Florian
    Using Environmental DNA to Monitor the Reintroduction Success of the Rhine Sculpin (Cottus rhenanus) in a Restored Stream
    In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Vol. 8 (2020) 81
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Zizka, Vera M. A.; Geiger, Matthias F.; Leese, Florian
    DNA metabarcoding of stream invertebrates reveals spatio-temporal variation but consistent status class assessments in a natural and urban river
    In: Ecological Indicators Vol. 115 (2020) 106383
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/

    • 2019

  • Blackman, Rosetta C.; Mächler, Elvira; Altermatt, Florian; Arnold, Amanda; Beja, Pedro; Boets, Pieter; Egeter, Bastian; Elbrecht, Vasco; Filipe, Ana Filipa; Iwan Jones, J.; Macher, Jan; Majaneva, Markus; Martins, Filipa M.S.; Múrria, Cesc; Meissner, Kristian; Pawlowski, Jan; Schmidt Yáñez, Paul L.; Zizka, Vera; Leese, Florian; Price, Ben; Deiner, Kristy
    Advancing the use of molecular methods for routine freshwater macroinvertebrate biomonitoring - The need for calibration experiments
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) Vol. 3 (2019) pp. 49 - 57
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Buchner, Dominik; Beermann, Arne J.; Laini, Alex; Rolauffs, Peter; Vitecek, Simon; Hering, Daniel; Leese, Florian
    Analysis of 13,312 benthic invertebrate samples from German streams reveals minor deviations in ecological status class between abundance and presence/absence data
    In: PLoS ONE Vol. 14 (2019) Nr. 12, pp. e0226547
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Zizka, Vera; Elbrecht, Vasco; Macher, Jan-Niklas; Leese, Florian
    Assessing the influence of sample tagging and library preparation on DNA metabarcoding
    In: Molecular Ecology Resources Vol. 19 (2019) Nr. 4, pp. 893 - 899
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Darschnik, Sonja; Leese, Florian; Weiss, Martina; Weigand, Hannah
    When barcoding fails: development of diagnostic nuclear markers for the sibling caddisfly species Sericostoma personatum (Spence in Kirby & Spence, 1826) and Sericostoma flavicorne Schneider, 1845
    In: ZooKeys Vol. 872 (2019) pp. 57 - 68
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Dömel, Jana; Macher, Till-Hendrik; Dietz, Lars; Duncan, Sabrina; Mayer, Christoph; Rozenberg, Andrey; Wolcott, Katherine; Leese, Florian; Melzer, Roland R.
    Combining morphological and genomic evidence to resolve species diversity and study speciation processes of the Pallenopsis patagonica (Pycnogonida) species complex
    In: Frontiers in Zoology Vol. 16 (2019) 36
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Weigand, Hannah; Beermann, Arne; Čiampor, Fedor; Costa, Filipe O.; Csabai, Zoltán; Duarte, Sofia; Geiger, Matthias F.; Grabowski, Michał; Rimet, Frédéric; Rulik, Björn; Strand, Malin; Szucsich, Nikolaus; Weigand, Alexander M.; Willassen, Endre; Wyler, Sofia A.; Bouchez, Agnès; Borja, Angel; Čiamporová-Zaťovičová, Zuzana; Ferreira, Sónia; Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Eisendle, Ursula; Freyhof, Jörg; Gadawski, Piotr; Graf, Wolfram; Haegerbaeumer, Arne; van der Hoorn, Berry B.; Japoshvili, Bella; Keresztes, Lujza; Keskin, Emre; Leese, Florian; Macher, Jan-Niklas; Mamos, Tomasz; Paz, Guy; Pešić, Vladimir; Pfannkuchen, Daniela Maric; Pfannkuchen, Martin Andreas; Price, Benjamin W.; Rinkevich, Buki; Teixeira, Marcos A.L.; Várbíró, Gábor; Ekrem, Torbjørn
    DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe : Gap-analysis and recommendations for future work
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 678 (2019) pp. 499 - 524
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Zizka, Vera; Leese, Florian; Peinert, Bianca; Geiger, Matthias F.
    DNA metabarcoding from sample fixative as a quick and voucher-preserving biodiversity assessment method
    In: Genome Vol. 62 (2019) Nr. 3, pp. 122 - 136
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Jähnig, Sonja C.; Adrian, Rita; Großart, Hans-Peter; Hering, Daniel; Leese, Florian; Haase, Peter; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Sommerwerk, Nike; et al.
    Living Waters : A Research Agenda for the Biodiversity of Inland and Coastal Waters
    Berlin (2019) 12 Seiten
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/; Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Adamowicz, Sarah J.; Boatwright, James S.; Chain, Frédéric; Fisher, Brian L.; Hogg, Ian D.; Leese, Florian; Lijtmaer, Darío A.; Mwale, Monica; Naaum, Amanda M.; Pochon, Xavier; Steinke, Dirk; Wilson, John-James; Wood, Susanna; Xu, Jianping; Xu, Sen; Zhou, Xin; Van Der Bank, Michelle
    Trends in DNA barcoding and metabarcoding
    In: Genome Vol. 62 (2019) Nr. 3, pp. V - VIII
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Dietz, Lars; Dömel, Jana; Leese, Florian; Mahon, Andrew R.; Mayer, Christoph
    Phylogenomics of the longitarsal Colossendeidae : The evolutionary history of an Antarctic sea spider radiation
    In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Vol. 136 (2019) pp. 206 - 214
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/

    • 2018

  • Macher, Jan-Niklas; Vivancos, Aurelién; Piggott, Jeremy J.; Centeno, Fernanda C.; Matthaei, Christoph D.; Leese, Florian
    Comparison of environmental DNA and bulk-sample metabarcoding using highly degenerate cytochrome c oxidase I primers
    In: Molecular Ecology Resources (2018)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Beermann, Arne; Zizka, Vera; Elbrecht, Vasco; Baranov, Viktor; Leese, Florian
    DNA metabarcoding reveals the complex and hidden responses of chironomids to multiple stressors
    In: Environmental Sciences Europe (ESEU) Vol. 30 (2018) pp. 26
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Theissinger, Kathrin; Kästel, Anna; Elbrecht, Vasco; Makkonen, Jenny; Michiels, Susanne; Schmidt, Susanne I.; Allgeier, Stefanie; Leese, Florian; Brühl, Carsten A.
    Using DNA metabarcoding for assessing chironomid diversity and community change in mosquito controlled temporary wetlands
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) Vol. 2 (2018) pp. 21060
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Hering, Daniel; Leese, Florian; Haase, Peter
    Gewässer : Mehr als Wasser
    In: Unikate: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre (2018) Nr. 51: Herausforderung Wasserforschung - lokal, regional, global, pp. 48 - 57
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Leese, Florian; Bouchez, Agnès; Abarenkov, Kessy; Altermatt, Florian; Borja, Ángel; Bruce, Kat; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Čiampor, Fedor; Čiamporová-Zaťovičová, Zuzana; Costa, Filipe O.; Duarte, Sofia; Elbrecht, Vasco; Fontaneto, Diego; Franc, Alain; Geiger, Matthias F.; Hering, Daniel; Kahlert, Maria; Kalamujić Stroil, Belma; Kelly, Martyn; Keskin, Emre; Liska, Igor; Mergen, Patricia; Meissner, Kristian; Pawlowski, Jan; Penev, Lyubomir; Reyjol, Yorick; Rotter, Ana; Steinke, Dirk; van der Wal, Bas; Vitecek, Simon; Zimmermann, Jonas; Weigand, Alexander M.
    Why We Need Sustainable Networks Bridging Countries, Disciplines, Cultures and Generations for Aquatic Biomonitoring 2.0 : A Perspective Derived From the DNAqua-Net COST Action
    In: Next Generation Biomonitoring: Part 1 / Bohan, David A.; Dumbrell, Alex J.; Woodward, Guy; Jackson, Michelle (Eds.) 2018, pp. 63 - 99
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Weigand, Hannah; Leese, Florian
    Detecting signatures of positive selection in non-model species using genomic data
    In: Zoological journal of the Linnean Society Vol. 184 (2018) Nr. 2, pp. 528 - 583
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Zittel, Maike; Grabner, Daniel; Wlecklik, Andre; Sures, Bernd; Leese, Florian; Taraschewski, Horst; Weigand, Alexander M.
    Cryptic species and their utilization of indigenous and non-indigenous intermediate hosts in the acanthocephalan Polymorphus minutus sensu lato (Polymorphidae)
    In: Parasitology Vol. 145 (2018) Nr. 11, pp. 1421 - 1429
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Macher, Jan-Niklas; Zizka, Vera; Weigand, Alexander M.; Leese, Florian
    A simple centrifugation protocol for metagenomic studies increases mitochondrial DNA yield by two orders of magnitude
    In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution Vol. 9 (2018) Nr. 4, pp. 1070 - 1074
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Hering, Daniel; Borja, Angel; Jones, J Iwan; Pont, Didier; Boets, Pieter; Bouchez, Agnes; Bruce, Kat; Drakare, Stina; Hänfling, Bernd; Kahlert, Maria; Leese, Florian; Meissner, Kristian; Mergen, Patricia; Reyjol, Yorick; Segurado, Pedro; Vogler, Alfried; Kelly, Martyn
    Implementation options for DNA-based identification into ecological status assessment under the European Water Framework Directive.
    In: Water Research Vol. 138 (2018) pp. 192 - 205
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Timm, Henning; Weigand, Hannah; Weiss, Martina; Leese, Florian; Rahmann, Sven
    DDRAGE : A data set generator to evaluate ddRADseq analysis software
    In: Molecular Ecology Resources Vol. 18 (2018) Nr. 3, pp. 681 - 690
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Elbrecht, Vasco; Vamos, Ecaterina Edith; Steinke, Dirk; Leese, Florian
    Estimating intraspecific genetic diversity from community DNA metabarcoding data
    In: PeerJ Vol. 6 (2018) e4644
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Weiss, Martina; Weigand, Hannah; Weigand, Alexander M.; Leese, Florian
    Genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism data reveal cryptic species within cryptic freshwater snail species—The case of the Ancylus fluviatilis species complex
    In: Ecology and Evolution Vol. 8 (2018) Nr. 2, pp. 1063 - 1072
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Nuy, Julia; Lange, Anja; Beermann, Arne; Jensen, Manfred; Elbrecht, Vasco; Röhl, Oliver; Peršoh, Derek; Begerow, Dominik; Leese, Florian; Boenigk, Jens
    Responses of stream microbes to multiple anthropogenic stressors in a mesocosm study
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 633 (2018) pp. 1287 - 1301
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Dietz, Lars; Dömel, Jana S.; Leese, Florian; Lehmann, Tobias; Melzer, Roland R.
    Feeding ecology in sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) : What do we know?
    In: Frontiers in Zoology Vol. 15 (2018) Nr. 1, 7
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Pawlowski, Jan; Kelly-Quinn, Mary; Altermatt, Florian; Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Laure; Beja, Pedro; Boggero, Angela; Borja, Angel; Bouchez, Agnès; Cordier, Tristan; Domaizon, Isabelle; Feio, Maria Joao; Filipe, Ana Filipa; Fornaroli, Riccardo; Graf, Wolfram; Herder, Jelger; van der Hoorn, Berry; Iwan Jones, J.; Sagova-Mareckova, Marketa; Moritz, Christian; Barquín, Jose; Piggott, Jeremy J.; Pinna, Maurizio; Rimet, Frederic; Rinkevich, Buki; Sousa-Santos, Carla; Specchia, Valeria; Trobajo, Rosa; Vasselon, Valentin; Vitecek, Simon; Zimmerman, Jonas; Weigand, Alexander M.; Leese, Florian; Kahlert, Maria
    The future of biotic indices in the ecogenomic era : Integrating (e)DNA metabarcoding in biological assessment of aquatic ecosystems
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 637-638 (2018) pp. 1295 - 1310
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Weigand, Hannah; Weiss, Martina; Cai, Huimin; Li, Yongping; Yu, Lili; Zhang, Christine; Leese, Florian
    Fishing in troubled waters : revealing genomic signatures of local adaptation in response to freshwater pollutants in two macroinvertebrates
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 633 (2018) pp. 875 - 891
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Beermann, Arne; Elbrecht, Vasco; Karnatz, Svenja; Ma, Li; Matthaei, Christoph D.; Piggott, Jeremy J.; Leese, Florian
    Multiple-stressor effects on stream macroinvertebrate communities : A mesocosm experiment manipulating salinity, fine sediment and flow velocity
    In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 610-611 (2018) pp. 961 - 971
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/

    • 2017

  • Morinière, Jérôme; Hendrich, Lars; Balke, Michael; Beermann, Arne; König, Tobias; Hess, Monika; Koch, Stefan; Müller, Reinhard; Leese, Florian; Hebert, Paul D. N.; Hausmann, Axel; Schubart, Christoph D.; Haszprunar, Gerhard
    A DNA barcode library for Germany′s mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera)
    In: Molecular Ecology Resources Vol. 17 (2017) Nr. 6, pp. 1293 - 1307
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Wagner, Philipp; Dömel, Jana; Hofmann, Michaela; Hübner, Jeremy; Leese, Florian; Melzer, Roland R.
    Comparative study of bisected proboscides of Pycnogonida
    In: Organisms Diversity and Evolution Vol. 17 (2017) Nr. 1, pp. 121 - 135
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Elbrecht, Vasco; Leese, Florian
    Corrigendum: Validation and development of COI metabarcoding primers for freshwater macroinvertebrate bioassessment
    In: Frontiers in Environmental Science Vol. 5 (2017) Nr. JUN, 38
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Weigand, Hannah; Weiss, Martina; Cai, Huimin; Li, Yongping; Yu, Lili; Zhang, Christine; Leese, Florian
    Deciphering the origin of mito-nuclear discordance in two sibling caddisfly species
    In: Molecular Ecology Vol. 26 (2017) Nr. 20, pp. 5705 - 5715
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Beermann, Arne; Uekötter, Laura; Leese, Florian; Lorenz, Armin; Hershkovitz, Yaron
    Insights into species diversity of the genus Hydropsyche Pictet, 1834 (Hydropsychidae, Trichoptera) from the Lake Kinneret catchment (Israel)
    In: Aquatic Insects Vol. 38 (2017) Nr. 3, pp. 125 - 140
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Elbrecht, Vasco; Vamos, Edith; Meissner, Kristian; Aroviita, Jukka; Leese, Florian
    Assessing strengths and weaknesses of DNA metabarcoding-based macroinvertebrate identification for routine stream monitoring
    In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution Vol. 8 (2017) Nr. 10, pp. 1265 - 1275
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Elbrecht, Vasco; Leese, Florian
    PrimerMiner: an r package for development and in silico validation of DNA metabarcoding primers
    In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution Vol. 8 (2017) Nr. 5, pp. 622 - 626
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Vendrami, David L. J.; Telesca, Luca; Weigand, Hannah; Weiss, Martina; Fawcett, Katie; Lehman, Katrin; Clark, M.S.; Leese, Florian; McMinn, Carrie; Moore, Heather; Hoffman, Joseph I.
    RAD sequencing resolves fine-scale population structure in a benthic invertebrate : Implications for understanding phenotypic plasticity
    In: Royal Society Open Science Vol. 4 (2017) Nr. 2, 160548
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Röhl, O.; Peršoh, D.; Mittelbach, M.; Elbrecht, Vasco; Brachmann, A.; Nuy, Julia; Boenigk, Jens; Leese, Florian; Begerow, D.
    Distinct sensitivity of fungal freshwater guilds to water quality
    In: Mycological Progress (2017) Nr. online article, pp. 1 - 15
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Leese, Florian; Hering, Daniel; Wägele, J.-Wolfgang
    Potenzial genetischer Methoden für das Biomonitoring der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie
    In: Wasserwirtschaft Vol. 107 (2017) Nr. 7-8, pp. 49 - 53
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Mock, Thomas; Otillar, Robert P.; Strauss, Jan; McMullan, Mark; Paajanen, Pirita; Schmutz, Jeremy; Salamov, Asaf; Sanges, Remo; Toseland, Andrew; Ward, Ben J.; Allen, Andrew E.; Dupont, Christopher L.; Frickenhaus, Stephan; Maumus, Florian; Veluchamy, Alaguraj; Wu, Taoyang; Barry, Kerrie W.; Falciatore, Angela; Ferrante, Maria I.; Fortunato, Antonio E.; Glöckner, Gernot; Gruber, Ansgar; Hipkin, Rachel; Janech, Michael G.; Kroth, Peter G.; Leese, Florian; Lindquist, Erika A.; Lyon, Barbara R.; Martin, Joel; Mayer, Christoph; Parker, Micaela; Quesneville, Hadi; Raymond, James A.; Uhlig, Christiane; Valas, Ruben E.; Valentin, Klaus U.; Worden, Alexandra Z.; Armbrust, E. Virginia; Clark, Matthew D.; Bowler, Chris; Green, Beverley R.; Moulton, Vincent; Van Oosterhout, Cock; Grigoriev, Igor V.
    Evolutionary genomics of the cold-Adapted diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus
    In: Nature Vol. 541 (2017) Nr. 7638, pp. 536 - 540
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Macher, Jan-Niklas; Leese, Florian; Weigand, Alexander M.; Rozenberg, Andrey
    The complete mitochondrial genome of a cryptic amphipod species from the Gammarus fossarum complex
    In: Mitochondrial DNA Part B Vol. 2 (2017) Nr. 1, pp. 17 - 18
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Dömel, Jana; Melzer, Roland R.; Harder, Avril M.; Mahon, Andrew R.; Leese, Florian
    Nuclear and mitochondrial gene data support recent radiation within the sea spider species complex Pallenopsis patagonica
    In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Vol. 4 (2017) 139
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Elbrecht, Vasco; Peinert, Bianca; Leese, Florian
    Sorting things out: Assessing effects of unequal specimen biomass on DNA metabarcoding
    In: Ecology and Evolution Vol. 7 (2017) Nr. 17, pp. 6918 - 6926
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Leese, Florian; Elbrecht, Vasco
    Validation and Development of COI Metabarcoding Primers for Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment
    In: Frontiers in Environmental Science Vol. 5 (2017) Nr. APR, 11
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)

    • 2016

  • Tollrian, Ralph; Rozenberg, Andrey; Weiss, Linda C.; Leese, Florian
    Digital gene expression analysis with sample multiplexing and PCR duplicate detection : A straightforward protocol
    In: BioTechniques Vol. 61 (2016) Nr. 1, pp. 26 - 32
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Macher, Jan-Niklas; Weiss, Martina; Beermann, Arne J.; Leese, Florian
    Cryptic diversity and population structure at small scales : The freshwater snail Ancylus (Planorbidae, Pulmonata) in the Montseny mountain range
    In: Annales de Limnologie = International Journal of Limnology Vol. 52 (2016) pp. 387 - 399
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Katouzian, Ahmad-Reza; Weigand, Alexander M.; Leese, Florian; Saboori, Alireza; Weiss, Martina; Macher, Jan-Niklas; Sari, Alireza
    Drastic underestimation of amphipod biodiversity in the endangered Irano-Anatolian and Caucasus biodiversity hotspots
    In: Scientific Reports Vol. 6 (2016) pp. 22507
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Elbrecht, Vasco; Leese, Florian; Piggott, Jeremy; Wlecklik, Andre; Wagner, Rüdiger; Tollrian, Ralph; Neumann, Janis; Goessler, Gunnar; Beermann, Arne
    Multiple-stressor effects on stream invertebrates : a mesocosm experiment manipulating nutrients, fine sediment and flow velocity
    In: Freshwater Biology Vol. 61 (2016) Nr. 4, pp. 362 - 375
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Macher, Jan-Niklas; Salis, Romana K.; Blakemore, Katie S.; Tollrian, Ralph; Matthaei, Christoph D.; Leese, Florian
    Multiple-stressor effects on stream invertebrates: DNA barcoding reveals contrasting responses of cryptic mayfly species
    In: Ecological Indicators Vol. 61 (2016) Nr. Part 2, pp. 159 - 169
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Elbrecht, Vasco; Leese, Florian; Coissac, Eric; Boyer, Frederic; Beisel, Jean-Nicolas; Usseglio-Polatera, Philippe; Valentini, Alice; Dejean, Tony; Taberlet, Pierre
    Testing the potential of a ribosomal 16S marker for DNA metabarcoding of insects
    In: PeerJ (2016) Nr. 4, e1966
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Weiss, Martina; Leese, Florian
    Widely distributed and regionally isolated! : Drivers of genetic structure in Gammarus fossarum in a human-impacted landscape
    In: BMC Evolutionary Biology Vol. 16 (2016) Nr. 1, pp. 153
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)

    • 2015

  • Macher, Jan-Niklas; Rozenberg, Andrey; Pauls, Steffen U.; Tollrian, Ralph; Wagner, Rüdiger; Leese, Florian
    Assessing the phylogeographic history of the montane caddisfly Thremma gallicum using mitochondrial and restriction-site-associated DNA (RAD) markers
    In: Ecology and Evolution (2015) pp. 648 - 662
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Rozenberg, Andrey; Brand, Philipp; Rivera, Nicole; Leese, Florian; Schubart, Christoph D.
    Characterization of fossilized relatives of the White Spot Syndrome Virus in genomes of decapod crustaceans
    In: BMC Evolutionary Biology Vol. 15 (2015) pp. 142
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Grabner, Daniel; Weigand, Alexander M.; Leese, Florian; Winking, Caroline; Hering, Daniel; Tollrian, Ralph; Sures, Bernd
    Invaders, natives and their enemie : distribution patterns of amphipods and their microsporidian parasites in the Ruhr Metropolis, Germany
    In: Parasites and Vectors Vol. 8 (2015) Nr. 1,
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Dietz, Lars; Brand, Philipp; Eschner, Lisa-Marie; Leese, Florian
    The mitochondrial genomes of the caddisflies Sericostoma personatum and Thremma gallicum (Insecta: Trichoptera)
    In: Mitochondrial DNA (2015)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Rozenberg, Andrey; Parida, Mrutyunjaya; Leese, Florian; Weiss, Linda C.; Tollrian, Ralph; Manak, J. Robert
    Transcriptional profiling of predator-induced phenotypic plasticity in Daphnia pulex
    In: Frontiers in Zoology Vol. 12 (2015) 18
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Gäbler-Schwarz, Steffi; Medlin, Linda K.; Leese, Florian
    A puzzle with many pieces : the genetic structure and diversity of Phaeocystis antarctica Karsten (Prymnesiophyta)
    In: European Journal of Phycology (2015) pp. 112 - 124
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Weiss, Linda C.; Leese, Florian; Laforsch, Christian; Tollrian, Ralph
    Dopamine is a key regulator in the signalling pathway underlying predatorinduced defences in Daphnia
    In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences Vol. 282 (2015) Nr. 1816, 20151440
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Elbrecht, Vasco; Leese, Florian
    The mitochondrial genome of the Arizona Snowfly Mesocapnia arizonensis (Plecoptera, Capniidae)
    In: Mitochondrial DNA (2015)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Elbrecht, Vasco; Leese, Florian
    Can DNA-Based Ecosystem Assessments Quantify Species Abundance? Testing Primer Bias and Biomass : Sequence Relationships with an Innovative Metabarcoding Protocol
    In: PLoS ONE Vol. 10 (2015) Nr. 7, pp. e0130324
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Dietz, Lars; Arango, Claudia P.; Dömel, Jana S.; Halanych, Kenneth M.; Harder, Avril M.; Held, Christoph; Mahon, Andrew R.; Mayer, Christoph; Melzer, Roland R.; Rouse, Greg W.; Weis, Andrea; Wilson, Nerida G.; Leese, Florian
    Regional differentiation and extensive hybridization between mitochondrial clades of the Southern Ocean giant sea spider Colossendeis megalonyx
    In: Royal Society Open Science Vol. 2 (2015) Nr. 7, 140424
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Leese, Florian
    Genetic data support independent glacial refugia and open ocean barriers to dispersal for the Southern Ocean sea spider Austropallene cornigera (Möbius, 1902)
    In: Journal of Crustacean Biology (2015)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Dietz, Lars; Pieper, Sven; Seefeldt, Meike A.; Leese, Florian
    Morphological and genetic data clarify the taxonomic status of Colossendeis robusta and C. glacialis (Pycnogonida) and reveal overlooked diversity
    In: Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny Vol. 73 (2015) Nr. 1, pp. 101 - 127
    Online Full Text
  • Brand, Philipp; Ramírez, Santiago R.; Leese, Florian; Quezada-Euan, J. Javier G.; Tollrian, Ralph; Eltz, Thomas
    Rapid evolution of chemosensory receptor genes in a pair of sibling species of orchid bees (Apidae: Euglossini)
    In: BMC Evolutionary Biology Vol. 15 (2015) pp. 176ff
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)

    • 2014

  • Weis, Andrea; Meyer, Roland; Dietz, Lars; Dömel, Jana S.; Leese, Florian; Melzer, Roland
    Pallenopsis patagonica (Hoek, 1881) : a species complex revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding, with description of a new species of Pallenopsis Wilson, 1881
    In: Zoological journal of the Linnean Society (2014) pp. 110 - 131
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Brix, Saskia; Leese, Florian; Riehl, Torben; Kihara, Terue Christina
    A new genus and new species of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 (Isopoda) from the eastern South Atlantic abyss described by means of integrative taxonomy
    In: Marine Biodiversity Vol. 45 (2014) Nr. 1, pp. 7 - 61
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Elbrecht, Vasco; Feld, Christian Karl; Gies, Maria; Hering, Daniel; Sondermann, Martin; Tollrian, Ralph; Leese, Florian
    Genetic diversity and dispersal potential of the stonefly Dinocras cephalotes in a central European low mountain range
    In: Freshwater Science Vol. 33 (2014) Nr. 1, pp. 181 - 192
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Lampert, Kathrin P.; Pasternak, Vanessa; Brand, Philipp; Tollrian, Ralph; Leese, Florian; Eltz, Thomas
    ‘Late’ male sperm precedence in polyandrous wool-carder bees and the evolution of male resource defence in Hymenoptera
    In: Animal Behaviour Vol. 90 (2014) pp. 211 - 217
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Pauls, Steffen U.; Alp, Maria; Bálint, Miklós; Bernabò, Paola; Čiampor, Fedor; Čiamporová‐Zaťovičová, Zuzana; Finn, Debra S.; Kohout, Jan; Leese, Florian; Lencioni, Valeria; Paz-Vinas, Ivan; Monaghan, Michael T.
    Integrating molecular tools into freshwater ecology : developments and opportunities
    In: Freshwater Biology Vol. 59 (2014) pp. 1559 - 1576
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Weiss, Martina; Macher, Jan Niklas; Seefeldt, Meike Anna; Leese, Florian
    Molecular evidence for further overlooked species within the Gammarus fossarum complex (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
    In: Hydrobiologia (2014) pp. 165 - 184
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Raupach, Michael; Bininda-Emonds, Olaf R. P.; Knebelsberger, Thomas; Laakmann, Silke; Pfaender, Jobst; Leese, Florian
    Phylogeographical analysis of Ligia oceanica (Crustacea: Isopoda) reveals two deeply divergent mitochondrial lineages
    In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2014) pp. 16 - 30
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Leese, Florian; Tollrian, Ralph
    Welche Informationen können genetische Daten über den Zustand von Gewässerökosystemen liefern?
    In: Bochumer Grundwassertag 2014: Zukunftsfragen der Hydrogeologie / Banning, Andre; Engelert, Andreas; Wisotzky, Frank; Wohnlich, Frank (Eds.) 2014, pp. 7 - 16
  • Brix, Saskia; Svavarsson, Jörundur; Leese, Florian
    A Multi-gene Analysis Reveals Multiple Highly Divergent Lineages of The Isopod Chelator Insignis (Hansen, 1916) South of Iceland
    In: Polish Polar Research Vol. 35 (2014) Nr. 2, pp. 225 - 242
    Online Full Text
  • Schweyen, Hannah; Rozenberg, Andrey; Leese, Florian
    Detection and removal of PCR duplicates in population genomic ddRAD studies by addition of a degenerate base region (DBR) in sequencing adapters
    In: Biological Bulletin Vol. 227 (2014) pp. 146 - 160
    Online Full Text

    • 2013

  • Stemmer, Christina; Burghardt, Ingo; Mayer, Christoph; Reinicke, Götz B.; Wägele, Heike; Tollrian, Ralph; Leese, Florian
    Morphological and genetic analyses of xeniid soft coral diversity (Octocorallia; Alcyonacea)
    In: Organisms Diversity and Evolution (2013) pp. 135 - 150
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Kaiser, Stefanie; Brandão, Simone N.; Brix, Saskia; Barnes, David K. A.; Bowden, David A.; Ingels, Jeroen; Leese, Florian; Schiaparelli, Stefano; Arango, Claudia P.; Badhe, Renuka; Riehl, Torben; Rose, Armin; Sands, Chester J.; Soler-Membrives, Anna; Schüller, Myriam; Strugnell, Jan M.; Vanreusel, Ann; Veit-Köhler, Gritta; Wilson, Nerida G.; Yasuhara, Moriaki
    Patterns, processes and vulnerability of Southern Ocean benthos : a decadal leap in knowledge and understanding
    In: Marine Biology Vol. 160 (2013) pp. 2295 - 2317
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Agrawal, Shobhit; Leach, Emma L.; Leese, Florian; Held, Christoph
    Isolation and characterization of 10 polymorphic loci for the giant Antarctic isopod, Glyptonotus antarcticus
    In: Conservation Genetics Resources Vol. 5 (2013) Nr. 4, pp. 963 - 965
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Elbrecht, Vasco; Poettker, Lisa; John, Uwe; Leese, Florian
    The complete mitochondrial genome of the stonefly Dinocras cephalotes (Plecoptera, Perlidae)
    In: Mitochondrial DNA (2013)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Brosch, Brigitte; Brunzel, Stefan; Jacobs, Gunnar; Keil, Peter; Kiel, Ellen; Korte, Thomas; Kricke, Randolph; Leese, Florian; Loos, Götz Heinrich; Hering, Daniel
    Urbane Biodiversität : ein Positionspapier
    In: Urbane Biodiversität 2013
  • Dietz, Lars; Krapp, Franz; Hendrickx, Michel E.; Arango, Claudia P.; Krabbe, Kathrin; Spaak, Johanna M.; Leese, Florian
    Evidence from morphological and genetic data confirms that Colossendeis tenera Hilton, 1943 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida), does not belong to the Colossendeis megalonyx Hoek, 1881 complex
    In: Organisms Diversity and Evolution (2013)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Dambach, Johannes; Raupach, Michael J.; Mayer, Christoph; Schwarzer, Julia; Leese, Florian
    Isolation and characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite markers for the deep-sea shrimp Nematocarcinus lanceopes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea)
    In: BMC Research Notes Vol. 6 (2013)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/

    • 2012

  • Leese, Florian; Brand, Philipp; Rozenberg, Andrey; Mayer, Christoph; Agrawal, Shobhit; Dambach, Johannes; Dietz, Lars; Doemel, Jana S.; Goodall-Copstake, William P.; Held, Christoph; Lampert, Kathrin P.; Linse, Katrin; Macher, Jan N.; Nolzen, Jennifer; Raupach, Michael J.; Rivera, Nicole T.; Schubart, Christoph D.; Striewski, Sebastian; Tollrian, Ralph; Sands, Chester J.
    Exploring Pandora's Box : Potential and Pitfalls of Low Coverage Genome Surveys for Evolutionary Biology
    In: PLoS ONE Vol. 7 (2012) Nr. 11, pp. e49202
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Hui, Min; Kochzius, Marc; Leese, Florian
    Isolation and characterisation of nine microsatellite markers in the boring giant clam (Tridacna crocea) and cross-amplification in five other tridacnid species
    In: Marine Biodiversity Vol. 42 (2012) Nr. 2, pp. 285 - 287
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Bernhardt, Benjamin; Lampert, Kathrin P.; Leese, Florian; Mayer, Christoph; Tollrian, Ralph
    Are shoals of minnow Phoxinus phoxinus formed by close kin?
    In: Journal of Fish Biology Vol. 80 (2012) Nr. 3, pp. 713 - 721
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/

    • 2011

  • Chen, Jingchen; Dai, Fangping; Balakrishnan-Renuka, Ajeesh; Leese, Florian; Schempp, Werner; Schaller, Felix; Hoffmann, Michael M.; Morosan-Puopolo, Gabriela; Yusuf, Faisal; Bisschoff, Izak Johannes; Chankiewitz, Verena; Xue, Jinglun; Chen, Jingzhong; Ying, Kang; Brand-Saberi, Beate
    Diversification and Molecular Evolution of ATOH8 : a Gene Encoding a bHLH Transcription Factor
    In: PLoS ONE Vol. 6 (2011) Nr. 8, pp. e23005
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Leese, Florian; Held, Christoph
    Analyzing intraspecific genetic variation: : a practical guide using mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites
    In: Phylogeography and Population Genetics in Crustacea / Held, Christoph (Eds.) 2011, pp. 3 - 30
  • Brix, Saskia; Riehl, Torben; Leese, Florian
    First genetic data for species of the genus Haploniscus Richardson, 1908 (Isopods: Asellota: Haploniscidae) from neighboring deep-sea basins in the South Atlantic
    In: Zootaxa (2011) pp. 79 - 84
  • Kurtenbach, Stefan; Mayer, Christoph; Pelz, Thomas; Hatt, Hanns; Leese, Florian; Neuhaus, Eva M.
    Molecular evolution of a chordate specific family of G protein-coupled receptors
    In: BMC Evolutionary Biology (2011)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/

    • 2010

  • Mayer, Christoph; Leese, Florian; Tollrian, Ralph
    Genome-wide analysis of tandem repeats in Daphnia pulex : a comparative approach
    In: BMC Genomics (2010)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Krabbe, Kathrin; Leese, Florian; Mayer, Christoph; Tollrian, Ralph; Held, Christoph
    Cryptic mitochondrial lineages in the widespread pycnogonid Colossendeis megalonyx Hoek, 1881 from Antarctic and Subantarctic waters
    In: Polar Biology (2010) pp. 281 - 292
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Tollrian, Ralph; Leese, Florian
    Ecological genomics : steps towards unraveling the genetic basis of inducible defenses in Daphnia
    In: BMC Biology (incorporating Journal of Biology) (2010)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Krabbe, Kathrin; Leese, Florian; Mayer, Christoph; Tollrian, Ralph; Held, Christoph
    Erratum to: Cryptic mitochondrial lineages in the widespread pycnogonid Colossendeis megalonyx Hoek, 1881 from Antarctic and Subantarctic waters
    In: Polar Biology Vol. 33 (2010) pp. 575
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Leese, Florian; Agrawal, Shobhit; Held, Christoph
    Long-distance island hopping without dispersal stages : Transportation across major zoogeographic barriers in a Southern Ocean isopod
    In: The Science of Nature = Naturwissenschaften (2010) pp. 583 - 594
    Online Full Text
  • Dietz, Lars; Mayer, Christoph; Arango, Claudia P.; Leese, Florian
    The mitochondrial genome of Colossendeis megalonyx supports a basal position of Colossendeidae within the Pycnogonida
    In: Molecular Ecology Resources (2010) pp. 553 - 558
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Raupach, Michael J.; Thatje, Sven; Dambach, Johannes; Rehm, Peter; Misof, Bernhard; Leese, Florian
    Genetic homogeneity and circum-Antarctic distribution of two benthic shrimp species of the Southern Ocean, Chorismus antarcticus and Nematocarcinus lanceopes
    In: Marine Biology (2010)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Spanier, Katina I.; Leese, Florian; Mayer, Christoph; Colbourne, John K.; Gilbert, Don; Pfrender, Michael E.; Tollrian, Ralph
    Predator-induced defences in Daphnia pulex : Selection and evaluation of internal reference genes for gene expression studies with real-time PCR
    In: BMC Molecular Biology (2010)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/

    • 2009

  • Kraemer, Lars; Beszteri, Bánk; Gäbler-Schwarz, Steffi; Held, Christoph; Leese, Florian; Mayer, Christoph; Pöhlmann, Kevin; Frickenhaus, Stephan
    STAMP: Extensions to the STADEN sequence analysis package for high throughput interactive microsatellite marker design
    In: BMC Bioinformatics (2009)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Carstensen, Daniel; Laudien, J.; Leese, Florian; Arntz, Wolf E.; Held, Christoph
    Genetic variability, shell and sperm morphology suggest that the surf clams Donax marincovichi and D. obesulus are one species
    In: Journal of Molluscan Studies (2009) pp. 381 - 390
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/

    • 2008

  • Leese, Florian
    The recent evolutionary history of Antarctic and Subantarctic benthic isopods : development and analysis of fast evolving molecular markers
    Bochum (2008) II, 211 S.
    Online Volltext (Open Access)
  • Leese, Florian; Kop, Anna; Wägele, Johann-Wolfgang; Held, Christoph
    Cryptic speciation in a benthic isopod from Patagonian and Falkland Island waters and the impact of glaciations on its population structure
    In: Frontiers in Zoology Vol. 5 (2008) 19
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Leese, Florian; Mayer, Christoph; Held, Christoph
    Isolation of microsatellites from unknown genomes using known genomes as enrichment templates
    In: Limnology and oceanography, methods (2008) pp. 412 - 426
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Leese, Florian; Kop, Anna; Agrawal, Shobhit; Held, Christoph
    Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from the marine isopods Serolis paradoxa and Septemserolis septemcarinata (Crustacea: Peracarida) : PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES
    In: Molecular Ecology Resources (2008)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Leese, Florian; Held, Christoph
    Identification and characterization of microsatellites from the Antarctic isopod Ceratoserolis trilobitoides : Nuclear evidence for cryptic species
    In: Conservation Genetics (2008)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/

    • 2007

  • Mayer, Christoph; Leese, Florian; Tollrian, Ralph
    Diversity, density and lengths characteristics of Tandem Repeats in the genome of Daphnia pulex
    In: The Daphnia Genome Consortium Meeting 2007
  • Held, Christoph; Leese, Florian
    The utility of fast evolving molecular markers for studying speciation in the Antarctic benthos
    In: Polar Biology (2007) pp. 513 - 521
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/

    • 2005

  • Leese, Florian; Brenke, Nils
    Chauliodoniscus coronatus sp. nov.: : a new deep-sea species from the Angola Basin (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota, Janiroidea, Haploniscidae)
    In: Organisms Diversity & Evolution Vol. 5 (2005) pp. 189 - 201
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/

    • 2004

  • Wagner, Rüdiger; Leese, Florian; Panesar, A. R.
    Aquatic dance flies from a small Himalayan Mountain Stream (Diptera: Empididae: Hemerodromiinae, Trichopezinae and Clinocerinae)
    In: Bonner zoologische Beiträge Vol. 52 (2004) Nr. 1/2, pp. 3 - 32
    Online Full Text
  • Leese, Florian; Wagner, R.
    Molecular genetic, chemotaxonomic, and autecological investigations of European Sericostomatidae (Insecta: Trichoptera)
    Bochum (2004) 137 Seiten
    Online Full Text

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