All Publications

  • Sander, Mandy; Beermann, Arne J.; Buchner, Dominik; Weiss, Martina; Werner, Marie-Thérése; Leese, Florian
    Capture—Incubate—Release : An Animal-Friendly Approach to Assess Local Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Species Diversity Through Environmental DNA Metabarcoding
    In: Environmental DNA, Vol. 7, 2025, Nr. 3, e70112
  • Sinclair, James S.; Buchner, Dominik; Gessner, Mark O.; Müller, Jörg; Pauls, Steffen U.; Stoll, Stefan; Welti, Ellen A. R.; Bässler, Claus; Buse, Jörn; Dziock, Frank; Enss, Julian; Hörren, Thomas; Künast, Robert; Li, Yuanheng; Marten, Andreas; Morkel, Carsten; Richter, Ronny; Seibold, Sebastian; Sorg, Martin; Twietmeyer, Sönke; Weis, Dirk; Weisser, Wolfgang; Wiggering, Benedikt; Wilmking, Martin; Zotz, Gerhard; Frenzel, Mark; Leese, Florian; Haase, Peter
    Effects of land cover and protected areas on flying insect diversity
    In: Conservation Biology, Vol. 39, 2025, Nr. 4, e14425
  • Macher, Till-Hendrik; Beermann, Arne; Arle, Jens; Foerster, Julia; Greyer, Matthias; Mora, Demetrio; Koschorreck, Jan; Rolauffs, Peter; Rother, Anne; Schüler, Susanne; Zimmermann, Jonas; Hering, Daniel; Leese, Florian
    Fit for purpose? : Evaluating benthic invertebrate DNA metabarcoding for ecological status class assessment in streams under the Water Framework Directive
    In: Water Research, Vol. 272, 2025, 122987
  • Weiss, Martina; Leese, Florian
    Population genetic data (COI, ddRAD) of Sialis lutaria (Insecta, Megaloptera) from the Emscher catchment (Germany)
    In: Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ), Vol. 13, 2025, e141997
  • Vermiert, Anna-Maria; Madge Pimentel, Iris; Rehsen, Philipp M.; Meisner, Jonathan; Hollstein, Alexandra N.; Horstmann, Martin; Beermann, Arne; Leese, Florian; Weiss, Linda C.; Tollrian, Ralph
    The impact of predator exposure and anthropogenic stressors on insect emergence in stream ecosystems
    In: Global Ecology and Conservation, Vol. 62, 2025, e03700
  • Stach, Tom L.; Deep, Aman; Madge Pimentel, Iris; Buchner, Dominik; Borton, Mikayla A.; Soares, André; Starke, Jörn; Bornemann, Till; Rehsen, Philipp M.; Dreger, Ken; Boenigk, Jens; Vos, Matthijs; Leese, Florian; Beisser, Daniela; Probst, Alexander J.
    Complex compositional and metabolic response of river sediment microbiomes to multiple anthropogenic stressors
    In: ISME Communications: New Developments in Microbial Ecology, 2025, in press
  • Weiss, Martina; Brasseur, Marie V.; Lorenz, Armin; Leese, Florian
    Population Genomics Reveals Small-Scale Metapopulation Structure of Two Strictly Aquatic Keystone Species in a Recently Restored Urban River System (Emscher, Germany)
    In: Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 15, 2025, Nr. 4, e71214
  • Rimet, Frédéric; Lemonnier, Clarisse; Alric, Benjamin; Beja, Pedro; Bittner, Lucie; Bylemans, Jonas; Leese, Florian; Logares, Ramiro; Meissner, Kristian; Not, Fabrice; Orsini, Luisa; Paix, Benoit; Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, Naiara; Siano, Raffaele; Thalinger, Bettina; Tromas, Nicolas; Vasselon, Valentin; Domaizon, Isabelle
    Omics to Study and Manage Aquatic Environments : A Snapshot From the AquaEcOmics Meeting (Evian-les-Bains, 2025)
    In: Molecular Ecology, Vol. 34, 2025, Nr. 17, e70041
  • Madge Pimentel, Iris; Albini, Dania; Beermann, Arne J.; Leese, Florian; Macaulay, Samuel J.; Matthaei, Christoph D.; Orr, James A.; Piggott, Jeremy J.; Schäfer, Ralf B.
    Hypothesis‐Driven Research on Multiple Stressors : An Analytical Framework for Stressor Interactions
    In: Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 15, 2025, Nr. 8, e71959
  • Schreiner, Verena C.; Link, Moritz; Amelung, Gesa; Ohler, Katharina; Salis, Romana; Leese, Florian; Schäfer, Ralf B.
    Timing Matters : Viticultural Land Use Determines Responses in Structure and Function of Fungal Stream Communities Across One Growing Season
    In: Global Change Biology, Vol. 31, 2025, Nr. 2, e70085
  • Sander, Mandy; Beermann, Arne; Brömmling, Denis; Buchner, Dominik; Weiss, Martina; Leese, Florian
    Comparison of three strategies for local bioassessments in streams using environmental DNA and RNA metabarcoding of macroinvertebrates
    In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG), Vol. 9, 2025, pp. 337 – 366
  • Jones, J. Iwan; Arnold, Amanda; Buchner, Dominik; Murphy, John F.; Childress, Jasmine N.; Beja, Pedro; Altermatt, Florian; Meissner, Kristian; Adams, Ian; Anderson, Meri; Borrell, Yaisel J.; Briscoe, Andrew G.; Bruce, Kat; Chaves, Cátia; Conyers, Chris; Deiner, Kristy; Elbrecht, Vasco; Fueyo, Álvaro; Goodall, Tim; Granero‐Castro, Javier; Hartmann‐Fatu, Cristina; Jones, Eleanor; Mächler, Elvira; Martins, Filipa M. S.; McGreig, Sam; Pereira‐da‐Conceicoa, Lyndall; Pretty, James L.; Read, Daniel S.; Price, Ben; Leese, Florian; Blackman, Rosetta C.
    Sources of uncertainty in DNA metabarcoding of whole communities : Implications for its use in biomonitoring
    In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 16, 2025, Nr. 8, pp. 1658 – 1673
  • Vermiert, Anna-Maria; Madge Pimentel, Iris; Rehsen, Philipp M.; Meisner, Jonathan; Horstmann, Martin; Beermann, Arne; Leese, Florian; Weiss, Linda C.; Tollrian, Ralph
    Fish predation cues induce drifting and emergence in an experimental stream mesocosm system
    In: Limnology and Oceanography, 2025
  • Hupało, Kamil; Blasco-Costa, Isabel; Trujillo-González, Alejandro; Leese, Florian
    Detecting and Assessing Aquatic Parasite Diversity Using Environmental DNA
    In: Aquatic Parasitology: Ecological and Environmental Concepts and Implications of Marine and Freshwater Parasites / Smit, Nico J.; Sures, Bernd (Eds.). Cham: Springer Nature, 2025, pp. 361 – 382
  • Burgazzi, Gemma; Juvigny-Khenafou, Noël P. D.; Schreiner, Verena C.; Manfrin, Alessandro; Jupke, Jonathan; Piggott, Jeremy; Harvey, Eric; Terui, Akira; Leese, Florian; Schäfer, Ralf
    Multiple stressors in river networks : local and downstream effects on freshwater macroinvertebrates
    In: Ecography, 2025, in press
  • Buchner, Dominik; Leese, Florian
    Mit Hochdurchsatzsequenzierung das Biodiversitätsmonitoring ausbauen
    In: Biospektrum, Vol. 31, 2025, Nr. 1, pp. 66 – 69
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Weiss, Martina; Lorenz, Armin W.; Feld, Christian K.; Leese, Florian
    Strong Small-Scale Differentiation but No Cryptic Species Within the Two Isopod Species Asellus aquaticus and Proasellus coxalis in a Restored Urban River System (Emscher, Germany)
    In: Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 14, 2024, Nr. 11, e70575