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Dr. Milen Nachev

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Address
Universitätsstr 2
45117 Essen
Room
S05 T03 B48
Phone
+49 201 183 2483
Fax
+49 201 183 2179
E-Mail
milen.nachev@uni-due.de
Website
http://www.uni-due.de/hydrobiologie/mitarbeiter/nachev.shtml

Functions

  • Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in, Aquatische Ökologie

The following publications are listed in the online university bibliography of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Further information may also be found on the person's personal web pages.

    Journal articles

  • Musiol, Michelle; Nachev, Milen; Striewe, Lotte C.; Lehnert, Kristina; Siebert, Ursula; Sures, Bernd
    Trace element accumulation in parasites of grey seals and harbour seals from the North Sea and Baltic Sea
    In: Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol. 222, 2026, 118842
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Hesse, Tobias; Niemann, Felix; Khaliq, Shaista; Köster, Daniel; Enss, Julian; Feld, Christian; Nachev, Milen; Kerpen, Klaus; Jochmann, Maik; Schmidt, Torsten Claus
    A Proof-of-Principle Study for δ¹⁵N Measurements of Aqueous Dissolved Nitrate With a Modified LC-IRMS Interface
    In: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 39, 2025, Nr. 3, e9950
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Gilbert, Beric M.; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Avenant-Oldewage, Annemariè
    Dietary Shifts Among the Developmental Stages of the Ectoparasite, Argulus japonicus (Crustacea; Branchiura), Mirror Ontogeny as Shown Through Differences in Stable Isotope Ratios of Carbon (δ¹³C) and Nitrogen (δ¹⁵N)
    In: Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 15, 2025, Nr. 1, e70652
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Schellenburg, Dana; Bihnam, Thomas; Placke-Yan, Carsten; Bendt, Georg; Prymak, Oleg; Sato, Takuma; Jennings, Dylan; Leiva-Leroy, Catalina; Zhang, Dongsheng; Nachev, Milen; Dhaka, Kapil; Nkou, Falonne; Hagemann, Ulrich; Heidelmann, Markus; Kenmoe, Stephane; Exner, Kai; Sures, Bernd; Muhler, Martin; Liebscher, Christian H.; Schnegg, Alexander; Schulz, Stephan; Barcikowski, Stephan; Reichenberger, Sven
    Mechanistic Understanding of Laser-Induced Defect Engineering of Anisotropic Cobalt Oxide Spinel Platelets in Water
    In: ChemCatChem, 2025, e01054 , in press
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Doliwa, Annemie; Musiol, Michelle; Nachev, Milen; Grabner, Daniel; Kaijser, Willem; Sures, Bernd
    Potential effects of acanthocephalan and microsporidian parasites on the trophic status of the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus
    In: Parasite: Journal de la Société Française de Parasitologie, Vol. 32, 2025, 70
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Gronwald, Friederike; Bommarito, Claudia; Diaz-Morales, Dakeishla M.; Manfrin, Alessandro; Reyes, Cindy Martinez; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Weinberger, Florian
    The effects of seasonality and parasitism on diet and habitat selection in the common periwinkle
    In: Oikos, 2025, e11359 , in press
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Khaliq, Shaista; Nachev, Milen; Riekenberg, Philip M.; Jochmann, Maik A.; Vosough, Maryam; Franke, Frederik; Scharsack, Jörn P.; Kurtz, Joachim; Sures, Bernd; van der Meer, Marcel T. J.; Schmidt, Torsten C.
    Trophic dynamics and metabolic pathways in host parasite interactions revealed by nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids in multiple tissues
    In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, 2025, Nr. 1, 32600
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Khaliq, Shaista; Jochmann, Maik; Hesse, Tobias; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Riekenberg, Philip M.; van der Meer, Marcel T.J.; Schmidt, Torsten Claus
    Compound-specific isotope analysis of amino acids for aquatic systems – Problems, challenges, solutions : A review
    In: Trends in Analytical Chemistry (TrAC), Vol. 181, 2024, 118038
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Erasmus, Johannes Hendrik; Truter, Marliese; Smit, Nico Jacobus; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Wepener, Victor
    Element contamination of the Orange-Vaal River basin, South Africa : a One Health approach
    In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research (ESPR), Vol. 31, 2024, Nr. 20, pp. 29886 – 29901
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Ziefuß, Anna; Gabriel, Philipp; Streubel, René; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Eibl, Florian; Barcikowski, Stephan
    In-situ composition analysis during laser powder bed fusion of Nd-Fe-based feedstock using machine-integrated optical emission spectroscopy
    In: Materials & Design, Vol. 244, 2024, 113211
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Enss, Julian; Nachev, Milen; Jochmann, Maik; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Feld, Christian
    Stable isotopes (¹⁵N) facilitate non-invasive labelling of large quantities of macroinvertebrates across different species and feeding types
    In: Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 14, 2024, Nr. 6, e11539
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Nachev, Milen; Hohenadler, Michael; Bröckers, Nicklas; Grabner, Daniel; Sures, Bernd
    Suitability of invasive gobies as paratenic hosts for acanthocephalans of the genus Pomphorhynchus sp.
    In: Parasitology, Vol. 151, 2024, Nr. 14, pp. 1522 – 1529
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Hesse, Tobias; Nachev, Milen; Khaliq, Shaista; Jochmann, Maik A.; Franke, Frederik; Scharsack, Jörn P.; Kurtz, Joachim; Sures, Bernd; Schmidt, Torsten C.
    A new technique to study nutrient flow in host-parasite systems by carbon stable isotope analysis of amino acids and glucose
    In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, 2023, Nr. 1, 1054
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Smollich, Esther; Döbbeler, Eberhard; Müller-Geipel, Tina; Stratmann, Lars; Koch, Christoph; Merkus, Valentina I.; Kostka, Kathrin; Okhrimenko, Denis V.; Solvang, Mette; Nachev, Milen; Zimmermann, Sonja; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Sures, Bernd
    Assessment of acute and chronic ecotoxicological effects of aqueous eluates of stone wool insulation materials
    In: Environmental Sciences Europe (ESEU), Vol. 35, 2023, Nr. 1, 24
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • van Rooyen, D.; Erasmus, J.H.; Gerber, R.; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Wepener, V.; Smit, N.J.
    Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of total mercury through the aquatic food webs of an African sub-tropical wetland system
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 889, 2023, 164210
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Sures, Bernd; Nachev, Milen; Schwelm, Jessica; Grabner, Daniel; Selbach, Christian
    Environmental parasitology : Stressor effects on aquatic parasites
    In: Trends in Parasitology, Vol. 39, 2023, Nr. 6, pp. 461 – 474
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Perrot-Minnot, Marie-Jeanne; Cozzarolo, Camille-Sophie; Amin, Omar; Barčák, Daniel; Bauer, Alexandre; Filipović Marijić, Vlatka; García-Varela, Martín; Servando Hernández-Orts, Jesús; Yen Le, T.T.; Nachev, Milen; Orosová, Martina; Rigaud, Thierry; Šariri, Sara; Wattier, Rémi; Reyda, Florian; Sures, Bernd
    Hooking the scientific community on thorny-headed worms : Interesting and exciting facts, knowledge gaps and perspectives for research directions on Acanthocephala
    In: Parasite: Journal de la Société Française de Parasitologie, Vol. 30, 2023, 23
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Born-Torrijos, Ana; Riekenberg, Philip; van der Meer, Marcel T.J.; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Thieltges, David W.
    Parasite effects on host's trophic and isotopic niches
    In: Trends in Parasitology, Vol. 39, 2023, Nr. 9, pp. 749 – 759
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Kontchou, Julios Armand; Baetz, Nicolai; Grabner, Daniel; Nachev, Milen; Türk, Jochen; Sures, Bernd
    Pollutant load and ecotoxicological effects of sediment from stormwater retention basins to receiving surface water on Lumbriculus variegatus
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 859, Part 2, 2023, 160185
    DOI
  • Van Der Spuy, L.; Erasmus, J.H.; Nachev, Milen; Schaeffner, B.C.; Sures, Bernd; Wepener, V.; Smit, N.J.
    The use of fish parasitic isopods as element accumulation indicators in marine pollution monitoring
    In: Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol. 194, 2023, 115385
    DOI
  • Sures, Bernd; Nachev, Milen
    Effects of multiple stressors in fish : How parasites and contaminants interact
    In: Parasitology, Vol. 149, 2022, Nr. 14: Special Issue: Fish Parasitology, pp. 1822 – 1828
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Schirrmann, Ronja; Erkelenz, Michael; Lamers, Kim; Sritharan, Oliver; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Schlücker, Sebastian; Brandau, Sven
    Gold Nanorods Induce Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Autocrine Inflammatory Activation in Human Neutrophils
    In: ACS Nano, Vol. 16, 2022, Nr. 7, pp. 11011 – 11026
    DOI
  • Erasmus, Anja; Wepener, Victor; Zimmermann, Sonja; Nachev, Milen; Hadfield, Kerry A.; Smit, Nico J.; Sures, Bernd
    High element concentrations are not always equivalent to a stressful environment : differential responses of parasite taxa to natural and anthropogenic stressors
    In: Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol. 184, 2022, 114110
    DOI
  • Erasmus, Johannes H.; Zimmermann, Sonja; Smit, Nico J.; Malherbe, Wynand; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Wepener, Victor
    Human health risks associated with consumption of fish contaminated with trace elements from intensive mining activities in a peri-urban region
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 825, 2022, 154011
    DOI
  • Hesse, Tobias; Nachev, Milen; Khaliq, Shaista; Jochmann, Maik; Franke, Frederik; Scharsack, Jörn P.; Kurtz, Joachim; Sures, Bernd; Schmidt, Torsten Claus
    Insights into amino acid fractionation and incorporation by compound-specific carbon isotope analysis of three-spined sticklebacks
    In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 12, 2022, Nr. 1, 11690
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Nachev, Milen; Rozdina, Desislava; Michler-Kozma, Diana N.; Raikova, Galerida; Sures, Bernd
    Metal accumulation in ecto- and endoparasites from the anadromous fish, the Pontic shad (Alosa immaculata)
    In: Parasitology, Vol. 149, 2022, Nr. 4, pp. 496 – 502
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Krok, Beate; Mohammadian, Sadjad; Noll, Hendrik M.; Surau, Carina; Markwort, Stefan; Fritzsche, Andreas; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Meckenstock, Rainer
    Remediation of zinc-contaminated groundwater by iron oxide in situ adsorption barriers : From lab to the field
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 807, 2022, Nr. 3, 151066
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Le, T.T. Yen; Kiwitt, Gina; Nahar, Nazmun; Nachev, Milen; Grabner, Daniel; Sures, Bernd
    What contributes to the metal-specific partitioning in the chub-acanthocephalan system?
    In: Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 247, 2022, 106178
    DOI
  • Le, T.T. Yen; Grabner, Daniel; Nachev, Milen; García, Míriam R.; Balsa-Canto, Eva; Peijnenburg, Willie J.G.M.; Hendriks, A.Jan; Sures, Bernd
    Development of a toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic model simulating chronic copper toxicity to the Zebra mussel based on subcellular fractionation
    In: Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 241, 2021, 106015
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Kontchou, Julios A.; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd
    Ecotoxicological effects of traffic-related metal sediment pollution in Lumbriculus variegatus and Gammarus sp.
    In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 268, 2021, Nr. Part B, pp. 115884
    DOI
  • Vivas Muñoz, Jenny C.; Feld, Christian; Hilt, Sabine; Manfrin, Alessandro; Nachev, Milen; Köster, Daniel; Jochmann, Maik; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Sures, Bernd; Ziková, Andrea; Knopf, Klaus
    Eye fluke infection changes diet composition in juvenile European perch (Perca fluviatilis)
    In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 11, 2021, Nr. 1, 3440
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Labuschagne, Marelize; Zimmermann, Sonja; Smit, Nico J.; Erasmus, Johannes H.; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Wepener, Victor
    Laboratory and field studies on the use of artificial mussels as a monitoring tool of platinum exposure in the freshwater environment
    In: Environmental Sciences Europe (ESEU), Vol. 33, 2021, Nr. 1, pp. 16
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Erasmus, Anja; Smit, Nico J.; Zimmermann, Sonja; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Wepener, Victor
    Metal and metalloid concentrations in the southern African endemic inter- and infratidal super klipfish, Clinus superciliosus, from the west and south coasts of South Africa
    In: Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol. 172, 2021, 112852
    DOI
  • Díaz-Morales, Dakeishla M.; Erasmus, Johannes H.; Bosch, Suanne; Nachev, Milen; Smit, Nico J.; Zimmermann, Sonja; Wepener, Victor; Sures, Bernd
    Metal contamination and toxicity of soils and river sediments from the world's largest platinum mining area
    In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 286, 2021, 117284
    DOI
  • Le, T.T. Yen; Nachev, Milen; Grabner, Daniel; Garcia, Miriam R.; Balsa-Canto, Eva; Hendriks, A. Jan; Peijnenburg, Willie J.G.M.; Sures, Bernd
    Modelling chronic toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of copper in mussels considering ionoregulatory homeostasis and oxidative stress
    In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 287, 2021, 117645
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Le, T.T. Yen; Grabner, Daniel; Nachev, Milen; Peijnenburg, Willi J.G.M.; Hendriks, A. Jan; Sures, Bernd
    Modelling copper toxicokinetics in the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, under chronic exposures at various pH and sodium concentrations
    In: Chemosphere, Vol. 267, 2021, pp. 129278
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Ziefuß, Anna; Steenbock, Torben; Benner, Dominik; Plech, Anton; Göttlicher, Jörg; Teubner, Melissa; Grimm-Lebsanft, Benjamin; Rehbock, Christoph; Comby-Zerbino, Clothilde; Antoine, Rodolphe; Amans, David; Chakraborty, Indranath; Bester, Gabriel; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Rübhausen, Michael; Parak, Wolfgang J.; Barcikowski, Stephan
    Photoluminescence of Fully Inorganic Colloidal Gold Nanocluster and Their Manipulation Using Surface Charge Effects
    In: Advanced Materials, Vol. 33, 2021, Nr. 31, 2101549
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Jmii Chine, H.; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Gargouri, Lamia
    Trace element assessment in Neoechinorhynchus agilis (Rudolphi, 1918) (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) and its fish hosts, Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Chelon ramada (Risso, 1827) from Ichkeul Lagoon, Tunisia
    In: Journal of Helminthology, Vol. 95, 2021, 21000572
    DOI
  • Li, Yaya; Rehbock, Christoph; Nachev, Milen; Stamm, Jacqueline; Sures, Bernd; Blaeser, Andreas; Barcikowski, Stephan
    Matrix-specific mechanism of Fe ion release from laser-generated 3D-printable nanoparticle-polymer composites and their protein adsorption properties
    In: Nanotechnology, Vol. 31, 2020, Nr. 40, pp. 405703
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Yen Le, T. T.; García, Míriam R.; Grabner, Daniel; Nachev, Milen; Balsa-Canto, Eva; Hendriks, A. Jan; Zimmermann, Sonja; Sures, Bernd
    Mechanistic simulation of bioconcentration kinetics of waterborne Cd, Ag, Pd, and Pt in the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha
    In: Chemosphere, Vol. 242, 2020, 124967
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Erasmus, Johannes Hendrik; Malherbe, Wynand; Zimmermann, Sonja; Lorenz, Armin; Nachev, Milen; Wepener, Victor; Sures, Bernd; Smit, Nico J.
    Metal accumulation in riverine macroinvertebrates from a platinum mining region
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 703, 2020, 134738
    DOI
  • Volz, Sina N.; Hausen, Jonas; Nachev, Milen; Ottermanns, Richard; Schiwy, Sabrina; Hollert, Henner
    Short exposure to cadmium disrupts the olfactory system of zebrafish (Danio rerio) – Relating altered gene expression in the olfactory organ to behavioral deficits
    In: Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 226, 2020, 105555
    DOI
  • Gilbert, Beric M.; Nachev, Milen; Jochmann, Maik A.; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Köster, Daniel; Sures, Bernd; Avenant-Oldewage, Annemariè
    Stable isotope analysis spills the beans about spatial variance in trophic structure in a fish host – parasite system from the Vaal River System, South Africa
    In: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Vol. 12, 2020, pp. 134 – 141
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Labuschagne, Marelize; Wepener, Victor; Nachev, Milen; Zimmermann, Sonja; Sures, Bernd; Smit, Nico J.
    The application of artificial mussels in conjunction with transplanted bivalves to assess elemental exposure in a platinum mining area
    In: Water, Vol. 12, 2020, Nr. 1, pp. 32
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Erasmus, Johannes H.; Wepener, Victor; Nachev, Milen; Zimmermann, Sonja; Malherbe, Wynand; Sures, Bernd; Smit, Nico J.
    The role of fish helminth parasites in monitoring metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems : A case study in the world’s most productive platinum mining region
    In: Parasitology Research, Vol. 119, 2020, Nr. 9, pp. 2783 – 2798
    DOI
  • Gilbert, Beric M.; Nachev, Milen; Jochmann, Maik; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Köster, Daniel; Sures, Bernd; Avenant-Oldewage, Annemariè
    You are how you eat : Differences in trophic position of two parasite species infecting a single host according to stable isotopes
    In: Parasitology Research, Vol. 119, 2020, Nr. 4, pp. 1393 – 1400
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Brand, Sarel J.; Erasmus, Johannes H.; Labuschagne, Marelize; Grabner, Daniel; Nachev, Milen; Zimmermann, Sonja; Wepener, Victor; Smit, Nico; Sures, Bernd
    Bioaccumulation and metal-associated biomarker responses in a freshwater mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, following short-term platinum exposure
    In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 246, 2019, pp. 69 – 78
    DOI
  • Koch, Christoph; Nachev, Milen; Klein, Julia; Köster, Daniel; Schmitz, Oliver J.; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Sures, Bernd
    Degradation of the Polymeric Brominated Flame Retardant "polymeric FR" by Heat and UV Exposure
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 53, 2019, Nr. 3, pp. 1453 – 1462
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Koch, Christoph; Nachev, Milen; Klein, Julia; Köster, Daniel; Schmitz, Oliver J.; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Sures, Bernd
    Erratum: Response to Comment on "Degradation of the Polymeric Brominated Flame Retardant "Polymeric FR" by Heat and UV Exposure"
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 53, 2019, Nr. 18, pp. 11058
    DOI
  • Hohenadler, M.A.A.; Nachev, Milen; Freese, Marko; Pohlmann, Jan Dag; Hanel, Reinhold; Sures, Bernd
    How Ponto-Caspian invaders affect local parasite communities of native fish
    In: Parasitology Research, Vol. 118, 2019, Nr. 9, pp. 2543 – 2555
    DOI
  • Pérez-del-Olmo, Ana; Nachev, Milen; Zimmermann, Sonja; Fernández, Mercedes; Sures, Bernd
    Medium-term dynamics of element concentrations in a sparid fish and its isopod parasite after the Prestige oil-spill: Shifting baselines?
    In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 686, 2019, pp. 648 – 656
    DOI
  • Sures, Bernd; Nachev, Milen; Gilbert, Beric M.; Dos Santos, Quinton Marco; Jochmann, Maik; Köster, Daniel; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Avenant-Oldewage, Annemarié
    The monogenean Paradiplozoon ichthyoxanthon behaves like a micropredator on two of its hosts, as indicated by stable isotopes
    In: Journal of Helminthology, Vol. 93, 2019, Nr. 1, pp. 71 – 75
    DOI
  • Coger, Vincent; Million, Nina; Rehbock, Christoph; Sures, Bernd; Nachev, Milen; Barcikowski, Stephan; Wistuba, Nina; Strauß, Sarah; Vogt, Peter M.
    Tissue Concentrations of Zinc, Iron, Copper, and Magnesium During the Phases of Full Thickness Wound Healing in a Rodent Model
    In: Biological Trace Element Research, Vol. 191, 2019, Nr. 1, pp. 167 – 176
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Le, T.T. Yen; García, Míriam R.; Nachev, Milen; Grabner, Daniel; Balsa-Canto, Eva; Hendriks, A. Jan; Sures, Bernd
    Development of a PBPK Model for Silver Accumulation in Chub Infected with Acanthocephalan Parasites
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 52, 2018, Nr. 21, pp. 12514 – 12525
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Brunzel, Stefan; Kellermann, Jacinta; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Hering, Daniel
    Energy crop production in an urban area : a comparison of habitat types and land use forms targeting economic benefits and impact on species diversity
    In: Urban Ecosystems, Vol. 21, 2018, pp. 615 – 623
    DOI
  • Doñate-Buendía, Carlos; Frömel, Felix; Wilms, Markus B.; Streubel, René; Tenkamp, Jochen; Hupfeld, Tim; Nachev, Milen; Gökce, Emine; Weisheit, Andreas; Barcikowski, Stephan; Walther, Frank; Schleifenbaum, Johannes Henrich; Gökce, Bilal
    Oxide dispersion-strengthened alloys generated by laser metal deposition of laser-generated nanoparticle-metal powder composites
    In: Materials & Design, Vol. 154, 2018, pp. 360 – 369
    DOI
  • Hohenadler, M.A.A.; Nachev, Milen; Thielen, Frankie; Taraschewski, Horst F.; Grabner, Daniel; Sures, Bernd
    Pomphorhynchus laevis : An invasive species in the river Rhine?
    In: Biological Invasions, Vol. 20, 2018, Nr. 1, pp. 207 – 217
    DOI
  • Sures, Bernd; Nachev, Milen; Selbach, Christian; Marcogliese, David J.
    Parasite responses to pollution : what we know and where we go in ‘Environmental Parasitology’
    In: Parasites and Vectors, Vol. 10, 2017, pp. 65
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Sures, Bernd; Nachev, Milen; Pahl, Michelle; Grabner, Daniel; Selbach, Christian
    Parasites as drivers of key processes in aquatic ecosystems : Facts and future directions
    In: Experimental Parasitology, Vol. 180, 2017, pp. 141 – 147
    DOI
  • Nachev, Milen; Jochmann, Maik; Walter, Friederike; Wolbert, Jens-Benjamin; Schulte, Marcel; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Sures, Bernd
    Understanding trophic interactions in host-parasite associations using stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen
    In: Parasites and Vectors, Vol. 10, 2017, Nr. 1
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Koch, Christoph; Dundua, Alexander; Aragon-Gomez, Jackelyn; Nachev, Milen; Stephan, Susanne; Willach, Sarah; Ulbricht, Mathias; Schmitz, Oliver J.; Schmidt, Torsten Claus; Sures, Bernd
    Degradation of polymeric brominated flame retardants : development of an analytical approach using PolyFR and UV irradiation
    In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 50, 2016, Nr. 23, pp. 12912 – 12920
    DOI
  • Le, T. T. Yen; Nachev, Milen; Grabner, Daniel; Hendriks, A. Jan; Sures, Bernd
    Development and Validation of a Biodynamic Model for Mechanistically Predicting Metal Accumulation in Fish-Parasite Systems
    In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 11, 2016, Nr. 8, pp. e0161091
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd
    Environmental parasitology : Parasites as accumulation bioindicators in the marine environment
    In: Journal of Sea Research, Vol. 113, 2016, pp. 45 – 50
    DOI
  • Blaeser, A.; Million, Nina; Campos, D.; Gamrad, Lisa; Kopf, M.; Rehbock, Christoph; Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd; Barcikowski, Stephan; Fischer, H.
    Laser-based in situ embedding of metal nanoparticles into bioextruded alginate hydrogel tubes enhances human endothelial cell adhesion
    In: Nano Research, Vol. 9, 2016, Nr. 11, pp. 3407 – 3427
    DOI
  • Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd
    Seasonal profile of metal accumulation in the acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus laevis : A valuable tool to study infection dynamics and implications for metal monitoring
    In: Parasites and Vectors, Vol. 9, 2016, pp. 300
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Wilke, Philipp; Coger, Vincent; Nachev, Milen; Schachschal, Sausann; Million, Nina; Barcikowski, Stephan; Sures, Bernd; Reimers, Kerstin; Vogt, Peter M.; Pich, Andrij
    Biocompatible microgel-modified electrospun fibers for zinc ion release
    In: Polymer, Vol. 61, 2015, pp. 163 – 173
    DOI
  • Chen, Hui-Yu; Sures, Bernd; Shih, Hsiu-Hui; Nachev, Milen; Grabner, Daniel
    Effects of the acanthocephalan Polymorphus minutus and the microsporidian Dictyocoela duebenum on energy reserves and stress response of cadmium exposed Gammarus fossarum
    In: PeerJ, Vol. 3, 2015, e1353
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Grabner, Daniel; Mohamed, Faten; Nachev, Milen; Méabed, Eman; Sabry, Abdel Hameed; Sures, Bernd
    Invasion Biology Meets Parasitology: A Case Study of Parasite Spill-Back with Egyptian Fasciola gigantica in the Invasive Snail Pseudosuccinea columella
    In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 9, 2014, Nr. 2, pp. e88537
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Mihailova, P.; Traykov, I.; Tosheva, A.; Nachev, Milen
    Changes in biological and physicochemical parameters of river water in a small hydropower reservoir cascade
    In: Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science: BJAS, Vol. 19, 2013, Nr. Suppl. 2, pp. 286 – 289
  • Nachev, Milen; Schertzinger, Gerhard; Sures, Bernd
    Comparison of the metal accumulation capacity between the acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus laevis and larval nematodes of the genus Eustrongylides sp. Infecting Barbel (Barbus barbus)
    In: Parasites and Vectors, Vol. 6, 2013, pp. 21
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  • Frank, Sabrina N.; Godehardt, Saskia; Nachev, Milen; Trubiroha, Achim; Kloas, Werner; Sures, Bernd
    Influence of the cestode Ligula intestinalis and the acanthocephalan Polymorphus minutus on levels of heat shock proteins (HSP70) and metallothioneins in their fish and crustacean intermediate hosts
    In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 180, 2013, pp. 173 – 179
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  • Nachev, Milen; Zimmermann, Sonja; Rigaud, T.; Sures, Bernd
    Is metal accumulation in Pomphorhynchus laevis dependent on parasite sex or infrapopulation size?
    In: Parasitology, Vol. 137, 2010, Nr. 8, pp. 1239 – 1248
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  • Nachev, Milen; Sures, Bernd
    The endohelminth fauna of barbel (Barbus barbus) correlates with water quality of the Danube River in Bulgaria
    In: Parasitology, Vol. 136, 2009, Nr. 5, pp. 545 – 552
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    • Book articles / Proceedings papers

  • Sures, Bernd; Nachev, Milen; Grabner, Daniel; Wepener, Victor; Zimmermann, Sonja
    Environmental Parasitology : Interactions Between Parasites and Pollutants
    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. 509 – 534
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  • Nachev, Milen; Riekenberg, Philip M.; Jochmann, Maik A.; Born-Torrijos, Ana; van der Meer, Marcel T. J.; Smit, Nico J.; Schmidt, Torsten C.; Thieltges, David W.; Sures, Bernd
    Host-Parasite Trophic Interactions as Revealed by Stable Isotope Analyses : Determinants for Trophic and Isotopic Niches of Hosts and Their Associated Parasites
    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. 415 – 442
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    • Thesis

  • Nachev, Milen
    Bioindication capacity of fish parasites for the assessment of water quality in the Danube River
    Duisburg, Essen, 2010
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    • Lectures

  • Kresmann, Simon; Winking, Caroline; Nachev, Milen; Brunzel, Stefan; Hering, Daniel; Sures, Bernd
    Ökologische und ökotoxikologische Beurteilung von Gewässernutzungen in der Metropole Ruhr
    1. KuLaRuhr Fachworkshop,
    Essen, 2012
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