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Möller, Julia N. ; Löder, Martin G. J. ; Laforsch, Christian:
Finding Microplastics in Soils : A Review of Analytical Methods.
In: Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 54 (30 January 2020) Issue 4 . - pp. 2078-2090.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b04618

Steibl, Sebastian ; Laforsch, Christian:
Daytime activity and habitat preferences of two sympatric hermit crab species (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobita).
In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. Vol. 231 (December 2019) . - No. 106482.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106482

Schrank, Isabella ; Trotter, Benjamin ; Dummert, Julia ; Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara ; Löder, Martin ; Laforsch, Christian:
Effects of microplastic particles and leaching additive on the life history and morphology of Daphnia magna.
In: Environmental Pollution. Vol. 255 (December 2019) Issue 2 . - No. 113233.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113233

Frei, Sven ; Piehl, Sarah ; Gilfedder, Ben ; Löder, Martin ; Krutzke, Jennifer ; Wilhelm, Laura ; Laforsch, Christian:
Occurence of microplastics in the hyporheic zone of rivers.
In: Scientific Reports. Vol. 9 (24 October 2019) . - No. 15256.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51741-5

Frei, Sven ; Piehl, Sarah ; Gilfedder, Ben ; Löder, Martin ; Krutzke, Jennifer ; Wilhelm, Laura ; Laforsch, Christian:
Occurrence of microplastics in the hyporheic zone of rivers.
In: Scientific Reports. Vol. 9 (October 2019) . - No. 15256.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51741-5

Trotter, Benjamin ; Ramsperger, Anja ; Raab, Patricia ; Haberstroh, Julia ; Laforsch, Christian:
Plastic waste interferes with chemical communication in aquatic ecosystems.
In: Scientific Reports. Vol. 9 (10 April 2019) . - No. 5889.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41677-1

O´Connor, James D. ; Mahon, Anne M. ; Ramsperger, Anja ; Trotter, Benjamin ; Redondo-Hasselerharm, Paula E. ; Koelmans, Albert A. ; Lally, Heather T. ; Murphy, Sinéad:
Microplastics in Freshwater Biota : A Critical Review of Isolation, Characterization, and Assessment Methods.
In: Global Challenges. (6 March 2019) .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.201800118

Meyer, Sebastian T. ; Heuss, Lisa ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Weisser, Wolfgang W. ; Gossner, Martin M.:
Land-use components, abundance of predatory arthropods, and vegetation height affect predation rates in grasslands.
In: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. Vol. 270-271 (1 February 2019) . - pp. 84-92.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.10.015

Otti, Oliver ; Deines, Peter ; Hammerschmidt, Katrin ; Reinhardt, Klaus:
Do Bacteria Change Their Language When They Enter the Body Through Wounds? : Answers From Bedbug Experiments.
In: frontiers for Young Minds.
28 January 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2019.00001

Piehl, Sarah ; Mitterwallner, Veronika ; Atwood, E.C. ; Bochow, Mathias ; Laforsch, Christian:
Abundance and distribution of large microplastics (1–5 mm) within beach sediments at the Po River Delta, northeast Italy.
In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. Vol. 149 (2019) . - No. 110515.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110515

Atwood, Elizabeth C. ; Falcieri, Francesco M. ; Piehl, Sarah ; Bochow, Mathias ; Matthies, Michael ; Franke, Jonas ; Carniel, Sandro ; Sclavo, Mauro ; Laforsch, Christian ; Sieger, Florian:
Coastal accumulation of microplastic particles emitted from the Po River, Northern Italy : Comparing remote sensing and hydrodynamic modelling with in situ sample collections.
In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. Vol. 138 (2019) . - pp. 561-574.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.045

Heuss, Lisa ; Grevé, Michael E. ; Schäfer, Deborah ; Busch, Verena ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Direct and indirect effects of land‐use intensification on ant communities in temperate grasslands.
In: Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 9 (2019) Issue 7 . - pp. 4013-4024.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5030

Steibl, Sebastian ; Laforsch, Christian:
Disentangling the environmental impact of different human disturbances : a case study on islands.
In: Scientific Reports. Vol. 9 (2019) Issue 1 . - No. 13712.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49555-6

Grevé, Michael E. ; Bláha, Sanja ; Teuber, Joseph ; Rothmaier, Melanie ; Feldhaar, Heike:
The effect of ground surface rugosity on ant running speed is species-specific rather than size dependent.
In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 66 (2019) Issue 3 . - pp. 355-364.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-019-00694-z

Hufnagl, Benedikt ; Steiner, Dieter ; Renner, Elisabeth ; Löder, Martin ; Laforsch, Christian ; Lohninger, Hans:
A methodology for the fast identification and monitoring of microplastics in environmental samples using random decision forest classifiers.
In: Analytical Methods. Vol. 11 (2019) Issue 17 . - pp. 2277-2285.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9AY00252A

Otte, Kathrin A. ; Effertz, Christoph ; Fröhlich, Thomas ; Arnold, Georg J. ; Laforsch, Christian ; von Elert, Eric:
Proteomic analysis in the model organism Daphnia has the potential to unravel molecular pathways involved in phenotypic changes in response to changing environmental conditions.
In: Hydrobiologia. Vol. 846 (2019) Issue 1 . - pp. 27-38.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3718-5

Piehl, Sarah ; Leibner, Anna ; Löder, Martin ; Dris, Rachid ; Bogner, Christina ; Laforsch, Christian:
Identification and quantification of macro- and microplastics on an agricultural farmland.
In: Scientific Reports. Vol. 2018 (18 December 2018) Issue 8 . - No. 17950.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36172-y

Bieberich, Judith ; Lauerer, Marianne ; Drachsler, Maria ; Heinrichs, Julian ; Müller, Stefanie ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Species- and developmental stage-specific effects of allelopathy and competition of invasive Impatiens glandulifera on co-occurring plants.
In: PLoS One. Vol. 13 (7 November 2018) Issue 11 . - No. e0205843.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205843

Grevé, Michael E. ; Hager, Jörg ; Weisser, Wolfgang W. ; Schall, Peter ; Gossner, Martin M. ; Feldhaar, Heike:
Effect of forest management on temperate ant communities.
In: Ecosphere. Vol. 9 (June 2018) Issue 6 . - No. e02303.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2303

Imhof, Hannes ; Wiesheu, Alexandra C. ; Niessner, Reinhard ; Ivleva, Natalia P. ; Laforsch, Christian:
Variation in plastic abundance at different lake beach zones - a case study.
In: Science of the Total Environment. Vol. 613/614 (February 2018) . - pp. 530-537.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.300

Jaganmohan, Madhumitha ; Vailshery, Lionel Sujay ; Mundoli, Seema ; Nagendra, Harini:
Biodiversity in sacred urban spaces of Bengaluru, India.
In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. Vol. 32 (2018) . - pp. 64-70.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2018.03.021

Feldhaar, Heike ; Schauer, Bastian:
Dispersal of Saproxylic Insects.
In: Ulyshen, Michael D. (ed.): Saproxylic Insects. - Cham : Springer, 2018 . - pp. 515-546 . - (Zoological Monographs ; 1 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75937-1_15

Schmidt, Lena Katharina ; Bochow, Mathias ; Imhof, Hannes ; Oswald, S.E.:
Multi-temporal surveys for microplastic particles enabled by a novel and fast application of SWIR imaging spectroscopy : Study of an urban watercourse traversing the city of Berlin, Germany.
In: Environmental Pollution. Vol. 239 (2018) . - pp. 579-589.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.03.097

Weithmann, Nicolas ; Möller, Julia N. ; Löder, Martin ; Piehl, Sarah ; Laforsch, Christian ; Freitag, Ruth:
Organic fertilizer as a vehicle for the entry of microplastic into the environment.
In: Science Advances. Vol. 4 (2018) Issue 4 .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aap8060

Stocking, Jonathan B. ; Laforsch, Christian ; Sigl, Robert ; Reidenbach, Matthew A.:
The role of turbulent hydrodynamics and surface morphology on heat and mass transfer in corals.
In: Interface : Journal of the Royal Society. Vol. 15 (2018) . - No. 20180448.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0448

Imhof, Hannes ; Rusek, Jakub ; Thiel, Michaela ; Wolinska, Justyna ; Laforsch, Christian:
Do microplastic particles affect Daphnia magna at the morphological, life history and molecular level?
In: PLoS One. Vol. 12 (2017) Issue 11 . - e0187590.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187590

Löder, Martin ; Imhof, Hannes ; Ladehoff, Maike ; Löschel, Lena ; Lorenz, Claudia ; Mintenig, Svenja ; Piehl, Sarah ; Primpke, Sebastian ; Schrank, Isabella ; Laforsch, Christian ; Gerdts, Gunnar:
Enzymatic purification of microplastics in environmental samples.
In: Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 51 (2017) Issue 24 . - pp. 14283-14292.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b03055

Bagheri, Amir Reza ; Laforsch, Christian ; Greiner, Andreas ; Agarwal, Shivani:
Fate of So-Called Biodegradable Polymers in Seawater and Freshwater.
In: Global Challenges. Vol. 1 (2017) Issue 4 . - No. 1700048.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.201700048

Fischer, Jessica ; Laforsch, Christian:
The influence of gravity and light on locomotion and orientation of Heterocypris incongruens and Notodromas onacha (Crustacea, Ostracoda).
In: npj Microgravity. (2017) Issue 4 . - No. 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-017-0037-5

Fischer, Jessica ; Schoppmann, Kathrin ; Laforsch, Christian:
Life History Responses and Feeding Behavior of Microcrustacea in Altered Gravity - Applicability in Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS).
In: Microgravity Science and Technology. Vol. 29 (2017) Issue 3 . - pp. 241-249.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-017-9545-x

Drakulić, Sanja ; Feldhaar, Heike ; Lisičić, Duje ; Mioč, Mia ; Cizelj, Ivan ; Seiler, Michael ; Spatz, Theresa ; Rödel, Mark-Oliver:
Local differences of thermal preferences in European common frog (Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758) tadpoles.
Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, 10115 Berlin, Germany; Department of Animal Ecology I, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany; Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Zoological Garden of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Animal Ecology I, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, 95447; Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany; Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, 10115 Berlin, Germany
In: Zoologischer Anzeiger. Vol. 268 (2017) . - pp. 47-54.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2017.04.005

Primpke, Sebastian ; Imhof, Hannes ; Piehl, Sarah ; Lorenz, Claudia ; Löder, Martin ; Laforsch, Christian ; Gerdts, Gunnar:
Mikroplastik in der Umwelt.
In: Chemie in unserer Zeit. Vol. 51 (2017) Issue 6 . - pp. 402-412.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ciuz.201700821

Imhof, Hannes ; Sigl, Robert ; Brauer, Emilia ; Feyl, Sabine ; Giesemann, Philipp ; Klink, Stefan ; Leupolz, Kathrin ; Löder, Martin ; Löschel, Lena ; Missun, Jan ; Muszynski, Sarah ; Ramsperger, Anja ; Schrank, Isabella ; Speck, Susan ; Steibl, Sebastian ; Trotter, Benjamin ; Winter, Isabel ; Laforsch, Christian:
Spatial and temporal variation of macro-, meso- and microplastic abundance on a remote coral island of the Maldives, Indian Ocean.
In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. Vol. 116 (2017) Issue 1/2 . - pp. 340-347.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.010

Imhof, Hannes ; Laforsch, Christian:
Hazardous or not - Are adult and juvenile individuals of Potamopyrgus antipodarum affected by non-buoyant microplastic particles?
In: Environmental Pollution. Vol. 218 (November 2016) . - pp. 383-391.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.07.017

Sigl, Robert ; Steibl, Sebastian ; Laforsch, Christian:
The role of vision for navigation in the crown-of-thorns seastar, Acanthaster planci.
In: Scientific Reports. Vol. 6 (August 2016) . - No. 30834.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep30834

Orsini, Luisa ; Gilbert, Donald ; Podicheti, Ram ; Jansen, Mieke ; Brown, James B. ; Solari, Omid Shams ; Spanier, Katina I. ; Colbourne, John K. ; Rush, Douglas ; Decaestecker, Ellen ; Asselmann, Jana ; de Schamphelaere, Karel A.C. ; Ebert, Dieter ; Haag, Christoph R. ; Kvist, Jouni ; Laforsch, Christian ; Petrusek, Adam ; Beckermann, Andrew P. ; Little, Tom J. ; Chaturvedi, Anurag ; Pfrender, Michael E. ; de Meester, Luc ; Frilander, Mikko J.:
Daphnia magna transcriptome by RNA-Seq across 12 environmental stressors.
In: Scientific Data. Vol. 3 (2016) . - Article Number: 160030.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.30

Herzog, Quirin ; Rabus, Max ; Wolfschoon Ribeiro, Bernard ; Laforsch, Christian:
Inducible Defenses with a "Twist" : Daphnia barbata Abandons Bilateral Symmetry in Response to an Ancient Predator.
In: PLoS One. Vol. 11 (2016) Issue 2 . - e0148556.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148556

Sigl, Robert ; Laforsch, Christian:
The Influence of Water Currents on Movement Patterns on Sand in the Crown-of-Thorns Seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris).
In: Diversity. Vol. 8 (2016) Issue 4 . - No. 25.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/d8040025

Imhof, Hannes ; Laforsch, Christian ; Wiesheu, Alexandra C. ; Schmid, Johannes ; Anger, Philipp M. ; Niessner, Reinhard ; Ivleva, Natalia P.:
Pigments and plastic in limnetic ecosystems: A qualitative and quantitative study on microparticles of different size classes.
In: Water Research. Vol. 98 (2016) . - pp. 64-74.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.03.015

Herzog, Quirin ; Tittgen, Carmen ; Laforsch, Christian:
Predator-specific reversibility of morphological defenses in Daphnia barbata.
In: Journal of Plankton Research. (2016) . - online publ.: June 20, 2016.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbw045

Hepp, Johannes ; Rabus, Max ; Anhäuser, Tobias ; Bromm, Tobias ; Laforsch, Christian ; Sirocko, Frank ; Glaser, Bruno ; Zech, Michael:
A sugar biomarker proxy for assessing terrestial versus aquatic sedimentary input.
In: Organic Geochemistry. Vol. 98 (2016) . - pp. 98-104.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2016.05.012

Knie, Miriam ; Schoppmann, Kathrin ; Eck, Hendrik ; Wolfschoon Ribeiro, Bernard ; Laforsch, Christian:
The “Daphnia” Lynx Mark I suborbital flight experiment : Hardware qualification at the Drop Tower Bremen.
In: Microgravity Science and Technology. Vol. 28 (3 September 2015) Issue 3 . - pp. 345-349.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-015-9453-x

Dris, Rachid ; Imhof, Hannes ; Sanchez, Wilfried ; Gasperi, Johnny ; Galgani, François ; Tassin, Bruno ; Laforsch, Christian:
Beyond the ocean : Contamination of freshwater ecosystems with (micro-) plastic particles.
In: Environmental Chemistry. Vol. 12 (2015) Issue 5 . - p. 32.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/EN14172

Eich, Andreas ; Mildenberger, Tobias ; Laforsch, Christian ; Weber, Miriam:
Biofilm and diatom succession on polyethylene (PE) and biodegradable plastic bags in two marine habitats : early signs of degradation in the pelagic and benthic zone?
In: PLoS One. Vol. 10 (2015) Issue 9 . - e0137201.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137201

Tollrian, Ralph ; Duggen, Sonja ; Weiss, Linda C. ; Laforsch, Christian ; Kopp, Michael:
Density-dependent adjustment of inducible defenses.
In: Scientific Reports. Vol. 5 (2015) . - Article Number: 12736.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep12736

Weiss, Linda C. ; Leese, Florian ; Laforsch, Christian ; Tollrian, Ralph:
Dopamine is a key regulator in the signalling pathway underlying predator-induced defences in Daphnia.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B : Biological Sciences. Vol. 282 (2015) Issue 1816 . - Article Number: 20151440.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1440

Trotter, Benjamin ; Otte, Kathrin A. ; Schoppmann, Kathrin ; Hemmersbach, Ruth ; Fröhlich, Thomas ; Arnold, Georg J. ; Laforsch, Christian:
The influence of simulated microgravity on the proteome of Daphnia magna.
In: npj Microgravity. Vol. 1 (2015) . - Article Number: 15016.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/npjmgrav.2015.16

Otte, Kathrin A. ; Schrank, Isabella ; Fröhlich, Thomas ; Arnold, Georg J. ; Laforsch, Christian:
Interclonal proteomic responses to predator exposure in Daphnia magna may depend on predator composition of habitats.
In: Molecular Ecology. Vol. 24 (2015) Issue 15 . - pp. 3901-3917.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13287

Fischer, Jessica ; Schoppmann, Kathrin ; Knie, Miriam ; Laforsch, Christian:
Responses of microcrustaceans to simulated microgravity (2D-clinorotation) - preliminary assessments for the development of Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS).
In: Microgravity Science and Technology. Vol. 28 (2015) Issue 3 . - pp. 337-344.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-015-9470-9

Otte, Kathrin A. ; Fröhlich, Thomas ; Arnold, Georg J. ; Laforsch, Christian:
Proteomic analysis of Daphnia magna hints at molecular pathways involved in defensive plastic responses.
In: BMC Genomics. Vol. 15 (2014) . - p. 306.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-306

Imhof, Hannes ; Ivleva, Natalia P. ; Schmid, Johannes ; Niessner, Reinhard ; Laforsch, Christian:
Contamination of beach sediments of a subalpine lake with microplastic particles.
In: Current Biology. Vol. 23 (2013) Issue 19 . - R867-R868.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.001

Herzog, Quirin ; Laforsch, Christian:
Modality matters for the expression of inducible defenses : introducing a concept of predator modality.
In: BMC Biology. Vol. 11 (2013) . - Article Number: 113.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-11-113

Sigl, Robert ; Imhof, Hannes ; Settles, Marcus ; Laforsch, Christian:
A novel, non-invasive and in vivo approach to determine morphometric data in starfish.
Universität Bayreuth / Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften; Ludwig Maximilians Universität München / Fakultät für Biologie; Technische Universität München / Institut für Radiologie
In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. Vol. 449 (2013) . - 1 - 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2013.08.002

Weidlich, Sandy ; Müller, Sonja ; Hoffmann, Klaus H. ; Woodring, Joseph:
Regulation of amylase, cellulase and chitinase secretion in the digestive tract of the two-spotted field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus.
In: Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. Vol. 83 (2013) Issue 2 . - pp. 69-85.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/arch.21092

Engelbrecht, Wolfgang ; Hesse, Olivia ; Wolinska, Justyna ; Laforsch, Christian:
Two threats at once : encounters with predator cues alter host life-history and morphological responses to parasite spores.
In: Hydrobiologia. Vol. 715 (2013) Issue 1 . - pp. 93-100.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1396-2

Rabus, Max ; Söllradl, Thomas ; Clausen-Schaumann, Hauke ; Laforsch, Christian:
Uncovering Ultrastructural Defences in Daphnia magna : An Interdisciplinary Approach to Assess the Predator-Induced Fortification of the Carapace.
In: PLoS One. Vol. 8 (2013) Issue 6 . - e67856.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067856

Laforsch, Christian ; Imhof, Hannes ; Sigl, Robert ; Heß, Martin ; Settles, Marcus ; Wanninger, Andreas:
Applications of computed 3D-modeling in organismal biology.
In: Alexandru, Catalin (Hrsg.): Modeling and Simulation in Engineering. - Rijeka : InTech, 2012 . - pp. 117-142
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5772/31092

Riessen, Howard P. ; Linley, Robert Dallas ; Altshuler, Ianina ; Rabus, Max ; Söllradl, Thomas ; Clausen-Schaumann, Hauke ; Laforsch, Christian ; Yan, Norman D. ; Howard, P. R.:
Changes in water chemistry can disable plankton prey defenses.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 109 (2012) Issue 38 . - pp. 15377-15382.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1209938109

Weiss, Linda C. ; Kruppert, Sebastian ; Laforsch, Christian ; Tollrian, Ralph:
Chaoborus and Gasterosteus Anti-Predator Responses in Daphnia pulex Are Mediated by Independent Cholinergic and Gabaergic Neuronal Signals.
In: PLoS One. Vol. 7 (2012) Issue 5 . - e36879.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036879

Küchler, Stefan ; Renz, Patricia ; Dettner, Konrad ; Kehl, Siegfried:
Diversity of symbiotic organs and bacterial endosymbionts among lygaeoid bugs of the families Blissidae and Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea).
In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 78 (2012) Issue 8 . - pp. 2648-2659.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.07191-11

Wild, Christian ; Laforsch, Christian ; Mayr, Christoph ; Fuß, Roland ; Niggl, Wolfgang:
Effect of water currents on organic matter release by two scleractinian corals.
In: Aquatic Ecology. Vol. 46 (2012) Issue 3 . - pp. 335-341.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-012-9404-1

Hesse, Olivia ; Engelbrecht, Wolfgang ; Laforsch, Christian ; Wolinska, Justyna:
Fighting parasites and predators : How to deal with multiple threats?
In: BMC Ecology. Vol. 12 (2012) . - p. 12.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-12-12

Rabus, Max ; Waterkeyn, Aline ; van Pottelbergh, Nisse ; Brendonck, Luc ; Laforsch, Christian:
Interclonal variation, effectiveness and long-term implications of Triops-induced morphological defences in Daphnia magna Strauss.
In: Journal of Plankton Research. Vol. 34 (2012) Issue 2 . - pp. 152-160.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbr092

Weiss, Linda C. ; Tollrian, Ralph ; Herbert, Zsofia ; Laforsch, Christian:
Morphology of the Daphnia nervous system : a comparative study on Daphnia pulex, Daphnia lumholtzi, and Daphnia longicephala.
In: Journal of Morphology. Vol. 273 (2012) Issue 12 . - pp. 1392-1405.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20068

Imhof, Hannes ; Schmid, Johannes ; Ivleva, Natalia P. ; Laforsch, Christian:
A novel, highly efficient method for the quantification of plastic particles in sediments of aquatic environments.
In: Limnology and Oceanography / Methods. (2012) Issue 10 . - pp. 524-537.

Weiss, Linda C. ; Laforsch, Christian ; Tollrian, Ralph:
The taste of predation and the defences of prey.
In: Brönmark, Christer ; Hansson, Lars-Anders (Hrsg.): Chemical ecology in aquatic systems. - Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2012 . - pp. 111-126

Colbourne, John K. ; Pfrender, Michael E. ; Gilbert, Donald ; Laforsch, Christian:
The ecoresponsive genome of Daphnia pulex.
In: Science. Vol. 331 (2011) . - pp. 555-561.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1197761

Rabus, Max ; Laforsch, Christian:
Growing large and bulky in the presence of the enemy : Daphnia magna switches the mode of inducible defences.
In: Functional Ecology. Vol. 25 (2011) Issue 5 . - pp. 1137-1143.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01840.x

Juracka, Petr Jan ; Laforsch, Christian ; Petrusek, Adam:
Neckteeth formation in two species of the Daphnia curvirostris complex (Crustacea: Cladocera).
In: Journal of Limnology. Vol. 70 (2011) Issue 2 . - pp. 359-368.

Yin, Mingbo ; Laforsch, Christian ; Lohr, Jennifer N. ; Wolinska, Justyna:
Predator-induced defence makes Daphnia more vulnerable to parasites.
In: Evolution. Vol. 65 (2011) Issue 5 . - pp. 1482-1488.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01240.x

Duneau, David ; Luijckx, Pepijn ; Ben-Ami, Frida ; Laforsch, Christian ; Ebert, Dieter:
Resolving the infection process reveals striking differences in the contribution of environment, genetics and phylogeny to host-parasite interactions.
In: BMC Biology. Vol. 9 (2011) . - p. 11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-9-11

Digali, Lwalaba ; Hoffmann, Klaus H. ; Woodring, Joseph:
Control of the release of digestive enzymes in the larvae of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda.
In: Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. Vol. 73 (2010) Issue 1 . - pp. 14-29.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/arch.20332

Lohr, Jennifer N. ; Laforsch, Christian ; Körner, Henrike ; Wolinska, Justyna:
A Daphnia parasite (Caullerya mesnili) constitutes a new member of the Ichthyosporea, a group of protists near the animal-fungi divergence.
In: Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Vol. 57 (2010) Issue 4 . - pp. 328-336.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00479.x

Dietrich, Sabine ; Dammel, Shana ; Bracher, Franz ; Plößl, Florian ; Laforsch, Christian:
Effects of a pharmaceutical mixture at environmentally relevant concentrations on Gammarus fossarum.
In: Marine & Freshwater Research. Vol. 61 (2010) Issue 2 . - pp. 196-203.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/MF09048

Digali, Lwalaba ; Hoffmann, Klaus H. ; Woodring, Joseph:
Exogenous and endogenous inhibitors of digestive enzymes in the larvae of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda.
In: Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. Vol. 74 (2010) Issue 2 . - pp. 114-126.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/arch.20366

Dietrich, Sabine ; Plößl, Florian ; Bracher, Franz ; Laforsch, Christian:
Single and combined toxicity of pharmaceuticals at environmentally relevant concentrations in Daphnia magna : A multigenerational study.
In: Chemosphere. Vol. 79 (2010) Issue 1 . - pp. 60-66.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.12.069

Naumann, Malik S. ; Niggl, Wolfgang ; Laforsch, Christian ; Glaser, Christian ; Wild, Christian:
Coral surface area quantification : evaluation of established methods by comparison with computer tomography.
In: Coral Reefs. Vol. 28 (2009) Issue 1 . - pp. 109-117.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-008-0459-3

Petrusek, Adam ; Tollrian, Ralph ; Schwenk, Klaus ; Haas, Andreas ; Laforsch, Christian:
A "crown of thorns" is an inducible defence that protects Daphnia against an ancient predator.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 106 (2009) Issue 7 . - pp. 2248-2252.
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Laforsch, Christian ; Tollrian, Ralph ; Schwenk, Klaus ; Haas, Andreas ; Petrusek, Adam ; Jung, Nina:
“Crown of thorns” of Daphnia : an exceptional inducible defence discovered by DNA barcoding.
In: Communicative & Integrative Biology. Vol. 2 (2009) Issue 5 . - pp. 379-381.

Fröhlich, Thomas ; Arnold, Georg J. ; Fritsch, Rainer ; Mayr, Tobias ; Laforsch, Christian:
LC-MS/MS-based proteome profiling in Daphnia pulex and Daphnia longicephala : The Daphnia pulex genome database as a key for high throughput proteomics in Daphnia.
In: BMC Genomics. Vol. 10 (2009) Issue 1 . - p. 171.
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Niggl, Wolfgang ; Glas, M. ; Laforsch, Christian ; Mayr, Christoph ; Wild, Christian:
First evidence of coral bleaching stimulating organic matter release by reef corals.
In: Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. - Dania Beach, Fla. : National Coral Reef Institute, 2008 . - pp. 905-910