| Microeukaryotic gut parasites in wastewater treatment plants: diversity, activity, and removal
Freudenthal, J., Ju, F., Bürgmann, H., & Dumack, K. (2022). Microeukaryotic gut parasites in wastewater treatment plants: diversity, activity, and removal. Microbiome, 10, 27 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01225-y |
| Patch size distribution affects species invasion dynamics in dendritic networks
Holenstein, K., Harvey, E., & Altermatt, F. (2022). Patch size distribution affects species invasion dynamics in dendritic networks. Oikos, 2022, e08679 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08679 |
| Removal of waterborne viruses by <em>Tetrahymena pyriformis</em> is virus-specific and coincides with changes in protist swimming speed
Olive, M., Moerman, F., Fernandez-Cassi, X., Altermatt, F., & Kohn, T. (2022). Removal of waterborne viruses by Tetrahymena pyriformis is virus-specific and coincides with changes in protist swimming speed. Environmental Science and Technology, 56(7), 4062-4070. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05518 |
| Species interactions limit the predictability of community responses to environmental change
Thompson, P., Hürlemann, S., & Altermatt, F. (2021). Species interactions limit the predictability of community responses to environmental change. American Naturalist, 198(6), 695-705. https://doi.org/10.1086/716724 |
| Revisiting the phylogenetic position of <em>Caullerya mesnili</em> (Ichthyosporea), a common <em>Daphnia</em> parasite, based on 22 protein-coding genes
Lu, Y., Ocaña-Pallarès, E., López-Escardó, D., Dennis, S. R., Monaghan, M. T., Ruiz-Trillo, I., … Wolinska, J. (2020). Revisiting the phylogenetic position of Caullerya mesnili (Ichthyosporea), a common Daphnia parasite, based on 22 protein-coding genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 151, 106891 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106891 |
| How does environmental inter-annual variability shape aquatic microbial communities? A 40-year annual record of sedimentary DNA from a boreal Lake (Nylandssjön, Sweden)
Capo, E., Rydberg, J., Tolu, J., Domaizon, I., Debroas, D., Bindler, R., & Bigler, C. (2019). How does environmental inter-annual variability shape aquatic microbial communities? A 40-year annual record of sedimentary DNA from a boreal Lake (Nylandssjön, Sweden). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 245 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00245 |
| Dispersal in dendritic networks: ecological consequences on the spatial distribution of population densities
Altermatt, F., & Fronhofer, E. A. (2018). Dispersal in dendritic networks: ecological consequences on the spatial distribution of population densities. Freshwater Biology, 63(1), 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12951 |
| Leaf litter diversity and structure of microbial decomposer communities modulate litter decomposition in aquatic systems
Santschi, F., Gounand, I., Harvey, E., & Altermatt, F. (2018). Leaf litter diversity and structure of microbial decomposer communities modulate litter decomposition in aquatic systems. Functional Ecology, 32, 522-532. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12980 |
| Intransitive competition is common across five major taxonomic groups and is driven by productivity, competitive rank and functional traits
Soliveres, S., Lehmann, A., Boch, S., Altermatt, F., Carrara, F., Crowther, T. W., … Allan, E. (2018). Intransitive competition is common across five major taxonomic groups and is driven by productivity, competitive rank and functional traits. Journal of Ecology, 106(3), 852-864. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12959 |
| Big answers from small worlds: a user's guide for protist microcosms as a model system in ecology and evolution
Altermatt, F., Fronhofer, E. A., Garnier, A., Giometto, A., Hammes, F., Klecka, J., … Petchey, O. L. (2015). Big answers from small worlds: a user's guide for protist microcosms as a model system in ecology and evolution. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6(2), 218-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12312 |
| Experimental evidence for strong stabilizing forces at high functional diversity of aquatic microbial communities
Carrara, F., Giometto, A., Seymour, M., Rinaldo, A., & Altermatt, F. (2015). Experimental evidence for strong stabilizing forces at high functional diversity of aquatic microbial communities. Ecology, 96(5), 1340-1350. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1324.1 |
| Condition-dependent movement and dispersal in experimental metacommunities
Fronhofer, E. A., Klecka, J., Melián, C. J., & Altermatt, F. (2015). Condition-dependent movement and dispersal in experimental metacommunities. Ecology Letters, 18(9), 954-963. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12475 |