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Thieltges, David
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Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; Coastal Sciences (COS), more

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Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research; Wadden Sea Station Sylt (AWI-Sylt), more

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Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more

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Huang, Q; Waser, A.M.; Li, C.; Thieltges, D.W. (2024). Lack of Hematodinium microscopic detection in crustaceans at the northern and southern ends of the Wadden Sea and an update of its distribution in Europe. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 171(3): 63. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04381-3, more Jolma, E.R.E.; Born-Torrijos, A.; Heesterbeek, H.; van Leeuwen, A.; van Leeuwen, S.M.; Twijnstra, R.H.; Wegner, K.M.; Thieltges, D.W. (2024). Warming effects on the life cycles of two parasitic copepods with different invasion histories. Ecol. Evol. 14(6): e11485. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11485, more Thieltges, D.W.; Johnson, P.T.J.; van Leeuwen, A.; Koprivnikar, J. (2024). Effects of predation risk on parasite–host interactions and wildlife diseases. Ecology 105(6): e4315. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4315, more Welsh, J.E.; Markovic, M.; van der Meer, J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2024). Non-linear effects of non-host diversity on the removal of free-living infective stages of parasites. Oecologia 204(2): 339-349. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05462-2, more Berkhout, B.W.; Budria, A.; Thieltges, D.W.; Slabbekoorn, H. (2023). Anthropogenic noise pollution and wildlife diseases. Trends Parasitol. 39(3): 181-190. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2022.12.002, more Born-Torrijos, A.; Riekenberg, P.M.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Nachev, M.; Sures, B.; Thieltges, D.W. (2023). Parasite effects on host’s trophic and isotopic niches. Trends Parasitol. 39(9): 749-759. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2023.06.003, more Cornelius, A.; Buschbaum, C.; Khosravi, M.; Waser, A.M.; Wegner, K.M.; Thieltges, D.W. (2023). Effect of predation risk on parasite transmission from first to second intermediate trematode hosts. J. Anim. Ecol. 92(5): 991-1000. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13921, more Khosravi, M.; Díaz-Morales, D.M.; Thieltges, D.W.; Wahl, M.; Vajedsamiei, J. (2023). Thermal optima of cercarial emergence in trematodes from a marine high-temperature ecosystem, the Persian Gulf. NPG Scientific Reports 13(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31670-0, more Khosravi, M.; Thieltges, D.W.; Díaz-Morales, D.M.; Bommarito, C.; Vajedsamiei, J. (2023). Filtration and respiration responses of mussels (Mytilus edulis) to trematode parasite infections (Renicola roscovita) and transient heat exposure. IJP 21: 296-304. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.07.007, more Koprivnikar, J.; Thieltges, D.W.; Johnson, P.T.J. (2023). Consumption of trematode parasite infectious stages: from conceptual synthesis to future research agenda. J. Helminthol. 97(e33): 1-19. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x23000111, more Meijer, K.J.; Gusmao, J.B.; Bruil, L.; Franken, O.; Grimm, I.A.; van der Heide, T.; Hijner, N.; Holthuijsen, S.; Hübner, L.; Thieltges, D.W.; Olff, H.; Eriksson, B.K.; Govers, L.L. (2023). The seafloor from a trait perspective. A comprehensive life history dataset of soft sediment macrozoobenthos. Scientific Data 10(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02728-5, more Reise, K.; Buschbaum, C.; Lackschewitz, D.; Thieltges, D.W.; Waser, A.M.; Wegner, K.M. (2023). Introduced species in a tidal ecosystem of mud and sand: curse or blessing? Mar. Biodiv. 53(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01302-3, more Bommarito, C.; Khosravi, M.; Thieltges, D.W.; Pansch, C.; Hamm, T.; Pranovi, F.; Vajedsamiei, J. (2022). Combined effects of salinity and trematode infections on the filtration capacity, growth and condition of mussels. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 699: 33-44. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14179, more Bommarito, C.; Wahl, M.; Thieltges, D.W.; Pansch, C.; Zucchetta, M.; Pranovi, F. (2022). Biotic and abiotic drivers affect parasite richness, prevalence and abundance in Mytilus galloprovincialis along the Northern Adriatic Sea. Parasitology 149(1): 15-23. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182021001438, more Born-Torrijos, A.; van Beest, G.S.; Vyhlídalová, T.; Knudsen, R.; Kristoffersen, R.; Amundsen, P.-A.; Thieltges, D.W.; Soldánová, M. (2022). Taxa-specific activity loss and mortality patterns in freshwater trematode cercariae under subarctic conditions. Parasitology 149(4): 457-468. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182021002006, more Bosco Gusmao, J.; Thieltges, D.W.; Dekker, R.; Govers, L.L.; Meijer, K.J.; Eriksson, B.K. (2022). Comparing taxonomic and functional trait diversity in marine macrozoobenthos along sediment texture gradients. Ecol. Indic. 145: 109718. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109718, more Khosravi, M.; Thieltges, D.W.; Shamseddin, J.; Georgieva, S. (2022). Schistosomes in the Persian Gulf: novel molecular data, host associations, and life-cycle elucidations. NPG Scientific Reports 12(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17771-2, more Al-Wazzan, Z.; Waser, A.M.; Glenner, H.; Giménez, L.; Thieltges, D.W. (2021). Temporal and spatial infection patterns of the rhizocephalan parasite Parasacculina leptodiae (Guérin-Ganivet, 1911) in the crab Leptodius exaratus along the shores of Kuwait. Mar. Biodiv. 51(6). https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01235-3, more Bleile, N.; Thieltges, D.W. (2021). Prey preferences of invasive (Hemigrapsus sanguineus, H. takanoi) and native (Carcinus maenas) intertidal crabs in the European Wadden Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 101(5): 811-817. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315421000655, more Bommarito, C.; Thieltges, D.W.; Pansch, C.; Barboza, F.; Pranovi, F.; Wahl, M. (2021). Effects of first intermediate host density, host size and salinity on trematode infections in mussels of the south-western Baltic Sea. Parasitology 148(4): 486-494. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182020002188, more Bouwmeester, M.M.; Goedknegt, M.A.; Poulin, R.; Thieltges, D.W. (2021). Collateral diseases: aquaculture impacts on wildlife infections. J. Appl. Ecol. 58(3): 453-464. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13775, more Riekenberg, P.M.; Briand, M.J.; Moleana, T.; Sasal, P.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Thieltges, D.W.; Letourneur, Y. (2021). Isotopic discrimination in helminths infecting coral reef fishes depends on parasite group, habitat within host, and host stable isotope value. NPG Scientific Reports 11: 4638. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84255-0, more Riekenberg, P.M.; Joling, T.; IJsseldijk, L.L.; Waser, A.M.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2021). Stable nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids as a new tool to clarify complex parasite–host interactions within food webs. Oikos (Kbh.) 31(10): 1650-1664. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.08450, more Waser, A.M.; Knol, J.; Dekker, R.; Thieltges, D.W. (2021). Invasive oysters as new hosts for native shell-boring polychaetes: using historical shell collections and recent field data to investigate parasite spillback in native mussels in the Dutch Wadden Sea. J. Sea Res. 175: 102086. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2021.102086, more Berkhout, B.W.; Borregaard, M.K.; Brandl, R.; Brändle, M.; Dehling, D.M.; Hof, C.; Poulin, R.; Thieltges, D.W. (2020). Host assemblage and environment shape β‐diversity of freshwater parasites across diverse taxa at a continental scale. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 29(1): 38-49. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13005, more Bommarito, C.; Pansch, C.; Khosravi, M.; Pranovi, F.; Wahl, M.; Thieltges, D.W. (2020). Freshening rather than warming drives trematode transmission from periwinkles to mussels. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 167(4). https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-3657-3, more Bouwmeester; Waser, A.M.; van der Meer, J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2020). Prey size selection in invasive (Hemigrapsus sanguineus and H. takanoi) compared with native (Carcinus maenas) marine crabs. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 100(1): 73-77. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315419000985, more Dairain, A.; Engelsma, M.Y.; Drent, J.; Dekker, R.; Thieltges, D.W. (2020). High prevalences of disseminated neoplasia in the Baltic tellin Limecola balthica in the Wadden Sea. Dis. Aquat. Org. 138: 89-96. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao03448, more Goedknegt, M.A.; Buschbaum, C.; van der Meer, J.; Wegner, K.M.; Thieltges, D.W. (2020). Introduced marine ecosystem engineer indirectly affects parasitism in native mussel hosts. Biological Invasions 22(11): 3223-3237. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02318-1, more Waser, A.M.; Lackschewitz, D.; Knol, J.; Reise, K.; Wegner, K.M.; Thieltges, D.W. (2020). Spread of the invasive shell-boring annelid Polydora websteri (Polychaeta, Spionidae) into naturalised oyster reefs in the European Wadden Sea. Mar. Biodiv. 50(5). https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01092-6, more Welsh, J.E.; Steenhuis, P.; de Moraes, K.R.; van der Meer, J.; Thieltges, D.W.; Brussaard, C.P.D. (2020). Marine virus predation by non-host organisms. NPG Scientific Reports 10(1): 9 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61691-y, more Cornelius, A.; Waser, A.M.; Buschbaum, C.; Thieltges, D.W. (2019). First record of the endoparasitic isopod Portunion maenadis (Giard, 1886) (Epicaridea: Entoniscidae) in shore crabs in the Wadden Sea and a review of its distribution in Europe. Mar. Biodiv. 49(6): 2931-2936. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-01012-3, more Feis, M.E.; Goedknegt, M.A.; Arzul, I.; Chenuil, A.; den Boon, O.; Gottschalck, L.; Kondo, Y.; Ohtsuka, S.; Shama, L.N.S.; Thieltges, D.W.; Wegner, K.M.; Luttikhuizen, P.C. (2019). Global invasion genetics of two parasitic copepods infecting marine bivalves. NPG Scientific Reports 9: e12730. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48928-1, more Goedknegt, M.A.; Nauta, R.; Markovic, M.; Buschbaum, C.; Folmer, E.O.; Luttikhuizen, P.C.; Van der Meer, J.; Waser, A.M.; Wegner, K.M.; Thieltges, D.W. (2019). How invasive oysters can affect parasite infection patterns in native mussels on a large spatial scale. Oecologia 190(1): 99-113. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04408-x, more Gutiérrez; Piersma, T.; Thieltges, D.W. (2019). Micro‐ and macroparasite species richness in birds: The role of host life history and ecology. J. Anim. Ecol. 88(8): 1226-1239. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12998, more Thieltges, D.W.; Goedknegt, M.A.; O'Dwyer, K.; Senior, A.M.; Kamiya, T. (2019). Parasites and stable isotopes: a comparative analysis of isotopic discrimination in parasitic trophic interactions. Oikos (Kbh.) 128(9): 1329-1339. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.06086, more Welsh, J.E.; Hempel, A.; Markovic, M.; Van der Meer, J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2019). Consumer and host body size effects on the removal of trematode cercariae by ambient communities. Parasitology 146(3): 342-347. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182018001488, more Boussellaa, W.; Neifar, L.; Goedknegt, M.A.; Thieltges, D.W. (2018). Lessepsian migration and parasitism: richness, prevalence and intensity of parasites in the invasive fish Sphyraena chrysotaenia compared to its native congener Sphyraena sphyraena in Tunisian coastal waters. PeerJ 6: e5558. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5558 , more Goedknegt, M.A.; Shoesmith, D.; Jung, A.; Luttikhuizen, P.C.; van der Meer, J.; Philippart, C.J.M.; van der Veer, H.W.; Thieltges, D.W. (2018). Trophic relationship between the invasive parasitic copepod Mytilicola orientalis and its native blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) host. Parasitology 145(6): 814-821. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182017001779, more Goedknegt, M.A.; Bedolfe; Drent, J.; van der Meer, J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2018). Impact of the invasive parasitic copepod Mytilicola orientalis on native blue mussels Mytilus edulis in the western European Wadden Sea. Mar. Biol. Res. 14(5): 497-507. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2018.1442579, more Goedknegt, M.A.; Thieltges, D.W.; van der Meer, J.; Wegner, K.M.; Luttikhuizen, P.C. (2018). Cryptic invasion of a parasitic copepod: Compromised identification when morphologically similar invaders co-occur in invaded ecosystems. PLoS One 13(3): e0193354. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193354, more Goedknegt, M.A.; Schuster, A.-K.; Buschbaum, C.; Gergs, R.; Jung, A.; Luttikhuizen, P.C.; Van der Meer, J.; Troost, K.; Wegner, K.M.; Thieltges, D.W. (2017). Spillover but no spillback of two invasive parasitic copepods from invasive Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) to native bivalve hosts. Biological Invasions 19(1): 365-379. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1285-0, more Goedknegt, M.A.; Havermans, J.; Waser, A.M.; Luttikhuizen, P.C.; Velilla, E.; Camphuysen, C.J.; Van der Meer, J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2017). Cross-species comparison of parasite richness, prevalence, and intensity in a native compared to two invasive brachyuran crabs. Aquat. Invasions 12(2): 201-212. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2017.12.2.08, more Gutiérrez, J.S.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Piersma, T.; Thieltges, D.W. (2017). Migration and parasitism: habitat use, not migration distance, influences helminth species richness in Charadriiform birds. J. Biogeogr. 44(5): 1137-1147. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12956, more Liddell, C.; Welsh, J.E.; Van der Meer, J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2017). Effect of dose and frequency of exposure to infectious stages on trematode infection intensity and success in mussels. Dis. Aquat. Org. 125(2): 85-92. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao03133, more Welsh, J.E.; Liddell, C.; Van der Meer, J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2017). Parasites as prey: the effect of cercarial density and alternative prey on consumption of cercariae by four non-host species. Parasitology 144(13): 1775-1782. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182017001056, more Feis, M.E.; Goedknegt, M.A.; Thieltges, D.W.; Buschbaum, C.; Wegner, K.M. (2016). Biological invasions and host-parasite coevolution: different coevolutionary trajectories along separate parasite invasion fronts. Zoology (Jena) 119(4): 366–374. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.012, more Goedknegt, M.A.; Feis, M.E.; Wegner, K.M.; Luttikhuizen, P.C.; Buschbaum, C.; Camphuysen, C.J.; Van der Meer, J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2016). Parasites and marine invasions: Ecological and evolutionary perspectives. J. Sea Res. 113: 11–27. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.12.003, more Lokmer, A.; Goedknegt, M.A.; Thieltges, D.W.; Fiorentino, D.; Kuenzel, S.; Baines, J.F.; Wegner, K.M. (2016). Spatial and temporal dynamics of Pacific oyster hemolymph microbiota across multiple scales. Front. Microbiol. 7: 1367. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01367, more Thieltges, D.W.; Poulin, R. (2016). Food-web-based comparison of the drivers of helminth parasite species richness in coastal fish and bird definitive hosts. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 545: 9-19. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11588, more Thieltges, D.W.; Wegner, K.M. (2016). Ecology and evolution of marine parasites and diseases: International NIOZ–AWI symposium, 10–14 March 2014, Texel, The Netherlands. J. Sea Res. 113: 1-2. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.12.010, more Waser, A.M.; Goedknegt, M.A.; Dekker, R.; McSweeney, N.; Witte, J.IJ.; Van der Meer, J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2016). Tidal elevation and parasitism: patterns of infection by the rhizocephalan parasite Sacculina carcini in shore crabs Carcinus maenas. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 545: 215-225. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11594, more Feis, M.E.; Thieltges, D.W.; Olsen, J.L.; de Montaudouin, X.; Jensen, K.T.; Bazaïri, H.; Culloty, S.C.; Luttikhuizen, P.C. (2015). The most vagile host as the main determinant of population connectivity in marine macroparasites. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 520: 85-99. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11096, more Goedknegt, M.A.; Welsh, J.E.; Drent, J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2015). Climate change and parasite transmission: how temperature affects parasite infectivity via predation on infective stages. Ecosphere 6(6): 1-9. https://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES15-00016.1, more Stier, T.; Drent, J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2015). Trematode infections reduce clearance rates and condition in blue mussels Mytilus edulis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 529: 137-144. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11250, more Koch, W.; Boer, P.; Witte, J.IJ.; van der Veer, H.W.; Thieltges, D.W. (2014). Inventory and comparison of abundance of parasitic copepods on fish hosts in the western Wadden Sea (North Sea) between 1968 and 2010. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 94(3): 547-555. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315413001677, more Welsh, J.E.; van der Meer, J.; Brussaard, C.P.D.; Thieltges, D.W. (2014). Inventory of organisms interfering with transmission of a marine trematode. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 94(4): 697–702. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414000034, more Dunne, J.A.; Lafferty, K.D.; Dobson, A.P.; Hechinger, R.F.; Kuris, A.M.; Martinez, N.D.; McLaughlin, J.P.; Mouritsen, K.N.; Poulin, R.; Reise, K.; Stouffer, D.B.; Thieltges, D.W.; Williams, R.J.; Zander, C.D. (2013). Parasites Affect Food Web Structure Primarily through Increased Diversity and Complexity. PLoS Biology 11(6). dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001579, more Poulin, R.; Krasnov, B.R.; Pilosof, S.; Thieltges, D.W. (2013). Phylogeny determines the role of helminth parasites in intertidal food webs. J. Anim. Ecol. 82: 1265-1275. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12101, more Studer, A.; Kremer, L.; Nelles, J.; Poulin, R.; Thieltges, D.W. (2013). Biotic interference in parasite transmission: Can the feeding of anemones counteract an increased risk of parasitism in amphipods at higher temperature? J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 445: 116-119. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2013.04.014, more Thieltges, D.W.; Marcogliese, D.J.; Blanar, C.A.; Poulin, R. (2013). Trematode prevalence-occupancy relationships on regional and continental spatial scales in marine gastropod hosts. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 490: 147-154. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps10381, more Thieltges, D.W.; Amundsen, P.-A.; Hechinger, R.F.; Johnson, P.T.J.; Lafferty, K.D.; Mouritsen, K.N.; Preston, D.L.; Reise, K.; Zander, C.D.; Poulin, R. (2013). Parasites as prey in aquatic food webs: implications for predator infection and parasite transmission. Oikos (Kbh.) 122(10): 1473-1482. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00243.x, more Thieltges, D.W.; Engelsma, M.Y.; Wendling, C.C.; Wegner, K.M. (2013). Parasites in the Wadden Sea food web. J. Sea Res. 82: 122-133. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2012.06.002, more Thompson, R.M.; Poulin, R.; Mouritsen, K.N.; Thieltges, D.W. (2013). Resource tracking in marine parasites: going with the flow? Oikos (Kbh.) 122(8): 1187-1194. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.00245.x, more Koehler, A.V.; Brown, B.; Poulin, R.; Thieltges, D.W.; Fredensborg, B.L. (2012). Disentangling phylogenetic constraints from selective forces in the evolution of trematode transmission stages. Evolutionary Ecology 26(6): 1497-1512. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10682-012-9558-2, more Poulin, R.; Blanar, C.A.; Thieltges, D.W.; Marcogliese, D.J. (2012). Scaling up from epidemiology to biogeography: local infection patterns predict geographical distribution in fish parasites. J. Biogeogr. 39(6): 1157-1166. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02667.x, more Elsner, N.O.; Jacobsen, S.; Thieltges, D.W.; Reise, K. (2011). Alien parasitic copepods in mussels and oysters of the Wadden Sea. Helgol. Mar. Res. 65(3): 299-307. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10152-010-0223-2, more Poulin, R.; Krasnov, B.R.; Mouillot, D.; Thieltges, D.W. (2011). The comparative ecology and biogeography of parasites. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. (B Biol. Sci.) 366(1576): 2379-2390. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0048, more Poulin, R.; Blanar, C.A.; Thieltges, D.W.; Marcogliese, D.J. (2011). The biogeography of parasitism in sticklebacks: distance, habitat differences and the similarity in parasite occurrence and abundance. Ecography 34(4): 540-551. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06826.x, more Thieltges, D.W.; Hof, C.; Borregaard, M.K.; Dehling, D.M.; Brändle, M.; Brändl, R.; Poulin, R. (2011). Range size patterns in European freshwater trematodes. Ecography 34(6): 982-989. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06268.x, more Thieltges, D.W.; Hof, C.; Dehling, D.M.; Brändle, M.; Brändl, R.; Poulin, R. (2011). Host diversity and latitude drive trematode diversity patterns in the European freshwater fauna. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 20(5): 675-682. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00631.x, more Thieltges, D.W.; Reise, K.; Prinz, K.; Jensen, K.T. (2009). Invaders interfere with native parasite–host interactions. Biological Invasions 11(6): 1421-1429. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9350-y, more Thieltges, D.W.; Fredensborg, B.L.; Poulin, R. (2009). Geographical variation in metacercarial infection levels in marine invertebrate hosts: parasite species character versus local factors. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 156(5): 983-990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1142-0, more Buschbaum, C.; Buschbaum, G.; Schrey, I.; Thieltges, D.W. (2007). Shell-boring polychaetes affect gastropod shell strength and crab predation. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 329: 123-130, more Nehls, G.; Diederich, S.; Thieltges, D.W.; Strasser, M. (2006). Wadden Sea mussel beds invaded by oysters and slipper limpets: competition or climate control? Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 135-143. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10152-006-0032-9, more Reise, K.; Olenin, S.; Thieltges, D.W. (2006). Editorial. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 75-76. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10152-006-0023-x, more Reise, K.; Olenin, S.; Thieltges, D.W. (2006). Are aliens threatening European aquatic coastal ecosystems? Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 77-83. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10152-006-0024-9, more Thieltges, D.W.; Krakau, M.; Andresen, H.; Fottner, S.; Reise, K. (2006). Macroparasite community in molluscs of a tidal basin in the Wadden Sea. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(4): 307-316. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10152-006-0046-3, more Thieltges, D.W.; Hussel, B.; Baekgaard, H. (2006). Endoparasites in common eiders Somateria mollissima from birds killed by an oil spill in the northern Wadden Sea. J. Sea Res. 55(4): 301-308. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2005.12.001, more Thieltges, D.W.; Reise, K. (2006). Metazoan parasites in intertidal cockles Cerastoderma edule from the northern Wadden Sea. J. Sea Res. 56(4): 284-293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2006.06.002, more Thieltges, D.W.; Strasser, M.; Reise, K. (2006). How bad are invaders in coastal waters? The case of the American slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata in western Europe. Biological Invasions 8(8): 1673-1680. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-005-5279-6, more Buck, B.H.; Thieltges, D.W.; Walter, U.; Nehls, G.; Rosenthal, H. (2005). Inshore-offshore comparison of parasite infestation in Mytilus edulis: implications for open ocean aquaculture. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 21: 107-113. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0426.2004.00638.x, more Thieltges, D.W. (2005). Benefit from an invader: American slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata reduces star fish predation on basibiont European mussels. Hydrobiologia 541: 241-244. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-004-4671-z, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
van der Velde, G.; Rajagopal, S.; Kuyper-Kollenaar, M.; Bij de Vaate, A.; Thieltges, D.W.; MacIsaac, H.J. (2006). Biological invasions: Concepts to understand and predict a global threat, in: Bobbink, R. et al. Wetlands: Functioning, biodiversity conservation, and restoration. Ecological Studies, 191: pp. 61-90. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33189-6_4, more
Book chapters (3) [show]
Thieltges, D.; Goedknegt, M.A. (2023). Ecological Consequences of Parasite Invasions, in: Bojko, J. et al. Parasites and Biological Invasions. pp. 100-114. https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789248135.0007, more Thieltges, D.W.; Mouritsen, K.N.; Poulin, R. (2018). Ecology of parasites in mudflat ecosystems, in: Beninger, P.G. Mudflat ecology. Aquatic Ecology Series, 7: pp. 213-242. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99194-8_9, more Goedknegt, M.A.; Welsh, J.E.; Thieltges, D.W. (2012). Parasites as prey. Encycl. Life Sci. (Online) 2012: 1-8. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0023604, more
Reports (2) [show]
Drent, J.; Bijkerk, R.; Grotjahn, M.; Voß, J.; Carausu, M.-C.; Thieltges, D.W. (2017). Macrozoobenthos, in: Kloepper, S. et al. Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2017. , more Kloepper, S.; Baptist, M.J.; Bostelmann, A.; Busch, J.A.; Buschbaum, C.; Gutow, L.; Janssen, G.; Jensen, K.; Jørgensen, H.P.; de Jong, F.; Lüerßen, G.; Schwarzer, K.; Strempel, R.; Thieltges, D. (2017). Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2017. Common Wadden Sea Secretariat: Wilhelmshaven, Germany. , more
Other publication [show]
Nehls, G.; Diederich, S.; Thieltges, D.W.; Strasser, M. (2005). Perishing blue mussels and invading aliens - What are the reasons for ecological turnover in the Wadden Sea? WSN 1: 17-20, more
Thesis (co-)promotor (2) [show]
Welsh, J.E. (2020). Lost in transmission : Unravelling the mechanisms of parasite removal by non-hosts. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: Amsterdam. https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/65fa9201-d12c-4f7e-b1e4-a5328b093252, more Goedknegt, M.A. (2017). Pacific oysters and parasites: Species invasions and their impact on parasite-host interactions. PhD Thesis. VU University Amsterdam/NIOZ: Amsterdam. ISBN 978-90-5383-297-9. 271 pp. https://hdl.handle.net/1871/55400, more

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