Global change and evolutionary genetics of pathogen resistance in estuarine ecosystems

• Applicant: Dr. Mathias Wegner
• Subject Area: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
• Term: from 2009 to 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 134347836

• Final Report Year: 2016

Final Report Abstract

No abstract available

Publications

• Invasion genetics of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas shaped by aquaculture stocking practices. Journal of Sea Research, Vol. 66. 2011, Issue 3, pp. 256–262.
  Moehler J., Wegner K.M., Reise K., Jacobsen S.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2011.08.004)
• Diversity of immune genes and associated gill microbes of European plaice Pleuronectes platessa. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol. 108. 2012, pp. 87–96.
  Wegner K.M., Shama L.N.S., Kellnreitner F., Pockberger M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.09.001)
• New(t)s and views from hybridizing MHC genes: introgression rather than trans-species polymorphism may shape allelic repertoires. Molecular Ecology, Vol. 21. 2012, Issue 4, pp. 779–781.
  Wegner K.M., Eizaguirre, C.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05401.x)
• Disturbance induced decoupling between host genetics and composition of the associated microbiome. BMC Microbiology, Vol. 13. 2013: 252.
  Wegner K.M., Volkenborn N., Peter H., Eiler A.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-252)
• Parasites in the Wadden Sea food web. Journal of Sea Research, Vol. 82. 2013, pp. 122–133.
  Thieltges D.W., Engelsma M.J., Wendling C.C., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2012.06.002)
• Relative contribution of reproductive investment, thermal stress and Vibrio infection to summer mortality phenomena in Pacific oysters. Aquaculture, Vol. 412–413. 2013, pp. 88–96.
  Wendling C.C., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.07.009)
• Grandparental effects in marine sticklebacks: transgenerational plasticity across multiple generations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 27. 2014, Issue 11, pp. 2297–2307.
  Shama L.N.S., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12490)
• Impact of thermal stress on evolutionary trajectories of pathogen resistance in three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). BMC Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 14. 2014: 164.
  Schade F.M., Shama L.N.S., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-014-0164-5)
• Persistence, seasonal dynamics and pathogenic potential of Vibrio communities from Pacific oyster hemolymph. PLoS ONE, Vol. 9. 2014, Issue 4: e94256.
  Wendling C.C., Batista F.M., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094256)
• Transgenerational plasticity in marine sticklebacks: maternal effects mediate impacts of a warming ocean. Functional Ecology, Vol. 28. 2014, Issue 6, pp. 1482–1493.
  Shama L.N.S., Strobel A., Mark F.C., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12280)
• Within- and transgenerational effects of ocean acidification on life history of marine three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Marine Biology, Vol. 161. 2014, Issue 7, pp. 1667–1676.
  Schade F.M., Clemmesen C., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2450-6)
• Adaptation to enemy shifts: rapid resistance evolution to local Vibrio spp. in invasive Pacific oysters. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, Vol. 282.2015, issue 1804: 20142244.
  Wendling C.C., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2244)
• Hemolymph microbiome of Pacific oysters in response to temperature, temperature stress and infection. The ISME Journal, Vol. 9. 2015, pp. 670–682.
  Lokmer A., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.160)
• Impact of seawater carbonate chemistry on the calcification of marine bivalves. Biogeosciences, Vol. 12.2015, pp. 4209-4220.
  Thomsen J., Haynert K., Wegner K.M., Melzner F.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4209-2015)
• The Emergence of Vibrio pathogens in Europe: Ecology, Evolution and Pathogenesis (Paris, 11-12 March 2015). Frontiers in microbiology, Vol. 6.2015: 830.
  Le Roux F., Wegner K.M., Austin C.B., Vezzulli L., Osorio C.R., Amaro C., Ritchie J., Defoirdt T., Destoumieux-Garzon D., Blokesch M. et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00830)
• Biological invasions and host–parasite coevolution: different coevolutionary trajectories along separate parasite invasion fronts. Zoology, Vol. 119. 2016, Issue 4, pp. 366–374.
  Feis M.E., Goedknegt M.A., Thieltges D.W., Buschbaum C., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.012)
• Ecology and evolution of marine parasites and diseases: International NIOZ-AWI Symposium, 10-14 March 2014, Texel, The Netherlands. Journal of Sea Research, Vol. 113. 2016, pp. 1-2.
  Thieltges D.W., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.12.010)
• Spatial and temporal dynamics of Pacific oyster hemolymph microbiota across multiple scales, Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 7. 2016: 1367.
  Lokmer A., Künzell S., Baines J.F., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01367)
• The Role of tissuespecific microbiota in initial establishment success of Pacific oysters. Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 18. 2016, Issue 3 (Special Issue: Special Issue on Pathogen Ecology), pp. 970–987.
  Lokmer A., Künzell S., Baines J., Wegner K.M.
  (See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13163)
• Naturally acidified habitat selects for ocean acidification-tolerant mussels. Science Advances, Vol. 3.2017, No. 4: e1602411.
  Thomsen J., Stapp L.S., Haynert K., Schade H., Danelli D., Lannig G., Wegner K.M., Melzner F.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602411)