Completed theses

2020

Regitz, Isabelle (Master thesis): Population genetic analyses of the invasive taxon Daphnia galeata in New Zealand

Koss, Sven (Master thesis): Comparison of genetic variability among Daphnia populations of various Rhine oxbow lakes

2019

Korn, Anna (Master thesis): Reconstruction of hatching success of Daphnia dormant eggs in regard to eutrophication

Malagol, Nagarjun (Master thesis): Evaluation of candidate genes as markers for metabolic herbicide resistance in selected black grass populations

Schmitz, Jennifer (Master thesis): Molecular analysis of a Daphnia community obtained from a resting egg bank of the reservoir Kalltalsperre

Mandery, Katharina (Master thesis): Determination of the species status of Bryocamptus echinatus

2018

Fast, Jacqueline (Master thesis): Species and populations reconstruction of the Daphnia longispina hybrid species complex using the dormant egg bank of the reservoir Edersee

Kaiser, Magnus (Master thesis): Monopolization in the Daphnia longispina species complex – a molecular analysis of the dormant resting egg bank from the reservoir Kerspetalsperre

Styra, Joana (Master thesis): Species status of Acanthocyclops sensitivus and its molecular basis of the adaptation  to groundwater environments

Erksmeyer, Maike (Master thesis): Population genetic analyses of the occurrence of Asellus aquaticus in Germany

Daumen, Rike (Master thesis): Study on the occurrence of invertebrates in a water supply facility in North Friesland with special regard to population genetic analyses of Asellus aquaticus

Theisohn, Tim (Bachelor thesis): Population genetic analyses of Paracyclops fimbriatus from three water supply facilities and their surrounding areas in Northern Germany

Jünger, André (Bachelor thesis): Analyses of a German wide data set of groundwater fauna and construction of a data base containing faunistic, genetic and hydrochemical data

Klotz, Nora (Master thesis): Population genetic analyses of Paracyclops fimbriatus from selected German sites and validation of a second test system for Proasellus slavus

Kühle, Leon (Bachelor thesis): Temporal changes of genetic structure of two hybridizing Daphnia species

Meyer, Anna (Master thesis): Study on groundwater fauna of two catchment areas in Franconia and Saxony

Kadem, Ebru (Master thesis): Study on groundwater fauna of two catchment areas in Palatinate and Upper Bavaria

2017

Novacek, Lucas (Master thesis): Genetic characterization of Daphnia communities in German reservoirs

Schmid, Sandra Isa (Master thesis): Study on species status of Bryocamptus echinatus and population genetic analyses of Proasellus slavus from selected German sites

Brylka, Sabrina (Master thesis): Study on groundwater fauna of South German catchment areas of the river Rhine and Danube: Optimization of multiplex PCR for population genetic analyes of Proasellus slavus

Ekong Okon, Joy (Bachelor thesis): Study on groundwater fauna of two smaller catchment areas in the Palatinate Forest

Willmes, Vivien (Bachelor thesis): Study on groundwater fauna of three catchment areas in Upper Bavaria, Franconia and Saxony

Palumbo, Michael (Bachelor thesis): Study on groundwater fauna of the Swabian Alb

Küchler, Anna (Bachelor thesis): Optimization of multiplex PCR for population genetic analysis of Paracyclops

Roggel, Rachel (Bachelor thesis): Analysis of various parameters for method optimization using the example of Proasellus slavus

2016

Friesen, Nathalie (Master thesis): Genetic characterization of Proasellus slavus

Fandrey, Lea Philine (Master thesis): The evolution of cryptic species - A meta-analysis across the animal kingdom

2015

Bauer, Anna-Lena (Master thesis): Survival in the mud or The impact of irrigation on the genetic variability of earthworms considering Operational Taxonomic Units

Schulz, Meike (Bachelor thesis): Taxon identification of juvenile and adult earthworms of the genus Lumbricus using DNA barcoding

Mahler, Selina (Bachelor thesis): Taxon identification of juvenile and adult earthworms of the genus Allolobophora using DNA barcoding

Wagner, Meike (Bachelor thesis): Impact of irrigation on diversity of Oribatida mites in water meadows along the river Queich

Knell, Alexis (Bachelor thesis): Cytonuclear disequilibria in the Daphnia longispina complex

Kregul, Irene (Master thesis): Detailled analysis of seasonal taxon composition change and change in population structure of species of the European Daphnia longispina species complex

Hoffmann, Malte (Bachelor thesis): Modern taxonomy and cryptic species in Lumbricidae

Lüders, Dennis (Bachelorarbeit): Diversity of earthworm communities in field margins: Impact of distance to the field on biodiversity

2014

Schiller, Vanessa (Bachelor thesis): Impact  of fertilization on genetic diversity of oribatid mites in water meadows along the river Queich

Chatzokou, Elli (Master thesis): Multivariate analysis of biodiversity in earthworm and collembolan communities

Nagel, Michi (Master thesis): Influence of irrigation on collembolan genetic diversity in water meadows along the river Queich

Kollárová, Elena (Master thesis): Influence of fertilization on collembolan genetic diversity in water meadows along the river Queich

Röder, Nina (Bachelor thesis): Molecular identification of Pseudocalanus acuspes in the framework of the project BIOACID II

Polcher, Marion (Diploma thesis): Genetic characterization of natural Asellus aquaticus populations

2013

Wolf, Katharina (Bachelor thesis):Phylogenetic analyses of groundwater species of the genus Diacyclops: comparison of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers

Föhrenbach, Dominik (Master thesis): Genetic differences in and among populations of Proasellus

Goebel, Alina (Bachelor thesis): Temporal distribution of hybridizing Daphnia taxa in the oxbow lake Neuhofener Altrhein

Marschall, Janina (Bachelor thesis): Isolation and genetic species identification of littoral Daphnia individuals of the oxbow lake Neuhofener Altrhein

Balzer, Tanja (Bachelor thesis): Rearing and genetic characterization of clonal Daphnia lineages of the pelagial in the oxbow lake Neuhofener Altrhein

Bahrdt, Sebastian (Diploma thesis): Using DNA barcodes to analyse the fauna of aquifers

Rönn, Laura (Bachelor thesis): Seasonal changes of the pelagial Daphnia taxon composition in the oxbow lake Neuhofener Altrhein

Peters, Linda (Bachelor thesis): Molecular genetic analyses of the new genetic lineage I of the Daphnia longispina complex: comparison of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA

Böbel, Anne-Carina (Diploma thesis): Impact of environmental parameters on the genetic architecture of Daphnia galeata populations

2012

Buckreus, Stefanie (Bachelor thesis): Räumliche Verteilung hybridisierender Daphnia-Taxa im Neuhofener Altrhein

Schmelzer, Alexandra (Bachelor thesis): Untersuchungen zum lichtinduzierten Schlüpfverhalten von Cladoceren

Nagel, Michaela (Bachelor thesis): Steigende Aggressivität invasiver Fallopia-Taxa durch Hybridisierung: genetische Untersuchung von Fallopia japonica s.l.-Beständen in Rheinland-Pfalz

Haaf, Sonja (Diploma thesis): Etablierung der Fast Micromethod zur Untersuchung gentoxischer Effekte an den Fischzelllinien RTG-2 und PAC-2

2011

Niehaus, Ingo (State examination thesis): Planktondiversität von Kleingewässern im Weinbaugebiet der Südpfalz

2010

Detzer, Florian (State examination thesis): Der natürliche Genfluss von Daphnia-Populationen

Spengler, Philipp (State examination thesis): Die genetische Populationsstruktur von Daphnien

Knecht, Sarah Liesa (State examination thesis): Genetische Charakterisierung von Grundwassertieren: Artabgrenzung und evolutionäre Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse von Diacyclops languidoides

Deutsch, Vanessa (State examination thesis): Genetische Charakterisierung von Grundwassertieren: Phylogenie und Populationsstruktur von Diacyclops languidus