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

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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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.