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List of works by Florian Leese

A DNA barcode library for Germany's mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera).

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A Global Agenda for Advancing Freshwater Biodiversity Research

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A Global Agenda for Advancing Freshwater Biodiversity Research

A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research

scientific article published in 2021

A new genus and new species of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 (Isopoda) from the eastern South Atlantic abyss described by means of integrative taxonomy

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A simple centrifugation protocol for metagenomic studies increases mitochondrial DNA yield by two orders of magnitude

scientific article published in 2017

Advancing the use of molecular methods for routine freshwater macroinvertebrate biomonitoring – the need for calibration experiments

scientific article published on 11 July 2019

Analysis of 13,312 benthic invertebrate samples from German streams reveals minor deviations in ecological status class between abundance and presence/absence data

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Analyzing multiple stressor effects on EPT taxa in a mesocosm experiment with DNA metabarcoding

scientific article published in 2021

Application of deep learning in aquatic bioassessment: Towards automated identification of non-biting midges

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

Aquatic Dance Flies from a Small Himalayan Mountain Stream (Diptera: Empididae: Hemerodromiinae, Trichopezinae and Clinocerinae)

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Are shoals of minnow Phoxinus phoxinus formed by close kin?

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Assessing strengths and weaknesses of DNA metabarcoding-based macroinvertebrate identification for routine stream monitoring

scientific article published in 2017

Assessing the influence of sample tagging and library preparation on DNA metabarcoding

scientific article published on 05 May 2019

Assessing the phylogeographic history of the montane caddisfly Thremma gallicum using mitochondrial and restriction-site-associated DNA (RAD) markers.

scientific article published on 13 January 2015

BOLDigger – a Python package to identify and organise sequences with the Barcode of Life Data systems

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Beyond fish eDNA metabarcoding: Field replicates disproportionately improve the detection of stream associated vertebrate species

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Beyond fish eDNA metabarcoding: Field replicates disproportionately improve the detection of stream-associated vertebrate species

scientific article published on 04 March 2021

Can DNA-Based Ecosystem Assessments Quantify Species Abundance? Testing Primer Bias and Biomass--Sequence Relationships with an Innovative Metabarcoding Protocol.

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Can metabarcoding resolve intraspecific genetic diversity changes to environmental stressors? A test case using river macrozoobenthos

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Characterization of fossilized relatives of the White Spot Syndrome Virus in genomes of decapod crustaceans

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Combining NCBI and BOLD databases for OTU assignment in metabarcoding and metagenomic datasets: The BOLD_NCBI _Merger

scientific article published in 2017

Combining morphological and genomic evidence to resolve species diversity and study speciation processes of the Pallenopsis patagonica (Pycnogonida) species complex

scientific article published on 06 September 2019

Community metabarcoding uncovers vast diversity and a lack of barcode references for aquatic invertebrates in Carpathian spring fens

scientific article published in 2021

Comparison of environmental DNA and bulk-sample metabarcoding using highly degenerate cytochrome c oxidase I primers

scientific article published on 09 September 2018

Connecting high‐throughput biodiversity inventories: Opportunities for a site‐based genomic framework for global integration and synthesis

scientific article published on 15 January 2021

Cooking small and large portions of “biodiversity‐soup”: Miniaturized DNA metabarcoding PCRs perform as good as large‐volume PCRs

scientific article published in 2021

Corrigendum: Using DNA metabarcoding for assessing chironomid diversity and community change in mosquito controlled temporary wetlands. MBMG 2: e21060. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.2.21060

scientific article published in 2020

Cryptic speciation in a benthic isopod from Patagonian and Falkland Island waters and the impact of glaciations on its population structure

scientific article published on 19 December 2008

Cryptic species and their utilization of indigenous and non-indigenous intermediate hosts in the acanthocephalan Polymorphus minutus sensu lato (Polymorphidae).

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DDRAGE: A Dataset Generator to Evaluate ddRADseq Analysis Software

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DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe: Gap-analysis and recommendations for future work

DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe: Gap-analysis and recommendations for future work

scientific article published on 27 April 2019

DNA metabarcoding from sample fixative as a quick and voucher-preserving biodiversity assessment method 1

scientific article published on 20 November 2018

DNA metabarcoding improves the detection of multiple stressor responses of stream invertebrates to increased salinity, fine sediment deposition and reduced flow velocity

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

DNA metabarcoding reveals the complex and hidden responses of chironomids to multiple stressors

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DNAqua-Net or how to navigate on the stormy waters of standards and legislations

scientific article published on 18 May 2018

DNAqua-Net: Advancing Methods, Connecting Communities and Envisaging Standards

scientific article published in 2017

DNAqua-Net: Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems in Europe

scientific article (publication date: 29 November 2016)

Deciphering the origin of mito-nuclear discordance in two sibling caddisfly species.

scientific article published on 09 August 2017

Deep learning and computer vision will transform entomology

scientific article published on 12 January 2021

Detection and removal of PCR duplicates in population genomic ddRAD studies by addition of a degenerate base region (DBR) in sequencing adapters

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Digital gene expression analysis with sample multiplexing and PCR duplicate detection: A straightforward protocol.

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Diversification and molecular evolution of ATOH8, a gene encoding a bHLH transcription factor

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Dopamine is a key regulator in the signalling pathway underlying predator-induced defences in Daphnia

scientific article published in October 2015

Drastic underestimation of amphipod biodiversity in the endangered Irano-Anatolian and Caucasus biodiversity hotspots

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Ecological genomics: steps towards unraveling the genetic basis of inducible defenses in Daphnia

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Ecosystems monitoring powered by environmental genomics: a review of current strategies with an implementation roadmap

scientific article published on 16 May 2020

Estimating intraspecific genetic diversity from community DNA metabarcoding data

scientific article published on 9 April 2018

Evolutionary genomics of the cold-adapted diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus.

scientific article published on 16 January 2017

Exploring Pandora's box: potential and pitfalls of low coverage genome surveys for evolutionary biology

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

Exploring the potential of metabarcoding to disentangle macroinvertebrate community dynamics in intermittent streams

scientific article published on 28 August 2020

Feeding ecology in sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida): what do we know?

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Fine sediment and the insecticide chlorantraniliprole inhibit organic‐matter decomposition in streams through different pathways

scientific article published in 2024

Fishing in troubled waters: Revealing genomic signatures of local adaptation in response to freshwater pollutants in two macroinvertebrates

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

Fresh insights into Mediterranean biodiversity: environmental DNA reveals spatio-temporal patterns of stream invertebrate communities on Sicily

scientific article published in 2021

Genome-wide analysis of tandem repeats in Daphnia pulex--a comparative approach

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Genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism data reveal cryptic species within cryptic freshwater snail species-The case of the Ancylus fluviatilis species complex.

scientific article published on 16 December 2017

Impacts of multiple anthropogenic stressors on the transcriptional response of Gammarus fossarum in a mesocosm field experiment

scientific article published in 2022

Implementation options for DNA-based identification into ecological status assessment under the European Water Framework Directive

scientific article published in July 2018

Integrating molecular tools into freshwater ecology: developments and opportunities

Invaders, natives and their enemies: distribution patterns of amphipods and their microsporidian parasites in the Ruhr Metropolis, Germany.

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Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from the marine isopods Serolis paradoxa and Septemserolis septemcarinata (Crustacea: Peracarida).

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Isolation and characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite markers for the deep-sea shrimp Nematocarcinus lanceopes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea).

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Isolation of microsatellites from unknown genomes using known genomes as enrichment templates

scientific article published in 2008

It's raining species: Rainwash <scp>eDNA</scp> metabarcoding as a minimally invasive method to assess tree canopy invertebrate diversity

scientific article published in 2022

Let me see your iD: Impacts of Environmental Stressors on Aquatic Ecosystems Assessed by (e)DNA Metabarcoding

scientific article published in 2018

Long-distance island hopping without dispersal stages: transportation across major zoogeographic barriers in a Southern Ocean isopod

scientific article published on 8 May 2010

Metadata standards and practical guidelines for specimen and DNA curation when building barcode reference libraries for aquatic life

scientific article published in 2021

Molecular evidence for further overlooked species within the Gammarus fossarum complex (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

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Molecular evolution of a chordate specific family of G protein-coupled receptors

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Morphological and genetic analyses of xeniid soft coral diversity (Octocorallia; Alcyonacea)

article published in 2012

Morphological vs. DNA metabarcoding approaches for the evaluation of stream ecological status with benthic invertebrates: testing different combinations of markers and strategies of data filtering

scientific article published on 04 November 2020

Multiple-stressor effects on stream invertebrates: DNA barcoding reveals contrasting responses of cryptic mayfly species

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Multiple-stressor effects on stream macroinvertebrate communities: A mesocosm experiment manipulating salinity, fine sediment and flow velocity.

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New molecular methods to assess biodiversity. Potentials and pitfalls of DNA metabarcoding: a workshop report

article by Maria Kahlert et al published 8 August 2019 in Research Ideas and Outcomes

Nuclear and Mitochondrial Gene Data Support Recent Radiation within the Sea Spider Species Complex Pallenopsis patagonica

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Pallenopsis patagonica(Hoek, 1881) - a species complex revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding, with description of a new species ofPallenopsis Wilson, 1881

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Patterns, processes and vulnerability of Southern Ocean benthos: a decadal leap in knowledge and understanding

article by Stefanie Kaiser et al published 25 April 2013 in Marine Biology

Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 August 2010-30 September 2010.

scientific article published in January 2011

Phylogenomics of the longitarsal Colossendeidae: The evolutionary history of an Antarctic sea spider radiation

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

Predator-induced defences in Daphnia pulex: selection and evaluation of internal reference genes for gene expression studies with real-time PCR

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RAD sequencing resolves fine-scale population structure in a benthic invertebrate: implications for understanding phenotypic plasticity

scientific article published on 08 February 2017

Rapid evolution of chemosensory receptor genes in a pair of sibling species of orchid bees (Apidae: Euglossini).

scientific article published on 28 August 2015

Regional differentiation and extensive hybridization between mitochondrial clades of the Southern Ocean giant sea spider Colossendeis megalonyx

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Responses of stream microbes to multiple anthropogenic stressors in a mesocosm study

scientific article published on 30 March 2018

Revisiting global trends in freshwater insect biodiversity

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STAMP: Extensions to the STADEN sequence analysis package for high throughput interactive microsatellite marker design

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Short COI markers for freshwater macroinvertebrate metabarcoding

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Social-ecological interactions in the Draa River Basin, southern Morocco: Towards nature conservation and human well-being using the IPBES framework

scientific article published in May 2021

Sorting things out: Assessing effects of unequal specimen biomass on DNA metabarcoding.

scientific article published on 28 July 2017

Strategies for sample labelling and library preparation in DNA metabarcoding studies

scientific article published on 22 September 2021

Taming the Wild West of Molecular Tools Application in Aquatic Research and Biomonitoring

scientific article published in 2019

TaxonTableTools - A comprehensive, platform-independent graphical user interface software to explore and visualise DNA metabarcoding data

scientific article published on 04 March 2021

TaxonTableTools: A comprehensive, platform‐independent graphical user interface software to explore and visualise DNA metabarcoding data

scientific article published on 16 February 2021

Testing the potential of a ribosomal 16S marker for DNA metabarcoding of insects

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The complete mitochondrial genome of the stonefly Dinocras cephalotes (Plecoptera, Perlidae).

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The future of biotic indices in the ecogenomic era: Integrating (e)DNA metabarcoding in biological assessment of aquatic ecosystems

scientific article published in October 2018

The mitochondrial genome of Colossendeis megalonyx supports a basal position of Colossendeidae within the Pycnogonida

scientific article published on 31 December 2010

The mitochondrial genome of the Arizona Snowfly Mesocapnia arizonensis (Plecoptera, Capniidae).

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

The mitochondrial genomes of the caddisflies Sericostoma personatum and Thremma gallicum (Insecta: Trichoptera).

scientific article published on 25 February 2015

Three perspectives on the prediction of chemical effects in ecosystems

scientific article published in 2022

Transcriptional profiling of predator-induced phenotypic plasticity in Daphnia pulex

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Trends in DNA barcoding and metabarcoding

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Using DNA metabarcoding for assessing chironomid diversity and community change in mosquito controlled temporary wetlands

scientific article published in 2018

Using DNA metabarcoding for assessing chironomid diversity and community change in mosquito controlled temporary wetlands

scientific article published in 2017

Wet grinding of invertebrate bulk samples – a scalable and cost-efficient protocol for metabarcoding and metagenomics

scientific article published in 2021

When barcoding fails: development of diagnostic nuclear markers for the sibling caddisfly species Sericostoma personatum (Spence in Kirby & Spence, 1826) and Sericostoma flavicorne Schneider, 1845

scientific article published on 20 August 2019

Why We Need Sustainable Networks Bridging Countries, Disciplines, Cultures and Generations for Aquatic Biomonitoring 2.0: A Perspective Derived From the DNAqua-Net COST Action

scientific article published in 2018

Widely distributed and regionally isolated! Drivers of genetic structure in Gammarus fossarum in a human-impacted landscape

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‘Late’ male sperm precedence in polyandrous wool-carder bees and the evolution of male resource defence in Hymenoptera

scholarly article by Kathrin P. Lampert et al published April 2014 in Animal Behaviour

A strategy for successful integration of DNA-based methods in aquatic monitoring

scientific article published in 2022

Evaluating five primer pairs for environmental DNA metabarcoding of Central European fish species based on mock communities

scientific article published in 2023