D.W. (David) Thieltges, Prof

Honorary Professor Marine Parasite Ecology

Faculty of Science and Engineering

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Publications

Thermal buffering by intertidal oyster reefs on mudflats in the European Wadden Sea

Jolma, E. R., van Leeuwen, S. M. & Thieltges, D. W., Mar-2026, In: Marine Environmental Research. 215, 8 p., 107834.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Context dependency of maintenance communities of invasive parasites under climate change: A case study of mussels and intestinal copepods in the Wadden Sea

Jolma, E. R., Van Leeuwen, A., Wegner, K. M., Thieltges, D. W., Heesterbeek, J. A. P. & Roberts, M. G., Nov-2025, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 22, 232, 13 p., 20250370.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Establishing a comprehensive host-parasite stable isotope database to unravel trophic relationships

Sabadel, A. J. M., Riekenberg, P., Ayala-Diaz, M., Belk, M. C., Bennett, J., Bode, A., Bury, S. J., Dabouineau, L., Delgado, J., Finucci, B., García-Seoane, R., Giari, L., Henkens, J., IJsseldijk, L. L., Joling, T., Kerr-Hislop, O., MacLeod, C. D., Meyer, L., McGill, R. A. R. & Negro, E., Quillfeldt, P., Reed, C., Roberts, C., Sayyaf Dezfuli, B., Schmidt, O., Sturbois, A., Suchomel, A. D., Thieltges, D. W., van der Lingen, C. D., van der Meer, M. T. J., Viana, I. G., Weston, M., Willis, T. J. & Filion, A., Dec-2025, In: Scientific Data. 12, 1, 7 p., 623.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Host–parasite trophic interactions as revealed by stable isotope analyses: Determinants for trophic and isotopic niches of hosts and their associated parasites

Nachev, M., Riekenberg, P. M., Jochmann, M. A., Born-Torrijos, A., van der Meer, M. T. J., Smit, N. J., Schmidt, T. C., Thieltges, D. W. & Sures, B., 2025, Aquatic Parasitology: Ecological and Environmental Concepts and Implications of Marine and Freshwater Parasites. Smit, N. J. & Sures, B. (eds.). Springer Science+Business Media, p. 415-442 28 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Integrating climate change, biological invasions, and infectious wildlife diseases

Thieltges, D. W., Conn, D. B., Cuthbert, R. N., Dunn, A. M., Jolma, E. R., Hopkins, M. C., Sarabeev, V., Smolders, S., Stepien, C. A., Wegner, K. M. & Kočovský, P. M., Aug-2025, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 23, 6, 8 p., e2849.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Invasion biology in the context of aquatic host–parasite interactions

Díaz-Morales, D. M., Sures, B., Jolma, E. R. & Thieltges, D. W., 2025, Aquatic Parasitology: Ecological and Environmental Concepts and Implications of Marine and Freshwater Parasites. Smit, N. J. & Sures, B. (eds.). Springer Science+Business Media, p. 471-491 21 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Synthesis of population trends reveals seascape-wide reorganisation of biodiversity from microalgae to birds

Happe, A., Meijer, K. J., Dajka, J.-C., Franken, O., Haslob, H., Govers, L. L., Kleyer, M., Kok, A. C. M., Kuczynski, L., Lõhmus, K., van der Meij, S. E. T., Olff, H., Rönn, L., Ryabov, A., Sell, A. F., Thieltges, D. W., Eriksson, B. K. & Hillebrand, H., Jun-2025, In: Global Change Biology. 31, 6, 17 p., e70298.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Temperature effects on the impact of two invasive parasitic copepods on the survival, growth, condition, and reproduction of native mussels

Jolma, E. R., Born-Torrijos, A., Engelsma, M. Y., Heesterbeek, H., van Leeuwen, A., Twijnstra, R. H., Wegner, K. M. & Thieltges, D. W., Feb-2025, In: Biological Invasions. 27, 2, 13 p., 67.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review