Publications & Presentations

Publications & Presentations

Articles (21)
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J. A. Ellrich, S. M. Ehlers, S. Furukuma, B. Pogoda & J. H. E. Koop (2023) Characterization of three plastic forms: Plasticoncrete, plastimetal and plastisessiles. Science of the Total Environment 895, 165073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165073

R. Álvarez-Troncoso, D. Gutiérrez, I. Villar, S. M. Ehlers, B. Soto, S. Mato & J. Garrido (2023) Microplastics in water, sediments and macroinvertebrates in a small river of NW Spain. Limnetica 43(2): 000-000 (2024). DOI: 10.23818/limn.43.13

J. A. Ellrich, S. Furukuma, S. M. Ehlers (2023) Plasticrust generation and degeneration in rocky intertidal habitats contribute to microplastic pollution. Science of the Total Environment 876, 162787 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162787

S. Furukuma, J. A. Ellrich, S. M. Ehlers (2022) Frequent observations of novel plastic forms in the Ariho River estuary, Honshu, Japan. Science of the Total Environment 848, 157638 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157638

E. M. Cunningham, S. M. Ehlers, K. Kiriakoulakis, P. Schuchert, Nia H. Jones, L. Kregting, L. C. Woodall, Jamie T. A. Dick (2022) The accumulation of microplastic pollution in a commercially important fishing ground. Scientific Reports 12, 4217 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08203-2

J. A. Ellrich & S. M. Ehlers (2022) Field observations in pebble beach habitats link plastiglomerate to pyroplastic via pebble clasts. Marine Pollution Bulletin 174: 113187 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113187

Ehlers, S. M., J. A. Ellrich & J. H. E. Koop (2022) Microplastic load and polymer type composition in European rocky intertidal snails: Consistency across locations, wave exposure and years. Environmental Pollution 292: 118280 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118280

Ehlers, S. M., J. A. Ellrich & I. Gestoso (2021) Plasticrusts derive from maritime ropes scouring across raspy rocks. Marine Pollution Bulletin 172: 112841 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112841

Philipp, C., B. Unger, S. M. Ehlers, J. H. E. Koop, U. Siebert (2021) First evidence of retrospective findings of microplastics in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from German waters. Frontiers in Marine Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.682532 link; PDF ; supplementary material

Ehlers, S. M., T. Al Najjar* & J. H. E. Koop (2021) Wrapped up in plastic. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2303 PDF

Pojar, I., C. Kochleus, G. Dierkes, S. M. Ehlers, G. Reifferscheid, F. Stock (2021) Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of plastic particles in surface waters of the Western Black Sea. Environmental Pollution 268, Part A, 115724 link PDF

Cunningham, E. M., S. M. Ehlers, J. T. A. Dick, J. D. Sigwart, K. Linse, J. J. Dick, K. Kiriakoulakis (2020) High abundances of microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments: Evidence from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Environmental Science & Technology 54, 21, 13661–13671 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c03441 link

Ehlers, S. M., T. Al Najjar*, T. Taupp & J. H. E. Koop (2020) PVC and PET microplastics in caddisfly (Lepidostoma basale) cases reduce case stability. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27: 22380–22389
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08790-5 PDF

Akindele, E. O., S. M. Ehlers & J. H. E. Koop (2020) Freshwater insects of different feeding guilds ingest microplastics in two Gulf of Guinea tributaries in Nigeria. Environmental Science and Pollution Research DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08763-8 PDF

Ehlers, S. M. & J. A. Ellrich (2020) First record of 'plasticrusts' and 'pyroplastic' from the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 151: 110845 DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110845 (link)
Preprint available under: bioRxiv DOI https://doi.org/10.1101/837484 PDF

Ehlers, S. M., J. Maxein* & J. H. E. Koop (2020) Low-cost microplastic visualization in feeding experiments using an ultraviolet light-emitting flashlight. Ecological Research 35: 265-273. DOI 10.1111/1440-1703.12080 PDF

Peez, N., J. Becker, S. M. Ehlers, M. Fritz, C. B. Fischer, J. H. E. Koop, C. Winkelmann & W. Imhof (2019) Quantitative analysis of PET microplastics in environmental model samples using quantitative 1H-NMR spectroscopy: Validation of an optimized and consistent sample clean-up method. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry DOI 10.1007/s00216-019-02089-2 (link)

Akindele, E. O., S. M. Ehlers & J. H. E. Koop (2019) First empirical study of freshwater microplastics in West Africa using gastropods from Nigeria as bioindicators. Limnologica 78: 125708. DOI 10.1016/j.limno.2019.125708 (link)

Ehlers, S. M., W. Manz & J. H. E. Koop (2019) Microplastics of different characteristics are incorporated into the larval cases of the freshwater caddisfly Lepidostoma basale. Aquatic Biology 28: 67-77. DOI 10.3354/ab00711 PDF

Ehlers, S. M., R. A. Scrosati & J. A. Ellrich (2018) Nonconsumptive predator effects on prey demography: dogwhelk cues decrease benthic mussel recruitment. Journal of Zoology 305: 240-245. DOI 10.111/jzo.12555 (link)

Ehlers, S. M. & J. A. Ellrich (2017) First visual record of rare purple-colored dogwhelks (Nucella lapillus) on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. F1000Research 5:2435. DOI 10.12688/f1000research 5:2435 (link)

Invited Presentations (3)

S. M. Ehlers (2022) Biology department seminar series (invited by Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Ehlers, S. M., I. Gestoso, J. A. Ellrich & J. H. E. Koop (2021) Seminar series 'Aquatic ecosystem science and application', University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management (IHG; online, 28 April 2021).

S. M. Ehlers (2020) UCL Umwelt Control Labor, Lünen, Germany (26 August 2020).

Presentations (28)

Unger, B., C. Philipp, S. M. Ehlers, J. H. E. Koop & U. Siebert (2022) Micro2022, virtual (14 - 18 November 2022)

Furukuma, S., J. A. Ellrich & S. M. Ehlers (2022) Micro2022, virtual (14 - 18 November 2022, published https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21583218.v1)

Ehlers, S. M., J. A. Ellrich & I. Gestoso (2022) 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC; 18 - 23 September 2022, Busan, Republic of Korea & virtual)

Furukuma, S., J. A. Ellrich & S. M. Ehlers (2022) Icymare, Bremerhaven, Germany (13 - 16 September 2022)

Ehlers, S. M., J. A. Ellrich & I. Gestoso (2022) ESA CSEE joint annual meeting (14 - 19 August 2022, Montreal, Canada)

Maxein, J., S. M. Ehlers & J. H. E. Koop (2021) DGL annual meeting (27 September - 01 October 2021).

Ellrich, J. A., S. M. Ehlers & I. Gestoso (2021) ICYMARE virtual conference (21 - 24 September 2021).

Furukuma, S., S. M. Ehlers & J. A. Ellrich (2021) ICYMARE virtual conference (21 - 24 September 2021).

Ehlers, S. M., J. A. Ellrich & J. H. E. Koop (2021) ICYMARE virtual conference (21 - 24 September 2021).

S. M. Ehlers, J. A. Ellrich, W. Manz & J. H. E. Koop (2021) ECSA 58 - EMECS 13 Estuaries and coastal seas in the Anthropocene: virtual (6-9 September 2021)

S. M. Ehlers & J. H. E. Koop (2021) Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS): virtual (25-30 July 2021)

Ellrich, J. A., S. M. Ehlers & J. H. E. Koop (2021) Ecological Society of America (ESA) Virtual Meeting (2 - 6 August 2021), published online link

Ehlers, S. M., J. A. Ellrich & J. H. E. Koop (2020) Micro2020 (online, 23 - 27 November).

Ehlers, S. M., J. A. Ellrich & J. H. E. Koop (2020) ICYMARE virtual conference (26 August 2020).

Ehlers, S. M., J. A. Ellrich, J. H. E. Koop, E. Cacabelos, P. Ramalhosa, A. Diem, A. Bernal, J. Canning-Clode & I. Gestoso (2020) ICYMARE virtual conference (26 August 2020).

Ehlers, S. M. & J. A. Ellrich (2020) 6th International Marine Conservation Congress (17 - 28 August 2020).

Cunningham, E. M., S. M. Ehlers, J. T. A. Dick, L. Kregting, K. Kiriakoulakis, P. Schuchert & J. D. Sigwart (2020) School of Biological Science 2nd and 3rd year symposium, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Ehlers, S. M. & J. H. E. Koop (2020) Research Meeting, German Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany.

Cunningham, E. M., S. M. Ehlers, K. Kiriakoulakis, J. Dick, K. Linse, P. Schuchert & J. Sigwart (2020) Research Seminar, German Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany.

Ehlers, S. M. et al. (2019) Research Seminar, University Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany.

Ehlers, S. M. et al. (2019) Research Meeting, German Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany.

Ehlers, S. M., W. Manz & J. H. E. Koop (2019) Research Seminar, University Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany.

Ehlers, S. M., W. Manz & J. H. E. Koop (2019) Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS), Zagreb, Croatia.
SEFS CONFERENCE GALLERY: www.sefs11.biol.pmf.hr/gallery/

Ehlers, S. M., E. O. Akindele & J. H. E. Koop (2019) Aquatic Invasive Species Meeting, University Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany.

Akindele, E. O., S. M. Ehlers, F. Schöll & J. H. E. Koop (2019) Research Meeting, German Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany.

Scrosati, R. A., Z. T. Sherker, S. M. Ehlers & J. A. Ellrich (2017) 102nd Congress of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, USA (link)

Ehlers, S. M., J. A. Ellrich & R. A. Scrosati (2017) Atlantic Canada Coastal & Estuarine Science Society Conference 2017, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Ehlers, S. M., J. A. Ellrich & R. A. Scrosati (2017) Student Research Day, 15th Annual,
Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Posters (15)

J. A. Ellrich, S. M. Ehlers & I. Gestoso (2022) Micro2022, virtual (14 - 18 November 2022; published, https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21572331.v1)

J. A. Ellrich, S. M. Ehlers & I. Gestoso (2022) Icymare, Bremerhaven, Germany (13 - 16 September 2022)

S. M. Ehlers, R. Álvarez Troncoso, D. Gutiérrez, J. Garrido & J. H. E. Koop (2021) Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS): virtual (25-30 July 2021)

J. A. Ellrich & S. M. Ehlers (2021) SETAC 10th Young Environmental Scientists Meeting (22-26 February 2021)

J. A. Ellrich & S. M. Ehlers (2020) Micro2020 (online, 23 - 27 November); published online link

S. M. Ehlers, T. Al Najjar, J. H. E. Koop (2020) ESA Annual Meeting, USA, virtual.

U. Schröder, K. Schmitt, B. Hoppe, M. Eberle, S. M. Ehlers et al. (2020) Ecology of Estuaries (responsibilities and projects of the department 'U' of the German Federal Institute of Hydrology), BAW coastal colloquium, Hamburg, Germany.

S. M. Ehlers, D. Wolff, N. Brennholt, F. Stock, C. Kochleus, J. H. E. Koop, A. Wick & G. Reifferscheid (2019) DGL (German Limnological Society) meeting, Münster, Germany.

S. M. Ehlers, E. O. Akindele & J. H. E. Koop (2019) DGL (German Limnological Society) meeting, Münster, Germany.

S. M. Ehlers, J. Maxein, W. Manz & J. H. E. Koop (2019) European Marine Biology Symposium, Dublin, Ireland.

S. M. Ehlers, E. O. Akindele & J. H. E. Koop (2019) Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS), Zagreb, Croatia.

N. Peez, S. M. Ehlers & W. Imhof (2019) Annual Meeting of the German Water Chemistry Society, Erfurt, Germany.

S. M. Ehlers, F. Stock, C. Kochleus, G. Reifferscheid, W. Manz & J. H. E. Koop (2018) QUASIMEME Workshop on the Analysis of Microplastics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

J. A. Ellrich, S. M. Ehlers, R. A. Scrosati & M. Molis (2018) European Marine Biology Symposium, Ostend, Belgium.

S. M. Ehlers (2017) Kreativität im Studium, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.

Research Blogs and others (3)

S. M. Ehlers (2022) Recycling mal anders - Mikroplastik als Baumaterial von Tieren. Anthropozän. Zeitalter? Zeitenwende? Zukunft? Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie C, Band 86.

S. M. Ehlers & J. A. Ellrich (2022) Müll wird zu Geologie - Plastikkrusten und Pyroplastik. Anthropozän. Zeitalter? Zeitenwende? Zukunft? Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie C, Band 86.

Ehlers, S. M. & J. A. Ellrich (2017) Purple is possible, but rare. F1000Research blog (link)

Reports (1)

Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (2022): Kompendium Forschung und Entwicklung
2022/2023. Koblenz, Oktober 2022, 196 S. DOI: 10.5675/BfG-FuE_2022/2023 (see pages 96 & 97)

A rare purple-colored dogwhelk (Nucella lapillus).