Publications & Presentations
Articles (12)
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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

Pojar, J., C. Kochleus, G. Dierkes, S. M. Ehlers, G. Reifferscheid, F. Stock (2020) Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of plastic particles in surface waters of the Western Black Sea.  Environmental Pollution PDF

Ehlers, S. M.,  T. Al Najjar* & J. H. E. Koop (2020) Wrapped up in plastic. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (in press)

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)
Presentations (17)

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).

S. M. Ehlers (2020) UCL Umwelt Control Labor, Lünen, Germany (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 (12)

J. A. Ellrich & S. M. Ehlers (2021) SETAC 10th Young Environmental Scientists Meeting​  (upcoming, 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 Blog (1)

Ehlers, S. M. & J. A. Ellrich (2017) Purple is possible, but rare. F1000Research blog (link)
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A rare purple-colored dogwhelk (Nucella lapillus).