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60 University of Bremen - Publications https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/marine-ecology/publications On this website you can find a list of publications of the working group marine ecology. en University of Bremen Sun, 17 May 2026 20:29:15 +0200 Sun, 17 May 2026 20:29:15 +0200 University of Bremen content-469566 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:17:35 +0100 Publications Marine Ecology Department since 2020 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/marine-ecology/publications#c469566 Bianca M Thobor, Claudia E L Hill, Gordon F Custer, Neus Garcias-Bonet, Michael D Fox, Yusuf C El-Khaled, Eva Aylagas, Francisco Dini-Andreote, Ulrich Struck, Arjen Tilstra, Raquel Peixoto, Susana Carvalho, Christian Wild, Benjamin Mueller, Contrasting physiological adaptation strategies to natural environmental change in two Red Sea coral holobionts,&nbsp;ISME Communications, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2026, ycag008,&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycag008">https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycag008</a> Arts MGI, Mueller B, Kelly LW, Nelson CE, Koester I, Petras D, Hopmans E, Vermeij MJA, Haas AF.&nbsp;2026.&nbsp;Preference for producer specific exudates shapes microbial communities in coral reefs.&nbsp;Peer J&nbsp;14:e20748&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20748">https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20748</a> Töpfel&nbsp;A., Melissa Steinhoff M., Wild C. (2025) Assessment of Non-Sessile Invertebrates Associated with Mats&nbsp;of the Red Alga Phyllophora crispa at Giglio Island,&nbsp;Mediterranean Sea.&nbsp;Diversity, 17, 728.&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/d17100728">https://doi.org/10.3390/d17100728</a>&nbsp; Marulanda-Gomez, A.M., Mueller, B., Bayer, K., Abukhalaf, M., Cassidy, L., Tholey, A., Fraune, S., Pita, L. &amp; Hentschel, U. (2025) Combined cellular and proteomics approach suggests differential processing of a native and a foreign vibrio in the sponge Halicondria panicea. mBio, 16, e01474-01425. <a href="https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mbio.01474-25">https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mbio.01474-25</a> de Goeij, J.M., Mueller, B., Achlatis, M., Campana, S., Hudspith, M., Kornder, N.A., Hentschel, U., Oatley, G., Sinclair, E., Aunin, E., Gettle, N., Santos, C., Paulini, M., Niu, H., McKenna, V. &amp; O'Brien, R. (2025) The scaffold-level genome sequence of an encrusting sponge, Halisarca caerulea Vacelet &amp; Donadey, 1987, and its associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Res, 10, 344. <a href="https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-344/v1">https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-344/v1</a> Hill CEL, Rücker J, Eichhorn N, Mezger SD, Caporale G, El-Khaled YC, Blanco CSV, Wild C, Tilstra A (2024) Excess particulate organic matter negatively affects the ecophysiology of the widespread soft coral Xenia umbellata. Marine Biology,&nbsp;<a href="https://suche.suub.uni-bremen.de/cgi-bin/CiXbase/brewis/CiXbase_search?act=peid&amp;XML_STYLE=/styles/url.xml&amp;peid=cr-10.1007_s00227-024-04563-7&amp;CID=8608673&amp;index=L&amp;Hitnr=1&amp;dtyp=T&amp;rtyp=&amp;LAN=DE" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04563-7</a> Thobor BM, Haas AF, Wild C, Nelson C, Wegley LM, Hehemann JH, Arts M, Boer M, Buck-Wiese H, Nguyen N, Hellige I, Mueller B (in press) Coral high molecular weight carbohydrates support opportunistic microbes in bacterioplankton from an algae-dominated reef. mSystems Estradivari, Kartika I, Adhuri DS, Adrianto L, Agung F, Ahmadia GN, Bejarano S, Campbell S, Fachri FR, Kushardanto H, Marlessy C, Pane B, Puebla O, Purnama RC, Santiadji WV, Suherfian W, Tillah M, Widodo H, Wild C, Ferse SCA (2024) Prospective ecological contributions of potential marine OECMs and MPAs to enhance marine conservation in Indonesia. Ocean and Coastal Management, DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107411" title="Persistent link using digital object identifier" target="_blank">10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107411</a> Thobor BM, Tilstra A, Mueller B, Haas AF, Hehemann JH, Wild C (2024) Mucus carbohydrate composition correlates with scleractinian coral phylogeny. Scientific Reports 14, 14019, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64828-5 Berlinghof J, Montilla LM, Peiffer F, QueroGM, MarzocchiU, MeadorTB, MargiottaF, Abagnale M, Wild C, Cardini U (2024) Accelerated nitrogen cycling on Mediterranean seagrass leaves at volcanic CO2 vents. Communications Biology 7:341, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06011-0 Tilstra A, Braxator L, Thobor B, Mezger SD, Hill CEL, El-Khaled YC, Caporale G, Kim S, Wild C (2023) Short-term ocean acidification decreases pulsation and growth of the widespread soft coral Xenia umbellata. PLoS One, DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294470">10.1371/journal.pone.0294470</a> Stahl F, Mezger SD, Migani V, Rohlfs M, Fahey V, Wild C (2023) Recent and rapid reef recovery around Koh Phangan Island, Gulf of Thailand, driven by plate-like hard corals. Peer J 11:e16115, DOI<a href="https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16115">: 10.7717/peerj.16115</a> &nbsp;&nbsp; Koester A , Gordó-Vilaseca C, Bunbury N, Ferse SCA, Ford A, Haupt P, A'Bear L, &nbsp;Bielsa M, Burt AJ, Letori J, Mederic E, Nancy E, Sanchez C, Waller M, Wild C (2023) Impacts of coral bleaching on reef fish abundance, biomass and assemblage structure at remote Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles: insights from two survey methods.&nbsp;Frontiers in Marine Science, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1230717 &nbsp; Hill CEL, Ahmed S, Caporale G, El-Khaled YC, Kuhn L, Schlenzig T, Wild C, Tilstra A (2023) Physiology of the widespread pulsating soft coral Xenia umbellata is affected by food sources, but not by water flow.&nbsp;Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10483 &nbsp; Castrillón-Cifuentes AL, Zapata FA, Wild C (2023) Physiological responses of Pocillopora corals to upwelling events in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.&nbsp;Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1212717, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1212717 &nbsp; Candy AS, Parkins SKT, Van Duyl FC, Mueller B, Arts M, Barnes W, Carstensen M, Scholten Y, El-Khaled YC, Wild C, Wegley Kelly L, Nelson CE, Sandin SA, Vermeij M, Rohwer FL, Picioreanu C, Stocchi P, Haas AF (2023) Small-scale oxygen distribution patterns in a coral reef.&nbsp;Frontiers in Marine Science, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1135686 &nbsp; Xiang N, Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Meyer A, Voolstra CR, Wild C, Gärdes A (2023) Excess labile carbon promotes diazotroph abundance in heat-stressed octocorals.&nbsp;Royal Society Open Science, DOI: 10.1098/rsos.221268 &nbsp; Ghilardi M, Salter M, Parravicini V, Ferse S, Rixen T, Wild C, Birkicht M, Perry C, Berry A, Wilson R, Mouillot D, Bejarano S (2023) Temperature, species identity and morphological traits predict carbonate excretion and mineralogy in tropical reef fishes.&nbsp;Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36617-7 &nbsp; El-Khaled YC, Tilstra A, Mezger SD, Wild C (2023) Red and brown algae mats overgrow classical marine biodiversity hotspots in the Mediterranean Sea.&nbsp;Bulletin of Marine Science, DOI: 10.5343/bms.2022.0020 &nbsp; Bianchi AG, Wild C, Montefalcone M, Benincasa E, El-Khaled YC (2023) Spatiotemporal variation in environmental key parameters within fleshy red algae mats in the Mediterranean Sea.&nbsp;Oceans, DOI: 10.3390/oceans4010007 &nbsp; Thobor BM, Schanz FR, Foerster A, Kerzenmacher S, Wild C (2023) Microbial fuel cells in coral reef sediments as indicator tools for organic carbon eutrophication.&nbsp;Ecological Indicators,DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110385 &nbsp; Zelli E, Simancas-Giraldo SM, Xiang N, Dessì C, Katzer N, Wild C (2023) Individual and combined effect of organic eutrophication (DOC) and ocean warming on the ecophysiology of the gorgonian&nbsp;Pinnigorgia flava.Peer J,DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14812 &nbsp; Rossbach FI, Casoli E, Beck M, Wild C (2023) A new hope: Mediterranean Algae mats are thriving with life.&nbsp;Frontiers for Young Minds, DOI: 10.3389/frym.2023.1014348 &nbsp; Castrillón-Cifuentes AL, Zapata FA, Lopez AG, Wild C (2023) Spatiotemporal variability of oxygen concentration in coral reefs of Gorgona Island (Eastern Tropical Pacific) and its effect on the coral&nbsp;Pocillopora capitata.&nbsp;Peer J,DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14586 &nbsp; van Hoytema N, de Goeij J, Kornder N, El-Khaled YC, van Oevelen D, Rix L, Cardini U, Bednarz VN, Naumann MS, al-Horani F, Wild C (2023) A carbon cycling model shows strong control of seasonality and importance of sponges on the functioning of a northern Red Sea coral reef.&nbsp;Coral Reefs, DOI: 10.1007/s00338-022-02339-3 &nbsp; Mezger SD, Klinke A, Tilstra A, El-Khaled YC, Thobor B, Wild C (2022) The widely distributed soft coral&nbsp;Xenia umbellata&nbsp;exhibits high resistance against phosphate enrichment and temperature increase.&nbsp;Scientific Reports,DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26325-5 El-Khaled, Y. C., Tilstra, A., Mezger, S. D., &amp; Wild, C. (2022). Red and brown algae mats overgrow classical marine biodiversity hotspots in the Mediterranean Sea.&nbsp;Bulletin of Marine Science. Thobor B, Tilstra A, Bourne DG, Springer K, Mezger SD, Struck U, Bockelmann F, Zimmermann L, Suárez AB, Klinke A, Wild C (in press) The pulsating soft coral&nbsp;Xenia umbellata&nbsp;shows high resistance to warming when nitrate concentrations are low.&nbsp;Scientific Reports Ostendarp M, Plewka J, Flathmann J, Tilstra A, El-khaled YC, Wild C (2022) Complete and rapid regeneration of fragments from the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea.&nbsp;Frontiers in Marine Science, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.949233&nbsp; Tilstra A, El-Khaled YC, Meier S,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2022) Invasive upside-down jellyfish tolerate ocean warming and organic eutrophication.&nbsp;Bulletin of Marine Science,&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2021.0051">DOI: 10.5343/bms.2021.0051</a> &nbsp; El-Khaled YC, Daraghmeh N, Tilstra A, Roth F, Huettel M, Rossbach FI, Casoli E, Koester A, Beck M, Meyer R, Plewka J, Schmidt N, Winkelgrund L, Merk B,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2022) Fleshy red algae mats act as reservoir for sessile invertebrate biodiversity.&nbsp;Communications Biology&nbsp;5:579, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03523-5 &nbsp; Bouderlique T, Petersen J, Faure L, Abed-Navandi D, Bouchnita A, Mueller B, Nazarov M, Englmaier L, Tesarova M, Frade PR, Zikmund T, Köhne T, Kaiser J, Fried K, Wild C, Bythell J, Pantos O, Hellander A, Adameyko I (2022)&nbsp;Surface flow for colonial integration in reef-building corals.Current Biology&nbsp;32, 1–14, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.054 &nbsp; Rossbach FI, Casoli E, Plewka J, Schmidt N,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2022) New insights into a Mediterranean Sea benthic habitat: high diversity of epiphytic bryozoan assemblages on&nbsp;Phyllophora crispa&nbsp;(Rhodophyta) mats.&nbsp;Diversity 14 (346), DOI: 10.3390/d14050346 &nbsp; Berlinghof J, Peiffer F, Marzocchi U, Munari M, Quero GM,&nbsp;Wild C, Cardini U (2022) The role of epiphytes in seagrass productivity under ocean acidification.&nbsp;Scientific Reports 12:6249, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10154-7 &nbsp; El-Khaled YC, Kler Lago A, Mezger SD,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2022) Comparative evaluation of free web tools ImageJ and Photopea for the surface area quantification of planar substrates and organisms.&nbsp;Diversity 14(272), DOI: 10.3390/d14040272 &nbsp; Kim S,&nbsp;Wild C, Tilstra A (2022) Effective asexual reproduction of a widespread soft coral: Comparative assessment of four different fragmentation methods.&nbsp;Peer J&nbsp;10: e12589,&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12589">DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12589</a> &nbsp; Koepper S, Nuryati S, Palm HW,&nbsp;Wild C, Yulianto I, Kleinertz S (2022) Metazoan endoparasite fauna and feeding ecology of commercial fishes from Java, Indonesia.&nbsp;Parasitology Research,&nbsp;DOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07377-4 &nbsp; Rossbach FI, Merk B,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2022) High diversity and abundance of foraminifers associated with Mediterranean benthic red algae mats.&nbsp;Diversity&nbsp;14(1), DOI:&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010021">10.3390/d14010021</a> &nbsp; Xiang N, Hassenrück C, Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Simancas-Giraldo S, Voolstra CR,&nbsp;Wild C, Gärdes A (2021) Contrasting microbiome dynamics of putative denitrifying bacteria in two octocoral species exposed to dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and warming.&nbsp;Applied and Environmental Microbiology,&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01886-21">DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01886-21</a> &nbsp; Koester A, Ford AK, Ferse SCA, Migani V, Bunbury N, Sanchez C,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2021) First insights into coral recruit&nbsp;and juvenile abundances at remote Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles.&nbsp;PLoS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260516 &nbsp; Rädecker N, Pogoreutz C, Gegner H, Cardenas A, Perna G, Geißler L, Roth F, Bougoure J, Guagliardo P, Struck U,&nbsp;Wild C, Pernice M, Raina JB, Meibom A, Voolstra C (2021) Heat stress reduces the contribution of diazotrophs to coral holobiont nitrogen cycling.&nbsp;The ISME Journal, DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01158-8 &nbsp; Schmidt N, El-Khaled YC, Roßbach FI,&nbsp;Wild&nbsp;C&nbsp;(2021) Fleshy red algae mats influence their environment in the Mediterranean Sea.&nbsp;Frontiers in Marine Science,&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.721626">DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.721626</a> &nbsp; Simancas-Giraldo SM, Xiang N, Kennedy MM, Nafeh R, Zelli E,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2021) Photosynthesis and respiration of the soft coral&nbsp;Xenia umbellatarespond to warming but not to organic carbon eutrophication.&nbsp;Peer J 9: e11663, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11663 &nbsp; Rossbach FI, Casoli E, Beck M,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2021) Mediterranean red macro algae mats as habitat for high abundances of serpulid polychaetes.&nbsp;Diversity 13 (265), DOI: 10.3390/d13060265 &nbsp; Tilstra A, Hoeksema B,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2021) A presumed Lazarus coral: outstanding regeneration capacity of a&nbsp;Goniopora&nbsp;coral exposed to air over several months.&nbsp;Bulletin of Marine Science,&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2021.0007">DOI: 10.5343/bms.2021.0007</a> &nbsp; El-Khaled YC, Roth F, Rädecker N, Tilstra A, Karcher DB, Kürten B, Jones BH, Voolstra CR,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2021) Nitrogen fixation and denitrification activity differ between coral- and algae-dominated Red Sea reefs.&nbsp;Scientific Reports 11:11820, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90204-8 Roth F, El-Khaled YC, Karcher DB, Rädecker N, Carvalho S, Duarte CM, Silva L, Calleja MJ, Morán XA, Jones BH, Voolstra CR,&nbsp;Wild&nbsp;C&nbsp;(2021) Nutrient pollution enhances productivity and framework dissolution in algae- but not in coral-dominated reef communities.&nbsp;Marine Pollution Bulletin 168, 112444, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112444 &nbsp; El-Khaled YC, Nafeh R, Roth F, Rädecker N, Karcher DB, Jones BH, Voolstra CR,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2021) High plasticity of nitrogen fixation and denitrification of common coral reef substrates in response to nitrate availability.&nbsp;Marine Pollution Bulletin 168, 112430, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112430 &nbsp; Müller M, Staab CFK, Puk LD, Schoenig EM, Ferse SCA,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2021) The rabbitfish&nbsp;Siganus virgatus&nbsp;as key macroalgae browser in coral reefs of the Gulf of Thailand.&nbsp;Diversity 13, 123, DOI: 10.3390/d13030123 &nbsp; Elías Ilosvay XE, Segovia J, Ferse SCA, Elías W,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2021) Rapid relative increase of crustose coralline algae following herbivore exclusion in a reef of El Salvador.&nbsp;Peer J&nbsp;9: e10696, DOI:&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10696">10.7717/peerj.10696</a> &nbsp; Rädecker N, Pogoreutz C, Bougoure J, Guagliardo P, Raina JP, Pernice M, Cardenas A, Gegner H, Roth F,&nbsp;Wild C, Meibom A, Voolstra CR (2021) Heat stress destabilizes symbiotic nutrient cycling in corals.&nbsp;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences&nbsp;118(5), DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2022653118 &nbsp; Roth F, Rädecker N, Carvalho S, Duarte CM, Saderne V, Anton A, Silva L, Calleja ML, Morán XAG, Voolstra CR, Kürten B, Jones BH,&nbsp;Wild C(2021) High summer temperatures amplify functional differences between coral- and algae-dominated reef communities.&nbsp;Bull Ecol Soc Am 102(1): e01822, DOI:&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1822">10.1002/bes2.1822</a> &nbsp; Koepper S, Nuryati S, Palm HW, Theisen S,&nbsp;Wild C, Yulianto I, Kleinertz S (2020) Parasite fauna of the white-streaked grouper (Epinephelus ongus) from the Thousand Islands, Java, Indonesia.&nbsp;Acta Parasitologica, DOI: 10.1007/s11686-020-00312-0 &nbsp; <a href="http://www.frontiersin.org/Community/WhosWhoActivity.aspx?sname=AmandaFord&amp;UID=481862" target="lnGOLMeOxutntyVXotoR7Af">Ford</a>&nbsp;A ,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.frontiersin.org/Community/WhosWhoActivity.aspx?sname=Jean-BaptisteJouffray&amp;UID=723772" target="uMLB0maLgcO59_QlkdLVPh4">Jouffray</a>&nbsp;JB,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.frontiersin.org/Community/WhosWhoActivity.aspx?sname=AlbertNorstr%C3%B6m&amp;UID=945527" target="dg2echiWC6c5-sBfKHDjd0i">Norström</a>&nbsp;A, Moore BR,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.frontiersin.org/Community/WhosWhoActivity.aspx?sname=MaggyNugues&amp;UID=500787" target="SZ6nKm6kxjRPVikfCEfA2KU">Nugues</a>&nbsp;MM,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.frontiersin.org/Community/WhosWhoActivity.aspx?sname=GarethWilliams&amp;UID=785879" target="igncZxL5pfRUVavHH0kF3jM">Williams</a>&nbsp;G,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.frontiersin.org/Community/WhosWhoActivity.aspx?sname=SoniaBejarano&amp;UID=399810" target="SU1pp9ltq9y6yTu5aggkRgV">Bejarano</a>&nbsp;S, Magron F,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.frontiersin.org/Community/WhosWhoActivity.aspx?sname=ChristianWild&amp;UID=135008" target="fGQZ0_tm0TACumEXmyYwHqA">Wild</a>&nbsp;C, Ferse S (2020)&nbsp;<a href="http://review.frontiersin.org/Document/DownloadPDF?articleId=571115&amp;siteId=747&amp;userId=135008&amp;roleId=18" target="6OAjrEsnv_sW482LK8Pf2cT">Local human impacts disrupt relationships between benthic reef assemblages and environmental predictors</a>.&nbsp;Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 571115, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.571115 &nbsp; Roth F, Rädecker N, Carvalho S, Duarte CM, Saderne V, Anton A, Silva L, Calleja ML, Morán XA, Voolstra CR, Kürten B, Jones BH,&nbsp;Wild C(2020) High summer temperatures amplify functional differences between coral- and algal-dominated reef communities.&nbsp;Ecology,&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3226">DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3226</a> &nbsp; Koester A, Migani V, Bunbury N, Ford A, Sanchez C,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2020) Early trajectories of benthic coral reef communities following the 2015/16 coral bleaching event at remote Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles.&nbsp;Scientific Reports,&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74077-x">DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-74077-x</a> &nbsp; Elías Ilosvay XE, Contreras-Silva AI, Alvarez-Filip L,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2020) Reef recovery in the Mexican Caribbean after 2005 mass coral mortality - potential drivers.&nbsp;Diversity 12 (338), DOI:10.3390/d12090338 &nbsp; Guan Y, Hohn S,&nbsp;Wild C, Merico A (2020) Vulnerability of global coral reef habitat suitability to ocean warming, acidification and eutrophication.&nbsp;Global Change Biology,&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15293">DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15293</a> &nbsp; Roth F, Karcher D, Rädecker N, Hohn S, Carvalho S, Thomson T, Saalmann F, Voolstra CR, Kurten B, Struck U, Jones B,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2020) High rates of carbon and dinitrogen fixation suggest a critical role of benthic pioneer communities in energy and nutrient dynamics of coral reefs.&nbsp;Functional Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13625 El-Khaled YC, Roth F, Tilstra A, Rädecker N, Karcher DB, Kürten B, Jones BH, Voolstra CR, Wild C (2020)&nbsp;In situ&nbsp;eutrophication stimulates dinitrogen fixation, denitrification, and productivity in Red Sea coral reefs.&nbsp;Marine Ecology Progress Series&nbsp;645:55-66,&nbsp;DOI: 10.3354/meps13352 Vollstedt SM, Xiang N, Simancas S,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2020) Organic eutrophication increases resistance of the pulsating soft coral&nbsp;Xenia umbellata&nbsp;to warming.&nbsp;PeerJ 8:e9182, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9182 &nbsp; Olischläger M, Wild C (2020) How does the sexual reproduction of marine life respond to ocean acidification?&nbsp;Diversity 12, 241, DOI:10.3390/d12060241 &nbsp; El-Khaled YC, Roth F, Rädecker N, Kharbatia N, Jones BH, Voolstra CR,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2020) Simultaneous measurements of dinitrogen fixation and denitrification associated with coral reef substrates: advantages and limitations of a combined acetylene assay.&nbsp;Frontiers in Marine Science 7:411, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00411 &nbsp; Contreras-Silva A, Tilstra A, Migani V, Thiel A, Pérez-Cervantes E, Estrada-Saldivar N, Elias XE, Mott C, Alvarez-Filip L,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2020) A meta-analysis to assess long-term spatiotemporal changes of benthic coral and macroalgae cover in the Mexican Caribbean.&nbsp;Scientific Reports 10:8897, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65801-8 &nbsp; Wild C&nbsp;(2020) Ecosystem engineering by&nbsp;different seagrasses in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Caribbean.&nbsp;Marine Biology 167:80, DOI: 10.1007/s00227-020-03690-1 Karcher DB, Roth F, Carvalho S, El-Khaled YC, Tilstra A, Kürten B, Struck U, Jones BH,&nbsp;Wild C&nbsp;(2020) Nitrogen eutrophication particularly promotes turf algae in coral reefs of the central Red Sea.&nbsp;PeerJ, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8737 Content content-469571 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:17:35 +0100 Publication Highlights https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/marine-ecology/publications#c469571 Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Cárdenas A, Gärdes A, Voolstra CR, Wild C (2017) Sugar enrichment provides evidence for a role of nitrogen fixation in coral bleaching. Global Change Biology 23:3838–3848, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13695 Rix L, de Goeij J, van Oevelen D, Struck U, al-Horani F, Wild C, Naumann MS&nbsp;(2016) Differential recycling of coral and algal dissolved organic matter via the sponge loop. Functional Ecology 31, 778–789, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12758 Rix L, De Goeij JM, Mueller CE, Struck U, Middelburg JJ, Van Duyl FC, Al-Horani FA, Wild C, Naumann MS, Van Oevelen D (2016)&nbsp;Coral mucus fuels the sponge loop in warm-and cold-water coral reef ecosystems. Scientific Reports&nbsp;6:18715, DOI: 10.1038/srep1871&nbsp; Rädecker N, Pogoreutz C, Voolstra CR, Wiedenmann J, Wild C (2015) Nitrogen cycling in corals: the key to understand holobiont functioning? Trends in Microbiology 23(8): 490-497, DOI:&nbsp;10.1016/j.tim.2015.03.008 Cardini U, Bednarz VN, Naumann MS, van Hoytema N, Rix R, Foster RA, Al-Rshaidat MMD, Wild C (2015) Functional significance of dinitrogen fixation in sustaining coral productivity under oligotrophic conditions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20152257, DOI:&nbsp;10.1098/rspb.2015.2257282:20152257 Meyer FW, Vogel N, Teichberg M, Uthicke S, Wild C (2015) The physiological response of two green calcifying algae from the Great Barrier Reef towards high dissolved inorganic and organic carbon (DIC and DOC) availability. PLoS One E 10(8):e0133596, DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0133596&nbsp; Bayraktarov E, Wild C (2014) Spatiotemporal variability of sedimentary organic matter supply and recycling processes in coral reefs of Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombian Caribbean. Biogeosciences 11: 2977-2990, DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-2977-2014 Wild C, Naumann MS (2013) Effect of active water movement on energy and nutrient acquisition in coral reef-associated benthic organisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US 110(22): 8767-8768, DOI:&nbsp;10.1073/pnas.1306839110 Schöttner S, Pfitzner B, Grünke S, Rasheed M, Wild C, Ramette A&nbsp;(2011) Drivers of bacterial diversity dynamics in permeable carbonate and silicate coral reef sands from the Red Sea. Environmental Microbiology 13 (7): 1815-1826, DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02494.x Witt V, Wild C, Anthony K, Diaz‐Pulido G, Uthicke S&nbsp;(2011) Effects of ocean acidification on microbial community composition of, and oxygen fluxes through, biofilms from the Great Barrier Reef. Environmental Microbiology 13 (11): 2976-2989, DOI:&nbsp;10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02571.x Wild C, Huettel M, Klueter A, Kremb SG, Rasheed MY, Jørgensen BB (2004)&nbsp;Coral mucus functions as an energy carrier and particle trap in the reef ecosystem. Nature 428 (6978):66-70, DOI: 10.1038/nature02344 Content