Hillebrand H 2004 On the generality of the latitudinal diversity gradient
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Helmut Hillebrand Associate Professor *03 August 1966 Institute for Botany University of Cologne Gyrhofstrasse 15 50931 Köln phone: ++49 (0) 221 470 2762 telefax: ++49 (0) 221 470 5181 e-mail: helmut.hillebrand@uni-koeln.de Foto by M. Feiling Short CV 2004 - Associate Professor, University of Cologne (D) 2002 - 2004 Assistant Professor, Institute for Marine Science, University of Kiel (D) 2003 Docent qualification in Limnology, University of Uppsala (S) 1990 - 2002 Post Doc and Research Fellow at Erkenlaboratory, Department of Limnology, University of Uppsala (S) 1996 - 1999 Ph.D. thesis, Institute for Marine Science, University of Kiel (D) “Effect of biotic interactions on the structure of microphytobenthos” Supervisor: Prof. Dr. U. Sommer, P.D. Dr. U.G. Berninger 1994 Diploma (corresponding M.Sc.) 1994, ICBM, Oldenburg (D) “Nitrogenous nutrition and growth of Nitzschia pungens” 1988 - 1994 Studies in Biology, Carl-von-Ossietzky-University Oldenburg (D) Main topics: General Ecology, Zoology, Botany, Geography Research interests Causes and consequences of biodiversity Effects of biodiversity on the functioning of communities Species-area relationships Global biodiversity patterns Scaling of regional and local impacts on plant diversity Microbial diversity Trophic interactions in aquatic ecosystems Indirect effects in trophic interactions Ecological stoichiometry of littoral food webs Grazing and nutrient effects on benthic microalgae Nutrient competition in benthic microalgae Publications Aberle N, Hillebrand H, Grey J, Wiltshire KH 2005. Selectivity and competitive interactions between two benthic invertebrate grazers (A. aquaticus and P. antipodarum) - an experimental study using 13C- and 15N-labelled diatoms. Freshwater Biology 50: 369-379 Blenckner T & Hillebrand H 2002. North Atlantic Oscillation signatures in ecosystems – a meta-analysis. Global Change Biology 8: 203-212 Giller P, Hillebrand H, Berninger UG, Gessner M, Hawkins S, Inchausti P, Inglis C, Leslie H, Malmqvist B, Monaghan M, Morin P & O’Mullan G 2004. Biodiversity effects on ecosystem function: emerging issues and their experimental test in aquatic communities. Oikos 104: 423-436 Haglund AL & Hillebrand H 2005. The effect of grazing and nutrient supply on periphyton associated bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Ecology: 52: 31-41 Hillebrand H 2002a. Diversity of unicellular aquatic organisms scaled to body size. Verhandlungen des Internationalen Vereins für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 28: 352-354 Hillebrand H 2002b. Top-down versus bottom-up control of autotrophic biomass – a meta-analysis on experiments with periphyton. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21: 349-369 Hillebrand H 2003. Opposing effects of grazing and nutrients on diversity. Oikos 100: 592-600 Hillebrand H 2004a. On the generality of the latitudinal diversity gradient. American Naturalist 163: 192-211 Hillebrand H 2004b. Strength, slope and variability of marine latitudinal gradients. Marine Ecology Progress Series 273: 251-267 Hillebrand H 2005a. Light regime and consumer control of autotrophic biomass. Journal of Ecology, in press Hillebrand H 2005b. Regressions of local on regional diversity do not reflect the importance of local interactions or saturation of local diversity. Oikos, in press Hillebrand H & Azovsky AI 2001. Body size determines the strength of the latitudinal diversity gradient. Ecography 24: 251-256 Hillebrand H & Blenckner T 2002. Regional impact on local diversity – from pattern to process. Oecologia 132: 479-491 Hillebrand H & Cardinale BJ 2004. Consumer effects decline with prey diversity. Ecology Letters 7: 192-201 Hillebrand H, de Montpellier G & Liess A 2004. Effects of macrograzers and light on periphyton stoichiometry. Oikos 106: 93-100 Hillebrand H, Dürselen CD, Kirschtel D, Zohary T, Pollingher U 1999. Biovolume calculation for pelagic and benthic microalgae. Journal of Phycology 35: 403– 424 Hillebrand H & Kahlert M 2001. Effect of grazing and nutrient supply on periphyton biomass and nutrient stoichiometry in habitats of different productivity. Limnology and Oceanography 46: 1881-1898 Hillebrand H & Kahlert M 2002. Effect of grazing and water column nutrient supply on biomass and nutrient content of sediment microalgae. Aquatic Botany 72: 143-159 Hillebrand H, Kahlert M, Haglund AL, Berninger UG, Nagel S, Wickham S 2002. Control of microbenthic communities by grazing and nutrient supply. Ecology 83: 2205-2219 Hillebrand H & Shurin JB 2005. Biodiversity and aquatic food webs. In Aquatic food webs –an ecosystem approach. Edited by Andrea Belgrano, Ursula M. Scharler, Jennifer Dunne, Robert E. Ulanowicz. Oxford University Press, pp. 184-197 Hillebrand H & Sommer U 1996. Nitrogenous nutrition of the potentially toxic diatom Pseudonitzschia pungens f. multiseries Hasle. Journal of Plankton Research 18: 295-301 Hillebrand H & Sommer U 1997. Response of epilithic microphytobenthos of the Western Baltic Sea to in situ experiments with nutrient enrichment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 160: 35-46 Hillebrand H & Sommer U 1999. The nutrient stoichiometry of benthic microalgal growth: Redfield proportions are optimal. Limnology and Oceanography 44: 440-446 Hillebrand H & Sommer U 2000. Effect of continuous nutrient enrichment on microalgae colonizing hard substrates. Hydrobiologia 426: 183-190 Hillebrand H & Sommer U 2000. Diversity of benthic microalgae in response to colonization time and eutrophication. Aquatic Botany 67: 221-236 Hillebrand H, Watermann F, Karez R, Berninger UG 2001. Differences in species richness patterns between unicellular and multicellular organisms. Oecologia 126: 114-124 Hillebrand H, Worm B, Lotze HK 2000. Marine microbenthic community structure regulated by nitrogen loading and grazing pressure. Marine Ecology Progress Series 204: 27-38 Kahlert M, Hasselrot AT, Hillebrand H, Pettersson K 2002. Spatial and temporal variation in biomass and nutrient status of epilithic algae in Lake Erken, Sweden. Freshwater Biology 47: 1191-1216 Liess A & Hillebrand H 2004. Direct and indirect effects in herbivore - periphyton interactions. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 159: 433-453 Liess A & Hillebrand H 2005. Stoichiometric variation in benthic food webs – the variability of C:N:P ratios in benthic invertebrates. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, in press Watermann F, Hillebrand H, Gerdes G, Krumbein WE, Sommer U 1999. Competition between benthic diatoms and cyanobacteria as influenced by different grain sizes and temperature. Marine Ecology Progress Series 187: 7787 Wickham S, Nagel S & Hillebrand H 2004. The control of epibenthic ciliate communities by grazers and nutrients. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 35: 153-162 Worm B, Lotze HK, Hillebrand H, Sommer U 2002. Consumer versus resource control of species diversity and ecosystem functioning. Nature 417: 848-851 Hillebrand H 2004 On the generality of the latitudinal diversity gradient. American Naturalist 163: 192-211 Hillebrand H 2004. Strength, slope and variability of marine latitudinal gradients. Marine Ecology Progress Series 273: 251-267 Hillebrand H & Cardinale BJ 2004. Consumer effects decline with prey diversity. Ecology Letters 7: 192-201 Hillebrand H, de Montpellier G & Liess A 2004. Effects of macrograzers and light on periphyton stoichiometry. Oikos 106: 93-104 Liess A & Hillebrand H 2004. Direct and indirect effects in herbivore - periphyton interactions. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 159: 433-453 Wickham S, Nagel S & Hillebrand H 2004. The control of epibenthic ciliate communities by grazers and nutrients. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 35: 153-162 2005 Aberle N, Hillebrand H, Grey J, Wiltshire KH 2005. Selectivity and competitive interactions between two benthic invertebrate grazers (A. aquaticus and P. antipodarum) - an experimental study using 13C- and 15N-labelled diatoms. Freshwater Biology 50: 369-379 Eriksson BK & Bergstrom L L 2005. Local distribution patterns of macroalgae in relation to environmental variables in the northern Baltic Proper. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 62: 109-117 Haglund AL & Hillebrand H 2005. The effect of grazing and nutrient supply on periphyton associated bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 52: 31-41 Hillebrand H 2005. Light regime and consumer control of autotrophic biomass. Journal of Ecology, in press Hillebrand H 2005. Regressions of local on regional diversity do not reflect the importance of local interactions or saturation of local diversity. Oikos, in press Hillebrand H & Shurin JB 2005. Biodiversity and aquatic food webs. In Aquatic food webs –an ecosystem approach. Edited by Andrea Belgrano, Ursula M. Scharler, Jennifer Dunne, Robert E. Ulanowicz. Oxford University Press, pp. 184-197 Liess A & Hillebrand H 2005. Stoichiometric variation in benthic food webs – the variability of C:N:P ratios in benthic invertebrates. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, in press
