Research groups
Plankton Ecology Research Group
Members of the research group:
research fellow
research fellow
assistant research fellow
assistant research fellow
institute engineer
Bernadett Szabó
assistant
Main profile:
Plankton play a central role in aquatic ecosystems, by representing the main primary producers (phytoplankton) and a key link of energy transfer to higher trophic levels (zooplankton). Our research group is motivated to understand how planktonic communities respond to environmental gradients, and how changes in community composition are linked to ecosystem functioning. By combining empirical and experimental research (micro-and mesocosm experiments), as well as taxonomic and functional approaches, we seek for a more mechanistic understanding on the consequences of planktonic community shifts as a response to multiple stressors under global change. Another focus of our group lies in the ecology and conservation of small aquatic habitats, such as ponds and pools. While these habitats maintain exceptionally high biodiversity and are excellent model systems to test basic ecological theories, their global decline highlights the need of their evidence-based conservation.
Selected publications
Vad Csaba F.; Hanny-Endrédi Anett; Kratina Pavel; Abonyi András; Mironova Ekaterina; Murray David S.; Samchyshyna Larysa; Tsakalakis Ioannis; Smeti Evangelia; Spatharis Sofie; Tan Hanrong; Preiler Christian; Petrusek Adam; Bengtsson Mia M.; Ptacnik Robert.: Spatial insurance against a heatwave differs between trophic levels in experimental aquatic communities GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, First published: 22 March 2023, Paper: 16692 (2023)
2023
Abonyi András; Rasconi Serena; Ptacnik Robert; Pilecky Matthias; Kainz Martin J.: Chytrids enhance Daphnia fitness by selectively retained chytrid‐synthesised stearidonic acid and conversion of short‐chain to long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty acids FRESHWATER BIOLOGY, 68 : 1 pp. 77-90. , 14 p. (2023)
2023
Cunillera-Montcusí, David; Beklioğlu, Meryem; Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel; Jeppesen, Erik; Ptacnik, Robert; Amorim, Cihelio A.; Arnott, Shelley E.; Berger, Stella A.; Brucet, Sandra; Dugan, Hilary A.; Gerhard, Miriam; Horváth, Zsófia; Langenheder, Silke; Nejstgaard, Jens C.; Reinikainen, Marko; Striebel, Maren; Urrutia-Cordero, Pablo; Vad, Csaba F.; Zadereev, Egor; Matias, Miguel.: Freshwater salinisation: a research agenda for a saltier world TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 37: 440-453
2022
Varsha Rani; Tim Burton; Matthew Walsh; Sigurd Einum.: Evolutionary change in metabolic rate of Daphnia pulicaria following invasion by the predator Bythotrephes longimanus Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9003.
2022
Vad, Csaba F.; Schneider, Claudia; Fischer, Robert; Kainz, Martin J; Ptacnik, Robert.: From adverse to beneficial – contrasting dietary effects of freshwater mixotrophs on zooplankton FRESHWATER BIOLOGY. 66: 2272-2282
2021
Vad Csaba F.; Hanny-Endrédi Anett; Kratina Pavel; Abonyi András; Mironova Ekaterina; Murray David S.; Samchyshyna Larysa; Tsakalakis Ioannis; Smeti Evangelia; Spatharis Sofie; Tan Hanrong; Preiler Christian; Petrusek Adam; Bengtsson Mia M.; Ptacnik Robert.: Spatial insurance against a heatwave differs between trophic levels in experimental aquatic communities GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, First published: 22 March 2023, Paper: 16692 (2023)
2023
Abonyi András; Rasconi Serena; Ptacnik Robert; Pilecky Matthias; Kainz Martin J.: Chytrids enhance Daphnia fitness by selectively retained chytrid‐synthesised stearidonic acid and conversion of short‐chain to long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty acids FRESHWATER BIOLOGY, 68 : 1 pp. 77-90. , 14 p. (2023)
2023
Cunillera-Montcusí, David; Beklioğlu, Meryem; Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel; Jeppesen, Erik; Ptacnik, Robert; Amorim, Cihelio A.; Arnott, Shelley E.; Berger, Stella A.; Brucet, Sandra; Dugan, Hilary A.; Gerhard, Miriam; Horváth, Zsófia; Langenheder, Silke; Nejstgaard, Jens C.; Reinikainen, Marko; Striebel, Maren; Urrutia-Cordero, Pablo; Vad, Csaba F.; Zadereev, Egor; Matias, Miguel.: Freshwater salinisation: a research agenda for a saltier world TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 37: 440-453
2022
Varsha Rani; Tim Burton; Matthew Walsh; Sigurd Einum.: Evolutionary change in metabolic rate of Daphnia pulicaria following invasion by the predator Bythotrephes longimanus Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9003.
2022
Vad, Csaba F.; Schneider, Claudia; Fischer, Robert; Kainz, Martin J; Ptacnik, Robert.: From adverse to beneficial – contrasting dietary effects of freshwater mixotrophs on zooplankton FRESHWATER BIOLOGY. 66: 2272-2282
2021
