Publications

Peer-reviewed:

Pujolar, J.M., Breitburg, D., Lee, J., Decker, M.B., Jaspers, C. (2023) Hybridization and adaptive introgression in a marine invasive species in native habitats. iSience (online first) https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108430.

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Jaspers, C., Hopcroft, R.R., Kiørboe, T., Lombard, F., López-Urrutia, Á., Everett, J.D., Richardson, A.J. (2023) Gelatinous larvacean zooplankton can enhance trophic transfer and carbon sequestration. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 38(10) 980-993. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.05.005

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 Jaspers, C. et al. (2023) Cover Trends in Ecology and Evolution October 2023 38(10)

 

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Piontek, R., Jaspers, C., Boersma, M., Arkhipkin, A. (2023) Temporal and spatial variability in the mesozooplankton community off the Falkland Islands (Southwest Atlantic). Regional Studies in Marine Science 66: 10314.

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Jensen, K.R., Andersen, P., Andersen, N.R., Bruhn, A., Buur, H., Carl, H., Jakobsen, H., Jaspers, C., Lundgreen, K., Nielsen, R., Strandberg, B., Stær, P.A.U. (2023) Assessing invasiveness and impact of non-indigenous species in Danish marine waters, with long-term distributions of nine selected species. Diversity. 15(3) 434 pp.

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Soto-Angel, J.J., Jaspers, C., Hosia, A., Majaneva, S., Martell, L., Burkhardt, P. (2023) Are we there yet to eliminate the terms larva, metamorphosis, and dissogeny from the ctenophore literature? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (4), e2218317120. doi: doi:10.1073/pnas.2218317120

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Pujolar, J.M., Limborg, M.T., Ehrlich, M., Jaspers, C. (2022). High throughput SNP chip as cost effective new monitoring tool for assessing invasion dynamics in the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 1019001. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1019001

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Køhler, L.G., Huwer, B., Pujolar, J.M., Werner, M., Wikström, K., Wernbo, A., Ovegård, M., Jaspers, C. (2022). Gelatinous macrozooplankton diversity and distribution dataset for the North Sea and Skagerrak/Kattegat during January-February 2021. Data in Brief 44: 108493. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108493

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Hinrichsen, H.-H., Piatkowski, U., Jaspers, C. (2022) Sightings of extraordinary marine species in the SW Baltic Sea linked to saline water inflows. Journal of Sea Research. 181:102175. doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2022.102175

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Lüskow, F., Christiansen, B., Chi, X., Silva, P., Neitzel, P., Brooks, M.E., Jaspers, C., (2022). Distribution and biomass of gelatinous zooplankton in relation to an oxygen minimum zone and a shallow seamount in the Eastern Tropical North Atlantic Ocean. Marine Environmental Research 175, 105566. doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105566

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Jaspers, C.Ehrlich, M., Pujolar, J.M., Künzel, S., Bayer, T., Limborg, M.T., Lombard, F., Browne, W.E., Stefanova, K., Reusch, T.B.H. (2021) Invasion genomics uncover contrasting scenarios of genetic diversity in a widespread marine invader. PNAS

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Jaspers, C., Bezio, N., Hinrichsen, H.-H. (2021) Diversity and physiological tolerance of native and invasive jellyfish/ctenophores along the extreme salinity gradient of the Baltic Sea. Diversity 13(2), 57. Featured article on the homepage and front cover for the special issue.

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Weiland-Bräuer, N., Prasse, D., Brauer, A., Jaspers, C., Reusch, T.B.H., Schmitz, R.A. (2020) Cultivable microbiota associated with Aurelia aurita and Mnemiopsis leidyi. Microbiology Open 9 (9), e1094. Featured with front cover image.

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Jaspers, C., Weiland-Bräuer, N., Rühlemann, M.C., Baines, J.F., Schmitz, R.A., Reusch, T.B.H. (2020) Differences in the microbiota of native and non-indigenous gelatinous zooplankton organisms in low saline environments. Science of the Total Environment. 734, 139471.

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He, J., Lange, J., Marinos, G., Bathia, J., Harris, D., Soluch, R., Vaibhvi, V., Deines, P., Hassani, M.A., Wagner, K.-S., Zapien-Campos, R., Jaspers, C., Sommer, F. (2020) Advancing our functional understanding of host-microbiota interactions: A need for new types of studies, BioEssays. 42(2): 1900211, 1-5. doi: 10.1002/bies.201900211

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Jaspers, C., Weiland-Bräuer, N., Fischer, M., Künzel, S., Schmitz, R.A., Reusch, T.B.H. (2019) Microbiota differences of the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi in native and invasive sub-populations, Frontiers in Marine Science. 6: 635. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00635

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Datasets

Jaspers, C., et al. (2022) Gelatinous macrozooplankton diversity and distribution data in the North Sea and Skagerrak/Kattegat during winter 2021. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6088227

 

Advisory contributions to public authorities

Advisory tasks:

2022: CJ Member and Danish representative at the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Working Group meeting on Introduction and Transfer of Marine Organisms (WGITMO) presentation on novel non-indigenous species sightings during the annual meeting 4.-6.5.2022 and responsible for Danish national report.

 

2022: CJ Member and Danish representative at the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Working Group meeting on Zooplankton Ecology (WGZE) 20.-24.6.2022 Meeting online.

 

2021: CJ Member and Danish representative at the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Working Group meeting on Introduction and Transfer of Marine Organisms (WGITMO) presentation on novel non-indigenous species sightings during the annual meeting 1.-3.3.2021 and responsible for Danish national report.

 

2021: CJ Member and Danish representative at the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Working Group meeting on Zooplankton Ecology (WGZE) 22.-25.2.2021 Meeting online.

 

2020: Member and Danish representative at the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Working Group meeting on Zooplankton Ecology (WGZE) 23.3-26.3.2020, online.

 

2019: CJ Elected member and Danish representative of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Working Group Zooplankton Ecology (WGZE).

 

2019: CJElected member and Danish representative of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Working Group Introduction and Transfer of Marine Organisms (WGITMO).

 

Reports:

2023: Jensen, K. and Jaspers, C., National report 2022 on novel non-indigenous species sightings in Danish waters to the International Council of the Exploration of the Seas (ICES), 7 pp.

 

2023: ICES. 2023. Working Group on Zooplankton Ecology (WGZE). ICES Scientific Reports. 5:73. 32 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.23623089

 

2022: Jaspers, C. and Jensen, K. National report 2021 with notes for period 19-21 on novel non-indigenous species sightings in Danish waters to the International Council of the Exploration of the Seas (ICES), 17 pp.

 

2022: McKenzie, C.H, ... Jaspers, C., et al. Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO). ICES Scientific Reports, 4:84, 209 pp. ISSN number: 2618-1371. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.21558855.

 

2021: Jensen, K. and Jaspers, C. National report 2020 on novel non-indigenous species sightings in Danish waters to the International Council of the Exploration of the Seas (ICES), 8 pp.

 

2021    Periodic report summarizing 2019-2021 development of non-indgenous species: McKenzie, C., Behrens, J., Blakeslee, A., Canning-Clode, J., Chainho, P., Copp, G. H., Curd, A., Darling, J., Davison, P., Galil, B., Gislason, S., Gollasch, S., Hegele-Drywa, J., Heibeck, N., Howland, K., Jaspers, C., Jelmert, A., Jensen, K. R., Kakkonen, J., ... Zenetos, A. (2022). Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO). International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). ICES Scientific Report Vol. 4 No. 84 https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.21558855

 

2020: Petersen, J.K. (eds.), Behrens, J., van Deurs, M., Dinesen, G., Jaspers, C., Møller, L.F., Plet-Hansen, K.S. (2020) Contribution to press factor report for the Danish Ministry (Miljøstyrelsen) concerning the impact of non-indigenous species on the Limfjorden ecosystem, with expert judgement for impact assessment of the invasive comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi. Title: Andre presfaktorer end næringsstoffer of klimaforandringer – vudering at to marine invasive arter. Rapport til Miljøstyrelsen. ISBN 978-87-7481-288-3

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2020: Jaspers, C. (2020) Cruise Report AL544 to national and international authorities, 24 pp., doi: 10.3289/CR_AL544.

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Scientific presentations

Invited presentations:

2023:    Key note – invited plenary lecture. Oral (C. Jaspers) 7th International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium (JBS-7), Kochi, Kerala, India, 21-25 November 2023.

2023:    Invited presentation –opening lecture Oral (C. Jaspers) Will global change lead to more gelatinous zooplankton in the future? ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2023, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 4-9 June 2023.

2022:    Key note – invited plenary lecture. Oral (C. Jaspers) Marine ecosystems under change: Do we face a more gelatinous future? ICES annual science meeting (ASC), Dublin, Ireland 19-22. Sept. 2022. https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/ASC22CJaspers.aspx

2022:    Invited presentation. Oral (C. Jaspers) Invasion genomics: How to proceed. Yale University, New Haven, USA, 22.6.2022 via zoom (invited by Prof. C. Dunn)

2020:    Invited presentation. Oral (C. Jaspers) Jelly-fic(a)tion - Will climate change favor a more gelatinous marine food web? Bigelow Laboratory, USA 10.12.2020 by Dr. Nick Record.

2020:    Invited presentation. Oral (C. Jaspers) Do we face a more gelatinous zooplankton community due to global change? Thünen-Institut for Seafisheries, Bremerhaven, Germany 3.3.2020 by Dr. Anne Sell.

 

2019:    Invited presentation. Oral (C. Jaspers) Global change and the future of marine food webs: Do we miss an important link which is considered a sink in our oceans? Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Germany 9.4.2019 by Prof. J.J. Waniek).

 

Presentations at intern. meetings: presenter underlined, *MSc/PhD/postdoc’s the centre has (co)supervised

2023:    ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2023 submitted oral talk (J.M. Pujolar*, C. Jaspers) Hybridization patterns and physiological performance in the invasive comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi along the US Atlantic coast. Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 4-9 June 2023.

2023:    ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2023 submitted oral talk (M. Meffre*C. Jaspers) Effect of oxygen concentration on the clearance rate of Saris tubulosa (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) and Aurelia aurita (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) ephyra and medusae. Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 4-9 June 2023.

2023:    ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2023 submitted oral talk (A. Bhaumik*, S. Spjelkavik*, C.L. Meunier, U. Riebesell, C. Jaspers, M. Boersma) Effect of ocean alkalinity enhancement on zooplankton communities: Two temperate mesocosm studies. Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 4-9 June 2023.

2023:    ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2023 submitted oral talk (M. Couret, A. Bhaumik*, N. Sánchez*, S. Goldenberg, C. Jaspers, U. Riebesell, S. Hernández-León, M. Moyano) Direct and indirect effects of ocean alkalinity enhancement on the physiology of key copepod species. Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 4-9 June 2023.

2023:   ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2023 submitted oral talk (N. Sánchez*, S. Goldenberg, S. Spjelkavik*, C. Jaspers, J. Haussmann, J. Blendl, A. Bhaumik*, M. Couret, U. Riebesell) Food production by a temperate zooplankton community under ocean alkalinity enhancement: A mesocosm study. Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 4-9 June 2023.

2019:   6th Jellyfish blooms symposium. Poster and flash talk (C. Jaspers, B. Huwer, H.-H. Hinrichsen, A. Biastoch) Ocean current modelling: The importance of ocean currents for range expansion of invasive jellyfish and comb jelly species. Cape Town, South Africa 4.-6.11.2019

2019:    71st Annual Conference of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM). Poster (D. Prasse, N. Weiland-Bräuer, C. Jaspers, H. Domin, S. Fraune, C. Bang, M. Rühlemann, A. Franke, H. Fokt, J. Baines, R. A. Schmitz-Streit) Microorganism: Culture and single cell analysis. Göttingen, Germany 25.-27.2.2019