Florian Leese

University of Duisburg-Essen — Germany

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

57h-index12.7kcitations361works4.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies(218), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(129), Protist diversity and phylogeny(75), Identification and Quantification in Food(74), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior(48)

Publications359 total

Multiple stressors in river networks: local and downstream effects on freshwater macroinvertebrates
Ecography·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Fish predation cues induce drifting and emergence in an experimental stream mesocosm system
Limnology and Oceanography·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Brief Communication: Investigating the invisible subsurface stormflow process through a thorough and systematic study across sites and scales
2025Open Access
Globally unified analysis of riverine eDNA reveals common associations of fish biodiversity with drainage characteristics
2025Open Access
Integrated reanalysis of global riverine fish eDNA datasets shows robustness and congruence of biodiversity conclusions
2025· 2 cited
Comparison of three strategies for local bioassessments in streams using environmental DNA and RNA metabarcoding of macroinvertebrates
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Environmental DNA metabarcoding of invertebrate-incubated water supports WFD-compliant and animal-friendly bioassessment with added trait insights
2025Open Access
Comparative Analysis of De Novo Assemblers and Quantification Software for RNA-sequencing Data in Non-Model Arthropods
2025Open Access
Hypothesis‐Driven Research on Multiple Stressors: An Analytical Framework for Stressor Interactions
Ecology and Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Omics to Study and Manage Aquatic Environments: A Snapshot From the <scp>A</scp>qua<scp>E</scp>c<scp>O</scp>mics Meeting (Evian‐les‐Bains, 2025)
Molecular Ecology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Sources of uncertainty in <scp>DNA</scp> metabarcoding of whole communities: Implications for its use in biomonitoring
Methods in Ecology and Evolution·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Optimizing Environmental <scp>DNA</scp> Metabarcoding of Archived Suspended Particulate Matter for River Biodiversity Monitoring
Environmental DNA·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
The impact of predator exposure and anthropogenic stressors on insect emergence in stream ecosystems
Global Ecology and Conservation·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
AquaMonitor: A multimodal multi-view image sequence dataset for real-life aquatic invertebrate biodiversity monitoring
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Complex compositional and metabolic response of river sediment microbiomes to multiple anthropogenic stressors
ISME Communications·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Capture—Incubate—Release: An Animal‐Friendly Approach to Assess Local Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Species Diversity Through Environmental <scp>DNA</scp> Metabarcoding
Environmental DNA·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Utilizing aquatic environmental DNA to address global biodiversity targets
Nature Reviews Biodiversity·2025· 35 citedOpen Access
Hypothesis-Driven Research on Multiple Stressors: An Analytical Framework for Stressor Interactions
2025Open Access
Author response for "Sources of uncertainty in DNA metabarcoding of whole communities: Implications for its use in biomonitoring"
2025
Population Genomics Reveals Small‐Scale Metapopulation Structure of Two Strictly Aquatic Keystone Species in a Recently Restored Urban River System (Emscher, Germany)
Ecology and Evolution·2025Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Vasco Elbrecht(19), Agnès Bouchez(9), Jan Pawłowski(8), Alexander Weigand(7), Kristian Meissner(7), Jeremy J. Piggott(6), Jan‐Niklas Macher(6), Daniel Hering(6), Florian Altermatt(5), Ángel Borja(5), Arne J. Beermann(5), Kat Bruce(5), Ralph Tollrian(5), Tristan Cordier(4), J. Iwan Jones(4), Markéta Ságová‐Marečková(4), Maria Kahlert(4), Fedor Čiampor(4), Filipe O. Costa(4), Sofia Duarte(4)