Dr. Sven Rohde

Dr. Sven Rohde

Research interests

My research focuses on species interactions, how these relationships shape ecological communities and are often affected by environmental conditions or anthropogenic impacts. I have specialized in marine benthic communities in both tropical and temperate systems. My studies place special emphasis on:

  • Feeding defenses in times of global change: How environmental variability affect the production of chemical metabolites in marine organisms.
  • The impact of invasive species: Negative and positive effects of invasive species on the chemical, physiological and ecological performance of native species. 
  • Allelopathy in marine macroalgae and invertebrates: Allelopathic and other chemical ecological interactions enable species to compete for resources and to maintain and disperse their populations. Special focus is on the analysis of chemical interactions that introduced species use to successfully invade new habitats.
  • Benthic monitoring methods on temperate and tropical reefs 

CV

  • Since 2010    Researcher. Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, ICBM.
  • 2008 – 2010    PostDoc. University of Guam, USA. ‘Defense strategies of tropical sponges’.
  • 2007 –2008    Researcher. IFM-GEOMAR. Kiel. ‘Defense mechanisms and depth distribution of maroalgae from the Baltic’.
  • 2004 – 2007    PhD, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, (IFM-GEOMAR). Kiel. ‘Defense induction in marine macroalgae: Its prevalence, capabilities and limitations’
  • 2003 – 2004    Researcher, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR). Kiel. ‘Macroalgal monitoring in the Baltic Sea’.
  • 1996-2003    Diploma (approx. equiv. M.Sc.) Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University (CAU) and Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research. Kiel. ‘Chemical defenses of macrophytes from the Baltic sea’. 

References

Curdt, F., Schupp, P. J., & Rohde, S. (2022). Light Availability Affects the Symbiosis of Sponge Specific Cyanobacteria and the Common Blue Aquarium Sponge (Lendenfeldia chondrodes). Animals, 12(10), Article 1283. doi.org/10.3390/ani12101283

Reverter, M., Helber, S. B., Rohde, S., de Goeij, J. M., & Schupp, P. J. (2022). Coral reef benthic community changes in the Anthropocene: Biogeographic heterogeneity, overlooked configurations, and methodology. Global Change Biology, 28(6), 1956-1971. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16034

Yong, J., Moick, M., Dewenter, J., Hillebrand, H., Kroncke, I., Lohmus, K., Pieck, D., Rohde, S., & Moorthi, S. (2022). Spatial and temporal patterns of microphytobenthos communities along the marine-terrestrial boundary in the German Wadden Sea. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, Article 956092. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.956092

Faisal, M. R., Kellermann, M. Y., Rohde, S., Putra, M. Y., Murniasih, T., Risdian, C., Mohr, K. I., Wink, J., Praditya, D. F., Steinmann, E., Koeck, M., & Schupp, P. J. (2021). Ecological and Pharmacological Activities of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) from the Indonesian Marine Sponge Lamellodysidea herbacea. Marine Drugs, 19(11), Article 611. doi.org/10.3390/md19110611

Reverter, M., Jackson, M., Rohde, S., Moeller, M., Bara, R., Lasut, M. T., Reinach, M. S., & Schupp, P. J. (2021). High taxonomic resolution surveys and trait-based analyses reveal multiple benthic regimes in North Sulawesi (Indonesia). Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 16554. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95905-8

Kamyab, E., Goebeler, N., Kellermann, M. Y., Rohde, S., Reverter, M., Striebel, M., & Schupp, P. J. (2020). Anti-Fouling Effects of Saponin-Containing Crude Extracts from Tropical Indo-Pacific Sea Cucumbers. Marine Drugs, 18(4), Article 181. doi.org/10.3390/md18040181

Kamyab, E., Kellermann, M., Rohde, S., Steinmann, E., Kock, M., Mohr, K., & Schupp, P. J. (2020). Comparative Studies of the Two Sea Cucumber Genera Bohadschia and Actinopyga: Biological Activities and Structural-Activity Differences. Marine Drugs, 18(1). <Go to ISI>://WOS:000513184600120

Kamyab, E., Rohde, S., Kellermann, M. Y., & Schupp, P. J. (2020). Chemical Defense Mechanisms and Ecological Implications of Indo-Pacific Holothurians. Molecules, 25(20), Article 4808. doi.org/10.3390/molecules25204808

Reverter, M., Rohde, S., Parchemin, C., Tapissier-Bontemps, N., & Schupp, P. J. (2020). Metabolomics and Marine Biotechnology: Coupling Metabolite Profiling and Organism Biology for the Discovery of New Compounds. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, Article 613471. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.613471

Helber, S. B., Steinert, G., Wu, Y. C., Rohde, S., Hentschel, U., Muhando, C. A., & Schupp, P. J. (2019). Sponges from Zanzibar host diverse prokaryotic communities with potential for natural product synthesis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95(4), Article fiz026. doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz026

Lange, G., Schmitt, J. A., Kroncke, I., Moorthi, S. D., Rohde, S., Scheu, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2019). The role of invasive marine plants for macrofauna nutrition in the Wadden Sea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 512, 1-11. doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2018.12.005

Helber, S. B., Hoeijmakers, D. J. J., Muhando, C. A., Rohde, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2018). Sponge chemical defenses are a possible mechanism for increasing sponge abundance on reefs in Zanzibar. PloS One, 13(6), Article e097617. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197617

Bogdanov, A., Hertzer, C., Kehraus, S., Nietzer, S., Rohde, S., Schupp, P. J., Wagele, H., & Konig, G. M. (2017). Secondary metabolome and its defensive role in the aeolidoidean Phyllodesmium longicirrum, (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia). Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 13, 502-519. doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.13.50

Helber, S. B., de Voogd, N. J., Muhando, C. A., Rohde, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2017). Anti-predatory effects of organic extracts of 10 common reef sponges from Zanzibar. Hydrobiologia, 790(1), 247-258. doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-3036-8

Rohde, S., Schupp, P. J., Markert, A., & Wehrmann, A. (2017). Only half of the truth: Managing invasive alien species by rapid assessment. Ocean & Coastal Management, 146, 26-35. doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.05.013

Schwartz, N., Dobretsov, S., Rohde, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2017). Comparison of antifouling properties of native and invasive Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) species. European Journal of Phycology, 52(1), 116-131. doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2016.1231345

Schwartz, N., Rohde, S., Dobretsov, S., Hiromori, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2017). The role of chemical antifouling defence in the invasion success of Sargassum muticum: A comparison of native and invasive brown algae. PloS One, 12(12), Article e0189761. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189761

Steinert, G., Rohde, S., Janussen, D., Blaurock, C., & Schupp, P. J. (2017). Host-specific assembly of sponge-associated prokaryotes at high taxonomic ranks. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 2542. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02656-6

Bogdanov, A., Hertzer, C., Kehraus, S., Nietzer, S., Rohde, S., Schupp, P. J., Wagele, H., & Konig, G. M. (2016). Defensive Diterpene from the Aeolidoidean Phyllodesmium longicirrum. Journal of Natural Products, 79(3), 611-615. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00860

Markert, A., Matsuyama, K., Rohde, S., Schupp, P., & Wehrmann, A. (2016). First record of the non-native Pacific bryozoan Smittoidea prolifica Osburn, 1952 at the German North Sea coast. Marine Biodiversity, 46(3), 717-723. doi.org/10.1007/s12526-015-0415-8

Schwartz, N., Rohde, S., Hiromori, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2016). Understanding the invasion success of Sargassum muticum: herbivore preferences for native and invasive Sargassum spp. Marine Biology, 163(9), Article 181. doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2953-4

Rohde, S., Nietzer, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2015). Prevalence and Mechanisms of Dynamic Chemical Defenses in Tropical Sponges. PloS One, 10(7), Article e0132236. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132236

Rohde, S., Gochfeld, D. J., Ankisetty, S., Avula, B., Schupp, P. J., & Slattery, M. (2012). Spatial Variability in Secondary Metabolites of the Indo-Pacific Sponge Stylissa massa. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38(5), 463-475. doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0124-8

Rohde, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2012). Growth and regeneration of the elephant ear sponge Ianthella basta (Porifera). Hydrobiologia, 687(1), 219-226. doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0774-5

Wright, A. D., Schupp, P. J., Schror, J. P., Engemann, A., Rohde, S., Kelman, D., de Voogd, N. J., Carroll, A., & Motti, C. A. (2012). Twilight Zone Sponges from Guam Yield Theonellin Isocyanate and Psammaplysins I and J. Journal of Natural Products, 75(3), 502-506. doi.org/10.1021/np200939d

Rohde, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2011). Allocation of chemical and structural defenses in the sponge Melophlus sarasinorum. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 399(1), 76-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.012

Wahl, M., Jormalainen, V., Eriksson, B. K., Coyer, J. A., Molis, M., Schubert, H., Dethier, M., Karez, R., Kruse, I., Lenz, M., Pearson, G., Rohde, S., Wikstrom, S. A., & Olsen, J. L. (2011). STRESS ECOLOGY IN FUCUS: ABIOTIC, BIOTIC AND GENETIC INTERACTIONS. In M. Lesser (Ed.), Advances in Marine Biology, Vol 59 (Vol. 59, pp. 37-105). doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-385536-7.00002-9

Weinberger, F., Rohde, S., Oschmann, Y., Shahnaz, L., Dobretsov, S., & Wahl, M. (2011). Effects of limitation stress and of disruptive stress on induced antigrazing defense in the bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 427, 83-94. doi.org/10.3354/meps09044

Yun, H. Y., Rohde, S., Linnane, K., Wahl, M., & Molis, M. (2010). Seaweed-mediated indirect interaction between two species of meso-herbivores. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 408, 47-53. doi.org/10.3354/meps08561

Schupp, P. J., Kohlert-Schupp, C., Whitefield, S., Engemann, A., Rohde, S., Hemscheidt, T., Pezzuto, J. M., Kondratyuk, T. P., Park, E. J., Marler, L., Rostama, B., & Wright, A. D. (2009). Cancer Chemopreventive and Anticancer Evaluation of Extracts and Fractions from Marine Macro- and Micro-organisms Collected from Twilight Zone Waters Around Guam. Natural Product Communications, 4(12), 1717-1728. <Go to ISI>://WOS:000272754100025

Pawlik, J. R., Henkel, T. P., McMurray, S. E., Lopez-Legentil, S., Loh, T. L., & Rohde, S. (2008). Patterns of sponge recruitment and growth on a shipwreck corroborate chemical defense resource trade-off. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 368, 137-143. doi.org/10.3354/meps07615

Rohde, S., Hiebenthal, C., Wahl, M., Karez, R., & Bischof, K. (2008). Decreased depth distribution of Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) in the Western Baltic: effects of light deficiency and epibionts on growth and photosynthesis. European Journal of Phycology, 43(2), 143-150. doi.org/10.1080/09670260801901018

Rohde, S., & Wahl, M. (2008a). Temporal dynamics of induced resistance in a marine macroalga: Time lag of induction and reduction in Fucus vesiculosus. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 367(2), 227-229. doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2008.10.003

Rohde, S., & Wahl, M. (2008b). Antifeeding defense in baltic macroalgae: Induction by direct grazing versus waterborne cues. Journal of Phycology, 44(1), 85-90. doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00451.x

Rohde, S., Molis, M., & Wahl, M. (2004). Regulation of anti-herbivore defence by Fucus vesiculosus in response to various cues. Journal of Ecology, 92(6), 1011-1018. doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00936.x

Technische Berichte

  • Ausbringung von Hartsubstrat als Ausgleichsmaßnahme im marinen Bereich.
    Abschlussbericht für das Landesamt für Natur und Umwelt (LANU) SH. 2004.
  • Ausbringung von Hartsubstrat als Ausgleichsmaßnahme im marinen Bereich II (Projekt LASH plus). Landesamt für Natur und Umwelt (LANU) SH. 2006.
  • Tiefenverbreitung von Makroalgen der Ostsee (Projekt LASHplus Analyse). Landesamt für Natur und Umwelt (LANU)SH. 2007.
  • Abhängigkeit der Algenansiedlung von abiotischen Faktoren in der Ostsee.
    (Projekt Algenbewertung-Winter). Landesamt für Natur und Umwelt (LANU) SH. 2008.
  • Coral Reef Monitoring: Kilo Wharf Extension, Apra Harbor, Guam. 2010. T. Schils, P. Schupp, L. Raymundo,  A. Halford, C. Caballes, A. Devillers, and S. Rohde.
  • Ecological processes that allow the establishment of the invasive brown alga Sargassum muticum in the North Sea. Landesamt für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume des Landes Schleswig-Holstein (LLUR). 2012.
  • Neobiota-Basislinie in niedersächsischen Küstengewässern. 2015. Rohde, S., A. Markert, P. Schupp, A. Wehrmann. Bericht erstellt im Auftrag des NLWKN und NLPV.
  • Aquatische Optische Technologien in Deutschland. Schulz, J.,…, Rohde, S. et al. 2015. Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte. Vol. 97. Warnemünde.

Dr. Sven Rohde

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