Bernd Sures

12.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
266 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

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Bernd Sures is a scholar working on Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernd Sures has authored 266 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Ecology, 93 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 68 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Bernd Sures's work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (126 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (58 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (56 papers). Bernd Sures is often cited by papers focused on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (126 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (58 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (56 papers). Bernd Sures collaborates with scholars based in Germany, South Africa and Czechia. Bernd Sures's co-authors include Horst Taraschewski, Sonja Zimmermann, Milen Nachev, Roy Siddall, Christian Selbach, Daniel Grabner, Miroslava Soldánová, Alex von Bohlen, Christoph Koch and Torsten C. Schmidt and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Environmental Science & Technology and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Bernd Sures

253 papers receiving 8.4k citations

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Parasite responses to pollution: what we know and where we go in ‘Environmental Parasitology’

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Paradise under threat: the successful invasion of the freshwater shrimp Neocaridina davidi (Bouvier, 1904) and its microsporidian parasiteson La Réunion Island 2025 ·BioInvasions Records ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Bernd Sures, Pierre Valade	0
2	Ecotoxicological data of selected antiviral drugs acting against SARS-CoV-2: Aliivibrio fischeri bioluminescence inhibition, Daphnia magna immobilization, and comparison with in silico predictions 2025 ·Environmental Sciences Europe ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sonja Zimmermann, Torsten C. Schmidt, Martin Jaeger, Bernd Sures	0
3	Exploring hidden parasite diversity during a ParasiteBlitz across a coastal habitat gradient using environmental DNA metabarcoding 2025 ·Journal of Helminthology ·(unknown), (unknown), Stephen D. Atkinson, Simona Georgieva, Bernd Sures, Edward W. Davis, Nikol Kmentová, Maarten P. M. Vanhove, (unknown), Isaure de Buron	0
4	Compound-specific isotope analysis of amino acids for aquatic systems – Problems, challenges, solutions: A review 2024 ·TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry ·(unknown), Maik A. Jochmann, (unknown), Milen Nachev, Bernd Sures, (unknown), Marcel T. J. van der Meer, Torsten C. Schmidt	2
5	Influence of salinity on the thermal tolerance of aquatic organisms 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Bánk Beszteri, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christian K. Feld, Daniel Grabner, Kathrin P. Lampert, (unknown), (unknown), Christian Schürings, (unknown), Ralf B. Schäfer, Bernd Sures, T.T. Yen Le	6
6	Locomotor activity and physiological responses of parasite-infected Gammarus fossarum exposed to the herbicide metazachlor 2024 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Daniel Grabner, Sonja Zimmermann, Anam Asghar, Torsten C. Schmidt, Bernd Sures	0
7	Element contamination of the Orange-Vaal River basin, South Africa: a One Health approach 2024 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Nico J. Smit, Milen Nachev, Bernd Sures, Victor Wepener	2
8	Invisible invaders: range expansion of feral Neocaridina davidi offers new opportunities for generalist intracellular parasites 2024 ·Biological Invasions ·(unknown), Daniel Grabner, (unknown), András Weiperth, (unknown), Boris Lipták, Jamie Bojko, (unknown), Bernd Sures	4
9	Assessment of acute and chronic ecotoxicological effects of aqueous eluates of stone wool insulation materials 2023 ·Environmental Sciences Europe ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christoph Koch, (unknown), (unknown), D.V. Okhrimenko, Mette Solvang, Milen Nachev, Sonja Zimmermann, Torsten C. Schmidt, Bernd Sures	4
10	Environmental parasitology: stressor effects on aquatic parasites 2023 ·Trends in Parasitology ·Bernd Sures, Milen Nachev, (unknown), Daniel Grabner, Christian Selbach	32
11	Comparing Microsporidia-targeting primers for environmental DNA sequencing 2023 ·Parasite ·(unknown), Daniel Grabner, Bernd Sures, Micah Dunthorn	2
12	The use of fish parasitic isopods as element accumulation indicators in marine pollution monitoring 2023 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·(unknown), (unknown), Milen Nachev, (unknown), Bernd Sures, Victor Wepener, Nico J. Smit	1
13	Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of total mercury through the aquatic food webs of an African sub-tropical wetland system 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·D. van Rooyen, (unknown), (unknown), Milen Nachev, Bernd Sures, Victor Wepener, Nico J. Smit	22
14	Parasitism enhances gastropod feeding on invasive and native algae while altering essential energy reserves for organismal homeostasis upon warming 2022 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Daniel Grabner, (unknown), Gil Rilov, (unknown), Tamar Guy‐Haim, Bernd Sures	4
15	The trematode Podocotyle atomon modulates biochemical responses of Gammarus locusta to thermal stress but not its feeding rate or survival 2022 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), Daniel Grabner, (unknown), (unknown), Martin Wahl, Bernd Sures	2
16	High element concentrations are not always equivalent to a stressful environment: differential responses of parasite taxa to natural and anthropogenic stressors 2022 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·(unknown), Victor Wepener, Sonja Zimmermann, Milen Nachev, Kerry A. Hadfield, Nico J. Smit, Bernd Sures	2
17	Laboratory and field studies on the use of artificial mussels as a monitoring tool of platinum exposure in the freshwater environment 2021 ·Environmental Sciences Europe ·(unknown), Sonja Zimmermann, Nico J. Smit, (unknown), Milen Nachev, Bernd Sures, Victor Wepener	5
18	Bridging the gap: aquatic parasites in the One Health concept 2021 ·Trends in Parasitology ·Christian Selbach, Kim N. Mouritsen, Robert Poulin, Bernd Sures, Nico J. Smit	17
19	The role of fish helminth parasites in monitoring metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems: a case study in the world’s most productive platinum mining region 2020 ·Parasitology Research ·(unknown), Victor Wepener, Milen Nachev, Sonja Zimmermann, Wynand Malherbe, Bernd Sures, Nico J. Smit	25
20	First record of Labeo capensis (Smith, 1841) in the Crocodile River (West) system: another successful non-native freshwater fish introduction in South Africa 2019 ·African Journal of Aquatic Science ·(unknown), Wynand Malherbe, Ruan Gerber, Olaf L. F. Weyl, Bernd Sures, Victor Wepener, Nico J. Smit	4

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