Since November 2018, PD Dr. Patrick Fink has been the Group leader in Department of River Ecology at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Magdeburg, Germany. For more information, visit his website or follow him on ResearchGate and Twitter.
Recent publications:
Equal relevance of omega‐3 and omega‐6 polyunsaturated fatty acids for the fitness of Daphnia spp.
M. Ilić, C. Werner and P. Fink (2019) in Limnology and Oceanography
doi: 10.1002/lno.11201
Monitoring a loss: Detection of the semi-aquatic crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) in inaccessible habitats via environmental DNA
T. Reinhardt, M. van Schingen, H. S. Windisch, T. Q. Nguyen, T. Ziegler and P. Fink (2019) in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
doi: 10.1111/fwb.13192
High nutrient availability leads to weaker top‐down control of stream periphyton: Compensatory feeding in Ancylus fluviatilis
A. Iannino, A. T. L. Vosshage, M. Weitere and P. Fink (2018) in Freshwater Biology
doi: 10.1111/fwb.13192
Global warming: testing for direct and indirect effects of temperature at the interface of primary producers and herbivores is required
E. von Elert and P. Fink (2018) in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00087
The essential omega-3 fatty acid EPA affects expression of genes involved in the metabolism of omega-6 derived eicosanoids in Daphnia magna
P. Fink and H. S. Windisch (2018) in Hydrobiologia
doi: 10.1007/s10750-018-3675-z
Cast away: Drift as the main determinant for larval survival in western fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) in headwater streams
T. Reinhardt, L. Baldauf, M. Ilić and P. Fink (2018) in Journal of Zoology
doi: 10.1111/jzo.12581
Microbial community composition and trophic role along a marked salinity gradient in Laguna Piular, Salar de Atacama, Chile
C. Dorador, P. Fink, M. Hengst, G. Icaza, A. Villalobos, D. Vejar, D. Meneses, V. Zadjelovic, L. Burmann, J. Moelzner and C. Harrod (2018) in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
doi: 10.1007/s10482-018-1091-z
The molecular basis of essential fatty acid limitation in Daphnia magna - a transcriptomic approach
H. S. Windisch and P. Fink (2018) in Molecular Ecology
doi: 10.1111/mec.14498
Habilitation (venia legendi) in Zoology, 2015
University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), 2005
University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Diploma (MSc equivalent) in Biology, 2001
University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Pre-Diploma (BSc equivalent) in Biology, 1998
University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany