Sonja's Publications
Prokopowicz A., Rueckert S., Leander B.S., Michaud J., Fortier L. (in review) Parasitic infection of the hyperiid amphipod Themisto libellula (Lichtenstein, 1822) in the Canadian Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean), with a description of Ganymedes themistos sp. n. (Apicomplexa, Eugregarinorida). Polar Biology.
Klimpel S., Heukelbach J., Pothmann D., Rueckert S. (in review) Comprehensive study on gastrointestinal helminths and ectoparasites isolated from stray dogs in Fortaleza (Brazil).
Palm H.W., Kleinertz S., Rueckert S. (in prep.) Fish parasites monitor environmental change in tropical grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) mariculture in Indonesia.
Palm H.W., Kleinertz S., Muawanah, Sudjiharno, Rueckert S. (in prep.) Fish parasites from cultivated Epinephelus fuscoguttatus in Lampung Bay, Indonesia. Journal of Aquaculture
Rueckert S., Simdyanov T.G., Aleshin V.V., Leander B.S. (in prep.) A new SSU rDNA clade of intestinal gregarine parasites infecting crustaceans (Metazoa, Arthropoda), including a description of Thiriotia pugettia n. sp. (Apicomplexa, Gregarinia). PLoS ONE.
2010
Rueckert S. & Leander B.S. (in press) Description of Trichotokara nothriae n. gen. et sp. (Apicomplexa, Lecudinidae) – an intestinal gregarine of Nothria conchylega (Polychaeta, Onuphidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology.
Rueckert S., Palm H.W., Klimpel S. (in press) Parasites of cultured and wild brown-marbled grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) in Lampung Bay, Indonesia. Aquaculture Research.
Rueckert S., Chantangsi C., Leander B.S. (in press) Molecular systematics of five marine gregarines (Apicomplexa) - Nemertenastes n. gen. spp. and Lecudina spp. - from North-eastern Pacific polychaetes and nemerteans. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
2009
Rueckert S. & Leander B.S. (2009) Phylogenetic position and description of Rhytidocystis cyamus sp. n. (Apicomplexa, Rhytidocystidae): A novel intestinal parasite of the North-eastern Pacific 'stink worm' (Polychaeta, Opheliidae, Travisia pupa). Marine Biodiversity 39: 227-234.
Rueckert S., Palm H.W., Hagen W., Yuniar A.T. (2009) Metazoan fish parasites of Segara Anakan Lagoon, Indonesia, and their potential use as biological indicators. Regional Environmental Change 9: 315-328.
Rueckert S. & Leander B.S. (2009) Molecular phylogeny and surface morphology of marine "archigregarines" (Apicomplexa) - Selenidium spp., Filipodium phascolosomae n. sp. and Platyproteum n. gen. et comb. - from North-eastern Pacific peanut worms (Sipuncula). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 56(5): 428-439.
Palm H.W. & Rueckert S. (2009) A new approach to visualize ecosystem health by using parasites. Parasitology Research 105(2): 539-553.
Rueckert S., Klimpel S., Al-Quraishy S., Mehlhorn H., Palm H.W. (2009) Transmission of fish parasites into grouper mariculture (Serranidae: Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)) in Lampung Bay, Indonesia. Parasitology Research 104(3): 523-532.
2008
Rueckert S. & Leander B.S. (2008) Morphology and phylogenetic position of two novel marine gregarines (Apicomplexa, Eugregarinorida) from the intestines of North-eastern Pacific ascidians. Zoologica Scripta 37: 637-645.
Rueckert S. & Leander B.S. (2008) Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Haplozoon praxillellae n. sp. (Dinoflagellata): A novel intestinal parasite of the maldanid polychaete Praxillella pacifica Berkeley. European Journal of Protistology 44: 299-307.
Rueckert S., Klimpel S., Palm H.W. (2008) Parasite fauna of seabass (Lates calcarifer) under mariculture conditions in Lampung Bay, Indonesia. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 24(3): 321-327.
2007
Klimpel S., Kleinertz S., Hanel R., Rueckert S. (2007) Genetic variability in Hysterothylacium aduncum, a raphidascarid nematode isolated from sprat (Sprattus sprattus) of different geographical areas of the northeastern Atlantic. Parasitology Research 101(5): 1425-1430.
Rueckert S., Klimpel S., Palm H.W. (2007) Parasite fauna of bream Abramis brama and roach Rutilus rutilus from a man-made waterway and a freshwater habitat in northern Germany. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 74: 225-233.
2006
Klimpel S., Rueckert S., Piatkowski U., Palm H.W., Hanel R. (2006) Diet and metazoan parasites of silver scabbard fish, Lepidopus caudatus, from the Great Meteor Seamount (North Atlantic). Marine Ecology Progress Series 315: 249-257.
Klimpel S., Palm H.W., Busch M.W., Kellermanns E., Rueckert S. (2006) Fish parasites in the Arctic deep-sea: Poor diversity in pelagic fish species vs. heavy parasite load in a demersal fish. Deep-Sea Research Part I 53: 1167-1181.
2005
Klimpel S. & Rueckert S. (2005) Life cycle strategy of Hysterothylacium aduncum to become the most abundant anisakid fish nematode in the North Sea. Parasitology Research 97: 340–343.
2004
Klimpel S., Palm H.W., Rueckert S., Piatkowski U. (2004) The life cycle of Anisakis simplex in the Norwegian Deep (northern North Sea). Parasitology Research 94(1): 1-9.
2002
Thorsten W., Palm H.W., Piepiorka S., Rueckert, S. (2002) Parasites of the Antarctic rattail Macrourus whitsoni (Regan, 1913) (Macrouridae, Gadiformes). Polar Biology 25: 633-640.
Proceedings
Rueckert S. & Palm H.W. (2007) Parasites as bioindicators for a risk classification system around and within Indonesian grouper mariculture. In: Yuwono E., Jennerjahn T., Sastranegara M.H., Sukardi P. (Eds.) Synopsis of ecological and socio-economic aspects of tropical coastal ecosystem with special reference to Segara Anakan. Proceedings of the Indonesian-German Bilateral Workshop on SPICE Phase I: Ecological and social aspects of Segara Anakan Cilacap, 26th-27th March, Purwokerto, Indonesia pp. 44-49.
Invited Talks
Rueckert S. (2010) Biodiversity of marine invertebrates: Protozoan and metazoan parasites. Seminar series 'Advanced Marine Biology', 26th January 2010, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Rueckert S. (2008) Gregarines (The emerging tree of gregarine apicomplexans). CIFAR-Tula Foundation, Tree of Life (Protists) Workshop, 19-20 July 2008, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Talks
Rueckert S. (2009) Gregarines (Apicomplexa) parasitic in marine invertebrates from the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada. ICOP 2009, XIII International Congress of Protistology, 23d to 28th August 2009, Armação dos Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rueckert S. (2009) Comparative morphology and molecular phylogeny of marine gregarines. Centre for Plant Research (CPR) Meeting, 3d April 2009, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Rueckert S. & Leander B.S. (2008) Comparative morphology and molecular phylogeny of marine gregarines. PROTIST 2008, International Society of Protistologists (ISOP), 59th annual meeting, International Society for Evolutionary Protistology, 17th meeting (ISEP XVII), 21-26 July 2008, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Rueckert S. (2008) The evolution of parasitism in marine alveolates. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) IMB General Program Meeting: Integrated Microbial Diversity, 6th-9th May, Lac Carling, Quebec, Canada.
Rueckert S. & Palm H.W. (2007) A bioindicator approach for a risk classification system around and within Indonesian grouper mariculture. Indonesian-German Bilateral Workshop on SPICE Phase I: Ecological and Social Aspects of Segara Anakan Cilacap, 26th-27th March, Purwokerto, Indonesia.
Rueckert S. & Palm H.W. (2006) SPICE Cluster 2, Subproject 2.2: Ectoparasites as biological indicators for the environmental conditions within and around Indonesian mariculture facilities. Science for the Protection of Indonesian Coastal Ecosystems (SPICE). Program Workshop: Focus on Cluster 2, 23d January, Purwokerto, Indonesia.
Palm H.W. & Rueckert S. (2006) Fish parasites as biological indicators within and around Indonesian grouper mariculture. SPICE/LOICZ/ATSEF/SEACORM (SLAS) Southeast Asia Coastal Governance and Management Forum: Science Meets Policy for Coastal Management and Capacity Building, 14th-16th November, Bali, Indonesia.
Rueckert S. (2001) Parasitenfauna von Brassen (Abramis brama) und Rotauge (Rutilus rutilus) aus Süß- und Brackwasserhabitaten. XVII. Ichthyoparasitologisches Symposium 14th-16th June, Biologische Station Boiensdorf, Germany.
Posters
Rueckert S. & Leander B.S. (2009) Phylogenetic position and description of Rhytidocystis cyamus sp. n. (Apicomplexa, Rhytidocystidae): A novel intestinal parasite of the North-eastern Pacific 'stink worm' (Polychaeta, Opheliidae, Travisia pupa). ICOP 2009, XIII International Congress of Protistology, 23d to 28th August 2009, Armação dos Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rueckert S. & Palm H.W. (2006) Possible transmission pathways of parasites into Indonesian grouper mariculture. SPICE/LOICZ/ATSEF/SEACORM (SLAS) Southeast Asia Coastal Governance and Management Forum: Science Meets Policy for Coastal Management and Capacity Building,14th-16th November, Bali, Indonesia.
Walter T., Palm H.W., Rueckert S., Piepiorka S. (1999) Parasites of the rattail Macrourus whitsoni (Regan, 1913) (Gadiformes, Macrouridae) in the Antarctic Ocean. EASIZ Symposium & Workshop, 22nd-25th June, Alfred-Wegener Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany.
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