Beratung, Forschung und Entwicklung in der Biostatistik mit Schwerpunkt Statistischer Ökologie

Ausgewählte Referenzen und Publikationen

REINHARDT A, MERCKER M, SABEL M, HENNINGSEN K, BERNSHAUSEN F (2025)

Bird collisions with an unmarked extra-high voltage transmission line in an average riverine landscape: an appleal to take a closer look. Birds 6(1) 13 (link).

MERCKER M, BLEW, J (2025)

Vogelschutz und Mathematik: Neues Werkzeug zur Prognose von Kollisionen an Windkraftanlagen, Der Falke 3/2025 (link).

WEEVERS S*, FALCONER A*, MERCKER M*, SADEGHI H, FERENC J, OTT A, OELZ D, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA, TSIAIRIS C (2024)

Mechanochemical patterning localizes the organizer of a luminal epithelium, Preprint, BioRxiv (link). * authors contributed equally to this work

GARTHE S, SCHWEMMER H, MERCKER M, DIERSCHKE V, MARKONES N, PESCHKO V, SCHWEMMER P, KRAUSE J (2024)

Wind farms in proximity to marine protected areas put conservation targets at risk. Journal for Nature Conservation, 84, 126805 (link).

STEICHELE M, SAUERMANN L, PAN Q, MONEER J, DE LA PORTE A, HESS M, MERCKER M, STRUBE C, FLASWINKEL H, JENEWEIN M, BÖTTGER A (2024)

Notch-signaling is required for mediating between two pattern forming processes during head regeneration in Hydra polyps. Life Science Alliance (link).

MERCKER M, PESCHKO V, BORKENHAGEN K, MARKONES N, SCHWEMMER H, DIERSCHKE V, GARTHE S (2024)

Loss or redistribution? A better way of estimating regional changes in animal distribution and numbers caused by increased human activities. Preprint, bioRxiv (link).

MERCKER M, MÜLLER M, WERNER T, HENNICKE J (2024)

Identification of key habitats of bowhead and blue whales in the OSPAR area of the North-East Atlantic - a modelling approach towards effective conservation. Journal of Marince Science and Engineering, accepted.

MEKUN und LfU (2024)

Fachkonventionsvorschlag "Prüfrahmen für Antikollisionssysteme" (Prüfrahmen AKS). Vollzugshilfe für die Bewertung als fachlich anerkannte Schutzmaßnahme. Ministerium für Energiewende, Klimaschutz, Umwelt und Natur des Landes Schleswig-Holstein (MEKUN) und Landesamt für Umwelt (LfU). Unter Beratung/Mitarbeit von u. a. Bionum/Moritz Mercker (link).

MERCKER M, RAAB R, LIEDTKE J, LIESENJOHANN T, BLEW J (2024)

Fortsetzungsstudie Probabilistik - Das „Raumnutzungs-Kollisionsrisikomodell“ („RKR-Modell“): Berechnungsvorschrift und Eingangs- und Validierungsdaten. Im Auftrag des Bundesamts für Naturschutz (link).

MERCKER M, RAAB R, LIEDTKE J, LIESENJOHANN T, BLEW J (2024)

Fortsetzungsstudie Probabilistik - Das „Raumnutzungs-Kollisionsrisikomodell“ („RKR-Modell“): Fachliche Ausgestaltung einer probabilistischen Berechnungsmethode zur Ermittlung des Kollisionsrisikos von Vögeln an Windenergieanlagen in Genehmigungsverfahren mit Fokus Rotmilan. Im Auftrag des Bundesamts für Naturschutz (link).

DIERSCHKE V, BORKENHAGEN K, ENNERS L, GARTHE S, MERCKER M, PESCHKO V, SCHWEMMER H, MARKONES N (2024)

Sensitivität von Seevögeln gegenüber Offshore-Windparks in der deutschen Nordsee im Hinblick auf Lebensraumverluste durch Meidung. Die Vogelwelt (142): 59-74.

PAN Q, MERCKER M, KLIMOVICH A, WITTLIEB J, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A, BÖTTGER A (2024)

Genetic interference with HvNotch provides new insights into the role of the Notch-signalling pathway for developmental pattern formation in Hydra. Nature: Scientific Reports (link)

MERCKER M, TURSCH A,VEERMAN F, KAZARNIKOV A, LENGFELD T, HÖGER S, ÖZBEK S, HOLSTEIN T, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A (2024)

Two separate but interconnected pattern formation systems are required to control body-axis and head-organiser formation in Hydra. BioRxiv (link)

PESCHKO V, SCHWEMMER H, MERCKER M, MARKONES N, BORKENHAGEN K, GARTHE S (2024)

Cumulative effects of offshore wind farms on common guillemots (Uria aalge) in the southern North Sea - climate versus biodiversity? Biodiversity and Conservation, (link)

WILKEN D, MERCKER M, FISCHER P, VÖTT A, ERKUL E, CORRADINI E, PICKARTZ N (2024)

Artificial bee colony algorithm with adaptive parameter space dimension: a promising tool for geophysical eletromagnetic induction inversion. Remote Sensing, 16, 470, (link)

DONNEZ M,SCHWEMMER P, FORT J, GARTHE S, BOSCHERT M, DÜTTMANN H, ELTS J, FARTMANN T, FIEDLER W, FRANKS S, JIGUET F, KÄMPFER S, KORNILUK M, KRUCKENBERG H, KRUPINSKI D, MARJA R, MERCKER M, OBLOZA P, OTTENS JH, PIHA M, ROBIN F, ROSSEAU P, RUPPRECHT V, BOCHER P (2023)

Small space but high diversity: spatial and temporal habitat use by endangered Eurasian curlew at wintering sites throughout Europe - Wetlands 43: 80 (link)

MERCKER M (2023)

Mathematik, Modelle und Muster - das Rätsel um die Entstehung biologischer Formen. Öffentlicher Vortrag der Vortragsreihe "Akademische Mittagspause 2023" der Universität Heidelberg (YouTube Link)

SCHWEMMER P, PEDERSON R, HAECKER K, BOCHER P, FORT J, MERCKER M, JIGUET F, ELTS F, MARJA R, PIHA M, ROUSSEAU P, GARTHE S (2023)

Assessing potential conflicts between offshore wind farms and migration patterns of a threatened shorebird species - Animal conservation, doi:10.1111/acv.12817 (link)

SCHWEMMER P, MERCKER M, HAECKER K, KRUCKENBERG H, KÄMPFER S, BOCHER P, FORT J, JIGUET F, FRANKS S, ELTS J, MARJA R, PIHA M, ROUSSEAU P, PEDERSON R, DÜTTMANN H, FARTMANN T, GARTHE S (2023)

Behavioral responses to offshore windfarms during migration of a declining shorebird species revealed by GPS-telemetry - Journal of Environmental Management, 342, 118131 (link)

MERCKER M, LIEDTKE J, LIESENJOHANN T, BLEW J (2023)

"Erprobung Probabilistik": Erprobung probabilistischer Methoden hinsichtlich ihrer fachlichen Voraussetzungen mit dem Ziel der Validierung der Methode zur Ermittlung des vorhabenbezogenen Tötungsrisikos von kollisionsgefährdeten Brutvogelarten an Windenergieanlagen. Pilotstudie im Auftrag des Hessischen Ministeriums für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (HMUKLV) (link)

GARTHE S, SCHWEMMER H, PESCHKO V, MARKONES N, MÜLLER S, SCHWEMMER P, MERCKER M (2023)

Large-scale effects of offshore wind farms on seabirds of high conservation concern, Scientific Reports - Nature, 13: 4779 (link)

DIERSCHKE J, DIERSCHKE V, MERCKER M (2023)

Brutbestandsentwicklung von See- und Küstenvögeln auf Helgoland, Die Vogelwelt 141: 3-22

GARG N, ŠTIBLER UK, EISMANN B, MERCKER M, BERGHEIM GB, LINN A, TUCHSCHERER P, ENGEL U, REDL S, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A, HOLSTEIN TW, HESS MW, ÖZBEK S (2023)

Non-muscle myosin II drives critical steps of nematocyst morphogenesis, iScience (link)

DIERSCHKE V, MARKONES N, MERCKER M (2023)

OSPAR's quality statuts report 2023: marine bird abundance - non-breeding offshore birds pilot assessment

DIERSCHKE V, MERCKER M (2023)

OSPAR's quality statuts report 2023: marine bird habitat quality assessment pilot assessment of marine bird habitat quality

SCHWEMMER P, PEDERSON R, KAECKER K, FORT J, MERCKER M, JIGUET F, ELTS J, MARJA R, PIHA M, ROUSSEAU P, GARTHE S (2022)

Pattern Assessing potential conflicts between offshore wind farms and migration patterns of a threatened shorebird specioes, Animal conservation (link)

TURSCH A, BARTSCH N, MERCKER M, SCHLÜTER J, LOMMEL M, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A, ÖZBEK S, HOLSTEIN TW (2022)

Pattern Injury-induced MAPK activation triggers body axis formation in Hydra by default Wnt signaling, PNAS 119(35) (link)

PEDERSEN R, BOCHER P, GARTE S, FORT J, MERCKER M, AUERHAMMER V, BOSCHERT M, DELAPORTE P, ELTS J, FIELDLER W, KORNILUK M, KRUPINSKI D, MARJA R, ROUSSEAU P, THIESS L, SCHWEMMER P (2022)

Bird migration in space and time: chain migration by Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata arquata along the East Atlantic Flyway. Journal of Avian Biology: e02924, doi: 10.1111/jav.02924 (link)

KUHAR F, TERZZOLI L , NOHURA E, ROBLEDO G, MERCKER M (2022)

Pattern formation features might explain homoplasy: fertile surfaces in higher fungi as an example, Theory in Biosciences, (link)

TIKKA P, MERCKER M, SKOVORODKIN I, SAARELA U, VAINIO S, PONKAINEN V, SLUKA JP, GLAZIER JA, MARCINIAK-CZOACHRA A, SCHAEFER F (2022)

Computational modelling of nephron progenitor cell movement and aggregation during kidney organogenesis, Mathematical Biosciences, 108759 (link)

EUROSTAT (2021)

EU land use and cover survey - 2021 edition. EUROSTAT leaflet given in 22 languages, MERCKER M and LUPIA F contributed to the chapter "definition of the methodology for modelling and mapping grassland across Europe", doi: 10.2785/608 (link)

MERCKER M, JÖDICKE K (2021)

Beyond BACI: offsetting carcass numbers with flight intensity to improve risk assessments of bird collisions with power lines, Ecology and Evolution, 00:1-11, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8291 (link)

MERCKER M, KAZARNIKOV A, TURSCH A, ÖZBEK S, HOLSTEIN T, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A (2021)

How Dickkopf molecules and Wnt/beta-catenin interplay to self-organise the Hydra body axis. BioRxiv preprint, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.13.460125 (link)

MERCKER M (2021)

A flexible point and variance estimator to assess bird/bat fatality from carcass searches. Preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.19.456983 (link)

MERCKER M, DIERSCHKE V, CAMPHUYSEN K, KREUTLE A, MARKONES N, VANERMEN N, GARTHE S (2021)

An indicator for assessing the status of marine-bird habitats affected by multiple human acitivities: a novel statistical approach. Ecological Indicators, accepted.

ENNERS L, MERCKER M, SCHWEMMER P, HORN S, ASMUS R, ASMUS H, ESKILDSEN K, SCHNÜCKEL U, GARTHE S (2021)

Suitability of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) as indicators for detecting intertidal bivalve beds in the Wadden Sea. Ecological Indicators 129: 107947 (link).

MERCKER M, SCHWEMMER P, PESCHKO V, ENNERS L, GARTHE S (2021)

Analysis of local habitat selection and large-scale attraction/avoidance based on animal tracking data: is there a single best method? Movement Ecology, accepted.

ZIEGLER B, YIALLOUROS I, B TRAGESER, S KUMAR, M MERCKER, S KLING, M FATH, U WARNKEN, M SCHNÖLZER, T W HOLSTEIN, M HARTL, A MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA, J STETEFELD, W STÖCKNER, S ÖZBEK (2021)

A Wnt-specific astacin proteinase controls head formation in Hydra. BMC Biology, accepted

VEERMAN F, MERCKER M, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A (2021)

Beyond Turing: Far-from-equilibrium patterns and mechano-chemical feedback, Philosophical Transactions A, accepted.

JÖDICKE K, VAN DE FLIERT M, REINHARDT A, BERNSHAUSEN F, BESTE C, GÖBEL B, HERDEN C, JECHOW B, MERCKER M, SPANNAGEL J, STROBACH T (2021)

Artenschutzprüfung mit dem Rechenschieber? Kritische Anmerkungen zur Arbeitshilfe "Arten- und gebietsschutzrechtliche Prüfung bei Freileitungsvorhaben" des BfN, Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, 53 (03), DOI: 10.1399/NuL.2021.03.01

SCHWEMMER P, MERCKER M, VANSELOW KH, BOCHER P, GARTHE S (2021)

Migrating urlews on schedule: departure and arrival patterns of a long-distance migrant depend on time and breeding location rather than on wird conditions, Movement Ecology, accepted.

MERCKER M (2021)

Wirksamkeit von Vogelschutzmarkierungen an Freileitungen: Versuchsaufbau, Auswertung und Übertragbarkeit, Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, accepted.

MERCKER M, MARKONES N, BORKENHAGEN K, SCHWEMMER J, WAHL J and S GARTHE (2021)

An integrated framework to estimate seabird population numbers and trends, Journal of Wildlife Management, accepted.

SCHWEMMER P, MERCKER M, VANSELOW KH, BOCHER P and S GARTHE (2020)

Migrating curlews on schedule: departure and arrival patterns of a long-distance migrant depend on time rather than on wind conditions. Preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-101849/v1

PESCHKO V, MERCKER M and S GARTHE (2020)

Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) are strongly affected by operating offshore wind farms during the breeding season, Journal of Environmental Management, 279:111509. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111509.

PESCHKO V, MENDEL B, MÜLLER S, MARKONES N, MERCKER M and S GARTHE (2020)

Effects of offshore wind farms on seabird abundance: Strong effects in spring and in the breeding season, Marine Environmental Research, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105157

PESCHKO V, MERCKER M and S GARTHE (2020)

Telemetry reveals strong effects of wind farms on behaviour and habitat use of common gullemots (Uria aalge) during the breeding season, Marine Biology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03735-5.

MÜLLER B, MERCKER M and J BRÜN (2020)

Population size estimates based on the frequency of genetically assigned parent-offspring pairs within a subsample, Ecology and Evolution, 10(13), 6356-6363, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6365.

PESCHKO V, MÜLLER S, SCHWEMMER P, MERCKER M, LIENAU P, ROSENBERGER T, SUNDERMEYER J and GARTE S (2020)

Wide dispersal of recently weaned grey seal pups in the Southern North Sea. ICES Journal of marine science, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa045 (link)

MERCKER M, BETZIN U and WILKEN W (2020)

What influences COVID-19 infection rates: A statistical approach to identify promising factors applied to infection data in Germany. Preprint, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.14.20064501 (link)

MERCKER M and MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA (2020)

Breezing Drops. Book-chapter in "The art of theoretical biology", Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33471-0_15 (link)

LETHMATE J and MERCKER M (2020)

Kaufung forest and Teuteburg forest. Hydro-chemical comparison of a bunter sandstone and an osning-sandstone lanscape. Geo-Öko 3-4 (40) page 176-206 (link)

HORN S, SCHWEMMER P, MERCKER M, ENNERS L, ASMUS R, GARTE S and ASMUS H (2020)

Species composition of foraging birds in association with benthic fauna in four intertidial habitats of the Wadden Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sience, 233:106537, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106537 (link)

MERCKER M (2019)

Trend- and population estimates of Gaviidae: Methodological overview. Technical report (link)

MERCKER M (2019)

Influence of offshore wind farms on distribution and abundance of Gaviidae: Methodological overview. Technical report (link)

MENDEL B, SCHWEMMER P, PESCHKO V, MÜLLER S, SCHWEMMER H, MERCKER M, GARTHE S (2018)

Operational offshore wind farms and associated ship traffic cause profound changes in distribution patterns of Loons (Gavia ssp.), J Environ Manage 24 (231): 429-438 (link)

JÖDICKE K, LEMKE H, MERCKER M (2018)

Wirksamkeit von Vogelschutzmarkierungen an Erdseilen von Höchstspannungsfreileitungen, Naturschutz und Lanschaftsplanug, 50 (8), 286-294.

CORMAN A-M, SCHWEMMER P, MERCKER M, ASMUS H, RÜDEL H, KLEIN R, BONER M, HOFEM S, KOSCHORRECK J, GARTHE S (2018)

Decreasing δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N values in four costal species at different trophic levels indicate fundamental food-web shift in the southern North and Baltic Seas between 1988 and 2016,

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 190: 461 (link)

BRINKMANN F*, MERCKER M*, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A, RICHTER T (2018)

Post-Turing pattern formation: advent of mechanochemistry,

PLoS Computational Biology, 3;14(7):e1006259. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006259 (link)

* both authors contributed equally to this work

MERCKER M, BRINKMANN F, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A, RICHTER T (2016)

Beyond Turing: Mechanochemical pattern formation in biological tissues,

Biology direct, 11 (22), doi:10.1186/s13062-016-0124-7 (link)

MERCKER M, KÖTHE A, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A (2015)

Mechanochemical symmetry breaking in Hydra aggregates, Biophysical

Journal, 108 (9), 2396-2407 (link)

MERCKER M, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A (2015)

Bud neck scaffolding as a possible driving force during ESCRT-induced

membrane budding, Biophysical Journal 108, 833-843 (link)

STOCK M, BAER J, MERCKER M (2014)

Trischen - wax and wane of a Wadden Sea island, Wadden Sea Ecosystem

33, 63-98 (link)

MERCKER M, BAER J (2013)

Predator-prey interactions as possible explanation for recent declines of

seabird breeding populations - the example of the Wadden Sea island

Trischen, Die Vogelwelt 134, 115-128 (link)

MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A, MERCKER M (2013)

Modelling the experimental impossible: Dance of the molecules, Ruperto

Carola Forschungsmagazin 3, 132-139, (link)

MERCKER M, HARTMANN D, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A (2013)

A mechanochemical model for embryonic pattern formation: Coupling tissue

mechanics and morphogen expression, PLoS ONE 8(12): e82617.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082617 (link)

MERCKER M, MARCINIAK-CZOCHRA A, RICHTER T, HARTMANN D (2013)

Modeling and computing of deformation dynamics of

inhomogeneous biological surfaces, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 73(5), 1768–1792

(link)

MERCKER M (2012)

Models, numerics and simulations of deforming biological surfaces,

Ph.D. thesis, (supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult Willi Jäger and

Prof. Dr. Matthias Weiss), Heidelberg University (link)

MERCKER M, PTASHNYK M, KÜHNLE J, HARTMANN D, WEISS M, JÄGER W (2012)
A multiscale approach to curvature modulated sorting in biological

membranes, Journal of Theoretical Biology,

Vol. 301 (May), pp. 67-82 (link)

MERCKER M, RICHTER T, HARTMANN D (2011)
Sorting mechanism and communication in phase separating coupled
monolayers, J Phys Chem B. Volume 115 Issue 40 Page 11739-45

(link)

MERCKER M (2011)

Ein kontinuierliches, dynamisches Modell der Deformation und

Phasenseparation von Biomembranen, Dipoma thesis in mathematics,

Heidelberg (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult Willi Jäger)

MERCKER M, KOLLATH-LEISS K, ALLGAIER S, WEILAND N, KEMPKEN K (2009)
     The BEM46-like protein appears to be assential for hyphal
     development upon ascospore germination in Neurospora crassa
     and is targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum, Current Genetics,

Volume 55, Issue 2, Page 151 (link)

HADASCH J, MERCKER M (2006)

Anmerkungen zum Jugendkleid des Mäusebussard Buteo buteo, Charadrius,

Volume 42, page 91-92 (link)

MERCKER M (2006)
Funktionsanalyse des bem46-Homologs in Neurospora crassa,
Dipoma thesis in biology, Kiel (supervisor: Prof. F. Kempken)

(link)

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