Papers in peer reviewed journals (published and in press)
Macher T.-H., Beermann A.J., Arle J., Foerster J., Greyer M., Mora D., Koschorreck J., Rolauffs P., Rother A., Schüler S., Zimmermann J., Hering D. & Leese F. 2024: Fit for purpose? Evaluating benthic invertebrate DNA metabarcoding for ecological status class assessment in streams under the Water Framework Directive. - Water Research 122987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122987
Schimani K., Abarca N., Zimmermann J., Skibbe O., Jahn R., Kusber W.-H., Leya T. & Mora D. 2023: Molecular phylogenetics coupled with morphological analyses of Arctic and Antarctic strains place Chamaepinnularia (Bacillariophyta) within the Sellaphoraceae. - Fottea 24(1): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2023.002
Mohamad H., Mora D., Skibbe O., Abarca N., Deutschmeyer V., Enke N., Kusber W.-H., Zimmermann J. & Jahn R. 2022: Morphological variability and genetic marker stability of 16 monoclonal pennate diatom strains under medium-term culture. - Diatom Research (Published online 02 Dec 2022; 22 pp.) https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2022.2141346
Abarca N., Zimmermann J., Kusber W.-H., Mora D., Van A. T., Skibbe O. & Jahn R. 2020: Defining the core group of the genus Gomphonema Ehrenberg with molecular and morphological methods. - Botany Letters https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2019.1694980
Bailet B., Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil L., Baričević A., Chonova T., Franc A., Frigerio J.-M., Kelly M., Mora D., Pfannkuchen M., Proft S., Ramon M., Vasselon V., Zimmermann J., Kahlert M. 2020: Diatom DNA metabarcoding for ecological assessment: Comparison among bioinformatics pipelines used in six European countries reveals the need for standardization. – Science of The Total Environment,Volume 745,140948, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140948
Jahn R., Abarca N., Kusber W.-H., Skibbe O., Zimmermann J. & Mora D. 2020: Integrative taxonomic description of two new species of the Cocconeis placentula group (Bacillariophyceae) from Korea based on unialgal strains. – Algae 35(4): 303-324. https://doi.org/10.4490/algae.2020.35.8
Salinas V.H., Mora D., Jahn R. & Abarca N. 2020: New species of Pseudostaurosira (Bacillariophyceae) including a tripolar taxon from mountain streams of Central Mexico. Phytotaxa 464(3); 193-206. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.464.3.1
Mora D., Abarca N., Proft S., Grau J.H., Enke N., Carmona J., Skibbe O., Jahn R. & Zimmermann J. 2019 : Morphology and metabarcoding: a test with stream diatoms from Mexico highlights the complementarity of identification methods. – Freshwater Science 38: 448-464. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/704827
Jahn R., Abarca N., Gemeinholzer B., Mora D., Skibbe O., Kulikovskiy M., Gusev E., Kusber W.-H. & Zimmermann J. 2017: Planothidium lanceolatum and Planothidium frequentissimum reinvestigated with molecular methods and morphology: four new species and the taxonomic importance of the sinus and cavum. - Diatom Research, 32(1): 75-107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2017.1312548
Mora D., Carmona J., Jahn R., Zimmermann J., Abarca N. 2017: Epilithic diatom communities of selected streams from the Lerma-Chapala Basin, Central Mexico, with the description of two new species. PhytoKeys 88: 39-69. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.88.14612