Aufgaben
Preparation of pure diatom cultures
Photographic documentation of diatom cells employing optical microscopy and SEM
Lebenslauf
1985-1991 Studies of Biology at Freie Universität Berlin
1994-1998 PhD thesis at Freie Universität Berlin „Die Rolle planktischer Ciliaten
im Nahrungsnetz eines hypertrophen Sees (Heiligensee, Berlin)“
since 1999 Self-employed (photography, microscopy, multimedia)
since 2004 Close collaboration with Diatom Research Group at BGBM
Forschungsinteressen
- Biodiversity and ecology of diatoms
- Biotic interactions between diatoms and other benthic/planktonic micro-organisms
- Microscopy and imaging methods
Papers in peer reviewed journals (published and in press)
Handy J., Juchem D., Wang Q., Schimani K., Skibbe O., Zimmermann J., Karsten U. & Herburger K. 2024: Antarctic benthic diatoms after 10 months of dark exposure: consequences for photosynthesis and cellular integrity. - Frontiers in Plant Science 15: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1326375
Mora D., Stancheva R., Abarca N., Bouchez A., Cantoral-Uriza E., Carmona-Jiménez J., Chonova T., Kusber W.-H., Rimet F., Skibbe O., Wetzel C.E., Zimmermann J. & Jahn R. 2024: Adding more taxa to the Cocconeis placentula group (Bacillariophyta): two new species from streams in biodiversity hotspots. - Nova Hedwigia 118(3-4): 277-319. https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2024/0918
Abarca N., Stancheva R., Skibbe O., Schimani K., Kusber W.-H., Zimmermann J. & Jahn R. 2023: Gomphadelpha (Bacillariophyceae) – a new genus name for taxa formerly subsumed in the Gomphoneis herculeana-group. - Nova Hedwigia 000(0-0): [1-42] https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2023/0859
Juchem D.P., Schimani K., Holzinger A., Permann C., Abarca N., Skibbe O., Zimmermann J., Graeve M. & Karsten U. 2023: Lipid degradation and photosynthetic traits after prolonged darkness in four Antarctic benthic diatoms, including the newly described species Planothidium wetzelii sp. nov. – Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1241826. http://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1241826
Schimani K., Abarca N., Skibbe O., Mohamad H., Jahn R., Kusber W.-H., Campana G.L. & Zimmermann J. 2023: Exploring benthic diatom diversity in the West Antarctic Peninsula: insights from a morphological and molecular approach. - Metabarcoding and Metgenomics 7: e110194 pp.339-384. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.7.110194
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
Duwe V.K., Vu L.V., von Rintelen T., Raab-Straube E.v., Schmidt S., Nguyen S.V., Vu T.D., Do T.V., Luu T.H., Truong V.B., Di Vincenzo V., Schmidt O., Glöckler F., Jahn R., Lücking R., von Oheimb K.C.M., von Oheimb P.V., Heinze S., Abarca N., Bollendorff S., Borsch T., Buenaventura E., Dang H.T.T., Dinh T.D., Do H.T., Ehlers S., Freyhof J., Hayden S., Hein P., Hoang T.A., Hoang D.M., Hoang S.N., Kürschner H., Kusber W.-H., Le H.N., Le T.Q., Linde M., Mey W., Nguyen H.D., Nguyen M.T., Nguyen M.T., Nguyen D.V., Nguyen T.V., Nguyen V.D.H., Nguyen D.Q., Ohl M., Parolly G., Pham T.N., Pham P.V., Rabe K., Schurian B., Skibbe O., Sulikowska-Drozd A., To Q.V., Truong T.Q., Zimmermann J., Häuser C.L. 2022: Contributions to the biodiversity of Vietnam – Results of VIETBIO inventory work and field training in Cuc Phuong National Park .Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e77025 https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10e77025(Link ist extern)
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
Prelle L.R., Schmidt I., Schimani K.,Zimmermann J., Abarca N., Skibbe O., Juchem D. & Karsten U. 2022: Photosynthetic, Respirational, and Growth Responses of Six Benthic Diatoms from the Antarctic Peninsula as Functions of Salinity and Temperature Variations. - Genes 13(7):1264. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13071264
Skibbe O., Abarca N., Forest F. & Werner P. 2022: Exploring diatom diversity through cultures - a case study from the Bow River, Canada. - Journal of Limnology 81(1): 1-29. https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2022.2095
Zimmermann J., Abarca N., Kusber W.-H., Skibbe O. & Jahn R. 2021: Biodiversität und Sauerstoffproduktion in einer Glasschachtel. Kieselalgen – winzig, aber wichtig. - Biologie unserer Zeit 2/2021 (51): 132-141. https://doi.org/10.11576/biuz-4248
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
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
Jahn R., Kusber W.-H., Skibbe O., Zimmermann J., Van A.T., Buczkó K. & Abarca N. 2019: Gomphonella olivacea (Bacillariophyceae) – a new phylogenetic position for a well-known taxon, its typification, new species and combinations. Plant Ecology and Evolution 152(2): 219-247. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2019.1603
Hamilton P.B., Savoie A.M., Sayre C.M., Skibbe O., Zimmermann J. & Bull R.D. 2019: Novel Neidium Pfitzer species from western Canada based upon morphology and plastid DNA sequences. - Phytotaxa 419(1): 39-62. 2019 https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.419.1.3
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
Kusber W.-H., Skibbe O. & Jahn R. 2018. Is Trieres Ashworth & E.C. Theriot 2013 (Bacillariophyta) a superfluous redescription of Microtheca Ehrenberg 1838? - Notulae algarum 81: 1-6.
Skibbe O., Zimmermann J., Kusber W.-H., Abarca N., Buczkó K. & Jahn R. 2018: Gomphoneis tegelensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae): a morphological and molecular investigation based on selected single cells. - Diatom Research 33(2): 251-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2018.1518835
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
Zimmermann J., Abarca N., Enke N., Skibbe O., Kusber W.-H. & Jahn R. 2014: Taxonomic Reference Libraries for Environmental Barcoding: a Best Practice Example from Diatom Research. PlosOne DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108793. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0108793
Book chapters and monographs (published and in press)
Zimmermann J., Abarca N., Bansemer J., Bettig J., Droege G., Kusber W.-H., Luther K., Mohamad H., Mora D., Proft S., Schimani K., Skibbe O., Van A.T. & Jahn R. 2022: German Barcode of Life 2 (GBOL2) — Kieselalgen DNA-Barcoding und eDNA Metabarcoding im Kontext von Biodiversitätsforschung, Taxonomie und EU Wasserrahmenrichtlinie (2000/60/EC). - Pp. 307-311. In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie (ed.): Ergebnisse der Jahrestagung 2021 (Leipzig). - Essen.
Other publications
Talks