Erik Selander
Universitetslektor
Institutionen för marinaOm Erik Selander
Research Erik’s research is focused on chemical interactions in the pelagic ecosystem. Plankton organisms are too small to carry advanced eyes and depend on chemical and hydro-mechanical signals to percieve their surroundings. Chemical signals mediate most important transitions in a planktonic life. Signals or cues are used to find food, mates, hosts, or to trigger life history transitions and phenotypes for current conditions. Some recent examples from our lab covers grazer induced toxin production in harmful algal bloom forming dinoflagellates, dramatic size shifts in colony size of colony forming phytoplankton, as well as adaptive behavioral algorithms that reduce encounter rates with enemies. These microscopic interactions scale up to large scale processes in the sea and may have profound effects on the pelagic food web.
Projects Signals in the plankton We identify the chemical signals between plankton that triggers morphological, behavioral, and chemical responses in the receiving organisms. A handful of novel compounds have been isolated and structurally determined (Selander et al 2015). Their effect on population dynamics in the sea is explored.
Zooplankton-phytoplankton interactions - a multiomics approach Some toxic alga sense the presence of their enemies based on chemosensory information and produce extremely potent neurotoxins to protect themselves. In this project we use the signals that induce toxin production to gain mechanistic understanding on several levels. At the cellular level we try to understand what receptors are involved, which genes are regulated, and what metabolites. A combination of transcriptomics and metabolomics is used to achieve this
A semiochemical approach to pest control in fish farms The sea lice are small ectoparasitic copepods that cost the Norwegian fish farm industry more than 0.5 billion NOK per year. Infectious stages from the salmon farms are now infecting wild populations of trout and salmon at an alarming rate. This project aims to identify the chemical signals that the sea louse use to find host fish and partners. The scents will then be combined into a chemical bait that can be used in traps to provide an environmentally friendly complement to traditional treatments with drugs or cleaner fish wrasse.
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Single-shot self-supervised object detection in
microscopy
Benjamin Midtvedt, Jesus Pineda, Fredrik Skärberg, Erik Olsén, Harshith Bachimanchi, Emelie Wesén, Elin K. Esbjörner, Erik Selander, Fredrik Höök, Daniel Midtvedt, Giovanni Volpe
Nature Communications - 2022 -
Microplankton life histories revealed by holographic microscopy and deep
learning
Harshith Bachimanchi, Benjamin Midtvedt, Daniel Midtvedt, Erik Selander, Giovanni Volpe
eLife - 2022 -
Applying genetic technologies to combat infectious diseases in
aquaculture
N. A. Robinson, D. Robledo, L. Sveen, R. R. Daniels, A. Krasnov, A. Coates, Y. H. Jin, L. T. Barrett, M. Lillehammer, A. H. Kettunen, B. L. Phillips, T. Dempster, A. Doeschl-Wilson, F. Samsing, G. Difford, S. Salisbury, B. Gjerde, J. E. Haugen, E. Burgerhout, B. S. Dagnachew, D. Kurian, M. D. Fast, M. Rye, M. Salazar, J. E. Bron, S. J. Monaghan, C. Jacq, M. Birkett, H. I. Browman, A. B. Skiftesvik, D. M. Fields, Erik Selander, S. Bui, A. Sonesson, S. Skugor, T. K. K. Østbye, R. D. Houston
Reviews in Aquaculture - 2022 -
Species Specific Responses to Grazer Cues and Acidification in Phytoplankton- Winners and Losers in a Changing
World
Kristie Rigby, Alexandra Kinnby, Josephine Grønning, Fredrik Ryderheim, Gunnar Cervin, Emma L Berdan, Erik Selander
Frontiers in Marine Sceince - 2022 -
Predator Chemical Cue Effects on the Diel Feeding Behaviour of Marine
Protists
A. Arias, Erik Selander, E. Saiz, A. Calbet
Microbial Ecology - 2021 -
Predator-induced defence in a dinoflagellate generates benefits without direct
costs
F. Ryderheim, Erik Selander, T. Kiorboe
Isme Journal - 2021 -
Predatory cues drive colony size reduction in marine
diatoms
Kristie Rigby, Erik Selander
Ecology and Evolution - 2021 -
Eavesdropping on plankton-can zooplankton monitoring improve forecasting of biotoxins from harmful algae
blooms?
Aubrey Trapp, J. Heuschele, Erik Selander
Limnology and Oceanography - 2021 -
Wrasse fishery on the Swedish West Coast: towards ecosystem-based
management
Sarah Bourlat, Ellika Faust, Håkan Wennhage, Andreas Wikström, Kristie Rigby, Maria Vigo, Paul Kraly, Erik Selander, Carl André
ICES Journal of Marine Science - 2021 -
Chemical signaling in the turbulent ocean-hide and seek at the Kolmogorov
scale
Erik Selander, Sam Fredriksson, L. Arneborg
Fluids - 2020 -
Grazer-induced bioluminescence gives dinoflagellates a competitive
edge
Andrew Prevett, Jenny Lindström, Jiayi Xu, Bengt Karlsson, Erik Selander
Current Biology - 2019 -
Using chemical language to shape future marine
health
M. Saha, E. Berdalet, Y. Carotenuto, P. Fink, T. Harder, U. John, F. Not, G. Pohnert, P. Potin, Erik Selander, W. Vyverman, T. Wichard, V. Zupo, M. Steinke
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment - 2019 -
The highly toxic and cryptogenic clinging jellyfish Gonionemus sp. (Hydrozoa, Limnomedusae) on the Swedish west
coast
A. F. Govindarajan, Björn Källström, Erik Selander, Carina Östman, Thomas G. Dahlgren
Peerj - 2019 -
Copepods drive large-scale trait-mediated effects in marine
plankton
Erik Selander, E Carina Berglund, Pia Engström, Fredrik Berggren, Johan Eklund, S. Harðardóttir, N. Lundholm, Wiebke Grebner, Mats X. Andersson
Science Advances - 2019 -
Induction of defensive traits in marine plankton—new copepodamide
structures
Wiebke Grebner, E Carina Berglund, Fredrik Berggren, Johan Eklund, Sara Hardardottir, Mats X. Andersson, Erik Selander
Limnology and Oceanography - 2019 -
Induction of domoic acid production in diatoms-Types of grazers and diatoms are
important
N. Lundholm, B. Krock, U. John, J. Skov, J. F. Cheng, M. Pancic, S. Wohlrab, Kristie Rigby, T. G. Nielsen, Erik Selander, S. Hardardottir
Harmful Algae - 2018 -
Grazer-induced transcriptomic and metabolomic response of the chain-forming diatom Skeletonema
marinoi
Alberto Amato, Valeria Sabatino, Göran M. Nylund, Johanna Bergkvist, Swaraj Basu, Mats X. Andersson, Remo Sanges, Anna Godhe, Thomas Kiørboe, Erik Selander, Maria I. Ferrante
ISME Journal - 2018 -
Hydrodynamic properties and distribution of bait downstream of a zooplankton
trap
Erik Selander, Jan Heuschele, Ann I. Larsson
Journal of Plankton Research - 2017 -
Effects of predator lipids on dinoflagellate defence mechanisms - increased bioluminescence
capacity
Jenny Lindström, Wiebke Grebner, Kristie Rigby, Erik Selander
Scientific Reports - 2017 -
Predator cues reduce intraspecific trait variability in a marine
dinoflagellate
S. Wohlrab, Erik Selander, U. John
Bmc Ecology - 2017 -
The sex specific metabolic footprint of Oithona
davisae
J. Heuschele, L. Nemming, L. Tolstrup, T. Kiørboe, Göran M. Nylund, Erik Selander
Journal of Sea Research - 2016 -
Solid phase extraction and metabolic profiling of exudates from living
copepods
Erik Selander, J. Heuschele, Göran M. Nylund, G. Pohnert, Henrik Pavia, O. Bjaerke, L. A. Pender-Healy, Peter Tiselius, T. Kiorboe
Peerj - 2016 -
Is chain length in phytoplankton regulated to evade
predation?
Oda Bjærke, Per R. Jonsson, Asraful Alam, Erik Selander
Journal of Plankton Research - 2015 -
Predator lipids induce paralytic shellfish toxins in bloom-forming
algae
Erik Selander, Julia Kubanek, M. Hamberg, Mats X. Andersson, Gunnar Cervin, Henrik Pavia
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2015 -
The chemical ecology of
copepods
J. Heuschele, Erik Selander
Journal of Plankton Research - 2014 -
Effects of grazer presence on genetic structure of a phenotypically diverse diatom
population
Conny Sjökvist, Anke Kremp, Elin Lindehoff, Ulf Båmstedt, Jenny Egardt, Susanna Gross, Martina Jönsson, Henrik Larsson, Georg Pohnert, H Richter, Erik Selander, Anna Godhe
Microbial Ecology - 2014 -
Havets
dufte
Thomas Kiorboe, Jan Heuschele, Erik Selander
Aktuel naturvidenskab - 2013 -
A stable-isotope mass spectrometry-based metabolic footprinting approach to analyze exudates from
phytoplankton
Ralf Weber, Erik Selander, Ulf Sommer, Mark Viant
Marine Drugs - 2013 -
Chemical defences against
herbivores
Henrik Pavia, Finn A. Baumgartner, Gunnar Cervin, Swantje Enge, Julia Kubanek, Göran M. Nylund, Erik Selander, J. Robin Svensson, Gunilla B. Toth
Chemical ecology in aquatic systems - 2012 -
Grazer-induced chain length plasticity reduces grazing risk in a marine
diatom
Johanna Bergkvist, Peter Thor, H. H. Jakobsen, Sten-Åke Wängberg, Erik Selander
Limnology and Oceanography - 2012 -
Fight and flight in dinoflagellates? Kinetics of simultaneous grazer-induced responses in Alexandrium
tamarense
Erik Selander, T. Fagerberg, S. Wohlrab, Henrik Pavia
Limnology and Oceanography - 2012 -
Grazer cues induce stealth behavior in marine
dinoflagellates
Erik Selander, H.H. Jakobsen, F. Lombard, T. Kiørboe
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2011 -
Active prey rejection in the filter-feeding appendicularian Oikopleura
dioica
F. Lombard, Erik Selander, T. Kiørboe
Limnology and Oceanography - 2011 -
Toxin profile change in vegetative cells and pellicle cysts of Alexandrium fundyense after gut passage in the eastern oyster Crassostrea
virginica
B.C. Smith, Agneta Persson, Erik Selander, G Wikfors, J Alix
Aquatic biology - 2011 -
Grazer-induced toxin formation in dinoflagellates: a transcriptomic model
study
I. Yang, Erik Selander, Henrik Pavia, U. John
European Journal of Phycology - 2011 -
Parasitic anemone infects the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the North East
Atlantic
Erik Selander, Lene Friis Møller, Per Sundberg, Peter Tiselius
Biological invasions - 2010 -
Induction of toxin production in dinoflagellates: the grazer makes a
difference
Johanna Bergkvist, Erik Selander, Henrik Pavia
Oecologia - 2008 -
Effects of nitrate and phosphate on grazer-induced toxin production in Alexandrium
minutum
Erik Selander, Gunnar Cervin, Henrik Pavia
Limnology & Oceanography - 2008 -
Chemical ecology of paralytic shellfish toxin producing
dinoflagellates
Erik Selander
2007 -
Copepods induce paralytic shellfish toxin production in marine
dinoflagellates
Erik Selander, Peter Thor, Gunilla B. Toth, Henrik Pavia
Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences - 2006 -
Sedimentation following the spring bloom in Disko Bay, West Greenland, with special emphasis on the role of
copepods
T. Juul-Pedersen, T. G. Nielsen, C. Michel, E. F. Moller, Peter Tiselius, Peter Thor, M. Olesen, Erik Selander, S. Gooding
Marine Ecology-Progress Series - 2006 -
Post-spring bloom community structure of pelagic copepods in the Disko Bay, Western
Greenland
Peter Thor, T. G. Nielsen, Peter Tiselius, T. Juul-Pedersen, C. Michel, E. F. Moller, K. Dahl, Erik Selander, S. Gooding
Journal of Plankton Research - 2005 -
Allelopathy in Alexandrium spp.: effect on a natural plankton community and on algal
monocultures
G. O. Fistarol, C. Legrand, Erik Selander, C. Hummert, W. Stolte, E. Graneli
Aquatic Microbial Ecology - 2004 -
Marine dinoflagellates show induced life-history shifts to escape parasite infection in response to water-borne
signals
Gunilla B. Toth, F. Noren, Erik Selander, Henrik Pavia
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences - 2004 -
Importance of benthic nutrient regeneration during initiation of macroalgal blooms in shallow
bays
Kristina Sundbäck, Alison Miles, Stefan Hulth, Leif Pihl, Pia Engström, Erik Selander, Anders Svenson
Marine Ecology-Progress Series - 2003 -
Effects of food concentration on the behaviour of Oikopleura
dioica
Erik Selander, Peter Tiselius
Marine Biology - 2003 -
A pH plate fluorosensor for early diagenetic studies of marine
sediments
Stefan Hulth, Pia Engström, Erik Selander, R. C Aller
Limnology and Oceanography - 2002 -
Alarm signal response in the brittle star Amphiura
filiformis
Rutger Rosenberg, Erik Selander
Marine Biology - 2000 -
Alarm signal response in the brittle star Amphiura
filiformis
Rutger Rosenberg, Erik Selander
Marine Biology - 2000