• Altermatt F, Alther R, Fišer C, Švara V (2019) Amphipoda (Flohkrebse) der Schweiz. Fauna Helvetica 32, info fauna CSCF & SEG, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

• Alther R, Thompson C, Lods-Crozet B, Robinson CT (2019) Macroinvertebrate diversity and rarity in non-glacial Alpine streams. Aquatic Sciences 81:42

• Falniowski A, Prevorčnik S, Delić T, Alther R, Altermatt F, Hofman S (2019) Monophyly of the Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea). Folia Malacologica 27 (1), 61–70

• Mächler E, Little CJ, Wüthrich R, Alther R, Fronhofer EA, Gounand I, Harvey E, Hürlemann S, Walser JC, Altermatt F (preprint) Assessing different components of biodiversity across a river network using eDNA. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/546549

• Pennekamp F, Pontarp M, Tabi A, Altermatt F, Alther R, Choffat Y, Fronhofer EA, Ganesanandamoorthy P, Garnier A, Griffiths JI, Greene S, Horgan K, Massie TM, Mächler E, Palamara GM, Seymour M, Petchey OL (2018) Biodiversity increases and decreases ecosystem stability. Nature 563, 109–112

• Fišer C, Alther R, Zakšek V, Borko S, Fuchs A, Altermatt F (2018) Translating Niphargus barcodes from Switzerland into taxonomy with a description of two new species (Amphipoda, Niphargidae). ZooKeys 760, 113–141

• Alther R, Altermatt F (2018) Fluvial network topology shapes communities of native and non-native amphipods. Ecosphere 9 (2): e02102

• Alther R, Fišer C, Konec M, Švara V, Altermatt F (2017) Das Hölloch: Ein Flohkrebs-Hotspot in der Schweiz. Stalactite 67 (1), 10–16

• Alther R, Fišer C, Altermatt F (2017) Description of a widely distributed but overlooked amphipod species in the European Alps. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179 (4), 751–766 (Accepted PDF)

• Fišer C, Konec M, Alther R, Švara V, Altermatt F (2017) Taxonomic, phylogenetic and ecological diversity of Niphargus (Amphipoda: Crustacea) in the Hölloch cave system (Switzerland). Systematics and Biodiversity 15 (3), 218–237 (Accepted PDF)

• Robinson CT,  Thompson C, Lods-Crozet B, Alther R (2016) Chironomidae diversity in high elevation streams in the Swiss Alps. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 188 (3), 201–213

• Altermatt F, Alther R, Mächler E (2016) Spatial patterns of genetic diversity, community composition and occurrence of native and non-native amphipods in naturally replicated tributary streams. BMC Ecology 16:23, 1–11

• Robinson CT, Alther R, Leys M, Moran S, and Thompson C (2015) A note on the foodwebs of alpine streams in the Wind River Mountains, Wyoming, USA. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 187 (1), 43–54

• Altermatt F, Alther R, Fišer C, Jokela J, Konec M, Küry D, Mächler E, Stucki P and Westram AM (2014) Diversity and Distribution of Freshwater Amphipod Species in Switzerland (Crustacea: Amphipoda). PLoS ONE 9 (10): e110328

Präsentationen

Schwyzerische Naturforschende Gesellschaft – “Flohkrebse - Eine Übersicht am Beispiel des Kantons Schwyz” am 2. Februar 2019 in Einsiedeln CH

COST Workshop: DNA-based groundwater biomonitoring – “Combining eDNA and citizen science - Lessons learned from Swiss caves” am 22. Januar 2019 im Park Škocjanske jame SI

SGHL workshop: Citizen Science – “Von Bachflohkrebsen und Höhlenforschenden” am 11. Juni 2018 in Zürich CH

Naturschule St. Gallen – “Fliessgewässer - Adern der Ökosysteme” am 3. Mai 2018 in St. Gallen CH

Doktorprüfung – “Diversity and Distribution of Amphipods in Switzerland” am 2. Februar 2018 in Dübendorf CH

Seminar an der Biotehniška fakulteta – “Diversity and Distribution of Amphipods in Switzerland” am 29. November 2017 in Ljubljana SI

The 17th International Colloquium on Amphipoda – “Diversity and systematics of amphipods in Swiss rivers: River network structure shapes community structure” am 5. September 2017 in Trapani IT

Eco PhD Symposium 2017 – “Fluvial network topology shapes communities of native and non-native amphipods” am 23. Juni 2017 in Dübendorf CH

INVITED TALK: eco.naturkongress 2017 – Workshop #8: “Wie Fliessgewässer unsere Biodiversität beeinflussen” am 31. März 2017 in Basel CH

biology17 – The Annual Swiss Conference on Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, Biogeography and Conservation: “Fluvial network structure shapes amphipod communities of Switzerland” am 2. Februar 2017 in Bern CH

BES Annual Meeting 2016 – Community Ecology Session: “River network structure shapes communities of native and non-native amphipods” am 12. Dezember 2016 in Liverpool UK

Eco PhD Symposium 2016 – “Do we know the amphipods of Switzerland?” am 13. Mai 2016 in Kastanienbaum CH

Biology'16 – The Annual Swiss Conference on Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, Biogeography and Conservation: “Distribution and biogeography of Gammarus lacustris in the Alps” am 11. Februar 2016 in Lausanne CH

Eawag Symposium 2015 – “Diversity and distribution of amphipods in Switzerland: First results from Amphipod.CH” am 11. September 2015 in Dübendorf CH

SEFS9 – Symposium for European Fresh Water Sciences 2015: “Diversity and distribution of amphipods in Switzerland: An alpine perspective” am 6. Juli 2015 in Genf CH

Swiss Rivers Working Group – Treffen im Februar 2015: “Community ecology in river networks: a spatial perspective” am 10. Februar 2015 in Dübendorf CH

Swiss Speleological Society – Wintertreffen 2015: “Verbreitung und Diversität der Amphipoden in der Schweiz” am 7. February 2015 in Luzern CH

Wissenschaftliche Reviews

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Freshwater Biology

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