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Research Training Group 2530
RTG2530Biota-mediated effects on Carbon cycling in Estuaries

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Research

Publications

Published/ accepted

  • Biederbick, J., Möllmann, C., Hauten, E., Russnak, V., Lahajnar, N.; Hansen, T., Dierking, J., Koppelmann, R. (2024).
    Spatial and temporal patterns of zooplankton trophic interactions and carbon sources in the eutrophic Elbe estuary (Germany)
    ICES Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae189

  • Grüterich L., Wilson M., Jensen K., Streit W. R (accepted).
    Transcriptomic response of wetland microbes to root influence.
    iScience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110890

  • Koll, R., Hauten, E., Theilen, J., Woodhouse, J., Thiel, R., Möllmann, C., Fabrizius, A. (2024).
    Network-based integration of omics, physiological and environmental data in real-world Elbe estuarine Zander.
    Science of the Total Environment. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724038038

  • Martens, N., Biederbick, J., Schaum, E. (2024).
    Picophytoplankton prevail year-round in the Elbe estuary.
    Plant-Environment Interactions. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pei3.70014

  • Martens, N., Ehlert, E., Putri, W., Sibbertsen, M., Schaum, C.-E. (2024).
    Organic compounds drive growth in phytoplankton taxa from different functional groups.
    Proc. R. Soc. B 291: 20232713. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2713

  • Martens, N., Russnak, V., Woodhouse, J., Grossart, H.-P., Schaum, E. (2024).
    Metabarcoding reveals potentially mixotrophic flagellates and picophytoplankton as key groups of phytoplankton in the Elbe estuary.
    Environmental Research 252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119126

  • Neiske F., Grüterich L., Eschenbach A., Wilson M., Streit W.R., Jensen K., Becker J.N. (2025).
    Litter decomposition and prokaryotic decomposer communities along estuarine gradients.
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109762

  • Pein, J., Staneva, J, Biederbick, J, Schrum, C. (2025).
    Model-based assessment of sustainable adaptation options for an industrialised meso-tidal estuary.
    Ocean Modelling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2024.102467

  • Ren L., Jensen, K., Porada, P., Mueller P. (2022).
    Biota-mediated carbon cycling—A synthesis of biotic-interaction controls on blue carbon.
    Ecology Letters 25 (2), 521-540. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13940

  • Rich, R.L., Mueller, P., Fuß, M., Gonçalves, S., Ostertag, E., Reents, S., Tang, H., Tashjian, A., Thomsen, S., Kutzbach, L., Jensen, K., Nolte, S. (2023).
    Design and Assessment of a Novel Approach for Ecosystem Warming Experiments in High-Energy Tidal Wetlands.
    JGR Biogeosciences 128(11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007550

  • Steidle, L., Vennell, R. (2023).
    Phytoplankton retention mechanisms in estuaries: A case study of the Elbe Estuary.
    EGUsphere. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2231

  • Tang, H., Nolte, S., Jensen, K., Rich, R., Mittmann-Goetsch, J., & Mueller, P. (2023).
    Warming accelerates belowground litter turnover in salt marshes - insights from a Tea Bag Index study.
    Biogeosciences, 20(10), 1925–1935. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1925-2023

  • Tobias-Hünefeldt, S.P., van Beusekom, J.E.E., Russnak, V., Dähnke, K., Streit, W.R., Grossart, H.P. (accepted).
    Seasonality, rather than estuarine gradient or particle suspension/sinking dynamics, determines estuarine carbon distributions.
    Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171962

Submitted

  • Blöcker, A., Auch, D., Gutte, H., Biederbick, J., Asselot, R., Färber, L., Kamberi, E., Madiraca, F., Ofelio, C., Steidle, L., Moullec, F (submitted).
    Identifying and addressing the anthropogenic drivers of global change in the North Sea: a systematic map.
    Environmental Evidence.

  • Branoff, B., Grüterich, L., Wilson, M., Tobias-Hunefeldt, S.P., Saadaoui, Y., Mittmann-Goetsch, J., Neiske, F., Lexmond, F., Becker, J.N., Grossart, H.P., Porada, P., Streit, W.R., Eschenbach, A., Kutzbach, L., Jensen, K. (submitted).
    Partitioning biota along the Elbe River Estuary: where are the community transitions?
    Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.13.593883

  • Grüterich, L., Wilson, M., Jensen, K., Streit, W.R., Mueller, P. (submitted).
    Transcriptomic response of wetland microbes to root influence.
    iScience

  • Grüterich, L., Woodhouse, J.N., Mueller, P., Tiemann, A., Ruscheweyh, H.J., Sunagawa, S., Grossart, H.P., Streit, W.R. (submitted).
    Environmental controls of dark CO2 fixation in wetland microbiomes.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.18.576062

  • Hauten, E., Perera, A., Möllmann, C. (submitted).
    Is acidification of common estuarine macroinvertebrates in stable isotope approaches necessary to analyze aquatic food webs?
    Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.

  • Koll, R., Hauten, E., Theilen, J., Bang, C., Bouchard, M., Thiel, R., Möllmann, C., Woodhouse, J., Fabrizius, A. (submitted).
    Spatio-temporal fish gill microbiota analysis as indicators in estuarine fish health monitoring.
    Research Square. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4846387/v1

  • Menzel A.-C., Ostertag E. J. M., Mueller P., Nolte S., Rich R., Jensen K. (submitted).
    Hydrology mediates salt marsh belowground biomass response to warming.
    Limnology and Oceanography.

  • Mittmann-Goetsch, J., Wilson, M., Jensen, K., Mueller, P. (submitted).
    Wetland plants as net reducers of the soil system – Insights from a Wadden Sea salt marsh study.
    Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3934063/v1

  • Möller, K., Ritter, A., Stobinsky, P.J., Jensen, K., Meier, I.C., Granse, D., Subrahmaniam, H.J. (submitted).
    Targeting the untargeted: Uncovering the chemical complexity of root exudates.
    Functional Ecology.

  • Neiske, F., Seedtke, M., Eschenbach, A., Wilson, M., Jensen, K., Becker, J.N. (submitted).
    Soil organic carbon stocks and stabilization mechanisms in tidal marshes along estuarine gradients.
    Geoderma.

  • Saadaoui, Y., Beer, C., Mueller, P., Neiske, F., Becker, J. N., Eschenbach, A., and Porada, P. (submitted).
    Exploring effects of variation in plant root traits on carbon emissions from estuarine marshes.
    EGUsphere [preprint]. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1756

  • Steidle, L., Hense, I. (2021).
    A novel three-step network-based ecosystem modelling framework.
    arXiv preprint: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2104.05590

  • Theilen, J., Sarrazin, V., Hauten, E., Koll, R., Möllmann, C., Fabrizius, A., Thiel, R. (submitted).
    Environmental factors affecting the fish fauna structure in a temperate mesotidal estuary: a 40-year long-term study in the Elbe estuary.
    Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.

  • Tobias-Hünefeldt, S. P., Woodhouse, J.N., Ruscheweyh, H.J., Sunagawa, S., Russnak, V., Streit, W.R., Grossart, H.-P. (submitted).
    Suspended and sinking particle-associated microbiomes exhibit distinct lifestyles in the Elbe estuary.
    https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.09.617383

  • Tutiyasarn, P., Mueller, P., Romero-Mujalli, G., Van Dam, B., Hartmann, J., Porada, P. (submitted).
    Soil CO2 Concentration Levels Control Salt Marsh Alkalinity Generation.
    Limnology and Oceanography - Manuscript ID LO-24-0329