Dr. Peter Mueller

Peer-reviewed publications

• Tang H., Liebner S., Reents S., Nolte S., Horn F., Jensen K., Mueller P. (in press) Plant genotype controls wetland soil microbial functioning in response to sea-level rise. Biogeosciences. doi.org/10.5194/bg-2021-41
• Koop-Jakobsen K., Meier R.J., Mueller P. (2021) Plant-mediated rhizosphere oxygenation in the native invasive salt marsh grass Elymus athericus. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 669751.
• Reents S., Mueller P., Tang H., Jensen K., Nolte S. (2021) Plant genotype determines biomass response to flooding frequency in tidal wetlands. Biogeosciences, 18, 403–411.
• Mueller P., Do H.T., Smit C., Reisdorff C., Jensen K., Nolte S. (2021) With a little help from my friends – Physiological integration facilitates invasion of wetland grass Elymus athericus into flooded soils. Oikos. 10.1111/oik.07863.
• Mueller P., Mozdzer T.J., Langley J.A., Aoki L., Noyce G., Megonigal J.P. (2020) Plant species determine tidal wetland methane response to sea level rise. Nature Communications, 11, 5154.
• Keshta A., Koop-Jakobsen K., Titschak J., Mueller P., Jensen K., Baldwin A., Nolte S. (2020) Ungrazed salt marsh has well connected soil pores and less dense sediment compared with grazed salt marsh: CT scanning study. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 245, 106987.
• Mueller P., Granse D., Nolte S., Weingartner M., Hoth S., Jensen K. (2020) Unrecognized controls on microbial functioning in blue carbon ecosystems: The role of mineral enzyme stabilization and allochthonous substrate supply. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 998-1011.
• Tang H., Nolte S., Jensen, K., Yang, Z., Wu, J., Mueller, P. (2020) Grazing mediates soil microbial activity and litter decomposition in salt marshes. Science of the Total Environment, 720, 137559.
• Mueller, P., Do H.T., Jensen K., Nolte S. (2019) Origin of organic carbon in the topsoil of Wadden Sea salt marshes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 624, 39-50.
• Mueller P., Ladiges N., Jack A., Schmiedl G., Kutzbach L., Jensen K., Nolte S. (2019) Assessing the long-term carbon-sequestration potential of the semi-natural salt marshes in the European Wadden Sea. Ecosphere, 10, e02556.
• Mueller P., Schile-Beers L., Mozdzer T.J., Chmura G.L., Dinter T., Kuzyakov Y., de Groot A.V., Esselink P., Smit C., D’Alpaos A., Ibáñez C., Lazarus M., Neumeier U., Johnson B.J., Baldwin A.J., Yarwood S.A., Montemayor D.I., Yang Z., Wu J., Jensen K., Nolte S (2018) Global-change effects on early-stage decompositon processes in tidal wetlands – implications from a global survey using standardized litter. Biogeosciences, 15, 3189-3202.
• Lenzewski N., Mueller P., Meier R.J., Liebsch G., Jensen K., Koop-Jakobsen K. (2018) Belowground gas exchange between aquatic plants and sediment – A planar optode study of oxygen and carbon dioxide dynamics in rhizospheres of Lobelia dortmanna. New Phytologist, 218, 131-141.
• Koop-Jakobsen K., Mueller P., Meier R.J., Liebsch G., Jensen K. (2018) Plant-sediment interactions in salt marshes – O₂, pH, and CO₂ gradients in the rhizosphere. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 541.
• Mueller P., Granse D., Nolte S., Do H.T., Weingartner M., Hoth S., Jensen K. (2017) Top-down control of carbon sequestration: grazing affects microbial structure and function in salt marsh soils. Ecological Applications, 27, 1435-1450.
• Mueller P., Jensen K., Megonigal J.P. (2016) Plants mediate soil organic matter decomposition in response to sea level rise. Global Change Biology, 22, 404-414.
• Mueller P., Hager R.N., Meschter J.E., Mozdzer T.J., Langley J.A., Jensen K., Megonigal J.P. (2016) Complex invader-ecosystem interactions and seasonality mediate the impact of non-native Phragmites on CH4 emissions. Biological Invasions, 18, 2635-2647.
• Mozdzer T.J., Langley J.A., Mueller P., Megonigal J.P. (2016) Deep rooting and global change facilitate spread of invasive grass. Biological Invasions, 18, 2619–2631.

 Non-peer-reviewed publications incl. current preprints

•  UNESCO (2021) UNESCO Marine World Heritage: Custodians of the globe’s blue carbon assets. Paris, France. https://whc.unesco.org/en/blue-carbon-report
• Martens, M., Mueller P., Goesele C., Jensen K., Schuchardt B. (2021) Blue Carbon im Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer. Grundlagen für eine Prüfung und Bewertung möglicher Maßnahmen zur Förderung der C-Fixierung in Salzwiesen. Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Report (in German) to guide blue carbon management in the saltmarshes of the Wadden Sea National Park Lower Saxony.