Publications 2022:
- Attermeyer, K., Harjung, A., Schelker, J., & Weigelhofer, G. (2022). Experimental evaluation of the role of inorganic phosphorus for terrestrial carbon degradation in stream hyporheic zones. Freshwater Biology, 00, 1– 16. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13980
- Baldan D, S Chattopadhyay, P Prus, A Funk, A Keller, M Piniewski (2022) Regionalization strategy affects the determinants of fish community structure. Ecohydrology. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2425
- Baldan D, David Cunillera-Montcusí, Andrea Funk, Thomas Hein, Introducing ‘riverconn’: an R package to assess river connectivity indices, Environmental Modelling & Software 156, 2022, 105470, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105470.
- Coulson LE, G Weigelhofer, S Gill, T Hein, C Griebler, J Schelker (2022) Small rain events during drought alter sediment dissolved organic carbon leaching and respiration in intermittent stream sediments. Biogeochemistry 159:159–178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-022-00919-7
- Coulson L.E., E. Feldbacher, B. Pitzl, G. Weigelhofer (2022) Effects of intermittent flow on biofilms are driven by stream characteristics rather than history of intermittency. Sci Tot Environ 849 (2022) 157809.
- Eder, A, G Weigelhofer, M Pucher, A Tiefenbacher, P Strauss, M Brandl. G Blöschl (2022) Pathways and composition of dissolved organic carbon in a small agricultural catchment during base flow conditions. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 22, 96-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2021.07.012
- Engdaw, Flipos, Thomas Hein, and Getachew Beneberu. 2022. „Heavy Metal Distribution in Surface Water and Sediment of Megech River, a Tributary of Lake Tana, Ethiopia“ Sustainability 14, no. 5: 2791. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052791
- Kabore I, A. Oueda, O. Moog, P. Meulenbroek, L. Tampo, V. Bance, A.
H. Melcher (2022) A benthic invertebrates-based biotic index to assess the ecological status of West African Sahel Rivers, Burkina Faso. J Environ Manag 307. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114503 - Meulenbroeck P, Hein T, Friedrich T et al. Sturgeons in large rivers: detecting the near-extinct needles in a haystack via eDNA metabarcoding from water samples. Biodivers Conserv (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02459-w
- Pont, D, et al (2022) Quantitative monitoring of diverse fish communities on a large scale combining eDNA metabarcoding and qPCR. Molecular Ecology Resources. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13715
- Pinto R, Weigelhofer G, Pucher M, Hood-Nowotny R, Bonin P, Brito AG, and Hein T (2022) Dry-Wet Cycles Affect Nitrous Oxide Emissions Across Aquatic-Terrestrial Interfaces: A Mesocosms Study. Front. Soil Sci. 2:849210. doi: 10.3389/fsoil.2022.849210
- Ramler, D.; Stutter, M.; Weigelhofer, G.; Quinton, J. N.; Hood-Nowotny, R., Strauss, P.; (2022): Keeping Up with Phosphorus Dynamics: Overdue Conceptual Changes in Vegetative Filter Strip Research and Management, Frontiers in Environmental Science, doi: 10.3389
- Rodrigues DM, R do Amaral Fragoso, AP Carvalho, T Hein, A Guerreiro de Brito (2022) Are alternative magnesium sources the key for a viable downstream transfer of struvite precipitation? Assessment of process feasibility and precipitate characteristics, Journal of Water Process Engineering 45, 102508; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2021.102508
- Schulz-Zunkel C, et al (2022) Effective restoration measures in river-floodplain ecosystems: Lessons learned from the ‘Wilde Mulde’ project. Hydrobiology 107, Special Issue: Revitalisation of Dynamic Riverine Landscapes – Evaluation of the Effects of Hydromorphological Restoration Measures, 9-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.202102086
- Tschikof M, A Gericke, M Venohr, G Weigelhofer, E Bondar-Kunze, US Kaden, T Hein (2022) The potential of large floodplains to remove nitrate in river basins – The Danube case. Sci Tot Environ 843, 156879, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156879.
Publications 2021:
- Arnberger, A.; Eder, R.; Preiner, S.; Hein, T.; Nopp-Mayr, U. (2021): Landscape Preferences of Visitors to the Danube Floodplains National Park, Vienna, water, doi: 10.3390
- Baldan, D.; Kiesel, J.; Hauer, C.; Jähnig, S.C.; Hein, T. (2021): Increased sediment deposition triggered by climate change impacts Freshwater Pearl Mussels habitats and metapopulations, Journal of Applied Ecology, doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13940
- Baldan, D.; Pucher, M.; Akbari E.; Hein, T.; Weigelhofer, G. (2021): Effects of Two-Stage Ditch and Natural Floodplains on Sediment Processes Driven by Different Hydrological Conditions, water, doi: 10.3390
- Bondar-Kunze E, V. Kasper and T. Hein, (2021) Responses of periphyton communities to abrupt changes in water temperature and velocity, and the relevance of morphology: a mesocosm approach, Sci Tot Environ, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145200
- Chaparro, G., Mariani, M., & Hein, T. (2021). Diversity of dormant and active zooplankton stages: spatial patterns across scales in temperate riverine floodplains. J Plankton Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.147
- Coulson L, J Schelker, K Attermeyer, C Griebler, T Hein, G Weigelhofer (2021) Experimental desiccation indicates high moisture content maintains hyporheic biofilm processes during drought in temperate intermittent streams. Aquat Sci (2021) 83:46; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-021-00799-3
- Czegledi I, P Saly, A Specziar, B Preiszner, Z Szaloky, A Maroda, D Pont, P Meulenbroek, A Valentini, T Eros (2021) Congruency between two traditional and eDNA-based sampling methods in characterising taxonomic and trait-based structure of fish communities and community-environment relationships in lentic environment. Ecological Indicators 129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107952
- Graeber D, Y Tenzin, M Stutter, G Weigelhofer, T Shatwell, W von Tümpling, J Tittel, A Wachholz, D Borchardt (2021) Bioavailable DOC: reactive nutrient ratios controlheterotrophic nutrient assimilation—An experimental proof of the macronutrient-access hypothesis. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00809-4
- Gómez-Gener L, et al. (2021) Towards an improved understanding of biogeochemical processes across surface-groundwater interactions in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Earth-Science Reviews 220 (2021) 103724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103724.
- Hein T, D. M. Infante, R. Schinegger, J. Schoelynck, G. Weigelhofer (2021) Editorial: Challenges and Innovative Solutions in River Sciences. Front Environ Sci, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.655473.
- Hein, T.; Weigelhofer, G.; Baldan, D.; Pucher, M.; Tschikof, M.; Wang, C. et al. (2021): The coupled socio-ecohydrological evolution of river systems: Towards an integrative perspective of river systems in the 21st century, Science of the Total Environment, doi: 10.1016
- Kaden US, E Fuchs, S Geyer, T Hein, P Horchler, H Rupp, M Scholz, C Schulz-Zunkel, G Weigelhofer (2021) Soil Characteristics and Hydromorphological Patterns Control Denitrification at the Floodplain Scale. Front. Earth Sci. 9:708707. doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.708707.
- Kretz L, Bondar-Kunze E, Hein T, Richter R, Schulz-Zunkel C, Seele-Dilbat C, et al. (2021) Vegetation characteristics control local sediment and nutrient retention on but not underneath vegetation in floodplain meadows. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0252694. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252694
- Mayerhuber L, S Trattner, S Luger, G Weigelhofer, C Hametner, P Fruhmann (2021) Development of ion-selective electrodes for antipyrine and its derivatives as potential tool for environmental water monitoring. J Electroanalytical Chemistry 886, 115110. doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115110.
- Rodrigues DM, RA Fragoso, AP Carvalho, T Hein, AG Brito (2021) Are alternative magnesium sources the key for a viable downstream transfer of struvite precipitation? Assessment of process feasibility and precipitate characteristics. J Water Process Engg 45 (2022) 102508.
- Ondiek, RA, D.S. Hayes, D.N. Kinyua, et al., Influence of land-use change and season on soil greenhouse gas emissions from a tropical wetland: a stepwise explorative assessment, Sci Tot Environ (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147701
- Pinto R, G Weigelhofer, A Guerreiro Brito and T Hein (2021) Effects of dry-wet cycles on nitrous oxide emissions in freshwater sediments: a synthesis. PeerJ 9:e 0767 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10767.
- Pucher M, P Flödl, D Graeber, K Felsenstein, T Hein, G Weigelhofer (2021) Complex interactions of in-stream DOM and nutrient spiralling unravelled by Bayesian regression analysis. Biogeosciences.
- Tesfaye G, M Curto, P Meulenbroek, G Englmaier, P D Tibihika, E Alemayehu, A Getahun, H Meimberg (2021) Genetic diversity of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) populations in Ethiopia: insights from nuclear DNA microsatellites and implications for conservation. BMC Ecol Evo (2021) 21:113; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01829-2
- Tiefenbacher A, G Weigelhofer, A Klik, L Mabit, J Santner, W Wenzel, P Strauss (2021) Antecedent soil moisture and rain intensity control pathways and quality of organic carbon exports from arable land. Catena 202 (2021) 105297. doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105297.
- Valiente N, F. Jirsa, T. Hein, W. Wanek, J. Prommer, P. Bonin, J.J. Gómez-Alday (2021) The role of coupled DNRA-Anammox during nitrate removal in a highly saline lake. Sci Tot Environ 806 (2022) 150726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150726
- Vari, A, et al (2021) Freshwater systems and ecosystem services: Challenges and chances for cross-fertilization of disciplines. Ambio, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01556-4
- Voutsa V et al. 2021 Two classes of functional connectivity in dynamical processes in networks. J. R. Soc.Interface 18: 20210486. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0486
- Weigelhofer G, M Brauns, D Gilvear, G Haidvogl, and T Hein (2021) Riverine landscapes: challenges and future trends in research and management. River Res Applic. 37:119–122. DOI: 10.1002/rra.3769.
- Were D, F Kansiime, T Fetahi, T Hein (2021) Carbon Dioxide and Methane Fluxes from Various Vegetation Communities of a Natural Tropical Freshwater Wetland in Different Seasons. Environmental Processes, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-021-00497-0
- Were, D.; Kansiime, F.; Fetahi, T.; Hein, T. (2021): Carbon Dioxide and Methane Fluxes from Various Vegetation Communities of a Natural Tropical Freshwater Wetland in Different Seasons, Environmental Processes 8, pages553–571 (2021), doi: 10.1007/s40710-021-00497-0
- Wöber W, Curto M, Tibihika P, Meulenbroek P, Alemayehu E, Mehnen L, et al. (2021) Identifying geographically differentiated features of Ethopian Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) morphology with machine learning. PLoS ONE 16(4): e0249593. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249593
Publications 2020:
- Baldan, D. et al (2020) A multi-scale, integrative modeling framework for setting conservation priorities at the catchment scale for the Freshwater Pearl Mussel Margaritifera margaritifera. Sci Tot Environ 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137369
- Baldan, D., Mehdi, B., Feldbacher, E., Piniewski, M., Hauer, C., & Hein, T. (2020). Assessing multi-scale effects of natural water retention measures on in-stream fine bed material deposits with a modeling cascade. J Hydrol, 125702, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125702
- Birk, S.; Auer, S.; Bondar-Kunze, E.; Hering D. et al. (2020): Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems, Nature Ecology & Evolution, doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1216-4
- Brandl, M. et al. (2020) A Portable Sensor System for Measurement of Fluorescence Indices of Water Samples. IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL. 10.1109/JSEN.2020.2988588.
- Dai Y. et al (2020) Influence of water temperature and water depth on macrophyte bacteria-plankton interaction in a groundwater-fed river. Environ Sci Poll Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-07921-2
- Friedrichs-Manthey, M.; Langhans, S. D.; Hein, T.; Borgwardt, F.; Kling, H.; Jähnig, S. C.; Domisch, S. (2020): From topography to hydrology—The modifiable area unit problem impacts freshwater species distribution models, Ecol Evol, doi: 10.1002/ece3.6110
- Friedrichs-Manthey, M., Langhans, S. D., Hein, T., Borgwardt, F., Kling, H., Jaehnig, S. C., & Domisch, S. (2020). Fish species distribution modelling in the upper Danube catchment-the size-dependency of spatial units. WASSERWIRTSCHAFT, 110(2-3), 38-40.
- Funk, A.; Tschikof, M.; Grüner, B.; Böck, K.; Hein, T.; Bondar-Kunze, E. (2020): Analysing the potential to restore the multi-functionality of floodplain systems by considering ecosystem service quality, quantity and trade-offs, River Res Appl, doi: 10.1002/rra.3662
- Kaden, U. S., Fuchs, E., Hecht, C., Hein, T., Rupp, H., Scholz, M., & Schulz-Zunkel, C. (2020). Advancement of the Acetylene Inhibition Technique Using Time Series Analysis on Air-Dried Floodplain Soils to Quantify Denitrification Potential. Geosciences, 10(11), 431.
- Natho, S.; Tschikof, M.; Bondar-Kunze, E.; Hein, T. (2020): Modeling the Effect of Enhanced Lateral Connectivity on Nutrient Retention Capacity in Large River Floodplains: How Much Connected Floodplain Do We Need?, Frontiers in Environmental Science, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.00074
- Ondiek, RA, et al (2020) Socio-economic determinants of land use/cover change in wetlands in East Africa: a case study analyses of the Anyioko wetland, Kenia. Frontiers in Environmen Sci. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2019.00207
- Pinto, R., et al (2020) River-floodplain restoration and hydrological effects on GHG emissions: Biogeochemical dynamics in the parafluvial zone. Sci Tot Environ 715: 136980. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136980
- Preiner, S. et al (2020) Effects of macrophytes on ecosystem metabolism and net nutrient uptake in a groundwater fed lowland river. Sci Tot Environ 721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137620
- Preiner, S.; Bondar-Kunze, E.; Pitzl, B.; Weigelhofer, B.; Hein, T.; (2020): Effect of Hydrological Connectivity on the Phosphorus Buffering Capacity of an Urban Floodplain, Front Environ Sci, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.00147
- Reitsema, R. E.; Preiner, S.; Meire, P.; Hein, T.; De Boeck, G.; Blust, R.; Schoelynck, J. (2020): Implications of climate change for submerged macrophytes: effects of CO2, flow velocity and nutrient concentration on Berula erecta, Aquat Ecol, doi: 10.1007/s10452-020-09776-8
- Reitsema, R. E., Preiner, S., Meire, P., Hein, T., Dai, Y., & Schoelynck, J. (2020). Environmental control of macrophyte traits and interactions with metabolism and hydromorphology in a groundwater‐fed river. River Research and Applications, https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3708.
- Reitsema, R. E., Wolters, J. W., Preiner, S., Meire, P., Hein, T., De Boeck, G., … & Schoelynck, J. (2020). Response of submerged macrophyte growth, morphology, chlorophyll content and nutrient stoichiometry to increased flow velocity and elevated CO2 and dissolved organic carbon concentrations. Frontiers in Environmental Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.527801
- Stutter M, D Graeber, G Weigelhofer (2020) Available Dissolved Organic Carbon Alters Uptake and Recycling of Phosphorus and Nitrogen from River Sediments. Water 2020, 12, 3321; doi:10.3390/w12123321
- Tiefenbacher, A., et al. (2020) Short-Term Effects of Fertilization on Dissolved Organic Matter in Soil Leachate. Water 2020, 12, 1617; doi:10.3390/w12061617
- Weigelhofer G, T S Jirón, T Yeh, G Steniczka, M Pucher (2020) Dissolved Organic Matter Quality and Biofilm Composition Affect Microbial Organic Matter Uptake in Stream Flumes. Water 2020, 12, 3246; doi:10.3390/w12113246
- Weigelhofer G., E. Feldbacher, D. Trauner, E. Pölz, T. Hein and A. Funk (2020) Integrating conflicting goals of the EC Water Framework Directive and the EC Habitats Directives into floodplain restoration schemes. Front. Environ. Sci. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.538139
- Were, D.; Kansiime, F.; Fetahi, T.; Hein, T. (2020): A natural tropical freshwater wetland is a better climate change mitigation option through soil organic carbon storage compared to a rice paddy wetland, SN Applied Sciences, doi: 10.1007/s42452-020-2746-8
- Were, D., Kansiime, F., Fetahi, T., & Hein, T. (2020). Soil organic carbon storage in a tropical freshwater wetland: the influence of vegetation type. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 1-12.
- Yeh, T.-C.; Krennmayr, K.; Liao, C.-S.; Ejarque, E.; Schomakers, J.; Huang, J.-C.; Zehetner, F.; Hein, T. (2020): Effects of terrigenous organic substrates and additional phosphorus on bacterioplankton metabolism and exoenzyme stoichiometry, Freshwat Biol, doi: 10.1111/fwb.13593
Publications 2019
- Arce M.I., et al. (2019) A conceptual framework for understanding the biogeochemistry of dry riverbeds through the lens of soil science. Earth-Science Reviews 188: 441-453. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.12.001.
- Borgwardt, F. et al. (2019) Exploring variability in environmental impact risk from human activities across aquatic ecosystems, Sci Tot Environ 652: 1396-1408.
- Chaparro, G. et al. (2018): Plankton metacommunities in floodplain wetlands under contrasting hydrological conditions, Freshwat Biol, doi: 10.1111/fwb.13076
- Chaparro, G. et al. (2019): Multi-scale analysis of functional plankton diversity in floodplain wetlands: Effects of river regulation, Sci Tot Environ 667: 338-347.
- Domisch S. et al. (2019) Spatially explicit species distribution models: A missed opportunity in conservation planning? Divers Distrib 25: 758-796.
- Domisch, S. et al (2019): Social equity shapes zone-selection: Balancing aquatic biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services delivery in the trans-national Danube River Basin, Sci Tot Environ 656: 797-807.
- Funk, A. et al. (2019): Identification of conservation and restoration priority areas in the Danube River based on the multi-functionality of river-floodplain systems, Sci Tot Environ 654: 763-777.
- Hein, T; et al. (2019) Management challenges related to long-term ecological impacts, complex stressor interactions, and different assessment approaches in the Danube River Basin. River Research and Applications 35, Special Issue Large Rivers, 500-509. doi: 10.1002/rra.3243
- Langhans, S. D. et al. (2019): The potential of ecosystem-based management to integrate biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision in aquatic ecosystems, Sci Tot Environ, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.025
- Pucher, M. et al. (2019): staRdom: Versatile Software for Analyzing Spectroscopic Data of Dissolved Organic Matter in R, Water, doi: 10.3390/w11112366
- Rodrigues, D. M. et al. (2019): Recovery of phosphates as struvite from urine-diverting toilets: optimization of pH, Mg:PO4 ratio and contact time to improve precipitation yield and crystal morphology, Water Sci Technol, doi: 10.2166/wst.2019.371
- Teixeira, H. et al. (2019): Linking biodiversity to ecosystem services supply: Patterns across aquatic ecosystems, Sci Tot Environ, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.440
2017-2018
- Polst, B. H. et al. (2018): Hydrodynamics Alter the Tolerance of Autotrophic Biofilm Communities Toward Herbicides, Frontiers in Microbiology, doi: 10.3389/(fmicb.2018.02884
- Schoelynck, J. et al (2018): What is a macrophyte patch? Patch identification in aquatic ecosystems and guidelines for consistent delineation, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 18:1-9, doi: 10.1016/j.ecohyd.2017.10.005
- Schomakers, J. et al. (2018): Soil aggregate breakdown and carbon release along a chronosequence of recovering landslide scars in a subtropical watershed, Catena, doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.03.004
- Shih, Y.-T. et al. (2018): Dynamic responses of DOC and DIC transport to different flow regimes in a subtropical small mountainous river, Hydrol Earth Syst Sci, doi: 10.5194/hess-22-6579-2018
- Weigelhofer, G.; Pölz, E.-M.; Hein, T. (2018): Citizen science: how high school students can provide scientifically sound data in biogeochemical experiments, Freshwater Science, doi: 10.1086/698765
- Weigelhofer, G. et al. (2018): Decoupled water-sediment interactions restrict the phosphorus buffer mechanism in agricultural streams, Sci Tot Environ, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.030
- Weigelhofer, G. et al. (2018): How do chronic nutrient loading and the duration of nutrient pulses affect nutrient uptake in headwater streams?, Biogeochem, doi: 10.1007/s10533-018-0518-y
- Yeh, T.-C. et al. (2018): Differences in N loading affect DOM dynamics during typhoon events in a forested mountainous catchment, Sci Tot Environ, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.177
- Bradley, C. et al (2017): Advancing integrated research on European river-sea systems: the DANUBIUS-RI project, International Journal of Water Resources Development, doi: 10.1080/07900627.2017.1399107
- Calapez, A.R. et al (2017): Macroinvertebrate short-term responses to flow variation and oxygen depletion: A mesocosm approach, Science of the Total Environment 599-600, 1202-1212
- Funk, A. et al (2017): The Benthic Invertebrates Floodplain Index – Extending the assessment approach, Ecological Indicators 79, 303-309
- Schomakers, J. et al (2017): Soil and biomass carbon re-accumulation after landslide disturbances, Geomorphology 288, 164-174
- Weigelhofer G. (2017) The potential of agricultural headwater streams to retain soluble reactive phosphorus. Hydrobiologia 793:149–160. DOI 10.1007/s10750-016-2789-4.