Dr. Peter Kuschk - in memoriam
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Department of Environmental Biotechnology
Permoserstrasse 15
D-04318 Leipzig
Germany
Curiculum vitae
2008-2009
guest lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Mittweida for "Processing of drinking water and wastewater treatment"
2001-2004
guest lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Anhalt, in Köthen, for "Phytoremediation"
since 1998
head of the group Ecological Water Treatment Technologies (EWaTT) – Constructed Wetlands
since 1992
Researcher at the Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle
1991
PhD thesis, methanogenic fermentation of a wastewater from the coal pyrolysis, University Oldenburg
1991
PhD thesis, methanogenic fermentation of a wastewater from the coal pyrolysis, University Oldenburg
1982 - 1991
scientific co-worker in the Institute for Biotechnology in Leipzig; task: anaerobic digestion of industrial wastewaters
1977 - 1982
studied biochemistry at the University of Halle (Germany)
Research areas:
Low tech nature-near methods for wastewater treatment (see also web page: www.phyto.ufz.de)
- Microbial anaerobic processes and metal removal/fixation in artificial pond/wetland systems
- Fate of pharmaceutical residues in municipal wastewater in planted soil filter and pond systems (constructed wetlands)
- Cycles of nitrogen, sulphur and carbon in the technical ecosystem ”constructed wetland“ for wastewater treatment
- Oxygen-input into the rhizosphere by helophytes
- Hygienization of domestic sewage in ponds and constructed wetlands
Participation at international projects (selection):
- EU-INCO-Project, Peri-urban mangroves forests as filters and potential phytoremediators of domestic sewage in East Africa – PUMPSEA ; grant INCO-CT2004-510863, PUMPSEA), 02/2005-01/2008
- Cooperation project Germany-Mexico „Passive treatment of tannery effluents“; MEX03/Z05; 2004-2006, funded by BMBF; Partner: BioPlanta GmbH, UFZ-Leipzig, Centro de Investigación y Asesoría Tecnológia en Cuero y Calzado, Leon, Mexico
- Cooperation project Germany-Mexico MEX00/004 „Novel insights in the use of aquatic plants for heavy metal removal“ (2000-2003 , funded by BMBF; partners: BioPlanta GmbH in Leipzig, CIATEC in Leon and Institute of Ecology in Xalapa)
- NATO-Collaborative Linkage Grant 978918 (2001-2004; „Heavy Metal Removal by Bioreactors and constructed wetlands“; Partners: IBPM in Pushchino, Russia and University Wageningen, The Netherlands)
- Cooperation project Germany-Mexico, „Reducing pathogenic germs in municipal sewage using constructed wetlands“, 2000-2003, funded by BMBF; Partner: UFZ-Leipzig, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico, Umweltschutz Nord GmbH & Co
Publikationen / Publications
Spatiotemporal distribution of the bacterial contamination of agricultural and domestic wastewater discharged to a drainage ditch (Sinaloa, Mexico). Distribución espaciotemporal de la contaminación bacteriana del agua residual agrícola y doméstica descargada a un canal de drenaje (Sinaloa, México)
Cienc. Mar. 40 (4), 277 - 289
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Effect of soil pH on As hyperaccumulation capacity in fern species, Pityrogramma calomelanos
J. Environ. Biol. 34 (2), 237 - 242
Retention of Escherichia coli in municipal sewage by means of planted soil filters in two-stage pilot plant systems
Water Sci. Technol. 51 (9), 205 - 212
full text (url)
Reduction of microorganisms in municipal sewage by means of planted and unplanted soil filters
9th International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control, Avignon/France, 26.-30.9.2004
435 - 441
Reducing faecal germs in municipal sewage using planted soil filters. Initial results of a pilot plant system
International Conference on Urban Horticulture Waedenswil, Switzerland
Acta Hort. 643
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), The Hague, 257 - 263
Phytovolatilization of organic contaminants
In: Heiden, S., Erb, R., Warrelmann, J., Dierstein, R. (eds.)
Biotechnologie im Umweltschutz. Bioremediation: Entwicklungsstand, Anwendungen, Perspektiven ; [im Rahmen der Fachtagung "Biotechnologie im Umweltschutz, Bioremediation: Entwicklungsstand - Anwendungen - Perspektiven", vom 9.-12. Mai 1999 Munster, Soltau]
Initiativen zum Umweltschutz 12
Erich Schmidt, Berlin, p. 175 - 183
Field application of a planted fixed bed reactor (PFR) for support media and rhizosphere investigation using undisturbed samples from full-scale constructed wetlands
Water Sci. Technol. 72 (4), 553 - 560
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Distribution of contaminants and the self-purifying potential for aromatic compounds in a carbonization wastewater deposit
Chemosphere 34 (4), 731 - 748
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Removal of monochlorobenzene and perchloroethene in wetland rhizosphere model systems
Eng. Life Sci. 11 (3), 298 - 308
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Treatment of chlorobenzene-contaminated groundwater in a pilot-scale constructed wetland
Ecol. Eng. 33 (1), 45 - 53
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Chlorobenzene removal efficiencies and removal processes in a pilot-scale constructed wetland treating contaminated groundwater
Ecol. Eng. 37 (6), 903 - 913
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Assessment of in situ biodegradation of monochlorobenzene in contaminated groundwater treated in a constructed wetland
Environ. Pollut. 148 (2), 428 - 437
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Biodegradation of chlorobenzene in a constructed wetland treating contaminated groundwater
Water Sci. Technol. 56 (3), 57 - 62
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Adaptation of a constructed wetland to simultaneous treatment of monochlorobenzene and perchloroethene
Int. J. Phytoremediat. 13 (10), 998 - 1013
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Trace analysis of technical nonylphenol, bisphenol A and 17a-ethinylestradiol in wastewater using solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
J. Chromatogr. A 988 (1), 41 - 51
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Removal of arsenic and zinc using different laboratory model wetland systems
Eng. Life Sci. 5 (3), 247 - 252
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Comparison of heavy metal content in two sludge drying reed beds of different age
Ecol. Eng. 74 , 48 - 55
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Removal of selected organic micropollutants in planted and unplanted pilot-scale horizontal flow constructed wetlands under conditions of high organic load
Ecol. Eng. 71 , 234 - 245
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Transformation of chloroform in model treatment wetlands: from mass balance to microbial analysis
Environ. Sci. Technol. 49 (10), 6198 - 6205
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Sulfate removal and sulfur transformation in constructed wetlands: The roles of filling material and plant biomass
Water Res. 102 , 572 - 581
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Benzene removal in laboratory scale model wetland under different electron acceptor conditions treating sulfate-rich wastewater
In: Wang, A., Li, X., Wang, X., Zhao, J. (eds.)
Advances in environmental technologies III : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 3rd International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection (ICEEP 2014) April 26-28, 2014, Xi'an, China
Advanced Materials Research 955-959
Trans Tech Publications, Durnten-Zurich, p. 2083 - 2086
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The dynamics of low-chlorinated benzenes in a pilot-scale constructed wetland and a hydroponic plant root mat treating sulfate-rich groundwater
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 22 (5), 3886 - 3894
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Treatment of a sulfate-rich groundwater contaminated with perchloroethene in a hydroponic plant root mat filter and a horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland at pilot-scale
Chemosphere 117 , 178 - 184
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Comparative evaluation of pilot scale horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands and plant root mats for treating groundwater contaminated with benzene and MTBE
J. Hazard. Mater. 209-210 , 510 - 515
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Hydroponic root mats for wastewater treatment—a review
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 23 (16), 15911 - 15928
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Treatment of water contaminated by volatile organic compounds in hydroponic root mats
Ecol. Eng. 98 , 339 - 345
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Effects of tidal operation on pilot-scale horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland treating sulfate rich wastewater contaminated by chlorinated hydrocarbons
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 24 (1), 1042 - 1050
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Effect of vegetation in pilot-scale horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands treating sulphate rich groundwater contaminated with a low and high chlorinated hydrocarbon
Chemosphere 89 (6), 724 - 731
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Nitrogen biotransformation in horizontal subsurfaceflow constructed wetlands treating contaminated groundwater
Advocate Bulletin (6), 1 - 4
Nitrogen transforming community in a horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetland
Water Res. 74 , 203 - 212
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Microbial nitrogen transformation in constructed wetlands treating contaminated groundwater
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 22 (17), 12829 - 12839
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Alternative Sanierungsstrategien für Arsen-Altlasten
WLB Wasser, Luft und Boden 47 (3 / Supplement TerraTech), 17 - 19
Alternative electron acceptors in microbial coal-conversion wastewater treatment
Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 46 (5-6), 604 - 609
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Balancing phosphine in manure fermentation
J. Environ. Sci. Health Part B-Pestic. Contam. Agric. Wastes 32 (6), 955 - 968
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Effect of free phosphine on anaerobic digestion
Water Res. 31 (11), 2771 - 2774
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Soils as source and sink of phosphine
Chemosphere 35 (3), 523 - 533
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Microbial phenol degradation of organic compounds in natural systems: Temperature-inhibition relationships
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 4 (4), 203 - 207
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The two odors of iron when touched or pickled: (skin) carbonyl compounds and organophosphines
Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit. 45 (42), 7006 - 7009
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Phosphine gas in the upper troposphere
Atmos. Environ. 37 (18), 2429 - 2433
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Phosphine in soils, sludges, biogases and atmospheric implications - a review
Ecol. Eng. 24 (5), 457 - 463
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Phosphine by bio-corrosion of phosphide-rich iron
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 5 (2), 71 - 74
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Treatment of an artificial sulphide containing wastewater in subsurface horizontal flow laboratory-scale constructed wetlands
Ecol. Eng. 31 (4), 259 - 268
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Physiological responses of Juncus effusus (rush) to chromium and relevance for wastewater treatment in constructed wetlands
Int. J. Phytoremediat. 10 (2), 79 - 90
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Influence of phenol and phenanthrene on the growth of Phalaris arundinacea and Phragmites australis
Int. J. Phytoremediat. 2 (4), 331 - 342
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Monitoring and assessing processes of organic chemicals removal in constructed wetlands
Chemosphere 74 (3), 349 - 362
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Investigating the distribution and fate of Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn in sewage-impacted mangrove-fringed creeks of Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique
J. Soils Sediments 15 (12), 2453 - 2465
full text (doi)
Nitrogen transformations in a constructed wetland
10th Nitrogen Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23.-26.8.1999
Model experiments on the influence of artificial humic compounds on chemodenitrification
Water Air Soil Pollut. 147 (1-4), 317 - 330
full text (doi)
Nitrogen transformations in a constructed wetland
IACR-Tagung "A root zone process", Rothamsted, 10.-12.4.2000
Planted fixed bed reactor - a universal test system for constructed wetlands
ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
p. 33
Planted fixed bed reactor - a universal test system for constructed wetlands
In: Leeson, A., Foote, E., Banks, K., Magar, V.S. (eds.)
Phytoremediation, wetlands, and sediments : the Sixth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, California, June 4-7, 2001
Battelle Press, Columbus, OH, p. 337 - 344
Planted Fixed Bed Reactor - eine universelle Testeinheit für bewachsene Bodenfilter
Chem. Ing. Tech. 73 (11), 1472 - 1477
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Operation of a universal test unit for planted soil filters – Planted Fixed Bed Reactor
Eng. Life Sci. 2 (10), 311 - 315
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A meso-scale constructed wetland for the remediation of chlorobenzene contaminated groundwater
In: Thomson, N.R. (ed.)
Bringing groundwater quality research to the watershed scale (GQ2004 International conference of groundwater quality, Waterloo, Canada, 19-22 July 2004)
IAHS Publ. 297
International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), Wallingford, Oxfordshire, p. 404 - 411
Microbial processes of heavy metal removal from carbon-deficient effluents in constructed wetlands
Eng. Life Sci. 4 (5), 403 - 411
full text (doi)
Elimination von Nonylphenolen und Bisphenol A in Teich- und Pflanzenkläranlagen
GWF Wasser, Abwasser 144 (4), 297 - 301
Phytoremediation von schwermetall-belasteten Böden
In: Stottmeister, U. (Hrsg.)
Biotechnologie zur Umweltentlastung
Teubner-Reihe Umwelt
Teubner, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Wiesbaden, S. 193 - 207
Batch methanogenic fermentation experiments of wastewater from a brown coal low-temperature coke plant
J. Environ. Sci. 22 (2), 192 - 197
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Effectiveness of differently designed small-scale constructed wetlands to decrease the acidity of acid mine drainage under field conditions
Eng. Life Sci. 6 (4), 394 - 398
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Annual cycle of nitrogen removal by a pilot-scale subsurface horizontal flow in a constructed wetland under moderate climate
Water Res. 37 (17), 4236 - 4242
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Pflanzenkläranlagen - Zukunftspotenzial und Forschungsbedarf
Chem. Ing. Tech. 80 (12), 1785 - 1793
full text (doi)
Experimental strategies to investigate the influence of helophytes on the redox reactions in their rhizosphere
ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
p. 15
Untersuchungen zur Sanierung wäßriger Altlasten der Braunkohlepyrolyseindustrie. Beispiel: Schwelwasserdeponie „Schwelvollert". Investigations on the water treatment of the coalpyrolysis effluent deposite 'Schwelvollert'
Energieanwendung, Energie- und Umwelttechnik 43 (8), 309 - 312
Constructed wetlands – treating wastewater with cenoses of plants and microorganisms. A research association at UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle in the Helmholtz Association
UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle in the Helmholtz Association, Leipzig, 28 pp.
Abwasserbehandlung in Pflanzenkläranlagen
In: Stottmeister, U. (Hrsg.)
Biotechnologie zur Umweltentlastung
Teubner-Reihe Umwelt
Teubner, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Wiesbaden, S. 182 - 192
Biological processes in wetland systems for wastewater treatment
In: Rehm, H.J., Reed, G., Pühler, A., Stadler, P. (eds.)
Biotechnology Vol. 11a. Environmental processes I. Wastewater treatment
Wiley-VCH, New York, Heidelberg, Berlin, p. 241 - 251
full text (doi)
Annual cycle of nitrogen removal in a pilot-scale horizontal flow constructed wetland
ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
p. 89
The status of research on constructed wetlands
In: Vitale, K. (ed.)
Environmental and food safety and security for South-East Europe and Ukraine. Proceedings NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Environmental and Food Security for South-East Europe and Ukraine, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, 17-19 May 2011
NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
Springer, Dordrecht, p. 155 - 171
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Slow sand filtration of secondary clarifier effluent for wastewater reuse
Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 (15), 5896 - 5901
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Modeling of slow sand filtration for disinfection of secondary clarifier effluent
Water Res. 44 (1), 159 - 166
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Lysimetermessplatz zur Simulation des Stickstoffabbaus in Vertikalpflanzenfiltern
Gebietsbilanzen bei unterschiedlicher Landnutzung. Bericht 9. Lysimetertagung, HBLA Raumberg, Irdning, 24. und 25.4.2001
BAL-Bericht
Bundesanstalt für Alpenländische Landwirtschaft Gumpenstein, Irdning, S. 195 - 197
Phosphine in the urban air of Beijing and its possible sources
Water Air Soil Pollut. 116 (3-4), 597 - 604
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Characterisation of phenol degradation by Acinetobacter sp. XA05 and Sphingomonas sp. FG03
Chem. Ecol. 25 (2), 107 - 117
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Regulation of aerobic granular sludge reformulation after granular sludge broken: Effect of poly aluminum chloride (PAC)
Bioresour. Technol. 158 , 201 - 208
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Poly aluminum chloride (PAC) enhanced formation of aerobic granules: Coupling process between physicochemical–biochemical effects
Chem. Eng. J. 284 , 1127 - 1135
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Analytical methods to characterize the composition of surface lipids of helophytes exposed to contaminated water
In: Dishovsky, D., Pivovarovi, A. (eds.)
Counteraction to chemical and biological terrorism in East European countries
NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, p. 95 - 100
full text (doi)
Composition changes in the cuticular surface lipids of the helophytes Phragmites australis and Juncus effusus as result of pollutant exposure
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 18 (5), 727 - 733
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Microbial toluene removal in hypoxic model constructed wetlands occurs predominantly via the ring monooxygenation pathway
Appl. Environ. Microb. 81 (18), 6241 - 6252
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The effect of rhizodeposition by helophytes on the bacterial degradation of organic pollutants
ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
p. 98 - 99
The effect of rhizodeposition from helophytes on bacterial degradation of phenolic compounds
Acta Biotechnol. 22 (1-2), 107 - 112
full text (doi)
Experimental station for applied and fundamental research into the hygienization of domestic sewage
ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
p. 100
Mexikanisch-deutscher Projektverbund zur Entwicklung und Optimierung von Pflanzenkläranlagen zur Keimzahlreduktion in kommunalen Abwässern
GAIA 11 (1), 74 - 76
full text (doi)
The importance of root stimulated nitrogen removal for wastewater treatment in constructed wetlands
ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
p. 101
Root stimulated nitrogen removal: only a local effect or important for water treatment?
Water Sci. Technol. 51 (9), 185 - 192
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The root surface as the definitive detail for microbial transformation processes in constructed wetlands - a biofilm characteristic
Water Sci. Technol. 56 (3), 271 - 276
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Rhizosphere microflora of plants used for the phytoremediation of bitumen-contaminated soil
Microbiol. Res. 158 (2), 151 - 161
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Plant - Rhizosphere-microflora association during phytoremediation of PAH-contaminated soil
Int. J. Phytoremediat. 5 (2), 137 - 151
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Studies of the efficacy of alfalfa and reed in the phytoremediation of hydrocarbon-polluted soil
Appl. Biochem. Microbiol. 39 (6), 681 - 688
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Heavy metal stress and leaf senescence induce the barley gene HvC2d1 encoding a calcium-dependent novel C2 domain-like protein
New Phytol. 170 (2), 261 - 273
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Influence of plants and organic matter on the nitrogen removal in laboratory-scale model subsurface flow constructed wetlands inoculated with anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria
Eng. Life Sci. 7 (6), 565 - 576
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New aspects of microbial nitrogen transformations in the context of wastewater treatment - a review
Eng. Life Sci. 7 (1), 13 - 25
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Model experiments on improving nitrogen removal in laboratory scale subsurface constructed wetlands by enhancing the anaerobic ammonia oxidation
Water Sci. Technol. 56 (3), 145 - 150
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Effects of type of flow, plants and addition of organic carbon in the removal of zinc and chromium in small-scale model wetlands
Water Sci. Technol. 56 (3), 199 - 205
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Dynamics of arsenic species in laboratory-scale horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands treating an artificial wastewater
Eng. Life Sci. 8 (6), 603 - 611
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Redox dynamics of arsenic species in the root-near environment of Juncus effusus investigated in a macro-gradient-free rooted gravel bed reactor
Eng. Life Sci. 8 (6), 612 - 621
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Fate and distribution of arsenic in laboratory-scale subsurface horizontal-flow constructed wetlands treating an artificial wastewater
Ecol. Eng. 37 (8), 1214 - 1224
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Removal and fate of arsenic in the rhizosphere of Juncus effusus treating artificial wastewater in laboratory-scale constructed wetlands
Ecol. Eng. 69 , 93 - 105
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Injection of hydrogen gas stimulates acid mine drainage treatment in laboratory-scale hydroponic root mats
Eng. Life Sci. 16 (8), 769 - 776
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Role of plants in nitrogen and sulfur transformations in floating hydroponic root mats: A comparison of two helophytes
J. Environ. Manage. 181 , 333 - 342
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Biodegradation of phenanthrene by the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus ES-55
Eng. Life Sci. 5 (3), 234 - 239
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Removal of dimethylphenols and ammonium in laboratory-scale horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands
Eng. Life Sci. 17 (12), 1224 - 1233
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Removal of dimethylphenols from an artificial wastewater in a laboratory-scale wetland system planted with Juncus effusus
Ecol. Eng. 80 , 151 - 155
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Bioremediation of benzene-, MTBE- and ammonia-contaminated groundwater with pilot-scale constructed wetlands
Environ. Pollut. 159 (12), 3769 - 3776
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Performance evaluation of different horizontal subsurface flow wetland types by characterization of flow behavior, mass removal and depth-dependent contaminant load
Water Res. 47 (2), 769 - 780
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Performance evaluation using a three compartment mass balance for the removal of volatile organic compounds in pilot scale constructed wetlands
Environ. Sci. Technol. 45 (19), 8467 - 8474
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Einfluß des Schwefelgehaltes von Sedimenten auf die Mobilisierung von Schwermetallen durch bakterielle Laugung = Influence of the sulphur content in sediments on the mobilization of heavy metals by bacterial leaching
Vom Wasser 84 , 419 - 430
Economical potentials of constructed wetlands
ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
p. 119
Influence of contaminant stress on the surface lipids composition of some helophytes
In: Dishovsky, C., Pivovarovi, A. (eds.)
Counteraction to chemical and biological terrorism in East European countries
NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, p. 101 - 108
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Exposure to xenobiotics deeply affects the bacteriocenosis in the rhizosphere of helophytes
Acta Biotechnol. 22 (1-2), 161 - 166
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Constructed wetlands and their performance for treatment of water contaminated with arsenic and heavy metals
In: Twardowska, I., Allen, H.E., Häggblom, M.M., Stefaniak, S. (eds.)
Viable methods of soil and water pollution monitoring, protection and remediation
NATO Science Series IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences 69
Springer, Dordrecht, p. 417 - 432
Ökotechnische Sanierungsstrategien für carbonchemische Altlasten
Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsregion Leipzig-Halle: Regionale Festschrift zum Deutschen Ingenieurtag 1997 in Leipzig
VDI Bezirksverein, Leipzig, S. 125 - 128
Altlasten aus der Carbochemie im mitteldeutschen Raum: Dimensionen, Besonderheiten und Sanierungsstrategien
In: Bayer, E., Ballschmiter, K., Behret, H., Frimmel, F., Merz, W., Obst, U. (Hrsg.)
Umwelt und Chemie. Umwelttagung 1996
GDCh-Monographien 8
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), Frankfurt/Main, S. 185 - 199
Altlastenprobleme der Carbochemie in Nordwestsachsen: Entstehung, Ausmaß und erste Sanierungskonzepte
In: Knorr, C., von Schell, T. (Hrsg.)
Mikrobieller Schadstoffabbau: ein interdisziplinärer Ansatz
Vieweg, Wiesbaden, S. 357 - 375
Full-scale bioremediation and long-term monitoring of a phenolic wastewater disposal lake
Pure Appl. Chem. 82 (1), 161 - 173
full text (doi)
Bioremedation of contamination in soil, sediments and water resulting from lignite pyrolysis
Biotechnology '94. Second International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology, Brighton, UK, 4-6 July 1994
Institution of Chemical Engineers, Rugby, Warwickshire, UK, p. 79 - 81
Mikrobielles Leaching und Remediation anorganisch kontaminierter Böden
In: Heiden, S. (Hrsg.)
Innovative Techniken der Bodensanierung : ein Beitrag zur Nachhaltigkeit
Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin, S. 58 - 75
Remediation of Industriell deposits in former opencast mines
Reclamation and Remidiation of Post-Mining Landscapes; Teplice; International conference; May 2001
Strategy development, full-scale bioremediation and long-term monitoring of a phenolic wastewater deposit lake from the carbochemical industry
J. Biotechnol. 136 (Suppl. 1), S602 - S603
full text (doi)
Experimental determination of oxygen input into the rhizosphere by helophytes
International Workshop Innovative Potentail of Advanced Biological Systems for Remediation, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, March 2-4, 1998
93 - 96
Effects of plants and microorganisms in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment
Biotechnol. Adv. 22 (1-2), 93 - 117
full text (doi)
Effect of plants and filter materials on bacteria removal in pilot-scale constructed wetlands
Water Res. 39 (7), 1361 - 1373
full text (doi)
Model experiments on the microbial removal of chromium from contaminated groundwater
Water Res. 37 (6), 1401 - 1405
full text (doi)
Anaerobic co-reduction of chromate and nitrate by bacterial cultures of Staphylococcus epidermidis L-02
J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 32 (9), 409 - 414
full text (doi)
Remediation of waters polluted with chromium (VI)
In: Ostroumov, S.A. (ed.)
Aquatic ecosystems and organisms
MAX Press, Moskau, p. 29
Enhanced degradation of xenobiotics in the rhizospere of helophytes
ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
p. 140
Enhanced removal of xenobiotics by helophytes
Acta Biotechnol. 22 (1-2), 175 - 181
full text (doi)
Zum Abbau aromatischer Xenobiotika im Wurzelraum von Helophyten und zur Beeinflussung der Bakterienzönose in der Rhizosphäre durch Schadstoffexposition
In: Merbach, W., Wittenmayer, L., Augustin, J. (Hrsg.)
Rhizodeposition und Stoffverwertung : 10. Borkheider Seminar zur Ökophysiologie des Wurzelraumes. Wissenschaftliche Arbeitstagung in Schmerwitz/Brandenburg vom 27. bis 29. September 1999
B.G. Teubner, Stuttgart, Leipzig, S. 110 - 115
Removal of bacteria by filtration in planted and non-planted sand columns
Water Res. 41 (1), 159 - 167
full text (doi)
Effects of sulphur cycle processes on ammonia removal in a laboratory-scale constructed wetland planted with Juncus effusus
Ecol. Eng. 34 (2), 162 - 167
full text (doi)
Influence of the redox condition dynamics on the removal efficiency of a laboratory-scale constructed wetland
Water Res. 39 (1), 248 - 256
full text (doi)
Effectiveness of various small-scale constructed wetland designs for the removal of iron and zinc from acid mine drainage under field conditions
Eng. Life Sci. 6 (6), 584 - 592
full text (doi)
Sulphur transformation and deposition in the rhizosphere of Juncus effusus in a laboratory-scale constructed wetland
Environ. Pollut. 155 (1), 125 - 131
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Influence of helophytes on redox reactions in their rhizosphere
In: Macková, M., Dowling, D.N., Macek, T. (eds.)
Phytoremediation and rhizoremediation: Theoretical background
Focus on Biotechnology 9A
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, p. 69 - 82
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Abilities of helophyte species to release oxygen into rhizosphere with varying redox conditions in laboratory scale hydroponic systems
Int. J. Phytoremediat. 4 (1), 1 - 15
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