Research for the Environment

Dr. Peter Kuschk

Curiculum vitae

Research areas:

Low tech nature-near methods for wastewater treatment (see also web page: www.phyto.ufz.de)

1. Microbial anaerobic processes and metal removal/fixation in artificial pond/wetland systems
2. Fate of pharmaceutical residues in municipal wastewater in planted soil filter and pond systems (constructed wetlands)
3. Cycles of nitrogen, sulphur and carbon in the technical ecosystem ”constructed wetland“ for wastewater treatment
4. Oxygen-input into the rhizosphere by helophytes
5. 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

• Anh, B.T.K., Kim, D.D., Kuschk, P., Tua, T.V., Hue, N.T., Minh, N.N., (2013):
  Effect of soil pH on As hyperaccumulation capacity in fern species, Pityrogramma calomelanos
  J. Environ. Biol. 34 (2), 237 - 242
• Baeder-Bederski, O., Dürr, M., Borneff-Lipp, M., Kuschk, P., Netter, R., Daeschlein, G., Mosig, P., Müller, R.A., (2005):
  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
• Baeder-Bederski, O., Dürr, M., Borneff-Lipp, M., Netter, R., Kuschk, P., Mosig, P., Daeschlein, G., Müller, R.A., (2004):
  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
  p. 435 - 441
• Baeder-Bederski, O., Kuschk, P., Mosig, P., Müller, R.A., Borneff-Lipp, M., Dürr, M., (2004):
  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
  ISHS, The Hague, p. 257 - 263
• Baeder-Bederski, O., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (1999):
  Phytovolatilization of organic contaminants
  In: Heiden, S., Erb, R., Warrelmann, J., Dierstein, R., (eds.)
  Biotechnologie im Umweltschutz
  Initiativen zum Umweltschutz 12
  Erich Schmidt Verlag (ESV), Berlin, p. 175 - 183
• Becker, P.M., Wand, H., Weißbrodt, E., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (1997):
  Distribution of contaminants and the self-purifying potential for aromatic compounds in a carbonization wastewater deposit
  Chemosphere 34 (4), 731 - 748
  full text (url)
• Braeckevelt, M., Kästner, M., Kuschk, P., (2011):
  Removal of monochlorobenzene and perchloroethene in wetland rhizosphere model systems
  Eng. Life Sci. 11 (3), 298 - 308
  full text (url)
• Braeckevelt, M., Mirschel, G., Wießner, A., Rückert, M., Reiche, N., Vogt, C., Schultz, A., Paschke, H., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2008):
  Treatment of chlorobenzene-contaminated groundwater in a pilot-scale constructed wetland
  Ecol. Eng. 33 (1), 45 - 53
  full text (url)
• Braeckevelt, M., Reiche, N., Trapp, S., Wiessner, A., Paschke, H., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2011):
  Chlorobenzene removal efficiencies and removal processes in a pilot-scale constructed wetland treating contaminated groundwater
  Ecol. Eng. 37 (6), 903 - 913
  full text (url)
• Braeckevelt, M., Rokadia, H., Imfeld, G., Stelzer, N., Paschke, H., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., Weber, S., (2007):
  Assessment of in situ biodegradation of monochlorobenzene in contaminated groundwater treated in a constructed wetland
  Environ. Pollut. 148 (2), 428 - 437
  full text (url)
• Braeckevelt, M., Rokadia, H., Mirschel, G., Weber, S., Imfeld, G., Stelzer, N., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Richnow, H.H., (2007):
  Biodegradation of chlorobenzene in a constructed wetland treating contaminated groundwater
  Water Sci. Technol. 56 (3), 57 - 62
  full text (url)
• Braeckevelt, M., Seeger, E.M., Paschke, H., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2011):
  Adaptation of a constructed wetland to simultaneous treatment of monochlorobenzene and perchloroethene
  Int. J. Phytoremediat. 13 (10), 998 - 1013
  full text (url)
• Braun, P., Möder, M., Schrader, S., Popp, P., Kuschk, P., Engewald, W., (2003):
  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
  full text (url)
• Buddhawong, S., Kuschk, P., Mattusch, J., Wießner, A., Stottmeister, U., (2005):
  Removal of arsenic and zinc using different laboratory model wetland systems
  Eng. Life Sci. 5 (3), 247 - 252
  full text (url)
• Chen, Z., Kuschk, P., Reiche, N., Borsdorf, H., Kästner, M., Köser, H., (2012):
  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
  full text (url)
• Chen, Z., Wu, S., Braeckevelt, M., Paschke, H., Kästner, M., Köser, H., Kuschk, P., (2012):
  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
  full text (url)
• Daus, B., Kuschk, P., Mattusch, J., Seidel, H., Wennrich, R., Voigt, K., (2003):
  Alternative Sanierungsstrategien für Arsen-Altlasten
  WLB Wasser, Luft und Boden 3 (Supplement TerraTech), 17 - 19
• Eismann, F., Glindemann, D., Bergmann, A., Kuschk, P., (1997):
  Balancing phosphine in manure fermentation
  J. Environ. Sci. Health Part B-Pestic. Contam. Agric. Wastes 32 (6), 955 - 968
  full text (url)
• Eismann, F., Glindemann, D., Bergmann, A., Kuschk, P., (1997):
  Soils as source and sink of phosphine
  Chemosphere 35 (3), 523 - 533
  full text (url)
• Eismann, F., Glindemann, D., Bergmann, A., Kuschk, P., (1997):
  Effect of free phosphine on anaerobic digestion
  Water Res. 31 (11), 2771 - 2774
  full text (url)
• Eismann, F., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (1997):
  Microbial phenol degradation of organic compounds in natural systems: Temperature-inhibition relationships
  Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 4 (4), 203 - 207
  full text (url)
• Glindemann, D., Dietrich, A., Stärk, H.J., Kuschk, P., (2006):
  The two odors of iron when touched or pickled: (skin) carbonyl compounds and organophosphines
  Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit. 45 (42), 7006 - 7009
  full text (url)
• Glindemann, D., Edwards, M., Kuschk, P., (2003):
  Phosphine gas in the upper troposphere
  Atmos. Environ. 37 (18), 2429 - 2433
  full text (url)
• Glindemann, D., Edwards, M., Liu, J., Kuschk, P., (2005):
  Phosphine in soils, sludges, biogases and atmospheric implications - a review
  Ecol. Eng. 24 (5), 457 - 463
  full text (url)
• Glindemann, D., Eismann, F., Bergmann, A., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (1998):
  Phosphine formation in the environment by microbially accelerated corrosion of phosphide-rich iron
  Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. , 71 - 74
• Glindemann, D., Eismann, F., Bergmann, A., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (1998):
  Phosphine by bio-corrosion of phosphide-rich iron
  Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 5 (2), 71 - 74
• Gonzalias, A.E., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Jank, M., Kästner, M., Köser, H., (2007):
  Treatment of an artificial sulphide containing wastewater in subsurface horizontal flow laboratory-scale constructed wetlands
  Ecol. Eng. 31 (4), 259 - 268
  full text (url)
• Gruber, H., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Appenroth, K.-J., (2008):
  Physiological responses of Juncus effusus (rush) to chromium and relevance for wastewater treatment in constructed wetlands
  Int. J. Phytoremediat. 10 (2), 79 - 90
  full text (url)
• Hübner, T.M., Tischer, S., Tanneberg, H., Kuschk, P., (2000):
  Influence of phenol and phenanthrene on the growth of Phalaris arundinacea and Phragmites australis
  Int. J. Phytoremediat. 2 , 331 - 342
• Imfeld, G., Braeckevelt, M., Kuschk, P., Richnow, H.H., (2009):
  Monitoring and assessing processes of organic chemicals removal in constructed wetlands
  Chemosphere 74 (3), 349 - 362
  full text (url)
• Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (1999):
  Nitrogen transformations in a constructed wetland
  10th Nitrogen Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23.-26.8.1999
• Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (2003):
  Model experiments on the influence of artificial humic compounds on chemodenitrification
  Water Air Soil Pollut. 147 (1-4), 317 - 330
  full text (url)
• Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (2000):
  Nitrogen transformations in a constructed wetland
  IACR-Tagung "A root zone process", Rothamsted, 10.-12.4.2000
• Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kästner, M., (2001):
  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
• Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Kästner, M., (2001):
  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. 6th International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, California, USA, 4.-7.6.2001
  Battelle Press, Columbus, OH, p. 337 - 344
• Kappelmeyer, U., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2002):
  Operation of a universal test unit for planted soil filters-planted fixed bed reactor
  Eng. Life Sci. 2 (10), 311 - 315
• Kappelmeyer, U., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2001):
  Planted Fixed Bed Reactor - eine universelle Testeinheit für bewachsene Bodenfilter
  Chem. Ing. Tech. 73 (11), 1472 - 1477
  full text (url)
• Kaschl, A., Schultz, A., Vogt, C., Dorusch, F., Popp, P., Borsdorf, H., Küster, E., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Weiß, H., (2005):
  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 (International conference of groundwater quality, Canada, 19.-22. July 2004)
  IAHS Publ. 297
  IAHS Press, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, p. 404 - 411
• Kosolapow, D.B., Kuschk, P., Vainshtein, M., Vatsourina, A., Wießner, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., (2004):
  Microbial processes of heavy metal removal from carbon-deficient effluents in constructed wetlands
  Eng. Life Sci. 4 (5), 403 - 411
  full text (url)
• Kuschk, P., Braun, P., Möder, M., Wießner, A., Müller, J., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., (2003):
  Elimination von Nonylphenolen und Bisphenol A in Teich- und Pflanzenkläranlagen
  GWF Wasser, Abwasser 144 (4), 297 - 301
• Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., Liu, Y.J., Wiessner, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., (2010):
  Batch methanogenic fermentation experiments of wastewater from a brown coal low-temperature coke plant
  J. Environ. Sci. 22 (2), 192 - 197
  full text (url)
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., (2003):
  Abwasserbehandlung in Pflanzenkläranlagen
  Biotechnologie zur Umweltentlastung
  Teubner-Reihe Umwelt
  Teubner, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Wiebaden, S. 182 - 192
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Buddhawong, S., Stottmeister, U., Kästner, M., (2006):
  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
  full text (url)
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Weißbrodt, E., Kästner, M., Stottmeister, U., (2003):
  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
  full text (url)
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., Münch, C., Paredes, D., (2008):
  Pflanzenkläranlagen - Zukunftspotenzial und Forschungsbedarf
  Chem. Ing. Tech. 80 (12), 1785 - 1793
  full text (url)
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kossolapov, D.B., Kappelmeyer, U., Stottmeister, U., (2001):
  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
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Martius, G., Weißbrodt, E., Stottmeister, U., (1994):
  Untersuchungen zur Sanierung wäßriger Altlasten der Braunkohlepyrolyseindustrie
  Energieanwendung, Energie- und Umwelttechnik 43 (8), 309 - 312
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Stottmeister, U., (1999):
  Biological processes in wetland systems for wastewater treatment
  In: Winter, J., (ed.)
  Biotechnology Vol. 11a. Environmental processes I. Wastewater treatment
  Wiley-VCH, New York, Heidelberg, Berlin, p. 241 - 251
• Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Weißbrodt, E., Stottmeister, U., (2001):
  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
• Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Seeger, E.M., Kästner, M., Kappelmeyer, U., Paredes, D., Shtemenko, N.I., (2012):
  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
  full text (url)
• Langenbach, K., Kuschk, P., Horn, H., Kästner, M., (2009):
  Slow sand filtration of secondary clarifier effluent for wastewater reuse
  Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 (15), 5896 - 5901
  full text (url)
• Langenbach, K., Kuschk, P., Horn, H., Kästner, M., (2010):
  Modeling of slow sand filtration for disinfection of secondary clarifier effluent
  Water Res. 44 (1), 159 - 166
  full text (url)
• Lazik, D., Morgeneyer, B., Geistlinger, H., Betzl, N., Kuschk, P., Münch, C., (2001):
  Lysimetermessplatz zur Simulation des Stickstoffabbaus in Vertikalpflanzenfiltern
  9. Lysimetertagung "Gebietsbilanzen bei unterschiedlicher Landnutzung", Gumpenstein, 24.-25.4.2001
  Bundesanstalt für Alpenländische Landwirtschaft, Gumpenstein, S. 195 - 197
• Liu, J.A., Yahui, C.H.Z., Kuschk, P., Eismann, F., Glindemann, D., (1999):
  Phosphine in the urban air of Beijing and its possible sources
  Water Air Soil Pollut. 116 , 597 - 604
• Liu, Y.J., Kuschk, P., Zhang, A.N., Wang, X.C., (2009):
  Characterisation of phenol degradation by Acinetobacter sp. XA05 and Sphingomonas sp. FG03
  Chem. Ecol. 25 (2), 107 - 117
  full text (url)
• Macherius, A., Härtig, C., Kuschk, P., Shtemenko, N., Moeder, M., (2009):
  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 (url)
• Macherius, A., Kuschk, P., Härtig, C., Möder, M., Shtemenko, N.I., Bayona, A.H., Heredia Guerrero, J.A., Gey, M., (2011):
  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
  full text (url)
• Moormann, H., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (2002):
  The effect of rhizodeposition from helophytes on bacterial degradation of phenolic compounds
  Acta Biotechnol. 22 (1-2), 107 - 112
  full text (url)
• Moormann, H., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (2001):
  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
• Müller, R.A., Baeder-Bederski, O., Kuschk, P., (2001):
  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
• Müller, R.A., Kuschk, P., Baeder-Bederski, O., (2002):
  Mexikanisch-deutscher Projektverbund zur Entwicklung und Optimierung von Pflanzenkläranlagen zur Keimzahlreduktion in kommunalen Abwässern
  GAIA 11 (1), 74 - 76
• Münch, C., Kuschk, P., Röske, I., (2001):
  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
• Münch, C., Kuschk, P., Röske, I., (2005):
  Root stimulated nitrogen removal: only a local effect or important for water treatment?
  Water Sci. Technol. 51 (9), 185 - 192
• Münch, C., Neu, T.R., Kuschk, P., Röske, I., (2007):
  The root surface as the definitive detail for microbial transformation processes in constructed wetlands - a biofilm characteristic
  Water Sci. Technol. 56 (3), 271 - 276
  full text (url)
• Muratova, A., Hübner, T., Narula, N., Wand, H., Turkovskaya, O., Kuschk, P., Jahn, R., Merbach, W., (2003):
  Rhizosphere microflora of plants used for the phytoremediation of bitumen-contaminated soil
  Microbiol. Res. 158 (2), 151 - 161
  full text (url)
• Muratova, A., Hübner, T., Tischer, S., Turkovskaya, O., Möder, M., Kuschk, P., (2003):
  Plant - Rhizosphere-microflora association during phytoremediation of PAH-contaminated soil
  Int. J. Phytoremediat. 5 (2), 137 - 151
  full text (url)
• Muratova, A., Turkovskaya, O., Hübner, T., Kuschk, P., (2003):
  Studies of the efficacy of alfalfa and reed in the phytoremediation of hydrocarbon-polluted soil
  Appl. Biochem. Microbiol. 39 (6), 681 - 688
  full text (url)
• Ouelhadj, A., Kuschk, P., Humbeck, K., (2006):
  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
  full text (url)
• Paredes, D., Kuschk, P., Köser, H., (2007):
  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
  full text (url)
• Paredes, D., Kuschk, P., Mbwette, T.S.A., Stange, F., Müller, R.A., Köser, H., (2007):
  New aspects of microbial nitrogen transformations in the context of wastewater treatment - a review
  Eng. Life Sci. 7 (1), 13 - 25
  full text (url)
• Paredes, D., Kuschk, P., Stange, C.F., Müller, R.A., Köser, H., (2007):
  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
  full text (url)
• Paredes, D., Velez, M.E., Kuschk, P., Müller, R.A., (2007):
  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
  full text (url)
• Rahman, K.Z., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Mattusch, J., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., (2008):
  Dynamics of arsenic species in laboratory-scale horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands treating an artificial wastewater
  Eng. Life Sci. 8 (6), 603 - 611
  full text (url)
• Rahman, K.Z., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Mattusch, J., Offelder, A., Kästner, M., Müller, R.A., (2008):
  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
  full text (url)
• Rahmann, K.Z., Wiessner, A., Kuschk, P., van Afferden, M., Mattusch, J., Müller, R.A., (2011):
  Fate and distribution of arsenic in laboratory-scale subsurface horizontal-flow constructed wetlands treating an artificial wastewater
  Ecol. Eng. 37 (8), 1214 - 1224
  full text (url)
• Safonova, E., Kvitko, K., Kuschk, P., Möder, M., Reisser, W., (2005):
  Biodegradation of phenanthrene by the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus ES-55
  Eng. Life Sci. 5 (3), 234 - 239
  full text (url)
• Seeger, E.-M., Kuschk, P., Fazekas, H., Grathwohl, P., Kästner, M., (2011):
  Bioremediation of benzene-, MTBE- and ammonia-contaminated groundwater with pilot-scale constructed wetlands
  Environ. Pollut. 159 (12), 3769 - 3776
  full text (url)
• Seeger, E.M., Maier, U., Grathwohl, P., Kuschk, P., Kaestner, M., (2013):
  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
  full text (url)
• Seeger, E.-M., Reiche, N., Kuschk, P., Borsdorf, H., Kaestner, M., (2011):
  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
  full text (url)
• Seyring, N., Hansjürgens, B., Kuschk, P., (2001):
  Economical potentials of constructed wetlands
  ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
  p. 119
• Shtemenko, N., Kuschk, P., Möder, M., Geyer, R., Härtig, C., Voevoda, M., Shepelenko, V., Alexeevskaya, I., (2009):
  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
  full text (url)
• Soltmann, U., Wand, H., Müller, A., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (2002):
  Exposure to xenobiotics deeply affects the bacteriocenosis in the rhizosphere of helophytes
  Acta Biotechnol. 22 (1-2), 161 - 166
  full text (url)
• Stottmeister, U., Buddhawong, S., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Mattusch, J., (2006):
  Constructed wetlands and their performance for treatment of water contaminated with arsenic and heavy metals
  In: Twardowska, I., Allen, H.E., Häggblom, M.H., (eds.)
  Soil and water pollution monitoring, protection and remediation
  NATO Science Series IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences 69
  Springer, Dordrecht, p. 417 - 432
• Stottmeister, U., Kuschk, P., Seidel, H., (2003):
  Phytoremediation von schwermetall-belasteten Böden
  Biotechnologie zur Umweltentlastung
  Teubner-Reihe Umwelt
  Teubner, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Wiebaden, S. 193 - 207
• Stottmeister, U., Kuschk, P., Weißbrodt, E., Becker, P.M., Martius, G., Wießner, A., (1997):
  Ökotechnische Sanierungsstrategien für carbonchemische Altlasten
  Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsregion Leipzig-Halle: Regionale Festschrift zum Deutschen Ingenieurtag 1997 in Leipzig
  VDI Bezirksverein, Leipzig, S. 125 - 128
• Stottmeister, U., Kuschk, P., Weißbrodt, E., Martius, G., Wießner, A., Becker, P.M., Kopinke, F.-D., Pörschmann, J., Eismann, F., (1997):
  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
• Stottmeister, U., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Weißbrodt, E., Martius, G., Becker, P.M., Eismann, F., Kotte, H., (1997):
  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
• Stottmeister, U., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., (2010):
  Full-scale bioremediation and long-term monitoring of a phenolic wastewater disposal lake
  Pure Appl. Chem. 82 (1), 161 - 173
  full text (url)
• Stottmeister, U., Seidel, H., Kuschk, P., (1999):
  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
• Stottmeister, U., Weißbrodt, E., Kuschk, P., (2001):
  Remediation of Industriell deposits in former opencast mines
  Reclamation and Remidiation of Post-Mining Landscapes; Teplice; International conference; May 2001
• Stottmeister, U., Weißbrodt, E., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., (2008):
  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 (url)
• Stottmeister, U., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., (1998):
  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
  p. 93 - 96
• Stottmeister, U., Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kappelmeyer, U., Kästner, M., Bederski, O., Müller, R.A., Moormann, H., (2003):
  Effects of plants and microorganisms in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment
  Biotechnol. Adv. 22 (1-2), 93 - 117
  full text (url)
• Vacca, G., Wand, H., Nikolausz, M., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2005):
  Effect of plants and filter materials on bacteria removal in pilot-scale constructed wetlands
  Water Res. 39 (7), 1361 - 1373
  full text (url)
• Vainshtein, M., Kuschk, P., Mattusch, J., Vatsourina, A., Wießner, A., (2003):
  Model experiments on the microbial removal of chromium from contaminated groundwater
  Water Res. 37 (6), 1401 - 1405
  full text (url)
• Vatsouria, A., Vainshtein, M., Kuschk, P., Wießner, A., Kosolapov, D., Kästner, M., (2005):
  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 (url)
• Veinshtein, M.B., Kuschk, P., Mattusch, J., Vatsurina, A.V., (2000):
  Remediation of waters polluted with chromium (VI)
  In: Ostroumov, S.A., (ed.)
  Aquatic Ecosystems and Organisms
  MAX Press, Moskau, p. 29
• Wand, H., Kuschk, P., Soltmann, U., Müller, A., Stottmeister, U., (2001):
  Enhanced degradation of xenobiotics in the rhizospere of helophytes
  ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
  p. 140
• Wand, H., Kuschk, P., Soltmann, U., Stottmeister, U., (2002):
  Enhanced removal of xenobiotics by helophytes
  Acta Biotechnol. 22 (1-2), 175 - 181
  full text (url)
• Wand, H., Soltmann, U., Kuschk, P., Müller, A., Stottmeister, U., (2000):
  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
  Teubner, Stuttgart, Leipzig, S. 110 - 115
• Wand, H., Vacca, G., Kuschk, P., Krüger, M., Kästner, M., (2007):
  Removal of bacteria by filtration in planted and non-planted sand columns
  Water Res. 41 (1), 159 - 167
  full text (url)
• Wießner, A., Gonzalias, A.E., Kästner, M., Kuschk, P., (2008):
  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 (url)
• Wießner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2005):
  Influence of the redox condition dynamics on the removal efficiency of a laboratory-scale constructed wetland
  Water Res. 39 (1), 248 - 256
  full text (url)
• Wießner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., (2005):
  Sulphate reduction and the removal of carbon and ammonia in a laboratory-scale constructed wetland
  Water Res. 39 (19), 4643 - 4650
  full text (url)
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Buddhawong, S., Stottmeister, U., Mattusch, J., Kästner, M., (2006):
  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 (url)
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Jechorek, M., Seidel, H., Kästner, M., (2008):
  Sulphur transformation and deposition in the rhizosphere of Juncus effusus in a laboratory-scale constructed wetland
  Environ. Pollut. 155 (1), 125 - 131
  full text (url)
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kappelmeyer, U., Bederski, O., Müller, R.A., Kästner, M., (2006):
  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
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Stottmeister, U., (2002):
  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
  full text (url)
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Martius, G., Eismann, F., Zehnsdorf, A., Weißbrodt, E., Stottmeister, U., (1994):
  Abbaubarkeit von Schadstoffen im Braunkohlepyrolyse-Altwasser
  Wasser Abwasser Praxis 3 (4), 44 - 48
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (2002):
  Oxygen release by roots of Typha latifolia and Juncus effusus in laboratory hydroponic systems
  Acta Biotechnol. 22 (1-2), 209 - 216
  full text (url)
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (2001):
  Investigations into oxygen release by the roots of helophyte plantlets in laboratory-scale hydroponic systems
  ISEB-Meeting 2001, "Phytoremediation", Topic 3: Wastewater treatment, Leipzig, 15.-17.5.2001
  p. 142
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., Struckmann, D., Jank, M., (1999):
  Treating a lignite pyrolysis wastewater in a constructed subsurface flow wetland
  Water Res. 33 (5), 1296 - 1302
• Wießner, A., Kuschk, P., Weißbrodt, E., Stottmeister, U., Pörschmann, J., Kopinke, F.-D., (1993):
  Charakterisierung des Wassers und des Sedimentes einer Braunkohle-Schwelwasserdeponie
  Wasser Abwasser Praxis 2 (6), 375 - 379
• Wießner, A., Remmler, M., Kuschk, P., Stottmeister, U., (1998):
  The treatment of a deposited lignite pyrolysis wastewater by adsorption using activated carbon and activated coke
  Colloid Surf. A-Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 139 (1), 91 - 97
• Wiessner, A., Kappelmeyer, U., Kaestner, M., Schultze-Nobre, L., Kuschk, P., (2013):
  Response of ammonium removal to growth and transpiration of Juncus effusus during the treatment of artificial sewage in laboratory-scale wetlands
  Water Res. 47 (13), 4265 - 4273
  full text (url)
• Wiessner, A., Müller, J.A., Kuschk, P., Kappelmeyer, U., Kästner, M., Liu, Y.L., Stottmeister, U., (2013):
  Environmental pollution by wastewater from brown coal processing – a remediation example in Germany
  J. Environ. Eng. Landsc. Manag.
• Wiessner, A., Rahmann, K.Z., Kuschk, P., Kästner, M., Jechorek, M., (2010):
  Dynamics of sulphur compounds in horizontal sub-surface flow laboratory-scale constructed wetlands treating artificial sewage
  Water Res. 44 (20), 6175 - 6185
  full text (url)
• Wild, P., Möder, M., Schrader, S., Kuschk, P., Engewald, W., (2001):
  Trace analysis of technical nonylphenol, bisphenol A and 17a-ethinylestradiol in Wastewater using SPME-GC/MS
  18. Agilent Forum Analytik, Wien, 23.-24.1.2001
• Wu, S.B.A., Jeschke, C., Dong, R.J., Paschke, H., Kuschk, P., Knöller, K., (2011):
  Sulfur transformations in pilot-scale constructed wetland treating high sulfate-containing contaminated groundwater: a stable isotope assessment
  Water Res. 45 (20), 6688 - 6698
  full text (url)
• Wu, S., Chen, Z., Braeckevelt, M., Seeger, E.M., Dong, R., Kästner, M., Paschke, H., Hahn, A., Kayser, G., Kuschk, P., (2012):
  Dynamics of Fe(II), sulphur and phosphate in pilot-scale constructed wetlands treating a sulphate-rich chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater
  Water Res. 46 (6), 1923 - 1932
  full text (url)
• Wu, S., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Kästner, M., Pang, C., Dong, R., (2013):
  Response of removal rates to various organic carbon and ammonium loads in laboratory-scale constructed wetlands treating artificial wastewater
  Water Environ. Res. 85 (1), 44 - 53
  full text (url)
• Wu, S., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Müller, J.A., Saad, R.A.B., Donga, R., (2013):
  Sulphur transformations in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: a review
  Ecol. Eng. 52 , 278 - 289
  full text (url)
• Wu, S., Lv, T., Li, C., Kuschk, P., Wiessner, A., Pang, C., Dong, R., (2012):
  Effect of nitrate on sulphur transformations depending on carbon load in laboratory-scale wetlands treating artificial sewage
  Adv. Mater. Res. 518 - 523 , 1902 - 1912
  full text (url)
• Wu, S., Wiessner, A., Braeckevelt, M., Kappelmeyer, U., Dong, R., Müller, J.A., Kuschk, P., (2013):
  Influence of nitrate load on sulfur transformations in the rhizosphere of Juncus effusus in laboratory-scale constructed wetlands treating artificial domestic wastewater
  Environ. Eng. Manag. J. 12 (3), 565 - 573
• Wu, S., Wiessner, A., Dong, R., Pang, C., Kuschk, P., (2012):
  Performance of two laboratory-scale horizontal wetlands under varying influent loads treating artificial sewage
  Eng. Life Sci. 12 (2), 178 - 187
  full text (url)
• Zehnsdorf, A., Kuschk, P., (1998):
  Pflanzen helfen bei der Reinigung von Wasser und Boden
  Biotechnologie für die Umwelt
  UFZ-Magazin Lebensräume 2
  UFZ Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Leipzig, S. 30 - 31
  full text (url)
• Zhu, G., Jetten, M.S.M., Kuschk, P., Ettwig, K., Yin, C., (2010):
  Potential roles of anaerobic ammonium and methane oxidation in the nitrogen cycle of wetland ecosystems
  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 86 (4), 1043 - 1055
  full text (url)

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