Dr. Christian Schmidt
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research
Brueckstrasse 3a, 39114 Magdeburg
Germany
Phone: +49 391 810 9677
Phone: +49 341 235 1983
Research Topics
- Solute transport in coupled stream-groundwater-systems
- Plastic in river systems
- Heat as a hydrological tracer
Publications
2024 (4)
- Ahmadi, P., Dichgans, F., Jagau, J., Schmidt, C., Aizinger, V., Gilfedder, B.S., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2024):
Systematic CFD-based evaluation of physical factors influencing the spatiotemporal distribution patterns of microplastic particles in lakes
Sci. Total Environ. 917 , art. 170218 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170218 - Dichgans, F., Schulze, T., Büttner, O., Busch, W., Schulz, C., Sachse, D., Schmidt, C. (2024):
Dataset of River Water Quality for Saxony, Germany, 1985-2023 [dataset]
PANGAEA 10.1594/PANGAEA.969111 - Schmidt, C., Kühnel, D., Materić, D., Stubenrauch, J., Schubert, K., Luo, A., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Jahnke, A. (2024):
Supporting data of the Short communication: A multidisciplinary perspective on the role of plastic pollution in the triple planetary crisis [Dataset]
Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.12794921 - Schmidt, C., Kühnel, D., Materić, D., Stubenrauch, J., Schubert, K., Luo, A., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Jahnke, A. (2024):
A multidisciplinary perspective on the role of plastic pollution in the triple planetary crisis
Environ. Int. 193 , art. 109059 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109059
2023 (2)
- Kirschke, S., van Emmerik, T.H.M., Nath, S., Schmidt, C., Wendt-Potthoff, K. (2023):
Barriers to plastic monitoring in freshwaters in the Global South
Environ. Sci. Policy 146 , 162 - 170 10.1016/j.envsci.2023.05.011 - van Emmerik, T.H.M., Kirschke, S., Schreyers, L.J., Nath, S., Schmidt, C., Wendt-Potthoff, K. (2023):
Estimating plastic pollution in rivers through harmonized monitoring strategies
Mar. Pollut. Bull. 196 , art. 115503 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115503
2022 (6)
- Ahmadi, P., Elagami, H., Dichgans, F., Schmidt, C., Gilfedder, B.S., Frei, S., Peiffer, S., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2022):
Systematic evaluation of physical parameters affecting the terminal cettling velocity of microplastic particles in lakes using CFD
Front. Environ. Sci. 10 , art. 875220 10.3389/fenvs.2022.875220 - Jähkel, A., Graeber, D., Fleckenstein, J.H., Schmidt, C. (2022):
Hydrologic turnover matters – gross gains and losses of six first‐order streams across contrasting landscapes and flow regimes
Water Resour. Res. 58 (7), e2022WR032129 10.1029/2022WR032129 - Jimenez-Fernandez, O., Schwientek, M., Osenbrück, K., Glaser, C., Schmidt, C., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2022):
Groundwater-surface water exchange as key control for instream and groundwater nitrate concentrations along a first-order agricultural stream
Hydrol. Process. 36 (2), e14507 10.1002/hyp.14507 - Laube, G., Schmidt, C., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2022):
A systematic model-based evaluation of the influence of hydraulic conductivity, heterogeneity and domain depth on hyporheic nutrient transformation
Adv. Water Resour. 159 , art. 104087 10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.104087 - Nogueira, G.E.H., Schmidt, C., Partington, D., Brunner, P., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2022):
Spatiotemporal variations in water sources and mixing spots in a riparian zone
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 26 (7), 1883 - 1905 10.5194/hess-26-1883-2022 - Sunjidmaa, N., Mendoza-Lera, C., Hille, S., Schmidt, C., Borchardt, D., Graeber, D. (2022):
Carbon limitation may override fine-sediment induced alterations of hyporheic nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics
Sci. Total Environ. 837 , art. 155689 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155689
2021 (5)
- Meijer, L.J.J., van Emmerik, T., van der Ent, R., Schmidt, C., Lebreton, L. (2021):
More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean
Sci. Adv. 7 (18), eaaz5803 10.1126/sciadv.aaz5803 - Movahedi, N., Dehghani, A.A., Schmidt, C., Trauth, N., Pasternack, G.B., Stewardson, M.J., Halghi, M.M. (2021):
Hyporheic exchanges due to channel bed and width undulations
Adv. Water Resour. 149 , art. 103857 10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.103857 - Nogueira, G.E.H., Schmidt, C., Brunner, P., Graeber, D., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2021):
Transit-time and temperature control the spatial patterns of aerobic respiration and denitrification in the riparian zone
Water Resour. Res. 57 (12), e2021WR030117 10.1029/2021WR030117 - Nogueira, G.E.H., Schmidt, C., Trauth, N., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2021):
Seasonal and short‐term controls of riparian oxygen dynamics and the implications for redox processes
Hydrol. Process. 35 (2), e14055 10.1002/hyp.14055 - Zhang, Z.-Y., Schmidt, C., Nixdorf, E., Kuang, X., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2021):
Effects of heterogeneous stream-groundwater exchange on the source composition of stream discharge and solute load
Water Resour. Res. 57 (8), e2020WR029079 10.1029/2020WR029079
2020 (1)
- Schmidt, C., Kumar, R., Yang, S., Büttner, O. (2020):
Microplastic particle emission from wastewater treatment plant effluents into river networks in Germany: Loads, spatial patterns of concentrations and potential toxicity
Sci. Total Environ. 737 , art. 139544 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139544
2019 (4)
- Boodoo, K.S., Schelker, J., Trauth, N., Battin, T.J., Schmidt, C. (2019):
Sources and variability of CO2 in a pre‐alpine stream gravel bar
Hydrol. Process. 33 (17), 2279 - 2299 10.1002/hyp.13450 - Graeber, D., Gücker, B., Wild, R., Wells, N.S., Anlanger, C., Kamjunke, N., Norf, H., Schmidt, C., Brauns, M. (2019):
Biofilm-specific uptake does not explain differences in whole-stream DOC tracer uptake between a forest and an agricultural stream
Biogeochemistry 144 (1), 85 - 101 10.1007/s10533-019-00573-6 - Mahmood, M.N., Schmidt, C., Fleckenstein, J.H., Trauth, N. (2019):
Modeling the impact of stream discharge events on riparian solute dynamics
Groundwater 57 (1), 140 - 152 10.1111/gwat.12664 - Wagner, S., Klöckner, P., Stier, B., Römer, M., Seiwert, B., Reemtsma, T., Schmidt, C. (2019):
Relationship between discharge and river plastic concentrations in a rural and an urban catchment
Environ. Sci. Technol. 53 (17), 10082 - 10091 10.1021/acs.est.9b03048
2018 (3)
- Laube, G., Schmidt, C., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2018):
The systematic effect of streambed conductivity heterogeneity on hyporheic flux and residence time
Adv. Water Resour. 122 , 60 - 69 10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.10.003 - Mader, M., Roberts, A.M., Porst, D., Schmidt, C., Trauth, N., van Geldern, R., Barth, J.A.C. (2018):
River recharge versus O2 supply from the unsaturated zone in shallow riparian groundwater: A case study from the Selke River (Germany)
Sci. Total Environ. 634 , 374 - 381 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.230 - Newcomer, M.E., Hubbard, S.S., Fleckenstein, J.H., Maier, U., Schmidt, C., Thullner, M., Ulrich, C., Flipo, F., Rubin, Y. (2018):
Influence of hydrological perturbations and riverbed sediment characteristics on hyporheic zone respiration of CO2 and N2
J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci. 123 (3), 902 - 922 10.1002/2017JG004090
2017 (7)
- Boodoo, K., Trauth, N., Schmidt, C., Schelker, J., Battin, T.J. (2017):
Gravel bars are sites of increased CO2 outgassing in stream corridors
Sci. Rep. 7 , art. 14401 10.1038/s41598-017-14439-0 - Brandt, T., Vieweg, M., Laube, G., Schima, R., Goblirsch, T., Fleckenstein, J.H., Schmidt, C. (2017):
Automated in situ oxygen profiling at aquatic-terrestrial interfaces
Environ. Sci. Technol. 51 (17), 9970 - 9978 10.1021/acs.est.7b01482 - Krause, S., Lewandowski, J., Grimm, N.B., Hannah, D.M., Pinay, G., McDonald, K., Martí, E., Argerich, A., Pfister, L., Klaus, J., Battin, T., Larned, S.T., Schelker, J., Fleckenstein, J.H., Schmidt, C., Rivett, M.O., Watts, G., Sabater, F., Sorolla, A., Turk, V. (2017):
Ecohydrological interfaces as hot spots of ecosystem processes
Water Resour. Res. 53 (8), 6359 - 6376 10.1002/2016WR019516 - Mader, M., Schmidt, C., van Geldern, R., Barth, J.A.C. (2017):
Dissolved oxygen in water and its stable isotope effects: A review
Chem. Geol. 473 , 10 - 21 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.10.003 - Munz, M., Oswald, S.E., Schmidt, C. (2017):
Coupled long-term simulation of reach-scale water and heat fluxes across the river-groundwater interface for retrieving hyporheic residence times and temperature dynamics
Water Resour. Res. 53 (11), 8900 - 8924 10.1002/2017WR020667 - Munz, M., Schmidt, C. (2017):
Estimation of vertical water fluxes from temperature time series by the inverse numerical computer program FLUX-BOT
Hydrol. Process. 31 (15), 2713 - 2724 10.1002/hyp.11198 - Schmidt, C., Krauth, T., Wagner, S. (2017):
Export of plastic debris by rivers into the sea
Environ. Sci. Technol. 51 (21), 12246 - 12253 10.1021/acs.est.7b02368
2016 (7)
- Fox, A., Laube, G., Schmidt, C., Fleckenstein, J.H., Arnon, S. (2016):
The effect of losing and gaining flow conditions on hyporheic exchange in heterogeneous streambeds
Water Resour. Res. 52 (9), 7460 - 7477 10.1002/2016WR018677 - Munz, M., Oswald, S.E., Schmidt, C. (2016):
Analysis of riverbed temperatures to determine the geometry of subsurface water flow around in-stream geomorphological structures
J. Hydrol. 539 , 74 - 87 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.05.012 - Musolff, A., Schmidt, C., Rode, M., Lischeid, G., Weise, S.M., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2016):
Groundwater head controls nitrate export from an agricultural lowland catchment
Adv. Water Resour. 96 , 95 - 107 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.07.003 - Newcomer, M.E., Hubbard, S.S., Fleckenstein, J.H., Maier, U., Schmidt, C., Thullner, M., Ulrich, C., Flipo, N., Rubin, Y. (2016):
Simulating bioclogging effects on dynamic riverbed permeability and infiltration
Water Resour. Res. 52 (4), 2883 - 2900 10.1002/2015wr018351 - Schmadel, N.M., Ward, A.S., Kurz, M.J., Fleckenstein, J.H., Zarnetske, J.P., Hannah, D.M., Blume, T., Vieweg, M., Blaen, P.J., Schmidt, C., Knapp, J.L.A., Klaar, M.J., Romeijn, P., Datry, T., Keller, T., Folegot, S., Marruedo Arricibita, A.I., Krause, S. (2016):
Stream solute tracer timescales changing with discharge and reach length confound process interpretation
Water Resour. Res. 52 (4), 3227 - 3245 10.1002/2015wr018062 - Schneidewind, U., van Berkel, M., Anibas, C., Vandersteen, G., Schmidt, C., Joris, I., Seuntjens, P., Batelaan, O., Zwart, J. (2016):
LPMLE3: A novel 1-D approach to study water flow in streambeds using heat as a tracer
Water Resour. Res. 52 (8), 6596 - 6610 10.1002/2015WR017453 - Vieweg, M., Kurz, M.J., Trauth, N., Fleckenstein, J.H., Musolff, A., Schmidt, C. (2016):
Estimating time-variable aerobic respiration in the streambed by combining electrical conductivity and dissolved oxygen time series
J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci. 121 (8), 2199 - 2215 10.1002/2016JG003345
2015 (3)
- Musolff, A., Schmidt, C., Selle, B., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2015):
Catchment controls on solute export
Adv. Water Resour. 86 (Part A), 133 - 146 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.09.026 - Trauth, N., Schmidt, C., Vieweg, M., Oswald, S.E., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2015):
Hydraulic controls of in-stream gravel bar hyporheic exchange and reactions
Water Resour. Res. 51 (4), 2243 - 2263 10.1002/2014WR015857 - Vandersteen, G., Schneidewind, U., Anibas, C., Schmidt, C., Seuntjens, P., Batelaan, O. (2015):
Determining groundwater-surface water exchange from temperature-time series: Combining a local polynomial method with a maximum likelihood estimator
Water Resour. Res. 51 (2), 922 - 939 10.1002/2014WR015994
2014 (2)
- Schmidt, C., Büttner, O., Musolff, A., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2014):
A method for automated, daily, temperature-based vertical streambed water-fluxes
Fundam. Appl. Limnol. 184 (3), 173 - 181 10.1127/1863-9135/2014/0548 - Trauth, N., Schmidt, C., Vieweg, M., Maier, U., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2014):
Hyporheic transport and biogeochemical reactions in pool-riffle systems under varying ambient groundwater flow conditions
J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci. 119 (5), 910 - 928 10.1002/2013JG002586
2013 (3)
- Tischer, K., Kleinsteuber, S., Schleinitz, K.M., Fetzer, I., Spott, O., Stange, F., Lohse, U., Franz, J., Neumann, F., Gerling, S., Schmidt, C., Hasselwander, E., Harms, H., Wendeberg, A. (2013):
Microbial communities along biogeochemical gradients in a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer
Environ. Microbiol. 15 (9), 2603 - 2615 10.1111/1462-2920.12168 - Trauth, N., Schmidt, C., Maier, U., Vieweg, M., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2013):
Coupled 3-D stream flow and hyporheic flow model under varying stream and ambient groundwater flow conditions in a pool-riffle system
Water Resour. Res. 49 (9), 5834 - 5850 10.1002/wrcr.20442 - Vieweg, M., Trauth, N., Fleckenstein, J.H., Schmidt, C. (2013):
Robust optode-based method for measuring in situ oxygen profiles in gravelly streambeds
Environ. Sci. Technol. 47 (17), 9858 - 9865 10.1021/es401040w
2012 (1)
- Schmidt, C., Musolff, A., Trauth, N., Vieweg, M., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2012):
Transient analysis of fluctuations of electrical conductivity as tracer in the stream bed
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 16 (10), 3689 - 3697 10.5194/hess-16-3689-2012
2011 (3)
- Munz, M., Oswald, S.E., Schmidt, C. (2011):
Sand box experiments to evaluate the influence of subsurface temperature probe design on temperature based water flux calculation
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 15 (11), 3495 - 3510 10.5194/hess-15-3495-2011 - Ravazzani, G., Giudici, I., Schmidt, C., Mancini, M. (2011):
Evaluating the potential of quarry lakes for supplemental irrigation
J. Irrig. Drainage Eng-ASCE 137 (8), 564 - 571 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000321 - Schmidt, C., Martienssen, M., Kalbus, E. (2011):
Influence of water flux and redox conditions on chlorobenzene concentrations in a contaminated streambed
Hydrol. Process. 25 (2), 234 - 245 10.1002/hyp.7839
2010 (1)
- Schornberg, C., Schmidt, C., Kalbus, E., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2010):
Simulating the effects of geologic heterogeneity and transient boundary conditions on streambed temperatures - Implications for temperature-based water flux calculations
Adv. Water Resour. 33 (11), 1309 - 1319 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.04.007
2009 (2)
- Fleckenstein, J.H., Schmidt, C. (2009):
Themenheft: Grundwasser-Oberflächenwasser-Interaktionen. Theme Note: Ground water-surface water-interactions
Grundwasser 14 (3), 161 - 162 10.1007/s00767-009-0115-z - Kalbus, E., Schmidt, C., Molson, J.W., Reinstorf, F., Schirmer, M. (2009):
Influence of aquifer and streambed heterogeneity on the distribution of groundwater discharge
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 13 (1), 69 - 77 10.5194/hess-13-69-2009
2008 (2)
- Kalbus, E., Schmidt, C., Reinstorf, F., Krieg, R., Schirmer, M. (2008):
Wie Flussbett-Temperaturdaten zur Ermittlung der Aquifer-Heterogenität beitragen können (How streambed temperatures can contribute to the determination of aquifer heterogeneity)
Grundwasser 13 (2), 91 - 100 10.1007/s00767-008-0066-9 - Schmidt, C., Krieg, R., Bayer-Raich, M., Leschik, S., Kalbus, E., Reinstorf, F., Martienssen, M., Schirmer, M. (2008):
Schadstoffmassenströme zwischen Grundwasser, Flussbettsedimenten und Oberflächenwasser am regional kontaminierten Standort Bitterfeld (Contaminant mass flow rates between groundwater, streambed sediments and surface water at the regionally contaminated site Bitterfeld)
Grundwasser 13 (3), 133 - 146 10.1007/s00767-008-0076-7
2007 (3)
- Kalbus, E., Schmidt, C., Bayer-Raich, M., Leschik, S., Reinstorf, F., Balcke, G.U., Schirmer, M. (2007):
New methodology to investigate potential contaminant mass fluxes at the stream-aquifer interface by combining integral pumping tests and streambed temperatures
Environ. Pollut. 148 (3), 808 - 816 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.01.042 - Petelet-Giraud, E., Négrel, P., Gourcy, L., Schmidt, C., Schirmer, M. (2007):
Geochemical and isotopic constraints on groundwater-surface water interactions in a highly anthropized site. The Wolfen/Bitterfeld megasite (Mulde subcatchment, Germany)
Environ. Pollut. 148 (3), 707 - 717 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.01.030 - Schmidt, C., Conant jr., B., Bayer-Raich, M., Schirmer, M. (2007):
Evaluation and field-scale application of an analytical method to quantify groundwater discharge using mapped streambed temperatures
J. Hydrol. 347 (3-4), 292 - 307 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.08.022
2006 (1)
- Schmidt, C., Bayer-Raich, M., Schirmer, M. (2006):
Characterization of spatial heterogeneity of groundwater-stream water interactions using multiple depth streambed temperature measurements at the reach scale
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 10 (6), 849 - 859 10.5194/hess-10-849-2006
Curriculum Vitae
05/2009
PhD, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermal Energy (CHYN) Thesis: Water and contaminant fluxes at the stream-groundwater interface
since 02/2008
Researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Hydrogeology
06/2004-02/2008
Ph.D. student, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Hydrogeology
12/2002-05/2004
Graduate assistant, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department of Applied Landscape Ecology
12/2002
German Diplom (M.Sc.), University of Leipzig, Institute of Geography and Leibnitz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
10/1997–12/2002
Study of Geography, University of Leipzig
Minor subjects: Geology, Chemistry