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 10.7773/cm.v40i4.2456
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
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 10.2166/wst.2015.238
Distribution of contaminants and the self-purifying potential for aromatic compounds in a carbonization wastewater deposit
Chemosphere 34 (4), 731 - 748 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00001-5
Removal of monochlorobenzene and perchloroethene in wetland rhizosphere model systems
Eng. Life Sci. 11 (3), 298 - 308 10.1002/elsc.201000189
Treatment of chlorobenzene-contaminated groundwater in a pilot-scale constructed wetland
Ecol. Eng. 33 (1), 45 - 53 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.02.002
Chlorobenzene removal efficiencies and removal processes in a pilot-scale constructed wetland treating contaminated groundwater
Ecol. Eng. 37 (6), 903 - 913 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.01.014
Assessment of in situ biodegradation of monochlorobenzene in contaminated groundwater treated in a constructed wetland
Environ. Pollut. 148 (2), 428 - 437 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.12.008
Biodegradation of chlorobenzene in a constructed wetland treating contaminated groundwater
Water Sci. Technol. 56 (3), 57 - 62 10.2166/wst.2007.520
Adaptation of a constructed wetland to simultaneous treatment of monochlorobenzene and perchloroethene
Int. J. Phytoremediat. 13 (10), 998 - 1013 10.1080/15226514.2010.549860
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 10.1016/S0021-9673(02)02052-6
Removal of arsenic and zinc using different laboratory model wetland systems
Eng. Life Sci. 5 (3), 247 - 252 10.1002/elsc.200520076
Comparison of heavy metal content in two sludge drying reed beds of different age
Ecol. Eng. 74 , 48 - 55 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.10.025
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 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.07.048
Transformation of chloroform in model treatment wetlands: from mass balance to microbial analysis
Environ. Sci. Technol. 49 (10), 6198 - 6205 10.1021/es506357e
Sulfate removal and sulfur transformation in constructed wetlands: The roles of filling material and plant biomass
Water Res. 102 , 572 - 581 10.1016/j.watres.2016.07.001
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 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.955-959.2083
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 10.1007/s11356-014-3618-9
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 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.056
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 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.01.067
Hydroponic root mats for wastewater treatment—a review
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 23 (16), 15911 - 15928 10.1007/s11356-016-6801-3
Treatment of water contaminated by volatile organic compounds in hydroponic root mats
Ecol. Eng. 98 , 339 - 345 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.08.012
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 10.1007/s11356-016-7871-y
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 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.06.042
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 10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.018
Microbial nitrogen transformation in constructed wetlands treating contaminated groundwater
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 22 (17), 12829 - 12839 10.1007/s11356-014-3575-3
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 10.1007/s002530050868
Balancing phosphine in manure fermentation
J. Environ. Sci. Health Part B-Pestic. Contam. Agric. Wastes 32 (6), 955 - 968 10.1080/03601239709373122
Effect of free phosphine on anaerobic digestion
Water Res. 31 (11), 2771 - 2774 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00144-9
Soils as source and sink of phosphine
Chemosphere 35 (3), 523 - 533 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00117-3
Microbial phenol degradation of organic compounds in natural systems: Temperature-inhibition relationships
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 4 (4), 203 - 207 10.1007/BF02986346
The two odors of iron when touched or pickled: (skin) carbonyl compounds and organophosphines
Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit. 45 (42), 7006 - 7009 10.1002/anie.200602100
Phosphine gas in the upper troposphere
Atmos. Environ. 37 (18), 2429 - 2433 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00202-4
Phosphine in soils, sludges, biogases and atmospheric implications - a review
Ecol. Eng. 24 (5), 457 - 463 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.01.002
Phosphine by bio-corrosion of phosphide-rich iron
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 5 (2), 71 - 74 10.1007/BF02986389
Treatment of an artificial sulphide containing wastewater in subsurface horizontal flow laboratory-scale constructed wetlands
Ecol. Eng. 31 (4), 259 - 268 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.08.002
Physiological responses of Juncus effusus (rush) to chromium and relevance for wastewater treatment in constructed wetlands
Int. J. Phytoremediat. 10 (2), 79 - 90 10.1080/15226510801913306
Influence of phenol and phenanthrene on the growth of Phalaris arundinacea and Phragmites australis
Int. J. Phytoremediat. 2 (4), 331 - 342 10.1080/15226510008500042
Monitoring and assessing processes of organic chemicals removal in constructed wetlands
Chemosphere 74 (3), 349 - 362 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.062
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 10.1007/s11368-015-1214-3
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 10.1023/A:1024518027312
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 10.1002/1522-2640(200111)73:11<1472::AID-CITE1472>3.0.CO;2-Q
Operation of a universal test unit for planted soil filters – Planted Fixed Bed Reactor
Eng. Life Sci. 2 (10), 311 - 315 10.1002/1618-2863(20021008)2:10<311::AID-ELSC311>3.0.CO;2-9
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 10.1002/elsc.200420048
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 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60092-9
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 10.1002/elsc.200620143
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 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00163-5
Pflanzenkläranlagen - Zukunftspotenzial und Forschungsbedarf
Chem. Ing. Tech. 80 (12), 1785 - 1793 10.1002/cite.200800085
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 10.1002/9783527620944.ch12
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 10.1007/978-94-007-2953-7_15
Slow sand filtration of secondary clarifier effluent for wastewater reuse
Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 (15), 5896 - 5901 10.1021/es900527j
Modeling of slow sand filtration for disinfection of secondary clarifier effluent
Water Res. 44 (1), 159 - 166 10.1016/j.watres.2009.09.019
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 10.1023/A:1005120814668
Characterisation of phenol degradation by Acinetobacter sp. XA05 and Sphingomonas sp. FG03
Chem. Ecol. 25 (2), 107 - 117 10.1080/02757540902849278
Regulation of aerobic granular sludge reformulation after granular sludge broken: Effect of poly aluminum chloride (PAC)
Bioresour. Technol. 158 , 201 - 208 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.02.002
Poly aluminum chloride (PAC) enhanced formation of aerobic granules: Coupling process between physicochemical–biochemical effects
Chem. Eng. J. 284 , 1127 - 1135 10.1016/j.cej.2015.09.061
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 10.1007/978-90-481-2342-1_12
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 10.1007/s11356-010-0416-x
Microbial toluene removal in hypoxic model constructed wetlands occurs predominantly via the ring monooxygenation pathway
Appl. Environ. Microb. 81 (18), 6241 - 6252 10.1128/AEM.01822-15
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 10.1002/1521-3846(200205)22:1/2<107::AID-ABIO107>3.0.CO;2-#
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 10.14512/gaia.11.1.32
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 10.2166/wst.2005.0316
The root surface as the definitive detail for microbial transformation processes in constructed wetlands - a biofilm characteristic
Water Sci. Technol. 56 (3), 271 - 276 10.2166/wst.2007.527
Rhizosphere microflora of plants used for the phytoremediation of bitumen-contaminated soil
Microbiol. Res. 158 (2), 151 - 161 10.1078/0944-5013-00187
Plant - Rhizosphere-microflora association during phytoremediation of PAH-contaminated soil
Int. J. Phytoremediat. 5 (2), 137 - 151 10.1080/713610176
Studies of the efficacy of alfalfa and reed in the phytoremediation of hydrocarbon-polluted soil
Appl. Biochem. Microbiol. 39 (6), 681 - 688 10.1023/A:1026238720268
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 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01663.x
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 10.1002/elsc.200700030
New aspects of microbial nitrogen transformations in the context of wastewater treatment - a review
Eng. Life Sci. 7 (1), 13 - 25 10.1002/elsc.200620170
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 10.2166/wst.2007.518
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 10.2166/wst.2007.519
Dynamics of arsenic species in laboratory-scale horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetlands treating an artificial wastewater
Eng. Life Sci. 8 (6), 603 - 611 10.1002/elsc.200800087
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 10.1002/elsc.200800093
Fate and distribution of arsenic in laboratory-scale subsurface horizontal-flow constructed wetlands treating an artificial wastewater
Ecol. Eng. 37 (8), 1214 - 1224 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.02.016
Removal and fate of arsenic in the rhizosphere of Juncus effusus treating artificial wastewater in laboratory-scale constructed wetlands
Ecol. Eng. 69 , 93 - 105 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.050
Injection of hydrogen gas stimulates acid mine drainage treatment in laboratory-scale hydroponic root mats
Eng. Life Sci. 16 (8), 769 - 776 10.1002/elsc.201600009
Role of plants in nitrogen and sulfur transformations in floating hydroponic root mats: A comparison of two helophytes
J. Environ. Manage. 181 , 333 - 342 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.06.064
Biodegradation of phenanthrene by the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus ES-55
Eng. Life Sci. 5 (3), 234 - 239 10.1002/elsc.200520077
Removal of dimethylphenols and ammonium in laboratory-scale horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands
Eng. Life Sci. 17 (12), 1224 - 1233 10.1002/elsc.201600213
Removal of dimethylphenols from an artificial wastewater in a laboratory-scale wetland system planted with Juncus effusus
Ecol. Eng. 80 , 151 - 155 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.11.056
Bioremediation of benzene-, MTBE- and ammonia-contaminated groundwater with pilot-scale constructed wetlands
Environ. Pollut. 159 (12), 3769 - 3776 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.07.019
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 10.1016/j.watres.2012.10.051
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 10.1021/es201536j
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 10.1007/978-90-481-2342-1_13
Exposure to xenobiotics deeply affects the bacteriocenosis in the rhizosphere of helophytes
Acta Biotechnol. 22 (1-2), 161 - 166 10.1002/1521-3846(200205)22:1/2<161::AID-ABIO161>3.0.CO;2-#
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 10.1351/PAC-CON-09-05-05
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 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.07.1396
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 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2003.08.010
Effect of plants and filter materials on bacteria removal in pilot-scale constructed wetlands
Water Res. 39 (7), 1361 - 1373 10.1016/j.watres.2005.01.005
Model experiments on the microbial removal of chromium from contaminated groundwater
Water Res. 37 (6), 1401 - 1405 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00455-4
Anaerobic co-reduction of chromate and nitrate by bacterial cultures of Staphylococcus epidermidis L-02
J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 32 (9), 409 - 414 10.1007/s10295-005-0020-0
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