Dr. Ute Risse-Buhl
Contact information
Department River Ecology
Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ
Brückstr. 3a
39114 Magdeburg
Phone:
+49 (0) 391 810 9612
Email:
ute.risse-buhl@ufz.de
Research interests
- Freshwater ecology of permanent and intermittent streams, rivers and groundwaters
- Biodiversity and function of microbial communities in biofilms, sediments and associated with organic matter
- Interactions between physical and biological divesities at increasing spatial scales
- Environmental control of biofilm architecture and function by hydrodynamics and grazing protozoans
- Carbon and nitrogen cycle in across scales
Qualifications
| 2018 - ongoing | Habilitation process. Technical University of Brandenburg Cottbus-Senftenberg |
| 2003 - 2008 | PhD (Limnology). Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Ecology, Working group Limnology - Aquatic Biogeochemistry |
| 1995 - 2003 | Dipl.-Biol. (main topics: Limnology, Ecology). Friedrich Schiller University Jena. |
Curriculum vitae
| Since 2018 |
Research Associate, Project co-leader, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department River Ecology. Project: EcoMigRip - Overlooked bed shift? Modulation of the stream microbial food web and metabolism by patches of migrating sand ripples |
| 2017 - 2018 |
Guest lecturer, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences Lecture: Hydrobiology |
| 2014 - 2017 |
Research Associate, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department River Ecology Project: BioFlow – Hydrodynamic control of the sructure, morphology and function of stream biofilms |
| 2010 - 2013 |
Research Associate, Project leader & coordinator, Technical University of Brandenburg Cottbus-Senftenberg, Department of Freshwater Conservation, Bad Saarow Project: CiLFlow – Towards a better understanding of phagotrophic protists in leaf processing of freshwaters: Studies on micro-environment and food web structure |
| 2010 |
Research Associate, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Ecology, Working group Limnology – Aquatic Biogeochemistry, Jena Project: AquaDiva |
| 2009 |
Research Associate, Technical University of Brandenburg Cottbus-Senftenberg, Department of Freshwater Conservation, Bad Saarow Project: Structures and processes of the initial ecosystem development phase in an artificial water catchment |
| 2009 |
Research Associate, University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde, Faculty of Landscape Management and Nature Conservation, Eberswalde Project: Ökosystemare Umweltbeobachtung |
| 2003 - 2009 | Research associate, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Ecology, Working group Limnology |
| 1998 - 1999 | Erasmus student, Univerity of Birmingham, UK |
Research funding
- DFG funded project "Overlooked bed shift? Modulation of the stream microbial food web and metabolism by patches of migrating sand ripples" - EcoMigRip, in cooperation with Michael Mutz, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg (since 2018)
Further cooperation partners: University Bielefeld, University of Girona
- DFG funded project „Towards a better understanding of phagotrophic protists in leaf processing of freshwaters: Studies on micro-environment and food web structure“ - CiLFlow at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg (2010 - 2013)
Further cooperation partners: UBA Berlin, UFZ Magdeburg, University of the Basque Country, KIT, IGB Neuglobsow
Publications (peer reviewed)
Index:
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2024 (2)
- Feckler, A., Pietz, S., Gonçalves, S., Gerstle, V., Risse-Buhl, U., Bundschuh, M. (2024):
Detritivore physiology and growth benefit from algal presence during microbial leaf colonization
Limnol. Oceanogr. 69 (4), 848 - 860 10.1002/lno.12530 - Oprei, A., Schreckinger, J., Kamjunke, N., Worrich, A., Mutz, M., Risse-Buhl, U. (2024):
Migrating ripples create streambed heterogeneity altering microbial diversity and metabolic activity
Limnol. Oceanogr. 69 (8), 1882 - 1899 10.1002/lno.12631
2023 (4)
- Feckler, A., Baudy-Groh, P., Friedrichs, L., Gonçalves, S., Lüderwald, S., Risse-Buhl, U., Bundschuh, M. (2023):
Diatoms reduce decomposition of and fungal abundance on less recalcitrant leaf litter via negative priming
Microb. Ecol. 86 (4), 2674 - 2686 10.1007/s00248-023-02268-w - Oprei, A., Schreckinger, J., Kholiavko, T., Frossard, A., Mutz, M., Risse-Buhl, U. (2023):
Long-term recovery of metabolism, enzyme activity and community abundance after drying and bedform migration in the Spree river 2018/2019
PANGAEA 10.1594/PANGAEA.941237 - Oprei, A., Schreckinger, J., Kholiavko, T., Frossard, A., Mutz, M., Risse-Buhl, U. (2023):
Long-term functional recovery and associated microbial community structure after sediment drying and bedform migration
Front. Ecol. Evol. 11 , art. 1112519 10.3389/fevo.2023.1112519 - Risse-Buhl, U., Arnon, S., Bar-Zeev, E., Oprei, A., Packman, A.I., Peralta-Maraver, I., Robertson, A.L., Teitelbaum, Y., Mutz, M. (2023):
Streambed migration frequency drives ecology and biogeochemistry across spatial scales
Wiley Interdiscip. Rev.-Water 10 (3), e1632 10.1002/wat2.1632
2022 (2)
- Kamjunke, N., Beckers, L.-M., Herzsprung, P., von Tümpling, W., Lechtenfeld, O., Tittel, J., Risse-Buhl, U., Rode, M., Wachholz, A., Kallies, R., Schulze, T., Krauss, M., Brack, W., Comero, S., Gawlik, B.M., Skejo, H., Tavazzi, S., Mariani, G., Borchardt, D., Weitere, M. (2022):
Lagrangian profiles of riverine autotrophy, organic matter transformation, and micropollutants at extreme drought
Sci. Total Environ. 828 , art. 154243 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154243 - Kryvokhyzhyna, M., Majdi, N., Oprei, A., Mutz, M., Risse-Buhl, U. (2022):
Response of meiobenthos to migrating ripples in sandy lowland streams
Hydrobiologia 849 (8), 1905 - 1921 10.1007/s10750-022-04836-6
2021 (5)
- Anlanger, C., Risse-Buhl, U., von Schiller, D., Noss, C., Weitere, M., Lorke, A. (2021):
Hydraulic and biological controls of biofilm nitrogen uptake in gravel-bed streams
Limnol. Oceanogr. 66 (11), 3887 - 3900 10.1002/lno.11927 - Gómez-Gener, L., Siebers, A.R., Arce, M.I., Arnon, S., Bernal, S., Bolpagni, R., Datry, T., Gionchetta, G., Grossart, H.-P., Mendoza-Lera, C., Pohl, V., Risse-Buhl, U., Shumilova, O., Tzoraki, O., von Schiller, D., Weigand, A., Weigelhofer, G., Zak, D., Zoppini, A. (2021):
Towards an improved understanding of biogeochemical processes across surface-groundwater interactions in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams
Earth-Sci. Rev. 220 , art. 103724 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103724 - Risse-Buhl, U., Anlanger, C., Noss, C., Lorke, A., von Schiller, D., Weitere, M. (2021):
Hydromorphologic sorting of in-stream nitrogen uptake across spatial scales
Ecosystems 24 (5), 1184 - 1202 10.1007/s10021-020-00576-7 - Scheidweiler, D., Mendoza‐Lera, C., Mutz, M., Risse-Buhl, U. (2021):
Overlooked implication of sediment transport at low flow: Migrating ripples modulate streambed photo‐ and heterotrophic microbial activity
Water Resour. Res. 57 (3), e2020WR027988 10.1029/2020WR027988 - Weitere, M., Altenburger, R., Anlanger, C., Baborowski, M., Bärlund, I., Beckers, L.-M., Borchardt, D., Brack, W., Brase, L., Busch, W., Chatzinotas, A., Deutschmann, B., Eligehausen, J., Frank, K., Graeber, D., Griebler, C., Hagemann, J., Herzsprung, P., Hollert, H., Inostroza, P.A., Jäger, C.G., Kallies, R., Kamjunke, N., Karrasch, B., Kaschuba, S., Kaus, A., Klauer, B., Knöller, K., Koschorreck, M., Krauss, M., Kunz, J.V., Kurz, M.J., Liess, M., Mages, M., Müller, C., Muschket, M., Musolff, A., Norf, H., Pöhlein, F., Reiber, L., Risse-Buhl, U., Schramm, K.-W., Schmitt-Jansen, M., Schmitz, M., Strachauer, U., von Tümpling, W., Weber, N., Wild, R., Wolf, C., Brauns, M. (2021):
Disentangling multiple chemical and non-chemical stressors in a lotic ecosystem using a longitudinal approach
Sci. Total Environ. 769 , art. 144324 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144324
2020 (3)
- Fink, P., Norf, H., Anlanger, C., Brauns, M., Kamjunke, N., Risse-Buhl, U., Schmitt-Jansen, M., Weitere, M., Borchardt, D. (2020):
Streamside mobile mesocosms (MOBICOS): A new modular research infrastructure for hydro-ecological process studies across catchment-scale gradients
Int. Rev. Hydrobiol. 105 (3-4), 63 - 73 10.1002/iroh.201902009 - Gerbersdorf, S.U., Koca, K., de Beer, D., Chennu, A., Noss, C., Risse-Buhl, U., Weitere, M., Eiff, O., Wagner, M., Aberle, J., Schweikert, M., Terheiden, K. (2020):
Exploring flow-biofilm-sediment interactions: Assessment of current status and future challenges
Water Res. 185 , art. 116182 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116182 - Risse-Buhl, U., Anlanger, C., Chatzinotas, A., Noss, C., Lorke, A., Weitere, M. (2020):
Near streambed flow shapes microbial guilds within and across trophic levels in fluvial biofilms
Limnol. Oceanogr. 65 (10), 2261 - 2277 10.1002/lno.11451
2018 (1)
- Polst, B.H., Anlanger, C., Risse-Buhl, U., Larras, F., Hein, T., Weitere, M., Schmitt-Jansen, M. (2018):
Hydrodynamics alter the tolerance of autotrophic biofilm communities toward herbicides
Front. Microbiol. 9 , art. 2884 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02884
2017 (3)
- Risse-Buhl, U., Anlanger, C., Kalla, K., Neu, T.R., Noss, C., Lorke, A., Weitere, M. (2017):
The role of hydrodynamics in shaping the composition and architecture of epilithic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems
Water Res. 127 , 211 - 222 10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.054 - Risse-Buhl, U., Mendoza-Lera, C., Norf, H., Pérez, J., Pozo, J., Schlief, J. (2017):
Contrasting habitats but comparable microbial decomposition in the benthic and hyporheic zone
Sci. Total Environ. 605–606 , 683 - 691 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.203 - Romaní, A.M., Chauvet, E., Febria, C., Mora-Gómez, J., Risse-Buhl, U., Timoner, X., Weitere, M., Zeglin, L. (2017):
Chapter 4.1 – The biota of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: prokaryotes, fungi, and protozoans
In: Datry, T., Bonada, N., Boulton, A. (eds.)
Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: Ecology and management
Academic Press / Elsevier, London, p. 161 - 188 10.1016/B978-0-12-803835-2.00009-7
2015 (2)
- Lazzaro, A., Risse-Buhl, U., Brankatschk, R. (2015):
Molecular and morphological snapshot characterisation of the protist communities in contrasting alpine glacier forefields
Acta Protozool. 54 (2), 143 - 154 10.4467/16890027AP.15.012.2737 - Risse-Buhl, U., Schlief, J., Mutz, M. (2015):
Phagotrophic protists are a key component of microbial communities processing leaf litter under contrasting oxic conditions
Freshw. Biol. 60 (11), 2310 - 2322 10.1111/fwb.12657
2014 (1)
- Risse-Buhl, U., Felsmann, K., Mutz, M. (2014):
Colonization dynamics of ciliate morphotypes modified by shifting sandy sediments
Eur. J. Protistol. 50 (4), 345 - 355 10.1016/j.ejop.2014.03.006
2013 - 2007 (8)
- Risse-Buhl, U., Herrmann, M., Lange, P., Akob, D. M., Pizani, N., Schönborn, W., Totsche, K. U. & Küsel, K. (2013) Phagotrophic protist diversity in the groundwater of a karstified aquifer – morphological and molecular analysis. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 60: 467-479. DOI 10.1111/jeu.12054
- Risse-Buhl, U., Hagedorn, F., Dümig, A., Gessner, M. O., Schaaf, W., Nii-Annang, S., Gerull, L. & Mutz, M. (2013) Dynamics, chemical properties and bioavailability of DOC in an early successional catchment. Biogeosciences 10: 4751-4765. DOI 10.5194/bg-10-4751-2013
- Risse-Buhl, U.*, Trefzger, N.*, Seifert, A.-G., Schönborn, W., Gleixner, G. & Küsel, K. (2012) Tracking the autochthonous carbon transfer in stream biofilm food webs. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 79: 118-131. *Both authors contributed equally to the manuscript. DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01202.x
- Risse-Buhl, U., Karsubke, M., Schlief, J., Baschien, C., Weitere, M. & Mutz, M. (2012) Aquatic protists modulate the microbial activity associated with mineral surfaces and leaf litter, Aquatic Microbial Ecology 66: 133-147. DOI 10.3354/ame01564
- Böhme, A., Risse-Buhl, U. & Küsel, K. (2009) Protists with different feeding modes change morphological biofilm characteristics. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 69: 158-169. DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00710.x
- Risse-Buhl, U., Scherwass, A., Arndt, H., Kröwer, S. & Küsel, K. (2009) Detachment and motility of biofilm associated ciliates at increased flow velocities. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 55: 209-218. DOI 10.3354/ame01302
- Risse-Buhl, U. & Küsel, K. (2009). Colonization dynamics of biofilm associated ciliate morphotypes at different flow velocities. European Journal of Protistology 45: 67-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2008.08.001
- Pohlon, E., Augsburger, C., Risse-Buhl, U., Arle, J., Willkomm, M., Halle, S. & Küsel, K. (2007). Can stream regulation or restoration affect microbial biofilms and DOM turnover activities? Restoration Ecology 15: 312-316. DOI 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00215.x
Books and book chapters
- Schönborn, W. & Risse-Buhl, U. (2013) Lehrbuch der Limnolgie, 2nd Edition, Schweitzerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart
- Anlanger, C., Risse-Buhl, U., Koca, K., Noss, C., Lorke, A., Weitere, M. & Gutbrod, M.S. 2018. High resolution O2 microprofiling of a freshwater stream biofilm. Application Note PreSense Precision Sensing.
- Romaní, A.M., Chauvet, E., Febria, C., Mora-Gómez, J., Risse-Buhl, U., Timoner, X., Weitere, M. & Zeglin, L.H. (2017) The biota of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: prokaryotes, fungi, and protozoans. In: Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: ecology and management (Eds T. Datry, N. Bonada & A. Boulton), 1st Edition, Academic Press.
- Zimmermann-Timm, H., Köhler, G., Schönborn, W., Risse-Buhl, U., Meidl, E.-B. 2016. Aquatische Ökologie. In: 50 Jahre Ökologie (1965-2015) an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Eine wissenschaftliche Historiographie. Editor: Günter Köhler, Acta Academiae Scientiarum.