Ukki Kaden
Dr.nat.techn. Ute Susanne Kaden
Address
Room 340a
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Department of Conservation Biology and Social-Ecological Systems
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig
Tel: +49 341 602 52 472
Education
09/2020 - 04/2024
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences: Vienna, AT
Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management
doctoral studies
04/2014 to 12/2016
TU Bergakademie Freiberg: Freiberg, DE
M.Sc. Geoecology
10/2010 to 03/2014
TU Bergakademie Freiberg: Freiberg, DE
B.Sc. Geoecology
Employment
since 11/2017
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig
Research Assistant
Department of Conservation Biology and Social-Ecological Systems, WG Floodplain Ecology
- Quantification of the ecosystem function denitrification in floodplains (Rhine, Main, Weser, Elbe) (project AZOTE)
- Effects of groundwater and lateral connectivity on biodiversity and contamination in Elbe floodplain soils (project ElBiota)
- Role of riverine and coastal wetlands for climate adaptation, climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation (project BioClim-Wetlands)
- Restoration of wetland complexes as life supporting systems in the Danube Basin (Projekt Restore4Life)
- Upscaling the natural sponge functions of freshwater ecosystems to deliver multi-benefit green deal solutions SpongeBoost)
05/2024 - 02/2025
maternity leave
05/2019 - 02/2020
maternity leave
04/2016 - 11/2016
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig
Master Candidate
Department Hydrogeology
- Groundwater flow calculations and evaluation of isotope analyses
- Quantification of nitrate degredation potential in the groundwater river interaction zone
Main research interests:
- Nitrogen dynamics and flow in the groundwater river interaction zone / floodplains
- Quantification of denitrification potentials in floodplains
- Role of riverine and coastal wetlands for climate adaptation, climate change mitigation and biodiversity
Projects
Publications
Index:
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2024 (2)
- Klusmann, C., Marsden, K., Scholz, M., Kaden, U.S., Bonn, A., Wulf, S. (2024):
Flussauen und Küstenfeuchtgebiete wiederherstellen – Empfehlungen aus der 5. Europäischen Fachkonferenz zu Biodiversität und Klimawandel
Nat. Landschaft 99 (2), 89 - 90 - Tschikof, M., Gericke, A., Venohr, M., Weigelhofer, G., Bondar-Kunze, E., Kaden, U.S., Hein, T. (2024):
Corrigendum to “The potential of large floodplains to remove nitrate in river basins – The Danube case” [Sci. Total Environ. 843 (2022) 156879]
Sci. Total Environ. 912 , art. 168774 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168774
2023 (3)
- Hecht, C., Hering, D., Horchler, P., Hoyer, M., Januschke, K., Kaden, U.S., Rieland, G., Rumm, A., Struller, F., Weber, A., Scholz, M. (2023):
Influence of lateral connectivity on floodplain vegetation along the Elbe River
Ergebnisse der Jahrestagung 2022 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Limnologie (DGL) und der deutschen und österreichischen Sektion der Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL) an der Universität Konstanz vom 19.–23. September 2022, Konstanz
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie, Essen, S. 82 - 84 - Kaden, U.S., Scholz, M., Buijse, A.D., Cvijanović, D., Froese, I., Diack, I., Duffield, S., Ibáñez, C., Jähnig, S.C., Januschke, K., Ludewig, K., Marsden, K., Müller, P., Rodríguez-González, P.M., Schulz-Zunkel, C., Stadler, J., Stammel, B., Wantzen, K.M., Weber, A., Wulf, S., Zak, D., Bonn, A. (2023):
Riverine and coastal wetlands in Europe for biodiversity and climate. State of knowledge, challenges and opportunities. BfN Discussion paper
Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), Bonn, 44 pp. 10.19217/hgr233en - Kaden, U.S., Schulz-Zunkel, C., Fuchs, E., Horchler, P., Kasperidus, H.D., de Moraes Bonilha, O., Rupp, H., Tschikof, M., Weigelhofer, G., Hein, T., Scholz, M. (2023):
Improving an existing proxy-based approach for floodplain denitrification assessment to facilitate decision making on restoration
Sci. Total Environ. 892 , art. 164727 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164727
2022 (1)
- Tschikof, M., Gericke, A., Venohr, M., Weigelhofer, G., Bondar-Kunze, E., Kaden, U.S., Hein, T. (2022):
The potential of large floodplains to remove nitrate in river basins – The Danube case
Sci. Total Environ. 843 , art. 156879 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156879
2021 (1)
- Kaden, U.S., Fuchs, E., Geyer, S., Hein, T., Horchler, P., Rupp, H., Scholz, M., Schulz-Zunkel, C., Weigelhofer, G. (2021):
Soil characteristics and hydromorphological patterns control denitrification at the floodplain scale
Front. Earth Sci. 9 , art. 708707 10.3389/feart.2021.708707
2020 (1)
- Kaden, U.S., Fuchs, E., Hecht, C., Hein, T., Rupp, H., Scholz, M., Schulz-Zunkel, C. (2020):
Advancement of the acetylene inhibition technique using time series analysis on air-dried floodplain soils to quantify denitrification potential
Geosciences 10 (11), art. 431 10.3390/geosciences10110431
2018 (1)
- Trauth, N., Musolff, A., Knöller, K., Kaden, U.S., Keller, T., Werban, U., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2018):
River water infiltration enhances denitrification efficiency in riparian groundwater
Water Res. 130 , 185 - 199 10.1016/j.watres.2017.11.058
Software
2022(1)
- Kaden, U. S. (2022): Floodplain-Inundation-Calculator plugin for QGIS 3. Version 0.1. GitHub repository. Retrieved from https://github.com/usk92/Floodplain-Inundation-Calculator. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6375580.
