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
Dr.nat.techn.
"Determining potential denitrification rates as an ecosystem function in floodplains"
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
05/2024 - 02/2025
05/2019 - 02/2020
04/2016 - 11/2016
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig
Master Candidate
Department Hydrogeology
"Spatial and temporal analysis of ion concentrations in the groundwater-river interaction zone in order to quantify nitrate degradation potential"
Main research interests:
- quantification of wetland ecosystem services, esp. C and N
- hydro(geo)logy in floodplains
Projects
- AZOTE - Ermittlung potentieller Nährstoffretentionsraten als Ökosystemleistung von Flussauen am Beispiel von Stickstoff
- ElBiota - Laterale Konnektivität und Biodiversität der Elbauen
- BioClim-Wetlands - Role of riverine and coastal wetlands for climate adaptation, climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation
- Restore4Life - Restoration of wetland complexes as life supporting systems in the Danube Basin
- SpongeBoost - upscaling the natural sponge functions of freshwater ecosystems to deliver multi-benefit Green Deal solutions
- MonANK - Konzepterstellung für das Monitoring der biologischen Vielfalt zum Aktionsprogramm Natürlicher Klimaschutz
Publications
Index:
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2026 (5)
- Cvijanović, D., Stammel, B., Novković, M., Adamescu, M., Baumane, M., Bonn, A., Ehlert, T., von Gönner, J., Januschke, K., Kaden, U.S., Schipper, C., Schulz-Zunkel, C., Scholz, M. (2026):
Towards effective and integrated riparian wetland monitoring in Europe: challenges and opportunities
Nat. Conserv. (62), 121 - 148
10.3897/natureconservation.62.167089 - Kaden, U.S., Schmid, S., Vieweg, M., Scholz, M., Dufour, S. (2026):
European riverine and coastal wetlands under pressure: biodiversity and climate change
Nat. Conserv. (62), 13 - 45
10.3897/natureconservation.62.163636 - Kaden, U.S., Schmid, S., Wulf, S., Marsden, K., Klusmann, C., Bonn, A., Tockner, K., Scholz, M. (2026):
Wetlands in a changing climate: restoring coasts and floodplains
Nat. Conserv. (62), 5 - 11
10.3897/natureconservation.62.184556 - Kaden, U.S., Schmid, S., Wulf, S., Marsden, K., Klusmann, C., Bonn, A., Tockner, K., Scholz, M., Duffield, S. (2026):
Restoring coasts and floodplains - Conclusions and recommendations for enabling action across science, policy, and practice
Nat. Conserv. (62), 383 - 391
10.3897/natureconservation.62.184559 - Zak, D., Tschikof, M., Natho, S., Petersen, R.J., Kronvang, B., Hoffmann, C.C., Liu, H., Wang, M., Kaden, U.S. (2026):
Floodplains and coastal wetlands as nutrient sinks: a restoration perspective
Nat. Conserv. (62), 175 - 193
10.3897/natureconservation.62.158302
2024 (4)
- Kaden, U.S. (2024):
Determining potential denitrification rates as an ecosystem function in floodplains
Dissertation, Universität für Bodenkultur
86, xii pp. - 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. Landsch. 99 (2), 89 - 90 - Scholz, M., de Moraes Bonilha, O., Stammel, B., Damm, C., Henle, K., Kaden, U.S., Korinth, H., Schulz-Zunkel, C., Tschikof, M., Kasperidus, H.D. (2024):
Land requirements for floodplain development and restoration in Europe
19th conference of the European chapter of the Society of Wetland Scientists. Wetlands across timescales. Book of Abstract. June 24-26, 2024, Goniądz, Poland
Society of Wetland Scientists, Europe Chapter, 131 - 133 - 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.