Reactive nitrogen in the Elbe River
Stable Isotopes approaches for turn over processes
Impact of nitrification on the turnover of reactive Nitrogen in Elbe River
Nitrifying microorganisms
Nitrification in cold environments
since 07/2011 PostDoc Helmholtz-Young Investigators Group “Sources, sinks and internal cycling of nitrogen in coastal waters – Identification of key processes using stable N isotopes“
06/20011 PhD on the Institute of Soils Science Thesis: Characterization of ammonia oxidizing organisms in soils of cold and moderate climates and their impact on the global nitrogen cycle.
11/ 2006 Diplom Biology University of Hamburg, Germany Vergleichende Untersuchungen kälteliebender nitrifizierender Bakterien aus Permafrostböden im Lena Delta, Siberien
03/2002 Vordiplom Biology, March 2002 University of Oldenburg, Germany
- Bratek, A., Beusekom, J.E.E. van, Neumann, A., Sanders, T., Friedrich, J., Emeis, K.-C., & Dähnke, K. (2020): Spatial variations in sedimentary N-transformation rates in the North Sea (German Bight). Biogeosciences, 17, 2839–2851, doi:10.5194/bg-17-2839-2020
- Bratek, A., Emeis, K.-C., Sanders, T., Wankel, S.D., Struck, U., Möbius, J., & Dähnke, K. (2020): Nitrate sources and the effect of land cover on the isotopic composition of nitrate in the catchment of the Rhône River. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 56:1, 14-35, doi:10.1080/10256016.2020.1723580
- Pein, J., Eisele, A., Hofmeister, R., Sanders, T., Daewel, U., Stanev, E.V., Beusekom, J. van, Staneva, J., & Schrum, C. (2019): Nitrogen cycling in the Elbe estuary from a joint 3D-modelling and observational perspective. Biogeosciences Discuss., doi:10.5194/bg-2019-265
- Sanders, T., Fiencke, C., Hüpeden, J., Pfeiffer, E.M., & Spieck, E. (2019): Cold Adapted Nitrosospira sp.: A Potential Crucial Contributor of Ammonia Oxidation in Cryosols of Permafrost-Affected Landscapes in Northeast Siberia. Microorganisms 2019, 7, 699, doi:10.3390/microorganisms7120699
- Fiencke, C., Sanders, T., Beermann, F., Lebedeva, E.E., & Pfeiffer, E.-M. (2018): Microbial Nitrogen Turnover in the Active Layer and Deeper Permafrost Sediments of the Lena River Delta. In: Hubberten, H.-W., Bolshiyano, D.Y., Grigoriev, M.N., Grosse, G., Morgenstern, A., Pfeiffer, E.-M., Rachold, V., & Schirrmeister, L. (Ed.): 20 Years of Terrestrial Research in the Siberian Arctic. The History of the LENA Expeditions, ISBN 978-3-88808-714-1
- Sanders, T., & Laanbroek, H.J. (2018): The distribution of sediment and water column nitrification potential in the hyper-turbid Ems estuary. Aquatic Sciences; 80:33, doi:10.1007/s00027-018-0584-1
- Sanders, T., Schöl, A., & Dähnke, K. (2018): Hot Spots of Nitrification in the Elbe Estuary and Their Impact on Nitrate Regeneration. Estuaries and Coasts, January 2018, Volume 41, Issue 1, pp 128–138, doi:10.1007/s12237-017-0264-8
- Brase, L., Sanders, T., & Daehnke, K. (2018): Anthropogenic changes of nitrogen loads in a small river: external nutrient sources vs. internal turnover processes. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, Vol. 54 (2018) 2, 168-184, doi:10.1080/10256016.2018.1428580
- Jacob J, Nowka B, Merten V, Sanders T, Spieck E, Dähnke K (2017): Oxidation kinetics and inverse isotope effect of marine nitrite-oxidizing isolates. Aquat Microb Ecol 80:289-300. doi:10.3354/ame01859
- Sanders, T, Fiencke, C. & Pfeiffer, E.M. Small-Scale Variability of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen (DIN) and C/N ratios in Permafrost Soils of the Island Samoylov, Lena River Delta, North-East Siberia. Polarfoschung. 80(1), 23-35., 2010 http://epic.awi.de/epic/Main?puid=36447
- Sanders, T., C. Fiencke, E. Spieck, and E.-M. Pfeiffer. (2008). "Detection and enrichment of ammonia oxidizers from permafrost soils of Siberia." In: Kane, D.L., and K.M. Hinkel (eds). Ninth International Conference on Permafrost. Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks 2: 1567-1571.
- Alawi, M., Lipski, A., Sanders, T., Pfeiffer, E.M. & Spieck, E. (2007). "Cultivation of a novel cold-adapted nitrite oxidizing betaproteobacterium from Siberian Artic." ISME. 1, 256–264