Ben Gilfedder: Publications
Peer reviewed
2025
Qian, C., Wang, Q., Gilfedder, B., Frei, S., Yu, J., Kattel, G., Yu, Z.: Seasonal Dynamics of Groundwater Discharge : Unveiling the Complex Control Over Reservoir Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Water Research, 269, 122801 (2025).
doi:10.1016/j.watres.2024.122801
2024
Boos, J., Dichgans, F., Fleckenstein, J., Gilfedder, B., Frei, S.: Assessing the Behavior of Microplastics in Fluvial Systems : Infiltration and Retention Dynamics in Streambed Sediments. Water Resources Research, 60(2), e2023WR035532 (2024).
doi:10.1029/2023WR035532
León Ninin, J., Muehe, E., Kölbl, A., Higa Mori, A., Nicol, A., Gilfedder, B., Pausch, J., Urbanski, L., Lüders, T., Planer-Friedrich, B.: Changes in arsenic mobility and speciation across a 2000-year-old paddy soil chronosequence. Science of the Total Environment, 908, 168351 (2024).
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168351
Frei, S., Klostermann, L., Gilfedder, B.: Eisenrückhalt in der Lausitz : Eine räumlich differenzierte Analyse der Spree. Grundwasser, (2024).
doi:10.1007/s00767-024-00576-7
Ahmadi, P., Dichgans, F., Jagau, L., Schmidt, C., Aizinger, V., Gilfedder, B., Fleckenstein, J.: Systematic CFD-based evaluation of physical factors influencing the spatiotemporal distribution patterns of microplastic particles in lakes. Science of the Total Environment, 917, 170218 (2024).
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170218
2023
Zill, J., Siebert, C., Rödiger, T., Schmidt, A., Gilfedder, B., Frei, S., Schubert, M., Weitere, M., Mallast, U.: A way to determine groundwater contributions to large river systems: The Elbe River during drought conditions. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 50, 101595 (2023).
doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101595
Elagami, H., Frei, S., Boos, J., Trommer, G., Gilfedder, B.: Quantifying microplastic residence times in lakes using mesocosm experiments and transport modelling. Water Research, 229, 119463 (2023).
doi:10.1016/j.watres.2022.119463
Buenavista, A., Wang, C., Xie, Y., Gilfedder, B., Frei, S., Masque, P., Skrzypek, G., Dogramaci, S., McCallum, J.: Analytical solutions for the advection-dispersion model for radon-222 production and transport in shallow porewater profiles. Journal of Hydrology, 623, 129575 (2023).
doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129575
Gilfedder, B., Elagami, H., Boos, J., Brehm, J., Schott, M., Witt, L., Laforsch, C., Frei, S.: Filter feeders are key to small microplastic residence times in stratified lakes : A virtual experiment. Science of the Total Environment, 890, 164293 (2023).
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164293
Adyasari, D., Dimova, N., Dulai, H., Gilfedder, B., Cartwright, I., McKenzie, T., Fuleky, P.: Radon-222 as a groundwater discharge tracer to surface waters. Earth-Science Reviews, 238, 104321 (2023).
doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104321
Rode, M., Tittel, J., Reinstorf, F., Schubert, M., Knöller, K., Gilfedder, B., Merensky-Pöhlein, F., Musolff, A.: Seasonal variation and release of soluble reactive phosphorus in an agricultural upland headwater in central Germany. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27(6), 1261-1277 (2023).
doi:10.5194/hess-27-1261-2023
2022
Shabbir, S., Faheem, M., Dar, A., Ali, N., Kerr, P., Yu, Z., Li, Y., Frei, S., Albasher, G., Gilfedder, B.: Enhanced periphyton biodegradation of endocrine disrupting hormones and microplastic : Intrinsic reaction mechanism, influential humic acid and microbial community structure elucidation. Chemosphere, 293, 133515 (2022).
doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133515
Schmidtmann, J., Elagami, H., Gilfedder, B., Fleckenstein, J., Papastavrou, G., Mansfeld, U., Peiffer, S.: Heteroaggregation of PS microplastic with ferrihydrite leads to rapid removal of microplastic particles from the water column. Environmental Science : Processes & Impacts, 24(10), 1782-1789 (2022).
doi:10.1039/D2EM00207H
Elagami, H., Ahmadi, P., Fleckenstein, J., Frei, S., Obst, M., Agarwal, S., Gilfedder, B.: Measurement of microplastic settling velocities and implications for residence times in thermally stratified lakes. Limnology and Oceanography, 67(4), 934-945 (2022).
doi:10.1002/lno.12046
Blaurock, K., Garthen, P., da Silva, M., Beudert, B., Gilfedder, B., Fleckenstein, J., Peiffer, S., Lechtenfeld, O., Hopp, L.: Riparian Microtopography Affects Event‐Driven Stream DOC Concentrations and DOM Quality in a Forested Headwater Catchment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(12), e2022JG006831 (2022).
doi:10.1029/2022JG006831
Ahmadi, P., Elagami, H., Dichgans, F., Schmidt, C., Gilfedder, B., Frei, S., Peiffer, S., Fleckenstein, J.: Systematic Evaluation of Physical Parameters affecting the Terminal Settling Velocity of Microplastic Particles in Lakes using CFD. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, 875220 (2022).
doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.875220
Piatka, D., Venkiteswaran, J., Uniyal, B., Kaule, R., Gilfedder, B., Barth, J.: Dissolved oxygen isotope modelling refines metabolic state estimates of stream ecosystems with different land use background. Scientific Reports, 12, 10204 (2022).
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-13219-9
Stimmler, P., Göckede, M., Natali, S., Sonnentag, O., Gilfedder, B., Perron, N., Schaller, J.: The importance of calcium and amorphous silica for arctic soil CO₂ production. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10 (2022).
doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.1019610
2021
Lu, T., Gilfedder, B., Peng, H., Niu, G., Frei, S.: Effects of clay minerals on the transport of nanoplastics through water-saturated porous media. Science of the Total Environment, 796, 148982 (2021).
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148982
Kaule, R., Gilfedder, B.: Groundwater Dominates Water Fluxes in a Headwater Catchment During Drought. Frontiers in Water, 3, 706932 (2021).
doi:10.3389/frwa.2021.706932
Katona, T., Gilfedder, B., Frei, S., Bücker, M., Flores-Orozco, A.: High-resolution induced polarization imaging of biogeochemical carbon-turnover hot spots in a peatland. Biogeosciences Discussions, 44 S. (2021).
doi:10.5194/bg-2020-438
Blaurock, K., Beudert, B., Gilfedder, B., Fleckenstein, J., Peiffer, S., Hopp, L.: Low hydrological connectivity after summer drought inhibits DOC export in a forested headwater catchment. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(9), 5133-5151 (2021).
doi:10.5194/hess-25-5133-2021
Frei, S., Gilfedder, B.: Quantifying residence times of bank filtrate : A novel framework using radon as a natural tracer. Water Research, 201, 117376 (2021).
doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117376
Lu, T., Gilfedder, B., Peng, H., Peiffer, S., Papastavrou, G., Ottermann, K., Frei, S.: Relevance of Iron Oxyhydroxide and Pore Water Chemistry on the Mobility of Nanoplastic Particles in Water-Saturated Porous Media Environments. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 232, 168 (2021).
doi:10.1007/s11270-021-05125-z
Gómez Martín, J., Saiz‐Lopez, A., Cuevas, C., Fernandez, R., Gilfedder, B., Weller, R., Baker, A., Droste, E., Lai, S.: Spatial and Temporal Variability of Iodine in Aerosol. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(9), e2020JD034410 (2021).
doi:10.1029/2020JD034410
Moosdorf, N., Böttcher, M., Adyasari, D., Erkul, E., Gilfedder, B., Greskowiak, J., Jenner, A., Kotwicki, L., Massmann, G., Müller-Petke, M., Oehler, T., Post, V., Prien, R., Scholten, J., Siemon, B., Ehlert von Ahn, C., Walther, M., Waska, H., Wunderlich, T., Mallast, U.: A State-Of-The-Art Perspective on the Characterization of Subterranean Estuaries at the Regional Scale. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 601293 (2021).
doi:10.3389/feart.2021.601293
Frei, S., Gilfedder, B.: Stellungnahme zum Kommentar von Wilfried Uhlmann und Carolin Pezenka zum Beitrag "Quantifizierung lokaler Grundwassereintritte in die Spree und deren Bedeutung für die Verockerungsproblematik in der Lausitz" in Grundwasser 25 (2020), 3, 231–241. Grundwasser, 26, 313-317 (2021).
doi:10.1007/s00767-021-00485-z
Glaser, C., Frei, S., Massmann, G., Gilfedder, B.: Tidal creeks as hot-spots for hydrological exchange in a coastal landscape. Journal of Hydrology, 597, 126158 (2021).
doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126158
Boos, J., Gilfedder, B., Frei, S.: Tracking Microplastics Across the Streambed Interface : Using Laser‐Induced‐Fluorescence to Quantitatively Analyze Microplastic Transport in an Experimental Flume. Water Resources Research, 57(12), e2021WR031064 (2021).
doi:10.1029/2021WR031064
Piatka, D., Wild, R., Hartmann, J., Kaule, R., Kaule, L., Gilfedder, B., Peiffer, S., Geist, J., Beierkuhnlein, C., Barth, J.: Transfer and transformations of oxygen in rivers as catchment reflectors of continental landscapes : A review. Earth-Science Reviews, 220, 103729 (2021).
doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103729
Gilfedder, B., Waska, H., Wismeth, F., Frei, S.: Using heat as a tracer to map and quantify water infiltration and exfiltration along a complex high energy beach face. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 250, 107140 (2021).
doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107140
Schütze, M., Gatz, P., Gilfedder, B., Biester, H.: Why productive lakes are larger mercury sedimentary sinks than oligotrophic brown water lakes. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(4), 1316-1332 (2021).
doi:10.1002/lno.11684
2020
Schaller, J., Frei, S., Rohn, L., Gilfedder, B.: Amorphous Silica Controls Water Storage Capacity and Phosphorus Mobility in Soils. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8, 94 (2020).
doi:10.3389/fenvs.2020.00094
Glaser, C., Schwientek, M., Junginger, T., Gilfedder, B., Frei, S., Werneburg, M., Zwiener, C., Zarfl, C.: Comparison of environmental tracers including organic micropollutants as groundwater exfiltration indicators into a small river of a karstic catchment. Hydrological Processes, 34(24), 4712-4726 (2020).
doi:10.1002/hyp.13909
Cartwright, I., Morgenstern, U., Hofmann, H., Gilfedder, B.: Comparisons and uncertainties of recharge estimates in a temperate alpine catchment. Journal of Hydrology, 590, 125558 (2020).
doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125558
Schubert, M., Siebert, C., Knoeller, K., Roediger, T., Schmidt, A., Gilfedder, B.: Investigating Groundwater Discharge into a Major River under Low Flow Conditions Based on a Radon Mass Balance Supported by Tritium Data. Water, 12(10), 2838 (2020).
doi:10.3390/w12102838
Grünenbaum, N., Ahrens, J., Beck, M., Gilfedder, B., Greskowiak, J., Kossack, M., Massmann, G.: A Multi-Method Approach for Quantification of In- and Exfiltration Rates from the Subterranean Estuary of a High Energy Beach. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 571310 (2020).
doi:10.3389/feart.2020.571310
Frei, S., Wismeth, F., Gilfedder, B.: Quantifizierung lokaler Grundwassereintritte in die Spree und deren Bedeutung für die Verockerungsproblematik in der Laustiz. Grundwasser, 25, 231-241 (2020).
doi:10.1007/s00767-020-00452-0
Schubert, M., Knöller, K., Müller, C., Gilfedder, B.: Investigating River Water/Groundwater Interaction along a Rivulet Section by ²²²Rn Mass Balancing. Water, 12(11), 3027 (2020).
doi:10.3390/w12113027
2019
Gilfedder, B., Cartwright, I., Hofmann, H., Frei, S.: Explicit modelling of Radon-222 in HydroGeoSphere during steady state and dynamic transient storage. Groundwater, 57(1), 36-47 (2019).
doi:10.1111/gwat.12847
Wolf, T., Ebner, R., Harum, T., Leis, A., Noffke, A., Pflugbeil, T., Pöschke, F., Winde, V., Gilfedder, B., Keim, C., Schwalb, A., Bödekker, S., Schick, R., Faißt, M., Lang, U., Eckert, D., Wessels, M., Mirbach, S.: Grundwasser in Seen : eine komplexe Spurensuche. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, 63(5), 242-261 (2019).
doi:10.5675/HyWa_2019.5_1
Keim, C., Mehler, F., Wolf, T., Gilfedder, B.: Mapping spatial patterns of groundwater discharge in a deep lake using high-resolution temperature sensors. Inland Waters, 9(3), 334-344 (2019).
doi:10.1080/20442041.2019.1609859
Durejka, S., Frei, S., Gilfedder, B.: A Method for Long-Term High Resolution 222-Radon Measurements Using a New Hydrophobic Capillary Membrane System. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 208-209, 105980 (2019).
doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.05.012
Frei, S., Piehl, S., Gilfedder, B., Löder, M., Krutzke, J., Wilhelm, L., Laforsch, C.: Occurence of microplastics in the hyporheic zone of rivers. Scientific Reports, 9, 15256 (2019).
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-51741-5
Frei, S., Durejka, S., Le Lay, H., Thomas, Z., Gilfedder, B.: Quantification of Hyporheic Nitrate Removal at the Reach Scale : Exposure Times vs. Residence Times. Water Resources Research, 55(11), 9808-9825 (2019).
doi:10.1029/2019WR025540
Schaller, J., Faucherre, S., Joss, H., Obst, M., Göckede, M., Planer-Friedrich, B., Peiffer, S., Gilfedder, B., Elberling, B.: Silicon increases the phosphorus availability of Arctic soils. Scientific Reports, 9, 449 (2019).
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37104-6
2018
Gilfedder, B., Peiffer, S., Pöschke, F., Spirkaneder, A.: Grundwasserzufluss zum Steißlinger See und Folgen für die Wasserchemie. Grundwasser, 23(2), 155-165 (2018).
doi:10.1007/s00767-017-0386-8
Biester, H., Pérez-Rodrigez, M., Gilfedder, B., Cortizas, A., Hermanns, Y.: Solar irradiance and primary productivity controlled mercury accumulation in sediments of a remote lake in the Southern Hemisphere during the past 4000 years. Limnology and Oceanography, 63(2), 540-549 (2018).
doi:10.1002/lno.10647
Cartwright, I., Atkinson, A., Gilfedder, B., Hofmann, H., Cendón, D., Morgenstern, U.: Using geochemistry to understand water sources and transit times in headwater streams of a temperate rainforest. Applied Geochemistry, 99, 1-12 (2018).
doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.10.018
2017
Pittroff, M., Frei, S., Gilfedder, B.: Quantifying nitrate and oxygen reduction rates in the hyporheic zone using 222Rn to upscale biogeochemical turnover in rivers. Water Resources Research, 53(1), 563-579 (2017).
doi:10.1002/2016WR018917
2016
Pérez-Rodríguez, M., Gilfedder, B., Hermanns, Y., Biester, H.: Solar Output Controls Periodicity in Lake Productivity and Wetness at Southernmost South America. Scientific Reports, 6, 37521 (2016).
doi:10.1038/srep37521
2015
Unland, N., Cartwright, I., Daly, E., Gilfedder, B., Atkinson, A.: Dynamic river–groundwater exchange in the presence of a saline, semi-confined aquifer. Hydrological Processes, 29(23), 4817-4829 (2015).
doi:10.1002/hyp.10525
Frei, S., Gilfedder, B.: FINIFLUX : An implicit finite element model for quantification of groundwater fluxes and hyporheic exchange in streams and rivers using radon. Water Resources Research, 51(8), 6776-6786 (2015).
doi:10.1002/2015WR017212
Gilfedder, B., Frei, S., Hofmann, H., Cartwright, I.: Groundwater discharge to wetlands driven by storm and flood events: Quantification using continuous Radon-222 and electrical conductivity measurements and dynamic mass-balance modelling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 165, 161-177 (2015).
doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.05.037
Atkinson, A., Cartwright, I., Gilfedder, B., Hofmann, H., Unland, N., Cendón, D., Chisari, R.: A multi-tracer approach to quantifying groundwater inflows to an upland river : assessing the influence of variable groundwater chemistry. Hydrological Processes, 29(1), 1-12 (2015).
doi:10.1002/hyp.10122
Cartwright, I., Gilfedder, B.: Mapping and quantifying groundwater inflows to Deep Creek (Maribyrnong catchment, SE Australia) using ²²²Rn, implications for protecting groundwater-dependant ecosystems. Applied Geochemistry, 52, 118-129 (2015).
doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.11.020
2014
Cartwright, I., Gilfedder, B., Hofmann, H.: Contrasts between estimates of baseflow help discern multiple sources of water contributing to rivers. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(1), 15-30 (2014).
doi:10.5194/hess-18-15-2014
Atkinson, A., Cartwright, I., Gilfedder, B., Cendón, D., Unland, N., Hofmann, H.: Using 14 C and 3 H to understand groundwater flow and recharge in an aquifer window. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(12), 4951-4964 (2014).
doi:10.5194/hess-18-4951-2014
2013
Cartwright, I., Gilfedder, B., Hofmann, H.: Chloride imbalance in a catchment undergoing hydrological change: Upper Barwon River, southeast Australia. Applied Geochemistry, 31, 187-198 (2013).
doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.01.003
Unland, N., Cartwright, I., Andersen, M., Rau, G., Reed, J., Gilfedder, B., Atkinson, A., Hofmann, H.: Investigating the spatio-temporal variability in groundwater and surface water interactions: a multi-technique approach. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17(9), 3437-3453 (2013).
doi:10.5194/hess-17-3437-2013
2012
Gilfedder, B., Hofmann, H., Cartwright, I.: Novel instruments for in situ continuous Rn-222 measurement in groundwater and the application to river bank infiltration. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(2), 993-1000 (2012).
doi:10.1021/es3034928
Hofmann, H., Gilfedder, B., Cartwright, I.: A Novel Method Using a Silicone Diffusion Membrane for Continuous 222Rn Measurements for the Quantification of Groundwater Discharge to Streams and Rivers. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(20), 8915-8921 (2012).
doi:10.1021/es202683z
2011
Gilfedder, B., Petri, M., Wessels, M., Biester, H.: Bromine species fluxes from Lake Constance’s catchment, and a preliminary lake mass balance. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(12), 3385-3401 (2011).
doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.021
2010
Gilfedder, B., Chance, R., Dettmann, U., Lai, S., Baker, A., Biester, H.: Determination of total and non-water soluble iodine in atmospheric aerosols by thermal extraction and spectrometric detection (TESI). Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 398(1), 519-526 (2010).
doi:10.1007/s00216-010-3923-1
Gilfedder, B., Petri, M., Wessels, M., Biester, H.: An iodine mass-balance for Lake Constance, Germany: insights into iodine speciation changes and fluxes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(11), 3090-3111 (2010).
doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.008
Frieß, U., Deutschmann, T., Gilfedder, B., Weller, R., Platt, U.: Iodine monoxide in the Antarctic snowpack. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10(5), 2439-2456 (2010).
doi:10.5194/acp-10-2439-2010
2009
Gilfedder, B., Petri, M., Biester, H.: Iodine speciation and cycling in fresh waters: a case study from a humic rich headwater lake (Mummelsee). Journal of Limnology, 68(2), 396-408 (2009).
doi:10.4081/jlimnol.2009.396
2008
Gilfedder, B., Lai, S., Petri, M., Biester, H., Hoffmann, T.: Iodine speciation in rain, snow and aerosols. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 6069-6084 (2008).
doi:10.5194/acp-8-6069-2008
2007
Gilfedder, B., Petri, M., Biester, H.: Iodine and bromine speciation in snow and the effect of orographically induced precipitation. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 2661-2669 (2007).
doi:10.5194/acp-7-2661-2007
Gilfedder, B., Petri, M., Biester, H.: Iodine speciation in rain and snow: Implications for the atmospheric iodine sink. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 112(D7) (2007).
doi:10.1029/2006JD007356
Gilfedder, B., Althoff, F., Petri, M., Biester, H.: A thermo extraction–UV/Vis spectrophotometric method for total iodine quantification in soils and sediments. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 389(389), 2323-2329 (2007).
doi:10.1007/s00216-007-1621-4
Other publications
2014
Cartwright, I., Hofmann, H., Gilfedder, B., Smyth, B.: Understanding parafluvial exchange and degassing to better quantify groundwater inflows using 222Rn: The King River, southeast Australia. Chemical Geology, 380, 48-60 (2014).
doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.04.009