DS McLagan, H Biester, T Navrátil, SM Kraemer, L Schwab. (2022) Internal tree cycling and atmospheric archiving of mercury: examination with concentration and stable isotope analyses. Biogeosciences. LINK
M Pérez-Rodríguez, H Biester. (2022) Sensitivity of river catchments to discharge-controlled dissolved carbon export: a study of eight catchments in southern Patagonia. Biogeochemistry. LINK
L Balzer, C Baptista-Salazar, S Jonsson, H Biester. (2022) Endogenic methylmercury in a eutrophic lake during the formation and decay of seston. Biogeosciences Discussions. LINK
J Kaal, M Pérez-Rodríguez, H Biester. (2022) Molecular Probing of DOM Indicates a Key Role of Spruce-Derived Lignin in the DOM and Metal Cycles of a Headwater Catchment: Can Spruce Forest Dieback Exacerbate Future Trends. Environmental Science & Technology. LINK
DS McLagan, L Schwab, JG Wiederhold, L Chen, J Pietrucha, SM Kraemer, H Biester. (2022) Demystifying mercury geochemistry in contaminated soil–groundwater systems with complementary mercury stable isotope, concentration, and speciation analyses. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. LINK
S Zaferani, HU Biester. (2021) Mercury accumulation in marine sediments-A comparison of an upwelling area and two large river mouths. Frontiers in Marine Science. LINK
DS McLagan, S Osterwalder, H Biester. (2021) Temporal and spatial assessment of gaseous elemental mercury concentrations and emissions at contaminated sites using active and passive measurements. Environmental Research Communications 3 (5), 051004 1. LINK
Christian Birkel, Alicia Correa Barahona, Clément Duvert, Sebastián Granados Bolaños, Andres Chavarría Palma, Ana Maria Durán Quesada, Ricardo Sánchez Murillo, Harald Biester (2021) End member and Bayesian mixing models consistently indicate near‐surface flowpath dominance in a pristine humid tropical rainforest. Hydrological Processes 35 (4), e14153. LINK
M Schütze, P Gatz, BS Gilfedder, H Biester (2021) Why productive lakes are larger mercury sedimentary sinks than oligotrophic brown water lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 66 (4), 1316-1332. LINK
M Pérez-Rodríguez, H Biester (2021) The Sensitivity of River Catchments to Dissolved Organic Carbon Release During Rain Events-A Study of Eight Catchments in Southern Patagonia. Biogeochemistry. LINK
S Zaferani, H Biester (2021) Corrigendum: Mercury Accumulation in Marine Sediments—A Comparison of an Upwelling Area and Two Large River Mouths. Frontiers in Marine Science, 1616. LINK
J Kaal, C Plaza, KGJ Nierop, M Pérez-Rodríguez, H Biester (2020) Origin of dissolved organic matter in the Harz Mountains (Germany): A thermally assisted hydrolysis and methylation (THM-GC–MS) study. Geoderma 378, 114635. LINK
S Zaferani, H Biester (2020) Biogeochemical processes accounting for the natural mercury variations in the Southern Ocean diatom ooze sediments. Ocean Science 16 (3), 729-741. LINK
JG Wiederhold, H Biester, AL Gerloff, J Hahn, L Duester (2020) Mercury contamination in German rivers: Historical trends and current situation. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 9735. LINK
L Schwab, DS McLagan, SM Kraemer, H Biester, JG Wiederhold (2020) Mercury isotope fractionation during dark abiotic reduction of Hg (II) by dissolved and surface-bound Fe (II) species. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 16024. LINK
Alina Kleindienst, Lorenz Schwab, David McLagan, Stephan M Krämer, Harald Biester, Jan G Wiederhold (2020) Mercury concentrations, redox state, and isotope ratios in consecutive water extracts of Hg (II)-chloride contaminated soils. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 10564. LINK
L Balzer, K Schulz, C Birkel, H Biester (2020) Iron oxides control sorption and mobilisation of iodine in a tropical rainforest catchment. SOIL Discussions, 1-18. LINK
M Moreno-Brush, DS McLagan, H Biester (2020) Fate of mercury from artisanal and small-scale gold mining in tropical rivers: Hydrological and biogeochemical controls. A critical review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 50 (5), 437-475. LINK
Jiang, T., Kaal, J., Liu, J., Liang, J., Zhang, Y., Wang, D. (2020) Linking the electron donation capacity to the molecular composition of soil dissolved organic matter from the Three Gorges Reservoir areas, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences. LINK
López-Costas, O., Kylander, M., Mattielli, N., Álvarez-Fernández, N., Pérez-Rodríguez, M., Mighall, T., Bindler, R., Cortizas, A. M. (2020) Human bones tell the story of atmospheric mercury and lead exposure at the edge of Roman World. Science of the Total Environment. LINK
Mehr, M R., Keshavarzi, B., Moore, F., Fooladivanda, S., Sorooshian, A., Biester, H. (2020) Spatial distribution, environmental risk and sources of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments-northwest of Persian Gulf. Continental Shelf Research. LINK
Birkel, C., Correa Barahona, A. B., Duvert, C., Granados Bolaños, S. G., Palma, A. C., Sanchez-Murillo, R., Duran-Quesada, A. M., Soulsby, C., Biester, H. (2019) Near-surface flowpath dominance in a pristine humid tropical rainforest. AGUFM. LINK
Osterwalder, S., Huang, J-H., Shetaya, W. H., Agnan, Y., Frossard, A., Frey, B., Alewell, C., Kretzschmar, R., Biester, H., Obrist, D. (2019) Mercury emission from industrially contaminated soils in relation to chemical, microbial, and meteorological factors. Environmental pollution. LINK
Brocza, F. M., Biester, H., Richard, J-H., Kraemer, S. M., Wiederhold, J. G. (2019) Mercury Isotope Fractionation in the Subsurface of a Hg (II) Chloride-Contaminated Industrial Legacy Site. Environmental science & technology. LINK
Myrstener, E., Biester, H., Bigler, C., Lidberg, W., Meyer-Jacob, C., Rydberg, J., Bindler, R. (2019) Environmental footprint of small-scale, historical mining and metallurgy in the Swedish boreal forest landscape: The Moshyttan blast furnace as microcosm. The Holocene. LINK
Tewolde, D. O., Koeniger, P., Beyer, M., Neukum, C., Gröschke, M., Ronelngar, M., Rieckh, H. and Vassolo, S. (2019) Soil water balance in the Lake Chad Basin using stable water isotopes and chloride of soil profiles. Isotopes Environ. Health Stud.. LINK
Marshall, J. D., Cuntz, M., Beyer, M., Dubbert, M. and Kühnhammer, K. (2019) Borehole Equilibration: Testing a New Method to Monitor the Isotopic Composition of Tree Xylem Water in situ. Front. Plant Sc. (submitted) LINK
Beyer, M., Dubbert, M. (2019) X Water Worlds and how to investigate them: A review and future perspective on in situ measurements of water stable isotopes in soils and plants. HESS. LINK
Baptista-Salazar, C., Biester, H. (2019) The role of hydrological conditions for riverine Hg species transport in the Idrija mining area. Environmental pollution. LINK
Pérez-Rodríguez, M., Biester, H., Aboal, J.R., Toro, M., Cortizas, A.M. (2019) Thawing of snow and ice caused extraordinary high and fast mercury fluxes to lake sediments in Antarctica. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. LINK
Moreno-Brush, M., McLagan, D.S., Biester, H. (2019) Fate of mercury from artisanal and small-scale gold mining in tropical rivers: Hydrological and biogeochemical controls. A critical review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. LINK
Schütze, M., Tserendorj, G., Pérez-Rodríguez, M., Rösch, M., Biester, H. (2018). Prediction of Holocene Mercury Accumulation Trends by Combining Palynological and Geochemical Records of Lake Sediments (Black Forest, Germany). Geosciences, 8, 358. LINK
Zaferani, S., Pérez-Rodríguez, M., Biester, H. (2018). Diatom ooze—A large marine mercury sink. Science, 361(eaat2735), 797-800. LINK
Baptista-Salazar, C., Hintelmann, H., Biester, H. (2018). Distribution of mercury species and mercury isotope ratios in soils and river suspended matter of a mercury mining area. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. LINK
Moreno-Brush, M., Portillo, A., Brändel, S.D., Storch, I., Tschapka, M., Biester, H. (2018). Mercury concentrations in bats (Chiroptera) from a gold mining area in the Peruvian Amazon. Ecotoxicology, 27, 45-54. LINK
Biester, H., Pérez-Rodríguez, M., Gilfedder, B.-S., Martínez Cortizas, A. and Hermanns, Y.-M. (2017). 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 LINK
Kaal, J., Martinez-Cortizas, A., Biester, H. (2017). Downstream changes in molecular composition of DOM along a headwaterstream in the Harz mountains (Central Germany) as determined by FTIR, Pyrolysis-GC–MS and THM-GC–MS. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 126, 50-61.LINK
Baptista-Salazar, C., Richard, J.-H., Horf, M., Rejc, M., Gosar, M., Biester, H. (2017). Grain-size dependence of mercury speciation in river suspended matter, sediments and soils in a mercury mining area at varying hydrological conditions. Applied Geochemistry, 81, 132-142. LINK
Broder, T., Knorr, K.-H., Biester, H. (2017). Changes in dissolved organic matter quality in a peatland and forest headwater stream as a function of seasonality and hydrolic conditions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21, 2035-2051. LINK
Birkel, C., Broder, T., Biester, H. (2017). Nonlinear and threshold-dominated runoff generation controls DOC export in a small peat catchment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 122. LINK
Baptista-Salazar, C., Richard, J.-H., Horf, M., Rejc, M., Gosar, M., Biester, H. (2017). Grain-size dependence of mercury speciation in river suspended matter, sediments and soils in a mercury mining area at varying hydrological conditions. Applied Geochemistry LINK
Pérez-Rodríguez, M., Gilfedder, B. S., Hermanns, Y. M., Biester, H. (2016). Solar Output Controls Periodicity in Lake Productivity and Wetness at Southernmost South America. Scientific Reports, 6. LINK
Moreno-Brush, M., Rydberg, J., Gamboa, N., Storch, I., Biester, H. (2016). Is mercury from small-scale gold mining prevalent in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon? Environmental Pollution, 218, 150-159. LINK
Richard, J.-H., Bischoff, C., Biester, H. (2016). Comparing modeled and measured mercury speciation in contaminated groundwater: Importance of dissolved organic matter composition. Environmental Science & Technology LINK
Wenke, A., Bollen, A., Richard, J.-H., Biester, H. (2016). Potential of Brass to Remove Inorganic Hg(II) from Aqueous Solution through Amalgamation. Water Environ. Res. 88, 531–539. LINK
Richard, J.-H., Biester, H. (2016). Mercury removal from contaminated groundwater: Performance and limitations of amalgamation through brass shavings. Water Res. LINK
Richard, J.-H., Bischoff, C., Ahrens, C.G.M., Biester, H. (2016). Mercury (II) reduction and co-precipitation of metallic mercury on hydrous ferric oxide in contaminated groundwater. Sci. Total Environ. LINK
Rumayor, M., Lope-Anton, M.A., Díaz-Somoano, M., Maroto-Valer, M.M., Richard, J-H., Biester, H., Martínez-Tarazona, M.R. (2016). A comparison of devices using thermal desorption for mercury speciation in solids. LINK