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Bernd Marschner is a researcher affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their scientific work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on soil-related topics. They have contributed extensively to the understanding of soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, heavy metals in the environment, and arsenic contamination and mitigation.

Their research portfolio includes substantial engagement with several subfields, such as Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Plant Science, Pollution, and Environmental Engineering. This diverse range enables them to address complex environmental issues from multiple scientific perspectives.

Frequent publication venues for Marschner include notable journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, and Geoderma. These publications indicate a strong presence in environmental and soil science research communities.

Marschner has collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, including Stefanie Heinze, Britta Stumpe, Albert Kobina Mensah, Sabry M. Shaheen, and Jörg Rinklebe, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their scholarly work.

Some of their recent papers cover a variety of environmental and soil science topics, including:

  • Arsenic contamination in abandoned and active gold mine spoils in Ghana: Geochemical fractionation, speciation, and assessment of the potential human health risk (2020, Environmental Pollution)
  • Human health risk via soil ingestion of potentially toxic elements and remediation potential of native plants near an abandoned mine spoil in Ghana (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Combination of energy limitation and sorption capacity explains 14C depth gradients (2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • Biochar, compost, iron oxide, manure, and inorganic fertilizer affect bioavailability of arsenic and improve soil quality of an abandoned arsenic-contaminated gold mine spoil (2022, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety)
  • Phytotoxicity and genotoxicity as a new approach to assess heavy metals effect on Medicago sativa L.: Role of metallo-resistant rhizobacteria (2021, Environmental Technology & Innovation)

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow

Best Publications

  • Stabilization of organic matter in temperate soils: mechanisms and their relevance under different soil conditions – a review

    Margit von Lützow;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner;Klemens Ekschmitt;Egbert Matzner

  • SOM fractionation methods: Relevance to functional pools and to stabilization mechanisms

    Margit von Lützow;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner;Klemens Ekschmitt;Heinz Flessa

  • Structure and function of the soil microbial community in a long-term fertilizer experiment

    Petra Marschner;Ellen Kandeler;Bernd Marschner

  • Controls of bioavailability and biodegradability of dissolved organic matter in soils

    Bernd Marschner;Karsten Kalbitz

  • How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils

    Bernd Marschner;Sonja Brodowski;Alexander Dreves;Gerd Gleixner

  • Interactive priming of black carbon and glucose mineralisation

    Ute Hamer;Bernd Marschner;Sonja Brodowski;Wulf Amelung

  • Stabilization mechanisms of organic matter in four temperate soils: Development and application of a conceptual model

    Margit von Lützow;Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner;Bernard Ludwig;Egbert Matzner

  • Priming effects in different soil types induced by fructose, alanine, oxalic acid and catechol additions

    Ute Hamer;Bernd Marschner

  • A comparison of methods to determine the biodegradable dissolved organic carbon from different terrestrial sources

    William H. McDowell;A. Zsolnay;Jacqueline A. Aitkenhead-Peterson;E. G. Gregorich

  • Temperature effects on release and ecologically relevant properties of dissolved organic carbon in sterilised and biologically active soil samples

    Bernd Marschner;Andrea Bredow

  • Priming effects in soils after combined and repeated substrate additions

    Ute Hamer;Bernd Marschner

  • An integrative approach of organic matter stabilization in temperate soils: Linking chemistry, physics, and biology

    Ingrid Kögel-Knabner;Klemens Ekschmitt;Heinz Flessa;Georg Guggenberger

  • Interactive effects of biochar ageing in soils related to feedstock, pyrolysis temperature, and historic charcoal production

    Julian Heitkötter;Bernd Marschner

  • Evaluation of SBRC-gastric and SBRC-intestinal methods for the prediction of in vivo relative lead bioavailability in contaminated soils.

    Albert L. Juhasz;John Weber;Euan Smith;Ravi Naidu

  • Priming effects of sugars, amino acids, organic acids and catechol on the mineralization of lignin and peat

    Ute Hamer;Bernd Marschner

  • Chemical and biological processes leading to the neutralisation of acidity in soil incubated with litter materials

    Bernd Marschner;Andrew D Noble

  • Assessment of Methods for Determining Bioavailability of Trace Elements in Soils: A Review

    Jurate Kumpiene;Laura Giagnoni;Bernd Marschner;Sã©bastien Denys

  • Root exudation of mature beech forests across a nutrient availability gradient: the role of root morphology and fungal activity

    Ina C. Meier;Timo Tückmantel;Julian Heitkötter;Karolin Müller

  • The effect of liming on quantity and chemical composition of soil organic matter in a pine forest in Berlin, Germany

    Bernd Marschner;A. Waldemar Wilczynski

  • An incubation study on the stability and biological effects of pyrogenic and hydrothermal biochar in two soils

    C. Bamminger;B. Marschner;Elisabeth Jüschke

  • Comparison of soil Pb in vitro bioaccessibility and in vivo bioavailability with Pb pools from a sequential soil extraction.

    Bernd Marschner;Peter Welge;Alfons Hack;Jürgen Wittsiepe

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Buerkert
Andreas Buerkert University of Kassel
Georg Guggenberger
Georg Guggenberger University of Hannover
Sabry M. Shaheen
Sabry M. Shaheen Kafrelsheikh University
Pay Drechsel
Pay Drechsel International Water Management Institute
Yona Chen
Yona Chen Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ellen Kandeler
Ellen Kandeler University of Hohenheim
Gabriele E. Schaumann
Gabriele E. Schaumann Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Robert Mikutta
Robert Mikutta Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Technical University of Munich

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