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Overview

Dominik Zak is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and specializes in Environmental Science, with a primary focus on Ecology. Their research encompasses various subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and the effects of Fire on ecosystems.

Dominik Zak has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent works appearing in:

  • Geoderma
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biogeochemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Dominik Zak are:

  • Sulphate in freshwater ecosystems: A review of sources, biogeochemical cycles, ecotoxicological effects and bioremediation, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Wetland buffer zones for nitrogen and phosphorus retention: Impacts of soil type, hydrology and vegetation, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Rewetting does not return drained fen peatlands to their old selves, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Efficiency of mitigation measures targeting nutrient losses from agricultural drainage systems: A review, 2020, AMBIO
  • Mapping and monitoring peatland conditions from global to field scale, 2023, Biogeochemistry

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Rasmus Jes Petersen
  • Carl Christian Hoffmann
  • Gerald Jurasinski
  • Haojie Liu
  • Tim Urich

Dominik Zak has also contributed to book publications, including a title titled Working with Nature-Based Solutions published by TemaNord in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Iron traps terrestrially derived dissolved organic matter at redox interfaces

    Thomas Riedel;Dominik Zak;Harald Biester;Thorsten Dittmar

  • Sulphate in freshwater ecosystems: A review of sources, biogeochemical cycles, ecotoxicological effects and bioremediation

    Dominik Zak;Dominik Zak;Michael Hupfer;Alvaro Cabezas;Gerald Jurasinski

  • The mobilisation of phosphorus, organic carbon and ammonium in the initial stage of fen rewetting (a case study from NE Germany)

    Dominik Zak;Jörg Gelbrecht

  • Rewetting does not return drained fen peatlands to their old selves.

    J. Kreyling;F. Tanneberger;F. Jansen;S. van der Linden

  • Wetland buffer zones for nitrogen and phosphorus retention: Impacts of soil type, hydrology and vegetation

    Craig R. Walton;Dominik Zak;Dominik Zak;Joachim Audet;Rasmus Jes Petersen

  • Phosphorus mobilization in rewetted fens: the effect of altered peat properties and implications for their restoration

    Dominik Zak;Carola Wagner;Brian Payer;Jürgen Augustin

  • A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways

    T. Datry;A. Foulquier;R. Corti;D. von Schiller

  • Phosphorus Retention at the Redox Interface of Peatlands Adjacent to Surface Waters in Northeast Germany

    D. Zak;J. Gelbrecht;C. E. W. Steinberg

  • Organic sediment formed during inundation of a degraded fen grassland emits large fluxes of CH4 and CO2

    Maria Hahn-Schöfl;Dominik Zak;Merten Minke;Jörg Gelbrecht

  • Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: A global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter

    Oleksandra Shumilova;Oleksandra Shumilova;Oleksandra Shumilova;Dominik Zak;Dominik Zak;Dominik Zak;Thibault Datry;Daniel von Schiller

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus removal from agricultural runoff in integrated buffer zones

    Dominik Henrik Zak;Dominik Henrik Zak;Brian Kronvang;Mette Vodder Carstensen;Carl Christian Hoffmann

  • Efficiency of mitigation measures targeting nutrient losses from agricultural drainage systems: A review

    Mette Vodder Carstensen;Fatemeh Hashemi;Carl Christian Hoffmann;Dominik Zak

  • Sulphate-mediated phosphorus mobilization in riverine sediments at increasing sulphate concentration, River Spree, NE Germany

    Dominik Zak;Andreas Kleeberg;Michael Hupfer

  • Evaluation of a well-established sequential phosphorus fractionation technique for use in calcite-rich lake sediments: identification and prevention of artifacts due to apatite formation

    Michael Hupfer;Dominik Zak;Reingard Roβberg;Christiane Herzog

  • Comparison of organic matter composition in agricultural versus forest affected headwaters with special emphasis on organic nitrogen.

    Marlen Heinz;Daniel Graeber;Dominik Zak;Elke Zwirnmann

  • Mapping and monitoring peatland conditions from global to field scale

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  • Evaluation of phosphorus mobilization potential in rewetted fens by an improved sequential chemical extraction procedure

    D. Zak;J. Gelbrecht;C. Wagner;C. E. W. Steinberg

  • Ecosystem Service Restoration after 10 Years of Rewetting Peatlands in NE Germany

    Stefan Zerbe;Peggy Steffenhagen;Karsten Parakenings;Tiemo Timmermann

  • Sediment respiration pulses in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams

    D. von Schiller;D. von Schiller;T. Datry;R. Corti;A. Foulquier

  • From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES Approach

    Gerald Jurasinski;Sate Ahmad;Alba Anadon-Rosell;Jacqueline Berendt

  • Water level fluctuations in a tropical reservoir: the impact of sediment drying, aquatic macrophyte dieback, and oxygen availability on phosphorus mobilization

    Jonas Keitel;Dominik Zak;Michael Hupfer

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald Jurasinski
Gerald Jurasinski University of Greifswald
Jürgen Augustin
Jürgen Augustin Leibniz Association
Tim Urich
Tim Urich University of Greifswald
Joachim Audet
Joachim Audet Aarhus University
Brian Kronvang
Brian Kronvang Aarhus University
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Haitao Wang
Haitao Wang Nankai University
Bernd Lennartz
Bernd Lennartz University of Rostock
Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
Michael Hupfer
Michael Hupfer Leibniz Association

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