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Jörg Schäfer is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and specializes in environmental science, with a significant focus on pollution and geochemical processes. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as inorganic chemistry.

Their research covers multiple interconnected topics:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Geochemistry and elemental analysis
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Water quality and pollution assessment
  • Electrochemical analysis and applications
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Schäfer include Alexandra Coynel, Mélina Abdou, Gérard Blanc, Cécile Bossy, and Clément Pereto.

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on trace metals and their environmental implications. Notable examples include:

  • "Corbicula fluminea: A sentinel species for urban Rare Earth Element origin," published in 2020 in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Short-term variations of platinum concentrations in contrasting coastal environments: The role of primary producers," published in 2020 in Marine Chemistry
  • "Ultra-trace interference-free analysis of palladium in natural waters by ICP-MS after on-line matrix separation and pre-concentration," published in 2021 in Talanta
  • "Advanced multichannel submersible probe for autonomous high-resolution in situ monitoring of the cycling of the potentially bioavailable fraction of a range of trace metals," published in 2021 in Chemosphere
  • "Impact of metallurgy tailings in a major European fluvial-estuarine system: Trajectories and resilience over seven decades," published in 2021 in The Science of The Total Environment

Schäfer's work has appeared predominantly in a core set of scientific journals and conferences, which include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Chemistry
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Chemosphere
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin

Best Publications

  • Fifty-year sedimentary record of heavy metal pollution (Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb) in the Lot River reservoirs (France).

    Stéphane Audry;Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc;Jean-Marie Jouanneau

  • Long-term survey of heavy-metal pollution, biofilm contamination and diatom community structure in the Riou Mort watershed, South-West France.

    S. Morin;T.T. Duong;A. Dabrin;A. Coynel

  • Uptake of traffic-related heavy metals and platinum group elements (PGE) by plants

    J Schäfer;D Hannker;J.-D Eckhardt;D Stüben

  • Platinum-Group-Metals (PGM) emitted from automobile catalytic converters and their distribution in roadside soils

    J. Schäfer;H. Puchelt

  • The distribution of Mo, U, and Cd in relation to major redox species in muddy sediments of the Bay of Biscay

    Gwénaëlle Chaillou;Pierre Anschutz;Gilbert Lavaux;Jörg Schäfer

  • Assessing the current state of the Gironde Estuary by mapping priority contaminant distribution and risk potential in surface sediment

    Aurélie Larrose;Alexandra Coynel;Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc

  • Zn isotopes as tracers of anthropogenic pollution from Zn-ore smelters The Riou Mort–Lot River system

    Y. Sivry;Jean Riotte;J. E. Sonke;S. Audry

  • Geochemical survey and metal bioaccumulation of three bivalve species (Crassostrea gigas, Cerastoderma edule and Ruditapes philippinarum) in the Nord Medoc salt marshes (Gironde estuary, France)

    M Baudrimont;J Schäfer;V Marie;R Maury-Brachet

  • COST action TD1407: network on technology-critical elements (NOTICE)—from environmental processes to human health threats

    A. Cobelo-García;Montserrat Filella;P. Croot;C. Frazzoli

  • Time-Dependent Increase of Traffic-Emitted Platinum-Group Elements (PGE) in Different Environmental Compartments

    Jörg Schäfer;Jörg-Detlef Eckhardt;Zsolt A. Berner;Doris Stüben

  • Anthropogenic components of heavy metal (Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb) budgets in the Lot-Garonne fluvial system (France)

    Stéphane Audry;Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc;Cécile Bossy

  • Ten-year observation of the Gironde tributary fluvial system: fluxes of suspended matter, particulate organic carbon and cadmium

    Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc;Yvon Lapaquellerie;Noëlle Maillet

  • Sedimentary mercury stable isotope records of atmospheric and riverine pollution from two major European heavy metal refineries

    Jeroen E. Sonke;Jörg Schäfer;Jérôme Chmeleff;Stéphane Audry

  • Early diagenesis of trace metals (Cd, Cu, Co, Ni, U, Mo, and V) in the freshwater reaches of a macrotidal estuary

    Stéphane Audry;Gérard Blanc;Jörg Schäfer;Gwénaëlle Chaillou

  • Scenario of particulate trace metal and metalloid transport during a major flood event inferred from transient geochemical signals

    Alexandra Coynel;Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc;Cécile Bossy

  • Sampling frequency and accuracy of SPM flux estimates in two contrasted drainage basins.

    Alexandra Coynel;Jörg Schäfer;Jean-Emmanuel Hurtrez;Jacques Dumas

  • Geochemical signals and source contributions to heavy metal (Cd, Zn, Pb, Cu) fluxes into the Gironde Estuary via its major tributaries.

    Matthieu Masson;Gérard Blanc;Jörg Schäfer

  • The behaviour of arsenic in muddy sediments of the Bay of Biscay (France)

    Gwénaëlle Chaillou;Jörg Schäfer;Pierre Anschutz;Gilbert Lavaux

  • Rare Earth Element fluxes over 15 years into a major European Estuary (Garonne-Gironde, SW France): Hospital effluents as a source of increasing gadolinium anomalies.

    Antoine Lerat-Hardy;Alexandra Coynel;Lionel Dutruch;Clément Pereto

  • Relationship between ore deposits in river catchments and geochemistry of suspended particulate matter from six rivers in southwest France.

    Jörg Schäfer;Gérard Blanc

  • Mercury in the Lot–Garonne River system (France): Sources, fluxes and anthropogenic component

    Jörg Schafer;Gerard Blanc;S Audry;Daniel Cossa

Frequent Co-Authors

Gérard Blanc
Gérard Blanc University of Bordeaux
Magalie Baudrimont
Magalie Baudrimont Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sabine Schmidt
Sabine Schmidt University of Bordeaux
Daniel Cossa
Daniel Cossa Grenoble Alpes University
Doris Stüben
Doris Stüben Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Henri Etcheber
Henri Etcheber University of Bordeaux
Pierre Anschutz
Pierre Anschutz University of Bordeaux
Jeroen E. Sonke
Jeroen E. Sonke Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Andrew Turner
Andrew Turner Plymouth University
Bernard Dupré
Bernard Dupré Paul Sabatier University

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