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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
77
Citations
37558
World Ranking
1106
National Ranking
71

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Klaus Kaiser is affiliated with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology as key subfields.

Their work encompasses topics related to Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Clay minerals and soil interactions, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Notable recent publications by Klaus Kaiser include:

  • "Microscale carbon distribution around pores and particulate organic matter varies with soil moisture regime" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Potential denitrification stimulated by water-soluble organic carbon from plant residues during initial decomposition" (2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • "Differences in labile soil organic matter explain potential denitrification and denitrifying communities in a long-term fertilization experiment" (2020, Applied Soil Ecology)
  • "How much carbon can be added to soil by sorption?" (2021, Biogeochemistry)
  • "Formation of mineral-associated organic matter in temperate soils is primarily controlled by mineral type and modified by land use and management intensity" (2023, Global Change Biology)

Klaus Kaiser has published multiple papers in several frequent venues including:

  • Geoderma
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Global Change Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Klaus Kaiser include Robert Mikutta, Ronny Surey, Christian Mikutta, Steffen Schlüter, and Jürgen Böttcher.

Best Publications

  • IntCal13 and Marine13 radiocarbon age calibration curves 0-50,000 years cal BP

    Paula J Reimer;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss;J Warren Beck

  • The role of DOM sorption to mineral surfaces in the preservation of organic matter in soils.

    Klaus Kaiser;Georg Guggenberger

  • Mineral surfaces and soil organic matter

    K. Kaiser;G. Guggenberger

  • Factors controlling humification and mineralization of soil organic matter in the tropics

    Wolfgang Zech;Nicola Senesi;Georg Guggenberger;Klaus Kaiser

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

    Bernd Marschner;Sonja Brodowski;Alexander Dreves;Gerd Gleixner

  • Cycling downwards – dissolved organic matter in soils

    Klaus Kaiser;Karsten Kalbitz

  • Comparison of quantification methods to measure fire-derived (black/elemental) carbon in soils and sediments using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere

    Karen Hammes;Michael W.I. Schmidt;Ronald J. Smernik;Lloyd A. Currie

  • Dissolved organic matter in soil: challenging the paradigm of sorptive preservation

    Georg Guggenberger;Klaus Kaiser

  • Changes in properties of soil-derived dissolved organic matter induced by biodegradation

    Karsten Kalbitz;David Schwesig;Juliane Schmerwitz;Klaus Kaiser

  • Biodegradation of forest floor organic matter bound to minerals via different binding mechanisms

    Robert Mikutta;Christian Mikutta;Karsten Kalbitz;Thorsten Scheel

  • Dissolved carbon leaching from soil is a crucial component of the net ecosystem carbon balance

    Reimo Kindler;Reimo Kindler;Jan Siemens;Jan Siemens;Klaus Kaiser;David Christopher Walmsley

  • Contribution of dissolved organic matter to carbon storage in forest mineral soils

    Karsten Kalbitz;Klaus Kaiser

  • Review: organic matter removal from soils using hydrogen peroxide, sodium hypochlorite, and disodium peroxodisulfate

    R. Mikutta;M. Kleber;K. Kaiser;R. Jahn

  • How accurately can soil organic carbon stocks and stock changes be quantified by soil inventories

    M. Schrumpf;E. D. Schulze;K. Kaiser;J. Schumacher

  • Sorption of DOM and DOM fractions to forest soils

    Klaus Kaiser;Georg Guggenberger;Wolfgang Zech

  • Storage and stability of organic carbon in soils as related to depth, occlusion within aggregates, and attachment to minerals

    Marion Schrumpf;K. Kaiser;G. Guggenberger;T. Persson

  • Dissolved organic matter sorption on sub soils and minerals studied by 13C‐NMR and DRIFT spectroscopy

    Klaus Kaiser;Georg Guggenberger;Ludwig Haumaier;Wolfgang Zech

  • Sorptive stabilization of organic matter by microporous goethite: sorption into small pores vs. surface complexation

    K. Kaiser;G. Guggenberger

  • Seasonal variations in the chemical composition of dissolved organic matter in organic forest floor layer leachates of old-growth Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) stands in northeastern Bavaria, Germany

    Klaus Kaiser;Georg Guggenberger;Ludwig Haumaier;Wolfgang Zech

  • A new conceptual model for the fate of lignin in decomposing plant litter

    Thimo Klotzbücher;Klaus Kaiser;Georg Guggenberger;Christiane Gatzek

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Guggenberger
Georg Guggenberger University of Hannover
Wolfgang Zech
Wolfgang Zech University of Bayreuth
Robert Mikutta
Robert Mikutta Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Reinhold Jahn
Reinhold Jahn Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Wulf Amelung
Wulf Amelung University of Bonn
Ludwig Haumaier
Ludwig Haumaier University of Bayreuth
Johannes Lehmann
Johannes Lehmann Cornell University
Marion Schrumpf
Marion Schrumpf Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Martin Kaupenjohann
Martin Kaupenjohann Technical University of Berlin

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