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Michael Hupfer

Michael Hupfer

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
39
Citations
7086
World Ranking
8293
National Ranking
516

Overview

Michael Hupfer is a researcher affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany, contributing extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly output includes 61 publications in Environmental Science and 15 in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their research primarily addresses topics concerning aquatic and soil systems, nutrient dynamics, and ecosystem processes. Key thematic areas of their work include:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Mine Drainage and Remediation Techniques
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Heavy Metals in Environment

Michael Hupfer has published frequently in several scientific venues. The most common publication venues for their research are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (5 publications)
  • Biogeochemistry (3 publications)
  • Journal of Soils and Sediments (2 publications)
  • Water (2 publications)
  • Earth-Science Reviews (1 publication)

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on biogeochemical cycling, sediment chemistry, and nutrient transformations, including:

  • Sulphate in freshwater ecosystems: A review of sources, biogeochemical cycles, ecotoxicological effects and bioremediation, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Transformation of redox-sensitive to redox-stable iron-bound phosphorus in anoxic lake sediments under laboratory conditions, 2020, Water Research
  • Geochemical focusing and sequestration of manganese during eutrophication of Lake Stechlin (NE Germany), 2020, Biogeochemistry
  • Decades needed for ecosystem components to respond to a sharp and drastic phosphorus load reduction, 2020, Hydrobiologia
  • Intermittent meromixis controls the trophic state of warming deep lakes, 2020, Scientific Reports

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Michael Hupfer's research activity. Frequent coauthors include Tobias Goldhammer, Lena Heinrich, Grzegorz Scholtysik, Helge W. Arz, and Maximilian P. Lau, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Oxygen Controls the Phosphorus Release from Lake Sediments – a Long‐Lasting Paradigm in Limnology

    Michael Hupfer;Jörg Lewandowski

  • Transformation of phosphorus species in settling seston and during early sediment diagenesis

    M. Hupfer;R. Gächter;R. Giovanoli

  • Restoration of submerged vegetation in shallow eutrophic lakes : a guideline and state of the art in Germany

    Sabine Hilt;Elisabeth M. Gross;Michael Hupfer;Harald Morscheid

  • The occurrence, identification and environmental relevance of vivianite in waterlogged soils and aquatic sediments

    Matthias Rothe;Matthias Rothe;Andreas Kleeberg;Michael Hupfer

  • Polyphosphate in lake sediments: 31P NMR spectroscopy as a tool for its identification

    Michael Hupfer;Red Gtichter;RedHeinz R. Ruegger

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

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

  • Phosphorus in groundwater discharge – A potential source for lake eutrophication

    Karin Meinikmann;Karin Meinikmann;Michael Hupfer;Jörg Lewandowski

  • Long-term effects of phosphorus precipitations with alum in hypereutrophic Lake Süsser See (Germany).

    Jörg Lewandowski;Inke Schauser;Michael Hupfer

  • Origin and diagenesis of polyphosphate in lake sediments: A 31PߚNMR study

    Michael Hupfer;Bernhard Ruübe;Peter Schmieder

  • Longevity and effectiveness of aluminum addition to reduce sediment phosphorus release and restore lake water quality.

    Brian J. Huser;Sara Egemose;Harvey Harper;Michael Hupfer

  • Tube-dwelling invertebrates: tiny ecosystem engineers have large effects in lake ecosystems

    Franz Hölker;Michael J. Vanni;Jan J. Kuiper;Christof Meile

  • Polyphosphate-accumulating microorganisms in aquatic sediments

    Michael Hupfer;Stefanie Gloess;Hans-Peter Grossart

  • Evidence for vivianite formation and its contribution to long-term phosphorus retention in a recent lake sediment: a novel analytical approach

    M. Rothe;M. Rothe;T. Frederichs;M. Eder;A. Kleeberg

  • Effect of macrozoobenthos on two‐dimensional small‐scale heterogeneity of pore water phosphorus concentrations in lake sediments: A laboratory study

    Jörg Lewandowski;Michael Hupfer

  • Miniaturized photometrical methods for the rapid analysis of phosphate, ammonium, ferrous iron, and sulfate in pore water of freshwater sediments

    Christine Laskov;Christiane Herzog;Jörg Lewandowski;Michael Hupfer

  • A simple method to distinguish between polyphosphate and other phosphate fractions of activated sludge

    Dietrich Uhlmann;Isolde Röske;Michael Hupfer;Gisela Ohms

  • Redox sensitivity of iron in phosphorus binding does not impede lake restoration.

    Andreas Kleeberg;Christiane Herzog;Michael Hupfer

  • Environmental factors regulating the radial oxygen loss from roots of Myriophyllum spicatum and Potamogeton crispus

    Christine Laskov;Oliver Horn;Michael Hupfer

  • Immobilisation of phosphorus by iron-coated roots of submerged macrophytes

    Michael Hupfer;Anja Dollan

  • The relationship between Chironomus plumosus burrows and the spatial distribution of pore‐water phosphate, iron and ammonium in lake sediments

    Jörg Lewandowski;Christine Laskov;Michael Hupfer

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Peter Grossart
Hans-Peter Grossart University of Potsdam
Dominik Zak
Dominik Zak Aarhus University
Sabine Hilt
Sabine Hilt Leibniz Association
Michael T. Monaghan
Michael T. Monaghan Freie Universität Berlin
Peter Schmieder
Peter Schmieder Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Helge W Arz
Helge W Arz Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Jürgen Augustin
Jürgen Augustin Leibniz Association
Henning S. Jensen
Henning S. Jensen University of Southern Denmark
Andreas Lorke
Andreas Lorke University of Koblenz and Landau
Arthur Gessler
Arthur Gessler ETH Zurich

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