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Reinhard Well is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and specializes in Environmental Science with significant contributions to Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, with extensive exploration of Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry. Other notable areas include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Well's publication record features research in various scientific journals, with recurring appearances in several key venues:

  • Biology and Fertility of Soils
  • Biogeosciences
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Plant and Soil

Their recent papers cover a range of topics related to soil processes and biogeochemical cycles. Notable publications include:

  • "Denitrification in soil as a function of oxygen availability at the microscale," 2021, Biogeosciences
  • "N 2 O isotope approaches for source partitioning of N 2 O production and estimation of N 2 O reduction - validation with the 15 N gas-flux method in laboratory and field studies," 2020, Biogeosciences
  • "Nitrate uptake and carbon exudation - do plant roots stimulate or inhibit denitrification?", 2020, Plant and Soil
  • "The anaerobic soil volume as a controlling factor of denitrification: a review," 2024, Biology and Fertility of Soils
  • "Maize root and shoot litter quality controls short-term CO 2 and N 2 O emissions and bacterial community structure of arable soil," 2020, Biogeosciences

Frequent collaborators in Well's work include Björn Kemmann, Dominika Lewicka-Szczebak, Balázs Grosz, Lena Rohe, and Amanda Matson. These coauthors have contributed to multiple publications alongside Well, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

The scientist's research spans several subfields of Environmental Science, including Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Pollution, indicating a multidisciplinary approach to studying soil and environmental processes.

Best Publications

  • The role of nitrifier denitrification in the production of nitrous oxide revisited

    Nicole Wrage-Mönnig;Marcus A. Horn;Reinhard Well;Christoph Müller;Christoph Müller

  • Isotopic Signatures of N2O Produced by Ammonia-oxidizing Archaea from Soils

    Man-Young Jung;Reinhard Well;Deullae Min;Anette Giesemann

  • Ammonia-oxidation as an engine to generate nitrous oxide in an intensively managed calcareous Fluvo-aquic soil

    Tao Huang;Bing Gao;Xiao-Kang Hu;Xing Lu

  • Deep ploughing increases agricultural soil organic matter stocks

    Viridiana Alcántara;Axel Don;Reinhard Well;Rolf Nieder

  • Quantifying N 2 O reduction to N 2 based on N 2 O isotopocules – validation with independent methods (helium incubation and 15 N gas flux method)

    Dominika Lewicka-Szczebak;Jürgen Augustin;Anette Giesemann;Reinhard Well

  • Nitrification inhibitors mitigate N2O emissions more effectively under straw-induced conditions favoring denitrification

    Di Wu;Mehmet Senbayram;Reinhard Well;Nicolas Brüggemann

  • Is the isotopic composition of nitrous oxide an indicator for its origin from nitrification or denitrification? A theoretical approach from referred data and microbiological and enzyme kinetic aspects

    Hanns-Ludwig Schmidt;Roland A. Werner;Naohiro Yoshida;Reinhard Well

  • Isotopomer signatures of soil-emitted N2O under different moisture conditions—A microcosm study with arable loess soil

    Reinhard Well;Irina Kurganova;Valentin Lopes de Gerenyu;Heinz Flessa

  • Interlaboratory assessment of nitrous oxide isotopomer analysis by isotope ratio mass spectrometry and laser spectroscopy: current status and perspectives.

    Joachim Mohn;Benjamin Wolf;Benjamin Wolf;Sakae Toyoda;Cheng Ting Lin

  • Isotopologue ratios of N2O emitted from microcosms with NH4+ fertilized arable soils under conditions favoring nitrification

    Reinhard Well;Heinz Flessa;Lu Xing;Ju Xiaotang

  • Effect of antecedent soil moisture conditions on emissions and isotopologue distribution of N2O during denitrification

    Anja Bergstermann;Laura Cárdenas;Roland Bol;Lucy Gilliam

  • Experimental determinations of isotopic fractionation factors associated with N2O production and reduction during denitrification in soils

    Dominika Lewicka-Szczebak;Reinhard Well;Jan Reent Köster;Roland Fuß

  • Groundwater N 2 O emission factors of nitrate-contaminated aquifers as derived from denitrification progress and N 2 O accumulation

    D. Weymann;R. Well;H. Flessa;C. von der Heide

  • Dual isotope and isotopomer signatures of nitrous oxide from fungal denitrification – a pure culture study

    Lena Rohe;Traute-Heidi Anderson;Gesche Braker;Gesche Braker;Heinz Flessa

  • Denitrification in soil as a function of oxygen availability at the microscale

    Lena Rohe;Bernd Apelt;Hans-Jörg Vogel;Reinhard Well

  • Rapid shift from denitrification to nitrification in soil after biogas residue application as indicated by nitrous oxide isotopomers

    Jan Reent Köster;Laura M. Cardenas;Mehmet Senbayram;Mehmet Senbayram;Roland Bol

  • Gas entrapment and microbial N 2 O reduction reduce N 2 O emissions from a biochar-amended sandy clay loam soil

    Johannes Harter;Ivan Guzman-Bustamante;Stefanie Kuehfuss;Reiner Ruser

  • Are dual isotope and isotopomer ratios of N2O useful indicators for N2O turnover during denitrification in nitrate-contaminated aquifers?

    Reinhard Well;Wolfram Eschenbach;Heinz Flessa;Carolin von der Heide

  • Isotopologue enrichment factors of N2O reduction in soils

    Reinhard Well;Heinz Flessa

  • The effect of diet manipulation on nitrous oxide and methane emissions from manure application to incubated grassland soils

    Laura M. Cardenas;David R. Chadwick;David Scholefield;A. Rhun Fychan

  • Isotopologue signatures of N2O produced by denitrification in soils

    Reinhard Well;Heinz Flessa

  • Interaction of straw amendment and soil NO3− content controls fungal denitrification and denitrification product stoichiometry in a sandy soil

    Mehmet Senbayram;Reinhard Well;Roland Bol;David R. Chadwick

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz Flessa
Heinz Flessa University of Göttingen
Roland Bol
Roland Bol Forschungszentrum Jülich
Laura M. Cardenas
Laura M. Cardenas Rothamsted Research
Christoph Müller
Christoph Müller Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Klaus Dittert
Klaus Dittert University of Göttingen
Marcus A. Horn
Marcus A. Horn University of Hannover
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Lars R. Bakken
Lars R. Bakken Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Zucong Cai
Zucong Cai Nanjing Normal University
Weixin Ding
Weixin Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences

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