Publications Aquatic Chemistry Group

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This list includes the publications in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Ph.D. students affiliated with the Aquatic Chemistry Group appear in blue, postdocs and ETH researchers are listed in red.

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Schwarzenbach R. P., Escher B., Fenner K., Hofstetter T., Johnson A.C., von Gunten U., Wehrli B. 2006.
The challenge of micropollutants in aquatic systems Science 313, 1072-1077
Reinhardt, M., Müller B., Gächter R., Wehrli B. 2006
Nitrogen retention in a small constructed wetland, an isotope mass balance approach. Env. Sci. Technol. 40, 3313-3319
Müller, B., Wang, Y. Wehrli, B. 2006
Benthic cycling of calcite and organic matter in two deep prealpine lakes with different trophic state. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51(4), 1678-1688
Schubert C., Durisch-Kaiser, E., Wehrli B., Thamdrup B., Kuypers M.M.M 2006.
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation in a tropical fresh-water system (Lake Tanganyika).Environmental Microbiology doi:10.1111/j.1462-290.2006.001074.x
Schubert C., M.J.L. Coolen, L.N. Neretin, A.Schippers, B. Abbas, E. Durisch-Kaiser, B. Wehrli, E. C. Hopmans, J.S. Sinnighe Damsté, S. Wakeham, M.M.M. Kuypers (2006)
Aerobic and anaerobic methanotrophs in the Black Sea water column. Environ. Microbiology, doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01079.x
Leuz A.-K., Hug S.J., Wehrli B., Johnson C.A. 2006.
Iron-mediated oxidation of antimony(III) by oxygen and hydrogen peroxide compared to arsenic(III) oxidation. Env. Sci. Technol. 40, 2565-2571.
Maerki M., Müller B., Wehrli B. 2006.
Microscale mineralization pathways in surface sediments – a chemcial sensor study in Lake Baikal. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51,(3) 1342-1354
Schubert C.J., E. Durisch-Kaiser, C. Holzner, L. Klauser, B. Wehrli, O. Schmale, J.Greinert, D.F. McGinnis, M. DeBatist, R. Kipfer. 2006
Methanotrophic microbial communities associated with bubble plumes above gas seeps in the Black Sea Sea Geochemistry, Geoophysics, Geosystems 7 (4) doi: 10.1029/2005GC001049
Schubert, C.J., E. Durisch-Kaiser, L. Klauser, F. Vazquez, B. Wehrli, C.P. Holzner, R. Kipfer, O. Schmale, J. Greinert, and M.M.M Kuypers. 2006.
Recent studies on sources and sinks of methane in the Black Sea. In L.N. Neretin, B.B. Jorgensen, and J.W. Murray (eds), Past and Present Water Column Anoxia. Springer, 419-441.
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Durisch-Kaiser E., Klauser L., Wehrli B., Schubert C. 2005.
Evidence of intense archeal and bacterial matanotrophicactivity in the Black Sea water column. Appl. Environ. Microbiology, 71, 8099-8106. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8099-8106.2005
Teodoru C., Wehrli B. 2005.
The role of the Iron Gate I reservoir on the Danube River as a nutrient and sediment sink during the year 2001. Biogeochemistry 76: 539-565
Schmid, M., Halbwachs, M., Wehrli, B., Wüest, A. 2005
Weak mixing in Lake Kivu: New insights indicate increasing risks of uncontrolled gas eruption, Geochemistry, Geoophysics, Geosystems 6, Q07009, doi:10.1029/2004GC000892.
Reinhardt M., Gächter R., Wehrli B., Müller B. 2005.
Phosphorus retention in constructed wetlands treating non-point source pollution – water residence time as controlling/ critical factor, J. Environ. Quality 34 1251-1259
Müller B., Maerki M., Schmid M., Vologina E. M., Wehrli B., Wüest A., Sturm M. 2005.
Internal carbon and nutrient cycling in Lake Baikal: sedimentation, upwelling, and early diagenesis. Global and Planetary Change 46, 101-124.
Fette M., Kipfer R., Schubert C.J., Hoehn, E., Wehrli B. 2005
Assessing river-groundwater exchange in the regulated Rhone River (Switzerland) using stable isotopes and geochemical tracers. Applied Geochemistry. 20, 701-712
Reichert P., Wehrli B. 2005.
“Modelling Organic Phosphorus Transformations in Aquatic Systems” In: Turner BL, Frossard E, Baldwin DS (Eds.),”Organic Phosphorus in the Environment” CABI Publishing Wallingford, UK. 249-376.
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Dittrich. M., Sibler S. 2005.
Cell surface groups of two picocyanobacteria strains studied by zeta potential investigations, potentiometric titration, and infrared spectroscopy. J. Coll. Interface Science. 286, 487-495.
 
 
2004
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Bratrich, C., Jorde, K., Meier, W., Peter, A., Schneider, M., Truffer, B., Wehrli B. 2004.
Green Hydropower: a new assessment procedure for river management. River Research and Applications 20, 865-882

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Friedl G., Teodoru C., Wehrli B. 2004.
Is the Iron Gate I reservoir on the Danube River a sink for dissolved silica? Biogeochemistry 68, 21-32

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Maerki, M., Wehrli, B., Dinkel, C., Müller, B. 2004.
The influence of tortuosity on molecular diffusion in freshwater sediments of high porosity. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68, 1519-1528.

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Granina, L., Müller, B., Wehrli, B. 2004.
Origin and dynamics of Fe and Mn sedimentary layers in Lake Baikal. Chemical Geology 205, 55-72

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Gächter, R., Steingruber S. M., Reinhardt M., Wehrli B. 2004.
Nutrient transfer from soil to surface waters: Differences between nitrate and phosphate. Aquatic Sciences. 66 117-122.

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Baur I., Keller P., Mavrocordatos D., Wehrli B., Johnson C.A. 2004.
Dissolution-precipitation behaviour of ettringite, monosulfate and calcium silicate hydrate. Cement and Concrete Research, 34, 341-348.

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Dittrich, M., Kurz, P., Wehrli, B. 2004.
The role of autotrophic picocyanobacteria in calcite precipitation in an oligotropic lake. Geomicrobiology Journal 21, 45-53.

Gregoire M. and Friedrich J. 2004
Nitrogen budget of the northwestern Black Sea shelf inferred from modeling studies and in situ benthic measurements. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 270, 15-39.

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Dittrich,M. and Obst,M.2004.
Are picoplankton responsible for calcite precipitation in lakes? Ambio 33, 559-564.
Meckler,A.N., Schubert,C.J., Cowie,G.L., Peiffer,S., and Dittrich, M 2004.
New organic matter degradation proxies: valid in lake systems? Limnology and Oceanography 49, 2023-2033.
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Dittrich M., Müller B., Mavrocordatos D., Wehrli B. 2003.
Induced calcite precipitation by cyanobacterium Synechocuccus. Acta Hydrochim. Hydrobiol. 31, 162-169.

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Spadini, L., Bott, M., Wehrli, B., Manceau, A. 2003.
Analysis of the major Fe bearing mineral phases in recent lake sediments by EXAFS spectroscopy. Aquatic Geochemistry 9, 1-17.

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Müller, B., Wang, Y., Dittrich, M., Wehrli, B. 2003.
Influence of organic carbon decomposition on calcite dissolution in surfacial sediments of a freshwater lake Water Research 37, 4524-4532.

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D. Fabian, Z. Zhou, B. Wehrli, G. Friedl 2003.
Diagentic cycling of arsenic in the sediments of eutrophic Baldeggersee, Switzerland Appl. Geochem. 18,1497-1506

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B. Truffer,C. Bratrich, J. Markard, A. Peter, A. Wüest, B. Wehrli 2003.
Green Hydropower; The contribution of aquatic science research to the promotion of sustainable electricity Aquatic Sciences 65, 99-110.

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J. Friedrich, C. Dinkel, E. Grieder, S. Radan, D. Secrieru, S. M. Steingruber, B. Wehrli 2003
Nutrient uptake and benthic regeneration in Danube Delta Lakes. Biogeochemistry 64, 373-398.
Baur I. and Johnson C. A. 2003
The solubility of selenate-AFt (3CaO.Al2O3.3CaSeO4.37.5H2O) and selenate-AFm (3CaO.Al2O3.CaSeO4.xH2O). Cement and Concrete Research 33(11), 1741-1748.
Baur I. and Johnson C. A. 2003
Sorption of selenite and selenate to cement minerals. Environmental Science & Technology 37(15), 3442-3447.
Dähn R., Scheidegger A. M., Manceau A., Schlegel M. L., Baeyens B., Bradbury M. H., and Chateigner D. 2003
Structural evidence for the sorption of Ni(II) atoms on the edges of montmorillonite clay minerals: A polarized X-ray absorption fine structure study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 67(1), 1-15.

Hug S. J. and Leupin O. 2003
Iron-catalyzed oxidation of arsenic(III) by oxygen and by hydrogen peroxide: pH-dependent formation of oxidants in the Fenton reaction. Environmental Science & Technology 37(12), 2734-2742.

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J. Friedrich, C. Dinkel, G. Friedl, N. Pimenov, J. Wijsman, M.-T. Gomoiu, A. Cociasu, L. Popa, B. Wehrli. 2002.
Benthic nutrient cycling and diagenetic pathways in the north-western Black Sea. Estuarine, Coastal Shelf Sci. 54, 369-383.

B. Müller, M. Märki, C. Dinkel, R. Stierli, B. Wehrli. 2002.
In-situ measurements of lake sediments using ion-selective electrodes with a profiling lander system. In M. Taillefret, T. F. Rozan (Eds) “Environmental Electrochemistry, Analyses of Trace Element Biogeochemistry". ACS Symposium Series 811, ACS, Washington DC, 126-143.

B. Müller, L. Granina, T. Schaller, A. Ulrich, B. Wehrli. 2002.
P, As, Sb, Mo and other elements in sedimentary Fe/Mn layers of Lake Baikal. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36, 411-420.
Dähn R., Scheidegger A. M., Manceau A., Baeyens B., and Bradbury M. H. 2002
Surface reactivity of clay nanoparticles as studied by polarized EXAFS. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(15A), A163-A163.
Dähn R., Scheidegger A. M., Manceau A., Curti E., Baeyens B., Bradbury M. H., and Chateigner D. 2002
Th uptake on montmorillonite: A powder and polarized extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) study. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 249(1), 8-21.
Dähn R., Scheidegger A. M., Manceau A., Schlegel M. L., Baeyens B., Bradbury M. H., and Morales M. 2002
Neoformation of Ni phyllosilicate upon Ni uptake on montmorillonite: A kinetics study by powder and polarized extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66(13), 2335-2347.
Dittrich M. and Koschel R. 2002
Interactions between calcite precipitation (natural and artificial) and phosphorus cycle in the hardwater lake. Hydrobiologia 469(1-3), 49-57.
Friedl G. and Wuest A. 2002
Disrupting biogeochemical cycles - Consequences of damming. Aquatic Sciences 64(1), 55-65.

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S. M. Steingruber, J. Friedrich, R. Gächter, B. Wehrli. 2001.
Measuring denitrification in sediments with the 15N isotope pairing technique (15N IPT): A review. Applied Environ. Microbiol. 67, 3771-3778.

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M. Mengis, U. Walter, S. Bernasconi, B. Wehrli. 2001.
Limits of using d18O for the source identification of nitrate in agricultural soils. Environ. Sci. Technol. 35, 1840-1844.

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P. Jacquinot, B. Müller, B. Wehrli, P. C. Hauser. 2001.
Determination of methane and other small hydrocarbons with a platinum-Nafion electrode by stripping voltammetry. Analytica Chimica Acta 432. 1-10.

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B. Truffer, J. Markard, C. Bratrich, B. Wehrli. 2001.
Green electricity from Alpine hydropower plants. Mountain Research and Development. 21 19-24

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B. Truffer, C. Bratrich, J. Markard, B. Wehrli. 2001.
The social construction of Green Electricity standards in Switzerland. In: Transdiciplinarity: Joint Problem Solving among Science, Technology , and Society. (Eds) J. Thomson Klein, W. Grossenbacher-Mansuy, R. Häberli, A. Bill, R. W. Scholz, M. Welti, Birhäuser Verlag Basel. 153-158.

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Baur I., Ludwig C., and Johnson C. A. 2001
The leaching behavior of cement stabilized air pollution control residues: a comparison of field and laboratory investigations. Environmental Science & Technology 35(13), 2817-2822.
Mettler S., Abdelmoula M., Hoehn E., Schönenberger R., Weidler P., and Von Gunten U. 2001
Characterization of iron and manganese precipitates from an in situ ground water treatment plant. Ground Water 39(6), 921-930.

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M. V. Ivanov, A. Yu. Lein, Yu. M. Miller, S. K. Yusupov, N. V. Pimenov, B. Wehrli, I. I. Rusanov, A. Zehnder. 2000.
The effect of microorganisms and seasonal factors on the isotopic composition of the particulate organic carbon from the Black Sea. Microbiology. 69, 449-459.

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N. V. Pimenov, I. I. Rusanov, S. K. Yusupov, J. Friedrich, A. Yu. Lein, B. Wehrli, M. V. Ivanov. 2000.
Microbial Processes at the Aerobic-Anaerobic Interface in the Deep-Water Zone of the Black Sea. Microbiology 69, 436-448.

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N. Gruber, B. Wehrli, A. Wüest. 2000.
The role of biogeochemical cycling for the formation and preservation of varved sediments in Soppensee (Switzerland), J. Paleolimnology 24, 277-291

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Bichsel Y. and Von Gunten U. 2000
Formation of iodo-trihalomethanes during disinfection and oxidation of iodide containing waters. Environmental Science & Technology 34(13), 2784-2791.
Bichsel Y. and Von Gunten U. 2000
Hypoiodous acid: kinetics of the buffer-catalyzed disproportionation. Water Research 34(12), 3197-3203.

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P. M. Schosseler, B. Wehrli, A. Schweiger. 1999.
Uptake of Cu2+ by calcium carbonates vaterite and calcite as studied by continuous wave (CW) and pulse electron paramagnetic resonance. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63, 1955-1999.

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G. Furrer, M. Gfeller, B. Wehrli. 1999.
On the chemistry of the Keggin Al13 polymer. Kinetics of proton-promoted decomposition. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 63, 3069-3076.

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F. Ramisch, M. Dittrich, C. Mattenberger, B. Wehrli, A. Wüest 1999.
Calcite dissolution in two deep eutrophic lakes. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 63, 3349-3356.

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K. Zepp Falz, C. Holliger, R. Großkopf, W. Liesack, A. N. Nozhevnikova, B. Müller, B. Wehrli, D. Hahn. 1999.
Spatial distribution of methanogens in the anoxic sediment of Rotsee (Switzerland). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65, 2402-2408.

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P. Jacquinot, A. W. E. Hodgson, B. Müller, B. Wehrli, P. C. Hauser. 1999.
Amperometric detection of gaseous ethanol and acetaldehyde at low concentrations on a Au-Nafion electrode. Analyst, 6, 871-876

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Bichsel Y. and Von Gunten U. 1999
Determination of iodide and iodate by ion chromatography with postcolumn reaction and UV/visible detection. Analytical Chemistry 71(1), 34-38.
Bichsel Y. and Von Gunten U. 1999
Oxidation of iodide and hypoiodous acid in the disinfection of natural waters. Environmental Science & Technology 33(22), 4040-4045.
Buerge I. J. and Hug S. J. 1999
Influence of mineral surfaces on Chromium(VI) reduction by Iron(II). Environmental Science & Technology 33(23), 4285-4291.

1998

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G. Friedl, C. Dinkel, B. Wehrli. 1998.
Benthic fluxes of nutrients in the northwestern Black Sea. Marine Chem. 62, 77-88.

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R. Gächter, B. Wehrli. 1998.
Ten years of artificial mixing and oxygenation: No effect on the internal phosphorus loading of two eutrophic lakes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 32, 3659-3665.

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B. Müller, R. Stierli, K. Buis, B. Wehrli. 1998.
High spatial resolution measurements in lake sediments with PVC based liquid membrane ion-selective electrodes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 43, 1728-1733.

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B. Müller, B. Wehrli 1998.
Anwendung von chemischen Sensoren in Sediment-Porenwasser. In A. Remde, P. Tippmann (Eds.) Mikrobiologische Charakterisierung aquatischer Sedimente - Methodensammlung -. Oldenbourg Verlag München. 232- 244.

Truffer, J. Bloesch, C. Bratrich, B. Wehrli. 1998.
“Ökostrom” - Transdisziplinarität auf der Werkbank. Gaia 7, 26-35

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Buerge I. J. and Hug S. J. (1998)
Influence of organic ligands on chromium(VI) reduction by iron(II). Environmental Science & Technology 32(14), 2092-2099.

1997

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M. Mengis, R. Gächter, B. Wehrli. 1997.
Sources and sinks of nitrous oxide (N2O) in deep lakes. Biogeochemistry 38, 281-301.

M. Mengis, R. Gächter, B. Wehrli, S. Bernasconi. 1997.
Nitrogen elimination in two deep eutrophic lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 42, 1530-1543.

P. Schosseler, B. Wehrli, A. Schweiger. 1997.
Complexation of copper(II) with carbonate ligands in aqueous solution: a cw and pulse EPR study. Inorg. Chem. 36, 4490-4499.

B. Wehrli, R. P. Schwarzenbach. 1997.
From molecules to ecosystems: Topics, challenges and players in environmental chemistry. Chimia 51, 865-870.

B. Müller, B. Wehrli, M. Power, J. R. van der Meer. 1997.
Structure and activity of microbial communities in sediments. Chimia 51, 878- 883.

S. R. Müller, B. Wehrli, A. Wüest, H. Xue, L. Sigg. 1997.
The fate of trace pollutants in natural waters - lakes as “real -world test tubes” Chimia 51, 935-940.

B. Wehrli, A. F. Lotter, T. Schaller, M. Sturm. 1997.
High-resolution varve studies in Baldeggersee (Switzerland); project overview and limnological background. Aquatic Sciences 59, 285-294.

A. Lotter, M. Sturm, J. L. Teranes, B. Wehrli. 1997.
Varve formation since 1885 and high-resolution varve analyses in hypertrophic Baldeggersee (Switzerland). Aquatic Sciences 59, 304-325.

T. Schaller, H. C. Moor, B. Wehrli. 1997.
Reconstructing the iron cycle from the horizontal distribution of metals in the sediment of Baldeggersee. Aquatic Sciences 59, 326-344.

T. Schaller, H. C. Moor, B. Wehrli. 1997.
Sedimentary profiles of Fe, Mn, V, Cr, As and Mo recording signals of changing deep-water oxygen conditions in Baldeggersee. Aquatic Sciences 59, 345-361.

T. Schaller, B. Wehrli. 1997.
Geochemical focusing of manganese in lake sediments - an indicator of deep-water oxygen conditions. Aquatic Geochemistry 4, 359-378.

G. Friedl, B. Wehrli, A. Manceau. 1997.
The role of solids in the cycling of manganese in eutrophic lakes - new insights form EXAFS spectroscopy. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61, 275-290.

N. R. Urban, C. Dinkel, B. Wehrli. 1997.
Solute transfer across the sediment surface of a eutrophic lake: I. Porewater profiles from dialysis samplers. Aquatic Sciences 59, 1-25.

Buerge I. J. and Hug S. J. 1997
Kinetics and pH dependence of chromium(VI) reduction by iron(II). Environmental Science & Technology 31(5), 1426-1432.
 
Hug S. J., Buerge I. J., and Weidler P. G. 1997
Transformations of chromium in the environment. Analusis 25(7), M12-M15.
 

1996

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M. Mengis, B. Wehrli, R. Gächter. 1996.
Nitrous oxide emissions to the atmosphere from an artificially oxyenated lake. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41, 548-553.

G. Furrer, B. Wehrli. 1996.
Microbial reactions, chemical speciation and multicomponent diffusion in porewaters of a eutrophic lake. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 60, 2333-2346.

1995
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Tengberg, F. De Bouvee, P. Hall, W. Berelson, B. Chadwick, G. Cicceri, P. Crassous, A. Devol, S. Emerson, J. Gage, R. Glud, F. Graziottin, J. Gundersen, D. Hammond, W. Helder, K. Hinga, O. Holby, R. Jahnke, A. Khripounoff, H. Lieberman, V. Nuppenau, O. Pfannkuche, C. Reimers, G. Rowe, A. Sahami, F. Sayles, M. Schurter, D. Smallman, B. Wehrli, P. De Wilde. 1995.
Benthic chamber and profile landers in oceanography - A review of design, technical solutions and functioning. Progress Oceanography 35, 265-294.

B. Wehrli, A. Wüest, D. M. Imboden. 1995.
Sind biogen meromiktische Seen intern sanierbar? Fallbeispiel Zugersee. In: D. Jaeger, R. Koschel (Eds.) "Verfahren zur Sanierung und Restaurierung stehender Gewässer. Limnologie Aktuell 8. G. Fischer, Stuttgart. 29-37.

B. Wehrli, G. Friedl, A. Manceau. 1995.
Reaction Rates and products of manganese oxidation at the sediment-water interface. In: C. P. Huang, C. R. O' Melia and J. J. Morgan (Eds.) "Aquatic Chemistry, Interfacial and Interspecies Processes. ACS Advances in Chemistry Series 244, Washington DC. 111- 138.

1994

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A. Wüest, B. Wehrli. 1994.
Mixing and water quality in lakes: Does mixing alter phosphorus retention and productivity? In: H. Sund, Yu Xiaogan et al. (Eds.) "Environmental Protection and Lake Ecosystems. China Science and Technology Press, Beijing. 109-128.

1993

G. Furrer, B. Wehrli. 1993.
Biogeochemical processes at the sediment-water interface: Measurements and modeling. Applied Geochemistry Suppl. 2, 117-119.

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1992

S. Peiffer, M. dos Santos Afonso, B. Wehrli, R. Gächter. 1992.
Kinetics and mechanism of the reaction of H2S with lepidocrocite. Environ. Sci. Technol. 26, 2408-2412.

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