Publications

2016

Microbial metabolism mediates interactions between dissolved organic matter and clay minerals in streamwater

W. R. Hunter; T. J. Battin 

Scientific Reports. 2016-08-02. Vol. 6, p. 30971. DOI : 10.1038/srep30971.

Are viruses important in the plankton of highly turbid glacier-fed lakes?

F. Drewes; H. Peter; R. Sommaruga 

Scientific Reports. 2016-04-01. Vol. 6, p. 24608. DOI : 10.1038/srep24608.

Shifts in diversity and function of lake bacterial communities upon glacier retreat

H. Peter; R. Sommaruga 

The ISME Journal. 2016-01-15. Vol. 10, p. 1545–1554. DOI : 10.1038/ismej.2015.245.

A Software to Optimize Economic and Ecological Efficiency of Small Hydropower Plants

S. Tron; A. Niayifar; P. Perona 

SHF 2016, Grenoble, France, March 16-17.

Searching Pareto-efficient dynamic environmental flows by means of nondominated sorting genetic algorithms II

A. Niayifar; P. Perona 

2016. River Flow 2016, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, July 10-14, 2016. p. 2140-2147.

Chapter 4.2.1 : The Microbial Ecology of Benthic Environments

R. H. Findlay; T. I. Battin 

Manual of Environmental Microbiology, Fourth Edition; American Society for Microbiology, 2016.

The impact of flood variables on riparian vegetation

K. Dzubáková; P. Molnar 

EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, April 17-22, 2016.

UNDERSTANDING THE EXTENT OF FOOD WEB ALTERATIONS ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION REQUIRES CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF SCALE

J. Rüegg; A. Argerich; B. Penaluna 

Annual meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science, Sacramento, California, USA, May 21-26, 2016.

Hydraulics drives lifestyle differentiation of attached biofilms and suspended aggregates

R. Niederdorfer; H. Peter 

ISME2016, Montreal, Canada, August 21-26, 2016.

Spring snowmelt drives ecosystem metabolism in an Alpine stream network

A. Ulseth; E. Bertuzzo; G. Singer; J. Schelker; T. Battin 

Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 5-10, 2016.

Carbon fate in a large temperate human-impacted river system: Focus on benthic dynamics

L. Vilmin; N. Flipo; N. Escoffier; V. Rocher; A. Groleau 

Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 2016. Vol. 30, num. 7, p. 1086-1104. DOI : 10.1002/2015Gb005271.

Attached biofilms and suspended aggregates are distinct microbial lifestyles emanating from differing hydraulics

R. Niederdorfer; H. Peter; T. J. Battin 

Nature Microbiology. 2016. Vol. 1, p. 16178. DOI : 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.178.

Controls on subsurface methane fluxes and shallow gas formation in Baltic Sea sediment (Aarhus Bay, Denmark)

S. Flury; H. Roy; A. W. Dale; H. Fossing; Z. Toth et al. 

Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta. 2016. Vol. 188, p. 297-309. DOI : 10.1016/j.gca.2016.05.037.

Analytical Modeling of Wind Farms: A New Approach for Power Prediction

A. Niayifar; F. Porte-Agel 

Energies. 2016. Vol. 9, num. 9, p. 741. DOI : 10.3390/en9090741.

Methods of approximation influence aquatic ecosystem metabolism estimates

C. Song; W. K. Dodds; M. T. Trentman; J. Rüegg; F. Ballantyne 

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 2016. Vol. 14, num. 9, p. 557-569. DOI : 10.1002/lom3.10112.

CO2 evasion from a steep, high gradient stream network: importance of seasonal and diurnal variation in aquatic pCO2 and gas transfer

J. Schelker; G. A. Singer; A. J. Ulseth; S. Hengsberger; T. J. Battin 

Limnology and Oceanography. 2016. Vol. 61, num. 5, p. 1826-1838. DOI : 10.1002/lno.10339.

Rates of microbial hydrogen oxidation and sulfate reduction in Opalinus Clay rock

A. Bagnoud; O. Leupin; B. Schwyn; R. Bernier-Latmani 

Applied Geochemistry. 2016. Vol. 72, p. 42-50. DOI : 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.06.011.

The ecology and biogeochemistry of stream biofilms

T. J. Battin; K. Besemer; M. M. Bengtsson; A. M. Romani; A. I. Packmann 

Nature Reviews Microbiology. 2016. Vol. 14, num. 4, p. 251-263. DOI : 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.15.

Metabolism of mineral-sorbed organic matter depends upon microbial lifestyle in fluvial ecosystems

W. R. Hunter; R. Niederdorfer; A. Gernand; B. Veuger; J. Prommer et al. 

Geophysical Research Letters. 2016. Vol. 43, p. 1582-1588. DOI : 10.1002/2016GL067719.

Hydrology controls dissolved organic matter export and composition in an Alpine stream and its hyporheic zone

C. Fasching; A. J. Ulseth; J. Schelker; G. Steniczka; T. J. Battin 

Limnology and Oceanography. 2016. Vol. 61, num. 2, p. 558-571. DOI : 10.1002/lno.10232.

2015

Coupling virtual watersheds with ecosystem services assessment: a 21st century platform to support river research and management

J. Barquín; L. E. Benda; F. Villa; L. E. Brown; N. Bonada et al. 

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water. 2015. Vol. 2, p. 609-621. DOI : 10.1002/wat2.1106.

Dam tailwaters compound the effects of reservoirs on the longitudinal transport of organic carbon in an arid river

A. J. Ulseth 

Biogeosciences. 2015. Vol. 12, num. 14, p. 4345-4359. DOI : 10.5194/bg-12-4345-2015.

Light availability affects stream biofilm bacterial community composition and function, but not diversity

K. Wagner; K. Besemer; N. R. Burns; T. J. Battin; M. M. Bengtsson 

Environmental Microbiology. 2015. Vol. 17, num. 12, p. 5036-5047. DOI : 10.1111/1462-2920.12913.

Chartering new waters of biofilm ecology and evolution

T. J. Battin 

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 2015. Vol. 1, p. 15002. DOI : 10.1038/npjbiofilms.2015.2.

Altitudinal patterns of diversity and functional traits of metabolically active microorganisms in stream biofilms

L. Wilhelm; K. Besemer; L. Fragner; H. Peter; W. Weckwerth et al. 

Isme Journal. 2015. Vol. 9, num. 11, p. 2454-2464. DOI : 10.1038/ismej.2015.56.

Storage and release of organic carbon from glaciers and ice sheets

E. Hood; T. J. Battin; J. Fellman; S. O’Neel; R. G. M. Spencer 

Nature Geoscience. 2015. Vol. 8, num. 2, p. 91-96. DOI : 10.1038/Ngeo2331.

2014

Rare but active taxa contribute to community dynamics of benthic biofilms in glacier-fed streams

L. Wilhelm; K. Besemer; C. Fasching; T. Urich; G. A. Singer et al. 

Environmental Microbiology. 2014. Vol. 16, num. 8, p. 2514-2524. DOI : 10.1111/1462-2920.12392.

A mass-spring model unveils the morphogenesis of phototrophic Diatoma biofilms

K. Celler; I. Hödl; A. Simone; T. J. Battin; C. Picioreanu 

Scientific Reports. 2014. Vol. 4, p. 3649. DOI : 10.1038/srep03649.

No evidence of aquatic priming effects in hyporheic zone microcosms

M. M. Bengtsson; K. Wagner; N. R. Burns; E. R. Herberg; W. Wanek et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2014. Vol. 4, p. 5187. DOI : 10.1038/srep05187.

Microbial degradation of terrigenous dissolved organic matter and potential consequences for carbon cycling in brown-water streams

C. Fasching; B. Behounek; G. A. Singer; T. J. Battin 

Scientific Reports. 2014. Vol. 4, p. 4981. DOI : 10.1038/srep04981.

Ecosystem respiration increases with biofilm growth and bed forms: Flume measurements with resazurin

R. Haggerty; M. Ribot; G. A. Singer; E. Martí; A. Argerich et al. 

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2014. Vol. 119, num. 12, p. 2220-2230. DOI : 10.1002/2013JG002498.

Scales and drivers of temporal

H. Peter; G. A. Singer; C. Preiler; P. Chifflard; G. Steniczka et al. 

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2014. Vol. 119, num. 6, p. 1078-1091. DOI : 10.1002/2013JG002552.

Functional and Structural Responses of Hyporheic Biofilms to Varying Sources of Dissolved Organic Matter

K. Wagner; M. M. Bengtsson; K. Besemer; A. Sieczko; N. R. Burns et al. 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2014. Vol. 80, num. 19, p. 6004-6012. DOI : 10.1128/AEM.01128-14.

Fluvial network organization imprints on microbial co-occurrence networks

S. Widder; K. Besemer; G. A. Singer; S. Ceola; E. Bertuzzo et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2014. Vol. 111, num. 35, p. 12799-12804. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1411723111.

Hydrologic controls on basin- scale distribution of benthic invertebrates

S. Ceola; E. Bertuzzo; G. Singer; T. J. Battin; A. Montanari et al. 

Water Resources Research. 2014. Vol. 50, num. 4, p. 2903-2920. DOI : 10.1002/2013Wr015112.