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Jelle Mertens
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 31
Citations - 1390
Jelle Mertens is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Soil water & Nitrification. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 26 publications receiving 1237 citations. Previous affiliations of Jelle Mertens include Technical University of Madrid & University of Copenhagen.
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The Red Mud Accident in Ajka (Hungary): Plant Toxicity and Trace Metal Bioavailability in Red Mud Contaminated Soil
Stefan Ruyters,Jelle Mertens,Elvira Vassilieva,B. Dehandschutter,André Poffijn,Erik Smolders +5 more
TL;DR: Foliar diagnostics suggest that Na (>1% in affected plants) is the prime cause of growth effects in red mud and in corresponding NaOH amended soils, concluding that the Na salinity, not the trace metal contamination, is the main concern for this red mud in soil.
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Bacteria, not archaea, restore nitrification in a zinc-contaminated soil.
Jelle Mertens,Kris Broos,Kris Broos,Steven A. Wakelin,George A. Kowalchuk,Dirk Springael,Erik Smolders +6 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a phylogenetic shift within the AOB community drives recovery of nitrification from Zn contamination in this soil.
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Microbial community structure of a heavy fuel oil-degrading marine consortium: linking microbial dynamics with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon utilization
TL;DR: A marine microbial consortium obtained from a beach contaminated by the Prestige oil spill proved highly efficient in removing the different hydrocarbon families present in this heavy fuel oil.
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Solubility and toxicity of antimony trioxide (Sb2O3) in soil.
Koen Oorts,Erik Smolders,Fien Degryse,Jurgen Buekers,Gabriel Gascó,Geert Cornelis,Jelle Mertens +6 more
TL;DR: The data indicate that the Sb solubility in this soil was controlled by a combination of sorption on the soil surface, Sb precipitation at the higher doses, and slow dissolution of Sb2O3, the latter being modeled with a half-life ranging between 50 and 250 days.
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Toxicity of heavy metals in soil assessed with various soil microbial and plant growth assays: a comparative study.
TL;DR: Eight different ecotoxicological endpoints on the same set of metal-contaminated soils that were collected from seven series of soils sampled during field trials were compared, finding the endpoints that combined average sensitivity and robustness were SIR (lag time), clover yield, and N fixation in clover.