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Karsten Kalbitz
Researcher at Dresden University of Technology
Publications - 187
Citations - 17048
Karsten Kalbitz is an academic researcher from Dresden University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dissolved organic carbon & Organic matter. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 182 publications receiving 14582 citations. Previous affiliations of Karsten Kalbitz include University of Bayreuth & Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ.
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Stabilization of dissolved organic matter by sorption to the mineral soil
TL;DR: In this article, the main process by which dissolved organic matter is retained in forest soils is likely to be sorption in the mineral horizons that adds to stabilized organic matter (OM) pools.
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Changes in properties of soil-derived dissolved organic matter induced by biodegradation
Karsten Kalbitz,David Schwesig,Juliane Schmerwitz,Klaus Kaiser,Ludwig Haumaier,Bruno Glaser,Ruth H. Ellerbrock,Peter Leinweber +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated changes in the composition of 13 different DOM samples extracted from maize straw, forest floors, peats, and agricultural soils during a 90-day incubation using UV absorbance, fluorescence emission spectroscopy, FTIR-spectroscopy and 1 H-NMR spectrograms.
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Biodegradation of forest floor organic matter bound to minerals via different binding mechanisms
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the biodegradation of OM bound to goethite (α-FeOOH), pyrophyllite, and vermiculite via specific mechanisms as estimated from OC uptake in different background electrolytes and operationally defined as 'ligand exchange', 'Ca2+ bridging', and 'van der Waals forces'.
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Salinity increases mobility of heavy metals in soils
TL;DR: As the total heavy metal content was higher, the percentage of Pb and Cu released upon salinization decreased, indicating that these metals are strongly bound to soil constituents.
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Contribution of dissolved organic matter to carbon storage in forest mineral soils
Karsten Kalbitz,Klaus Kaiser +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present recent evidence that this view is invalid and show that DOM contributes significantly to the accumulation of stable organic matter (OM) in soil, especially of the inherently stable aromatic moieties.