Zhou, Z, Waska, H, Henkel, S, Dittmar, T, Kasten, S and Holtappels, M (2024) Iron promotes the retention of terrigenous dissolved organic matter in subtidal permeable sediments. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(14). 6204-6214. doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c09531
Lennartz, ST, Keller, DP, Oschlies, A, Blasius, B and Dittmar, T (2024) Mechanisms underpinning the net removal rates of dissolved organic carbon in the global ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 38(3). doi:10.1029/2023GB007912
Massmann, G, Abarike, G, Amoako, K, Auer, F, Badewien, TH, Berkenbrink, C, Böttcher, ME, Brick, S, Cordova, IVM, Cueto, J, Dittmar, T, Engelen, B, Freund, H, Greskowiak, J, Günther, T, Herbst, G, Holtappels, M, Marchant, HK, Meyer, R, Müller-Petke, M, Niggemann, J, Pahnke, K, Pommerin, D, Post, V, Reckhardt, A, Roberts, M, Schwalfenberg, K, Seibert, SL, Siebert, C, Skibbe, N, Waska, H, Winter, C and Zielinski, O (2023) The DynaDeep observatory – a unique approach to study high-energy subterranean estuaries. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1189281
Neubauer, C, Kantnerová, K, Lamothe, A, Savarino, J, Hilkert, A, Juchelka, D, Hinrichs, KU, Elvert, M, Heuer, V, Elsner, M, Bakkour, R, Julien, M, Öztoprak, M, Schouten, S, Hattori, S and Dittmar, T (2023) Discovering nature’s fingerprints: isotope ratio analysis on bioanalytical mass spectrometers. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 34(4). 525-537. doi:10.1021/jasms.2c00363
Lennartz, ST and Dittmar, T (2022) Controls on turnover of marine dissolved organic matter—testing the null hypothesis of purely concentration‐driven uptake: Comment on Shen and Benner, “Molecular properties are a primary control on the microbial utilization of dissolved organic matter in the ocean”. Limnology and Oceanography, 67(3). 673-679. doi:10.1002/lno.12028
Hansen, CT, Kleint, C, Böhnke, S, Klose, L, Adam-Beyer, N, Sass, K, Zitoun, R, Sander, SG, Indenbirken, D, Dittmar, T, Koschinsky, A and Perner, M (2022) Impact of high Fe-concentrations on microbial community structure and dissolved organics in hydrothermal plumes: an experimental study. Scientific Reports, 12(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-022-25320-0
Seidel, M, Vemulapalli, SPB, Mathieu, D and Dittmar, T (2022) Marine dissolved organic matter shares thousands of molecular formulae yet differs structurally across major water masses. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(6). 3758-3769. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c04566
Brünjes, J, Seidel, M, Dittmar, T, Niggemann, J and Schubotz, F (2022) Natural asphalt seeps are potential sources for recalcitrant oceanic dissolved organic sulfur and dissolved black carbon. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(12). 9092-9102. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c01123
Coppola, AI, Wagner, S, Lennartz, ST, Seidel, M, Ward, ND, Dittmar, T, Santín, C and Jones, MW (2022) The black carbon cycle and its role in the Earth system. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3(8). 516-532. doi:10.1038/s43017-022-00316-6
Dittmar, T, Lennartz, ST, Buck-Wiese, H, Hansell, DA, Santinelli, C, Vanni, C, Blasius, B and Hehemann, JH (2021) Enigmatic persistence of dissolved organic matter in the ocean. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. doi:10.1038/s43017-021-00183-7
Gomez-Saez, GV, Dittmar, T, Holtappels, M, Pohlabeln, AM, Lichtschlag, A, Schnetger, B, Boetius, A and Niggemann, J (2021) Sulfurization of dissolved organic matter in the anoxic water column of the Black Sea. Science Advances, 7(25). eabf6199. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abf6199
Steen, AD, Kusch, S, Abdulla, HA, Cakić, N, Coffinet, S, Dittmar, T, Fulton, JM, Galy, V, Hinrichs, KU, Ingalls, AE, Koch, BP, Kujawinski, E, Liu, Z, Osterholz, H, Rush, D, Seidel, M, Sepúlveda, J and Wakeham, SG (2020) Analytical and computational advances, opportunities, and challenges in marine organic biogeochemistry in an Era of “Omics”. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00718
Merder, J, Freund, JA, Feudel, U, Niggemann, J, Singer, G and Dittmar, T (2020) Improved mass accuracy and isotope confirmation through alignment of ultrahigh-resolution mass spectra of complex natural mixtures. Analytical Chemistry, 92(3). 2558-2565. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04234
Rossel, PE, Bienhold, C, Hehemann, L, Dittmar, T and Boetius, A (2020) Molecular composition of dissolved organic matter in dediment porewater of the Arctic deep-sea observatory HAUSGARTEN (Fram Strait). Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00428
Hach, PF, Marchant, HK, Krupke, A, Riedel, T, Meier, DV, Lavik, G, Holtappels, M, Dittmar, T and Kuypers, MMM (2020) Rapid microbial diversification of dissolved organic matter in oceanic surface waters leads to carbon sequestration. Scientific Reports, 10(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-69930-y
Hansen, CT, Niggemann, J, Giebel, HA, Simon, M, Bach, W and Dittmar, T (2019) Biodegradability of hydrothermally altered deep-sea dissolved organic matter. Marine Chemistry, 217. 103706. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2019.103706
Koch, H, Dürwald, A, Schweder, T, Noriega-Ortega, B, Vidal-Melgosa, S, Hehemann, JH, Dittmar, T, Freese, HM, Becher, D, Simon, M and Wietz, M (2019) Biphasic cellular adaptations and ecological implications of Alteromonas macleodii degrading a mixture of algal polysaccharides. The ISME Journal, 13(1). 92-103. doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0252-4
Mentges, A, Feenders, C, Deutsch, C, Blasius, B and Dittmar, T (2019) Long-term stability of marine dissolved organic carbon emerges from a neutral network of compounds and microbes. Scientific Reports, 9(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54290-z
Waska, H, Greskowiak, J, Ahrens, J, Beck, M, Ahmerkamp, S, Böning, P, Brumsack, HJ, Degenhardt, J, Ehlert, C, Engelen, B, Grünenbaum, N, Holtappels, M, Pahnke, K, Marchant, HK, Massmann, G, Meier, D, Schnetger, B, Schwalfenberg, K, Simon, H, Vandieken, V, Zielinski, O and Dittmar, T (2019) Spatial and temporal patterns of pore water chemistry in the inter-tidal zone of a high energy beach. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00154
Romano, S, Bondarev, V, Kölling, M, Dittmar, T and Schulz-Vogt, HN (2017) Phosphate limitation triggers the dissolution of precipitated iron by the marine bacterium Pseudovibrio sp. FO-BEG1. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00364
Beck, M, Reckhardt, A, Amelsberg, J, Bartholomä, A, Brumsack, HJ, Cypionka, H, Dittmar, T, Engelen, B, Greskowiak, J, Hillebrand, H, Holtappels, M, Neuholz, R, Köster, J, Kuypers, MMM, Massmann, G, Meier, D, Niggemann, J, Paffrath, R, Pahnke, K, Rovo, S, Striebel, M, Vandieken, V, Wehrmann, A and Zielinski, O (2017) The drivers of biogeochemistry in beach ecosystems: A cross-shore transect from the dunes to the low-water line. Marine Chemistry, 190. 35-50. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2017.01.001
Rossel, PE, Bienhold, C, Boetius, A and Dittmar, T (2016) Dissolved organic matter in pore water of Arctic Ocean sediments: Environmental influence on molecular composition. Organic Geochemistry, 97. 41-52. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2016.04.003
Hawkes, JA, Hansen, CT, Goldhammer, T, Bach, W and Dittmar, T (2016) Molecular alteration of marine dissolved organic matter under experimental hydrothermal conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 175. 68-85. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.025
Gomez-Saez, GV, Niggemann, J, Dittmar, T, Pohlabeln, AM, Lang, SQ, Noowong, A, Pichler, T, Wörmer, L and Bühring, SI (2016) Molecular evidence for abiotic sulfurization of dissolved organic matter in marine shallow hydrothermal systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 190. 35-52. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.06.027
Reckhardt, A, Beck, M, Seidel, M, Riedel, T, Wehrmann, A, Bartholomä, A, Schnetger, B, Dittmar, T and Brumsack, HJ (2015) Carbon, nutrient and trace metal cycling in sandy sediments: A comparison of high-energy beaches and backbarrier tidal flats. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 159. 1-14. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2015.03.025
Hawkes, JA, Rossel, PE, Stubbins, A, Butterfield, D, Connelly, DP, Achterberg, EP, Koschinsky, A, Chavagnac, V, Hansen, CT, Bach, W and Dittmar, T (2015) Efficient removal of recalcitrant deep-ocean dissolved organic matter during hydrothermal circulation. Nature Geoscience, 8(11). 856-860. doi:10.1038/NGEO2543
Gomez-Saez, GV, Riedel, T, Niggemann, J, Pichler, T, Dittmar, T and Bühring, SI (2015) Interaction between iron and dissolved organic matter in a marine shallow hydrothermal system off Dominica Island (Lesser Antilles). Marine Chemistry, 177. 677-686. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2015.10.003
Bienhold, C, Pop Ristova, P, Wenzhöfer, F, Dittmar, T and Boetius, A (2013) How deep-sea wood falls sustain chemosynthetic life. PLoS ONE, 8(1). e53590. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053590
D'Andrilli, J, Dittmar, T, Koch, BP, Purcell, JM, Marshall, AG and Cooper, WT (2010) Comprehensive characterization of marine dissolved organic matter by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry with electrospray and atmospheric pressure photoionization. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 24(5). 643-650. doi:10.1002/rcm.4421