Dr. TANJA BRODER
Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry Research Group
Institute of Landscape Ecology
Heisenbergstr. 2, D-48149 Münster
room 437
phone +49(0)251-83 33 927
e-mail tanja.broder[at]uni-muenster.de
office hours by appointment via e-mail
Curriculum vitae
- since 04/2015: Research Associate at the University of Münster, Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry Group, Institute of Landscape Ecology
- 2017: Graduation (Dr. rer. nat./ PhD) at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences (Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geoecology)
Dissertation: Relations between Hydrology and the Release of DOC and Trace Elements from Peatlands
- 2012 - 2015: Research Associate at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Environmental Geochemistry group, Institute of Geoecology
Project: “Natural organic matter turnover in peatlands as major driving factor for fluxes of DOM, nutrients, and trace elements” (NTH-graduate school Geofluxes, project I.4.), funded by the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony
- 2011 - 2012: Research Associate at the University of Bayreuth, Department of Hydrology
- 2011: Research Associate at the University of Guelph, School of Environmental Sciences, Department of Biogeochemistry, Canada
- 2008 - 2011: Master Studies in Geoecology & Environmental Sciences, University of Bayreuth, Degree Master of Science
Master thesis: Biogeochemical characterization of three pristine ombrotrophic bogs in Southern Patagonia
- 2004 - 2008: Bachelor Studies in Physical Geography, University of Bremen, Degree Bachelor of Science
Bachelor thesis: Terrigene Sedimente vor der marokkanischen Küste – eine geochemische Untersuchung von Sedimentkern GeoB 11804-4
Teaching
- Limnology Field Course Practical and Seminar
- Scientific Working Project and Project Seminar
- Water and Soil Chemistry Laboratory Practical
- Student Research Projects
- Supervision of B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses
Research interests
- Carbon and trace element fluxes in aquatic and semiterrestrial ecosystems
- Biogeochemistry and hydrology of peatlands
- Characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM)
Research Articles (Journals)
- . . ‘High ebullitive, millennial-aged greenhouse gas emissions from thermokarst expansion of peatland lakes in boreal western Canada.’ Limnology and Oceanography 68, № 2: 498–513. doi: 10.1002/lno.12288.
- . . ‘Insight into the factors of mountain bog and forest development in the Schwarzwald Mts.: Implications for ecological restoration.’ Ecological Indicators 140: 1–13. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109039.
- . . ‘Relations of fire, palaeohydrology, vegetation succession, and carbon accumulation, as reconstructed from a mountain bog in the Harz Mountains (Germany) during the last 6200 years.’ Geoderma 424: 115991. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115991.
- . . ‘Methane fluxes but not respiratory carbon dioxide fluxes altered under Si amendment during drying – rewetting cycles in fen peat mesocosms.’ Geoderma 404: 115338. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115338.
- . . ‘Divergent effect of silicon on greenhouse gas production from reduced and oxidized peat organic matter.’ Geoderma 386: 114916. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114916.
- . . ‘Peatbog resilience to pollution and climate change over the past 2700 years in the Harz Mountains, Germany.’ Ecological Indicators 97: 183–193. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.10.015.
- . . ‘Gradients of organic matter quality, mineralization and sequestration in Cook's Bay of Lake Simcoe, Canada.’ Limnologica 68: 92–104. doi: 10.1016/j.limno.2017.04.005.
- . . ‘Changes in dissolved organic matter quality in a peatland and forest headwater stream as a function of seasonality and hydrologic conditions.’ Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 21, № 4: 2035–2051. doi: 10.5194/hess-21-2035-2017.
- . . ‘Nonlinear and threshold-dominated runoff generation controls DOC export in a small peat catchment.’ Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122, № 3: 498–513. doi: 10.1002/2016JG003621.
- . . ‘Linking major and trace element concentrations in a headwater stream to DOC release and hydrologic conditions in a bog and peaty riparian zone.’ Applied Geochemistry 87: 188–201. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.11.003.
- . . ‘Sea spray, trace elements, and decomposition patterns as possible constraints on the evolution of CH4 and CO2 concentrations and isotopic signatures in oceanic ombrotrophic bogs.’ Biogeochemistry 122: 327–342. doi: 10.1007/s10533-014-0044-5.
- . . ‘Hydrologic controls on DOC, As and Pb export from a polluted peatland – the importance of heavy rain events, antecedent moisture conditions and hydrological connectivity.’ Biogeosciences 12: 4637–4649. doi: 10.5194/bg-12-4651-2015.
- . . ‘The influence of Saharan dust deposits on La Palma soil properties (Canary Islands, Spain).’ CATENA 103: 44–52. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.07.005.
- . . ‘Peat decomposition records in three pristine ombrotrophic bogs in southern Patagonia.’ Biogeosciences 9, № 4: 1479–1491. doi: 10.5194/bg-9-1479-2012.