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  • Department:(Dept. 1) Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry
May 2026
Geophysical Research Letters. - 53(2026)10, Art. e2025GL120780

Prediction of Hydroclimatic Anomalies Using a New Isotope Precipitation Index

A. Watson; J. Miller; J. de Waal; H. Beckett; Y. Vystavna; E. Chikviladze; J. Cullmann; R. Sánchez-Murillo; A. María Durán-Quesada; D. Tetzlaff; C. Soulsby; K. Yoshimura; S. Kralisch; C. Birkel

The authors used stable water isotopes to trace the origin of precipitation and are developing a new, isotope-based Evaporation and Moisture Recycling Index (iEMI). The iEMI can identify anomalous dry periods and links evaporation-driven precipitation to droughts in Europe, Africa, and Australia. This innovative index can help improve drought monitoring and optimize water management worldwide.

May 2026
Journal of Hydrology. - 675(2026), Art. 135627

Effects of temporary streamflow interruption on hyporheic oxygen dynamics

Alejandra Villa; Shai Arnon; Stephanie Spahr; Cara Beume; Jörg Lewandowski

This study provides high-resolution, field-based evidence of the importance of accounting for short-term flow interruptions in river management strategies. It demonstrated that a one-day streamflow interruption of the side channel of the River Erpe caused a significant decrease in diel surface water oxygen amplitude and porewater oxygen concentrations, as well as a metabolic shift after rewetting.

April 2026
Water Resources Research. - 62(2026)4, Art. e2025WR042066

Enhancement of Hyporheic Flow and Solute Transport by Random Burrow- and Mound-Induced Bioturbation

Qihao Jiang; Jingsheng Jiang; Guangming Zhang; Jörg Lewandowski; Guangqiu Jin; Xinzhou Zhang; Jing Xu; Changchun Huang

This study examined how bioturbation alters sediment structure and surface roughness, and how this influences hyporheic exchange and biogeochemical processes. It reveals that irregular burrow galleries promote deeper and spatially heterogeneous solute penetration by generating tortuous and highly connected flow paths within the sediment. 

March 2026
Water Resources Research. - 62(2026)3, Art. e2025WR041376

A Novel In Situ Experimental Setup for Studying the Impact of Bedform Celerity on 2D Oxygen Distribution in the Hyporheic Zone of Streams

Alejandra Villa; Hanna Schulz; Hauke Dämpfling; Stephanie Spahr; Shai Arnon; Jörg Lewandowski

The authors investigated the influence of dynamic hyporheic zones. They developed of a novel field-based setup that enabled the simultaneous monitoring of oxygen dynamics and bedform migration in a stream. Contrary to what has been reported in several studies, they observed more strongly oxygenated bedforms at the highest velocity studied. 

February 2026
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. - 30(2026)4, 1143–1163

Enhancing process interpretation with isotopes: potential discharge-isotope trade-offs in ecohydrological modelling of heavily managed lowland catchments

Hanwu Zheng; Doerthe Tetzlaff; Christian Birkel; Songjun Wu; Tobias Sauter; Chris Soulsby

The authors enhanced a tracer-aided hydrological model to help constrain estimates of ecohydrological partitioning and water balance compartments in sub-catchments of the Middle Spree catchment. They disentangled ecohydrological funtioning in this ET dominated region despite the complexity of the heterogeneous landuse, extensive hydraulic infrastructure and long legacy of intensive management.