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  • Programme area:3) Dimensions of Complexity of Aquatic Systems
November 2025
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. - 29(2025)22, 6663–6683

Sub-daily stable water isotope dynamics of urban tree xylem water and ambient vapor

Ann-Marie Ring; Dörthe Tetzlaff; Christian Birkel; Chris Soulsby

The authors combined in situ monitoring of stable isotopes and ecohydrological monitoring in different urban vegetation in Berlin. They provide novel insights on plant physiology and hydrological functioning through high-resolution isotope data to capture sub-daily plant water uptake and internal water cycling. 

Environmental Science_Water Research & Technology
November 2025
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. - XX(202X)X, XX-XX

A tiered complexity conceptual framework for treating water soluble, hydrophilic contaminants in green stormwater infrastructure

Stephanie Spahr; Gregory H. LeFevre; Elodie Passeport

Blue-green infrastructure is a critical tool for improving stormwater quality, but the removal of dissolved, hydrophilic contaminants remains a major challenge. The authors propose a tiered conceptual framework of progressively more complex, costly, and resource-intensive interventions to remove dissolved, hydrophilic contaminants and thus minimize risks to ecosystems and drinking water sources.

October 2025
Hydrological Processes. - 39(2025)10, Art. e70301

Hydrological Processes in Lowlands and Plains

Doerthe Tetzlaff; Christopher Spence; Xuan Yu; Chenming Zhang

Lowlands and plains provide important ecosystem services such as agricultural and forestry production, groundwater recharge, streamflow generation and drinking water supply. This Special Issue collects scientific papers advancing understanding of the mechanisms underlying the movement and storage of water in lowland and plain environments.

October 2025
Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - XX(202X)X, XX-XX

Extreme summer storm elicits shifts in biogeochemistry, primary productivity, and plankton community structure in a large-scale lake enclosure experiment

Hans-Peter Grossart; Thomas Hornick; Stella A. Berger; Jens C. Nejstgaard; Michael T. Monaghan; Takeshi Miki; Darren P. Giling; Geza B. Selmeczy; Judit Padisak; Jörg Sareyka; Peter Kasprzak; Christian Wurzbacher; Georgiy Kirillin; Christof Engelhardt; Mark O. Gessner
September 2025
WIREs Water. - 12(2025)5, Art. 70036

Knots in the Strings: Do Small-Scale River Features Shape Catchment-Scale Fluxes?

Ellen Wohl; Martyn Clark; Li Li; Chris Soulsby; Dörthe Tetzlaff

The authors review how river “knots” associated with bifurcations, confluences, and obstructions, which are spatially and temporally heterogeneous reaches in a river network affect reach-scale processes including flow attenuation, enhanced vertical and lateral connectivity, and augmented solute retention and uptake. .

August 2025
Journal of Hydrology. - 662(2025)Part C, Art. 134083

Stepwise tracer-based hydrograph separation to quantify contributions of multiple sources of streamflow in a large glacierized catchment over the Tibetan Plateau

Guangxuan Li; Xi Chen; Man Gao; Zhicai Zhang; Chris Soulsby; Doerthe Tetzlaff; Yuyi Wang

The authors identified the sources of streamflow and their temporal dynamics in a glacierized catchment of the Tibetan Plateau using isotopic and geochemical signatures. They demonstrated that incorporation of high-resolution tracer data in an appropriate model structure can help resolve streamflow components and identify the dynamics of dominant recharge sources in cryosphere environments.