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
- Peatlands - Introduction to Ecology, Distribution and Use, Seminar
- Physical Geography Seminar "Patagonia"
- 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)
- Wang, H., Yu, Z.G., Broder, T., Göttlicher, J., Steininger, R., Wagner, S., Biester, H., and Knorr, K.H. . “Elevated Atmospheric Sulfur Deposition Affects Predominant Forms of Sulfur in Ombrotrophic Peatlands.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, № 130 (2) doi: 10.1029/2024JG008563.
- Kuhn, MA, Schmidt, M, Heffernan, L, Stührenberg, J, Knorr, K, Estop-Aragonés, C, Broder, T, Gonzalez Moguel, R, Douglas, PMJ, and Olefeldt, D. . “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.
- Gałka, Mariusz, Hölzer, Adam, Feurdean, Angelica, Loisel, Julie, Teickner, Henning, Diaconu, Andrei-Cosmin, Szal, Marta, Broder, Tanja, and Knorr, Klaus-Holger. . “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.
- Gałka, M, Diaconu, A, Feurdean, A, Loisel, J, Teickner, H, Broder, T, and Knorr, K. . “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.
- Hömberg, A, Broder, T, Schaller, J, and Knorr, K-H. . “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.
- Hömberg, A, Broder, T, Knorr, K-H, and Schaller, J. . “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.
- Gałka, M, Szal, M, Broder, T, Loisel, J, and Knorr, K-H. . “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.
- Blodau, C, Agethen, S, Broder, T, and Knorr, K-H. . “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.
- Broder, T, Knorr, K-H, and Biester, H. . “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.
- Birkel, C, Broder, T, and Biester, H. . “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.
- Broder, T, and Biester, H. . “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.
- Broder, T, Blodau, C, Biester, H, and Knorr, K-H. . “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.
- Broder, T, and Biester, H. . “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.
- von Suchodoletz, H, Glaser, B, Thrippleton, T, Broder, T, Zang, U, Eigenmann, R, Kopp, B, Reichert, M, and Zöller, L. . “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.
- Broder, T, Blodau, C, Biester, H, and Knorr, KH. . “Peat decomposition records in three pristine ombrotrophic bogs in southern Patagonia.” Biogeosciences, № 9 (4): 1479–1491. doi: 10.5194/bg-9-1479-2012.