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Alfons JP Smolders

Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Radboud University Nijmegen; …
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[HTML][HTML] Sulfide as a soil phytotoxin—a review

…, JGM Roelofs, AJP Smolders - Frontiers in plant …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
In wetland soils and underwater sediments of marine, brackish and freshwater systems, the
strong phytotoxin sulfide may accumulate as a result of microbial reduction of sulfate during …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial transformations of nitrogen, sulfur, and iron dictate vegetation composition in wetlands: a review

…, MA Vile, MSM Jetten, AJP Smolders… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
The majority of studies on rhizospheric interactions focus on pathogens, mycorrhizal symbiosis,
or carbon transformations. Although the biogeochemical transformations of N, S, and Fe …

Internal eutrophication: how it works and what to do about it—a review

AJP Smolders, LPM Lamers, E Lucassen… - Chemistry and …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Smolders Citation28 also found a correlation between bicarbonate alkalinity and the and
concentrations in sediment pore water obtained from organic freshwater sediments in the …

[PDF][PDF] The importance of groundwater-derived carbon dioxide in the restoration of small Sphagnum bogs

W Patberg, GJ Baaijens, AJ Smolders, AP Grootjans… - Preslia, 2013 - researchgate.net
Essential for successful bog restoration is the reestablishment of Sphagnum mosses. High
carbon dioxide availability has been shown to be of great importance for the growth of …

Global prevalence of methane oxidation by symbiotic bacteria in peat-moss ecosystems

…, Y Pan, L Bodrossy, GJ Reichart, AJP Smolders… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Peat bogs store up to a third of all terrestrial carbon on Earth 1 , and are one of the largest
natural sources of atmospheric methane 2 . Anaerobic degradation of submerged Sphagnum …

A microbial consortium couples anaerobic methane oxidation to denitrification

…, A Pol, KT Van de Pas-Schoonen, AJP Smolders… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Modern agriculture has accelerated biological methane and nitrogen cycling on a global
scale 1 , 2 . Freshwater sediments often receive increased downward fluxes of nitrate from …

A three-stage symbiosis forms the foundation of seagrass ecosystems

…, J Van De Koppel, BR Silliman, AJP Smolders… - science, 2012 - science.org
Seagrasses evolved from terrestrial plants into marine foundation species around 100 million
years ago. Their ecological success, however, remains a mystery because natural organic …

Effects of mining activities on heavy metal concentrations in water, sediment, and macroinvertebrates in different reaches of the Pilcomayo River, South America

AJP Smolders, RAC Lock, G Van der Velde… - Archives of …, 2003 - Springer
From 1997 until 1999 the extent and the ecological effects of zinc, copper, lead, and cadmium
pollution were studied in different reaches of the South American Pilcomayo River. A …

[HTML][HTML] How nitrate leaching from agricultural lands provokes phosphate eutrophication in groundwater fed wetlands: the sulphur bridge

AJP Smolders, EC Lucassen, R Bobbink, JGM Roelofs… - Biogeochemistry, 2010 - Springer
Increased phosphorus availability may provoke serious eutrophication problems in wetlands.
Strong evidence indicates that sulphate induced mobilization of phosphate (internal …

Ecological restoration of rich fens in Europe and North America: from trial and error to an evidence‐based approach

…, AM Kooijman, JGM Roelofs, AJP Smolders - Biological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fens represent a large array of ecosystem services, including the highest biodiversity found
among wetlands, hydrological services, water purification and carbon sequestration. Land‐…