Carsten W. Müller

Carsten W. Müller

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    Erratum: Effects of land-use change on chemical composition of soil organic matter in tropical lowland Bolivia (Grassland Science (2009) vol. 55 (104-109))

    Abe, S. S., Mueller, Carsten W., Steffens, M., Koelbl, A., Knicker, H. & Koegel-Knabner, I., 2009, In: Grassland Science.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Fast accrual of C and N in soil organic matter fractions following post-mining reclamation across the USA

    Angst, G., Mueller, Carsten W., Angst, Š., Pivokonský, M., Franklin, J., Stahl, P. D. & Frouz, J., 2018, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 209, p. 216-226 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Forest litter constraints on the pathways controlling soil organic matter formation

    Almeida, L. F. J., Souza, I. F., Hurtarte, L. C. C., Teixeira, P. P. C., Inagaki, T. M., Silva, I. R. & Mueller, Carsten W., Dec 2021, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 163, 13 p., 108447.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    From fibrous plant residues to mineral-associated organic carbon - the fate of organic matter in Arctic permafrost soils

    Prater, I., Zubrzycki, S., Buegger, F., Zoor-Fuellgraff, L. C., Angst, G., Dannenmann, M. & Mueller, Carsten W., 2020, In: Biogeosciences. 17, 13, p. 3367-3383 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    From rhizosphere to detritusphere – Soil structure formation driven by plant roots and the interactions with soil biota

    Mueller, Carsten W., Baumert, V., Carminati, A., Germon, Amandine Esther Louise, Holz, M., Kögel-Knabner, I., Peth, S., Schlüter, S., Uteau, D., Vetterlein, D., Teixeira, P. & Vidal, A., 2024, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 193, 13 p., 109396.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  6. From substrate to soil in a pristine environment – pedochemical, micromorphological and microbiological properties from soils on James Ross Island, Antarctica

    Meier, L. A., Krauze, P., Prater, I., Horn, F., Schaefer, C. E. G. R., Scholten, T., Wagner, D., Mueller, Carsten W. & Kühn, P., 2018, In: Biogeosciences Discussions. 41 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearch

  7. Published

    Functional complexity explains the depth-dependent response of organic matter to liming at the nanometer scale

    Li, Y., Camps-Arbestain, M., Whitby, C. P., Wang, T., Mueller, Carsten W., Hoeschen, C. & Beare, M. H., 15 Feb 2022, In: Geoderma. 408, 11 p., 115560.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Fungi and bacteria respond differently to changing environmental conditions within a soil profile

    Preusser, S., Poll, C., Marhan, S., Angst, G., Mueller, Carsten W., Bachmann, J. & Kandeler, E., 2019, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 137, 107543.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Geogenic organic carbon in terrestrial sediments and its contribution to total soil carbon

    Kalks, F., Noren, G., Mueller, Carsten W., Helfrich, M., Rethemeyer, J. & Don, A., 6 Jul 2021, In: SOIL. 7, 2, p. 347-362 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Growth and physiology of olive pioneer and fibrous roots exposed to soil moisture deficits

    Polverigiani, S., McCormack, M. L., Mueller, Carsten W. & Eissenstat, D. M., 1 Nov 2011, In: Tree Physiology. 31, 11, p. 1228-1237 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    High nitrous oxide emissions from temporary flooded depressions within croplands

    Elberling, Bo, Kovács, Gyula Mate, Hansen, Hans Frederik Engvej, Fensholt, Rasmus, Ambus, Per Lennart, Tong, Xiaoye, Gominski, Dimitri Pierre Johannes, Mueller, Carsten W., Poultney, D. M. N. & Oehmcke, Stefan, 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 1, 9 p., 463.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    High resistance of soils to short-term re-grazing in a long-term abandoned alpine pasture

    Vidal, A., Schucknecht, A., Toechterle, P., Linares, D. R. A., Garcia-Franco, N., von Heßberg, A., Krämer, A., Sierts, A., Fischer, A., Willibald, G., Fuetterer, S., Ewald, J., Baumert, V., Weiss, M., Schulz, S., Schloter, M., Bogacki, W., Wiesmeier, M., Mueller, Carsten W. & Dannenmann, M., 2020, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 300, 107008.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    High-resolution stalagmite stratigraphy supports the Late Holocene tephrochronology of southernmost Patagonia

    Klaes, B., Wörner, G., Kremer, K., Simon, K., Scholz, D., Mueller, Carsten W., Hoschen, C., Struck, J., Arz, H., Thiele-Bruhn, S., Schimpf, D. & Kilian, R., 14 Apr 2021, Research Square Publications, 34 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  14. Published

    How vegetation patches drive soil development and organic matter formation on polar islands

    Prater, I., Hrbáček, F., Braun, C., Vidal, A., Meier, L. A., Nývlt, D. & Mueller, Carsten W., Dec 2021, In: Geoderma Regional. 27, 16 p., e00429.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Identification of Distinct Functional Microstructural Domains Controlling C Storage in Soil

    Steffens, M., Rogge, D. M., Mueller, Carsten W., Hoeschen, C., Lugmeier, J., Koelbl, A. & Koegel-Knabner, I., 2017, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 51, 21, p. 12182-12189 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Imaging of Al/Fe ratios in synthetic Al-goethite revealed by nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry

    Pohl, L., Kölbl, A., Werner, F., Mueller, Carsten W., Höschen, C., Häusler, W. & Kögel-Knabner, I., 2018, In: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 32, 8, p. 619-628 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Initial differentiation of vertical soil organic matter distribution and composition under juvenile beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees

    Mueller, Carsten W., Brüggemann, N., Pritsch, K., Stoelken, G., Gayler, S., Winkler, J. B. & Kögel-Knabner, I., 1 Oct 2009, In: Plant and Soil. 323, 1, p. 111-123 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Insights into carbon metabolism provided by fluorescence in situ hybridization-secondary ion mass spectrometry imaging of an autotrophic, nitrate-reducing, Fe(II)-oxidizing enrichment culture

    Tominski, C., Lösekann-Behrens, T., Ruecker, A., Hagemann, N., Kleindienst, S., Mueller, Carsten W., Höschen, C., Kögel-Knabner, I., Kappler, A. & Behrens, S., 2018, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84, 9, e02166-17.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Iron (hydr)oxide formation in Andosols under extreme climate conditions

    Klaes, B., Thiele-Bruhn, S., Wörner, G., Höschen, C., Mueller, Carsten W., Marx, P., Arz, H. W., Breuer, S. & Kilian, R., 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 17 p., 2818.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Iron mineral dissolution releases iron and associated organic carbon during permafrost thaw

    Patzner, M. S., Mueller, Carsten W., Malusova, M., Baur, M., Nikeleit, V., Scholten, T., Hoeschen, C., Byrne, J. M., Borch, T., Kappler, A. & Bryce, C., Dec 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, 11 p., 6329.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Iron oxides and aluminous clays selectively control soil carbon storage and stability in the humid tropics

    Kirsten, M., Mikutta, R., Vogel, C., Thompson, A., Mueller, Carsten W., Kimaro, D. N., Bergsma, H. L. T., Feger, K. H. & Kalbitz, K., Dec 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 12 p., 5076.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Large amounts of labile organic carbon in permafrost soils of northern Alaska

    Mueller, Carsten W., Rethemeyer, J., Kao-Kniffin, J., Löppmann, S., Hinkel, K. M. & Bockheim, J. G., 2015, In: Global Change Biology. 21, 7, p. 2804-2817 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Legacy of rice roots as encoded in distinctive microsites of oxides, silicates, and organic matter

    Kölbl, A., Schweizer, S. A., Mueller, Carsten W., Höschen, C., Said-Pullicino, D., Romani, M., Lugmeier, J., Schlüter, S. & Kögel-Knabner, I., Dec 2017, In: Soil Systems. 1, 1, 2.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Linking 3D soil structure and plant-microbe-soil carbon transfer in the rhizosphere

    Vidal, A., Hirte, J., Franz Bender, S., Mayer, J., Gattinger, A., Höschen, C., Schädler, S., Iqbal, T. M. & Mueller, Carsten W., 2018, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 6, FEB, 9.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Linking rhizosphere processes across scales: Opinion

    Schnepf, A., Carminati, A., Ahmed, M. A., Ani, M., Benard, P., Bentz, J., Bonkowski, M., Knott, M., Diehl, D., Duddek, P., Kröner, E., Javaux, M., Landl, M., Lehndorff, E., Lippold, E., Lieu, A., Mueller, C. W., Oburger, E., Otten, W., Portell, X. & 5 others, Phalempin, M., Prechtel, A., Schulz, R., Vanderborght, J. & Vetterlein, D., 2022, In: Plant and Soil. 38 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Long-term stabilization of deep soil carbon by fire and burial during early Holocene climate change

    Marin-Spiotta, E., Chaopricha, N. T., Plante, A. F., Diefendorf, A. F., Mueller, Carsten W., Grandy, A. S. & Mason, J. A., Jun 2014, In: Nature Geoscience. 7, 6, p. 428-432 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Methods for assessing laterally-resolved distribution, speciation and bioavailability of phosphorus in soils

    van der Bom, Frederik, Kopittke, P. M., Raymond, Nelly Sophie, Sekine, R., Lombi, E., Mueller, Carsten W. & Doolette, C. L., 2022, In: Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology. 21, p. 53–74 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  28. Methods for visualising active microbial benzene degraders in in situ microcosms

    Schurig, C., Mueller, Carsten W., Höschen, C., Prager, A., Kothe, E., Beck, H., Miltner, A. & Kästner, M., 2015, In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99, 2, p. 957-968 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Micro-scale heterogeneity of soil phosphorus depends on soil substrate and depth

    Werner, F., Mueller, Carsten W., Thieme, J., Gianoncelli, A., Rivard, C., Höschen, C. & Prietzel, J., 1 Dec 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 1, 3203.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Microbial impact on initial soil formation in arid and semiarid environments under simulated climate change

    Rodríguez, V., Bartholomäus, A., Witzgall, K., Riveras-Muñoz, N., Oses, R., Liebner, S., Kallmeyer, J., Rach, O., Mueller, Carsten W., Seguel, O., Scholten, T. & Wagner, D., 2024, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 15, 19 p., 1319997.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Microbial iron cycling during palsa hillslope collapse promotes greenhouse gas emissions before complete permafrost thaw

    Patzner, M. S., Logan, M., Mckenna, A. M., Young, R. B., Zhou, Z., Joss, H., Mueller, Carsten W., Hoeschen, C., Scholten, T., Straub, D., Kleindienst, S., Borch, T., Kappler, A. & Bryce, C., 1 Dec 2022, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 3, 1, 14 p., 76.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Microscale carbon distribution around pores and particulate organic matter varies with soil moisture regime

    Schlüter, S., Leuther, F., Albrecht, L., Hoeschen, C., Kilian, R., Surey, R., Mikutta, R., Kaiser, K., Mueller, Carsten W. & Vogel, H. J., Dec 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 2098.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Microscale soil structures foster organic matter stabilization in permafrost soils

    Mueller, Carsten W., Hoeschen, C., Steffens, M., Buddenbaum, H., Hinkel, K., Bockheim, J. G. & Kao-Kniffin, J., 2017, In: Geoderma. 293, p. 44-53 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Microscale spatial distribution and soil organic matter persistence in top and subsoil

    Inagaki, T. M., Possinger, A. R., Schweizer, S. A., Mueller, Carsten W., Hoeschen, C., Zachman, M. J., Kourkoutis, L. F., Kögel-Knabner, I. & Lehmann, J., 2023, In: Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 178, 9 p., 108921.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Molecular diversity and the fate of biochemical fractions of eucalypt tissues in soil

    Almeida, L. F. J., Souza, I. F., Hurtarte, L. C. C., Teixeira, P. P. C., Inagaki, T. M., Silva, I. R. & Mueller, Carsten W., 2023, In: Geoderma. 432, 11 p., 116404.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Multiple exchange processes on mineral surfaces control the transport of dissolved organic matter through soil profiles

    Leinemann, T., Preusser, S., Mikutta, R., Kalbitz, K., Cerli, C., Höschen, C., Mueller, Carsten W., Kandeler, E. & Guggenberger, G., 2018, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 118, p. 79-90 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. NanoSIMS as a tool for characterizing soil model compounds and organomineral associations in artificial soils

    Heister, K., Höschen, C., Pronk, G. J., Mueller, Carsten W. & Kögel-Knabner, I., 1 Jan 2012, In: Journal of Soils and Sediments. 12, 1, p. 35-47 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Nitrogen loading enhances phosphorus limitation in terrestrial ecosystems with implications for soil carbon cycling

    Luo, M., Moorhead, D. L., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Mueller, Carsten W., Ying, S. C. & Chen, J., 2022, In: Functional Ecology. 36, 11, p. 2845-2858 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  39. Nitrogen-rich microbial products provide new organo-mineral associations for the stabilization of soil organic matter

    Kopittke, P. M., Hernandez-Soriano, M. C., Dalal, R. C., Finn, D., Menzies, N. W., Hoeschen, C. & Mueller, Carsten W., 2018, In: Global Change Biology. 24, 4, p. 1762-1770 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Novel Sample Preparation Technique To Improve Spectromicroscopic Analyses of Micrometer-Sized Particles

    Höschen, C., Höschen, T., Mueller, Carsten W., Lugmeier, J., Elgeti, S., Rennert, T. & Kögel-Knabner, I., 2015, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 49, 16, p. 9874-9880 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Organic carbon loading of soils determines the fate of added fresh plant-derived organic matter

    Wu, T., Wichern, F., Wiesmeier, M., Buegger, F., Shi, L., Dippold, M. A., Höschen, C. & Mueller, Carsten W., 2024, In: Geoderma. 443, 15 p., 116816.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Organic matter composition and stabilization in a polygonal tundra soil of the Lena Delta

    Höfle, S., Rethemeyer, J., Mueller, Carsten W. & John, S., 23 May 2013, In: Biogeosciences. 10, 5, p. 3145-3158 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Particulate organic matter as a functional soil component for persistent soil organic carbon

    Witzgall, K., Vidal, A., Schubert, D. I., Höschen, C., Schweizer, S. A., Buegger, F., Pouteau, V., Chenu, C. & Mueller, Carsten W., 5 Jul 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 10 p., 4115.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Pedogenic and microbial interrelation in initial soils under semiarid climate on James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula region

    Meier, L. A., Krauze, P., Prater, I., Horn, F., Schaefer, C. E. G. R., Scholten, T., Wagner, D., Mueller, Carsten W. & Kühn, P., 2019, In: Biogeosciences. 16, 12, p. 2481-2499 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Pedogenic and microbial interrelations to regional climate and local topography: New insights from a climate gradient (arid to humid) along the Coastal Cordillera of Chile

    Bernhard, N., Moskwa, L. M., Schmidt, K., Oeser, R. A., Aburto, F., Bader, M. Y., Baumann, K., von Blanckenburg, F., Boy, J., van den Brink, L., Brucker, E., Büdel, B., Canessa, R., Dippold, M. A., Ehlers, T. A., Fuentes, J. P., Godoy, R., Jung, P., Karsten, U., Köster, M. & 22 others, Kuzyakov, Y., Leinweber, P., Neidhardt, H., Matus, F., Mueller, Carsten W., Oelmann, Y., Oses, R., Osses, P., Paulino, L., Samolov, E., Schaller, M., Schmid, M., Spielvogel, S., Spohn, M., Stock, S., Stroncik, N., Tielbörger, K., Übernickel, K., Scholten, T., Seguel, O., Wagner, D. & Kühn, P., 2018, In: Catena. 170, p. 335-355 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Performance of base hydrolysis methods in extracting bound lipids from plant material, soils, and sediments

    Angst, G., Cajthaml, T., Angst, S., Mueller, K. E., Koegel-Knabner, I., Beggel, S., Kriegs, S. & Mueller, Carsten W., 2017, In: Organic Geochemistry. 113, p. 97-104 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Permafrost and active layer research on james ross island: An overview

    Hrbáček, F., Nývlt, D., Láska, K., Kňažková, M., Kampová, B., Engel, Z., Oliva, M. & Mueller, Carsten W., 2019, In: Czech Polar Reports. 9, 1, p. 20-36 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Permafrost soil complexity evaluated by laboratory imaging Vis-NIR spectroscopy

    Mueller, Carsten W., Steffens, M. & Buddenbaum, H., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal of Soil Science.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Phosphorus nutrition of Populus x canescens reflects adaptation to high P-availability in the soil

    Netzer, F., Mueller, Carsten W., Scheerer, U., Gruener, J., Koegel-Knabner, I., Herschbach, C. & Rennenberg, H., 2018, In: Tree Physiology. 38, 1, p. 6–24

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Phosphorus nutrition of Populus × canescens reflects adaptation to high P-availability in the soil

    Netzer, F., Mueller, Carsten W., Scheerer, U., Grüner, J., Kögel-Knabner, I., Herschbach, C. & Rennenberg, H., 2018, In: Tree Physiology. 38, 1, p. 6-24 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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