Publications

Mason-Jones, K., Breidenbach, A., Dyckmans, J., Banfield, C.C., Dippold, M.A., (2023) Intracellular carbon storage by microorganisms is an overlooked pathway of biomass growth. Nature Communications, 14, 2240

Shutenko, G.S., Andriuzzi, W.S., Dyckmans, J., Luo, Y., Wilkinson, T.L., Schmidt, O., (2022) Rapid transfer of C and N excreted by decomposer soil animals to plants and above-ground herbivores. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 166, 108582

Börger, M., Bublitz, T., Dyckmans, J., Wachendorf, C., Joergensen, R.G., (2022) Microbial carbon use efficiency of litter with distinct C/N ratios in soil at different temperatures, including microbial necromass as growth component. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 58, 761-770

Dyckmans, J., Eschenbach, W., Langel, R., Szwec, L., Well, R., (2021) Nitrogen isotope analysis of aqueous ammonium and nitrate by membrane inlet isotope ratio mass spectrometry (MIRMS) at natural abundance levels. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 35, e9077

Lewicka-Szczebak, D., Jansen-Willem, A., Müller, C., Dyckmans, J., Well, R. (2021) Nitrite isotope characteristics and associated soil N transformations. Scientific Reports, 11, 5008

Merino, C., Matus, F., Kuzyakov, Y., Dyckmans, J., Stock, S., Dippold, M.A. (2021) Contribution of the Fenton reaction and ligninolytic enzymes to soil organic matter mineralisation under anoxic conditions Science of the Total Environment, 760, 143397

Schroeder, J., Jannoura, R., Beuschel, R., Pfeiffer, B., Dyckmans, J., Murungan, R., Chavannavar, S., Wachendorf, C., Joergensen, R.G. (2020) Carbon use efficiency and microbial functional diversity in a temperate Luvisol and a tropical Nitisol after millet litter and N addition. Biolgoy and Fertitlity of Soils, 65, 1139-1150

Pollierer, M.M., Larsen, T., Potapov, A., Brükner, A., Heethoff, M., Dyckmans, J., Scheu, S. (2019) Compound-specific isotope analysis of amino acids as a new tool to uncover trophic chains in soil food webs. Ecological Monographs, 89(4)

Thielemann, L., Gerjets, R., Dyckmans, J. (2019) Effects of soil‐bound water exchange on the recovery of spike water by cryogenic water extraction. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 33, 405-410

Vestergard, M., Dam, M., Mortense, L.H., Dyckmans, J., Christensen, B.T. (2019) Natural C-13 abundance reveals age of dietary carbon sources in nematode trophic groups. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 130, 1-7

Matus, F., Stock, S., Eschenbach, W., Dyckmans, J., Merino, C., Najera, F., Köster, M., Kuzyakov, Y., Dippold, M.A. (2019) Ferrous Wheel Hypothesis: Abiotic nitrate incorporation into dissolved organic matter. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 245, 514-524

Eschenbach, W., Well, R., Dyckmans, J. (2018) NO Reduction to N2O improves nitrate-15N abundance analysis by membrane inlet quadrupole mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, 90, 11216-11218

Ostrom, N.E., Gandhi, H., Coplen, T.B., Toyoda, S., Bohlke, J.K., Brand, W.A., Casciotti, K.L., Dyckmans, J., Giesemann, A., Mohn, J., Well, R., Yu, L.F., Yoshida, N. (2018) Preliminary assessment of stable nitrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of USGS51 and USGS52 nitrous oxide reference gases and perspectives on calibration needs. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 32, 1207-1214

Orlowski, N., Breuer, L., Angeli, N., Boeckx, P., Brumbt, C., Cook. C.S., Dubbert, M., Dyckmans, J., Gallagher, B., Gralher, B., Herbstritt, B., Herve-Fernandez, P., Hissler, C., Koeniger, P., Legout, A., Macdonald, M.J., Oyarzun, C., Redelstein, R., Seidler, C., Siegwolf, R., Stumpp, C., Thomsen, S., Weiler, M., Werner, C., McDonnell, J.J. (2018) Inter-laboratory comparison of cryogenic water extraction systems for stable isotope analysis of soil water. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22, 3619-3637

Zang, H., Blagodatskaya, E., Wen, Y., Xu, Y.L., Dyckmans, J., Kuzyakov, Y. (2018) Carbon sequestration and turnover in soil under the energy crop Miscanthus: repeated C-13 natural abundance approach and literature synthesis. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 10, 262-271

Ingold, M., Khanal, G., Dyckmans, J., Wachendorf, C., Bürkert, A. (2018) NH3 volatilization, N2O emission and microbial biomass turnover from N-15-labeled manure under laboratory conditions. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 49, 537-551

Langel, R., Dyckmans, J. (2017) A closer look into the nitrogen blank in elemental analyser/isotope ratio mass spectrometry measurements. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 31, 2051-2055

Eschenbach, W., Lewicka-Szczebak, D., Stange, C.F., Dyckmans, J., Well, R. (2017) Measuring 15N Abundance and Concentration of Aqueous Nitrate, Nitrite, and Ammonium by Membrane Inlet Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, 89, 6077-6082

Strücker, J., Dyckmans, J., Joergensen, R.G. (2017) Plant residue and native organic matter decomposition under subsoil-specific gas conditions - Comparing topsoils with C-poor and C-rich subsoils. Geoderma, 292, 1-8

Hattori, S., Savarino, J., Kamezaki, K., Ishino, S., Dyckmans, J., Fujinawa, T., Caillon, N., Barbero, A., Mukotaka, A., Toyoda, S., Well, R., Yoshida, N. (2016) Automated system measuring triple oxygen and nitrogen isotope ratios in nitrate using the bacterial method and N2O decomposition by microwave discharge, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 30, 2635-2644

Strücker, J., Kaiser, M., Dyckmans, J., Joergensen, R.G. (2016) Maize root decomposition in subsoil horizons of two silt loams differing in soil organic C accumulation due to colluvial processes. Geoderma, 283, 101-109

Melody, C., Griffiths, B., Dyckmans, J., Schmidt, O. (2016) Stable isotope analysis (delta C-13 and delta N-15) of soil nematodes from four feeding groups. PeerJ, 4, e2372

Lewicka-Szczebak, D., Dyckmans, J., Kaiser, J., Marca, A., Augustin, J., Well, R. (2016) Oxygen isotope fractionation during N2O production by soil denitrification. Biogeosciences, 13, 1129-1144

Schmidt, O., Dyckmans, J., Schrader, S. (2016) Photoautotrophic microorganisms as a carbon source for temperate soil invertebrates. Biology Letters, 12, Article Number 20150646

Basler, A., Dippold, M., Helfrich, M., Dyckmans, J. (2015) Microbial carbon recycling: an underestimated process controlling soil carbon dynamics - Part 1: A long-term laboratory incubation experiment. Biogeosciences, 12, 5929-5940

Basler, A., Dippold, M., Helfrich, M., Dyckmans, J. (2015) Microbial carbon recycling: an underestimated process controlling soil carbon dynamics - Part 2: A C3-C4 vegetation change field labelling experiment. Biogeosciences, 12, 6291-6299

Dyckmans, J., Lewicka-Szczebak, D., Szwec, L., Langel, R., Well, R. (2015) Comparison of methods to determine triple oxygen isotope composition of N2O. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 29, 1991-1996

Indorf, C., Dyckmans, J., Joergensen, R.G. (2015) Short-term changes in amino sugar-specific delta-13C values after application of C4 and C3 sucrose. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 91, 92-98

Eck, T., Potthoff, M.,Dyckmans, J., Wichern, F., Joergensen, R.G. (2015) Priming effects of Aporrectodea caliginosa on young rhizodeposits and old soil organic matter following wheat straw addition. European Journal of Soil Biology, 70, 38-45

Mohn, J., Wolf, B., Toyoda, S., Lin, C., Liang, M., Brüggemann, N., Wissel, H. Steiker, A.E., Dyckmans, J., Szwec, L., Ostrom, N.E., Casciotti, K.L., Forbes, M., Giesemann, A., Well, R., Doucett, R.R., Yarnes, C.T., Ridley, A.R., Kaiser, J., Yoshida, N. (2014) Interlaboratory assessment of nitrous oxide isotopomer analysis by isotope ratio mass spectrometry and laser spectroscopy: current status and perspectives. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 28, 1995-2007

Langel, R., Dyckmans, J., (2014) Combined 13C and 15N isotope analysis on small samples using a near-conventional elemental analyzer/isotope ratio mass spectrometer setup. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 28, 1019-1022

Meissner, M., Köhler, M., Schwendenmann, L., Hölscher, D., Dyckmans, J., (2014) Soil water uptake by trees using water stable isotopes (delta H-2 and delta O-18)-a method test regarding soil moisture, texture and carbonate. Plant & Soil 376, 327-335

Basler, A., Dyckmans, J. (2013) Compound-specific d13C analysis of monosaccharides from soil extracts by high-performance liquid chromatography /isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 27, 2546-2550

Lukas, S., Potthoff, M., Dyckmans, J., Jourgensen, R.G., (2013) Microbial use of N15-labelled maize residues affected by winter temperature scenarios. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 65, 22-32

Indorf, C., Bode, S., Boeckx, P., Dyckmans, J., Meyer, A., Fischer, K., Joergensen, R.G. (2013) Comparison of HPLC Methods for the Determination of Amino Sugars in Soil Hydrolysates. Analytical Letters 46, 2145-2164

Pfeiffer, M., Mezger, D., Dyckmans, J. Trophic ecology of tropical leaf litter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - a stable isotope study in four types of Bornean rain forest. Myrmecological News 19, 31-41

Pokharel, A.K., Jannoura, R., Heitkamp, F., Kleikamp, B., Wachendorf, C., Dyckmans, J., Ludwig, B., Joergensen, R.G. (2013) Development of aggregates after application of maize residues in the presence of mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal pea plants. Geoderma 202, 38-44

Ghosh, S.C., Dyckmans, J., Militz, H., Mai, C., (2012) Effect of quat- and amino-silicones on fungal colonisation and decay of wood. Holzforschung 66, 1009-1015

Kahn, K.S., Castillo, X., Wichern, F., Dyckmans, J., Joergensen, R.G. (2012) Interactions of mustard plants and soil microorganisms after application of sugarcane filter cake and pea residues to an Andosol. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 175, 931-938

Indorf, C., Stamm, F., Dyckmans, J., Joergensen, R.G. (2012) Determination of saprotrophic fungi turnover in different substrates by glucosamine-specific dC13 liquid chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry Fungal Ecology 5, 694-701

Pollierer, M.M., Dyckmans, J., Scheu, S., Haubert, D. (2012) Carbon flux through fungi and bacteria into the forest soil animal food web as indicated by compound-specific 13C fatty acid analysis. Functional Ecology 26, 978-990

Jannoura, R., Kleikamp, B., Dyckmans, J., Joergensen, R.G. (2012) Impact of pea growth and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the decomposition of N15-labeled maize residues. Biology and Fertility of Soils 48, 547-560

Jacobs, A., Helfrich, H., Dyckmans, J., Rauber, R., Ludwig, B. (2011) Effects of residue location on soil organic matter turnover: results from an incubation experiment with N-15-maize. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 174, 634-643

Indorf, C., Dyckmans, J., Khan, K.S., Joergensen, R.G. (2011) Optimisation of amino sugar quantification by HPLC in soil and plant hydrolysates. Biology and Fertitlity of Soils 47, 387-396

N.J. Hoekstra, S.T.J. Lalor K.G. Richards, N. O'Hea, G.J. Lanigan, J. Dyckmans, R.P.O. Schulte, O. Schmidt (2010) Slurry 15NH4-N recovery in herbage and soil: effects of application method and timing, Plant & Soil 330, 357-368

K.S. Khan, T. Müller, J. Dyckmans, R.G. Joergensen (2010) Development of ergosterol, microbial biomass C, N, and P after steaming as a result of sucrose addition, and Sinapis alba cultivation, Biology and Fertility of Soils 46(4) 323-331

P. Zareitalabad, S. Heinze, N. Rottmann, M. Potthoff, J. Dyckmans, R.G. Joergensen (2010) Decomposition of N-15-labelled maize leaves in soil affected by endogeic geophagous Aporrectodea caliginosa, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42(2) 276-282

N. Rottmann, J. Dyckmans, R.G. Joergensen (2010) Microbial use and decomposition of maize leaf straw incubated in packed soil columns at different depths, European Journal of Soil Biology, 46(1) 27-33

M. Potthoff, J. Dyckmans, H. Flessa, F. Beese, RG Joergensen (2008) Decomposition of maize residues after manipulation of colonization and its contribution to the soil microbial biomass, Biology and Fertility of Soils, 44(6) 891-895

P. Verma, J. Dyckmans, H.Militz, C. Mai (2008) Determination of fungal activity in modified wood by means of micro-calorimetry and determination of total esterase activity, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 80(1) 125-133

S. Kennedy, A. Ni Dhubhain, J. Ferguson, O. Schmidt, J. Dyckmans, B. Osborne, K. Black, (2006) Potential use of leaf carbon isotope discrimination for the selection of shade-tolerant species, Forest Ecology and Management, 273(1-3) 394-403.

J. Dyckmans, H. Flessa, A. Lipski, M. Potthoff, F. Beese, (2006) Microbial biomass and activity under oxic and anoxic conditions as affected by nitrate additions, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 169(1) 108-115

J. Dyckmans, O. Schmidt, C.M. Scrimgeour, (2005) A simple and rapid method for labelling earthworms with 15N and 13C, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 37, 989-993

M. Potthoff, J. Dyckmans, H. Flessa, A. Muhs, F. Beese and R.G. Joergensen, (2005) Dynamics of maize (Zea mays L.) leaf straw mineralization as affected by the presence of soil and the availability of nitrogen, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 37, 1259-1266

J. Dyckmans, H. Flessa, (2005) Partitioning of remobilised N in young beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is not affected by elevated [CO2], Annals of Forest Science, 62, 285-288

U. Sehy, J. Dyckmans, R. Ruser, J. C. Munch, (2004) Adding dissolved organic carbon to simulate freeze-thaw related N2O emissions from soil, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 167(4) 471-478

J. Dyckmans, O. Schmidt (2004) Dual 13C, 15N Labelling of terrestrial slugs (Deroceras reticulatum), Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 40(3) 233-237

O. Schmidt, J. P. Curry, J. Dyckmans, E. Rota, C.M. Scrimgeour, (2004) Dual stable isotope analysis (13C and 15N) of soil invertebrates and their food sources, Pedobiologia, 48(2) 171-180

Z. Feng, J. Dyckmans, H. Flessa, (2004) Effects of elevated [CO2] on growth and N2 fixation of young Robinia pseudoacacia, Tree Physiology, 24(3), 323-330

J. Dyckmans, K. Chander, R. G. Joergensen, J. Priess, M. Raubuch, U. Sehy, (2003), Adenylates as an estimate of microbial biomass C in different soil groups, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 35(11), 1485-1491

O. Schmidt, J. Dyckmans and C.M. Scrimgeour, (2003), Isotopic labelling of earthworms: Comments on the paper by Whalen and Janzen (2002) [Letter to the editor], Soil Biology & Biochemistry 35(6), 875-876.

T. Vor, J. Dyckmans, N. Loftfield, F. Beese, H. Flessa, (2003), Aeration effects on CO2, N2O, and CH4 emission and leachate composition of a forest soil, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 166(1), 39-45

T. Vor, J. Dyckmans, H. Flessa, F. Beese (2002), Use of microcalorimetry to study microbial activity during the transition from oxic to anoxic conditions, Biology & Fertility of Soils, 36(1), 66-71

J. Dyckmans, H. Flessa, (2002), Influence of tree internal N stores on the reaction of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) to elevated atmospheric [CO2], Tree Physiology, 22(1),41-49

J. Dyckmans, H. Flessa, K. Brinkmann, C. Mai, A. Polle, (2002), Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in acid detergent fibre lignins of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) during the growth phase, Plant, Cell & Environment, 25(4), 469-478

M. Raubuch, J. Dyckmans, R.G. Joergensen, M. Kreutzfeldt (2002), Relation between respiration, ATP content, and Adenylate Energy Charge (AEC) after incubation at different temperatures and after drying and rewetting, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 165(4), 435-440

K. Chander, J. Dyckmans, H. Hoeper, R. G. Joergensen, M. Raubuch, (2001), Long-term effects on soil microbial properties of heavy metals from industrial exhaust deposition, Journal of Plant Nutrition & Soil Science, 164 (6), 657-663

K. Chander, J. Dyckmans, R. G. Joergensen, B. Meyer, M. Raubuch, (2001), Different sources of heavy metals and their long-term effects on soil microbial properties, Biology & Fertility of Soils, 34, 241-247

J. Dyckmans, H. Flessa, (2001), Influence of tree internal N status on uptake an translocation of C and N in beech: a dual 13C and 15N in labelling approach, Tree Physiology, 21(6), 395-401

J. Dyckmans, H. Flessa, A. Polle, F. Beese (2000), The effect of elevated [CO2] on uptake and allocation of 13C and 15N in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) during leafing, Plant Biology, 2, 113-120.

J. Dyckmans, H. Flessa, Z. Shangguan, F. Beese (2000), A dual 13C and 15N long term labeling technique to investigate uptake and translocation of C and N in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 36, 63-78

Z. Shangguan, M. Shao, J. Dyckmans (2000), Nitrogen nutrition and water stress effects on leaf photosynthetic gas exchange and water use efficiency in winter wheat, Environmental & Experimental Botany, 44, 141-149.

Z. Shangguan, M. Shao, J. Dyckmans (2000), Effects of nitrogen nutrition and water deficit on net photosynthetic rate and chlorophyll fluorescence in winter wheat, J. Plant Physiology, 156(1), 46-51.

Z. Shangguan, M. Shao, J. Dyckmans (1999), Interaction of osmotic adjustment and photosynthesis in winter wheat under soil drought, J. Plant Physiology, 154(5-6), 753-758.

J. Dyckmans, M. Raubuch (1997), A modification of a method to determine adenosine nucleotides in forest organic layers and mineral soils by ion-paired reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, J. Microbiol. Methods, 30, 13-20.