Christian Kochleus

Christian Kochleus

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Christian Kochleus

German Federal Institute of Hydrology, Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068, Koblenz, Germany

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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 April 2019 in TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
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FSFriederike Stock
Friederike Stock
CKChristian Kochleus
Christian Kochleus
BBBeate Bänsch-Baltruschat
Beate Bänsch-Baltruschat
NBNicole Brennholt
Nicole Brennholt
GRGeorg Reifferscheid
Georg Reifferscheid

1 March 2018 in Environmental Pollution
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SFStefanie Felsing
Stefanie Felsing
CKChristian Kochleus
Christian Kochleus
SBSebastian Buchinger
Sebastian Buchinger
NBNicole Brennholt
Nicole Brennholt
FSFriederike Stock
Friederike Stock
GRGeorg Reifferscheid
Georg Reifferscheid

1 January 2021 in Environmental Pollution
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IPIulian Pojar
Iulian Pojar
CKChristian Kochleus
Christian Kochleus
GDGeorg Dierkes
Georg Dierkes
SESonja M Ehlers
Sonja M Ehlers
GRGeorg Reifferscheid
Georg Reifferscheid
FSFriederike Stock
Friederike Stock
Microplastic abundances have been studied intensively in the last years in marine and freshwater environments worldwide. Though several articles have been published about the Mediterranean Sea, only few studies about the Black Sea exist. The Black Sea drains into the Mediterranean Sea and may therefore significantly contribute to the Mediterranean marine pollution. So far, only very few articles have been published about micro-, meso- and macroplastic abundances in the Western Black Sea. In order to fill this knowledge gap and to decipher the number of plastics on the water surface, 12 samples were collected from surface waters with a neustonic net (mesh size 200 μm) in the Black Sea close to the Danube Delta and the Romanian shore. Organic matter was digested and plastic particles were isolated by density separation. The results of visual inspection, pyrolysis GC-MS (for microplastics) and ATR-FTIR (for mesoplastics >5 mm) revealed an average concentration of 7 plastic particles/m³, dominated by fibers (∼76%), followed by foils (∼13%) and fragments (∼11%). Only very few spherules were detected. The polymers polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) dominated which is in line with other studies analyzing surface waters from rivers in Western Europe as well as in China. Statistical analyses show that the plastic concentration close to the mouth of the Danube River was significantly higher than at four nearshore regions along the Romanian and Bulgarian coastline. This could be explained by plastic inputs from the Danube River into the western part of the Black Sea.

14 June 2014 in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
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MRMartin Rieger
Martin Rieger
CKChristian Kochleus
Christian Kochleus
DTDana Teschner
Dana Teschner
DRDaniela Rascher
Daniela Rascher
ABAnn Kristin Barton
Ann Kristin Barton
HGHeidrun Gehlen
Heidrun Gehlen