werner@ocean.org.il
Tel: 04 – 6721444 Ext. 213
Associate Scientist
Ph.D. 1989, University of Bonn, Germany
At IOLR since 1994
Research interests:
Biogeochemical processes in the water column and the sediments of freshwater lakes with special emphasis on methane, sulfur, and phosphorus cycling. Development and application of in situ techniques for monitoring hydrochemical parameters and primary productivity.
Selected publications:
Leunert F, A. Paul, W Eckert, V Gerhardt and H-P Grossart (2014) Phytoplankton Response to UV generated Hydrogen Peroxide from Natural Organic Matter. Journal of Plankton Research 36: 198-213.
Leunert F, H-PGrossart, V Gerhardt and W Eckert (2013) Toxicant induced changes on delayed fluorescence decay kinetics of cyanobacteria and green algae: a rapid and sensitive biotest. PLoS ONE 8(4): e63127. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063127
Frindte K, W Eckert, K Attermeyer and H-P Grossart (2013) Internal wave modulated shifts in biogeochemistry and microbial activity at the sediment-water interface of a stratified lake: a simulation experiment. Biogeochemistry 113: 423-434.
Grossart H.-P., K Frindte, C Dziallas, W Eckert and K W. Tang (2011) Microbial Methane Production under Oxic Condition in an Oligotrophic Lake. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 108 (49): 19657–19661
Sivan O, M Adler, A Pearson, F Gelman, I Bar-Or, S G. John and W Eckert (2011) Geochemical evidence for iron-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane. Limnology and Oceanography 56: 1536-1544.
Adler M, W Eckert, and O Sivan (2011) Quantifying rates of methanogenesis and methanotrophy in Lake Kinneret sediments (Israel) using porewater profiles. Limnology and Oceanography 56: 1525-1535
Kurzbaum E, S Beer and W Eckert (2010) Alterations in delayed and direct phytoplankton fluorescence in response to the diurnal light cycle. Hydrobiologia 639: 197-203.
Eckert, W. & R. Conrad (2007) Sulfide and methane evolution in the hypolimnion of a subtropical lake: a three-year study. Biogeochemistry. 82:67-76.
Rimmer A., Y. Aota, M. Kumagai & W. Eckert (2005). Chemical stratification in thermally stratified lakes: A chloride mass-balance model. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50: 147-157.
Eckert, W., J. Imberger and A. Saggio (2002) Biogeochemical evolution in response to physical forcing in the water column of a warm monomictic lake. Biogeochemistry 61: 291 – 307.
Eckert, W. (1998) Electrochemical identification of the hydrogen sulfide system using a pH2S (glass / Ag°, Ag2S) electrode. J. Electrochem. Soc. 145: 77-79
