Water Resources, Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling, Erosion and Land Management
Water Resources, Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling, Erosion and Land Management
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As part of a various research cooperations between the ZEU, the Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management (JLU Giessen) and other partners, we have established a number of projects in Eastern Africa, spanning environmental issues such as water resources, carbon and nitrogen cycling, erosion and land management. Currently, the emphasis is on research in the Mau Forest Complex in Kenya, but activities include the Mt. Elgon region in Uganda and the water towers of the Nile in Ethiopia. |
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- Publications
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Jacobs, S.R., B. Weeser, M.C. Rufino, and L. Breuer. 2020. Diurnal patterns in solute concentrations measured with in situ UV-Vis sensors: Natural fluctuations or artefacts? Sensors 20:859
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Weeser, B., S. Jacobs, P. Kraft, M.C. Rufino, and L. Breuer. 2019. Rainfall-runoff modeling using crowdsourced water level data. Water Resources Research 55:10856–10871
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Njue, N., J. Stenfert Kroese, J. Gräf, S.R. Jacobs, B. Weeser, L. Breuer, and M.C. Rufino. 2019. Citizen science in hydrological monitoring and ecosystem services management: State of the art and future prospects. Science of the Total Environment 693:133531
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Owuor, S.O., K. Butterbach-Bahl, A.C. Guzha, S. Jacobs, L. Merbold, M. Rufino, D. Pelster, E. Diaz-Pines, and L. Breuer. 2018. Conversion of natural forest results in a significant degradation of soil hydraulic properties in the highlands of Kenya. Soil and Tillage Research 176:36–44
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Rufino, M.C., B. Weeser, J. Stenfert Kroese, N. Njue, J. Gräf, S. Jacobs, Z. Kemboi, A.M. Ran, P.O. Cerutti, and C. Martius. 2018 Citizen scientists monitor water quantity and quality in Kenya. CIFOR info brief
- Weeser, B., J. Stenfert Kroese, S. R. Jacobs, N. Njue, Z. Kemboi, A. Ran, M. C. Rufino, and L. Breuer. 2018. Citizen science pioneers in Kenya – A crowdsourced approach for hydrological monitoring. Science of the Total Environment 631-632:1590–1599.
- Jacobs, S. R., B. Weeser, A. C. Guzha, M. C. Rufino, K. Butterbach-Bahl, D. Windhorst, and L. Breuer. 2018. Using high-resolution data to assess land use impact on nitrate dynamics in East African tropical montane catchments. Water Resources Research 54:1812–1830.
- Jacobs, S. R., E. Timbe, B. Weeser, M. C. Rufino, K. Butterbach-Bahl, and L. Breuer. 2018. Assessment of hydrological pathways in East African montane catchments under different land use. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 22:4981–5000.
- Jacobs, S. R., L. Breuer, K. Butterbach-Bahl, D. E. Pelster, and M. C. Rufino. 2017. Land use affects total dissolved nitrogen and nitrate concentrations in tropical montane streams in Kenya. Science of the Total Environment 603–604:519–532.
- Jacobs, S. R., B. Weeser, N. Njue, A. Guzha, L. Breuer, K. Butterbach-Bahl, C. Martius, and M.C. Rufino. 2016. Impacts of land use on water and nutrient cycling in the South-West Mau, Kenya. CIFOR Executive summary