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PD Dr. Hans Jürgen Hahn

Researcher (Molecular Ecology)
Groundwater ecology
Contact
hjhahn at uni-landau.de
Building CIII, room 41 B
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Research Interests

  • Applied groundwater invertebrate ecology
  • Typology of groundwater habitats
  • Biological indication of groundwater-surface water-interactions
  • Bigeography of groundwater invertebrate
  • Ecology of springs and the hyporheic zone

Current Research Project

  • Assessment of surface water intrusion on a Korean riverbank filtrations site using invertebrate indicators
  • Classification and development of ecological assessment methods for groundwater ecosystems
  • Long-term monitoring of groundwater invertebrate communities in Baden-Württemberg
  • Monitoring and assessment of springs in western Palatinate
  • Ecological investigations on groundwater ecosystems as monitors for groundwater quality

Teaching

  • Zoology
  • Aquatic ecology
  • Hydrogeography
  • Anthropogenously affected habitats

Academic History

  • Habilitation (2006)
  • Research associate since 2000
  • Group leader (Working group "groundwater ecology", since 2000)
  • PhD (1996)
  • NGO BUND (referee für environment and natur protection, 1991-1998)
  • Study of Biology (1983-1990)

Recent Publications

  • Gutjahr, S., J. Bork & H.J. Hahn (2013) Grundwasserfauna als Indikator für komplexe hydrogeologische Verhältnisse am westlichen Kaiserstuhl. Grundwasser 18: 173-184.

  • Gutjahr, S., J. Bork, S.I. Schmidt & H.J. Hahn (2013) Efficiency of sampling invertebrates in groundwater habitats. Limnologica 43: 43-48.

  • Schmidt, S.I., H. Stein & H.J. Hahn (2013) Ökologische Bewertung des Grundwassers: 'Stygoregionen' als biogeographische Referenzen für den Lebensraum Grundwasser. KW Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft 6(7): 374-377.

  • Hahn, H.J. & N. Klein (2013) Tiere in der Trinkwasseranlage, altes Thema - neue Sichtweise. Der Hygieneinspektor, Sonderausgabe 8/13: 19-24.

  • Fuchs, A., H. J. Hahn & J.-L. Cho (2012) Parabathynella badenwuerttembergensis N. sp., The first record of Parabathynellidae noodt, 1965 (Malacostraca; Bathynellacea) from Germany. Journal of Crustacean Biology 32: 655-663.

  • Schmidt, S. I. & H. J. Hahn (2012) What is groundwater and what does this mean to fauna? – An opinion. Limnologica - Ecology and Management of Inland Waters 42: 1-6.

  • Stein, H., C. Griebler, S. E. Berkhoff, D. Matzke, A. Fuchs & H. J. Hahn (2012) Stygoregions – a promising approach to a bioregional classification of groundwater systems. Nature Scientific Reports 2: 673.

  • Hahn, H.J. & P. Kröfges (2012) Grund- und Trinkwasserschutz. Politische Ökologie 130: 39-44.

  • Avramov, U., H.J. Hahn, S.I. Schmidt, S. Berkhoff & C. Griebler (2012) Dienstleistungen der Grundwasserökosyteme. In: Grundwasser-Biologie — Grundlagen und Anwendungen. DWA/DVGW-Themenband T5: 111-120.

  • Hahn H.J. (2012) Metazoen/Vielzellige Tiere. In: Grundwasser-Biologie — Grundlagen und Anwendungen. DWA/DVGW-Themenband T5: 71-82.

  • Guderitz, I. & H.J. Hahn (2012) Probenahme für mikrobiologische, molekularbiologische und faunistische Untersuchungen. In: Grundwasser-Biologie — Grundlagen und Anwendungen. DWA/DVGW-Themenband T5: 179-191.

  • Danielopol, D., C. Griebler, A. Gunatilaka, H.J. Hahn, J. Gibert, G. Mermillod-Blondin, G. Messana, J. Notenboom & B. Sket (2008) Incorporation of groundwater ecology in environmental policy. In: Groundwater Science & Policy. P. Quevauviller (ed.). The Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Publishing, London, pp. 671-689.

  • Schmidt, S. I., J. Hellweg, H.J. Hahn, T. J. Hatton & W. F. Humphreys (2007) Does groundwater influence the sediment fauna beneath a small, sandy stream? Limnologica 37(2): 208-225.

  • Schmidt, S.I., H.J. Hahn, T. J. Hatton & W. F. Humphreys (2007) Do faunal assemblages reflect the exchange intensity in groundwater zones? Hydrobiologia 583: 1-19.

  • Hahn, H.J. (2006) A first approach to a quantitative ecological assessment of groundwater habitats: The GW-Fauna-Index. Limnologica 36: 119-137.

  • Hahn, H.J. (2005) Unbaited traps - A new method of sampling stygofauna. Limnologica 35: 248-261.

  • Matzke, D., H.J. Hahn, A. Ramstöck & K. Rother (2005) Bewertung von Altlasten im Grundwasser mit biologischen Methoden – erste Ergebnisse. Grundwasser 1: 25-34.

  • Hahn, H.J. & D. Matzke (2005) A comparision of stygofauna communities inside and outside groundwater bores. Limnologica, 35: 31-44.

  • Danielopol, D., J. Gibert, C. Griebler, A. Gunatilaka, H.J. Hahn, G. Messana, J. Notenboom & B. Sket (2004) The importance of incorparating ecological perspectives in groundwater management policy. Environmental conservation 31: 185-189.

  • Schmidt, S. I., H.J. Hahn, G. D. Watson, R. J. Woodbury & T. J. Hatton (2004) Sampling fauna in stream sediments as well as groundwater using one net sampler. Acta hydrochimica et hydrobiologica 32: 131-137.

  • Hahn, H.J. (2003) Eignen sich Fallen zur repräsentativen Erfassung aquatischer Meiofauna im hyporheischen Interstitial und im Grundwasser? Limnologica 33: 138-146.

  • Mösslacher, F. & H.J. Hahn (2003) Die Fauna. In: Grundwasserökologie. F. Mösslacher and C. Griebler (eds.). UTB-Facultas Verlag, Wien, pp. 159-208.

  • Hahn, H.J. (2002) Distribution of the aquatic meiofauna of the Marbling Brook catchment (Western Australia) with reference to landuse and hydrogeological features. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement 139/2, Monographic Studies, 237-263.

  • Hahn, H.J. (2000) Studies on classifying of undisturbed springs in Southwestern Germany by macrobenthic communities. Limnologica 30: 247-259.

  • Hahn, H.J. & E. Friedrich (1999) Brauchen wir ein faunistisch begründetes Grundwassermonitoring und was kann es leisten? Grundwasser 4: 147-154.

Editorial Boards

  • Limnologica
  • Journal of Subterranean Biology

Contact Details

Dr. habil. Hans Jürgen Hahn
Institute of Environmental Science
University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau
Fortstrasse 7, Building G
76829 Landau
Germany

Phone: 0049-6341-280-31211

 

Fax: 0049-6341-280-31341

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