Publication

Avetisyan, K., Shao, X., Sweetnam, D., Dittrich, M. (2025). Biogeochemical Drivers of Methane Dynamics in the Water Column of Georgian Bay’s Embayment, Lake Huron. Journal of Limnology, https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2025.2215

Shao, X., Avetisyan, K., Sweetnam, D., Dittrich, M. (2025). Anaerobic methane oxidation can impact phosphorus retention in lake sediments. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36910-6

Purkamo, L., Dittrich, M., Lueders, T. (2025). Celebrating the Biogeosphere at the joint meeting of International Societies for Environmental Biogeochemistry & Subsurface Microbiology. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaf049

Kokilathasan, N., Raoof, B., Dittrich, M. (2025). Polystyrene nanoplastics trigger changes in cell surface properties of freshwater and marine cyanobacteria. Environ. Sci.: Nano, https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/en/d4en01223b

I. Strakhov, H. Elsayed, Z. A. DiLoreto, K. Avetisyan, Z. Ali Al Disi, K. Naja, H.A.S. Al-Kuwari, F. N. Sadooni, J. Alkhayat, M. Dittrich. (2025) Blue carbon cycling in the coastal areas of Qatar. Bio-Geo Interfaces Journal, 2, e3. https://doi.org/10.1180/gbi.2024.8

Elsayed, H., Z. Ali Al Disi, K. Naja, I. Strakhov, S.O.C. Mundle, H. Al Saad Al-Kuwari, F. Sadooni, Z. Diloreto, J. Abdulla A Al-Khayat, M. Dittrich. (2025) Do coastal salt mudflats (sabkhas) contribute to the blue carbon sequestration? Biogeochemistry 168, 15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-024-01204-5

Roethlin, R.L., Meister, A.C.E., Gilli, A., Lennartz, S. T., Amsler, H., Dittrich, M., Wehrli, B., Schönbächler, M., Dubois, N. (2024) Tin contamination in sediments of Lake Zurich: source, spread, history and risk assessment. Swiss J Geosci 117, 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-024-00471-6

Montgomery, A.; Zhao, P.; Dittrich, M.; Higgins, S.; Peterson, K. The bleeding headstone of High Park Cairn. In Book of extended abstracts of the 19th Euroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials (EMABM); Wetzel, A.; Schleiting, M., Eds. (2024) Kassel University Press, Kassel, Germany, 2024; 69-78, https://doi.org/doi:10.17170/kobra-202403269873

Alam, M.S., Zastepa, A., Dittrich, M. (2024) Phosphorus dynamics in an ice-covered lake: Insights from geochemical gradients in water and sediments. Chemical Geology 657, 122093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122093

von Gunten, K., Hamilton, S.M., DiLoreto, Z.A., Alam, M.S., Snihur, K.N., Dittrich, M., Konhauser, K.O., Alessi, D.S. (2024) Linking Topographical Ring Features to Geochemical and Geophysical Anomalies. Geomicrobiology Journal 41, 120-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2023.2286505

Dittrich, M., Paulo, C., Knabe, N., Sturm, H., Zaitsev, V., Gorbushina, A.A., 2023, Microscopic Raman study of fungal pigment using the genetically amenable rock inhabitant Knufia petricola as a model organism, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 303, 123250, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2023.123250

Aceituno-Caicedo, D., Shvarzman, A.,  Zhutovsky,  S., Dittrich, M., 2023, Impact of admixtures of ureolytic, and phototrophic bacteria for the compressive and tensile strengths, permeability, and pore structure of ternary mortars, Biotechnology Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/biot.202300157

Al Disi, Z.A., Naja, K., Rajendran, S., Elsayed, H., Strakhov, I., Al-Kuwari, H.A.S., Sadooni, F., Dittrich, M. and Al-Khayat, J.A.A. (2023) Variability of blue carbon storage in arid evaporitic environment of two coastal Sabkhas or mudflats. Scientific Reports 13, 12723. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39762-7

Alibrahim, A., Sodhi, R.N.S., Duane, M.J., Dittrich M., 2023, Imaging of ancient microbial biomarkers within Miocene dolomite (Kuwait) using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), Minerals, Minerals 2023, 13(7), 968; https://doi.org/10.3390/min13070968

Diloreto, Z.A., Ahmad M. S.,, T. Bontognali, M. Dittrich, 2023, Raman spectroscopic and microbial study of biofilms hosted gypsum deposits in the hypersaline wetlands: astrobiological perspective, Astrobiology, 23, 9, 991-1005. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2023.0003

Kokilathasan, N., Dittrich M., 2022, Nanoplastics:  Detection and Impacts in Aquatic Environments – A Review, Science of The Total Environment, 849,157852, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157852

Al Disi, Z.A., Zouari, N., Attia, E., Al-Asali, M., Al-Kuwari, HAS, Sadooni, F., Dittrich, M., Bontognali TRR., 2022. Systematic laboratory approach to produce Mg-rich carbonates at low temperature, Royal Society of Chemistry advances 11 (59), 37029-37039. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA06206A

Alibrahim, A., Dittrich, M., 2022, Examining the ability of aerobic halophilic heterotrophic microbial consortia to replace Ca by Mg in different CaCO3 precursors, Frontiers Microbiology, 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.791286

Zhu, T., Arhonditsis, G,B., Merroun, M. Dittrich, M., 2022, Attachment on mortar surfaces by cyanobacterium Gloeocapsa PCC73106 and sequestration of CO2 by microbially induced calcium carbonate, MicrobiologyOpen, https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1243

Tavafoghi-Jahromi, S. Garg, A. Korenevski, M. Dittrich, 2021, Impact of nanoparticles extracted from non-genetically modified corn on cyanobacterial cell surfaces and biofilm formation, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 207, 111975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.111975

Arbi, R., Hui, L.S., Maria Dittrich, M., Turak. A., 2021. Utility of Far-Field effects from Tip-assisted Raman spectroscopy for the detection of a monolayer of diblock copolymer reverse micelles for nanolithography, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23, 11065. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP01399H

Alibrahim, A., Duane, M.J., Dittrich, M. 2021, Dolomite genesis in bioturbated marine zones of an early-middle Miocene coastal mud volcano outcrop (Kuwait), 2021. Scientific Reports 11(1) 

Diloreto, Z., Garg, S., Bontognali, R.R. and Dittrich, M. 2021. Modern dolomite formation caused by seasonal cycling of oxygenic and anoxygenic phototrophs, Scientific Reports, 11(1), DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-83676-1

Alam, Md.S., Barthhod, B., Li, J., Zastepa, A. and Dittrich, M. 2020, Geochemical Controls on Phosphorus Internal Loading in Lake of the Woods, Chemical Geology, 558, 1-14, 119873 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119873

Jenny, J.-P., Anneville, O., Baulaz, Y., Bouffard, D., Isabelle Domaizon, Serghei Bocaniov, Nathalie Chèvre, Maria Dittrich, Jean-Marcel Dorioz1 Erin Dunlop, Gaël Dur, Jean Guillard, Thibault Guinaldo, Aurélien Jamoneau, Stéphan Jacquet, Zobia Jawed, Erik Jeppesen, Gail Krantzberg, John Lenters12, Barbara Leoni, Michel Meybeck, Veronica Nava, Tina Nõges, Peeter Nõges, Martina Patelli, Victoria Pebbles, Marie-Elodie Perga, Carl R. Ruetz III, Lars Rudstam, Nico Salmaso, Sharma Sapna20, Dietmar Straile, Olga Tammeorg, Michael Twiss, Donald G. Uzarski, Anne-Mari Ventela, Warwick F. Vincent, Steven W. Wilhelm, Sten-Åke Wängberg, Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer. 2019,  Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: Rapid Degradation of the World’s Large Lakes, to Journal of Great Lakes

Markovic, S., Burckaz-Richards, A., Dittrich, M., 2020. Speciation and bioavailability of particulate phosphorus in forested karst watersheds of Southern Ontario during extreme rain events, Journal of Great Lakes, 46, 824-838

Paulo, C., McKenzie, J.A., Raof, B., Bollman J., Furthorpe R., Strohmenger C.J.,  Dittrich, M., 2020 Organomineralization of proto-dolomite in sabkhas by Geitlerinema sp cyanobacterial extracellular polymeric substances: temperature control of crystal size and its implication for geological record, 2019, American Journal of Science, 320, 72–95

Li, J., Plouchart,  D., Zastepa,  A., Dittrich, M., 2019. Polyphosphate dynamics in picoplankton enhance turnover of phosphorus in a eutrophic bay of Lake Ontario, Scientific Reports, 9, 19563 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56042-5

Alibrahim, A., Al-Gharabally, D., Mahmoud, H., Dittrich, M., 2019, Proto-dolomite formation in microbial consortia dominated by Halomonas strains, Kuwait, 2019, Extremophiles, 23, 765–781

Ali Al Disi, Z., Zouari, N., Dittrich, M., Jaoua, S., Al Saad Al-Kuwari, H.,  Bontognali, T.R.R. 2019, Characterization of the Exopolymeric Substances (EPS) of Virgibacillus strains capable of mediating the formation of high Mg-calcite and protodolomite, 2019, Marine Biology, 216 (20), 103693

Rahman, M. A., J. Halfar, W. H. Adey, M. Nash, C. Paulo, M. Dittrich, 2019, The role of chitin-rich skeletal organic matrix on the crystallization of calcium carbonate in the crustose coralline alga Leptophytum foecundum, 2019, Nature Scientific Reports, 9(1): 1-8

Markovic, S., Liang, A., S. Watson, D. Depew, A. Zastepa, P. Surana, J.  Vanden Byllaardt, Dittrich M., 2019, Reduction of industrial iron pollution promotes phosphorus internal loading in eutrophic Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario, Canada, 2019, Environmental Pollution, 252: 697-705.

Markovic, S., Liang, A., S. Watson, Gao, J., S. Mugalingam, G. Ahronditsis, A. Morley, Dittrich, M., 2019, Biogeochemical mechanisms controlling phosphorus diagenesis and internal loading in a remediated hard water eutrophic embayment, Chemical Geology, 514, 122-137

DiLoretto, Z., McKenzie, J.A., Al Saad Al-Kuwari, Williford, K.H., Strohmenger, C.J., Palermo, C., Sadooni, F., Rivers, J.M., Dittrich, M. 2019. Microbial Community Composition and Dolomite Formation in the Hypersaline Microbial Mats of the Khor Al-Adaid Sabkhas, 2019, Qatar, Extremophiles 23, 201–218

Li, J and Dittrich, M. 2019. Dynamic polyphosphate metabolism in cyanobacteria responding to phosphorus availability. Environmental Microbiology, 21(2), 572–583

Paulo, C., Kenney, J.A., Persson, P., Dittrich, M. 2018. Effects of phosphorus in growth media on biomineralization and cell surface properties of marine cyanobacteria Synechococcus. Geosciences 2018, 8(12), 471

Zhu, T., Lin, Y., Lu, X., Dittrich, M., 2018. Screening of cyanobacteria strains for their carbonate precipitation on mortar under different environmental conditions, 2018. Ecological Enginering, 120, 154-163

Doan, P.T.K., Markovic, S., Cadena, S., Watson, S.B., Guo, J., Mugalingam, S., Morley, A., Zhang, W., Arhonditsis, G.B., Dittrich, M. 2018. Phosphorus Transformation and Retention in Lake Sediments with Reaction-Transport Diagenetic Modelling: A Case Study in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, Science of the Total Environment 636, 39-51

Zhu, T., Lu X., Dittrich, M. 2017. Calcification on mortar by live and UV-killed cyanobacteria Gloeocapsa PCC73106, Construction and Building Materials 146, 43–53

Matisoff, G., Kaltenberg, E., Steely, R., Hummel, S., Seo, J., Gibbons, K., Bridgeman, T., Seo, Y.,  Behbahani, M., James, W., Johnson, L., Doan, P., Dittrich, M., Evans, M., Chffin, J. 2016. Internal Loading of Phosphorus in Western Lake Erie, Journal of Great Lakes Research 42 ,775–788

Palermo, C., Dittrich, M. 2016. Evidence for Biogenic Origin of the Mn-Enriched Layer in Lake Superior Sediments, Environmental Microbiology Reports, 8(2), 179-186

Zhu, T., Dittrich, M. 2016. Carbonate Precipitation through Microbial Activities in Natural environment, and Their Potential in Biotechnology: A Review, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2016.00004

Gudimov, A. McCulloch, J., Chen, J., Doan, P., Arhonditsis, G., Dittrich, M. 2016. Modeling the interplay between deep water oxygen dynamics and sediment diagenesis in a hard-water mesotrophic lake, Ecological Informatics 31 (2016) 59–69

Zhu, T., C. Paulo, M.L. Merroun, Dittrich, M. 2015. Potential application of biomineralization by Synechococcus PCC8806 for concrete restoration, Ecological Engineering 82, 459–468

Dittrich, M., Moreau, L., Gordon, J., Quazi, S., Palermo, C., Fulthorpe, R., Katsev, S., Bollmann, J., Chesnyuk, A., 2015.  Erratum to Geomicrobiology of Iron Layers in the Sediment of Lake Superior, Aquatic Geochemistry, 3, 18 p. Article in Press, DOI: 10.1007/s10498-015-9258-y

Dittrich, M., Moreau, L., Gordon, J., Quazi, S., Palermo, C., Fulthorpe, R., Katsev, S., Bollmann, J., Chesnyuk, A., 2015.  Geomicrobiology of Iron Layers in the Sediment of Lake Superior, Aquatic Geochemistry, 3, 18 p. Article in Press, DOI: 10.1007/s10498-015-9258-y

Gudimov, A., Kim, D.-K., Young, J.D., Palmer, M.E., Dittrich, M., Winter, J.G., Stainsby, E., Arhonditsis, G.B., 2015. Examination of the role of dreissenids and macrophytes in the phosphorus dynamics of Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Ecological Informatics, 26 (P3), 36-53.

Arhonditsis, G.B., Dong-Kyun Kim, D.-K., Yuko Shimoda, Y., Weitao Zhang, W., Sue Watson, S., Mugalingam, S., Dittrich, M., Kristin Geater, K., McClure, K., Keene, B., Morley, A.,  Richards, A.,  Tanya Long,  T., Rao, Y.R., Kalinauskas, R. 2015. Integration of best management practices in the Bay of Quinte watershied with the phosphorus dynamics in the receiving water body:what do the models predict? Ecology of the Bay of Quinte: Health, Management and Global implications., Editors: M. Munawar, K. Minns, and M. Koops.

Vasconcelos, C., Dittrich, M. and McKenzie, J.A. 2014. Evidence of microbiocoenosis in the formation of laminae in modern stromatolites, Facies, 60, 3–13

Paulo, C. and Dittrich, M. 2013. 2D-Raman spectroscopy study of dolomite and cyanobacterial extracellular polymeric substances from Khor Al-Adaid sabkha (Qatar), Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 44, 1563–1569

Liang, A., Paulo, C., Zhu, Y. and Dittrich, M. 2013. Calcium carbonate biomine¬ralization by cyanobacteria: marine and freshwater strains, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 111, 600-608

McGulloch, J., Chesnyuk, A., Gudimov, A., Arhonditsis, G. and Dittrich, M. 2013. Dynamic reactive-transport model of phosphorus diagenesis in Lake Simcoe sediments: uncertainty and identifiably study, Chemical Geology, 354, 216-232

Katsev, S. and Dittrich, M., 2013. Modeling of decadal scale phosphorus retention in lake sediment under varying redox conditions, Ecological Modeling, 251, 246-259

Dittrich M., A. Chesnyuk, A. Gudimov, J. McCulloch, S. Quaizi, J. Young, J. Winter, E. Stainsby, and G. Arhonditsis, 2013. Phosphorus retention in a mesotrophic lake under transient loading conditions: insights from a sediment phosphorus binding form study, Water Research, 47, 1433-1447

Kim, D.-K., Zhang., W., Rao, Y., Watson, S., Dittrich, M., Mugalingam, S., Arhonditsis, G.B., 2013. Mechanistic improvements of the Bay of Quinte Model: evaluation of the role of exogenous loading relative to internal nutrient recycling. Ecological Modelling, 256, 53-68

Zhang, W., D.-K. Kim, D-K., Rao, Y.R., S. Watson, S.,  Mugalingam, S.,  T. Labencki, T., M. Dittrich, M., Morley, A., Arhonditsis, G.B. 2013. Can simple Phosphorus mass balance Models Guide Management Decisions? A case study in the Bay of Quinte, Ontario, Canada. Ecological Modelling, 257, 66-79

Gudimov, A., O’Connor, E., Dittrich, M., Jarjanazi, H., Palmer, M., Stainsby, E., Winter, J., Young, J. and Arhonditsis, G.B. 2012. A Bayesian network for studying the causal links between phosphorus loading and plankton patterns in lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Environmental Science and Technology, 47, 7283-7292

Matsko, N.B., Znidaršic N., Letofsky-Papst, I., Dittrich, M., Grogger, W., Štrus J., Hofer, F. 2011. Silicon: The key element in early stages of biocalcification, Journal of Structural Biology 174, 180–186

Dittrich, M., Gabriel, O., Rutzen, C. and R. Koschel, 2011, Lake Restoration by Hypolimnetic Ca(OH)2 Treatment: Impact on Phosphorus Sedimentation and Release from Sediment, Science of the Total Environment, 409, 8, 1504-1515

Branchu P., Bergonzini L., Pons-Branchu E., Violier, E., Dittrich, M. and Ghaleb, B. 2010. Intensification of Lake Malawi stratification since the end of the Little Ice Age: Evidences from pore-water chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, 72, 321–330

Dittrich, M., Vasconcelos, C. and P. Dorozhkin, 2010. Microbe-mineral interfaces in biofilms as seen by Atomic Force Microscopy combined with Raman and X-ray Spectroscopy, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 11, Supplement 1, A236-A236

Dittrich, M.,  P. Reichert, and B. Wehrli, 2009. Lake Sediments during the Transient Eutrophication Period:  Reactive-Transport Model and Identifiability Study Ecological Modelling, Ecological Modelling, 220, 2751-2769

Obst, M., Wehrli, B. and Dittrich, M., 2009. CaCO3 nucleation by cyanobacteria: laboratory evidence for a passive surface-mediated mechanism, Geobiology, 7, 324-347.

Dittrich, M, Vasconcelos, C; Mc Kenzie, JA 2009. Nanoscale characterization of organic matter in modern stromatolites, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 13, A294-A294.

Sánchez-Román, M., Vasconcelos, C., Dittrich, M. McKenzie, J.A. and Rivadeneyra, M.A., 2008. Aerobic microbial dolomite at the nanometer scale: significance for the geologic record, Geology, 36, 879-882.

Dittrich, M., Fischer, C., Arvidson R.S. and Luttge A. 2008. Formation of membrane vesicles on cyanobacteria surfaces, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, A219.

Efimov, A.E., Tonevitsky, A.G., Dittrich, M. and Matsko, N.B. 2007. Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) combined with ultramicrotome: novel device for the serial section tomography and AFM/TEM complementary structural analysis of biological and polymer samples, Journal of Microscopy. 226, 207-217.

Dittrich, M. and Sibler, S. 2006. Influence of pH and calcium ions on surface functional groups of cyanobacterial cells Synechococcus PCC 7942, Langmuir, 22, 5435-5442.

Obst, M., Dittrich, M. and Kuehn, H. 2006. Calcium adsorption and changes of the surface microtopography of cyanobacteria studied by AFM, CFM, and TEM with respect to biogenic calcite nucleation, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, G3, 7, 1-15

Obst, M. and Dittrich, M. 2005. Living under an Atomic Force Microscope: an optimized approach for in vivo investigations on surface alterations towards biomineral nucleation on cyanobacterial cells, Geobiology, 3, 179-193.

Obst, M., Gasser, P., Mavrocordatos D. and Dittrich M. 2005. TEM-Specimen preparation of cell/mineral interfaces by Focussed Ion Beam milling, Amer. Mineral. 90, 1270-1277.

Dittrich, M. and Sibler, S. 2005. Cell surface groups of two picocyanobacteria strains studied by zeta potential investigations, potentiometric titration, and infrared spectroscopy, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 286: 487-495.

Dittrich, M. and Obst, M. 2004. Are Picoplankton Responsible for Calcite Precipitation in Lakes? AMBIO, 33, 559-564.

Meckler, A.N., Schubert, C.J., Cowie, G.L., Peiffer, S. and Dittrich, M. 2004. New organic matter degradation proxies: Valid in lake systems? Limnol. Oceanogr. 49: 2023-2033.

Dittrich, M., Kurz, P. and Wehrli, B. 2004. The role of autotrophic picocyanobacteria in calcite precipitation in an oligotrophic lake. Geomicrobiology Journal, 21, 45-53.

Müller, B., Wang, Y., Dittrich, M. and Wehrli, B. 2003. Influence of organic carbon decomposition on calcite dissolution in surficial sediments of a freshwater lake. Wat. Res. 37, 4524-4532.

Dittrich, M., Müller, B., D. Mavrocodatos and B. Wehrli. 2003. Induced Calcite Precipitation by Cyanobacterium Synechococcus. Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica, 31, 162-169.

Obst, M., Dittrich M., Mavrocordatos, D. and Wehrli, B. 2002. Calcite formation by picoplankton, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66/15A A566

Dittrich, M., Reichert, P. and Wehrli, B. 2002. Diagenetic Modelling of Anaerobic Lake Sediments, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66/15A A186

Reichert, P. Dittrich, M., and Wehrli, B. 2002. Identifiabily analysis of a aiagenetic model, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66/15A A630

Dittrich, M. and Koschel, R. 2002. Interactions between calcite precipitation (natural and artificial) and phosphorus cycle in the hardwater lake. Hydrobiologia.469, 49-57.

Koschel, R., Dittrich, M., Casper, P., Gonsiorczyk, T., Heiser, A. and Rossberg, R. 2001. Induced hypolimnetic calcite precipitation for restoration of stratified eutrophic lakes. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27, 3644-3649.

Dittrich, M., Casper, P. and Koschel, R. 2000. Changes in the porewater chemistry of profundal sediments in response to artificial hypolimnetic calcite precipitation. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 55, 421-432.

Ramisch, F., Dittrich, M., Mattenberger, C., Wehrli, B. and Wuest, A. 1999. Calcite dissolution in two deep eutrophic lakes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 63, 3349-3356.

Gelbrecht, J., Fait, M., Dittrich, M. and Steinberg, C.. 1998. Use of GC and equilibrium calculations of CO2 saturation index to indicate whether freshwater bodies in north eastern Germany are net sources or sinks for atmospheric CO2, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 361, 47-53.

Dittrich, M., Dittrich, T., Sieber, I. and Koschel, R. 1997. A balance analysis of elimination of phosphorus by artificial calcite precipitation in a stratified hard water lake, Water Res. 31, 237-248.

Arhonditsis, G.B., Newmann, M. Dittrich, J.D.Young, E. Stainsby. 2017. Drawing parallels between lake and coastal marine ecosystem management: Spatial analysis of the lake simcoe watershed (Ontario, Canada) as a socio-ecological system, book chapter, Pages 257-292. In Kitsiou D. and M. Karydis (Eds). Marine Spatial Planning: Methodologies, Environmental Issues and Current Trends.

Ojeda, J., and Dittrich, M. 2012. Application of an Infrared Spectroscopy for Cell-Minerals Interfaces, Chapter 8, Ali Navid (ed.), Microbial Systems Biology: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 881, Springer, 187-211

Dittrich, M. and Sibler, S., 2010. Calcium Carbonate Precipitation by Cyanobacterial Polysaccharides, PEDLEY, H.M. & ROGERSON,M. (eds) Tufas and Speleothems: Unravelling the Microbial and Physical Controls. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 336, 51–63.

Dittrich, M., Lüttge, A., 2008. Microorganisms, solid surfaces, and aquatic environments: Learning from the past for future progress. In: Konhauser K, Newman D (eds) A tribute to Terry Beveridge. Geobiology, 6, 201-213.

Dittrich, M., Heiser, A. and Koschel, R. 1995. Kombination von künstlicher Kalzitfällung und Tiefenwasserbelüftung zur Restaurierung eutrophierter Hartwasserseen – Enclosureversuche. In: Jaeger, D. & Koschel, R. (Hg.): Verfahren zur Sanierung und Restaurierung stehender Gewässer, Limnologie aktuell 8, Gustav Fischer Verlag Stuttgart, 239 – 253.

Books edited

Editor of a special issue in Frontiers in Environmental Sciences: Micro-biotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation

Editor of a special issue in Frontiers in Microbiology, section Microbiological Chemistry and Geomicrobiology, the Research Topic: Interactions Between Microbes, Minerals, and Molecules Across Scales and Time.

Non-Refereed Publications (list as in 7 above).

Manuscripts/publications, etc. in preparation and submitted to publishers but not yet accepted (underlined: my students or postdocs)

Submitted in 2024

Shao, X., K. Avetisyan, D. Sweetnam, M. Dittrich Does methane oxidation impact phosphorus retention in lake sediments? Case of a coastal embayment in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron

Diloreto, Z.A., T.R.R. Bontognali, H. Liu, X. Lu, M. Dittrich. Biomineralization of Low-Temperature Dolomite impacted by exopolymers and clays         

Kokilathasan, N., B. Raoof, Dittrich M., Impacts of Nanoparticles on the Cell Surface Properties of Picocyanobacteria Synechococcus  and Microalgae Spirulina, to the  Science of the Total Environment, to be submitted in August 2024

Avetysian, K., Shao, X., Sweetnam, D., M. Dittrich, M., Methane dynamics in surface oxic waters of Georgian Bay’s embayment, Lake Huron, Journal of Great Lakes

In the preparation

Shao, X., Dittrich, M., The impact of phosphorus concentration in vivianite precipitation during microbial reduction of ferrihydrite, Chemical Geology

Diloreto, Z.A., Dittrich, M. Characterization of calcined eggshells and woodchips for phosphate removal from agriculturally impacted waters, Water Research, to be submitted

Aceituno-Caicedo, D., Dittrich, M., Effect of salinity on phototrophic bacteria surface chemical compositions and implications on biomineralization, Chemical Geology

Dittrich, M., Plouchart, D., Xiang, E., Depew, D. Phosphorus cycling at the sediment-water interface and internal loading in Lake Winnipeg, Journal of Great Lakes

Plouchart, D., Zastepa, A., Dittrich, M. Apatite biomineralization triggered by intracellular polyphosphates in picocyanobacteria: a mechanisms of phosphorites formation? Geology

Dittrich, M. The impact of Ca, Fe and Si on P diagenesis in lake sediments: insights from sequential extraction studies, Chemical Geology

Dittrich M., Martin A., Plouchart, D., Ecophysiological Dynamic for PolyP Accumulation within Lake Ontario by Picocyanobacteria, Aquatic Sciences

since 2008 till present (between  2000 and 2007: 27 presentations have been given by M. Dittrich)

My students are underlined or *, as a principal investigator I am the last author in the papers from my group

Montgomery, A.; Zhao, P.; Dittrich, M.; Higgins, S.; Peterson, K. The bleeding headstone of High Park Cairn. In Book of extended abstracts of the 19th Euroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials (EMABM); Wetzel, A.; Schleiting, M., Eds.; Kassel University Press, Kassel, Germany, 2024; 69-78, https://doi.org/doi:10.17170/kobra-202403269873

Shao X., M. Dittrich, 2023, The impact of phosphorus level on vivianite precipitation during microbial reduction of Ferrihydrite; The 2nd Joint Symposium of the International Societies for Environmental Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Microbiology; 22-28 October 2023, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Strakhov, I., Z.A. Diloreto, J.A. Alkhayat, M. Dittrich, 2023, Organomineralization of dolomite in hypersaline microbial mats visualized by TEM & STXM, The 2nd Joint Symposium of the International Societies for Environmental Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Microbiology; 22-28 October 2023, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Dittrich, M., Z. Diloreto, 2023, Raman Microscopy and Microbial Community Analysis of Microbial Mat Hosted Gypsum from hypersaline environment, The 2nd Joint Symposium of the International Societies for Environmental Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Microbiology; 22-28 October 2023, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Dittrich, M., Voegelin, A. 2023, Raman and X-ray fluorescence microspectrocopy analysis of deep-sea ferromanganese nodules, Swiss Geomeeting, Switzerland

Kokilathasan, N., Raoof, B., M. Dittrich, 2023, Impacts of Polystyrene Nanoplastics on the Cell Surface Properties of Picocyanobacteria Synechococcus and Microalgae Spirulina, Goldschmidt 2023 Conference on July 9-14, 2023, Lyon, France.

Strakhov, I., Zach A. DiLoreto, Hadil Elsayed, Zulfa Ali Al Disi, Khaled Naja, Hamad Al Saad Al-Kuwari, Fadhil Sadooni, Jassim Abdulla Al-Khayat, M. Dittrich, 2023, Organic matter degradation influence on dolomitization in the sabkhas of Qatar, Goldschmidt 2023 Conference on July 9-14, 2023, Lyon, France.

Dittrich, M., Z. Diloreto, 2023, Hydroxyapatite formation in the presence of calcinated eggshells, Goldschmidt 2023 Conference on July 9-14, 2023, Lyon, France.

Dittrich, M., Voegelin, A. 2023, Raman and X-ray fluorescence microspectrocopy analysis of deep-sea ferromanganese nodules, Swiss Geomeeting, Switzerland

Dittrich, M., Diloreto, Z.A., Shaharyar Ahmad,  M., Tomaso Bontognali, T.R.R. Hamad Al Saad Al-Kuwari, H., Sadooni F., 2022, Microbial Mat Hosted Gypsum from a Sabkha in Qatar: Raman microscopy and microbial community analysis, Latsis Symposium 2022: The Origin and Prevalence of Life, August- 2. September 2022, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Dittrich, M., Diloreto, Z.A., Shaharyar Ahmad, M., Bontognali, T.R.R. Hamad Al Saad Al-Kuwari, H., Sadooni F., 2022, Raman Spectroscopic and Microbial Analysis of Microbial Mat Hosted Gypsum from the Dohat Faishakh Sabkha in Qatar, Astrobiology Science Conference, May 18th, 2022

Dittrich, M., Diloreto, Z.A., M. Shaharyar Ahmad, M., Bontognali, T. R.R., 2022. Microbial Relics within Gypsum Crystals and their Astrobiological Implications. Goldschmidt, July 10-15th, 2022, oral presentation

Dittrich, M., Diloreto, Z.A., M. Shaharyar Ahmad, M., Bontognali, T. R.R., 2022. Hybrid Genomic and Spectroscopy Analyses of Gypsum from the Dohat Faishakh Sabkha in Qatar: Biomarkers and their Astrobiological Implciations, JASM, May 14th-20th 2022, oral presentation

Diloreto, Z.A., Dittrich, M., 2022. Trapping phosphorous from agricultural catchments by using bioreactors with calcinated eggshells and woodchips, Goldschmidt, July 10-15th, 2022. oral presentation

Diloreto, Z.A., M. Dittrich, 2022. Development of Phosphorous Removing Bioreactors with Woodchip and Eggshell Substrates for Agricultural Land, SIL, August 7-10, 2022

Diloreto, Z.A., M. Shaharyar Ahmad, M., Bontognali, T. R.R. , Dittrich, M., 2022. Spectroscopic and Microbial Analysis of Microbial Mat Hosted Gypsum from the Dohat Faishakh Sabkha in Qatar and its Astrobiological Implications. European Geophysical Union, May 23-27th, 2022, oral presentation

Diloreto, Z.A., Mugalingam, S. Dittrich, A., 2022. Passive Reactors for Phosphate Removal Using Waste Eggshell and Woodchip Bioreactors, JASM, May 14th-20th 2022, oral presentation

Strakhov, I., Z. DiLoreto, H. Elsayed, Z. Ali Al Disi, K. Naja, H. Al Saad Al-Kuwari, F. Sadooni, J. Abdulla Al-Khayat, S. Mundle, M. Dittrich, 2022. Sabkhas of Qatar: Extreme Environments Supporting Biological Activity and Mineral Formation, Goldschmidt, July 10-16,2022, oral and poster presentation

Shao, X , Dittrich, M. 2022. Phosphorus diagenesis linked to methane and iron in lake sediments of a coastal embayment of eastern Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, International Society of Limnology, August 2022 Conference, Berlin, Germany, poster presentation

Avetisyan, K., Shao, X., Sweetnam, D., Dittrich, M., 2022. Dynamics of methane formation in oxic waters of Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. Goldschmidt Conference, July 2022 Hawai, oral presentation

Avetisyan, K., Shao, X., Sweetnam, D., Dittrich, M., 2022. Evidence of methane transformations near oxic/anoxic interface of Georgian Bay’s embayment, Lake Huron. International Society of Limnology, August 2022 Conference, Berlin, Germany, oral presentation

Kokilathasan, N., Raoof, B., Dittrich M., 2022. Impacts of Nanoparticles on the Cell Surface Properties of Picocyanobacteria Synechococcus  and Microalgae Spirulina, IAGLR, 64th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 2023, poster presentation

Kokilathasan, N., Dittrich, M., 2021. Exposure of Plastic Nanoparticles to Freshwater Picocyanobacteria Synechococcus and Microalgae Spirulina. International Society of Limnology, August 2022. Online Oral Presentation.

Kokilathasan, N., Dittrich, M., 2021. Nanoplastics: Impacts and Detection in Aquatic Environments – A Review. International Accociation of Great Lakes Research, IAGLR, 64th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 2021

Diloreto Z., Bontognali, T., Liu, H., Lu, X., Dittrich, M., 2021. A Comparative Study of Low-Temperature Dolomite Formation Driven by Exopolymers from Hypersaline Microbial Mats and Clays, European Geophysical Union, EGU, April 19-30 April 2021.

Alam, Md. S., Xiang, E., Depew, D., Zastepa, D., Dittrich, M., 2021. Phosphorus recycling and retention in Lake of the Woods: Reactive-transport diagenetic modeling across spatial and temporal Scales. EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-14068.

Dittrich M., Md. S. Alam, E, Xiang, D. Plouchart, D. Depew, T. Pascoe, A. Zastepa, 2021. Using isotopic and sequential analysis of near- and offshore sediments to evaluate changes in productivity and climate of Lake Ontario. The the State of Lake Ontario Conference, SOLO, March 9-11, 2021, Toronto, Canada

Alam, Md. S., Plouchart, D., Depew, D., Zastepa, D., Dittrich, M., 2021. Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Polyphosphate in Lake Ontario. The State of Lake Ontario Conference, SOLO March 9-11, Toronto, Canada.

Xiang, E., Mugalingam, S., Dittrich, M., 2021.Characterization of labile phos-phorus fractions and phosphate sorption in two agricultural soils and manures in the catchment of Lake Ontario (Bay of Quinte), The State of Lake Ontario Conference, SOLO March 9-11, Toronto, Canada.

Dittrich, M., Markovic, S., Burckaz-Richards, A., Mugalingam, S., 2021. Speciation and bioavailability of particulate phosphorus in forested karst watersheds of southern Ontario during rain events, The State of Lake Ontario Conference, SOLO March 9-11, Toronto, Canada.

Tatzel, M., Paytan, A., *Diloreto, Z., Dittrich, M., Sánchez-Román, M., Bontognali, T.R.R., 2020. Magnesium and strontium stable isotopes in hypersaline microbial mat. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 10-18, United States of America

Tatzel, M, Paytan, A, *Diloreto, Z, Dittrich M, Bontognali, TRR., Sánchez-Román. M. 2020. Magnesium and strontium stable isotopes fractionation during microbial dolomite formation. June 18-23, Honolulu, Hawai USA, Goldschmidt Conference.

Dittrich, M., Diloreto, Z., Bontognali,T.R.R, Liu, H., Lu, X. 2020. Variances in proto-dolomite formation by exopolymers from oxygenic, and anoxygenic microbial mats and clays. June 18-23, Honolulu, Hawai USA, Goldschmidt Conference.

Diloreto, Z. A., Dittrich, M., Bontognali, T.R. R. 2020. Significance of Oxygenic and Anoxygenic Photosynthesizers for Dolomite Formation in Modern hypersaline Environments. June 18-23, Honolulu, Hawai USA, Goldschmidt Conference.

Plouchart*, D., Markovic*, S, Arhonditsis, G.B., Zastepa A, Dittrich M., 2020. Abiotic and biotic phosphorus recycling at the sediment water interface in Lake Erie. IAGLR virtual conference, Winnipeg, Canada. June 2020.

Alam*, M.S., Zastepa, A., Dittrich, M. 2020. Phosphorus recycling and retention in Lake of the Woods. IAGLR virtual conference, Winnipeg, Canada. June IAGLR virtual conference, Winnipeg, Canada. June 2020

Dittrich, M., J. Li, D. Plouchart, Zastepa, A. 2020. Recycling of Polyphosphate accumulated in picoplankton in coastal Lake Ontario, May 3-8th, European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria

Diloreto, Z., Dittrich, M., Bontognali, TRR., Al Saad Al Kuwari, H., McKenzie, J.A. 2020. Linking decay of microbial mats and dolomite formation in the sabkhas of Qatar, May 3-8th, European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria

Bontognali, T.RR., Blattmann, F., Al Disi, Z., Al Saad Al Kuwari, H., Z. Diloreto, M. Dittrich, J-L. Josset, N. Kuhn; J. McKenzie; F. Sadooni; Williford. K. 2020. The sabkhas of Qatar: modern analogs for studying early life on Earth and on Mars, May 3-8th, European Geophysical Union, EGU, Vienna, Austria

Hui, L. S., Arbi R. I., Turak A., Dittrich, M. 2020. Modified Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to detect a monolayer of Reverse Micelles, Conference Photonics North.

Plouchart*, D, Markovic*, S, Arhonditsis G, Zastepa A, Dittrich, M. 2020. Phosphorus bio-transformations at the sediment water interface in Lake Erie. Conference IFHAB April 2020, Toronto, Canada.

Al Disi, Z.A., Zouari, N., Jaoua, S., Dittrich, M., Al-Kuwari, H., Bontognali, T. 2020. Characterization of the Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) of Virgibacillus strains capable of mediating the formation of high Mg-calcite and protodolomite, Annual Research Forum and Exibition , Qatar Foundation, March 2020

Manuel A., Dittrich M. 2019. Polyphosphate Dynamics in Picocyanobacteria from Lake Ontario. The Conference on Great Lakes Research, Brockport, United States

*Alam MS, Zastepa A, Dittrich M. 2019. Geochemical Gradients at the Sediment-Water Interface of an Ice-Covered Lake and its Impact on P Dynamics. Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain

*Diloreto Z, Bontognali T, Al-Kuwari H, Dittrich M. 2019. Are Decaying Microbial Mats in the Modern Sabhkas of Qatar Niches of Dolomite Formation? Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain

Dittrich, M. Li, J., D. Plouchart, S., Markovic, A., Zastepa. 2019. Polyphosphate in picoplankton in the eutrophic embayment of Lake Ontario (Hamilton Harbour): a P source for HABs? 3rd Interdiscipilinary Freshwater Harmful Algal Bloom Workshop, Toronto Onatrio, Canada, April 24-25, 2019

Dittrich, M., A. Manuel, Md S. Alam, J. Bollman, D. Depew, D. Plouchart, 2019, Can intracellular polyphosphate from Synechococcus cells trigger apatite formation in freshwater ecosystems ? Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain, August 18-23. 2019

Dittrich, M., S. Markovic, J. Guo, A. Richards 2019. Transport of bioavailable phosphorus in suspended sediment during storm event from agricultural catchments. International Phosphorus Workshop. Zurich, Switzerland, 8-12 July 2019

Aldisi, Z., Zouari, N., Jaou, S., Dittrich, M., Al Saad, Al-Kuwari H., Bontognali, T.R.R. 2019. Insights into Exopolymeric Substances (EPS) associated with microbially-mediated high Mg-calcite and protodolomite, Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain, August 18-23. 2019

Blattmann, F., Eglinton, T.I., Haghipour, N.,Bernasconni, S., Dittrich, M., Al-Saad, H., Bontognali, T.R.R. 2019, Microbial Polygons in Evaporitic Environments, 34th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, September 10-13 Rom, Italy

Aldisi, Z; Zouari, N., Jaoua, S., Al-Kuwari, H., Dittrich, M., Bontognali, T., 2019, Insight into the composition of exopolymeric substances (EPS) produced by high Mg-calcite and protodolomite-forming microbes, 34th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, September 10-13 Rom, Italy

Aldisi, Z., Zouari, N., Jaoua, S., Al-Kuwari, H., Dittrich, M., Bontognali, T. R.R. 2019, Insight into Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) associated with microbially-mediated high Mg-calcite and protodolomite, Qatar Foundation Annual Conference, Doha, Qatar.

Dittrich, M., Li J., Zastepa, A., Markovic, S., Watson, S. 2018, Polyphosphate in picoplankton responses to phosphorus excess and deficiency in the eutrophic embayment of Lake Ontario (Hamilton Harbour), Big Lakes Smal World Conference, IAGLR-ELLS, 2018

Diloretto, Z., Bontognali T. Al-Kuwari H, Dittrich, M. 2018, Seasonal Changes in Sabkhas: Linking Microbes, Geochemical Conditions and Dolomite Formation, Goldschmidt Conference, Boston, USA, August 13-18. 2018

Blattman, F.R., T.E. Eglinton, N. Haghipour, S.M. Bernasconi, M. Dittrich, Al-Saad H Al-Kuwari , Bontognali T.R.R, 2017, Assessing the Biogenicity and Fossilization Potential of Polygonal Sedimentary Structures, November 2017, Conference: 15th Swiss Geoscience Meeting

Li, J., Kaskun, O., Dittrich M. 2017, Dynamics of intracellular polyphosphate in cyanobacteria in response to phosphorus levels, Geobiology Conference, Banff, June 3-8.

McKenzie, JA., Al-Disi, Z., Williford, K., Vasconcelos, C., Petrash, D., Sadooni, F., Tuite, M., Dittrich, M. 2017, A Geobiological Model for the Formation of Dolomite in Sabkha-Environments, Goldschmidt Conference, Paris, France, August 13-18.

Dittrich, M., Diloretto, Z., Al-Kuwari, H., Al-Disi, Z., McKenzie, J.A., Vasconcelos, C, Palermo, C., Williford, K., Sadoon.i F, Tuite. M, Bontognali. T. 2017. Dolomite Formation within Microbial Mats in the Coastal Khor Al-Adaid Sabkha of Qatar, Goldschmidt Conference, Paris, France, August 13-18.

Bontognali, T. R.R.. Z. Ali Al Disi, Judith A. McKenzie, H. Al Saad Al-Kuwari, C. Vasconcelos, K. H. Williford, C. J. Strohmenger, F.l Sadooni, J. M. Rivers, C. Palermo, M. Dittrich, 2016, Modern dolomite formation in the Dohat Faishakh sabkha, Qatar, the Dolomieu Conference, Italy, October 2016.

Doan, P.T.K. S. Markovic, S. Cadena, J. Guo, C. McClure, S. Mugalingam, A. Morley, S. Watson, M. Dittrich, 2016, Modelling of phosphorus internal loading in the Bay of Quinte, Canada, International Association of Great Lake Research (IAGLR), 59th Annual Conference, Guelph, Canada, June, 6-10th, 2016

Cadena, S. S. Markovic, P.T.K. Doan, S.Watson, J. Guo, C. McClure, S. Mugalingam, A. Morley, Dittrich, M. 2016, Phosphorus Dynamics and Mechanism of Release in Sediments of the Bay of Quinte, Canada, International Association of Great Lake Research (IAGLR), 59th Annual Conference, Guelph, Canada, June, 6-10th, 2016

Markovic, S., S. Cadena, S. Watson, G.A. Archonditsis, M. Dittrich, 2016, Phosphorus cycling in Hamilton Harbour sediments, International Association of Great Lake Research (IAGLR), 59th Annual Conference, Guelph, Canada, June, 6-10th, 2016

Dittrich, M., S.  Markovic, S. Cadena, D. Sweetnam, Watson, S. 2016, Sediment geochemistry in South Eastern Georgian Bay: impact of land use on phosphorus internal loading, International Association of Great Lake Research (IAGLR), 59th Annual Conference, Guelph, Canada, June, 6-10th, 2016

Doan, P., S. Cadena, S. Markovic, S. Watson, S. Mugalingam, A. Morley, Dittrich, M. 2016, Assessing past and present phosphorus  Retention in Sediments in Lake Ontario (Bay of Quinte) by Reaction-Transport Diagenetic Modeling, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. April 17-22nd, 2016

Dittrich, M. S. Markovic, S. Cadena, P.T.K. Doan, S. Watson, Mugalingam, S. 2016, Phosphorus dynamics in lake sediments: Insights from field study and reactive-transport modeling, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. April 17-22nd, 2016

Bontognali, T. R. R. Z. Ali Al Disi, J.A. McKenzie, C. J. Strohmenger, J. M. Rivers, M. Dittrich, F. Sadooni, H. Al Saad Al-Kuwar, 2016, Microbial mats from the Khor Al-Adaid sabkha, Qatar: Morphotypes and association with authigenic minerals, Annual Research Conference , Qatar Foundation, March 23-24, Doha, Qatar, Annual Research Conference, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar March 23-24th, 2016

Paulo, C., J. Kenney, P. Persson, M. Dittrich, M. 2015, Phosphorus concentrations trigger changes in Synechoccocus surface and control CaCO3 formation, Goldschmidt Conference, 2015 Prague, Republic, 25-28 August 2015

Doan, P.T.K. ,Y. Cui, A. Newmann, G. Arhonditsusm S. Watson, Dittrich, M. 2015, Reactive-transport modelling for dynamics of phospshorus retention and binding forms in the Bay of Quinte, Canada, Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-28 August 2015

Palermo,  C., Dittrich, M. 2015, Evidence for Biogenic Origin of the Mn-Enriched Layer in Lake Superior Sediments, Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, August 25-28th, 2015

Zhu, T., Lin, Y., M. Dittrich, M. 2015, Microbial Carbonate Precipitation by Synechococcus PCC8806, LS0519 and Synechocystis PCC6803 on Concrete Surfaces and in Low Saturation Solution, AGU in San Francisco during December 14th-18th, 2015

Dittrich, M., Paulo C, Zhu, T. 2015, Can environmental conditions trigger cyanobacterial surfaces and following carbonate formation: implication for biomineralization and biotechnology. AGU in San Francisco during December 14th-18th, 2015 invited

Dittrich, M., Doan, P.T.K., Markovic, S. Cadena, S., Liang, A., Watson, S. 2015, Assessing Nutrient Retention in Sediments in the Bay of Quinte by Field, Laboratory and Modelling Studies. Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan. Restoration Council Meeting. December 17th 2015.

Doan, P. T. K., Gudimov Newman, A., Dittrich M. 2015, Application of reactive-transport modelling for estimation of phosphorus internal loading in the Bay of Quinte, Canada, 2015, International Association of Great Lake Research, Burlington, USA, May 25-29, 2015, Annual Conference

Palermo C. and Dittrich, M. 2015, Bacterial community analysis: Evidence for biogenic origin of the manganese-enriched layer in Lake Superior sediments, International Association of Great Lake Research, Burlington, USA, May 25-29, 2015, Annual Conference

Dittrich, M., A. Liang, Y. Cui, J. Chen, H. Fathollahzadeh, F. Contento,  G. Arhonditsis, A. Morley, Keene, B., Mugalingam S. , Geater, K. , Watson, S, 2015, Dynamics of phosphorus at the sediment-water interface in lakes of different trophic states: insights from field study and reactive-transport modeling, International Association of Great Lake Research, Burlington, USA, May 25-29, 2015, Annual Conference

Paulo A.,  and Dittrich, M. 2014, Phosphorus impact on carbonate precipitation by increase of extrapolysacharides production of marine and freshwater cyanobacteria (Synechococcus), International Sedimentological Congress, August 18-22, 2014, Geneva, Switzerland

Gudimov, A., Chen, J., Arhonditsis, G.B., Dittrich, M. 2014, The effect of sediment diagenesis on hypolimnetic oxygen dynamics in Lake Simcoe, International Association of Great Lake Research, Hamilton, Canada, May 26-30, 2014, Annual Conference

Liang, A. , Chen, J. , Chesnyuk, A. , Quazi, S., Keene, B. , Mugalingam S., Geater, K., Watson, S., Dittrich M. 2014, Linking phosphorus binding forms and internal loading in Bay of Quinte:  insights from a field study, International Association of Great Lake Research, Hamilton, Canada, May 26-30, 2014, Annual Conference

Dittrich, M., Paulo, C., Zhu Y., Schmid, T. 2013, Analysis of minerals in biofilms Using atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, http://www.minersoc.org, DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2013.077.5.4

Paulo, C. and Dittrich, M. 2013, Dolomite in microbial mats from Sakha (Qatar): insights from combined Raman-Atomic Force Microscopy study, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, http://www.minersoc.org, DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2013.077.5.16

Zhu, T., Paulo, C., Dittrich, M. 2013, Microbial carbonate precipitation under high alkaline condition and its implications in concrete restoration, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, http://www.minersoc.org, DOI: 2013.077.5.26

Zhu, T., Paulo, C., Dittrich, M. 2013, Impact of picocyanobacterial cell surfaces on CaCO3 biomineralization and crystal morphology at near-equilibrium conditions (low saturation), Gananoque Environmental Science & Engineering Conference, Feb 1-3 2013, Ontario Canada (talk)

Paulo, C. and Dittrich, M. 2013, In-situ identification of Mg-rich calcites in microbial mats using high-resolution Raman spectroscopy, Gananoque Environmental Science & Engineering Conference, Feb 1-3 2013, Ontario Canada (talk)

Dittrich, M., J. McCulloch, A. Chesnyuk, A. Gudimov, G. Arhonditsis, Yong, J., Winter, J., Stainsby, E., 2012, Dynamics of organic carbon sedimentation and bottom oxygen and phoshorus retention in Lake Simcoe: reactive-transport modeling and experimental study, Goldschmidt Conference, Montreal, Canada, 24-29 June 2012

McGulloch, J., Chesnyuk, A., Gudimov, A.,G.  Arhonditsis and M. Dittrich, 2012, Dynamic Reactive-Transport Model of Phosphorus Diagenesis in Lake Simcoe sediments: uncertainty and identifiably study, International Association of Great Lake Research, Cornwall, Canada, May 13-17, 2012, Annual Conference

Gudimov, A., G. B. Arhonditsis, O’Connor E., Dittrich, M., Jarjanazi, H., Palmer M., Stainsby E., Winter J., Young, J., 2012, A Bayesian Network for Studying the Causal Links Between Phosphorus Loading and Plankton Patterns in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, International Association of Great Lake Research, Cornwall, Canada, May 13-17, 2012, Annual Conference.

Quazi, S., A. Chesnyuk, Dittrich, M., 2012, Geochemistry of Iron and Phosphorous In Lake Superior Sediments: Comparison of Two East Basin Sites, International Association of Great Lake Research, Cornwall, Canada, May 13-17, 2012, Annual Conference.

Dittrich, M., Chesnyuk, A., Gudimov, A., McGulloch, J., Arhonditsis, G.B. 2012,Phosphorus Diagenesis in Lake Simcoe Sediments: Modeling and Experimental Study.International Association of Great Lake Research, Cornwall, Canada, May 13-17, 2012, Annual Conference.

Dittrich, M., Raoof, B., Chesnyuk, A., Quazi, S., Shen, R., Bollmann, J., Katsev, S. and Fulthorpe, R. 2011, Origin of Iron Layer in Sediment of Lake Superior: abiotic vs. biotic, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 75 (3), 764

Li, J, Crowe, S, Brown, E, Dittrich, M, Miklesh D and Katsev, S. 2011, Diagenetic Mobility of Mn and Fe Crusts in Organic-Poor Sediments of Lake Superior. Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 75 (3), 1312

Dittrich, M. Vasconcelos, C., McKenzie, J. 2009,  Calibration of Organic Matter in Modern Stromatolites, Research Conference Program “Calibrating Geological Records of Environmental Change from Lakes to Oceans”, Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, 5 -10 July 2009

Dittrich, M., Vasconcelos, C., McKenzie, J. 2009v Nanoscale Characterization of

Organic Matter in Modern Stromatolites, Goldschmidt Conference, June 2009, Davos, Switzerland.

Vasconcelos, C., Visscher P., Dittrich, M., Bontognali, T., McKenzie, J. 2008, Formation of lamination in modern stromatolites from Lagoa Vermelha and Lagoa Salgada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: An example for Precambrian relics? Proceedings, International Kalkowsky-Symposium “Geobiology of Stromatolites”, 125.

Dittrich, M. C. Fischer, C., Arvidson, R. S., and Luttge, A., 2008, Formation of membrane vesicles on cyanobacteria surfaces, Goldschmidt Conference, July 13 – 18,Vancouver, Canada

Dukenbaev, K., Dittrich, M., Mensi, M., S. K. Sekatskii1, S.K., Dietler, G. 2008, Scanning near-field optical microscopy of photosynthetic picocyanobacteria in native conditions., Near-field Optics Conference , September 1 -5th, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dittrich, M. 2008, Action at the geosphere-biosphere interfaces: carbonates and cyanobacteria, Biomineralization Workshop, 3rd of June, University of Leeds, England (invited talk)

Dittrich, M. 2008, Geosphere-biosphere interfaces: messages from cyanobacteria, 23rd of May, University of Bergen, Geobiology Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Norway (invited talk)

Dittrich, M. 2008, Interactions at the geosphere-biosphere interfaces, 5th of May, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (invited talk)

Dittrich, M. 2008, Biominerals in Biofilms, March 10, Paris, CNRS, France (invited talk)

Dittrich, M. 2008, Action at the geosphere-biosphere interfaces: New messages from cyanobacteria, Febrary 19, Rice University, Texas, USA (invited talk)

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Montgomery, A.; Zhao, P.; Dittrich, M.; Higgins, S.; Peterson, K. The bleeding headstone of High Park Cairn. In Book of extended abstracts of the 19th Euroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials (EMABM); Wetzel, A.; Schleiting, M., Eds.; Kassel University Press, Kassel, Germany, 2024; 69-78, https://doi.org/doi:10.17170/kobra-202403269873

Diloreto, Z.A., Dittrich, M., 2022. Trapping phosphorous from agricultural catchments by using bioreactors with calcinated eggshells and woodchips, Goldschmidt, July 10-15th, 2022. oral presentation

Diloreto, Z.A., M. Dittrich, 2022. Development of Phosphorous Removing Bioreactors with Woodchip and Eggshell Substrates for Agricultural Land, SIL, August 7-10, 2022

Diloreto, Z.A., M. Shaharyar Ahmad, M., Bontognali, T. R.R. , Dittrich, M., 2022. Spectroscopic and Microbial Analysis of Microbial Mat Hosted Gypsum from the Dohat Faishakh Sabkha in Qatar and its Astrobiological Implications. European Geophysical Union, May 23-27th, 2022, oral presentation

Diloreto, Z.A., Mugalingam, S. Dittrich, A., 2022. Passive Reactors for Phosphate Removal Using Waste Eggshell and Woodchip Bioreactors, JASM, May 14th-20th 2022, oral presentation

Strakhov, I., Z. DiLoreto, H. Elsayed, Z. Ali Al Disi, K. Naja, H. Al Saad Al-Kuwari, F. Sadooni, J. Abdulla Al-Khayat, S. Mundle, M. Dittrich, 2022. Sabkhas of Qatar: Extreme Environments Supporting Biological Activity and Mineral Formation, Goldschmidt, July 10-16,2022, oral and poster presentation

Shao, X , Dittrich, M. 2022. Phosphorus diagenesis linked to methane and iron in lake sediments of a coastal embayment of eastern Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, International Society of Limnology, August 2022 Conference, Berlin, Germany, poster presentation

Avetisyan, K., Shao, X., Sweetnam, D., Dittrich, M., 2022. Dynamics of methane formation in oxic waters of Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. Goldschmidt Conference, July 2022 Hawai, oral presentation

Avetisyan, K., Shao, X., Sweetnam, D., Dittrich, M., 2022. Evidence of methane transformations near oxic/anoxic interface of Georgian Bay’s embayment, Lake Huron. International Society of Limnology, August 2022 Conference, Berlin, Germany, oral presentation

Kokilathasan, N., Raoof, B., Dittrich M., 2022. Impacts of Nanoparticles on the Cell Surface Properties of Picocyanobacteria Synechococcus  and Microalgae Spirulina, IAGLR, 64th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 2023, poster presentation

Kokilathasan, N., Dittrich, M., 2021. Exposure of Plastic Nanoparticles to Freshwater Picocyanobacteria Synechococcus and Microalgae Spirulina. International Society of Limnology, August 2022. Online Oral Presentation.

Diloreto Z., Bontognali, T., Liu, H., Lu, X., Dittrich, M., 2021. A Comparative Study of Low-Temperature Dolomite Formation Driven by Exopolymers from Hypersaline Microbial Mats and Clays, European Geophysical Union, EGU, April 19-30 April 2021.

Alam, M. S., Zastepa, A., and Dittrich, M., 2021. Phosphorus recycling and retention in Lake of the Woods: Reactive-transport diagenetic modeling across spatial and temporal Scales, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-14068.

Dittrich M., Md. S. Alam, E, Xiang, D. Plouchart, D. Depew, T. Pascoe, A. Zastepa, 2021. Using isotopic and sequential analysis of near- and offshore sediments to evaluate changes in productivity and climate of Lake Ontario. The the State of Lake Ontario Conference, SOLO, March 9-11, 2021, Toronto, Canada

Alam, M. S., Plouchart, D., Depew, D., Zastepa, D., Dittrich, M., 2021. Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Polyphosphate in Lake Ontario. The State of Lake Ontario Conference, SOLO March 9-11, Toronto, Canada.

Xiang, E., Mugalingam, S., Dittrich, M., 2021.Characterization of labile phos-phorus fractions and phosphate sorption in two agricultural soils and manures in the catchment of Lake Ontario (Bay of Quinte), The State of Lake Ontario Conference, SOLO March 9-11, Toronto, Canada.

Dittrich, M., Markovic, S., Burckaz-Richards, A., Mugalingam, S., 2021. Speciation and bioavailability of particulate phosphorus in forested karst watersheds of southern Ontario during rain events, The State of Lake Ontario Conference, SOLO March 9-11, Toronto, Canada.

Tatzel, M., Paytan, A., *Diloreto, Z., Dittrich, M., Sánchez-Román, M., Bontognali, T.R.R., 2020. Magnesium and strontium stable isotopes in hypersaline microbial mat. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 10-18, United States of America

Tatzel, M, Paytan, A, *Diloreto, Z, Dittrich M, Bontognali, TRR., Sánchez-Román. M. 2020. Magnesium and strontium stable isotopes fractionation during microbial dolomite formation. June 18-23, Honolulu, Hawai USA, Goldschmidt Conference.

Dittrich, M., Diloreto, Z., Bontognali,T.R.R, Liu, H., Lu, X. 2020. Variances in proto-dolomite formation by exopolymers from oxygenic, and anoxygenic microbial mats and clays. June 18-23, Honolulu, Hawai USA, Goldschmidt Conference.

Diloreto, Z. A., Dittrich, M., Bontognali, T.R. R. 2020. Significance of Oxygenic and Anoxygenic Photosynthesizers for Dolomite Formation in Modern hypersaline Environments. June 18-23, Honolulu, Hawai USA, Goldschmidt Conference.

Plouchart*, D., Markovic*, S, Arhonditsis, G.B., Zastepa A, Dittrich M., 2020. Abiotic and biotic phosphorus recycling at the sediment water interface in Lake Erie. IAGLR virtual conference, Winnipeg, Canada. June 2020.

Alam*, M.S., Zastepa, A., Dittrich, M. 2020. Phosphorus recycling and retention in Lake of the Woods. IAGLR virtual conference, Winnipeg, Canada. June IAGLR virtual conference, Winnipeg, Canada. June 2020

  Diloreto, Z., Dittrich, M., Bontognali, TRR., Al Saad Al Kuwari, H., McKenzie. J.A. 2020, Linking decay of microbial mats and dolomite formation in the sabkhas of Qatar, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 12203.

Dittrich, M., J Li,* DD Plouchart*, A Zastepa. 2020, Recycling of Polyphosphate accumulated in picoplankton in coastal Lake Ontario, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 12462.

Dittrich, M., Diloreto, Z., Bontognali,T.R. R, Liu, H., Lu, X.. 2020, Variances in proto-dolomite formation by exopolymers from oxygenic, and anoxygenic microbial mats and clays., Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 589.

Diloreto, Z. A., Dittrich, M, Bontognali,T.R. R 2020, Signaficance of Oxygenic and Anoxygenic Photosynthesizers for Dolomite Formation in Modern hypersaline Environments. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 581.

Tatzel M, Paytan A, Diloreto Z, Dittrich M, Bontognali TRR. Sánchez-Román M, (2020). Magnesium and strontium stable isotopes fractionation during microbial dolomite formation, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 2568.

Alam, M.S., Zastepa, A., Dittrich, M. 2020, Phosphorus recycling and retention in Lake of the Woods. IAGLR virtual conference, Winnipeg, Canada. June IAGLR 2020.

Plouchart* D, Markovic* S, Arhonditsis, GB., Zastepa, A., Dittrich, M., 2020, Abiotic and biotic phosphorus recycling at the sediment water interface in Lake Erie. Presented at the IAGLR virtual conference, Winnipeg, Canada, International Association of Great Lakes Research.

Ali Al Disi, Z., Zouari, N., Dittrich, M., Jaoua, S., Al Saad Al-Kuwari, H., Bontognali, T.R.R, 2020, Characterization of the Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) of Virgibacillus strains capable of mediating the formation of high Mg-calcite and protodolomite, QU Annual Research Forum & Exhibition, Qatar, Doha.

Hui, L.S., Arbi R. I., Turak A., Dittrich, M. 2020, Modified Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to detect a monolayer of Reverse Micelles, Conference Photonics North, 1-2.

Diloreto, Z, Bontognali, TRR., Al-Kuwari H, Dittrich, M. 2019, Are Decaying Microbial Mats in the Modern Sabhkas of Qatar Niches of Dolomite Formation?. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 810.

Aldisi, Z., Zouari, N., Jaou, S., Dittrich, M., Al Saad, Al-Kuwari H., Bontognali, T.R.R. 2019, Insights into Exopolymeric Substances (EPS) associated with microbially-mediated high Mg-calcite and protodolomite, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 51.

Dittrich, M., Markovic, S., Guo, J., Richards, A. 2019, Transport of bioavailable phosphorus in suspended sediment during storm event from agricultural catchments. International Phosphorus Workshop. Zurich, Switzerland

Martin, A., Dittrich M. 2019, Polyphosphate Dynamics in Picocyanobacteria from Lake Ontario. The Conference on Great Lakes Research, Brockport, United States

Tatzel, M., Paytan, A., Diloreto, Z, Dittrich, M, Sánchez-Román, M, Bontognali, TRR. 2019, Magnesium and strontium stable isotopes in hypersaline microbial mat. American Geophysical Union Abstracts, PP41C-1556

Alam, MS., Zastepa, A., Dittrich, M. 2019, Geochemical Gradients at the Sediment-Water Interface of an Ice-Covered Lake and its Impact on P Dynamics. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 58.

 Alam, MS, Barthod, B., Li, J., Zastepa, A. 2019, Internal phosphorus loading in Lake of the Woods. Conference on Great Lakes Research, Brockport, United States

Diloretto, Z., Bontognali, T., Al-Kuwari, H., Dittrich, M. 2018, Seasonal Changes in Sabkhas: Linking Microbes, Geochemical Conditions and Dolomite Formation.Goldschmidt Conference, Boston, United States

Li, J., Zastepa, A., Dittrich, M. 2018, Seasonal and spatial variability of polyphosphate in the water column of Hamilton Harbour. International Association of Great Lakes Research, Toronto,

Markovic, S., Dittrich. M. 2018, Phosphorus forms in suspended particulate matter in tributaries of the Bay of Quinte.International Association of Great Lakes Research, Toronto, Canada

Diloreto, Z, Palermo, C., Bontognali, TRR., Dittrich, M. 2017, Microbial Community Structure and Environmental Response of Dolomite Forming Mats: Implications for Dolomite Precipitation. Geobiology Society Conference, Banff, Canada

Li, J., Kaskun, O., Dittrich, M. 2017, Dynamics of intracellular polyphosphate in cyanobacteria in response to phosphorus levels.Geobiology Conference, Banff, Canada

Markovic, S, Cadena, S, Watson, S, Arhonditsis, GA, Dittrich, M. 2016, Phosphorus cycling in Hamilton Harbour sediments. International Association of Great Lake Research, Guelph, Canada

Doan, PTK.,. Markovic, S., Cadena, S., Guo, J., McClure, C., Mugalingam S., Morley, A., Watson, S., Dittrich, M. 2016, Modelling of phosphorus internal loading in the Bay of Quinte, Canada. International Association of Great Lake Research, Guelph, Canada

Cadena, S., Markovic, S, *Doan, PTK, Watson, S, Guo,J, McClure, C, Mugalingam, S., Morley, A., Dittrich, M. 2016, Phosphorus Dynamics and Mechanism of Release in Sediments of the Bay of Quinte, Canada.International Association of Great Lake Research, Guelph, Canada

Dittrich, M. Markovic, S., Cadena, S., Doan, PTK., Watson, S., Mugalingam, S., 2016, Phosphorus dynamics in lake sediments: Insights from field study and reactive-transport modeling, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EPSC2016-12533.

Doan, P, Cadena S, Markovic S, Watson S, Mugalingam S, Morley A, Dittrich M. 2016, Assessing past and present phosphorus Retention in Sediments in Lake Ontario (Bay of Quinte) by Reaction-Transport Diagenetic Modeling. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EPSC2016-13700

Palermo, C., Dittrich, M. 2015, Bacterial community analysis: Evidence for biogenic origin of the manganese-enriched layer in Lake Superior sediments.International Association of Great Lake Research, Burlington, United States

Doan, PTK, Cui, Y, Newmann A, Arhonditsis GB, Watson, S, Dittrichm M. 2015, Reactive-transport modelling for dynamics of phosphorus retention and binding forms in the Bay of Quinte, Canada.Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic

Palermo, C., Dittrich, M. 2015, Evidence for Biogenic Origin of the Mn-Enriched Layer in Lake Superior Sediments.Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic

Zhu, T., Lin, Y., Dittrich. M. 2015. Microbial Carbonate Precipitation by Synechococcus PCC8806, LS0519 and Synechocystis PCC6803 on Concrete Surfaces and in Low Saturation Solution.American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, United States

Paulo, C., Kenney, J., Persson, P., Dittrich, M. 2015, Phosphorus concentrations trigger changes in Synechoccocus surface andcontrol CaCO3 formation. Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic

Liang, A., *Chen, J., *Chesnyuk, A., *Quazi, S., Keene, B., Mugalingam S., Geater, K., Watson, S., Dittrich, M. 2014, Linking phosphorus binding forms and internal loading in Bay of Quinte: insights from a field study.International Association of Great Lake Research, Hamilton, Canada

Paulo, A., Dittrich, M. 2014, Phosphorus impact on carbonate precipitation by increase of extrapolysacharides production of marine and freshwater cyanobacteria (Synechococcus). International Sedimentological Congress, Geneva, Switzerland

Gudimov, A., *Chen, J., Arhonditsis, G.B., Dittrich, M. 2014, The effect of sediment diagenesis on hypolimnetic oxygen dynamics in Lake Simcoe. International Association of Great Lake Research

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