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Tom Battin

Biofilm and Stream Ecosystems Group

Professor Dr. Tom J. Battin

Chair of Limnology
Department of Limnology
Althanstrasse 14
A-1090 Vienna, Austria

Room: 2.068

Phone: 0043 1 4277 54350
Cell: 0043 (0)6646027754350
E-mail: tom.battin[AT]univie.ac.at
  Curriculum Vitae

My principal interest is the microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of stream ecosystems. I am particularly intrigued by microbial biofilms and their consequences for ecosystem functions in streams. Research is interdisciplinary and blends microbial ecology, carbon and nutrient biogeochemistry and hydrodynamics, and ranges from the micrometer to the multimeter scale. This approach should contribute to the dialogue between microbial ecology and ecological theory.

Current research focuses on the interplay between landscape heterogeneity, biofilm architecture and ecosystem performance such as metabolism, nutrient retention and particle transport and fate. We use various microcosms and mesocosms such as large stream-side flumes to study these interactions experimentally.

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Ten selected publications

  1. Augspurger C., Karwautz C., Mussmann M., Daims H. & T. J. Battin (2010) Drivers of bacterial colonization of stream biofilms. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (in press).
  2. Battin, T. J., Kammer, F. v. d., Weilhartner, A., Ottofuelling S, and Hofmann, T. (2009) Nanostructured TiO2: Transport behavior and effects on aquatic microbial communities under environmental conditions. Environmental Science and Technology, 43, 8098–8104.
  3. Besemer, K., Singer, G., Hödl, I. & Battin, T. J. (2009) Bacterial community composition of stream biofilms in spatially variable-flow environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75, 7189–7195.
  4. Besemer, K, Hödl, I., Singer, G. and Battin, T. J. (2009) Architectural differentiation reflects bacterial community structure in stream biofilms. The ISME Journal, 3, 1318–1324.
  5. Besemer, K, G. Singer, R Limberger, AK Clup, G Hochedlinger, I Hoedl, C. Baranyi and Battin, TJ. (2007) Biophysical controls on stream microbial biofilm succession. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73: 4966-4974.
  6. Battin TJ, Luyssaert S, Kaplan LA, Aufdenkampe AK, Richter A and Tranvik LJ (2009) The boundless carbon cycle. Nature Geoscience 2: 598-560.
  7. Battin, TJ, L. A. Kaplan, S. Findlay, C. S. Hopkinson, E. Marti, A. I. Packman, J. D. Newbold and F. Sabater (2008) Biophysical controls on organic carbon fluxes in fluvial networks. Nature Geoscience doi:10.1038/ngeo101.
  8. Battin, T. J., I. Head, T. Curtis, W. Sloan, S. Kjelleberg, H. Daims and L. Eberl. (2007) Microbial landscapes: new paths to biofilm research. Nature Reviews Microbiology 5: 76-81.
  9. Battin, TJ, LA Kaplan, JD Newbold and C. Hansen. (2003) Contributions of microbial biofilms to ecosystem processes in stream mesocosms. Nature 426: 439-442.
  10. Battin, TJ, A Wille, B Sattler and R Psenner. (2001) Phylogenetic and functional heterogeneity of sediment biofilms along environmental gradients in a glacial stream. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67: 799-807.