About the Authors

André Dabrunz

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany

Lars Duester

Affiliations Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany, Department of Aquatic Chemistry, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany

Carsten Prasse

Affiliations Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany, Department of Aquatic Chemistry, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany

Frank Seitz

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany

Ricki Rosenfeldt

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany

Carsten Schilde

Affiliation Institute for Particle Technology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Gabriele E. Schaumann

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany

Ralf Schulz

R.Schulz@uni-landau.de

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AD RS. Performed the experiments: AD FS RR. Analyzed the data: AD FS RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LD CP CS GES. Wrote the paper: RS AD.