Gerhard G. Kavka

Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft — Austria

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

13h-index653citations21works10.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(8), Fecal contamination and water quality(6), Marine and coastal ecosystems(3), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics(3), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal(3)

Publications21 total

Long-term impact of basin-wide wastewater management on faecal pollution levels along the entire Danube River
Environmental Science and Pollution Research·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Setback distances between small biological wastewater treatment systems and drinking water wells against virus contamination in alluvial aquifers
The Science of The Total Environment·2016· 44 citedOpen Access
Microbiological Water Quality of the Danube River: Status Quo and Future Perspectives
˜The œhandbook of environmental chemistry·2014· 9 cited
Development of the Bacterial Compartment Along the Danube River: a Continuum Despite Local Influences
Microbial Ecology·2010· 31 cited
Microbiological water quality along the Danube River: Integrating data from two whole-river surveys and a transnational monitoring network
Water Research·2009· 105 cited
Applicability of DNA based quantitative microbial source tracking (QMST) evaluated on a large scale in the Danube River and its important tributaries
River Systems·2008· 8 cited
Risks for groundwater contamination from domestic waste water: tracers, model applications and quality criteria
Water Science & Technology Water Supply·2007· 2 cited
Longitudinal Changes in the Bacterial Community Composition of the Danube River: a Whole-River Approach
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2007· 134 citedOpen Access
Integral Strategy for Evaluation of Fecal Indicator Performance in Bird-Influenced Saline Inland Waters
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2004· 50 citedOpen Access
The Choice of Standardisation Reveals a Significant Influence on the Dynamics of Bacterial Abundance in Newly Deposited River Sediments
International Review of Hydrobiology·2003· 3 cited
Hydrolysis of 4-methylumbelliferyl-β-d-glucuronide in differing sample fractions of river waters and its implication for the detection of fecal pollution
Water Research·2002· 35 cited
Long-term trends of major plant nutrients in the River Danube at Vienna (Austria), the nutrient source for the New Danube
River Systems·2000· 1 cited
Comparative analysis of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis in separating Escherichia coli uidA amplicons differing in single base substitutions
Letters in Applied Microbiology·2000· 14 cited
Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Populations from Environmental Freshwaters by Means of Sequence Variations in a Fragment of the β- <scp>d</scp> -Glucuronidase Gene
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2000· 75 citedOpen Access
Assessment of microbiological water quality in the Austrian section of the River Danube
River Systems·1996· 5 cited
Influence of wastewater treatment on the microbial ecology of a large, temperate river system ? the Danube River
Hydrobiologia·1996· 21 cited
Bacterial colonization of suspended solids in the River Danube
Aquatic Microbial Ecology·1996· 49 citedOpen Access
Bacterial metabolism in the River Danube: parameters influencing bacterial production
Freshwater Biology·1995· 23 cited
Remineralization of organic matter and degradation of the organic fraction of suspended solids in the River Danube
Aquatic Microbial Ecology·1995· 19 citedOpen Access
Long-Term and Seasonal Aspects of the Water Quality of the River Danube within the Region of Vienna (Austria)
Water Science & Technology·1990· 14 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Andreas H. Farnleitner(13), Robert L. Mach(9), Alexander K. T. Kirschner(6), Gerhard J. Herndl(6), B Hoch(5), Branko Velimirov(3), Alfred Paul Blaschke(3), Regina Sommer(2), Norbert Kreuzinger(2), Sonja Grillenberger(2), Johannes Rath(2), Thomas Zechmeister(2), Christian Beiwl(2), Bonnie Berger(2), Matthias Zessner(2), Barbara Berger(2), Uwe H. Humpesch(2), Georg H. Reischer(2), Christian Winter(1), Thomas Hein(1)