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Environmental Sciences
Brazil
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
52
Citations
9201
World Ranking
4518
National Ranking
24

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Alex V. Krusche is affiliated with Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and focuses their research on environmental science, with an emphasis on soil science, oceanography, and global and planetary change. Their work intersects with fields such as water science and technology, as well as sociology and political science.

The scientist's research addresses multiple themes within environmental studies. Key topics include soil erosion and sediment transport, marine and coastal ecosystems, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and the water-energy-food nexus. Further focus areas involve hydropower, displacement, environmental impact, water resources management and optimization, and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

Alex V. Krusche has coauthored frequently with several collaborators, including:

  • Vania Neu
  • Jeffrey E. Richey
  • Maria Gabriella da Silva Araújo
  • Victor Martins Guedes
  • Nicholas Ward

Their publications are often found in specific venues, such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie
  • Science Advances
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Recent papers authored by Alex V. Krusche include:

  • "How green can Amazon hydropower be? Net carbon emission from the largest hydropower plant in Amazonia," published in 2021 in Science Advances
  • "Planting nitrogen-fixing trees in tropical Eucalyptus plantations does not increase nutrient losses through drainage," published in 2023 in Forest Ecology and Management
  • "Corrigendum: Carbon Dioxide Emissions along the Lower Amazon River," published in 2020 in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Timing since deforestation for pastures implementation in the western Amazon: Impacts on stream water biogeochemistry," published in 2025 in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Composition and Flux of Dissolved and Particulate Carbon and Nitrogen in the Lower Tocantins River," published in 2023 in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • Young organic matter as a source of carbon dioxide outgassing from Amazonian rivers

    Emilio Mayorga;Anthony K. Aufdenkampe;Caroline A. Masiello;Alex V. Krusche

  • Degradation of terrestrially derived macromolecules in the Amazon River

    Nicholas D. Ward;Richard G. Keil;Patricia M. Medeiros;Daimio C. Brito

  • Effects of land use on water chemistry and macroinvertebrates in two streams of the Piracicaba river basin, south-east Brazil.

    Jean Pierre H. B. Ometo;Luiz A. Martinelli;Maria Victoria Ballester;Alaídes Gessner

  • Biogeochemical cycles of nutrients in tropical Eucalyptus plantations Main features shown by intensive monitoring in Congo and Brazil

    Jean-Paul Laclau;Jacques Ranger;José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves;Valérie Maquère

  • Physical controls on carbon dioxide transfer velocity and flux in low‐gradient river systems and implications for regional carbon budgets

    Simone Rebecca Alin;Simone Rebecca Alin;Maria de Fátima Fernandes Lamy Rasera;Cleber Ibraim Salimon;Jeffrey Edward Richey

  • Chemical composition of rainwater and anthropogenic influences in the Piracicaba River Basin, Southeast Brazil

    L.B.L.S Lara;P Artaxo;L.A Martinelli;R.L Victoria

  • Molecular-level changes of dissolved organic matter along the Amazon River-to-ocean continuum

    Michael Seidel;Patricia L. Yager;Nicholas D. Ward;Edward J. Carpenter

  • CO2 efflux from Amazonian headwater streams represents a significant fate for deep soil respiration

    Mark Scott Johnson;Mark Scott Johnson;Johannes Lehmann;Susan J Riha;Alex Vladimir Krusche

  • Effects of Urban Sewage on Dissolved Oxygen, Dissolved Inorganic and Organic Carbon, and Electrical Conductivity of Small Streams along a Gradient of Urbanization in the Piracicaba River Basin

    Mariely H. B. Daniel;Alexandra A. Montebelo;Marcelo C. Bernardes;Jean P. H. B. Ometto

  • Sorptive fractionation of dissolved organic nitrogen and amino acids onto fine sediments within the Amazon Basin

    Anthony K. Aufdenkampe;John I. Hedges;Jeffery E. Richey;Alex V. Krusche

  • Fate of the Amazon River dissolved organic matter in the tropical Atlantic Ocean

    Patrícia Matheus Medeiros;Michael Seidel;Michael Seidel;Nicholas D Ward;Nicholas D Ward;Edward J Carpenter

  • Influence of land-use change on near-surface hydrological processes: Undisturbed forest to pasture

    Sonja Germer;Christopher Neill;Alex Vladimir Krusche;Helmut Elsenbeer

  • Control of cation concentrations in stream waters by surface soil processes in an Amazonian watershed

    Daniel Markewitz;Daniel Markewitz;Eric A. Davidson;Ricardo de O. Figueiredo;Reynaldo L. Victoria

  • Methane emissions from Amazonian Rivers and their contribution to the global methane budget.

    Henrique O. Sawakuchi;David Bastviken;André O. Sawakuchi;Alex V. Krusche

  • Trends in hydrological parameters of a southern Brazilian watershed and its relation to human induced changes

    Jorge M. Moraes;Giampaolo Q. Pellegrino;Maria V. Ballester;Luiz A. Martinelli

  • Land management impacts on runoff sources in small Amazon watersheds

    Joaquín Chaves;Christopher Neill;Sonja Germer;Sérgio Gouveia Neto

  • Organic matter in the Peruvian headwaters of the Amazon: Compositional evolution from the Andes to the lowland Amazon mainstem

    Anthony K. Aufdenkampe;Emilio Mayorga;John I. Hedges;Carlos Llerena

  • Carbon Dioxide Emissions along the Lower Amazon River

    Henrique O. Sawakuchi;Henrique O. Sawakuchi;Vania Neu;Nicholas D. Ward;Nicholas D. Ward;Maria de Lourdes C. Barros

  • Effects of potassium and sodium supply on drought-adaptive mechanisms in Eucalyptus grandis plantations.

    Patricia Battie-Laclau;Jean-Paul Laclau;Jean Christophe Domec;Jean Christophe Domec;Mathias Christina

  • Influences of land use and stream size on particulate and dissolved materials in a small Amazonian stream network

    Suzanne M. Thomas;Christopher Neill;Linda A. Deegan;Alex V. Krusche

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey E. Richey
Jeffrey E. Richey University of Washington
Christopher Neill
Christopher Neill Woods Hole Research Center
Reynaldo Luiz Victoria
Reynaldo Luiz Victoria Universidade de São Paulo
Helmut Elsenbeer
Helmut Elsenbeer University of Potsdam
Luiz Antonio Martinelli
Luiz Antonio Martinelli Universidade de São Paulo
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo Universidade de São Paulo
Paul D. Quay
Paul D. Quay University of Washington
Patricia L. Yager
Patricia L. Yager University of Georgia
Linda A. Deegan
Linda A. Deegan Woods Hole Research Center
Simone R. Alin
Simone R. Alin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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