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Alfons J. P. Smolders

Alfons J. P. Smolders

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
59
Citations
12946
World Ranking
2432
National Ranking
74

Overview

Alfons J. P. Smolders is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and contributes extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Oceanography.

Their main topics of research encompass Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Marine and Coastal Ecosystems.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Alfons J. P. Smolders include Leon P. M. Lamers, Gijs van Dijk, Christian Fritz, Ralph J. M. Temmink, and Annelies J. Veraart.

The scientist has published in multiple venues with consistent contributions in the following journals:

  • Biogeochemistry
  • AMBIO
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Aquatic Botany
  • Environmental Pollution

Recent publications illustrate the scope and depth of their research:

  • Wetscapes: Restoring and maintaining peatland landscapes for sustainable futures, 2023, AMBIO
  • Redox potential is a robust indicator for decomposition processes in drained agricultural peat soils: A valuable tool in monitoring peatland wetting efforts, 2023, Geoderma
  • Nutrient dynamics of Sphagnum farming on rewetted bog grassland in NW Germany, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Changes in microbial community composition, activity, and greenhouse gas production upon inundation of drained iron-rich peat soils, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Growth forms and life-history strategies predict the occurrence of aquatic macrophytes in relation to environmental factors in a shallow peat lake complex, 2021, Hydrobiologia

Alfons J. P. Smolders' research largely revolves around ecosystem processes in peatlands, focusing on ecological restoration, greenhouse gas production related to hydrological changes, and nutrient cycling. Their work frequently addresses the interplay between environmental chemistry and ecological dynamics in wetland and aquatic systems.

Best Publications

  • A microbial consortium couples anaerobic methane oxidation to denitrification

    Ashna A. Raghoebarsing;Arjan Pol;Katinka T. van de Pas-Schoonen;Alfons J. P. Smolders

  • Methanotrophic symbionts provide carbon for photosynthesis in peat bogs

    Ashna A. Raghoebarsing;Alfons J. P. Smolders;Markus C. Schmid;W. Irene C. Rijpstra

  • Internal eutrophication: How it works and what to do about it-a review

    A.J.P. Smolders;L.P.M. Lamers;E.C.H.E.T. Lucassen;G. van der Velde

  • Sulfide as a soil phytotoxin-a review

    Leon P. M. Lamers;Laura L. Govers;Inge C. J. M. Janssen;Jeroen J. M. Geurts

  • Positive Feedbacks in Seagrass Ecosystems: Implications for Success in Conservation and Restoration

    Egbert H. van Nes;Gertjan W. Geerling;Alfons J. P. Smolders;Tjeerd J. Bouma

  • Global prevalence of methane oxidation by symbiotic bacteria in peat-moss ecosystems

    Nardy Kip;Julia F. van Winden;Yao Pan;Levente Bodrossy

  • A Three-Stage Symbiosis Forms the Foundation of Seagrass Ecosystems

    Tjisse van der Heide;Laura L. Govers;Jimmy de Fouw;Han Olff

  • Ecological restoration of rich fens in Europe and North America: from trial and error to an evidence-based approach

    Leon P. M. Lamers;Melanie A. Vile;Ab P. Grootjans;Ab P. Grootjans;Mike C. Acreman

  • Effects of mining activities on heavy metal concentrations in water, sediment, and macroinvertebrates in different reaches of the Pilcomayo River, South America.

    A. J. P. Smolders;R. A. C. Lock;G. Van der Velde;R. I. Medina Hoyos

  • How nitrate leaching from agricultural lands provokes phosphate eutrophication in groundwater fed wetlands: The sulphur bridge

    Alfons J. P. Smolders;Esther C. H. E. T. Lucassen;Roland Bobbink;Roland Bobbink;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • Expansion of invasive species on ombrotrophic bogs: desiccation or high N deposition?

    Hilde B. M. Tomassen;Alfons J. P. Smolders;Juul Limpens;Leon P. M. Lamers

  • Anaerobic Oxidization of Methane in a Minerotrophic Peatland: Enrichment of Nitrite-Dependent Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria

    Baoli Zhu;Gijs van Dijk;Christian Fritz;Alfons J. P. Smolders

  • The restoration of fens in the Netherlands

    Leon P. M. Lamers;Alfons J. P. Smolders;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • Allelopathic inhibition of phytoplankton by exudates from Stratiotes aloides

    G. Mulderij;W.M. Mooij;A.J.P. Smolders;E. Van Donk

  • Stimulated growth of Betula pubescens and Molinia caerulea on ombrotrophic bogs: role of high levels of atmospheric nitrogen deposition

    Hilde B. M. Tomassen;Alfons J. P. Smolders;Leon P. M. Lamers;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • The isoetid environment: biogeochemistry and threats

    A.J.P. Smolders;E.C.H.E.T. Lucassen;J.G.M. Roelofs

  • Sulphate-mediated iron limitation and eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems

    A. Smolders;J.G.M. Roelofs

  • Zero methane emission bogs: extreme rhizosphere oxygenation by cushion plants in Patagonia.

    Christian Fritz;Christian Fritz;Veronica Andrea Pancotto;Josephus T. M. Elzenga;Eric J. W. Visser

  • Positive feedbacks in seagrass ecosystems - Evidence from large-scale empirical data

    Tjisse van der Heide;Egbert H. van Nes;Marieke M. van Katwijk;Han Olff

  • Foundation species' overlap enhances biodiversity and multifunctionality from the patch to landscape scale in southeastern United States salt marshes

    Christine Angelini;Tjisse van der Heide;John N. Griffin;Joseph P. Morton

  • Supplementary Material for A Three-Stage Symbiosis Forms the Foundation of Seagrass Ecosystems

    Tjisse van der Heide;Laura L. Govers;Jimmy de Fouw;Han Olff

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan G. M. Roelofs
Jan G. M. Roelofs Radboud University
Leon P. M. Lamers
Leon P. M. Lamers Radboud University
Tjisse van der Heide
Tjisse van der Heide Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University
G. van der Velde
G. van der Velde Radboud University
Huub J. M. Op den Camp
Huub J. M. Op den Camp Radboud University
Johan van de Koppel
Johan van de Koppel Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Brian R. Silliman
Brian R. Silliman Duke University
Albert Grootjans
Albert Grootjans University of Groningen

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