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Arthur H. W. Beusen

Arthur H. W. Beusen

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
63
Citations
19314
World Ranking
2421
National Ranking
68

Overview

Arthur H. W. Beusen is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and specializes in environmental science with a particular focus on topics related to nutrient dynamics and aquatic ecosystems. Their research portfolio includes a significant number of publications in the field, spanning areas such as environmental chemistry, water science and technology, oceanography, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and nature and landscape conservation.

The primary topics addressed in their work include soil and water nutrient dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, phosphorus and nutrient management, fish ecology and management studies, hydrology and watershed management studies, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, and water quality and pollution assessment.

Some of their recent papers are as follows:

  • From planetary to regional boundaries for agricultural nitrogen pollution, 2022, Nature
  • Quantification of global and national nitrogen budgets for crop production, 2021, Nature Food
  • Exploring river nitrogen and phosphorus loading and export to global coastal waters in the Shared Socio-economic pathways, 2021, Global Environmental Change
  • Towards quantification of Holocene anthropogenic land-cover change in temperate China: A review in the light of pollen-based REVEALS reconstructions of regional plant cover, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Phosphorus for Sustainable Development Goal target of doubling smallholder productivity, 2021, Nature Sustainability

Arthur H. W. Beusen collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Lex Bouwman (42 publications)
  • José M. Mogollón (21 publications)
  • Junjie Wang (14 publications)
  • Jack J. Middelburg (13 publications)
  • Lauriane Vilmin (12 publications)

Their work is often published in a range of scientific journals and platforms, with frequent publication venues including:

  • Environmental Science & Technology (6 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (6 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (5 publications)
  • Environmental Research Letters (4 publications)
  • Harvard Dataverse (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • The HYDE 3.1 spatially explicit database of human‐induced global land‐use change over the past 12,000 years

    Kees Klein Goldewijk;Arthur Beusen;Gerard van Drecht;Martine de Vos

  • Exploring global changes in nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in agriculture induced by livestock production over the 1900–2050 period

    Lex Bouwman;Kees Klein Goldewijk;Klaas W. Van Der Hoek;Arthur H. W. Beusen

  • Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2

    Kees Klein Goldewijk;Kees Klein Goldewijk;Arthur Beusen;Arthur Beusen;Jonathan Doelman;Elke Stehfest

  • Global river nutrient export: A scenario analysis of past and future trends

    S. P. Seitzinger;E. Mayorga;E. Mayorga;A. F. Bouwman;A. F. Bouwman;C. Kroeze;C. Kroeze

  • Phosphorus demand for the 1970-2100 period: A scenario analysis of resource depletion

    D.P. Van Vuuren;A.F. Bouwman;A.F. Bouwman;A.H.W. Beusen

  • Sources and delivery of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus to the coastal zone : An overview of global nutrient export from watersheds (NEWS) models and their application

    S. P. Seitzinger;J. A. Harrison;Egon Dumont;Arthur H. W. Beusen

  • Long-term dynamic modeling of global population and built-up area in a spatially explicit way: HYDE 3.1

    Kees Klein Goldewijk;Arthur Beusen;Peter Janssen

  • Human alteration of the global nitrogen and phosphorus soil balances for the period 1970–2050

    A. F. Bouwman;A. F. Bouwman;A. H. W. Beusen;G. Billen

  • Global Nutrient Export from WaterSheds 2 (NEWS 2): Model development and implementation

    Emilio Mayorga;Sybil P. Seitzinger;John A. Harrison;Egon Dumont

  • Global riverine N and P transport to ocean increased during the 20th century despite increased retention along the aquatic continuum

    Arthur Beusen;Arthur Beusen;Alexander Bouwman;Alexander Bouwman;L.P.H. van Beek;José Mogollon

  • From planetary to regional boundaries for agricultural nitrogen pollution

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  • Estimation of global river transport of sediments and associated particulate C, N, and P

    A. H. W. Beusen;A. L. M. Dekkers;A. F. Bouwman;W. Ludwig

  • Water in crisis

    Arjen Y. Hoekstra;Arthur H.W. Beusen;Henk B.M. Hilderink;Marjolein B.A. van Asselt

  • Global trends and uncertainties in terrestrial denitrification and N2O emissions

    A. F. Bouwman;A. F. Bouwman;A. H. W. Beusen;A. H. W. Beusen;J. Griffioen;J. W. Van Groenigen

  • Global modeling of the fate of nitrogen from point and nonpoint sources in soils, groundwater, and surface water

    G. Van Drecht;A. F. Bouwman;J. M. Knoop;A. H. W. Beusen

  • Bottom-up uncertainty estimates of global ammonia emissions from global agricultural production systems

    A.H.W. Beusen;A.F. Bouwman;A.F. Bouwman;P.S.C. Heuberger;G. Van Drecht

  • Vulnerability of coastal ecosystems to changes in harmful algal bloom distribution in response to climate change: projections based on model analysis

    Patricia M. Glibert;J. Icarus Allen;Yuri Artioli;Arthur Beusen

  • Lessons from temporal and spatial patterns in global use of N and P fertilizer on cropland

    A. F. Bouwman;A. F. Bouwman;A. H. W. Beusen;A. H. W. Beusen;L. Lassaletta;D. F. van Apeldoorn

  • Quantification of global and national nitrogen budgets for crop production

    Xin Zhang;Tan Zou;Luis Lassaletta;Nathaniel D. Mueller

  • Global nitrogen and phosphorus in urban waste water based on the Shared Socio-economic pathways

    P. J.T.M. van Puijenbroek;A. H.W. Beusen;A. F. Bouwman

  • Exploring changes in river nitrogen export to the world's oceans

    A. F. Bouwman;G. Van Drecht;J. M. Knoop;A. H. W. Beusen

  • N:P:Si nutrient export ratios and ecological consequences in coastal seas evaluated by the ICEP approach

    Josette Garnier;Arthur Beusen;Vincent Thieu;Gilles Billen

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander F. Bouwman
Alexander F. Bouwman Utrecht University
Mark A. J. Huijbregts
Mark A. J. Huijbregts Radboud University
John A. Harrison
John A. Harrison Washington State University
Luis Lassaletta
Luis Lassaletta Technical University of Madrid
Jack J. Middelburg
Jack J. Middelburg Utrecht University
Michel G.J. den Elzen
Michel G.J. den Elzen Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Kees Klein Goldewijk
Kees Klein Goldewijk Utrecht University
Gilles Billen
Gilles Billen Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Elke Stehfest
Elke Stehfest Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Patricia M. Glibert
Patricia M. Glibert University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences

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