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Benni Winding Hansen

Benni Winding Hansen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
11281
World Ranking
3278
National Ranking
45

Benni Winding Hansen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benni Winding Hansen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 242 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Benni Winding Hansen D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benni Winding Hansen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Benni Winding Hansen is affiliated with Roskilde University in Denmark and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, notably Oceanography, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, and Aquatic Science.

Their research topics include:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

Benni Winding Hansen has published in various journals and venues, including frequent contributions to Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Aquaculture Research, Journal of Plankton Research, SSRN Electronic Journal, and PLoS ONE.

Recent papers by Hansen include:

  • Too late for regulatory management on Pacific oysters in European coastal waters?, 2022, Journal of Sea Research
  • Biowaste and by-products as rearing substrates for black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae: Effects on larval body composition and performance, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Evaluation of high-density tank cultivation of the live-feed cyclopoid copepod Apocyclops royi (Lindberg 1940), 2020, Aquaculture
  • Cultivation success and fatty acid composition of the tropical copepods Apocyclops royi and Pseudodiaptomus annandalei fed on monospecific diets with varying PUFA profiles, 2020, Aquaculture Research
  • Comparing earthworm biodiversity estimated by DNA metabarcoding and morphology-based approaches, 2023, Applied Soil Ecology

Frequent coauthors with whom Hansen has collaborated include:

  • Rumakanta Sapkota
  • Søren Møller
  • Søren Laurentius Nielsen
  • Per Meyer Jepsen
  • Hans van Someren Gréve

Best Publications

  • Food size spectra, ingestion and growth of the copepodAcartia tonsa during development: Implications for determination of copepod production

    U. Berggreen;B. Hansen;T. Kiørboe

  • Zooplankton grazing and growth: Scaling within the 2-2,-μm body size range

    Per Juel Hansen;Peter Koefoed Bjørnsen;Benni Winding Hansen

  • The size ratio between planktonic predators and their prey

    Benni Hansen;Peter Koefoed Bjornsen;Per Juel Hansen

  • Zooplankton grazing and growth: Scaling within the 2–2,000‐µm body size range

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  • Seasonal variation in nutrients, pelagic primary production and grazing in a high-Arctic coastal marine ecosystem, Young Sound, Northeast Greenland

    Søren Rysgaard;Torkel Gissel Nielsen;Benni Winding Hansen

  • On the trophic coupling between protists and copepods in arctic marine ecosystems

    Henrik Levinsen;Jefferson T. Turner;Torkel G. Nielsen;Benni W. Hansen

  • Status and recommendations on marine copepod cultivation for use as live feed

    Guillaume Drillet;Guillaume Drillet;Stéphane Frouël;Mie Hylstofte Sichlau;Per Meyer Jepsen

  • Annual population development and production by Calanus finmarchicus, C. glacialis and C. hyperboreus in Disko Bay, western Greenland

    S. D. Madsen;T. G. Nielsen;B. W. Hansen

  • Biochemical and technical observations supporting the use of copepods as live feed organisms in marine larviculture

    Guillaume Drillet;Niels O.G. Jørgensen;Thomas Flarup Sørensen;Hans Ramløv

  • Plankton community structure and carbon cycling on the western coast of Greenland during and after the sedimentation of a Diatom Bloom

    T.G. Nielsen;Benni Winding Hansen

  • Plankton Community Structure and Carbon Cycling on the Western Coast of Greenland during the Stratified Summer Situation: III. Mesozooplankton

    Benni Winding Hansen;Torkel Gissel Nielsen;Henrik Levinsen

  • Bacteria associated with a marine planktonic copepod in culture. I. Bacterial genera in seawater, body surface, intestines and fecal pellets and succession during fecal pellet degradation

    Benni Winding Hansen;G. Bech

  • Zooplankton feeding ecology: grazing on phytoplankton and predation on protozoans by copepod and barnacle nauplii in Disko Bay, West Greenland

    Jefferson T. Turner;Henrik Levinsen;Torkel Gissel Nielsen;Benni Winding Hansen

  • Reproductive cycles of three dominant Calanus species in Disko Bay, West Greenland

    B. Niehoff;S. D. Madsen;B. W. Hansen;Torkel Gissel Nielsen

  • Perspectives on marine zooplankton lipids

    Gerhard Kattner;Willy Hagen;Richard F. Lee;Robert Campbell

  • Grazing, egg production, and biochemical evidence of differences in the life strategies of Calanus finmarchicus, C. glacialis and C. hyperboreus in Disko Bay, western Greenland

    Rasmus Swalethorp;Sanne Kjellerup;Michael Dünweber;Torkel Gissel Nielsen

  • Effect of cold storage upon eggs of a calanoid copepod, Acartia tonsa (Dana) and their offspring

    Guillaume Drillet;Morten H Iversen;Thomas Flarup Sørensen;Hans Ramløv

  • Impact of changing ice cover on pelagic productivity and food web structure in Disko Bay, West Greenland: a dynamic model approach

    Anja Skjoldborg Hansen;Torkel Gissel Nielsen;Henrik Levinsen;Siz D. Madsen

  • Plankton dynamics in the marginal ice zone of the central Barents Sea during spring: carbon flow and structure of the grazer food chain

    B. Hansen;Sten Christiansen;Gunnar Pedersen

  • Changes in plankton and fish larvae communities across hydrographic fronts off West Greenland

    Peter Munk;Benni W. Hansen;Torkel G. Nielsen;Helge A. Thomsen

  • Feeding, growth and reproduction in the genus Calanus

    R.P. Harris;X. Irigoien;R.N. Head;C. Rey

  • Plankton community structure and carbon cycling on the western coast of Greenland during the stratified summer situation. II. Heterotrophic dinoflagellates and ciliates

    Henrik Levinsen;Torkel Gissel Nielsen;Benni Winding Hansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Torkel Gissel Nielsen
Torkel Gissel Nielsen Technical University of Denmark
Stiig Markager
Stiig Markager Aarhus University
Hans Henrik Jakobsen
Hans Henrik Jakobsen Aarhus University
Jiang-Shiou Hwang
Jiang-Shiou Hwang National Taiwan Ocean University
Gary Thomas Banta
Gary Thomas Banta University of Southern Denmark
Thomas Kiørboe
Thomas Kiørboe Technical University of Denmark
Morten Foldager Pedersen
Morten Foldager Pedersen Roskilde University
Peter Tiselius
Peter Tiselius University of Gothenburg
Søren Rysgaard
Søren Rysgaard Aarhus University
Lars Hestbjerg Hansen
Lars Hestbjerg Hansen University of Copenhagen

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