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Birgit Olesen

Birgit Olesen

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
35
Citations
5259
World Ranking
9293
National Ranking
132

Birgit Olesen publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Birgit Olesen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 61 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Birgit Olesen D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Birgit Olesen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Birgit Olesen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark, where their research primarily covers topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The focus of their scientific investigations centers on Marine and coastal plant biology, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques.

Their frequently published work appears in diverse venues such as the Journal of Phycology, Research Portal (King's College London), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Ecography, and Molecular Ecology.

Birgit Olesen has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including Dorte Krause-Jensen, Mikael K. Sejr, Martin E. Blicher, Jakob Thyrring, and Susse Wegeberg.

Their recent scientific publications include:

  • Latitudinal patterns in intertidal ecosystem structure in West Greenland suggest resilience to climate change, 2021, Ecography
  • Small Scale Factors Modify Impacts of Temperature, Ice Scour and Waves and Drive Rocky Intertidal Community Structure in a Greenland Fjord, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Whole genome population structure of North Atlantic kelp confirms high-latitude glacial refugia, 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • Macroalgal habitats support a sustained flux of floating biomass but limited carbon export beyond a Greenland fjord, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Whole-genome sequencing reveals forgotten lineages and recurrent hybridizations within the kelp genus Alaria (Phaeophyceae), 2021, Journal of Phycology

Best Publications

  • Bioenergy potential of Ulva lactuca: biomass yield, methane production and combustion.

    Annette Bruhn;Jonas Dahl;Henrik Bangsø Nielsen;Lars Nikolaisen

  • Growth and population dynamics of Posidonia oceanica on the Spanish Mediterranean coast:elucidating seagrass decline

    Nuria Marbá;Carlos M Duarte;Just Cebrián;Margarita Gallegos

  • Reconstruction of seagrass dynamics: age determinations and associated tools for the seagrass ecologist

    CM Duarte;N. Marbá;N. Agawin;J. Cebrián

  • Distribution, structure and function of Nordic eelgrass (Zostera marina) ecosystems: implications for coastal management and conservation

    Christoffer Boström;Susanne Baden;Anna-Christina Bockelmann;Karsten Dromph

  • Patch dynamics of eelgrass Zostera marina

    B. Olesen;K. Sand-Jensen

  • Depth-acclimation of photosynthesis, morphology and demography of Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa in the Spanish Mediterranean Sea

    Birgit Olesen;Susana Enríquez;Carlos M. Duarte;Kaj Sand-Jensen

  • Dynamics of Seagrass Stability and Change

    Carlos M. Duarte;James W. Fourqurean;Dorte Krause-Jensen;Birgit Olesen

  • Seasonal acclimatization of eelgrass Zostera marina growth to light

    B. Olesen;K. Sand-Jensen

  • Demography of shallow eelgrass (Zostera marina) populations-shoot dynamics and biomass development

    Birgit Olesen;Kaj Sand-Jensen

  • Seasonal sea ice cover as principal driver of spatial and temporal variation in depth extension and annual production of kelp in Greenland

    Dorte Krause-Jensen;Núria Marbà;Birgit Olesen;Mikael K. Sejr

  • Tracing the origin of Gulf Coast Phragmites (Poaceae): A story of long-distance dispersal and hybridization

    Carla Lambertini;Irving A. Mendelssohn;Mats H. G. Gustafsson;Birgit Olesen

  • Growth and morphology in relation to temperature and light availability during the establishment of three invasive aquatic plant species

    Tenna Riis;Birgit Olesen;John S. Clayton;Carla Lambertini

  • Cultivation of Ulva lactuca with manure for simultaneous bioremediation and biomass production

    Mette Møller Nielsen;Annette Bruhn;Michael Bo Rasmussen;Birgit Olesen

  • Biomass-density patterns in the temperate seagrass Zostera marina

    B. Olesen;K. Sand-Jensen

  • Invasion strategies in clonal aquatic plants: are phenotypic differences caused by phenotypic plasticity or local adaptation?

    Tenna Riis;Carla Lambertini;Birgit Olesen;John S. Clayton

  • Biogeochemical conditions in sediments enriched by organic matter from net-pen fish farms in the Bolinao area, Philippines

    Marianne Holmer;Carlos M. Duarte;Anna Heilskov;Birgit Olesen

  • Reproduction in Danish eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) stands: size-dependence and biomass partitioning

    B Olesen

  • Recolonization dynamics in a mixed seagrass meadow: The role of clonal versus sexual processes

    Birgit Olesen;Núria Marbà;Carlos M. Duarte;R.S. Savela

  • Herbivory on Posidonia oceanica:magnitude and variability in the Spanish Mediterranean

    Cebrián J;Duarte Cm;Marbà N;Enríquez S

  • Carbon acquisition and carbon dynamics by aquatic isoetids

    Tom V Madsen;Birgit Olesen;Jens Bagger

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorte Krause-Jensen
Dorte Krause-Jensen Aarhus University
Núria Marbà
Núria Marbà Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies
Tenna Riis
Tenna Riis Aarhus University
Kaj Sand-Jensen
Kaj Sand-Jensen University of Copenhagen
Mikael K. Sejr
Mikael K. Sejr Aarhus University
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Brian K. Sorrell
Brian K. Sorrell Aarhus University
Peter Bondo Christensen
Peter Bondo Christensen Aarhus University
Hans Brix
Hans Brix Aarhus University
Kim N. Mouritsen
Kim N. Mouritsen Aarhus University

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