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Brian K. Sorrell

Brian K. Sorrell

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
38
Citations
6422
World Ranking
8585
National Ranking
123

Overview

Brian K. Sorrell is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and conducts research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Oceanography, Plant Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The research focuses on a range of topics such as Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, climate change and permafrost, marine and coastal plant biology, methane hydrates and related phenomena, marine and coastal ecosystems, and cryospheric studies and observations.

Sorrell's body of work includes numerous publications across several scientific journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Scientific Reports, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Aquatic Botany, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) from La Trobe University.

Several papers highlight key areas of research:

  • Physiological processes affecting methane transport by wetland vegetation - A review, 2022, Aquatic Botany
  • Nutrient removal potential and biomass production by Phragmites australis and Typha latifolia on European rewetted peat and mineral soils, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A comparison of nutrient uptake efficiency and growth rate between different macrophyte growth forms, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Effects of increased irradiance on biomass, photobiology, nutritional quality, and pigment composition of Arctic sea ice algae, 2020, Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • An under-ice bloom of mixotrophic haptophytes in low nutrient and freshwater-influenced Arctic waters, 2021, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors working alongside Sorrell include Lars Chresten Lund-Hansen, Dorte Haubjerg Søgaard, Franziska Eller, Ian Hawes, and Tanja Stratmann. These collaborations reflect contributions across multiple aspects of environmental and marine science.

In addition to journal articles, Sorrell has contributed to academic book publications. One notable publication with Springer Nature (Netherlands) is Arctic Sea Ice Ecology, published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Are Phragmites-dominated wetlands a net source or net sink of greenhouse gases?

    Hans Brix;Brian K. Sorrell;Bent Lorenzen

  • Internal pressurization and convective gas flow in some emergent freshwater macrophytes

    Hans Brix;Brian K. Sorrell;Philip T. Orr

  • Gas fluxes achieved by in situ convective flow in Phragmites australis

    Hans Brix;Brian K. Sorrell;Hans-Henrik Schierup

  • Community recommendations on terminology and procedures used in flooding and low oxygen stress research

    Rashmi Sasidharan;Julia Bailey-Serres;Julia Bailey-Serres;Motoyuki Ashikari;Brian J. Atwell

  • On the difficulties of measuring oxygen release by root systems of wetland plants

    B. K. Sorrell;W. Armstrong

  • Mangrove growth in New Zealand estuaries: the role of nutrient enrichment at sites with contrasting rates of sedimentation

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Ilka C. Feller;Joanne Ellis;Ann Maree Schwarz

  • Testing the Growth Rate vs. Geochemical Hypothesis for latitudinal variation in plant nutrients

    Catherine Lovelock;Ilka C Feller;Marilyn Ball;J Ellis

  • Cosmopolitan Species As Models for Ecophysiological Responses to Global Change: The Common Reed Phragmites australis

    Franziska Eller;Hana Skálová;Joshua S. Caplan;Ganesh P. Bhattarai

  • Growth and root oxygen release by Typha latifolia and its effects on sediment methanogenesis

    Dorthe N Jespersen;Brian K. Sorrell;Hans Brix

  • Mangrove Forest and Soil Development on a Rapidly Accreting Shore in New Zealand

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Brian K. Sorrell;Nicole Hancock;Quan Hua

  • Controls on soil cellulose decomposition along a salinity gradient in a Phragmites australis wetland in Denmark

    Irving A. Mendelssohn;Brian K. Sorrell;Hans Brix;Hans-Henrik Schierup

  • 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

  • Ecophysiology of Wetland Plant Roots: A Modelling Comparison of Aeration in Relation to Species Distribution

    B K Sorrell;I A Mendelssohn;K L McKee;Ross Woods

  • 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

  • Biogeochemistry of billabong sediments. II. Seasonal variations in methane production

    Brian K. Sorrell;Paul. I. Boon

  • Convective gas flow in Eleocharis sphacelata R. Br.: methane transport and release from wetlands

    Brian K. Sorrell;Paul I. Boon

  • Effect of external oxygen demand on radial oxygen loss by Juncus roots in titanium citrate solutions

    B. K. Sorrell

  • Biogeochemistry of billabong sediments. I. The effect of macrophytes.

    Paul I. Boon;Brian K. Sorrell

  • Emissions of Greenhouse Gases CH4 and N2O from Low-gradient Streams in Agriculturally Developed Catchments

    Robert J. Wilcock;Brian K. Sorrell

  • Extreme Low Light Requirement for Algae Growth Underneath Sea Ice: A Case Study From Station Nord, NE Greenland

    Kasper Hancke;Lars C. Lund‐Hansen;Maxim L. Lamare;Stine Højlund Pedersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Brix
Hans Brix Aarhus University
Ian Hawes
Ian Hawes University of Waikato
Tenna Riis
Tenna Riis Aarhus University
Birgit Olesen
Birgit Olesen Aarhus University
Klaus M Meiners
Klaus M Meiners Australian Antarctic Division
Rolf Gradinger
Rolf Gradinger University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Chris C. Tanner
Chris C. Tanner National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Søren Rysgaard
Søren Rysgaard Aarhus University
Torben L. Lauridsen
Torben L. Lauridsen Aarhus University
Stiig Markager
Stiig Markager Aarhus University

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