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Christian Blodau

Christian Blodau

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
47
Citations
8547
World Ranking
5780
National Ranking
387

Christian Blodau 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 Christian Blodau sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 129 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christian Blodau 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 Christian Blodau sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christian Blodau was affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research spanned multiple fields including Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Medicine. The subfields in which they contributed include Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Plant Science.

The main topics covered in their work were diverse and included:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

The following papers were among their recent publications:

  • "Permafrost thaw causes large carbon loss in boreal peatlands while changes to peat quality are limited" (2023), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Impact of Morphine Treatment on Infarct Size and Reperfusion Injury in Acute Reperfused ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction" (2020), published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Control of carbon and nitrogen accumulation by vegetation in pristine bogs of southern Patagonia" (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "sj-pdf-1-hol-10.1177_0959683617693899 - Supplemental material for Influence of Holocene permafrost aggradation and thaw on the paleoecology and carbon storage of a peatland complex in northwestern Canada" (2021), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Christian Blodau frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • David Olefeldt
  • Nicolas Pelletier
  • Klaus-Holger Knorr
  • Julie Talbot
  • Merritt R. Turetsky

The scientist contributed publications to venues such as:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Christian Blodau's research work bridged environmental sciences focusing on carbon dynamics in peatlands, climate change effects on permafrost, and medical studies on cardiac health, especially myocardial infarction and cardiovascular conditions. Their multidisciplinary approach integrated field ecology, atmospheric science, and clinical cardiology, reflecting a wide scope of expertise.

Best Publications

  • Peatlands and the carbon cycle: from local processes to global implications - a synthesis

    J. Limpens;F. Berendse;Christian Blodau;J. G. Canadell

  • Mobilization of arsenic by dissolved organic matter from iron oxides, soils and sediments.

    Markus Bauer;Christian Blodau

  • Carbon cycling in peatlands A review of processes and controls

    Christian Blodau

  • Carbon turnover in peatland mesocosms exposed to different water table levels

    Christian Blodau;Nathan Basiliko;Tim R. Moore

  • A review of acidity generation and consumption in acidic coal mine lakes and their watersheds.

    Christian Blodau

  • Oxidation and incorporation of hydrogen sulfide by dissolved organic matter

    Tobias Heitmann;Christian Blodau

  • Peat decomposition records in three pristine ombrotrophic bogs in southern Patagonia

    Tanja Broder;Christian Blodau;Christian Blodau;Harald Biester;Klaus-Holger Knorr

  • Electron transfer capacities and reaction kinetics of peat dissolved organic matter

    Markus Bauer;Tobias Heitmann;Donald L. Macalady;Christian Blodau

  • Arsenic distribution in the dissolved, colloidal and particulate size fraction of experimental solutions rich in dissolved organic matter and ferric iron

    Markus Bauer;Christian Blodau

  • Experimental response of peatland carbon dynamics to a water table fluctuation

    Christian Blodau;Tim R. Moore

  • Electron transfer of dissolved organic matter and its potential significance for anaerobic respiration in a northern bog

    Tobias Heitmann;Tobias Goldhammer;Julia Beer;Christian Blodau

  • Impact of experimental drought and rewetting on redox transformations and methanogenesis in mesocosms of a northern fen soil

    Klaus-Holger Knorr;Christian Blodau

  • Dynamics of redox processes in a minerotrophic fen exposed to a water table manipulation

    Klaus-Holger Knorr;Gunnar Lischeid;Christian Blodau

  • Transport and thermodynamics constrain belowground carbon turnover in a northern peatland

    Julia Beer;Christian Blodau

  • Regulation of Decomposition and Methane Dynamics across Natural, Commercially Mined, and Restored Northern Peatlands

    Nathan Basiliko;Nathan Basiliko;Christian Blodau;Christian Blodau;Charlotte L. Roehm;Charlotte L. Roehm;Charlotte L. Roehm;Per Bengtson

  • Micro-scale CO2 and CH4 dynamics in a peat soil during a water fluctuation and sulfate pulse

    Christian Blodau;Tim R. Moore

  • Controls on schwertmannite transformation rates and products

    Klaus-Holger Knorr;Christian Blodau

  • Impact of altering the water table height of an acidic fen on N2O and NO fluxes and soil concentrations

    Stefanie Daniela Goldberg;Klaus-Holger Knorr;Christian Blodau;Gunnar Lischeid

  • Patterns of nitrogen and sulfur accumulation and retention in ombrotrophic bogs, eastern Canada

    Tim R. Moore;Christian Blodau;Jukka Turunen;Nigel T. Roulet

  • Experimental drought alters rates of soil respiration and methanogenesis but not carbon exchange in soil of a temperate fen

    Klaus-Holger Knorr;Marieke R. Oosterwoud;Christian Blodau

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim R. Moore
Tim R. Moore McGill University
Stefan Peiffer
Stefan Peiffer University of Bayreuth
Till Kleinebecker
Till Kleinebecker University of Münster
Nigel T. Roulet
Nigel T. Roulet McGill University
Jan H. Fleckenstein
Jan H. Fleckenstein University of Bayreuth
Nathan Basiliko
Nathan Basiliko Laurentian University
David Olefeldt
David Olefeldt University of Alberta
Jill L. Bubier
Jill L. Bubier Mount Holyoke College
Claudia Wagner-Riddle
Claudia Wagner-Riddle University of Guelph
Norbert Hölzel
Norbert Hölzel University of Münster

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