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Erik Jeppesen

Erik Jeppesen

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Ecology and Evolution
Denmark
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
135
Citations
78024
World Ranking
58
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Erik Jeppesen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark, focusing their research primarily within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses a broad range of topics related to freshwater and marine ecosystems.

The scientist's research spans several subfields, including:

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change

Jeppesen's main topics of study cover diverse aspects of aquatic environments, such as:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

The frequent venues where Jeppesen has published include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Water Research
  • Water
  • Freshwater Biology

Notable recent papers feature collaborations with other researchers and address various ecological challenges. Selected publications are:

  • "Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Low shifts in salinity determined assembly processes and network stability of microeukaryotic plankton communities in a subtropical urban reservoir," 2021, Microbiome
  • "Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Rapid degradation of the world's large lakes," 2020, Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • "Freshwater salinisation: a research agenda for a saltier world," 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Resource aromaticity affects bacterial community successions in response to different sources of dissolved organic matter," 2020, Water Research

Jeppesen frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Martin Søndergaard
  • Zhengwen Liu
  • Thomas A. Davidson
  • Torben L. Lauridsen
  • Yunlin Zhang

Best Publications

  • Alternative equilibria in shallow lakes

    M Scheffer;S H Hosper;M L Meijer;B Moss

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Role of sediment and internal loading of phosphorus in shallow lakes

    Martin Søndergaard;Jens Peder Jensen;Erik Jeppesen

  • Lake responses to reduced nutrient loading - an analysis of contemporary long-term data from 35 case studies

    Erik Jeppesen;Martin Søndergaard;Jens Peder Jensen;Karl E. Havens

  • Ecological Dynamics Across the Arctic Associated with Recent Climate Change

    Eric Post;Eric Post;Mads C. Forchhammer;M. Syndonia Bret-Harte;Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan

  • Trophic structure, species richness and biodiversity in Danish lakes: changes along a phosphorus gradient

    Erik Jeppesen;Jens Peder Jensen;Martin SØndergaard;Torben Lauridsen

  • The Structuring Role of Submerged Macrophytes in Lakes

    Erik. Jeppesen

  • Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes

    Sarian Kosten;Sarian Kosten;Vera L. M. Huszar;Eloy Bécares;Luciana S. Costa

  • Top-down control in freshwater lakes: the role of nutrient state, submerged macrophytes and water depth

    Erik Jeppesen;Jens Peder Jensen;Martin Søndergaard;Torben Lauridsen

  • Beyond the Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) Model : Mechanisms Driving Plankton Succession

    Ulrich Sommer;Rita Adrian;Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis;James J. Elser

  • Allied attack: climate change and eutrophication

    B. Moss;S. Kosten;M. Meerhoff;R.W. Battarbee

  • Climate Change Effects on Runoff, Catchment Phosphorus Loading and Lake Ecological State, and Potential Adaptations

    Erik Jeppesen;Brian Kronvang;Mariana Meerhoff;Martin Søndergaard

  • From Greenland to green lakes: Cultural eutrophication and the loss of benthic pathways in lakes

    Yvonne Vadeboncoeur;Erik Jeppesen;M. Jake Vander Zanden;Hans‐Henrik Schierup

  • Lake restoration: successes, failures and long‐term effects

    Martin Søndergaard;Erik Jeppesen;Torben L. Lauridsen;Christian Skov

  • Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems.

    Sebastian Birk;Daniel Chapman;Laurence Carvalho;Bryan M. Spears

  • Iron:phosphorus ratio in surface sediment as an indicator of phosphate release from aerobic sediments in shallow lakes

    H. S. Jensen;P. Kristensen;E. Jeppesen;A. Skytthe

  • Ecological impacts of global warming and water abstraction on lakes and reservoirs due to changes in water level and related changes in salinity

    Erik Jeppesen;Sandra Brucet;Sandra Brucet;Luigi Naselli-Flores;Eva Papastergiadou

  • Impact of submerged macrophytes on fish-zooplankton-phytoplankton interactions : large-scale enclosure experiments in a shallow eutrophic lake

    Per Schriver;Jens Bøgestrand;Erik Jeppesen;Martin SøNDERGAARD

  • Impacts of climate warming on lake fish community structure and potential effects on ecosystem function

    Erik Jeppesen;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Kerstin Holmgren;Ivan González-Bergonzoni

  • Retention and internal loading of phosphorus in shallow, eutrophic lakes.

    Martin Sondergaard;Peder Jens Jensen;Erik Jeppesen

  • Restoration of shallow lakes by nutrient control and biomanipulation—the successful strategy varies with lake size and climate

    E. Jeppesen;M. Meerhoff;B. A. Jacobsen;R. S. Hansen

  • Biomanipulation as an application of food-chain theory: constraints, synthesis, and recommendations for temperate lakes

    Lars-Anders Hansson;Helene Annadotter;Eva Bergman;Stellan F. Hamrin

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Søndergaard
Martin Søndergaard Aarhus University
Torben L. Lauridsen
Torben L. Lauridsen Aarhus University
Thomas A. Davidson
Thomas A. Davidson Aarhus University
Zhengwen Liu
Zhengwen Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sandra Brucet
Sandra Brucet Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Mariana Meerhoff
Mariana Meerhoff University of the Republic
Meryem Beklioglu
Meryem Beklioglu Middle East Technical University
Jens Peder Jensen
Jens Peder Jensen Aarhus University
Dennis Trolle
Dennis Trolle Aarhus University
Néstor Mazzeo
Néstor Mazzeo University of the Republic

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