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Overview

Frank Peeters is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany and specializes in research within the broad fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Ocean Engineering.

Their main research topics focus on marine and coastal ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, isotope analysis in ecology, water resources management and optimization, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and reservoir engineering and simulation methods.

Peeters has contributed to scientific knowledge through publications in various venues. Frequent publication outlets include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Ecology Letters, Water Research, Sustainability, and Global Change Biology. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research and engagement with both environmental and earth science communities.

Several recent papers by Peeters include:

  • Interdisciplinary Reservoir Management-A Tool for Sustainable Water Resources Management (2021), Sustainability
  • Local and Continental-Scale Controls of the Onset of Spring Phytoplankton Blooms: Conclusions from a Proxy-Based Model (2021), Global Change Biology
  • Diurnal Pumped-Storage Operation Minimizes Methane Ebullition Fluxes From Hydropower Reservoirs (2020), Water Resources Research
  • Interannual Variability of Methane Storage and Emission During Autumn Overturn in a Small Lake (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Impact of Climate Warming on Phenological Asynchrony of Plankton Dynamics Across Europe (2023), Ecology Letters

Frequent coauthors in Peeters' research include Dietmar Straile, Hilmar Hofmann, Sebastian Diehl, Jorge Encinas Fernández, and Enzo Gronchi. The collaboration with these researchers suggests a network of active partnerships in environmental and earth science research themes.

Best Publications

  • On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate

    Lisa M. Beal;Wilhelmus P. M. De Ruijter;Arne Biastoch;Rainer Zahn

  • Noble Gases in Lakes and Ground Waters

    Rolf Kipfer;Werner Aeschbach-Hertig;Werner Aeschbach-Hertig;Frank Peeters;Marvin Stute

  • Vigorous exchange between the Indian and Atlantic oceans at the end of the past five glacial periods

    Frank J. C. Peeters;Ruth Acheson;Geert-Jan A. Brummer;Wilhelmus P. M. de Ruijter

  • Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum.

    Jean Lynch-Stieglitz;Jess F. Adkins;William B. Curry;Trond Dokken

  • Interpretation of dissolved atmospheric noble gases in natural waters

    Werner Aeschbach-Hertig;Frank Peeters;Urs Beyerle;Rolf Kipfer

  • Palaeotemperature reconstruction from noble gases in ground water taking into account equilibration with entrapped air

    Werner Aeschbach-Hertig;Frank Peeters;Urs Beyerle;Rolf Kipfer;Rolf Kipfer

  • Consistently dated Atlantic sediment cores over the last 40 thousand years

    Claire Waelbroeck;Bryan C. Lougheed;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Lise Missiaen

  • Earlier onset of the spring phytoplankton bloom in lakes of the temperate zone in a warmer climate

    Frank Peeters;Dietmar Straile;Andreas Lorke;David M. Livingstone

  • Application of k-ϵ turbulence models to enclosed basins: The role of internal seiches

    Gerrit-Hein Goudsmit;Hans Burchard;Frank Peeters;Alfred Wüest

  • The effect of upwelling on the distribution and stable isotope composition of Globigerina bulloides and Globigerinoides ruber (planktic foraminifera) in modern surface waters of the NW Arabian Sea

    Frank J.C Peeters;Geert-Jan A Brummer;Gerald Ganssen

  • Modeling 50 years of historical temperature profiles in a large central European lake

    Frank Peeters;David M. Livingstone;Gerrit Hein Goudsmit;Rolf Kipfer

  • Kinetic Model of Gas Bubble Dissolution in Groundwater and Its Implications for the Dissolved Gas Composition

    Johannes Holocher;Frank Peeters;Werner Aeschbach-Hertig;Wolfgang Kinzelbach

  • Seasonal stratification, shell flux, and oxygen isotope dynamics of left‐coiling N. pachyderma and T. quinqueloba in the western subpolar North Atlantic

    Lukas Jonkers;Geert-Jan A. Brummer;Frank J. C. Peeters;Hendrik M. van Aken

  • Planktic foraminiferal shell thinning in the Arabian Sea due to anthropogenic ocean acidification

    H. de Moel;G. M. Ganssen;F. J. C. Peeters;Simon Jung;Simon Jung

  • Processes of deep‐water renewal in Lake Baikal

    Roland Hohmann;Rolf Kipfer;Frank Peeters;Gabriel Piepke

  • Prediction of surface temperature in lakes with different morphology using air temperature

    Marco Toffolon;Sebastiano Piccolroaz;Bruno Majone;Anna-Maria Soja

  • Analysis of deep-water exchange in the Caspian Sea based on environmental tracers

    Frank Peeters;Frank Peeters;Rolf Kipfer;Rolf Kipfer;Daniel Achermann;Daniel Achermann;Markus Hofer;Markus Hofer

  • Temporal scales of water-level fluctuations in lakes and their ecological implications

    Hilmar Hofmann;Andreas Lorke;Frank Peeters

  • Modeling lakes and reservoirs in the climate system

    M. D. MacKay;P. J. Neale;C. D. Arp;L. N. De Senerpont Domis

  • Wave‐induced release of methane: Littoral zones as source of methane in lakes

    Hilmar Hofmann;Luisa Federwisch;Frank Peeters

  • Consistently dated Atlantic sediment cores

    Claire Waelbroeck;Bryan C Lougheed;Natalia Vázquez Riveiros;Lise Missiaen

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon J A Jung
Simon J A Jung University of Edinburgh
Martin Ziegler
Martin Ziegler Utrecht University
Thomas M. Marchitto
Thomas M. Marchitto University of Colorado Boulder
Trond Dokken
Trond Dokken NORCE Research
Jean Lynch-Stieglitz
Jean Lynch-Stieglitz Georgia Institute of Technology
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux
Bruno Malaizé
Bruno Malaizé University of Bordeaux
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
William E. N. Austin
William E. N. Austin University of St Andrews
Anders E. Carlson
Anders E. Carlson Oregon State University

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