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Hans Ulrik Riisgård is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. Their research mainly spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Engineering, contributing substantially to both disciplines.

The scientist's work prominently addresses subfields such as Biotechnology, Ocean Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, and Oceanography. This varied approach reflects a multidisciplinary engagement with complex scientific questions.

Riisgård has engaged extensively with topics including Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Marine Toxins and Detection Methods, Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Marine and Environmental Studies.

Their research output includes frequent publications in venues such as the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Marine Biology, and Frontiers in Marine Science. These venues indicate a focus on marine science and environmental topics.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Riisgård include:

  • Ciliary feeding structures and particle capture mechanism in the freshwater bryozoan Plumatella repens (Phylactolaemata), 2024, Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
  • Filtration Rates and Scaling in Demosponges, 2022, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Bioenergetic model and specific growth rates of jellyfish Aurelia spp, 2022, Marine Ecology Progress Series

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Riisgård include Poul S. Larsen, Peter Funch, Josephine Goldstein, Jonathan R. Brewer, and Rachael A. Kealy. Such collaborations reflect interdisciplinary work and partnerships within marine and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Efficiency of particle retention and filtration rate in 6 species of Northeast American bivalves

    HU Riisgård

  • Efficiency of particle retention in 13 species of suspension feeding bivalves

    Flemming Møhlenberg;Hans Ulrik Riisgård

  • On measurement of filtration rates in bivalves — the stony road to reliable data: review and interpretation

    Hans Ulrik Riisgård

  • Filtration rate capacities in 6 species of European freshwater bivalves.

    Jakob Kryger;Hans Ulrik Riisgård

  • Filtration rate, using a new indirect technique, in thirteen species of suspension-feeding bivalves

    F. Møhlenberg;H. U. Riisgård

  • Energy budgest, growth and filtration rates in Mytilus edulis at different algal concentrations

    H. U. Riisgard;A. Randløv

  • Particle capture mechanisms in suspension-feeding invertebrates

    Hans Ulrik Riisgård;Poul S. Larsen

  • Ciliary and mucus-net filter feeding, with special reference to fluid mechanical Characteristics

    CB Jørgensen;T Kørboe;F Møhlenberg;HU Riisgård

  • Regulation of opening state and filtration rate in filter-feeding bivalves (Cardium edule, Mytilus edulis, Mya arenaria) in response to low algal concentration

    Hans Ulrik Riisgård;Christina Kittner;Dorthe F Seerup

  • Growth, filtration and respiration in the mussel Mytilus edulis:no evidence for physiological regulation of the filter-pump to nutritional needs

    Clausen I;Riisgård Hu

  • Filtration capacity of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis and its grazing impact in a shallow fjord

    Jens Kjerulf Petersen;H.U. Riisgård

  • In situ feeding rates of plantonic copepods: A comparison of four methods

    Thomas Kiørboe;Flemming Møhlenberg;Hans Ulrik riisgård

  • Effects of temperature on the mussel pump

    Carl Barker Jørgensen;Poul S. Larsen;Hans Ulrik Riisgård

  • Suspension feeding in the polychaete Nereis diversicolor

    HU Riisgård

  • SUSPENSION-FEEDING IN MARINE SPONGES HALICHONDRIA-PANICEA AND HALICLONA-URCEOLUS - EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON FILTRATION-RATE AND ENERGY-COST OF PUMPING

    H.U. Riisgård;S. Thomassen;H. Jakobsen;J. M. Weeks

  • Population dynamics, growth and energetics of jellyfish Aurelia aurita in a shallow fjord

    NJ Olesen;K. Frandsen;HU Riisgard

  • Feeding Behaviour of the Mussel, Mytilus edulis: New Observations, with a Minireview of Current Knowledge

    Hans Ulrik Riisgård;Parnuna P. Egede;Isabel Barreiro Saavedra

  • The bivalve pump

    CB Jørgensen;P Famme;HS Kristensen;PS Larsen

  • Clearance rates of jellyfish and their potential predation impact on zooplankton and fish larvae in a neritic ecosystem (Limfjorden, Denmark)

    Lars Johan Hansson;Ole Moeslund;Thomas Kiørboe;Hans Ulrik Riisgård

  • Comparative ecophysiology of active zoobenthic filter feeding, essence of current knowledge

    H.U Riisgård;P.S Larsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Claus Nielsen
Claus Nielsen Natural History Museum
Thomas Kiørboe
Thomas Kiørboe Technical University of Denmark
Donald E. Canfield
Donald E. Canfield University of Southern Denmark
Jens Honore Walther
Jens Honore Walther Technical University of Denmark
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Tom Fenchel
Tom Fenchel University of Copenhagen
Jennifer E. Purcell
Jennifer E. Purcell Western Washington University
Antoine Grémare
Antoine Grémare University of Bordeaux
Thomas R. Anderson
Thomas R. Anderson National Oceanography Centre
Gary Thomas Banta
Gary Thomas Banta University of Southern Denmark

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