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Kirsten Christoffersen

Kirsten Christoffersen

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Ecology and Evolution

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44
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11460
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4974
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71

Overview

Kirsten Christoffersen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on various subfields including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Kirsten Christoffersen has contributed to several research articles published in notable scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

  • Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs, 2023, Nature
  • Stratification strength and light climate explain variation in chlorophyll a at the continental scale in a European multilake survey in a heatwave summer, 2021, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Temporal changes in the relative abundance of anadromous Arctic charr, brown trout, and Atlantic salmon in northern Europe: Do they reflect changing climates?, 2021, Freshwater Biology
  • Biodiversity patterns of Arctic diatom assemblages in lakes and streams: Current reference conditions and historical context for biomonitoring, 2020, Freshwater Biology
  • First circumpolar assessment of Arctic freshwater phytoplankton and zooplankton diversity: Spatial patterns and environmental factors, 2021, Freshwater Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Jennifer Lento
  • Erik Jeppesen
  • Anna А. Novichkova
  • Jón S. Ólafsson
  • Willem Goedkoop

Christoffersen's work appears extensively in several publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Freshwater Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal of Fish Biology

Best Publications

  • Measurements of chlorophyll―a from phytoplankton using ethanol as extraction solvent

    A.-M Jespersen;K Christoffersen

  • 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

  • The Impact of Nutrient State and Lake Depth on Top-down Control in the Pelagic Zone of Lakes: A Study of 466 Lakes from the Temperate Zone to the Arctic

    Erik Jeppesen;Jens Peder Jensen;Claus Jensen;Bjørn Faafeng

  • Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs

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  • Toxic cyanobacteria in water. A guide to their public health consequences, monitoring, and management

    Kirsten Christoffersen;Hanne Kaas

  • Unemployment and mortality in Denmark, 1970-80.

    L Iversen;O Andersen;P K Andersen;K Christoffersen

  • Ecological implications of cyanobacterial toxins in aquatic food webs

    Kirsten Christoffersen

  • Shallow freshwater ecosystems of the circumpolar Arctic.

    Milla Rautio;Isabelle Laurion;Sylvia Bonilla

  • Microbial activity and bacterial community structure during degradation of microcystins

    Kirsten Christoffersen;Susanne Lyck;Anne Winding

  • Effects of cell-bound microcystins on survival and feeding of Daphnia spp.

    Thomas Rohrlack;Elke Dittmann;Thomas Börner;Kirsten Christoffersen

  • Potential role of fish predation and natural populations of zooplankton in structuring a plankton community in eutrophic lake water

    Kirsten Christoffersen;Bo Riemann;Annette Klysner;Morten Søndergaard

  • Temperature Effects Explain Continental Scale Distribution of Cyanobacterial Toxins

    Evanthia Mantzouki;Miquel Lürling;Jutta Fastner;Lisette de Senerpont Domis

  • Increasing dominance of terrigenous organic matter in circumpolar freshwaters due to permafrost thaw

    Maxime Wauthy;Milla Rautio;Milla Rautio;Kirsten S. Christoffersen;Laura Forsström

  • Stratification strength and light climate explain variation in chlorophyll a at the continental scale in a European multilake survey in a heatwave summer

    Daphne Donis;Evanthia Mantzouki;Daniel F. McGinnis;Dominic Vachon;Dominic Vachon

  • Trophic structure in the pelagial of 25 shallow New Zealand lakes: changes along nutrient and fish gradients

    Erik Jeppesen;Torben L. Lauridsen;Stuart F. Mitchell;Kirsten Christoffersen

  • Isolation, characterization, and quantitative analysis of Microviridin J, a new Microcystis metabolite toxic to Daphnia.

    Thomas Rohrlack;Kirsten Christoffersen;Poul Erik Hansen;Wei Zhang

  • Cyanobacterial Protease Inhibitor Microviridin J Causes a Lethal Molting Disruption in Daphnia pulicaria

    Thomas Rohrlack;Kirsten Christoffersen;Melanie Kaebernick;Brett A. Neilan

  • The terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate biodiversity of the archipelagoes of the Barents Sea; Svalbard, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya

    S.J. Coulson;P. Convey;K. Aakra;L. Aarvik

  • Fish manipulation as a lake restoration tool in shallow, eutrophic temperate lakes 1: cross-analysis of three Danish case-studies

    E. Jeppesen;M. Søndergaard;E. Mortensen;P. Kristensen

  • A spontaneous mutant of microcystin biosynthesis: genetic characterization and effect on Daphnia.

    Melanie Kaebernick;Thomas Rohrlack;Kirsten Christoffersen;Brett A. Neilan

  • Global warming: Design of a flow-through shallow lake mesocosm climate experiment

    Lone Liboriussen;Frank Landkildehus;Mariana Meerhoff;Mette E. Bramm

  • Ingestion of microcystins by Daphnia: Intestinal uptake and toxic effects

    Thomas Rohrlack;Thomas Rohrlack;Kirsten Christoffersen;Elke Dittmann;Isabel Nogueira

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Torben L. Lauridsen
Torben L. Lauridsen Aarhus University
Milla Rautio
Milla Rautio Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Martin Søndergaard
Martin Søndergaard Aarhus University
Bo Riemann
Bo Riemann Aarhus University
Willem Goedkoop
Willem Goedkoop Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Joseph M. Culp
Joseph M. Culp Wilfrid Laurier University
Ole Nybroe
Ole Nybroe University of Copenhagen
Hans-Peter Grossart
Hans-Peter Grossart University of Potsdam
Dean Jacobsen
Dean Jacobsen University of Copenhagen

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