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Laurenz Thomsen

Laurenz Thomsen

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Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
5314
World Ranking
5369
National Ranking
379

Overview

Laurenz Thomsen is affiliated with Jacobs University in Germany and works extensively in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Ocean Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. The diversity of these fields reflects a comprehensive focus on marine and environmental systems.

Thomsen's work covers a range of main topics such as Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems, Marine and fisheries research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Marine animal studies, and Geological formations and processes. These topics demonstrate a broad interest in marine ecosystems from biological, geological, and technological perspectives.

Frequent publication venues where Thomsen's research appears include Frontiers in Marine Science, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Sensors, Ecological Informatics, and Marine Policy. These venues are indicative of engagement with both ecological and technological aspects of marine science and policy.

Recent papers by Thomsen include:

  • Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Assessing plume impacts caused by polymetallic nodule mining vehicles (2022, Marine Policy)
  • The potential of video imagery from worldwide cabled observatory networks to provide information supporting fish-stock and biodiversity assessment (2020, ICES Journal of Marine Science)
  • New Technologies for Monitoring and Upscaling Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Deep-Sea Environments (2024, Engineering)
  • Numerical Simulation of Deep-Sea Sediment Transport Induced by a Dredge Experiment in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)

Thomsen collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Jacopo Aguzzi, Damianos Chatzievangelou, Simone Marini, Roberto Danovaro, and Emanuela Fanelli. These collaborations indicate a strong interdisciplinary network within the marine science community, supporting research that crosses biology, ecology, and engineering domains.

Best Publications

  • Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

    Roberto Danovaro;Emanuela Fanelli;Jacopo Aguzzi;David Billett

  • Modelled transport of benthic marine microplastic pollution in the Nazaré Canyon

    A. Ballent;S. Pando;A. Purser;M. F. Juliano

  • Recent sediment transport and deposition in the Nazaré Canyon, Portuguese continental margin.

    Henko C. de Stigter;Wim Boer;Pedro A. de Jesus Mendes;Carlos César Jesus

  • Sediment erosion thresholds and characteristics of resuspended aggregates on the western European continental margin

    Laurenz Thomsen;Giselher Gust

  • An ecosystem-based deep-ocean strategy

    R. Danovaro;J. Aguzzi;E. Fanelli;D. Billett

  • Physical transport properties of marine microplastic pollution

    A. Ballent;A. Purser;P. de Jesus Mendes;S. Pando

  • Spatial and temporal variability of particulate matter in the benthic boundary layer at the N.W. European Continental Margin (Goban Spur)

    L. Thomsen;Tj.C.E. van Weering

  • Distribution, composition and flux of particulate material over the European margin at 47° 50°N

    I. N. McCave;Ian Robert Hall;A. N. Antia;L. Chou

  • The role of the benthic biota in sedimentary metabolism and sediment-water exchange processes in the Goban Spur area (NE Atlantic)

    Carlos Heip;G Duineveld;E Flach;G Graf

  • New High-Tech Flexible Networks for the Monitoring of Deep-Sea Ecosystems

    Jacopo Aguzzi;Damianos Chatzievangelou;Simone Marini;Emanuela Fanelli

  • The influence of flow velocity and food concentration on Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) zooplankton capture rates

    Autun Purser;Ann I. Larsson;Laurenz Thomsen;Dick van Oevelen

  • Tolerance to long-term exposure of suspended benthic sediments and drill cuttings in the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa.

    Ann I. Larsson;Dick van Oevelen;Autun Purser;Laurenz Thomsen

  • Societal need for improved understanding of climate change, anthropogenic impacts, and geo-hazard warning drive development of ocean observatories in European Seas

    Henry A. Ruhl;Michel André;Laura Beranzoli;M. Namik Çağatay

  • Recent sediments, sediment accumulation and carbon burial at Goban Spur, N.W. European Continental Margin (47–50°N)

    Tj.C.E. van Weering;I.R. Hall;H.C. de Stigter;I.N. McCave

  • Plastic microbeads from cosmetic products: an experimental study of their hydrodynamic behaviour, vertical transport and resuspension in phytoplankton and sediment aggregates

    Paula Möhlenkamp;Autun Purser;Laurenz Thomsen

  • Distribution of meiobenthos in the Nazaré canyon and adjacent slope (western Iberian Margin) in relation to sedimentary composition

    R. Garcia;K. A. Koho;H. C. De Stigter;E. Epping

  • Feeding types of the benthic community and particle transport across the slope of the N.W. European continental margin (Goban Spur)

    E Flach;M Lavaleye;H de Stigter;L Thomsen

  • Coastal observatories for monitoring of fish behaviour and their responses to environmental changes

    J. Aguzzi;C. Doya;S. Tecchio;F.C. De Leo

  • Physical and hydrodynamic properties of deep sea mining-generated, abyssal sediment plumes in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (eastern-central Pacific)

    Benjamin Gillard;Benjamin Gillard;Kaveh Purkiani;Damianos Chatzievangelou;Annemiek Vink

  • Processes in the benthic boundary layer at the Iberian continental margin and their implication for carbon mineralization

    L Thomsen;T vanWeering;G Gust

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacopo Aguzzi
Jacopo Aguzzi Spanish National Research Council
Roberto Danovaro
Roberto Danovaro Marche Polytechnic University
Henry A. Ruhl
Henry A. Ruhl Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Jürgen Mienert
Jürgen Mienert University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Olaf Pfannkuche
Olaf Pfannkuche GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Antonio Dell'Anno
Antonio Dell'Anno Marche Polytechnic University
Jorge Miguel Miranda
Jorge Miguel Miranda University of Lisbon
Serge Heussner
Serge Heussner Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Imants G. Priede
Imants G. Priede University of Aberdeen
Richard S. Lampitt
Richard S. Lampitt National Oceanography Centre

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