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Leon P. M. Lamers

Leon P. M. Lamers

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
58
Citations
12854
World Ranking
2556
National Ranking
75

Overview

Leon P. M. Lamers is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work frequently covers topics related to coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, marine and coastal plant biology, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, marine biology and ecology research, marine and coastal ecosystems, and botany and plant ecology studies.

Lamers has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Recovering wetland biogeomorphic feedbacks to restore the world's biotic carbon hotspots (2022, Science)
  • Mimicry of emergent traits amplifies coastal restoration success (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Nutrient removal potential and biomass production by Phragmites australis and Typha latifolia on European rewetted peat and mineral soils (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Conventional subsoil irrigation techniques do not lower carbon emissions from drained peat meadows (2021, Biogeosciences)
  • Life cycle informed restoration: Engineering settlement substrate material characteristics and structural complexity for reef formation (2021, Journal of Applied Ecology)

Lamers' frequent co-authors include Ralph J. M. Temmink, Alfons J. P. Smolders, Christian Fritz, Tjeerd J. Bouma, and Tjisse van der Heide.

The main venues where Lamers publishes include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • AMBIO
  • Ecological Engineering
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin

Best Publications

  • A global perspective on wetland salinization: ecological consequences of a growing threat to freshwater wetlands

    Ellen R. Herbert;Paul Boon;Amy J. Burgin;Scott C. Neubauer

  • Methanotrophic symbionts provide carbon for photosynthesis in peat bogs

    Ashna A. Raghoebarsing;Alfons J. P. Smolders;Markus C. Schmid;W. Irene C. Rijpstra

  • Internal eutrophication: How it works and what to do about it-a review

    A.J.P. Smolders;L.P.M. Lamers;E.C.H.E.T. Lucassen;G. van der Velde

  • Sulfate-Induced Eutrophication and Phytotoxicity in Freshwater Wetlands

    Leon P. M. Lamers;Hilde B. M. Tomassen;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • Recovering wetland biogeomorphic feedbacks to restore the world’s biotic carbon hotspots

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  • Sulfide as a soil phytotoxin-a review

    Leon P. M. Lamers;Laura L. Govers;Inge C. J. M. Janssen;Jeroen J. M. Geurts

  • Low-canopy seagrass beds still provide important coastal protection services.

    Marjolijn J. A. Christianen;Jim van Belzen;Peter M. J. Herman;Marieke M. van Katwijk

  • Natural nitrogen filter fails in polluted raised bogs

    Leon P. M. Lamers;Roland Bobbink;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • Ecological restoration of rich fens in Europe and North America: from trial and error to an evidence-based approach

    Leon P. M. Lamers;Melanie A. Vile;Ab P. Grootjans;Ab P. Grootjans;Mike C. Acreman

  • How nitrate leaching from agricultural lands provokes phosphate eutrophication in groundwater fed wetlands: The sulphur bridge

    Alfons J. P. Smolders;Esther C. H. E. T. Lucassen;Roland Bobbink;Roland Bobbink;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • Expansion of invasive species on ombrotrophic bogs: desiccation or high N deposition?

    Hilde B. M. Tomassen;Alfons J. P. Smolders;Juul Limpens;Leon P. M. Lamers

  • Cross continental increase in methane ebullition under climate change

    Ralf C. H. Aben;Nathan Barros;Ellen van Donk;Thijs Frenken

  • The restoration of fens in the Netherlands

    Leon P. M. Lamers;Alfons J. P. Smolders;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • Stimulated growth of Betula pubescens and Molinia caerulea on ombrotrophic bogs: role of high levels of atmospheric nitrogen deposition

    Hilde B. M. Tomassen;Alfons J. P. Smolders;Leon P. M. Lamers;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • Factors controlling the extent of eutrophication and toxicity in sulfate‐polluted freshwater wetlands

    Leon P. M. Lamers;Sarah‐J. Falla;Edyta M. Samborska;Ivo A. R. van Dulken

  • Habitat collapse due to overgrazing threatens turtle conservation in marine protected areas

    Marjolijn J. A. Christianen;Peter M. J. Herman;Tjeerd J. Bouma;Leon P. M. Lamers

  • Interacting effects of sulphate pollution, sulphide toxicity and eutrophication on vegetation development in fens: A mesocosm experiment

    Jeroen J.M. Geurts;Judith M. Sarneel;Bart J.C. Willers;Jan G.M. Roelofs

  • Ecosystem responses to reduced and oxidised nitrogen inputs in European terrestrial habitats

    Carly J. Stevens;Pete Manning;Leon J.L. van den Berg;Leon J.L. van den Berg;Maaike C.C. de Graaf

  • Nitrogen effects on plant species richness in herbaceous communities are more widespread and stronger than those of phosphorus

    Merel B. Soons;Mariet M. Hefting;Edu Dorland;Leon P.M. Lamers

  • Calcareous groundwater raises bogs; the concept of ombrotrophy revisited

    Leon P. M. Lamers;Cornelis Farhoush;Jan M. Van Groenendael;Jan G. M. Roelofs

  • Foundation species' overlap enhances biodiversity and multifunctionality from the patch to landscape scale in southeastern United States salt marshes

    Christine Angelini;Tjisse van der Heide;John N. Griffin;Joseph P. Morton

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan G. M. Roelofs
Jan G. M. Roelofs Radboud University
Alfons J. P. Smolders
Alfons J. P. Smolders Radboud University
Tjisse van der Heide
Tjisse van der Heide Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Tjeerd J. Bouma
Tjeerd J. Bouma Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University
Sarian Kosten
Sarian Kosten Radboud University
Jos T. A. Verhoeven
Jos T. A. Verhoeven Utrecht University
Albert Grootjans
Albert Grootjans University of Groningen
Johan van de Koppel
Johan van de Koppel Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

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