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Martin Søndergaard

Martin Søndergaard

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Ecology and Evolution
Denmark
2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
86
Citations
30492
World Ranking
581
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Martin Søndergaard is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to the fields of environmental chemistry, oceanography, and ecology. Their research primarily explores freshwater and marine ecosystems, emphasizing aquatic ecosystem dynamics, nutrient cycling, and the impacts of environmental changes on aquatic life.

The scientist's work covers broad topics within aquatic systems, including:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Their publications have appeared frequently in journals such as Hydrobiologia, Water, The Science of The Total Environment, Inland Waters, and Water Research. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Effects of nitrate on phosphorus release from lake sediments," 2021, Water Research
  • "Predicting ecosystem state changes in shallow lakes using an aquatic ecosystem model: Lake Hinge, Denmark, an example," 2020, Ecological Applications
  • "Impact of nutrients and water level changes on submerged macrophytes along a temperature gradient: A pan-European mesocosm experiment," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Toward predicting climate change effects on lakes: a comparison of 1656 shallow lakes from Florida and Denmark reveals substantial differences in nutrient dynamics, metabolism, trophic structure, and top-down control," 2020, Inland Waters
  • "Sustainable lake restoration: From challenges to solutions," 2023, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water

Frequent collaborators include Erik Jeppesen, Torben L. Lauridsen, Liselotte Sander Johansson, Thomas A. Davidson, and Anders Nielsen. These collaborations indicate a strong network within aquatic and freshwater ecosystem research communities.

Martin Søndergaard's work contributes extensively to understanding nutrient dynamics, ecosystem modeling, and lake restoration efforts. Their research plays a role in advancing knowledge of how environmental factors and climate change affect freshwater lakes and coastal systems on both national and pan-European scales.

Best Publications

  • Role of sediment and internal loading of phosphorus in shallow lakes

    Martin Søndergaard;Jens Peder Jensen;Erik Jeppesen

  • Lake responses to reduced nutrient loading - an analysis of contemporary long-term data from 35 case studies

    Erik Jeppesen;Martin Søndergaard;Jens Peder Jensen;Karl E. Havens

  • Trophic structure, species richness and biodiversity in Danish lakes: changes along a phosphorus gradient

    Erik Jeppesen;Jens Peder Jensen;Martin SØndergaard;Torben Lauridsen

  • Top-down control in freshwater lakes: the role of nutrient state, submerged macrophytes and water depth

    Erik Jeppesen;Jens Peder Jensen;Martin Søndergaard;Torben Lauridsen

  • Climate Change Effects on Runoff, Catchment Phosphorus Loading and Lake Ecological State, and Potential Adaptations

    Erik Jeppesen;Brian Kronvang;Mariana Meerhoff;Martin Søndergaard

  • Lake restoration: successes, failures and long‐term effects

    Martin Søndergaard;Erik Jeppesen;Torben L. Lauridsen;Christian Skov

  • Ecological impacts of global warming and water abstraction on lakes and reservoirs due to changes in water level and related changes in salinity

    Erik Jeppesen;Sandra Brucet;Sandra Brucet;Luigi Naselli-Flores;Eva Papastergiadou

  • Impact of submerged macrophytes on fish-zooplankton-phytoplankton interactions : large-scale enclosure experiments in a shallow eutrophic lake

    Per Schriver;Jens Bøgestrand;Erik Jeppesen;Martin SøNDERGAARD

  • Impacts of climate warming on lake fish community structure and potential effects on ecosystem function

    Erik Jeppesen;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Kerstin Holmgren;Ivan González-Bergonzoni

  • Retention and internal loading of phosphorus in shallow, eutrophic lakes.

    Martin Sondergaard;Peder Jens Jensen;Erik Jeppesen

  • Restoration of shallow lakes by nutrient control and biomanipulation—the successful strategy varies with lake size and climate

    E. Jeppesen;M. Meerhoff;B. A. Jacobsen;R. S. Hansen

  • Biomanipulation as an application of food-chain theory: constraints, synthesis, and recommendations for temperate lakes

    Lars-Anders Hansson;Helene Annadotter;Eva Bergman;Stellan F. Hamrin

  • Small habitat size and isolation can promote species richness: second-order effects on biodiversity in shallow lakes and ponds

    M. Scheffer;G.J. Van Geest;K. Zimmer;E. Jeppesen

  • Zooplankton as indicators in lakes: a scientific-based plea for including zooplankton in the ecological quality assessment of lakes according to the European Water Framework Directive (WFD)

    Erik Jeppesen;Peeter Nõges;Thomas A. Davidson;Thomas A. Davidson;Juta Haberman

  • Fish manipulation as a lake restoration tool in shallow, eutrophic, temperate lakes 2: threshold levels, long-term stability and conclusions

    E. Jeppesen;J. P. Jensen;P. Kristensen;M. Søndergaard

  • Shallow lake restoration by nutrient loading reduction—some recent findings and challenges ahead

    Erik Jeppesen;Martin Søndergaard;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Torben L. Lauridsen

  • 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

  • Phosphorus release from resuspended sediment in the shallow and wind-exposed Lake Arresø, Denmark

    Martin Søndergaard;Peter Kristensen;Erik Jeppesen

  • Internal phosphorus loading in shallow Danish lakes

    Martin Søndergaard;Jens Peder Jensen;Erik Jeppesen

  • Climate change effects on nitrogen loading from cultivated catchments in Europe: implications for nitrogen retention, ecological state of lakes and adaptation

    Erik Jeppesen;Brian Kronvang;Jørgen E. Olesen;Joachim Audet

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Torben L. Lauridsen
Torben L. Lauridsen Aarhus University
Jens Peder Jensen
Jens Peder Jensen Aarhus University
Bo B. Iversen
Bo B. Iversen Aarhus University
Thomas A. Davidson
Thomas A. Davidson Aarhus University
Mariana Meerhoff
Mariana Meerhoff University of the Republic
Meryem Beklioglu
Meryem Beklioglu Middle East Technical University
Sandra Brucet
Sandra Brucet Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Dennis Trolle
Dennis Trolle Aarhus University
Søren Ejling Larsen
Søren Ejling Larsen Technical University of Denmark

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