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Michael Møller Hansen

Michael Møller Hansen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
13510
World Ranking
1479
National Ranking
29

Overview

Michael Møller Hansen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark, contributing extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, and Aquatic Science.

Their primary research topics include Genetic diversity and population structure, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Identification and Quantification in Food, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Marine and fisheries research, and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities.

Some of their notable recent papers are:

  • Genome-scale target capture of mitochondrial and nuclear environmental DNA from water samples (2020), Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Where have all the young wolves gone? Traffic and cryptic mortality create a wolf population sink in Denmark and northernmost Germany (2021), Conservation Letters
  • Combining population genomics with demographic analyses highlights habitat patchiness and larval dispersal as determinants of connectivity in coastal fish species (2022), Molecular Ecology
  • Knock-On Effects of Environmental Influences during Embryonic Development of Ectothermic Vertebrates (2022), The Quarterly Review of Biology
  • Sharing and reporting benefits from biodiversity research (2020), Molecular Ecology

Frequently publishing in venues such as Molecular Ecology, Molecular Ecology Resources, bioRxiv, Research Square, and Conservation Letters, Michael Møller Hansen maintains consistent academic contributions.

The scientist has collaborated often with coauthors including:

  • Magnus W. Jacobsen
  • Shenglin Liu
  • Aja Noersgaard Buur Tengstedt
  • Philip Francis Thomsen
  • Peter Sunde

In addition to journal publications, Michael Møller Hansen has contributed to book literature, with a publication titled International Business and Sustainable Development Goals (2023) by Emerald Publishing Limited.

Best Publications

  • Extent and scale of local adaptation in salmonid fishes: review and meta-analysis

    DJ Fraser;LK Weir;L Bernatchez;MM Hansen

  • Oceanic spawning migration of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla).

    Kim Aarestrup;Finn Økland;Michael Møller Hansen;David Righton

  • Half a century of genetic interaction between farmed and wild Atlantic salmon: Status of knowledge and unanswered questions

    Kevin Glover;Monica Favnebøe Solberg;Phil McGinnity;Phil McGinnity;Kjetil Hindar

  • Monitoring adaptive genetic responses to environmental change.

    Michael M. Hansen;Isabelle Olivieri;Donald M. Waller;Einar E. Nielsen

  • Neglect of genetic diversity in implementation of the convention on biological diversity.

    Linda Laikre;Fred W. Allendorf;Laurel C. Aroner;C. Scott Baker

  • Evidence of a hybrid-zone in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Baltic and the Danish Belt Sea revealed by individual admixture analysis.

    Einar E. Nielsen;Michael M. Hansen;Daniel E. Ruzzante;Dorte Meldrup

  • Marine landscapes and population genetic structure of herring (Clupea harengus L.) in the Baltic Sea

    Hanne B. H. Jorgensen;Michael M. Hansen;Dorte Bekkevold;Daniel E. Ruzzante

  • All roads lead to home: panmixia of European eel in the Sargasso Sea

    Thomas Damm Als;Michael Møller Hansen;Gregory E. Maes;Martin Castonguay

  • Analysis of microsatellite DNA from old scale samples of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar: a comparison of genetic composition over 60 years

    Einar Eg Nielsen;Michael Møller Hansen;V. Loeschcke

  • The problem of sampling families rather than populations: Relatedness among individuals in samples of juvenile brown trout Salmo trutta L

    Michael Møller Hansen;Einar Eg Nielsen;Karen-Lise Dons Mensberg

  • Estimating the long‐term effects of stocking domesticated trout into wild brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations: an approach using microsatellite DNA analysis of historical and contemporary samples

    Michael M. Hansen

  • Assigning individual fish to populations using microsatellite DNA markers

    Michael M. Hansen;Ellen Kenchington;Einar E. Nielsen

  • Local adaptation in brown trout early life-history traits: implications for climate change adaptability.

    Lasse Fast Jensen;Michael M Hansen;Cino Pertoldi;Gert Holdensgaard

  • Long-term effective population sizes, temporal stability of genetic composition and potential for local adaptation in anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations.

    Michael Møller Hansen;D.E. Ruzzante;Einar Eg Nielsen;Dorte Bekkevold

  • Human effects on ecological connectivity in aquatic ecosystems: Integrating scientific approaches to support management and mitigation

    David A. Crook;Winsor H. Lowe;Frederick W. Allendorf;Tibor Erős

  • Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA polymorphism reveals life-history dependent interbreeding between hatchery and wild brown trout (Salmo trutta L.).

    Michael Møller Hansen;D.E. Ruzzante;Einar Eg Nielsen;Karen-Lise Dons Mensberg

  • Male reproductive competition in spawning aggregations of cod (Gadus morhua, L.)

    D Bekkevold;M. M Hansen;V Loeschcke

  • Genome-wide single-generation signatures of local selection in the panmictic European eel.

    J. M. Pujolar;M. W. Jacobsen;Thomas Damm Als;Thomas Damm Als;J. Frydenberg

  • GENETIC VARIATION IN TIME AND SPACE: MICROSATELLITE ANALYSIS OF EXTINCT AND EXTANT POPULATIONS OF ATLANTIC SALMON.

    Einar Eg Nielsen;Michael Møller Hansen;V. Loeschcke

  • Population-level inferences from environmental DNA—Current status and future perspectives

    Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard;Mads Reinholdt Jensen;Inger Eleanor Winkelmann;Peter Rask Møller

  • Genetic population structure of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.) supports the presence of multiple hybrid zones for marine fishes in the transition zone between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.

    Einar Eg Nielsen;P.H. Nielsen;Dorte Meldrup;Michael Møller Hansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Volker Loeschcke
Volker Loeschcke Aarhus University
Einar Eg Nielsen
Einar Eg Nielsen Technical University of Denmark
Louis Bernatchez
Louis Bernatchez Université Laval
Thomas D. Als
Thomas D. Als Aarhus University
Cino Pertoldi
Cino Pertoldi Aalborg University
Daniel E. Ruzzante
Daniel E. Ruzzante Dalhousie University
Dylan J. Fraser
Dylan J. Fraser Concordia University
Martin Castonguay
Martin Castonguay Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Cynthia Riginos
Cynthia Riginos University of Queensland
Peter T. Madsen
Peter T. Madsen Aarhus University

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