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Morten Foldager Pedersen

Morten Foldager Pedersen

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
7720
World Ranking
5323
National Ranking
73

Overview

Morten Foldager Pedersen is affiliated with Roskilde University in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as molecular biology.

The main topics of their work include marine and coastal plant biology, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, isotope analysis in ecology, coastal and marine management, marine biology and ecology research, marine and fisheries research, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

Morten Foldager Pedersen has contributed to multiple scientific publications, among which notable recent papers include:

  • Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Carbon export from seaweed forests to deep ocean sinks, 2024, Nature Geoscience
  • A global dataset of seaweed net primary productivity, 2022, Scientific Data
  • Kelp carbon sink potential decreases with warming due to accelerating decomposition, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • Nordic Blue Carbon Ecosystems: Status and Outlook, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as Global Ecology and Biogeography, Nature Geoscience, Scientific Data, PLoS Biology, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Morten Foldager Pedersen collaborates regularly with several researchers, including Karen Filbee-Dexter, Thomas Wernberg, Kira A. Krumhansl, Pippa J. Moore, and Albert Pessarrodona. These collaborations often focus on topics related to marine ecosystems, plant biology, and environmental processes.

Best Publications

  • Nutrient control of algal growth in estuarine waters: Nutrient limitation and the importance of nitrogen requirements and nitrogen storage among phytoplankton and species of macroalgae.

    Pedersen Mf;Borum J

  • Nutrient control of estuarine macroalgae: growth strategy and the balance between nitrogen requirements and uptake

    Morten Foldager Pedersen;Jens Borum

  • Size-dependent nitrogen uptake in micro- and macroalgae

    Mette Hein;Morten Foldager Pedersen;Kaj Sand-Jensen

  • Status and Trends for the World's Kelp Forests

    Thomas Wernberg;Kira Krumhansl;Karen Filbee-Dexter;Morten Foldager Pedersen

  • Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests

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  • Invasion of Sargassum muticum in Limfjorden (Denmark) and its possible impact on the indigenous macroalgal community

    Peter A. Stæhr;Morten Foldager Pedersen;Mads S. Thomsen;Thomas Wernberg

  • An annual nitrogen budget for a seagrass Zostera marina population

    MF Pedersen;J. Borum

  • Effects of salinity and water temperature on the ecological performance of Zostera marina

    Lars Brammer Nejrup;Morten Foldager Pedersen

  • CHANGES IN INTRACELLULAR NITROGEN POOLS AND FEEDBACK CONTROLS ON NITROGEN UPTAKE IN CHAETOMORPHA LINUM (CHLOROPHYTA)1

    Karen J. McGlathery;Morten Foldager Pedersen;Jens Borum

  • Arctic kelp forests: Diversity, resilience and future

    Karen Filbee-Dexter;Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg;Stein Fredriksen;Kjell Magnus Norderhaug

  • TRANSIENT AMMONIUM UPTAKE IN THE MACROALGA ULVA LACTUCA (CHLOROPHYTA): NATURE, REGULATION, AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR CHOICE OF MEASURING TECHNIQUE1

    Morten Foldager Pedersen

  • Nitrogen dynamics of eelgrass Zostera marina during a late summer period of high growth and low nutrient availability

    MF Pedersen;J. Borum

  • Photosynthetic use of inorganic carbon among primary and secondary water plants in streams

    Kaj Sand‐Jensen;Morten Foldager Pedersen;Søren Laurentius Nielsen

  • Effects of wave exposure on population structure, demography, biomass and productivity of the kelp Laminaria hyperborea

    Morten Foldager Pedersen;Lars Brammer Nejrup;Stein Fredriksen;Hartvig Christie

  • Biomass response and changes in composition of ephemeral macroalgal assemblages along an experimental gradient of nutrient enrichment.

    Rolf Karez;Silke Engelbert;Patrik Kraufvelin;Morten F Pedersen

  • Biomass, photosynthesis and growth of Laminaria saccharina in a high-arctic fjord, NE Greenland

    J. Borum;M. F. Pedersen;D. Krause-Jensen;P. B. Christensen

  • Eutrophication-induced changes in benthic algae affect the behaviour and fitness of the marine amphipod Gammarus locusta

    Patrik Kraufvelin;Sonja Salovius;Hartvig Christie;Frithjof E. Moy

  • Temperature acclimation and heat tolerance of photosynthesis in Norwegian Saccharina latissima (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)

    Guri Sogn Andersen;Guri Sogn Andersen;Morten Foldager Pedersen;Søren Laurentius Nielsen

  • The Response of Experimental Rocky Shore Communities to Nutrient Additions

    Tor L. Bokn;Carlos M. Duarte;Morten F. Pedersen;Nuria Marba

  • Nitrogen uptake and allocation in the seagrass Amphibolis antarctica

    Morten F. Pedersen;Eric I. Paling;Diana I. Walker

  • Biomass, diversity and production of rocky shore macroalgae at two nutrient enrichment and wave action levels

    Patrik Kraufvelin;Patrik Kraufvelin;Ann Lindholm;Morten Foldager Pedersen;Lars Andreas Kirkerud

  • Estuarine nutrient cycling: The influence of primary producers

    Søren Laurentius Nielsen;Gary T. Banta;Morten Foldager Pedersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wernberg
Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia
Jens Borum
Jens Borum University of Copenhagen
Peter A. Staehr
Peter A. Staehr Aarhus University
Stein Fredriksen
Stein Fredriksen University of Oslo
Hartvig Christie
Hartvig Christie Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Mads S. Thomsen
Mads S. Thomsen University of Canterbury
Benni Winding Hansen
Benni Winding Hansen Roskilde University
Jens Christian Refsgaard
Jens Christian Refsgaard Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Gary Thomas Banta
Gary Thomas Banta University of Southern Denmark
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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