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Nicola Fohrer

Nicola Fohrer

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Earth Science

D-Index
53
Citations
12136
World Ranking
2827
National Ranking
185

Overview

Nicola Fohrer is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and specializes in Environmental Science with a strong focus on Water Science and Technology. Their research spans several related subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, and Ecology.

Their primary research topics include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Hydrological Forecasting Using AI, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Water Resources Management and Optimization.

Nicola Fohrer has contributed extensively to academic literature, with numerous publications appearing in specific scientific venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Journal of Water and Climate Change

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Effects of dynamic land use/land cover change on water resources and sediment yield in the Anzali wetland catchment, Gilan, Iran (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Effects of land cover, topography, and soil on stream water quality at multiple spatial and seasonal scales in a German lowland catchment (2020) in Ecological Indicators
  • Epiphytic biofilms in freshwater and interactions with macrophytes: Current understanding and future directions (2021) in Aquatic Botany
  • Influences of pesticides, nutrients, and local environmental variables on phytoplankton communities in lentic small water bodies in a German lowland agricultural area (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environment regimes play an important role in structuring trait- and taxonomy-based temporal beta diversity of riverine diatoms (2022) in Journal of Ecology

Nicola Fohrer has also contributed to book publications, including works published by Universitätsverlag Kiel | Kiel University Publishing eBooks, such as the 2021 volume titled "Festschrift zum 75. Jubiläum der Agrar- und Ernährungswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (1946-2021)".

Their collaborative network features frequent co-authors who have worked extensively with them, including Paul D. Wagner, Jens Kiesel, Naicheng Wu, Uta Ulrich, and Georg Hörmann. These collaborations reflect the interdisciplinary and cooperative nature of their research approach.

Best Publications

  • SWAT2000: current capabilities and research opportunities in applied watershed modelling

    J. G. Arnold;N. Fohrer

  • Comparison of two different approaches of sensitivity analysis

    T Lenhart;K Eckhardt;N Fohrer;H.-G Frede

  • Rural-urban gradient analysis of ecosystem services supply and demand dynamics

    Franziska Kroll;Felix Müller;Dagmar Haase;Dagmar Haase;Nicola Fohrer

  • Hydrologic Response to land use changes on the catchment scale

    N. Fohrer;S. Haverkamp;K. Eckhardt;H.-G. Frede

  • Assessment of the effects of land use patterns on hydrologic landscape functions: development of sustainable land use concepts for low mountain range areas

    N. Fohrer;S. Haverkamp;H.-G. Frede

  • Long-term land use changes in a mesoscale watershed due to socio-economic factors — effects on landscape structures and functions

    Andrea Weber;Nicola Fohrer;Detlev Möller

  • Modelling point and diffuse source pollution of nitrate in a rural lowland catchment using the SWAT model

    Q.D. Lam;B. Schmalz;N. Fohrer

  • The impact of agricultural Best Management Practices on water quality in a North German lowland catchment.

    Q. D. Lam;B. Schmalz;N. Fohrer

  • Effects of dynamic land use/land cover change on water resources and sediment yield in the Anzali wetland catchment, Gilan, Iran

    Helen Aghsaei;Helen Aghsaei;Naghmeh Mobarghaee Dinan;Ali Moridi;Zahra Asadolahi

  • Smart low flow signature metrics for an improved overall performance evaluation of hydrological models

    Matthias Pfannerstill;Björn Guse;Nicola Fohrer

  • SWAT-G, a version of SWAT99.2 modified for application to low mountain range catchments

    K Eckhardt;S Haverkamp;N Fohrer;H.-G Frede

  • Assessing the Impacts of Four Land Use Types on the Water Quality of Wetlands in Japan

    Azam Haidary;Bahman Jabbarian Amiri;Jan Adamowski;Nicola Fohrer

  • How to improve the representation of hydrological processes in SWAT for a lowland catchment – temporal analysis of parameter sensitivity and model performance

    Björn Guse;Dominik E. Reusser;Nicola Fohrer

  • Changing soil and surface conditions during rainfall

    Nicola Fohrer;Jörg Berkenhagen;J.-Martin Hecker;Andrea Rudolph

  • Development and testing of a phytoplankton index of biotic integrity (P-IBI) for a German lowland river

    Naicheng Wu;Britta Schmalz;Nicola Fohrer

  • Streamflow Trends and Climate Variability Impacts in Poyang Lake Basin, China

    Guangju Zhao;Georg Hörmann;Nicola Fohrer;Zengxin Zhang

  • Distribution of phytoplankton in a German lowland river in relation to environmental factors

    Naicheng Wu;Britta Schmalz;Nicola Fohrer

  • An interdisciplinary modelling approach to evaluate the effects of land use change

    N. Fohrer;D. Möller;N. Steiner

  • Automatic model calibration

    Klaus Eckhardt;Nicola Fohrer;Hans-Georg Frede

  • Effects of land cover, topography, and soil on stream water quality at multiple spatial and seasonal scales in a German lowland catchment

    Chaogui Lei;Paul D. Wagner;Nicola Fohrer

  • Assessing the impacts of Best Management Practices on nitrate pollution in an agricultural dominated lowland catchment considering environmental protection versus economic development.

    Marcelo B. Haas;Björn Guse;Nicola Fohrer

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonja C. Jähnig
Sonja C. Jähnig Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Felix Müller
Felix Müller Kiel University
Jan Adamowski
Jan Adamowski McGill University
Guangju Zhao
Guangju Zhao Northwest A&F University
Daniel Hering
Daniel Hering University of Duisburg-Essen
Hoshin V. Gupta
Hoshin V. Gupta University of Arizona
Martin Volk
Martin Volk Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Tenna Riis
Tenna Riis Aarhus University
Jeffrey G. Arnold
Jeffrey G. Arnold Agricultural Research Service
Indrajeet Chaubey
Indrajeet Chaubey University of Connecticut

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