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D-Index
60
Citations
13323
World Ranking
2302
National Ranking
818

Overview

Paul C. Hanson is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with notable contributions across several subfields including environmental chemistry, water science and technology, nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, and oceanography.

The scientist's work encompasses diverse topics related to aquatic and environmental systems. Key research areas include fish ecology and management studies, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, hydrological forecasting using artificial intelligence, hydrology and watershed management studies, marine and coastal ecosystems, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, and soil and water nutrient dynamics.

Paul C. Hanson has authored multiple papers, some with significant citation counts. Selected papers include:

  • Predicting lake surface water phosphorus dynamics using process-guided machine learning (2020), published in Ecological Modelling
  • Lake thermal structure drives interannual variability in summer anoxia dynamics in a eutrophic lake over 37 years (2021), published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Lakes at Risk of Chloride Contamination (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Ecosystem-scale nutrient cycling responses to increasing air temperatures vary with lake trophic state (2020), published in Ecological Modelling
  • Anoxia decreases the magnitude of the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus sink in freshwaters (2022), published in Global Change Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Key coauthors include Hilary A. Dugan, Robert Ladwig, Ankush Khandelwal, Cayelan C. Carey, and Jemma Stachelek.

Publication venues where Paul C. Hanson's work appears most often include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), arXiv (Cornell University), Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Ecological Modelling, and Environmental Science & Technology. These platforms reflect the interdisciplinary and applied nature of their research output.

Best Publications

  • Lake metabolism: Relationships with dissolved organic carbon and phosphorus

    Paul C. Hanson;Darren L. Bade;Stephen R. Carpenter;Timothy K. Kratz

  • Ecological and Social Dynamics in Simple Models of Ecosystem Management

    Stephen R. Carpenter;William Brock;Paul Hanson

  • Salting our freshwater lakes.

    Hilary A. Dugan;Sarah L. Bartlett;Samantha M. Burke;Jonathan P. Doubek

  • An Extreme Case of Plant–Insect Codiversification: Figs and Fig-Pollinating Wasps

    Astrid Cruaud;Nina Ronsted;Nina Ronsted;Nina Ronsted;Bhanumas Chantarasuwan;Lien Siang Chou

  • Lake metabolism and the diel oxygen technique: State of the science

    Peter A. Staehr;Peter A. Staehr;Darren Bade;Matthew C. Van de Bogert;Gregory R. Koch

  • Process-Guided Deep Learning Predictions of Lake Water Temperature

    Jordan S. Read;Xiaowei Jia;Jared Willard;Alison P. Appling

  • Creating and maintaining high-performing collaborative research teams: the importance of diversity and interpersonal skills

    Kendra S Cheruvelil;Patricia A Soranno;Kathleen C Weathers;Paul C Hanson

  • Wireless Sensor Networks for Ecology

    John Porter;Peter Arzberger;Hans-Werner Braun;Pablo Bryant

  • The hymenoptera of Costa Rica

    Paul E. Hanson;Ian David Gauld

  • Arthropod biodiversity loss and the transformation of a tropical agro-ecosystem.

    Ivette Perfecto;John H. Vandermeer;Paul Hanson;Victor Cartín

  • Lake‐size dependency of wind shear and convection as controls on gas exchange

    Jordan S. Read;David P. Hamilton;Ankur R. Desai;Kevin C. Rose;Kevin C. Rose

  • Ecosystem respiration: Drivers of daily variability and background respiration in lakes around the globe

    Christopher T. Solomon;Denise A. Bruesewitz;David C. Richardson;Kevin C. Rose

  • A General Lake Model (GLM 3.0) for linking with high-frequency sensor data from the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON)

    Matthew R. Hipsey;Louise C. Bruce;Casper Boon;Brendan Busch

  • A model of carbon evasion and sedimentation in temperate lakes

    Paul C. Hanson;Amina I. Pollard;Darren L. Bade;Katie Predick

  • Integrating aquatic and terrestrial components to construct a complete carbon budget for a north temperate lake district

    Ishi Buffam;Monica G. Turner;Ankur R. Desai;Paul C. Hanson

  • Controls of δ13C-DIC in lakes: Geochemistry, lake metabolism, and morphometry

    Darren L. Bade;Stephen R. Carpenter;Jonathan J. Cole;Paul C. Hanson

  • Water quality data for national-scale aquatic research: The Water Quality Portal

    Emily K. Read;Lindsay Carr;Laura De Cicco;Hilary A. Dugan

  • Diversity of gall-inducing insects in a Mexican tropical dry forest: the importance of plant species richness, life-forms, host plant age and plant density

    Pablo Cuevas-Reyes;Mauricio Quesada;Paul Hanson;Paul Hanson;Rodolfo Dirzo

  • Understanding Regional Change: A Comparison of Two Lake Districts

    Stephen R. Carpenter;Barbara J. Benson;Reinette Biggs;Jonathan W. Chipman

  • CO2 and CH4 emissions from streams in a lake‐rich landscape: Patterns, controls, and regional significance

    John T. Crawford;John T. Crawford;Noah R. Lottig;Emily H. Stanley;John F. Walker

  • Using bioenergetics models to predict stable isotope ratios in fishes

    Chris J Harvey;Paul C Hanson;Timothy E Essington;Paul B Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Cayelan C. Carey
Cayelan C. Carey Virginia Tech
Jordan S. Read
Jordan S. Read United States Geological Survey
Kathleen C. Weathers
Kathleen C. Weathers Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Timothy K. Kratz
Timothy K. Kratz University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison
David P. Hamilton
David P. Hamilton Griffith University
Emily H. Stanley
Emily H. Stanley University of Wisconsin–Madison
Carl J. Watras
Carl J. Watras University of Wisconsin–Madison
Matthew R. Hipsey
Matthew R. Hipsey University of Western Australia
Justin D. Brookes
Justin D. Brookes University of Adelaide

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