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D-Index
50
Citations
12431
World Ranking
3772
National Ranking
13

Overview

Peeter Nõges is affiliated with the Estonian University of Life Sciences in Estonia. Their primary research domain encompasses Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial focus on subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research contributions predominantly address topics related to aquatic environments. These include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, and Marine and Fisheries Research.

Among their recent publications are the following:

  • Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems (2020) in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes (2020) in Global Change Biology
  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Rapid degradation of the world's large lakes (2020) in Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Expanding ecological assessment by integrating microorganisms into routine freshwater biomonitoring (2020) in Water Research
  • Causal networks of phytoplankton diversity and biomass are modulated by environmental context (2022) in Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Peeter Nõges include:

  • Tiina Nõges
  • Olga Tammeorg
  • Fabien Cremona
  • Helen Agasild
  • Orlane Anneville

Common venues where this scientist has published research papers include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Water Research
  • Global Change Biology
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe

    Catherine M. O'Reilly;Sapna Sharma;Derek K. Gray;Stephanie E. Hampton

  • Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems.

    Sebastian Birk;Daniel Chapman;Laurence Carvalho;Bryan M. Spears

  • 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

  • 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

  • Ecology under lake ice

    Stephanie E. Hampton;Aaron W.E. Galloway;Stephen M. Powers;Ted Ozersky

  • The determination of ecological status in shallow lakes - a tested system (ECOFRAME) for implementation of the European Water Framework Directive

    Brian Moss;Deborah Stephen;Cristina Alvarez;Eloy Becares

  • Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes

    Jason D. Stockwell;Jonathan P. Doubek;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian;Orlane Anneville

  • Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: Rapid degradation of the world’s large lakes

    Jean Philippe Jenny;Orlane Anneville;Fabien Arnaud;Yoann Baulaz

  • Quantified biotic and abiotic responses to multiple stress in freshwater, marine and ground waters.

    Peeter Nõges;Christine Argillier;Ángel Borja;Joxe Mikel Garmendia

  • A global database of lake surface temperatures collected by in situ and satellite methods from 1985–2009

    Sapna Sharma;Derek K. Gray;Jordan S. Read;Catherine M. O'Reilly

  • Expanding ecological assessment by integrating microorganisms into routine freshwater biomonitoring

    M. Sagova-Mareckova;J. Boenigk;A. Bouchez;K. Cermakova

  • Water level as the mediator between climate change and phytoplankton composition in a large shallow temperate lake

    Tiina Nõges;Peeter Nõges;Reet Laugaste

  • Strength and uncertainty of phytoplankton metrics for assessing eutrophication impacts in lakes

    L. Carvalho;S. Poikane;A. Lyche Solheim;G. Phillips

  • Evaluating early-warning indicators of critical transitions in natural aquatic ecosystems

    Alena Sonia Gsell;Ulrike Scharfenberger;Ulrike Scharfenberger;Deniz Özkundakci;Annika Walters

  • Towards good ecological status of surface waters in Europe--interpretation and harmonisation of the concept.

    A.-S. Heiskanen;W. van de Bund;A.C. Cardoso;P. Nõges

  • Assessment of the ecological status of European surface waters: a work in progress

    Peeter Nõges;Wouter van de Bund;Ana Cristina Cardoso;Angelo G. Solimini

  • The effect of extreme water level decrease on hydrochemistry and phytoplankton in a shallow eutrophic lake

    Tiina Nõges;Peeter Nõges

  • Widespread Increases in Iron Concentration in European and North American Freshwaters

    Caroline Björnerås;Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer;Chris D. Evans;Mark O. Gessner

  • Climate-related change in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. in: BACC Author Group, Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin

    B. Smith;A. Aasa;R. Ahas;T. Blenckner

  • The impact of the changing climate on the thermal characteristics of lakes

    Lauri Arvola;Glen George;David M. Livingstone;Marko Järvinen

  • Widespread diminishing anthropogenic effects on calcium in freshwaters

    Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer;Jens Hartmann;Dag O. Hessen;Jiří Kopáček

Frequent Co-Authors

Tiina Nõges
Tiina Nõges Estonian University of Life Sciences
Rita Adrian
Rita Adrian Freie Universität Berlin
Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer
Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer Uppsala University
Dietmar Straile
Dietmar Straile University of Konstanz
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Lauri Arvola
Lauri Arvola University of Helsinki
David M. Livingstone
David M. Livingstone Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Thorsten Blenckner
Thorsten Blenckner Stockholm Resilience Centre
Laurence Carvalho
Laurence Carvalho Natural Environment Research Council
James A. Rusak
James A. Rusak Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

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