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Per Larsson

Per Larsson

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Environmental Sciences

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56
Citations
10394
World Ranking
3675
National Ranking
69

Biology and Biochemistry

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63
Citations
12765
World Ranking
10327
National Ranking
147

Overview

Per Larsson is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research focuses on various topics related to fish and wildlife ecology as well as genetic diversity within populations. Main topics of study include:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Per Larsson has contributed to a number of published papers in a range of scientific journals. Some recent publications include:

  • Fish Skin Microbiomes Are Highly Variable Among Individuals and Populations but Not Within Individuals, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Drivers of neutral and adaptive differentiation in pike (Esox lucius) populations from contrasting environments, 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • Intra-population variation in reproductive timing covaries with thermal plasticity of offspring performance in perch Perca fluviatilis, 2021, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Whole genome sequencing reveals high differentiation, low levels of genetic diversity and short runs of homozygosity among Swedish wels catfish, 2021, Heredity
  • Higher abundance of adult pike in Baltic Sea coastal areas adjacent to restored wetlands compared to reference bays, 2023, Hydrobiologia

Frequent publication venues for Larsson's research include Frontiers in Microbiology, Molecular Ecology, Heredity, Hydrobiologia, and Fishes.

Collaborations play a substantial role in their work, with several frequent co-authors appearing in multiple publications. These colleagues are Petter Tibblin, Oscar Nordahl, Kristofer Bergström, Hanna Berggren, and Yeşerin Yıldırım.

Best Publications

  • Continent-wide response of mountain vegetation to climate change

    Michael Gottfried;Harald Pauli;Andreas Futschik;Maia Akhalkatsi

  • Recent Plant Diversity Changes on Europe’s Mountain Summits

    Harald Pauli;Michael Gottfried;Stefan Dullinger;Otari Abdaladze

  • Targeting interleukin‐15 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A proof‐of‐concept study

    Bo Baslund;Niels Tvede;Bente Danneskiold-Samsoe;Per Larsson

  • Effect of airway opening on production of exhaled particles

    Ann-Charlotte Almstrand;Björn Bake;Evert Ljungström;Per Larsson

  • Exhaled particles and small airways

    Bake B;Larsson P;Ljungkvist G;Ljungström E

  • A system analysis of the Baltic Sea

    Fredrik V. Wulff;Lars A. Rahm;Per Larsson

  • Early embryonic cleavage pattern, hatching success, and egg-lipid fatty acid composition: comparison between two cod (Gadus morhua) stocks

    J Pickova;P C Dutta;P O Larsson;A Kiessling

  • Early psoriatic arthritis: short symptom duration, male gender and preserved physical functioning at presentation predict favourable outcome at 5-year follow-up. Results from the Swedish Early Psoriatic Arthritis Register (SwePsA).

    Elke Theander;Tomas Husmark;Gerd-Marie Alenius;Per T Larsson

  • Atmospheric transport of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls to the Baltic sea

    Arnout F. H. Ter Schure;Per Larsson;Cecilia Agrell;Jan P. Boon

  • Biotransport of organic pollutants to an inland Alaska Lake by migrating Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

    Göran Ewald;Per Larsson;Henric Linge;Lennart Okla

  • PCB in soils and estimated soil–air exchange fluxes of selected PCB congeners in the south of Sweden

    Cecilia Backe;Ian T. Cousins;Per Larsson

  • Lake productivity and water chemistry as governors of the uptake of persistent pollutants in fish

    Per Larsson;Lennart Okla;Lars Collvin;G. Meyer

  • Contaminated sediments of lakes and oceans act as sources of chlorinated hydrocarbons for release to water and atmosphere

    Per Larsson

  • Fat content as a Factor Inducing Migratory Behaviour in the Eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) to the Sargasso Sea

    Per Larsson;Stellan Hamrin;Lennart Okla

  • The rich sides of mountain summits – a pan-European view on aspect preferences of alpine plants

    Manuela Winkler;Andrea Lamprecht;Klaus Steinbauer;Karl Hülber

  • Stable isotopes as an indicator of diet in omnivorous crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus): the influence of tissue, sample treatment, and season

    Patrik Stenroth;Niklas Holmqvist;Per Nyström;Olof Berglund

  • Detecting homozygous deletions in the CDKN2A(p16(INK4a))/ARF(p14(ARF)) gene in urinary bladder cancer using real-time quantitative PCR.

    Petra Berggren;Rajiv Kumar;Shigeru Sakano;Liina Hemminki

  • Uptake of PCBs in Fish in a Contaminated River System: Bioconcentration Factors Measured in the Field.

    Gudrun Bremle;Lennart Okla;Per Larsson

  • Phthalate esters in the swedish atmosphere

    Anders Thuren;Per Larsson

  • Reproductive status and lipid content as factors in PCB, DDT and HCH contamination of a population of pike (Esox lucius L.)

    Per Larsson;Lennart Okla;Lars Collvin

  • Factors determining the uptake of persistent pollutants in an eel population (Anguila anguilla L.).

    Per Larsson;Stellan Hamrin;Lennart Okla

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Forsman
Anders Forsman Linnaeus University
Larry Greenberg
Larry Greenberg Karlstad University
Wilhelm Granéli
Wilhelm Granéli Lund University
Christer Brönmark
Christer Brönmark Lund University
Börje Ljungberg
Börje Ljungberg Umeå University
Dag Broman
Dag Broman Alder Fund
Gunnar Steineck
Gunnar Steineck University of Gothenburg
Lars Klareskog
Lars Klareskog Karolinska Institute
Graziano Rossi
Graziano Rossi University of Pavia
Fredrik Wulff
Fredrik Wulff Stockholm University

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