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Peter A. Staehr

Peter A. Staehr

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
6927
World Ranking
5109
National Ranking
73

Overview

Peter A. Staehr is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark, where their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as molecular biology.

Their research topics emphasize marine and coastal ecosystems, coral and marine ecosystems studies, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, marine and coastal plant biology, marine and fisheries research, marine ecology and invasive species, and marine biology and ecology research.

Peter A. Staehr has contributed to several publications across various scientific venues. Notable frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Diversity
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by them are:

  • Status and Trends in the Rate of Introduction of Marine Non-Indigenous Species in European Seas, 2022, Diversity
  • A Marine Biodiversity Observation Network for Genetic Monitoring of Hard-Bottom Communities (ARMS-MBON), 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine invasive alien species in Europe: 9 years after the IAS Regulation, 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Leveraging the blue economy to transform marine forest restoration, 2022, Journal of Phycology
  • Capturing of organic carbon and nitrogen in eelgrass sediments of southern Scandinavia, 2023, Limnology and Oceanography

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, with whom they have produced several publications. These frequent co-authors include Sanjina Upadhyay Stæhr, Borut Mavrič, Matthias Obst, Stiig Markager, and Hans Jakobsen.

Best Publications

  • Reconciling the temperature dependence of respiration across timescales and ecosystem types

    Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;Jane M. Caffrey;Alessandro Cescatti;Matteo Dossena

  • Decreasing resilience of kelp beds along a latitudinal temperature gradient: potential implications for a warmer future

    Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg;Mads S. Thomsen;Mads S. Thomsen;Fernando Tuya;Gary A. Kendrick

  • 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

  • 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

  • The metabolism of aquatic ecosystems: history, applications, and future challenges

    Peter A. Staehr;Jeremy M. Testa;W. Michael Kemp;Jon J. Cole

  • Recovery of Danish Coastal Ecosystems After Reductions in Nutrient Loading: A Holistic Ecosystem Approach

    Bo Riemann;Jacob Carstensen;Karsten Dahl;Henrik Fossing

  • 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

  • Effects of weather-related episodic events in lakes: an analysis based on high frequency data.

    Eleanor Jennings;Stuart E. Jones;Lauri Arvola;Peter A. Staehr

  • PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF ECKLONIA RADIATA (LAMINARIALES) TO A LATITUDINAL GRADIENT IN OCEAN TEMPERATURE 1

    Peter Anton Stæhr;Thomas Wernberg

  • Seasonal changes in temperature and nutrient control of photosynthesis, respiration and growth of natural phytoplankton communities

    Peter A. Staehr;Kaj Sand-Jensen

  • Automatic High Frequency Monitoring for Improved Lake and Reservoir Management

    Rafael Marcé;Glen George;Glen George;Paola Buscarinu;Melania Deidda

  • Temporal dynamics and regulation of lake metabolism

    Peter A. Staehr;Kaj Sand-Jensen

  • Lake metabolism scales with lake morphometry and catchment conditions

    Peter A. Staehr;Peter A. Staehr;Lars Baastrup-Spohr;Kaj Sand-Jensen;Colin Stedmon

  • Diel surface temperature range scales with lake size

    R. Iestyn Woolway;R. Iestyn Woolway;Ian D. Jones;Stephen C. Maberly;Jon R. French

  • Seasonal acclimation in metabolism reduces light requirements of eelgrass (Zostera marina)

    Peter A. Staehr;Jens Borum

  • Seasonal Dynamics of CO2 Flux Across the Surface of Shallow Temperate Lakes

    Dennis Trolle;Peter A. Staehr;Thomas A. Davidson;Rikke Bjerring

  • Epibiota communities of the introduced and indigenous macroalgal relatives Sargassum muticum and Halidrys siliquosa in Limfjorden (Denmark)

    Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg;Mads S. Thomsen;Mads S. Thomsen;Peter A. Staehr;Peter A. Staehr;Morten F. Pedersen

  • Ecosystem metabolism in a stratified lake

    Peter A. Staehr;Jesper P. A. Christensen;Ryan D. Batt;Jordan S. Read

  • Drivers of metabolism and net heterotrophy in contrasting lakes

    Peter A. Staehr;Kaj Sand-Jensen;Ane L. Raun;Bertel Nilsson

  • Biomass dynamics of exotic Sargassum muticum and native Halidrys siliquosa in Limfjorden, Denmark—Implications of species replacements on turnover rates

    Morten Foldager Pedersen;Peter Anton Stæhr;Thomas Wernberg;Mads Solgaard Thomsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Mads S. Thomsen
Mads S. Thomsen University of Canterbury
Thomas Wernberg
Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia
Kaj Sand-Jensen
Kaj Sand-Jensen University of Copenhagen
Stiig Markager
Stiig Markager Aarhus University
Morten Foldager Pedersen
Morten Foldager Pedersen Roskilde University
Dorte Krause-Jensen
Dorte Krause-Jensen Aarhus University
Hans Henrik Jakobsen
Hans Henrik Jakobsen Aarhus University
Jacob Carstensen
Jacob Carstensen Aarhus University
Donald C. Pierson
Donald C. Pierson Uppsala University
R. Iestyn Woolway
R. Iestyn Woolway Bangor University

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