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Tenna Riis is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several interrelated subfields. The main areas of study include Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Water Science and Technology.

Their work engages with key topics such as:

  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Recent notable publications by Tenna Riis include:

  • "Global Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Riparian Vegetation" (2020), published in BioScience

Riis has frequently collaborated with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Annette Baattrup-Pedersen
  • Ada Pastor
  • Paraskevi Manolaki
  • Naicheng Wu
  • Kun Guo

The venues in which Riis commonly publishes reflect the environmental and ecological focus of their work. These are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Aquatic Botany
  • Freshwater Science

Their publication record includes collaboration on studies examining ecosystem services, freshwater biofilms, nutrient uptake in aquatic plants, and environmental drivers affecting phytoplankton and inland water ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Global CO2 emissions from dry inland waters share common drivers across ecosystems

    P. S. Keller;N. Catalán;N. Catalán;D. von Schiller;H. P. Grossart;H. P. Grossart

  • Global Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Riparian Vegetation

    Tenna Riis;Mary Kelly-Quinn;Francisca C. Aguiar;Paraskevi Manolaki

  • Hydrologic and hydraulic control of macrophyte establishment and performance in streams

    Tenna Riis;Barry J. F. Biggs

  • Macrophyte decline in Danish lakes and streams over the past 100 years

    Kaj Sand‐Jensen;Tenna Riis;Ole Vestergaard;Søren Erik Larsen

  • Relationships between water level fluctuations and vegetation diversity in shallow water of New Zealand lakes

    Tenna Riis;Ian Hawes

  • Macrophyte diversity and composition in relation to substratum characteristics in regulated and unregulated Danish streams

    Annette Baattrup‐Pedersen;Tenna Riis

  • Plant communities in lowland Danish streams: species composition and environmental factors

    Tenna Riis;Kaj Sand-Jensen;Ole Vestergaard

  • Dispersal of plant fragments in small streams

    Tenna Riis;Kaj Sand-Jensen

  • Tracing the origin of Gulf Coast Phragmites (Poaceae): A story of long-distance dispersal and hybridization

    Carla Lambertini;Irving A. Mendelssohn;Mats H. G. Gustafsson;Birgit Olesen

  • Growth and morphology in relation to temperature and light availability during the establishment of three invasive aquatic plant species

    Tenna Riis;Birgit Olesen;John S. Clayton;Carla Lambertini

  • Historical changes in species composition and richness accompanying perturbation and eutrophication of Danish lowland streams over 100 years

    Tenna Riis;Kaj Sand-Jensen

  • Using river microalgae as indicators for freshwater biomonitoring: Review of published research and future directions

    Naicheng Wu;Xuhui Dong;Xuhui Dong;Yang Liu;Chao Wang

  • Invasion strategies in clonal aquatic plants: are phenotypic differences caused by phenotypic plasticity or local adaptation?

    Tenna Riis;Carla Lambertini;Birgit Olesen;John S. Clayton

  • Catchment properties and the photosynthetic trait composition of freshwater plant communities.

    L. L. Iversen;L. L. Iversen;A. Winkel;L. Baastrup-Spohr;A. B. Hinke

  • Partitioning assimilatory nitrogen uptake in streams: an analysis of stable isotope tracer additions across continents

    J. L. Tank;E. Martí;T. Riis;D. von Schiller

  • Macrophyte Complexity Controls Nutrient Uptake in Lowland Streams

    Peter S. Levi;Peter S. Levi;Tenna Riis;Anette B. Alnøe;Marc Peipoch;Marc Peipoch

  • Effect of wave exposure on vegetation abundance, richness and depth distribution of shallow water plants in a New Zealand lake

    Tenna Riis;Ian Hawes

  • Plant distribution and abundance in relation to physical conditions and location within Danish stream systems

    Tenna Riis;Kaj Sand-Jensen;Søren E. Larsen

  • Dispersal and colonisation of plants in lowland streams: success rates and bottlenecks

    Tenna Riis

  • Vegetation and flow regime in lowland streams

    Tenna Riis;Alastair M. Suren;Bente Clausen;Kaj Sand-Jensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Annette Baattrup-Pedersen
Annette Baattrup-Pedersen Aarhus University
Søren Ejling Larsen
Søren Ejling Larsen Technical University of Denmark
Kaj Sand-Jensen
Kaj Sand-Jensen University of Copenhagen
Alexander M. Milner
Alexander M. Milner University of Birmingham
Brian K. Sorrell
Brian K. Sorrell Aarhus University
Hans Brix
Hans Brix Aarhus University
Birgit Olesen
Birgit Olesen Aarhus University
Nikolai Friberg
Nikolai Friberg Aarhus University
Jennifer L. Tank
Jennifer L. Tank University of Notre Dame
Brian Kronvang
Brian Kronvang Aarhus University

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