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Thomas A. Davidson

Thomas A. Davidson

Aarhus University
Denmark

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
8362
World Ranking
4644
National Ranking
66

Thomas A. Davidson publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 160 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Thomas A. Davidson D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas A. Davidson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Thomas A. Davidson is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has a significant publication record in environmental and earth sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with substantial contributions in subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers key topics such as Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Consistent stoichiometric long-term relationships between nutrients and chlorophyll-a across shallow lakes, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Challenges and opportunities in the use of ponds and pondscapes as Nature-based Solutions, 2023, Hydrobiologia
  • Feedback between climate change and eutrophication: revisiting the allied attack concept and how to strike back, 2022, Inland Waters
  • Changes in Water Chemistry Associated with Rainstorm Events Increase Carbon Emissions from the Inflowing River Mouth of a Major Drinking Water Reservoir, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Vulnerability of the North Water ecosystem to climate change, 2021, Nature Communications

Thomas A. Davidson frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Erik Jeppesen, Eti Ester Levi, Torben L. Lauridsen, Martin Søndergaard, and Joachim Audet.

The scientist's work is commonly published in venues that include Hydrobiologia, The Science of The Total Environment, Open Research Europe, Nature Communications, and Inland Waters.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Climate change impacts on lakes: an integrated ecological perspective based on a multi-faceted approach, with special focus on shallow lakes

    Erik Jeppesen;Mariana Meerhoff;Thomas A. Davidson;Dennis Trolle

  • Biomanipulation as a restoration tool to combat eutrophication : recent advances and future challenges

    Erik Jeppesen;Martin Søndergaard;Torben Linding Lauridsen;Thomas A. Davidson

  • Rapid evolution of thermal tolerance in the water flea Daphnia

    AN Geerts;J Vanoverbeke;B Vanschoenwinkel;W Van Doorslaer

  • Current-use brominated flame retardants in water, sediment, and fish from English lakes.

    Stuart Harrad;Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah;Neil L. Rose;Simon D. Turner

  • Synergy between nutrients and warming enhances methane ebullition from experimental lakes

    Thomas A. Davidson;Joachim Audet;Joachim Audet;Erik Jeppesen;Frank Landkildehus

  • Defining reference conditions and restoration targets for lake ecosystems using palaeolimnology: a synthesis

    Helen Bennion;Richard W. Battarbee;Carl D. Sayer;Gavin L. Simpson

  • Long‐term dynamics of submerged macrophytes and algae in a small and shallow, eutrophic lake: implications for the stability of macrophyte‐dominance

    Carl D. Sayer;Amy Burgess;Katerina Kari;Thomas A. Davidson

  • Eutrophication effects on greenhouse gas fluxes from shallow-lake mesocosms override those of climate warming.

    Thomas Alexander Davidson;Joachim Audet;Joachim Audet;Jens-Christian Svenning;Torben Linding Lauridsen

  • Seasonal dynamics of macrophytes and phytoplankton in shallow lakes: a eutrophication‐driven pathway from plants to plankton?

    Carl D. Sayer;Thomas A. Davidson;John Iwan Jones

  • Meta-analysis Shows a Consistent and Strong Latitudinal Pattern in Fish Omnivory Across Ecosystems

    Ivan González-Bergonzoni;Ivan González-Bergonzoni;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Thomas A. Davidson;Franco Teixeira-de Mello

  • World distribution, diversity and endemism of aquatic macrophytes

    Kevin Murphy;Andrey Efremov;Thomas A. Davidson;Eugenio Molina-Navarro

  • Response of submerged macrophyte communities to external and internal restoration measures in north temperate shallow lakes.

    Sabine Hilt;Marta M. Alirangues Nuñez;Elisabeth S. Bakker;Irmgard Blindow

  • Feedback between climate change and eutrophication: revisiting the allied attack concept and how to strike back

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  • A 250 year comparison of historical, macrofossil and pollen records of aquatic plants in a shallow lake

    Thomas A. Davidson;Carl D. Sayer;Helen Bennion;Carol David

  • Ecological influences on larval chironomid communities in shallow lakes: implications for palaeolimnological interpretations

    Peter G. Langdon;Zoe Ruiz;Shirley Wynne;Carl D. Sayer

  • A framework for testing the ability of models to project climate change and its impacts

    J. C. Refsgaard;H. Madsen;V. Andréassian;Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen

  • Analysis of cell-free fetal DNA in maternal blood for detection of trisomy 21, 18 and 13 in a general pregnant population and in a high risk population - a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Erik Iwarsson;Bo Jacobsson;Jessica Dagerhamn;Thomas Davidson

  • How autochthonous dissolved organic matter responds to eutrophication and climate warming: Evidence from a cross-continental data analysis and experiments

    Yongqiang Zhou;Thomas A. Davidson;Xiaolong Yao;Yunlin Zhang

  • Combining contemporary ecology and palaeolimnology to understand shallow lake ecosystem change.

    Carl D. Sayer;Thomas A. Davidson;John Iwan Jones;Peter G. Langdon

  • Climate change and the future of freshwater biodiversity in Europe: a primer for policy-makers

    Brian Moss;Daniel Hering;Andy J. Green;Ahmed Aidoud

  • Are the controls of species composition similar for contemporary and sub-fossil cladoceran assemblages? A study of 39 shallow lakes of contrasting trophic status

    T. A. Davidson;T. A. Davidson;C. D. Sayer;M. R. Perrow;M. Bramm

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Carl D. Sayer
Carl D. Sayer University College London
Martin Søndergaard
Martin Søndergaard Aarhus University
Torben L. Lauridsen
Torben L. Lauridsen Aarhus University
Helen Bennion
Helen Bennion University College London
Neil L. Rose
Neil L. Rose University College London
Mariana Meerhoff
Mariana Meerhoff University of the Republic
Simon Turner
Simon Turner Macquarie University
Joachim Audet
Joachim Audet Aarhus University
Meryem Beklioglu
Meryem Beklioglu Middle East Technical University

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Luc De Meester

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Torben L. Lauridsen

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John P. Smol

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