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Ecology and Evolution
Denmark
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
88
Citations
38339
World Ranking
516
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1999 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Tom Fenchel is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their recent research contributions include a paper titled Bland James Finlay (March 16, 1952-December 24, 2021) published in 2022 in the journal Protist.

Fenchel's publication record includes works appearing in the following venue:

  • Protist

Their collaboration network does not include frequent co-authors listed in the available data.

Throughout their career, Fenchel has been recognized by notable scientific institutions. They became a Member of Academia Europaea in 1999, were named a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 2007, and joined the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.

Best Publications

  • The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea*

    Farooq Azam;Tom Fenchel;J. G. Field;J. S. Gray

  • The Microbial Engines That Drive Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles

    Paul G. Falkowski;Tom Fenchel;Edward F. Delong

  • The Ubiquity of Small Species: Patterns of Local and Global Diversity

    Tom Fenchel;Bland J. Finlay

  • The ecology of marine microbenthos IV. Structure and function of the benthic ecosystem, its chemical and physical factors and the microfauna commuities with special reference to the ciliated protozoa

    Tom Fenchel

  • Bacterial Biogeochemistry: The Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling

    T. Fenchel;G. M. King;T. H. Blackburn

  • Intrinsic rate of natural increase: The relationship with body size

    Tom Fenchel

  • Ecology of Heterotrophic Microflagellates. IV Quantitative Occurrence and Importance as Bacterial Consumers

    T. Fenchel

  • The sulfide system: a new biotic community underneath the oxidized layer of marine sand bottoms

    T. M. Fenchel;R. J. Riedl

  • Bacteria and mineral cycling

    T. Fenchel;T. H. Blackburn

  • Ecology and evolution in anoxic worlds

    Tom Fenchel;Bland J. Finlay

  • Ecology of heterotrophic microflagellates. II Bioenergetics and growth

    T. Fenchel

  • STUDIES ON THE DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC DETRITUS DERIVED FROM THE TURTLE GRASS THALASSIA TESTUDINUM1

    Tom Fenchel

  • MARINE PLANKTON FOOD CHAINS

    Tom Fenchel

  • Ecology of Protozoa: The Biology of Free-living Phagotrophic Protists

    Tom M. Fenchel

  • Detritus Food Chains of Aquatic Ecosystems: The Role of Bacteria

    T. M. Fenchel;B. Barker Jørgensen

  • Ecology of protozoa

    Tom Fenchel

  • The ecology of heterotrophic microflagellates

    Tom Fenchel

  • Microbial Behavior in a Heterogeneous World

    Tom Fenchel

  • Microscale Nutrient Patches in Planktonic Habitats Shown by Chemotactic Bacteria

    Nicholas Blackburn;Tom Fenchel;Jim Mitchell

  • The microbial loop -25 years later

    Tom Fenchel

  • Bacteria and Mineral Cycling.

    O. W. Heal;T. Fenchel;T. H. Blackburn

Frequent Co-Authors

Bland J. Finlay
Bland J. Finlay Queen Mary University of London
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Ronnie N. Glud
Ronnie N. Glud University of Southern Denmark
Michael Kühl
Michael Kühl University of Copenhagen
David J. Patterson
David J. Patterson University of Sydney
Øjvind Moestrup
Øjvind Moestrup University of Copenhagen
Hans Ulrik Riisgård
Hans Ulrik Riisgård University of Southern Denmark
Farooq Azam
Farooq Azam University of California, San Diego
John C. Ogden
John C. Ogden University of South Florida
Tore Haug
Tore Haug Norwegian Institute of Marine Research

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