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Torben L. Lauridsen

Torben L. Lauridsen

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
71
Citations
22034
World Ranking
1287
National Ranking
26

Torben L. Lauridsen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Torben L. Lauridsen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 217 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Torben L. Lauridsen 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 Torben L. Lauridsen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 71 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Torben L. Lauridsen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and is an active researcher in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work primarily focuses on the dynamics of aquatic ecosystems, with a strong emphasis on nutrient cycling, phytoplankton behavior, and ecosystem responses to environmental changes.

The scientist's research covers a range of specialized subfields, including Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Atmospheric Science. This broad spectrum of expertise supports interdisciplinary studies related to both freshwater and marine ecosystems.

The following topics represent the primary areas of their research:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment

Lauridsen has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, demonstrating longstanding research partnerships. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Erik Jeppesen
  • Martin Søndergaard
  • Liselotte Sander Johansson
  • Thomas A. Davidson
  • Hui Fu

The scientist often publishes in journals that focus on environmental and aquatic sciences. Their most frequent publication venues include:

  • Water
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Nature Communications
  • Inland Waters

Recent representative publications authored or coauthored by Torben L. Lauridsen feature topics on nutrient dynamics, phytoplankton responses to environmental factors, and long-term ecological relationships in shallow lakes. Selected works include:

  • Toward predicting climate change effects on lakes: a comparison of 1656 shallow lakes from Florida and Denmark reveals substantial differences in nutrient dynamics, metabolism, trophic structure, and top-down control, 2020, Inland Waters
  • A comparison of nutrient uptake efficiency and growth rate between different macrophyte growth forms, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Consistent stoichiometric long-term relationships between nutrients and chlorophyll-a across shallow lakes, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Bimodality and alternative equilibria do not help explain long-term patterns in shallow lake chlorophyll-a, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Phytoplankton Community Response to Nutrients, Temperatures, and a Heat Wave in Shallow Lakes: An Experimental Approach, 2020, Water

Best Publications

  • Lake responses to reduced nutrient loading - an analysis of contemporary long-term data from 35 case studies

    Erik Jeppesen;Martin Søndergaard;Jens Peder Jensen;Karl E. Havens

  • Trophic structure, species richness and biodiversity in Danish lakes: changes along a phosphorus gradient

    Erik Jeppesen;Jens Peder Jensen;Martin SØndergaard;Torben Lauridsen

  • Top-down control in freshwater lakes: the role of nutrient state, submerged macrophytes and water depth

    Erik Jeppesen;Jens Peder Jensen;Martin Søndergaard;Torben Lauridsen

  • Climate Change Effects on Runoff, Catchment Phosphorus Loading and Lake Ecological State, and Potential Adaptations

    Erik Jeppesen;Brian Kronvang;Mariana Meerhoff;Martin Søndergaard

  • Lake restoration: successes, failures and long‐term effects

    Martin Søndergaard;Erik Jeppesen;Torben L. Lauridsen;Christian Skov

  • Impacts of climate warming on lake fish community structure and potential effects on ecosystem function

    Erik Jeppesen;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Kerstin Holmgren;Ivan González-Bergonzoni

  • Restoration of shallow lakes by nutrient control and biomanipulation—the successful strategy varies with lake size and climate

    E. Jeppesen;M. Meerhoff;B. A. Jacobsen;R. S. Hansen

  • Diel horizontal migration of zooplankton: costs and benefits of inhabiting the littoral

    R. L. Burks;D. M. Lodge;E. Jeppesen;T. L. Lauridsen

  • 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

  • Shallow lake restoration by nutrient loading reduction—some recent findings and challenges ahead

    Erik Jeppesen;Martin Søndergaard;Mariana Meerhoff;Mariana Meerhoff;Torben L. Lauridsen

  • The Impact of Nutrient State and Lake Depth on Top-down Control in the Pelagic Zone of Lakes: A Study of 466 Lakes from the Temperate Zone to the Arctic

    Erik Jeppesen;Jens Peder Jensen;Claus Jensen;Bjørn Faafeng

  • Effects of habitat complexity on community structure and predator avoidance behaviour of littoral zooplankton in temperate versus subtropical shallow lakes

    Mariana Meerhoff;Carlos Iglesias;Franco Teixeira De Mello;Juan M. Clemente

  • Climate change effects on nitrogen loading from cultivated catchments in Europe: implications for nitrogen retention, ecological state of lakes and adaptation

    Erik Jeppesen;Brian Kronvang;Jørgen E. Olesen;Joachim Audet

  • Impact of Submerged Macrophytes on Fish-Zooplankton Interactions in Lakes

    Erik Jeppesen;Torben L. Lauridsen;Timo Kairesalo;Martin R. Perrow

  • 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

  • Impacts of climate warming on the long-term dynamics of key fish species in 24 European lakes

    Erik Jeppesen;Thomas Mehner;Ian J. Winfield;Külli Kangur

  • Submerged macrophytes as indicators of the ecological quality of lakes

    Martin Søndergaard;Liselotte S. Johansson;Torben L. Lauridsen;Torben B. Jørgensen

  • Relationships between structure and function in streams contrasting in temperature

    Nikolai Friberg;Nikolai Friberg;John Bøhme Dybkjær;J.S. Olafsson;G.M. Gislason

  • MULTI‐GROUP BIODIVERSITY IN SHALLOW LAKES ALONG GRADIENTS OF PHOSPHORUS AND WATER PLANT COVER

    S.A.J. Declerck;J. Vandekerkhove;L. Johansson;K. Muylaert

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Martin Søndergaard
Martin Søndergaard Aarhus University
Sandra Brucet
Sandra Brucet Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Thomas A. Davidson
Thomas A. Davidson Aarhus University
Mariana Meerhoff
Mariana Meerhoff University of the Republic
Kirsten Christoffersen
Kirsten Christoffersen University of Copenhagen
Jens Peder Jensen
Jens Peder Jensen Aarhus University
Meryem Beklioglu
Meryem Beklioglu Middle East Technical University
Søren Ejling Larsen
Søren Ejling Larsen Technical University of Denmark
Ian J. Winfield
Ian J. Winfield Lancaster University

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