Personal profile

Current research

Research - see also my BLOG at http://flooding.dk/blog
Flood, drought and salinity tolerance in crops and natural wetland plants
Internal aeration during submergence
Underwater photosynthesis and respiration
Ecophysiology of isoetids (Lobelia, Littorella and Isoetes)
Brownification of softwater lakes
Seagrass ecology
Plant-sediment interactions
Gas and water transport in aquatic plants

Teaching
General ecology
Diversity of organisms
Field courses in limnology
Freshwater ecology

Other activities
Referee of 50+ international journals
Technology and instrumentation in Biology - see Unisese A/S a Danish company specialised in microelectrodes and measuring systems
Member of the board of directors at Unisense A/S

Education/Academic qualification

Aquatic Ecology, PhD, Water and gas transport in submerged plants, University of Copenhagen

Award Date: 24 May 1995

External positions

Affiliate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University

12 Apr 201731 Dec 2030

Member of the Board of Directors, Unisense

1 May 201430 Apr 2027

Adjunct Professor, University of Western Australia

1 Jan 200631 Dec 2030

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • wetlands
  • aquatic ecology
  • photosynthesis
  • flooding
  • food webs
  • carbon flow
  • climate change
  • global change
  • climate adaptation
  • seagrasses
  • macroalgae
  • coral reefs
  • mangroves
  • brownification
  • lakes
  • streams
  • rivers
  • macrophytes
  • aquatic plants
  • submerged plants
  • wetland plants
  • plant traits
  • ROL
  • waterlogging
  • submergence
  • global distribution
  • X-ray tomography
  • CO2 microsensor
  • O2 microsensor
  • Microsensors
  • microelectrodes
  • micro respiration
  • rice
  • microsensor
  • wheat
  • microelectrode
  • flood tolerance
  • flooding tolerance
  • global pattern
  • ecophysiology
  • eco-physiology
  • plant biology
  • plant physiology
  • inorganic carbon
  • CO2
  • O2
  • carbon dioxide
  • oxygen
  • hydroponics
  • maize
  • corn
  • soybean
  • forage grass
  • salinity tolerance
  • NaCl
  • floods
  • seaweed
  • eelgrass
  • Zostera
  • Oryza
  • Triticum
  • Fucus
  • Lobelia
  • lobelia lake
  • Posidonia
  • Enhalus
  • Cymodocea
  • Rumex
  • Phragmites
  • common reed
  • cat tail
  • sweet grass
  • cord grass
  • pondweed
  • Potamogeton

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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