• Universitetsparken 4, 2100 København Ø

    Denmark

1992 …2021

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Current research

Research
Flooding 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
Physiology and ecology of aquatic plants

Other activities
Executive Secretary of "International Society of Plant Anaerobiosis"
Referee of 10+ 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

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Education/Academic qualification

Water and gas transport in submerged plants, University of Copenhagen

Award Date: 24 May 1995

External positions

Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University

12 Apr 201731 Dec 2022

Unisense (Biz)

1 May 201430 Apr 2019

School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia

1 Jan 200631 Dec 2020

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
  • 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

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