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Erik Kristensen

About

Erik Kristensen is a professor of marine ecology at the University of Southern Denmark's Department of Biology and one of Denmark's most-cited marine scientists, with over 21,000 citations. His research focuses on biogeochemistry and ecology in coastal sediments, including marine restoration through eelgrass transplantation, sandcapping and managed realignment. He is currently involved in restoration projects at Gyldensteen Coastal Lagoon and Odense Fjord, and regularly contributes to public debate on oxygen depletion and nutrient loading in Danish waters.

21,406
citations according to Google Scholar
2026
latest peer review article (Marine Pollution Bulletin, Oct. 2026)

What's new

  • sep 2026

    Kristensen comments to DR about the serious oxygen depletion in Danish waters and warns that it may take decades to restore a good marine environment.

  • jun 2026

    Kristensen and colleague Mogens Flindt publish in Marine Pollution Bulletin that Danish seawater has become 2.2 degrees warmer since 1980, which undermines the effect of decades of water environment plans.

  • mar 2025

    Kristensen is co-author of an article in Restoration Ecology about nature restoration in coastal sediments.

  • jan 2025

    Kristensen publishes a critical analysis of 'blue carbon' as a climate tool in Global Change Biology, supported by Aage V. Jensen Naturfond and Velux Fonden.

  • løbende

    Kristensen is affiliated with the Center for Marine Nature Restoration and actively researches restoration of Gyldensteen Strandsø and Odense Fjord.

Tracks

Predicting Climate Mitigation Through Carbon Burial in Blue Carbon Ecosystems (2025)Article in Global Change Biology - critical analysis of blue carbon as a climate tool
Global Warming Intensifies Eutrophication and Oxygen Depletion (2026)Review article in Marine Pollution Bulletin on warmer seawater and oxygen depletion in Denmark
Mangrove Crabs as Ecosystem Engineers (2008)Classic article in Journal of Sea Research on sediment processes and mangroves

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