Ellen van Donk

20.9k citations

213 papers · 14.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 62

Impact in

Environmental Chemistry top 0.01%
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
Oceanography top 0.05%
- Marine and coastal ecosystems

Papers in

Environmental Chemistry 143
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics 139
Oceanography 74
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 71

Co-authors: R. D. Gulati Dag O. Hessen Miquel Lürling Wouter van de Bund Bas W. Ibelings Dedmer B. Van de Waal Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis Jef Huisman
Journals: Hydrobiologia (29 papers)Freshwater Biology (25 papers)Limnology and Oceanography (11 papers)Journal of Phycology (7 papers)Oecologia (5 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Germany Norway

In The Last Decade

Ellen van Donk

211 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Beyond the Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) Model: Mechanisms Driving Plankton Succession 2012 · 592 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
2011 Global Change Biology
2009 Limnology and Oceanography

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All Works

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1	Environmental refuges from disease in host–parasite interactions under global change Ecology ·Alena S. Gsell, Arjen Biere, Wietse de Boer, Irene de Bruijn, Götz Eichhorn, Thijs Frenken, Stefan Geisen, Henk P. van der Jeugd, Kyle Mason‐Jones, Annelein Meisner, Madhav P. Thakur, Ellen van Donk, Mark P. Zwart, Dedmer B. Van de Waal	2023	10
2	Differential effects of elevated pCO₂ and warming on marine phytoplankton stoichiometry Limnology and Oceanography ·Mandy Velthuis, Joost A. Keuskamp, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Maarten Boersma, Ulrich Sommer, Ellen van Donk, Dedmer B. Van de Waal	2022	15
3	Warming advances virus population dynamics in a temperate freshwater plankton community Limnology and Oceanography Letters ·Thijs Frenken, Corina P. D. Brussaard, Mandy Velthuis, Ralf Aben, Garabet Kazanjian, Sabine Hilt, Sarian Kosten, E.T.H.M. Peeters, Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis, Susanne Stephan, Ellen van Donk, Dedmer B. Van de Waal	2020	12
4	Warming enhances sedimentation and decomposition of organic carbon in shallow macrophyte‐dominated systems with zero net effect on carbon burial Global Change Biology ·Mandy Velthuis, Sarian Kosten, Ralf Aben, Garabet Kazanjian, Sabine Hilt, E.T.H.M. Peeters, Ellen van Donk, Elisabeth S. Bakker	2018	48
5	Impacts of warming on top-down and bottom-up controls of periphyton production Scientific Reports ·Garabet Kazanjian, Mandy Velthuis, Ralf Aben, Susanne Stephan, E.T.H.M. Peeters, Thijs Frenken, Kwok Ho Wan, Kallappa Narode, Sarian Kosten, Dedmer B. Van de Waal, Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis, Ellen van Donk, Sabine Hilt	2018	24
6	Primary producers or consumers? Increasing phytoplankton bacterivory along a gradient of lake warming and browning Limnology and Oceanography ·Susanne Wilken, Margarida Soares, Pablo Urrutia‐Cordero, Kazimierz Rup, Mattias K. Ekvall, Ellen van Donk, Lars‐Anders Hansson	2017	65
7	Cross continental increase in methane ebullition under climate change Nature Communications ·Ralf Aben, Nathan Barros, Ellen van Donk, Thijs Frenken, Sabine Hilt, Garabet Kazanjian, Leon P. M. Lamers, E.T.H.M. Peeters, Jan G. M. Roelofs, Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis, Susanne Stephan, Mandy Velthuis, Dedmer B. Van de Waal, M. Wik, Brett F. Thornton, Jeremy Wilkinson, Tonya DelSontro, Sarian Kosten	2017	179
8	Plankton dynamics under different climate conditions in tropical freshwater systems (a reply to the comment by Sarmento, Amado & Descy, ) Freshwater Biology ·Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis, James J. Elser, Alena S. Gsell, Vera L. M. Huszar, Bas W. Ibelings, Erik Jeppesen, Sarian Kosten, Wolf M. Mooij, Fábio Roland, Ulrich Sommer, Ellen van Donk, Monika Winder, Miquel Lürling	2013	11
9	Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes Global Change Biology ·Sarian Kosten, Vera L. M. Huszar, Eloy Bécares, Luciana S. Costa, Ellen van Donk, Lars‐Anders Hansson, Erik Jeppesen, Carla Kruk, Gissell Lacerot, Néstor Mazzeo, Luc De Meester, Brian Moss, Miquel Lürling, Tiina Nõges, Susana Romo, Marten Scheffer Hit paper breakdown →	2011	689
10	Reversal in competitive dominance of a toxic versus non-toxic cyanobacterium in response to rising CO2 The ISME Journal ·Dedmer B. Van de Waal, Jolanda M. H. Verspagen, Jan F. Finke, Brian T. Marks, Anne Immers, W.E.A. Kardinaal, Linda Tonk, Sven Becker, Ellen van Donk, P. Visser, Jef Huisman	2011	173
11	Climate change and the impact of C:N stoichiometry on toxin production by harmful cyanobacteria Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ·Dedmer B. Van de Waal, Linda Tonk, Ellen van Donk, Hans C. P. Matthijs, Nor'aznin Bakar, Jef Huisman	2010	2
12	Diatom blooms, chytrid epidemics and the evolutionary Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) ·Bastiaan W. Ibelings, Arnout de Bruin, Maiko Kagami, Ellen van Donk	2007	2
13	Fungal parasites bridge the gap between large inedible diatoms and zooplankton Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Maiko Kagami, Arnout de Bruin, Bastiaan W. Ibelings, Eric von Elert, Ellen van Donk	2007	1
14	Control of Volvox blooms by Hertwigia , a rotifer SIL Proceedings 1922-2010 ·Ellen van Donk, T. Trockels	1998	1
15	Loss of flagella in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii due to in situ UV exposure. Scientia Marina ·Ellen van Donk, Dag O. Hessen	1996	13
16	Resuspensie, sedimentatie en lichtklimaat in de Breukeleveense Plas Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·L.G. Mollo, 傅白水, Ellen van Donk	1995	1
17	Perspectives for submerged macrophytes in shallow lake restoration projects in The Netherlands Aquatic Ecology ·Gerda M. van Dijk, Ellen van Donk	1991	17
18	The role of fish stock management in eutrophication control in shallow Lakes in The Netherlands. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·MOURY Benoît, S. H. Hosper, Marie-Louise Meijer, Ellen van Donk	1990	3
19	The water quality of the two Maarsseveen Lakes in relation to their hydrodynamics Aquatic Ecology ·Ellen van Donk	1987	11
20	Factors influencing phytoplankton growth and succession in Lake Maarsseveen I Aquatic Ecology ·Ellen van Donk	1984	14

About Ellen van Donk

Ellen van Donk is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, having authored 213 papers that have together received 14.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (139 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (71 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (41 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (41 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (26 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (21 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (19 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Chemistry (8.4k citations), Oceanography (5.6k citations), Ecology (6.7k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.6k citations) and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (1.3k citations). Ellen van Donk has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Norway. Frequent co-authors include R. D. Gulati, Dag O. Hessen, Miquel Lürling, Wouter van de Bund, Bas W. Ibelings, Dedmer B. Van de Waal, Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis, Jef Huisman, Wolf M. Mooij and Monika Winder. Their work appears in journals such as Hydrobiologia, Freshwater Biology, Limnology and Oceanography, Journal of Phycology and Oecologia.

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