Flemming Ekelund

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Flemming Ekelund is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Flemming Ekelund has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Ecology, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Flemming Ekelund's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (25 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (25 papers). Flemming Ekelund is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (25 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (25 papers). Flemming Ekelund collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, China and United States. Flemming Ekelund's co-authors include Regin Rønn, Søren Christensen, Carsten Suhr Jacobsen, Bryan S. Griffiths, Søren J. Sørensen, Mette Vestergård, Enrique Lara, Karl Ritz, Jaap Bloem and Erland Bååth and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Flemming Ekelund

97 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research

2018 445 citations Stefan Geisen, Edward A. D. Mitchell et al. FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Nitrogen addition and rhizosphere effects differentially shape prokaryotic and fungal communities in peanut–maize cropping systems 2025 ·Rhizosphere ·Chen Yang, Zejin Zhang, Yichao Rui, (unknown), Sheng Lü, Fang Wang, Flemming Ekelund, Yanbin Hao, Xiaoyong Cui	1
2	Fate of dissolved organic matter in the wastewater treatment plant-constructed wetland system 2025 ·Journal of Environmental Sciences ·Xin Li, (unknown), Beihua Bao, Zejin Zhang, (unknown), Xiaoyong Cui, Hans Christian Bruun Hansen, Qingjun Guo, Flemming Ekelund	1
3	Cadmium accumulation in organisms from a spruce plantation amended with wood ash - an environmental risk? 2024 ·Trees Forests and People ·Flemming Ekelund, Carla Cruz‐Paredes, (unknown), Mette Vestergård, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Regin Rønn, Søren Christensen, Jesper Liengaard Johansen, Rasmus Kjøller	0
4	Total RNA analysis of the active microbiome on moving bed biofilm reactor carriers under incrementally increasing micropollutant concentrations 2024 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·(unknown), Selina Tisler, (unknown), (unknown), Muhammad Zohaib Anwar, Athanasios Zervas, Flemming Ekelund, Kai Bester, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, Carsten Suhr Jacobsen, Lea Ellegaard‐Jensen	0
5	Activity of root-knot nematodes associated with composition of a nematode-attached microbiome and the surrounding soil microbiota 2023 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Olivera Topalović, Frederik Bak, Susana S. Santos, Md Maniruzzaman Sikder, Rumakanta Sapkota, Flemming Ekelund, Mette Haubjerg Nicolaisen, Mette Vestergård	5
6	Green waste and sewage sludge feeding ratio alters co-composting performance: Emphasis on the role of bacterial community during humification 2023 ·Bioresource Technology ·Zejin Zhang, Changqun Duan, Yuxian Liu, (unknown), Xi Hu, Jingkun Chen, Song Zhang, Xin Li, Rongxiao Che, Shiyu Li, Flemming Ekelund, Xiaoyong Cui	24
7	Abrupt permafrost thaw triggers activity of copiotrophs and microbiome predators 2023 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·(unknown), Athanasios Zervas, Ruud Rijkers, Alexander Tøsdal Tveit, Flemming Ekelund, (unknown), Torben R. Christensen, Carsten Suhr Jacobsen	9
8	Treated like dirt: Robust forensic and ecological inferences from soil eDNA after challenging sample storage 2022 ·Environmental DNA ·Tobias Guldberg Frøslev, Rasmus Ejrnæs, Anders J. Hansen, Hans Henrik Bruun, Ida Broman Nielsen, Flemming Ekelund, Mette Vestergård, Rasmus Kjøller	6
9	Specialized microbiomes facilitate natural rhizosphere microbiome interactions counteracting high salinity stress in plants 2021 ·Environmental and Experimental Botany ·Susana S. Santos, (unknown), Mette Vestergård, Jesper Liengaard Johansen, Anders Priemé, Tobias Guldberg Frøslev, Ana M. Martín González, Huan He, Flemming Ekelund	36
10	The complexity of wood ash fertilization disentangled: Effects on soil pH, nutrient status, plant growth and cadmium accumulation 2021 ·Environmental and Experimental Botany ·Jesper Liengaard Johansen, (unknown), Mette Vestergård, (unknown), Carla Cruz‐Paredes, Regin Rønn, Rasmus Kjøller, M. F. Hovmand, Søren Christensen, Flemming Ekelund	34
11	Total RNA sequencing reveals multilevel microbial community changes and functional responses to wood ash application in agricultural and forest soil 2020 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Toke Bang‐Andreasen, Muhammad Zohaib Anwar, Anders Lanzén, Rasmus Kjøller, Regin Rønn, Flemming Ekelund, Carsten Suhr Jacobsen	38
12	AgNO3 Sterilizes Grains of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) without Inhibiting Germination—A Necessary Tool for Plant–Microbiome Research 2020 ·Plants ·(unknown), Mette Vestergård, Anders Priemé, Andreas Altenburger, (unknown), Jesper Liengaard Johansen, Flemming Ekelund	7
13	Differences in arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation influence cadmium uptake in plants 2019 ·Environmental and Experimental Botany ·(unknown), Jesper Liengaard Johansen, Rasmus Kjøller, Flemming Ekelund	28
14	Bacterial and protozoan dynamics upon thawing and freezing of an active layer permafrost soil 2019 ·The ISME Journal ·Morten Dencker Schostag, Anders Priemé, Samuel Jacquiod, Jakob Russel, Flemming Ekelund, Carsten Suhr Jacobsen	59
15	Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research breakdown → 2018 ·FEMS Microbiology Reviews ·Stefan Geisen, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Sina M. Adl, Michael Bonkowski, Micah Dunthorn, Flemming Ekelund, Leonardo D. Fernández, Alexandre Jousset, Valentyna Krashevska, David Singer, Frederick W. Spiegel, Julia Walochnik, Enrique Lara	445
16	Toxicity of cadmium and zinc to small soil protists 2018 ·Environmental Pollution ·Jesper Liengaard Johansen, Regin Rønn, Flemming Ekelund	30
17	Wood ash application increases pH but does not harm the soil mesofauna 2017 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown), M. F. Hovmand, Flemming Ekelund, Regin Rønn, Søren Christensen, G.A. de Groot, (unknown), (unknown), Paul Henning Krogh	37
18	Microbial degradation of street dust PAHs in microcosms simulating diffuse pollution of urban soil 2006 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Anders R. Johnsen, (unknown), Søren J. Sørensen, Flemming Ekelund, Peter Christensen, Ole Andersen, Ulrich Karlson, Carsten Suhr Jacobsen	9
19	Microbial degradation of street dust polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in microcosms simulating diffuse pollution of urban soil 2005 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Anders R. Johnsen, Julia R. de Lipthay, Søren J. Sørensen, Flemming Ekelund, Peter Christensen, Ole Andersen, Ulrich Karlson, Carsten Suhr Jacobsen	46
20	Growth kinetics of five common heterotrophic soil flagellates 1996 ·European Journal of Soil Biology ·Flemming Ekelund	32

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