Herman van Dam

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

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Herman van Dam is a scholar working on Ecology, Biomaterials and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Herman van Dam has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Ecology, 21 papers in Biomaterials and 19 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Herman van Dam's work include Diatoms and Algae Research (21 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (18 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (11 papers). Herman van Dam is often cited by papers focused on Diatoms and Algae Research (21 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (18 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (11 papers). Herman van Dam collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belarus and Belgium. Herman van Dam's co-authors include Adrienne Mertens, J.A. Sinkeldam, Cajo J. F. ter Braak, J. Arie Vonk, Harm G. van der Geest, E. Emiel van Loon, Wim Admiraal, Louis Beyens, Wim Admiraal and Johan B-son Bredenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Pollution, Environmental Research Letters and Ecological Indicators.

In The Last Decade

Herman van Dam

40 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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A coded checklist and ecological indicator values of freshwater diatoms from The Netherlands

1994 1.6k citations Herman van Dam, Adrienne Mertens et al. Aquatic Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Herman van Dam Netherlands	17	1.2k	1.2k	998	545	464	42	2.3k
J.A. Sinkeldam Netherlands	4	861 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	697 0.7×	425 0.8×	316 0.7×	7	1.7k
Adrienne Mertens Belgium	8	915 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	734 0.7×	441 0.8×	327 0.7×	17	1.8k
Kurt Krammer Germany	10	725 0.6×	997 0.8×	529 0.5×	430 0.8×	350 0.8×	15	1.6k
Mark B. Edlund United States	25	870 0.7×	792 0.7×	761 0.8×	539 1.0×	507 1.1×	108	2.0k
Brian Rippey United Kingdom	27	893 0.7×	333 0.3×	977 1.0×	552 1.0×	414 0.9×	77	2.2k
John C. Kingston United States	17	725 0.6×	513 0.4×	761 0.8×	367 0.7×	330 0.7×	45	1.6k
Elizabeth Y. Haworth United Kingdom	23	802 0.6×	494 0.4×	674 0.7×	1.1k 2.0×	409 0.9×	51	2.1k
Sushil S. Dixit Canada	23	954 0.8×	385 0.3×	918 0.9×	450 0.8×	439 0.9×	47	1.9k
Hedy Kling Canada	30	1.7k 1.3×	362 0.3×	1.8k 1.8×	481 0.9×	1.1k 2.3×	74	3.1k
Euan D. Reavie United States	31	1.7k 1.4×	546 0.5×	1.6k 1.6×	435 0.8×	802 1.7×	110	3.1k

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Mertens, Adrienne, et al.. (2025). A revised list of diatom ecological indicator values in The Netherlands. Ecological Indicators. 172. 113219–113219.

Dam, Herman van. (2022). The Role of Hydromorphology in the Partial Recovery of Chemistry in Acidified and Warmed Dutch Moorland Pools. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 234(1). 2 indexed citations

Wit, Heleen A. de, John L. Stoddard, Donald T. Monteith, et al.. (2021). Cleaner air reveals growing influence of climate on dissolved organic carbon trends in northern headwaters. Environmental Research Letters. 16(10). 104009–104009. 67 indexed citations

Vijver, Bart Van de, Adrienne Mertens, & Herman van Dam. (2016). Olifantiella elisabethiana, a new raphid diatom species (Bacillariophyta) observed in the Port of Antwerp (Belgium). Phytotaxa. 261(3). 4 indexed citations

Dam, Herman van, et al.. (2014). Eutrophication decreases distance decay of similarity in diatom communities. Freshwater Biology. 59(7). 1522–1531. 55 indexed citations

Kleef, Hein H. van, Emiel Brouwer, R.S.E.W. Leuven, et al.. (2010). Effects of reduced nitrogen and sulphur deposition on the water chemistry of moorland pools. Environmental Pollution. 158(8). 2679–2685. 13 indexed citations

Dam, Herman van. (1996). Partial recovery of moorland pools from acidification: Indications by chemistry and diatoms. Aquatic Ecology. 30(2-3). 203–218. 14 indexed citations

Meijden, R. van der, et al.. (1995). Botanische diversiteit in Nederland: de getallen. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 43–48.

Dam, Herman van. (1993). Twelfth International Diatom Symposium : proceedings of the Twelfth International Diatom Symposium, Renesse, the Netherlands, 30 August-5 September 1992. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van, et al.. (1993). Ecology and management of moorland pools: balancing acidification and eutrophication. Hydrobiologia. 265(1-3). 225–263. 27 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van, et al.. (1993). Effects of decreased atmospheric deposition on the sulfur budgets of two Dutch moorland pools. Biogeochemistry. 23(2). 119–144. 6 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van & Adrienne Mertens. (1993). Diatoms on herbarium macrophytes as indicators for water quality. Hydrobiologia. 269-270(1). 437–445. 22 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van, et al.. (1992). Improvement of breeding success of the moor frog (Rana arvalis) by liming of acid moorland pools and the consequences of liming for water chemistry and diatoms. Environmental Pollution. 78(1-3). 165–171. 16 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van & Adrienne Mertens. (1990). A COMPARISON OF RECENT EPILITHIC DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE INDUSTRIALLY ACIDIFIED AND COPPER POLLUTED LAKE ORTA (NORTHERN ITALY) WITH OLD LITERATURE DATA. Diatom Research. 5(1). 1–13. 18 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van. (1988). Acidification of three moorland pools in The Netherlands by acid precipitation and extreme drought periods over seven decades. Freshwater Biology. 20(2). 157–176. 43 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van. (1984). A guide to the literature for the identification of freshwater diatoms in the Netherlands. Aquatic Ecology. 18(1). 11–16. 8 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van. (1982). On the use of measures of structure and diversity in applied diatom ecology. Aquatic Ecology. 16(2-3). 288–288. 59 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van, et al.. (1980). The impact of acidification on diatoms and chemistry of Dutch moorland pools. Aquatic Ecology. 14(3). 219–219. 12 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van. (1979). Diatoms and water quality in lowland streams in the province of northern Brabant (The Netherlands). Aquatic Ecology. 13(1). 13–21. 4 indexed citations

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Bredenberg, Johan B-son, et al.. (1961). Sesquiterpenes from Cedrus Species.. Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry. 15. 685–686. 23 indexed citations

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