Sandra Poikāne

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Sandra Poikāne is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Poikāne has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 33 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Sandra Poikāne's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (27 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (24 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (21 papers). Sandra Poikāne is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (27 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (24 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (21 papers). Sandra Poikāne collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Sandra Poikāne's co-authors include Sebastian Birk, Wouter van de Bund, Geoff Phillips, Ángel Borja, Martyn Kelly, W. Bonne, Angelo G. Solimini, Sandra Brucet, Nikolaos Zampoukas and Daniel Hering and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Environmental Management and Journal of Applied Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Poikāne

55 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Three hundred ways to assess Europe's surface waters: An almost complete overview of biological methods to implement the Water Framework Directive

2011 806 citations Sebastian Birk, W. Bonne et al. Ecological Indicators profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Comparison of eutrophication assessment for the Nitrates and Water Framework Directives: Impacts and opportunities for streamlined approaches 2025 ·Ecological Indicators ·Νikolaos P. Nikolaidis, Sandra Poikāne, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ioanna Varkitzi, Wouter van de Bund, Martyn Kelly	0
2	Climate change and ecological assessment in Europe under the WFD – Hitting moving targets with shifting baselines? 2024 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Gary Free, Sandra Poikāne, Anne Lyche Solheim, (unknown), Catherine A. Bradley, John A. Smith, (unknown), Mariano Bresciani, Monica Pinardi, Claudia Giardino, Wouter van de Bund	5
3	Towards harmonized standards for freshwater biodiversity monitoring and biological assessment using benthic macroinvertebrates 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·John P. Simaika, James B. Stribling, Jennifer Lento, Andreas Bruder, Sandra Poikāne, Marcelo S. Moretti, NA Rivers-Moore, Kristian Meissner, Craig R. Macadam	13
4	Setting nutrient boundaries to protect aquatic communities: The importance of comparing observed and predicted classifications using measures derived from a confusion matrix 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Geoff Phillips, Heliana Teixeira, Martyn Kelly, Fuensanta Salas, Gábor Várbíró, Anne Lyche Solheim, Agnieszka Kolada, Gary Free, Sandra Poikāne	25
5	Warding off freshwater salinization: Do current criteria measure up? 2023 ·Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water ·Martyn Kelly, Gary Free, Agnieszka Kolada, Geoff Phillips, (unknown), Georg Wolfram, Sandra Poikāne	10
6	Lake hydromorphology assessment in Europe: Where are we 20 years after the adoption of the Water Framework Directive? 2022 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Christine Argillier, (unknown), (unknown), Seppo Hellsten, (unknown), Sandra Poikāne	7
7	Estimating nutrient thresholds for eutrophication management: Novel insights from understudied lake types 2022 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Sandra Poikāne, Martyn Kelly, Gábor Várbíró, Gábor Borics, Tibor Erős, Seppo Hellsten, Agnieszka Kolada, B. Lukács, Anne Lyche Solheim, (unknown), Nigel Willby, Georg Wolfram, Geoff Phillips	50
8	River and lake nutrient targets that support ecological status: European scale gap analysis and strategies for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive 2021 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Νikolaos P. Nikolaidis, Geoff Phillips, Sandra Poikāne, Gábor Várbíró, F. Bouraoui, (unknown), Maria Α. Lilli	28
9	European fish-based assessment reveals high diversity of systems for determining ecological status of lakes 2021 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·David Ritterbusch, Petr Blabolil, Jan Breine, Tibor Erős, Thomas Mehner, Mikko Olin, Graeme Peirson, Pietro Volta, Sandra Poikāne	25
10	European aquatic ecological assessment methods: A critical review of their sensitivity to key pressures 2020 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Sandra Poikāne, Fuensanta Salas, Martyn Kelly, Ángel Borja, Sebastian Birk, Wouter van de Bund	95
11	Nutrient criteria for surface waters under the European Water Framework Directive: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and future outlook 2019 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Sandra Poikāne, Martyn Kelly, Fuensanta Salas, (unknown), Helen P. Jarvie, Ulrich Claussen, Wera Leujak, Anne Lyche Solheim, Heliana Teixeira, Geoff Phillips	156
12	A new broad typology for rivers and lakes in Europe: Development and application for large-scale environmental assessments 2019 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Anne Lyche Solheim, Lidija Globevnik, Kari Austnes, Peter Kristensen, S. Jannicke Moe, Jonas Persson, Geoff Phillips, Sandra Poikāne, Wouter van de Bund, Sebastian Birk	94
13	Establishing nutrient thresholds in the face of uncertainty and multiple stressors: A comparison of approaches using simulated datasets 2019 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Geoff Phillips, Heliana Teixeira, Sandra Poikāne, Fuensanta Salas, Martyn Kelly	17
14	Macrophyte assessment in European lakes: Diverse approaches but convergent views of ‘good’ ecological status 2018 ·Ecological Indicators ·Sandra Poikāne, R. Portielje, Luc Denys, Didzis Elferts, Martyn Kelly, Agnieszka Kolada, Helle Mäemets, Geoff Phillips, Martin Søndergaard, Nigel Willby, Marcel S. van den Berg	62
15	Response of fish communities to multiple pressures: Development of a total anthropogenic pressure intensity index 2017 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Sandra Poikāne, David Ritterbusch, Christine Argillier, (unknown), Petr Blabolil, Jan Breine, (unknown), Teet Krause, Jan Kubečka, Torben L. Lauridsen, (unknown), Graeme Peirson, Tomas Virbickas	38
16	Redundancy in the ecological assessment of lakes: Are phytoplankton, macrophytes and phytobenthos all necessary? 2016 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Martyn Kelly, Sebastian Birk, Nigel Willby, Luc Denys, Stina Drakare, Maria Kahlert, Satu Maaria Karjalainen, Aldo Marchetto, (unknown), Gorazd Urbanič, Sandra Poikāne	39
17	Benthic algal assessment of ecological status in European lakes and rivers: Challenges and opportunities 2016 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Sandra Poikāne, Martyn Kelly, Marco Cantonati	79
18	Benthic macroinvertebrates in lake ecological assessment: A review of methods, intercalibration and practical recommendations 2015 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Sandra Poikāne, Richard K. Johnson, Leonard Sandin, Ann Kristin Schartau, Angelo G. Solimini, Gorazd Urbanič, Кęstutis Arbačiauskas, Jukka Aroviita, Wim Gabriëls, Oliver Miler, Martin Pusch, Henn Timm, Jürgen Böhmer	94
19	Intercalibrating classifications of ecological status: Europe's quest for common management objectives for aquatic ecosystems 2013 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Sebastian Birk, Nigel Willby, Martyn Kelly, W. Bonne, Ángel Borja, Sandra Poikāne, Wouter van de Bund	105
20	Water Framework Directive Intercalibration Technical Report. Part 2: Lakes 2010 ·Joint Research Centre (European Commission) ·Sandra Poikāne	98

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