Marten Scheffer
Marten Scheffer (born September 13, 1958 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch ecologist and limnologist .
Live and act
Scheffer studied ecology at the University of Utrecht with a degree in 1985 and received his doctorate there in 1992. He then worked at the Dutch water management institute RIZA (Rijksinstituut voor Integraal Zoetwaterbeheer en Afvalwaterbehandeling). He has been Professor of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management at Wageningen University since 1998 .
When examining the ecology of freshwater lakes, he found that these can suddenly change from a hypertrophic state (dominated by algae populations) to a normal state with biodiversity and vice versa (triggered, for example, by small changes in the fish population). He later applied this to other ecosystems ( savannas , coral reefs ), where he found similar critical points, and also to other systems (climate, societies).
He is co-founder of an interdisciplinary European research institute Para Limes (similar to the US Santa Fe Institute ).
In 2009 he received the Spinoza Prize and in 2016 the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award . Scheffer has been a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2019 .
He has an h-index of 109 (as of March 2020) and is listed by Thomson Reuters as a Highly Cited Researcher in the Environment / Ecology category, making him one of the most respected scientists in his field.
Fonts (selection)
Monographs
- Ecology of Shallow Lakes . Springer 2004, ISBN 978-1-4020-2306-4 .
- Critical Transitions in Nature and Society , Princeton University Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-691-12204-5 .
Magazine articles
- Chi Xu et al .: Future of the human climate niche . In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 2020, doi : 10.1073 / pnas.1910114117 .
- Will Steffen et al .: Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene . In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . tape 115 , no. 33 , 2018, p. 8252-8259 , doi : 10.1073 / pnas.1810141115 .
- Terry P. Hughes et al .: Coral reefs in the Anthropocene . In: Nature . tape 546 , 2017, p. 82–90 , doi : 10.1038 / nature22901 .
- Marten Scheffer et al .: Anticipating Critical Transitions . In: Science . tape 338 , no. 6105 , 2012, p. 344-348 , doi : 10.1126 / science.1225244 .
- James A. Estes et al .: Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth . In: Science . tape 333 , no. 6040 , 2011, p. 301-306 , doi : 10.1126 / science.1205106 .
- Marten Scheffer et al .: Early warning signals for critical transitions . In: Nature . tape 461 , 2009, p. 53-59 .
- Johan Rockström et al .: A safe operating space for humanity . In: Nature . tape 461 , 2009, p. 472-475 , doi : 10.1038 / 461472a .
- Marten Scheffer, Stephen R. Carpeter: Catastrophic regime shifts in ecosystems: linking theory to observation . In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution . tape 18 , no. 12 , 2003, p. 648-656 , doi : 10.1016 / j.tree.2003.09.002 .
- Marten Scheffer et al .: Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems . In: Nature . tape 413 , 2001, p. 591-596 , doi : 10.1038 / 35098000 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marten Scheffer . Google Scholar . Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ↑ Highly Cited Researcher . Thomson Reuters website . Retrieved August 31, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheffer, Marten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch ecologist and limnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |