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Agneta Andersson

Agneta Andersson

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Ecology and Evolution

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4870
National Ranking
122

Overview

Agneta Andersson is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work focuses on a range of topics related to microbial ecology, marine and coastal ecosystems, and environmental chemistry.

The main areas of study for Andersson include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Protist Diversity and Phylogeny
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection

Among recent published works are:

  • "Short- and long-read metabarcoding of the eukaryotic rRNA operon: Evaluation of primers and comparison to shotgun metagenomics sequencing", 2022, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "Changes in phytoplankton communities along a north-south gradient in the Baltic Sea between 1990 and 2008", 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • "Response of Coastal Phytoplankton to High Inflows of Terrestrial Matter", 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Will Climate Change Influence Production and Environmental Pathways of Halogenated Natural Products?", 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Terrestrial dissolved organic matter inflow drives temporal dynamics of the bacterial community of a subarctic estuary (northern Baltic Sea)", 2021, Environmental Microbiology

Frequent co-authors in Andersson's research include:

  • Sonia Brugel
  • Evelina Grinienė
  • Máté Vass
  • Danny C. P. Lau
  • Kesava Priyan Ramasamy

Preferred publication venues for this researcher are:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Best Publications

  • Biovolumes and size-classes of phytoplankton in the Baltic Sea

    I Olenina;S Hajdu;L Edler;A Andersson

  • Desaturation and Elongation of Fatty Acids and Insulin Action

    B. Vessby;Inga-Britt Gustafsson;S. Tengblad;M. Boberg

  • Global change-driven effects on dissolved organic matter composition : Implications for food webs of northern lakes

    Irena F. Creed;Ann Kristin Bergström;Charles G. Trick;Nancy B. Grimm

  • Fatty acid composition of skeletal muscle reflects dietary fat composition in humans

    Agneta Andersson;Cecilia Nälsen;Silt Tengblad;Bengt Vessby

  • Estradiol and testosterone in specific regions of the human female brain in different endocrine states.

    Bixo M;Bäckström T;Winblad B;Andersson A

  • Measurements of oxygen tension in native and transplanted rat pancreatic islets.

    Per-Ola Carlsson;P Liss;A Andersson;L Jansson

  • Whole-Grain Foods Do Not Affect Insulin Sensitivity or Markers of Lipid Peroxidation and Inflammation in Healthy, Moderately Overweight Subjects

    Agneta Andersson;Siv Tengblad;Brita Karlström;Afaf Kamal-Eldin

  • Microbial loop in an oligotrophic pelagic marine ecosystem: Possible roles of cyanobacteria and nanoflagellates in the organic fluxes

    Åke Hagström;F. Azam;A. Andersson;J. Wikner

  • Size-selective grazing by a microflagellate on pelagic bacteria

    A. Andersson;U. Larsson;Å. Hagström

  • Role of productivity and protozoan abundance for the occurrence of predation-resistant bacteria in aquatic systems.

    Johanna Thelaus;Mats Forsman;Agneta Andersson

  • Projected future climate change and Baltic Sea ecosystem management.

    Agneta Andersson;H. E. Markus Meier;Matyas Ripszam;Owen Rowe

  • A Vibrio cholerae protease needed for killing of Caenorhabditis elegans has a role in protection from natural predator grazing.

    Karolis Vaitkevicius;Barbro Lindmark;Gangwei Ou;Tianyan Song

  • Efficiency of a phytoplankton‐based and a bacterial‐based food web in a pelagic marine system

    Johnny Berglund;Umut Müren;Ulf Båmstedt;Agneta Andersson

  • Effects of physical exercise on phospholipid fatty acid composition in skeletal muscle

    Agneta Andersson;Anders Sjödin;Roger Olsson;Bengt Vessby

  • Succession and growth limitation of phytoplankton in the Gulf of Bothnia (Baltic Sea)

    Agneta Andersson;Susanna Hajdu;Pia Haecky;Jorma Kuparinen

  • Fatty acid profile of skeletal muscle phospholipids in trained and untrained young men

    Agneta Andersson;Anders Sjödin;A. N. U. Hedman;Roger Olsson

  • Differentiated availability of geochemical mercury pools controls methylmercury levels in estuarine sediment and biota.

    Sofi Jonsson;Ulf Skyllberg;Mats B. Nilsson;Erik Lundberg

  • Effect of temperature and light on the growth of micro- nano- and pico-plankton: impact on algal succession

    A. Andersson;P. Haecky;Å. Hagström

  • Pathogenesis in menstrual cycle-linked CNS disorders.

    Torbjörn Bäckström;Agneta Andersson;Lotta Andreé;Vita Birzniece

  • Increased freshwater discharge shifts the trophic balance in the coastal zone of the northern Baltic Sea

    Johan Wikner;Johan Wikner;Agneta Andersson

  • Nutritional Characteristics of a Mixotrophic Nanoflagellate, Ochromonas sp.

    Agneta Andersson;Stefan Falk;Göran Samuelsson;Åke Hagström

  • Release of aminoacids and inorganic nutrients by heterotrophic marine microflagellates

    Agneta Andersson;C. Lee;F. Azam;Åke Hagström

  • Pelagic food web structure and carbon budget in the northern Baltic Sea: Potential importance of terrigenous carbon

    Johannes Sandberg;Agneta Andersson;S Johansson;Johan Wikner

  • Baltic Sea management: Successes and failures

    Ragnar Elmgren;Thorsten Blenckner;Agneta Andersson

  • Terrestrial discharges mediate trophic shifts and enhance methylmercury accumulation in estuarine biota

    Sofi Jonsson;Agneta Andersson;Mats B. Nilsson;Ulf Skyllberg

  • The Effect of Increased Loads of Dissolved Organic Matter on Estuarine Microbial Community Composition and Function.

    Sachia J. Traving;Owen Rowe;Nina M. Jakobsen;Helle Sørensen

  • Influence of sea ice on the composition of the spring phytoplankton bloom in the northern Baltic Sea

    P. Haecky;S. Jonsson;A. Andersson

  • Potential effects of elevated sea-water temperature on pelagic food webs

    U Müren;J Berglund;Kristina Samuelsson;A Andersson

  • Relationships between colored dissolved organic matter and dissolved organic carbon in different coastal gradients of the Baltic Sea

    E. Therese Harvey;Susanne Kratzer;Agneta Andersson

  • Impacts of elevated terrestrial nutrient loads and temperature on pelagic food-web efficiency and fish production.

    Robert Lefebure;Rickard Degerman;Agneta Andersson;Stefan Larsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Claes Hellerström
Claes Hellerström Uppsala University
Torbjörn Bäckström
Torbjörn Bäckström Umeå University
Mats Tysklind
Mats Tysklind Umeå University
Peter Haglund
Peter Haglund Umeå University
Preben Bendtsen
Preben Bendtsen Linköping University
Åke Hagström
Åke Hagström Linnaeus University
Jarone Pinhassi
Jarone Pinhassi Linnaeus University
Per Nilsen
Per Nilsen Linköping University
Terry F. Bidleman
Terry F. Bidleman Umeå University
Decio L. Eizirik
Decio L. Eizirik Université Libre de Bruxelles

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