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Agostino Merico

Agostino Merico

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
3491
World Ranking
7721
National Ranking
397

Overview

Agostino Merico is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Paleontology, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's work concentrates on themes such as Marine and coastal ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and fisheries research, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence.

Merico has published in several notable scientific venues. These frequent publication outlets include:

  • Science Advances
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ecological Complexity
  • Global Change Biology
  • Environmental Pollution

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic), 2020, Science Advances
  • The long-term legacy of plastic mass production, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Vulnerability of global coral reef habitat suitability to ocean warming, acidification and eutrophication, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Density and composition of surface and buried plastic debris in beaches of Senegal, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Confidence intervals and sample size for estimating the prevalence of plastic debris in seabird nests, 2020, Environmental Pollution

Throughout their research career, Merico has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Esteban Acevedo-Trejos
  • Subhendu Chakraborty
  • Sze-Wing To
  • Sönke Hohn
  • Peter Steiglechner

Best Publications

  • Emiliania huxleyi: bloom observations and the conditions that induce them

    Toby Tyrrell;Agostino Merico

  • Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic).

    Jacopo Dal Corso;Jacopo Dal Corso;Massimo Bernardi;Massimo Bernardi;Yadong Sun;Haijun Song

  • Mechanisms shaping size structure and functional diversity of phytoplankton communities in the ocean

    Esteban Acevedo-Trejos;Gunnar Brandt;Jorn Bruggeman;Agostino Merico

  • Eocene/Oligocene ocean de-acidification linked to Antarctic glaciation by sea-level fall

    Agostino Merico;Toby Tyrrell;Paul A. Wilson

  • Environmental and anthropogenic factors structuring waterbird habitats of tropical coastal lagoons: Implications for management

    Davi Castro Tavares;Demétrio Luis Guadagnin;Jailson Fulgencio de Moura;Salvatore Siciliano

  • Nitrate: phosphate ratios and Emiliania huxleyi blooms

    Evelyn J. Lessard;Agostino Merico;Toby Tyrrell

  • Modelling phytoplankton succession on the Bering Sea shelf: role of climate influences and trophic interactions in generating Emiliania huxleyi blooms 1997 2000

    Agostino Merico;Toby Tyrrell;Evelyn J. Lessard;Temel Oguz

  • Multiple negative carbon-isotope excursions during the Carnian Pluvial Episode (Late Triassic)

    Jacopo Dal Corso;Piero Gianolla;Manuel Rigo;Marco Franceschi

  • A trait-based approach for downscaling complexity in plankton ecosystem models

    Agostino Merico;Jorn Bruggeman;Kai Wirtz

  • Optimality-based modeling of planktonic organisms

    S. Lan Smith;Markus Pahlow;Agostino Merico;Kai W. Wirtz

  • Importance of resuspended sediment dynamics for the phytoplankton spring bloom in a coastal marine ecosystem

    Tian Tian;Agostino Merico;Jian Su;Joanna Staneva

  • Effect of seafloor depth on phytoplankton blooms in high‐nitrate, low‐chlorophyll (HNLC) regions

    T. Tyrrell;A. Merico;J. J. Waniek;C. S. Wong

  • Analysis of satellite imagery for Emiliania huxleyi blooms in the Bering Sea before 1997

    A. Merico;T. Tyrrell;C. W. Brown;S. B. Groom

  • The cause of bright waters in the Bering Sea in winter

    A. T. C. Broerse;Toby Tyrrell;Jeremy R. Young;Alex J. Poulton

  • Factors controlling the summer Emiliania huxleyi bloom in the Black Sea: A modeling study

    Temel Oguz;Agostino Merico

  • Suitable environmental ranges for potential coral reef habitats in the tropical ocean.

    Yi Guan;Sönke Hohn;Agostino Merico;Agostino Merico

  • Is there any relationship between phytoplankton seasonal dynamics and the carbonate system

    Agostino Merico;Toby Tyrrell;Tulay Cokacar

  • Vulnerability of global coral reef habitat suitability to ocean warming, acidification and eutrophication

    Yi Guan;Sönke Hohn;Christian Wild;Agostino Merico

  • Traits Shared by Marine Megafauna and Their Relationships With Ecosystem Functions and Services

    Davi Castro Tavares;Jailson F. Moura;Esteban Acevedo-Trejos;Agostino Merico

  • Phytoplankton size diversity and ecosystem function relationships across oceanic regions.

    Esteban Acevedo-Trejos;Emilio Marañón;Agostino Merico

  • Incidence of marine debris in seabirds feeding at different water depths.

    D.C. Tavares;J.F. de Moura;A. Merico;S. Siciliano

  • Biogeographical patterns of phytoplankton community size structure in the oceans

    Esteban Acevedo-Trejos;Esteban Acevedo-Trejos;Gunnar Brandt;Agostino Merico;Agostino Merico;S. Lan Smith

  • A statistical analysis of climate variability and ecosystem response in the German Bight

    Merja H. Schlüter;Agostino Merico;Karen H. Wiltshire;Wulf Greve

  • Flexible phytoplankton functional type (FlexPFT) model: Size-scaling of traits and optimal growth

    S. Lan Smith;Markus Pahlow;Agostino Merico;Agostino Merico;Esteban Acevedo-Trejos

Frequent Co-Authors

Toby Tyrrell
Toby Tyrrell University of Southampton
Christian Wild
Christian Wild University of Bremen
Tim Rixen
Tim Rixen Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology
Nereo Preto
Nereo Preto University of Padua
Temel Oguz
Temel Oguz Middle East Technical University
Karen Helen Wiltshire
Karen Helen Wiltshire Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Peter I. Miller
Peter I. Miller Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Alastair Ruffell
Alastair Ruffell Queen's University Belfast
Richard G. J. Bellerby
Richard G. J. Bellerby East China Normal University

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