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Alexandre M. Anesio

Alexandre M. Anesio

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
66
Citations
11121
World Ranking
2145
National Ranking
26

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
9947
World Ranking
9932
National Ranking
101

Overview

Alexandre M. Anesio is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of ecology, atmospheric science, oceanography, molecular biology, and evolutionary biology.

Anesio's work centers on topics such as polar research and ecology, cryospheric studies and observations, microbial community ecology and physiology, climate change and permafrost, geology and paleoclimatology research, genomics and phylogenetic studies, as well as marine and coastal ecosystems.

The scientist has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include Frontiers in Microbiology, Nature Communications, Journal of Glaciology, Scientific Reports, and Frontiers in Earth Science.

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Anesio include:

  • Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the south-western Greenland Ice Sheet (2020, The Cryosphere)
  • Algal photophysiology drives darkening and melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • A genome and gene catalog of glacier microbiomes (2022, Nature Biotechnology)
  • Mineral phosphorus drives glacier algal blooms on the Greenland Ice Sheet (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Glacial ecosystems are essential to understanding biodiversity responses to glacier retreat (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)

Throughout their career, Anesio has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Martyn Tranter, Liane G. Benning, Joseph M. Cook, Christopher J. Williamson, and Rey Mourot. These coauthors have contributed to a significant portion of Anesio's body of work.

Best Publications

  • Microbial ecology of the cryosphere: sea ice and glacial habitats

    Antje Boetius;Alexandre M B Anesio;Jody W. Deming;Jill A. Mikucki

  • Glaciers and ice sheets as a biome

    Alexandre M. Anesio;Johanna Laybourn-Parry

  • High microbial activity on glaciers: importance to the global carbon cycle

    Alexandre M. Anesio;Andrew J. Hodson;Andreas Fritz;Roland Psenner

  • Glacial Ecosystems

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  • The microbiome of glaciers and ice sheets.

    Alexandre M. Anesio;Stefanie Lutz;Nathan A. M. Chrismas;Liane G. Benning

  • Photophysiology and albedo-changing potential of the ice algal community on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet.

    Marian L Yallop;Alexandre M B Anesio;Rupert G Perkins;J Cook

  • The biogeography of red snow microbiomes and their role in melting arctic glaciers

    Stefanie Lutz;Alexandre M. Anesio;Rob Raiswell;Arwyn Edwards

  • Potential methane reservoirs beneath Antarctica

    J. L. Wadham;S. Arndt;S. Arndt;S. Tulaczyk;M. Stibal

  • Possible interactions between bacterial diversity, microbial activity and supraglacial hydrology of cryoconite holes in Svalbard

    Arwyn Edwards;Alexandre Magno Anesio;Sara Maria Edwards Rassner;Birgit Sattler

  • Effect of humic substance photodegradation on bacterial growth and respiration in lake water.

    Alexandre M. Anesio;Wilhelm Granéli;George R. Aiken;David J. Kieber

  • Microbial community dynamics in the forefield of glaciers

    James A Bradley;Joy S Singarayer;Alexandre M B Anesio

  • A glacier respires: Quantifying the distribution and respiration CO2 flux of cryoconite across an entire Arctic supraglacial ecosystem

    Andy Hodson;Alexandre Magno Anesio;Alexandre Magno Anesio;Felix Ng;Rory Watson

  • A genome and gene catalog of glacier microbiomes

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  • Variations of algal communities cause darkening of a Greenland glacier.

    Stefanie Lutz;Alexandre M. Anesio;Susana E. Jorge Villar;Liane G. Benning

  • Methanogenic potential of Arctic and Antarctic subglacial environments with contrasting organic carbon sources

    Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Jemma L. Wadham;Grzegorz P. Lis;Jon Telling

  • Nitrogen fixation on Arctic glaciers, Svalbard

    Jon Telling;Alexandre Magno Anesio;Martyn Tranter;Tristram Irvine-fynn

  • Carbon fluxes through bacterial communities on glacier surfaces

    Alexandre M. Anesio;Birgit Sattler;Christine M. Foreman;Jon Telling

  • Factors influencing bacterial dynamics along a transect from supraglacial runoff to proglacial lakes of a high Arctic glacieri

    Birgit Mindl;Alexandre M. Anesio;Katrin Meirer;Andrew J. Hodson

  • Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the south-western Greenland Ice Sheet

    Joseph M. Cook;Joseph M. Cook;Andrew J. Tedstone;Christopher Williamson;Jenine McCutcheon

  • Algal photophysiology drives darkening and melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Christopher J. Williamson;Joseph Cook;Andrew Tedstone;Marian Yallop

  • Viral dynamics in cryoconite holes on a high Arctic glacier (Svalbard)

    Alexandre M. Anesio;Alexandre M. Anesio;Birgit Mindl;Johanna Laybourn-Parry;Andrew J. Hodson

  • Microbial diversity on icelandic glaciers and ice caps

    Stefanie Lutz;Alexandre Magno Anesio;Arwyn Edwards;Liane Benning;Liane Benning

  • Importance of biofilm as food source for shrimp (Farfantepenaeus paulensis) evaluated by stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N)

    Paulo Cesar Abreu;Eduardo L.C. Ballester;Clarisse Odebrecht;Wilson Wasielesky

  • Bacteriophage in polar inland waters

    Christin Säwström;John Lisle;Alexandre M. Anesio;John C. Priscu

Frequent Co-Authors

Martyn Tranter
Martyn Tranter Aarhus University
Wilhelm Granéli
Wilhelm Granéli Lund University
Liane G. Benning
Liane G. Benning Freie Universität Berlin
Marek Stibal
Marek Stibal Charles University
Jon Telling
Jon Telling Newcastle University
Jemma L. Wadham
Jemma L. Wadham University of Bristol
Andy Hodson
Andy Hodson University Centre in Svalbard
Johanna Laybourn-Parry
Johanna Laybourn-Parry University of Bristol
Tristram Irvine-Fynn
Tristram Irvine-Fynn Aberystwyth University
Lars J. Tranvik
Lars J. Tranvik Uppsala University

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