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Anthony W. D. Larkum

Anthony W. D. Larkum

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
79
Citations
21834
World Ranking
442
National Ranking
49

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Photosynthesis
  • Ecology
  • Gene

His primary scientific interests are in Photosynthesis, Botany, Ecology, Coral and Algae. His Photosynthesis study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Quantum yield and Biophysics. His Botany study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Cyanobacteria.

The Ecology study combines topics in areas such as Evolutionary biology and Plastid. The various areas that Anthony W. D. Larkum examines in his Coral study include Reef and Zooxanthellae. His study in Algae is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Calcium carbonate, Photosynthetic membrane and Mineralogy, Calcite.

His most cited work include:

  • Seagrasses: biology, ecology and conservation (658 citations)
  • Temperature-induced bleaching of corals begins with impairment of the CO2 fixation mechanism in zooxanthellae (523 citations)
  • Fluorescent pigments in corals are photoprotective (495 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Anthony W. D. Larkum mostly deals with Botany, Photosynthesis, Ecology, Cyanobacteria and Chlorophyll. His research in Botany intersects with topics in Symbiodinium and Coral. His research investigates the connection between Coral and topics such as Zooxanthellae that intersect with problems in Coelenterata.

His studies in Photosynthesis integrate themes in fields like Biophysics, Chloroplast and Algae. His research integrates issues of Biochemistry and Chlorophyll f in his study of Cyanobacteria. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Chlorophyll, Analytical chemistry is strongly linked to Chlorophyll d.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (47.90%)
  • Photosynthesis (43.36%)
  • Ecology (19.58%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Photosynthesis (43.36%)
  • Botany (47.90%)
  • Cyanobacteria (18.53%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Anthony W. D. Larkum mainly focuses on Photosynthesis, Botany, Cyanobacteria, Photosystem II and Ecology. The concepts of his Photosynthesis study are interwoven with issues in Biophysics, Chlorophyll and Algae. His Botany research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Coral, Zooxanthellae, Zostera muelleri and Symbiodinium.

His study in the fields of Phycobiliprotein under the domain of Cyanobacteria overlaps with other disciplines such as Akinete formation. His Photosystem II research integrates issues from Wild type and Abiogenesis. His work on Seagrass and Biogeography is typically connected to Posidonia and Amphibolis as part of general Ecology study, connecting several disciplines of science.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Early Archean origin of Photosystem II (37 citations)
  • The Genome of a Southern Hemisphere Seagrass Species (Zostera muelleri). (35 citations)
  • The ‘other’ coral symbiont: Ostreobium diversity and distribution (34 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Photosynthesis
  • Ecology
  • Gene

Anthony W. D. Larkum focuses on Photosynthesis, Botany, Photosystem II, Symbiodinium and Biophysics. His work carried out in the field of Photosynthesis brings together such families of science as Photochemistry and Chloroplast. Anthony W. D. Larkum has included themes like Adaptation, Ecology, Abiotic component, Zostera muelleri and Carbon sink in his Botany study.

His Photosystem II research includes elements of Cyanobacteria and Intracellular. His Symbiodinium study incorporates themes from Ulvophyceae, Zooxanthellae, Coral bleaching, Phylogenetics and Chlorophyll fluorescence. His Biophysics study combines topics in areas such as Epidermis, Reactive oxygen species, Total inorganic carbon, Nitrate transport and RuBisCO.

Best Publications

  • Seagrasses: biology, ecology and conservation

    A. W. D. Larkum;Robert J. Orth;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Temperature-induced bleaching of corals begins with impairment of the CO2 fixation mechanism in zooxanthellae

    R. J. Jones;O. Hoegh-Guldberg;A. W. D. Larkum;U. Schreiber

  • Fluorescent pigments in corals are photoprotective

    Anya Salih;Anthony Larkum;Guy Cox;Michael Kühl

  • ENCORE: the effect of nutrient enrichment on coral reefs. Synthesis of results and conclusions.

    K. Koop;D. Booth;A. Broadbent;J. Brodie

  • Photosynthesis and Metabolism in Seagrasses at the Cellular Level

    Anthony W.D. Larkum;Edward A. Drew;Peter J. Ralph

  • Selection, breeding and engineering of microalgae for bioenergy and biofuel production

    Anthony W.D. Larkum;Ian L. Ross;Olaf Kruse;Ben Hankamer

  • An experimental analysis of factors controlling the standing crop of the epilithic algal community on a coral reef

    B.G. Hatcher;A.W.D. Larkum

  • Quantifying and modelling the carbon sequestration capacity of seagrass meadows – A critical assessment

    P.I. Macreadie;M.E. Baird;S.M. Trevathan-Tackett;A.W.D. Larkum

  • Photosynthesis in algae

    Anthony W. D. Larkum;Susan E. Douglas;John A. Raven

  • Assessment of Photosynthetic Performance of Prochloron in Lissoclinum patella in hospite by Chlorophyll Fluorescence Measurements

    U. Schreiber;R. Gademann;P.J. Ralph;A.W.D. Larkum

  • Independent evolution of the prochlorophyte and green plant chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting proteins.

    G. W. M. van der Staay;F. Partensky;A. Ducret

  • Light-harvesting processes in algae

    A.W.D. Larkum;Jack Barrett

  • Evolution of chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll: the problem of invariant sites in sequence analysis.

    Peter J. Lockhart;Anthony W. D. Larkum;Michael A. Steel;Peter J. Waddell

  • The effect of UV-B radiation on photosynthesis and respiration of phytoplankton, benthic macroalgae and seagrasses.

    A. W. D. Larkum;W. F. Wood

  • Photosynthetic inorganic carbon acquisition of Posidonia australis

    Peter L. James;Anthony W.D. Larkum

  • Calcification in algae: Mechanisms and the role of metabolism

    Michael A. Borowitzka;A. W. D. Larkum

  • Productivity and nutrient limitation

    K. Hillman;D.I. Walker;A.W.D. Larkum;A.J. McComb

  • Ecology: A niche for cyanobacteria containing chlorophyll d

    Michael Kühl;Min Chen;Peter J. Ralph;Ulrich Schreiber

  • Substitutional bias confounds inference of cyanelle origins from sequence data

    P. J. Lockhart;C. J. Howe;Donald Ashley Bryant;T. J. Beanland

  • Photosynthesis and calcification in the calcifying algae Halimeda discoidea studied with microsensors

    Dirk de Beer;A.W.D. Larkum

  • An in situ study of photosynthetic oxygen exchange and electron transport rate in the marine macroalga Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta).

    Ben J. Longstaff;Tim Kildea;John W. Runcie;Anthony Cheshire

  • Shopping for plastids.

    Anthony W.D. Larkum;Peter J. Lockhart;Christopher J. Howe

  • Chlorophyll d: the puzzle resolved.

    Anthony W.D. Larkum;Michael Kühl

  • Calcification in the Green Alga Halimeda III. THE SOURCES OF INORGANIC CARBON FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND CALCIFICATION AND A MODEL OF THE MECHANISM OF CALCIFICATION

    Michael A. Borowitzka;Anthony W. D. Larkum

  • Limitations and prospects of natural photosynthesis for bioenergy production

    A. W. D. Larkum

  • Long-term changes of seagrass meadows in Botany Bay, Australia

    A.W.D. Larkum;R.J. West

  • Coral photobiology studied with a new imaging pulse amplitude modulated fluorometer

    Peter J. Ralph;Ulrich Schreiber;Rolf Gademann;Michael Kühl

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Kühl
Michael Kühl University of Copenhagen
Peter J. Ralph
Peter J. Ralph University of Technology Sydney
Min Chen
Min Chen South China University of Technology
John A. Raven
John A. Raven University of Dundee
Peter J. Lockhart
Peter J. Lockhart Massey University
Christopher J. Howe
Christopher J. Howe University of Cambridge
Ulrich Schreiber
Ulrich Schreiber University of Würzburg
Roger G. Hiller
Roger G. Hiller Macquarie University
Lars S. Jermiin
Lars S. Jermiin Australian National University
Søren J. Sørensen
Søren J. Sørensen University of Copenhagen

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