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Brian E. Lapointe is affiliated with the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in the United States. Their research spans key areas within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on oceanography and marine ecology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including marine and coastal ecosystems, marine and coastal plant biology, and marine biology and ecology research. Other notable topics include coral and marine ecosystems studies, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, and isotope analysis in ecology.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brian E. Lapointe include Rachel A. Brewton, Chuanmin Hu, Laura W. Herren, Malcolm McFarland, and Kevin S. McCann.

Brian E. Lapointe has published multiple papers in well-known scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Harmful Algae, Marine Pollution Bulletin, The Science of The Total Environment, Nature Communications, and Nature Geoscience.

Selected recent publications are:

  • "Nutrient content and stoichiometry of pelagic Sargassum reflects increasing nitrogen availability in the Atlantic Basin" (2021), Nature Communications
  • "Climate and Anthropogenic Controls of Seaweed Expansions in the East China Sea and Yellow Sea" (2022), Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Landscape modification and nutrient-driven instability at a distance" (2020), Ecology Letters
  • "On the Atlantic pelagic Sargassum's role in carbon fixation and sequestration" (2021), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Septic system-groundwater-surface water couplings in waterfront communities contribute to harmful algal blooms in Southwest Florida" (2022), The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Nutrient thresholds for bottom-up control of macroalgal blooms on coral reefs in Jamaica and southeast Florida

    Brian E. Lapointe

  • The great Atlantic Sargassum belt

    Mengqiu Wang;Chuanmin Hu;Brian B. Barnes;Gary Mitchum

  • Nutrient pollution of coastal rivers, bays, and seas

    Robert W. Howarth;D. B. Anderson;James E. Cloern;Chris Elfring

  • Nutrient inputs from the watershed and coastal eutrophication in the Florida Keys

    Brian E. Lapointe;Brian E. Lapointe;Mark W. Clark

  • Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment of seagrass and coral reef communities in the Lower Florida Keys: discrimination of local versus regional nitrogen sources

    Brian E. Lapointe;Peter J. Barile;William R. Matzie

  • Nutrient couplings between on-site sewage disposal systems, groundwaters, and nearshore surface waters of the Florida Keys

    Brian E. Lapointe;Julie D. O'Connell;George S. Garrett

  • Productivity and biomass of Thalassia testudinum as related to water column nutrient availability and epiphyte levels: field observations and experimental studies

    DA Tomasko;BE Lapointe

  • Evidence of sewage-driven eutrophication and harmful algal blooms in Florida's Indian River Lagoon

    Brian E. Lapointe;Laura W. Herren;David D. Debortoli;Margaret A. Vogel

  • Macroalgal blooms on southeast Florida coral reefs: II. Cross-shelf discrimination of nitrogen sources indicates widespread assimilation of sewage nitrogen

    Brian E. Lapointe;Peter J. Barile;Mark M. Littler;Diane S. Littler;Diane S. Littler

  • Phosphorus- and nitrogen-limited photosynthesis and growth of Gracilaria tikvahiae (Rhodophyceae) in the Florida Keys: an experimental field study

    B. E. Lapointe

  • Nutrient availability to marine macroalgae in siliciclastic versus carbonate-rich coastal waters

    Brian E. Lapointe;Mark M. Littler;Diane S. Littler

  • Physical models of integrated waste recycling- marine polyculture systems

    John H. Ryther;Joel C. Goldman;Cameron E. Gifford;John E. Huguenin

  • Eutrophication and trophic state classification of seagrass communities in the Florida Keys

    B. E. Lapointe;D. A. Tomasko;W. R. Matzie

  • Nutrient-enhanced growth of Cladophora prolifera in harrington sound, bermuda: Eutrophication of a confined, phosphorus-limited marine ecosystem

    Brian E. Lapointe;Julie O'Connell

  • Experimental outdoor studies with Ulva fasciata Delile. I. Interaction of light and nitrogen on nutrient uptake, growth, and biochemical composition

    Brian E. Lapointe;Kenneth R. Tenore

  • Simultaneous top‐down and bottom‐up forces control macroalgal blooms on coral reefs (Reply to the comment by Hughes et al.)

    Brian E. Lapointe

  • BIOCHEMICAL STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH OF GRACILARIA TIKVAHIAE (RHODOPHYTA) IN RELATION TO LIGHT INTENSITY AND NITROGEN AVAILABILITY1

    Brian E. Lapointe;Clifford S. Duke

  • THE EFFECTS OF LIGHT AND NITROGEN ON GROWTH, PIGMENT CONTENT, AND BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GRACILARIA FOLIIFERA V. ANGUSTISSIMA (GIGARTINALES, RHODOPHYTA)1

    Brian E. Lapointe

  • Sunlight and water transparency: cornerstones in coral research

    C.S Yentsch;C.M Yentsch;C.M Yentsch;J.J Cullen;B Lapointe

  • The Effects of Nitrogen and Seawater Flow Rate on the Growth and Biochemical Composition of Gracilaria foliifera var. angustissima in Mass Outdoor Cultures

    B. E. Lapointe;J. H. Ryther

  • Nitrogen enrichment, altered stoichiometry, and coral reef decline at Looe Key, Florida Keys, USA: a 3-decade study

    Brian E. Lapointe;Rachel A. Brewton;Laura W. Herren;James W. Porter

  • Macroalgal blooms on southeast Florida coral reefs I. Nutrient stoichiometry of the invasive green alga Codium isthmocladum in the wider Caribbean indicates nutrient enrichment

    Brian E. Lapointe;Peter J. Barile;Mark M. Littler;Diane S. Littler;Diane S. Littler

Frequent Co-Authors

Diane S. Littler
Diane S. Littler National Museum of Natural History
Mark M. Littler
Mark M. Littler National Museum of Natural History
Chuanmin Hu
Chuanmin Hu University of South Florida St. Petersburg
John H. Ryther
John H. Ryther Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Andrew S. MacDougall
Andrew S. MacDougall University of Guelph
Andrew Gonzalez
Andrew Gonzalez McGill University
Melania E. Cristescu
Melania E. Cristescu McGill University
Kevin S. McCann
Kevin S. McCann University of Guelph
John M. Fryxell
John M. Fryxell University of Guelph
Gregor F. Fussmann
Gregor F. Fussmann McGill University

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