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Catherine A. Pfister

Catherine A. Pfister

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
5758
World Ranking
7789
National Ranking
2604

Overview

Catherine A. Pfister is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial contribution to Environmental Science. Within these fields, they specifically work on Oceanography, Ecology, and Aquatic Science, including subfields such as Global and Planetary Change and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main topics of study revolve around marine and coastal ecosystems. These include marine and coastal plant biology, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine biology and ecology research, and the study of seaweed-derived bioactive compounds. Additionally, their work covers microbial community ecology and physiology, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, as well as peatlands and wetlands ecology.

Catherine A. Pfister has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • mSystems
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Microbiology Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Pfister cover various aspects of marine ecology and microbiology. Notable recent publications include:

  • The dynamics and stoichiometry of dissolved organic carbon release by kelp, 2020, Ecology
  • Functional Insights into the Kelp Microbiome from Metagenome-Assembled Genomes, 2022, mSystems
  • Spatial organization of the kelp microbiome at micron scales, 2022, Microbiome
  • Magnitude and Predictability of pH Fluctuations Shape Plastic Responses to Ocean Acidification, 2020, The American Naturalist
  • Oxygen metabolism shapes microbial settlement on photosynthetic kelp blades compared to artificial kelp substrates, 2020, Environmental Microbiology Reports

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of frequent coauthors, such as Brooke L. Weigel, Iva Veseli, Khashiff Miranda, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, and Ulisse Cardini, reflecting a broad network of research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Dynamic patterns and ecological impacts of declining ocean pH in a high-resolution multi-year dataset.

    J. Timothy Wootton;Catherine A. Pfister;James D. Forester;James D. Forester

  • Patterns of variance in stage-structured populations: Evolutionary predictions and ecological implications

    Catherine A. Pfister

  • LONGEVITY CAN BUFFER PLANT AND ANIMAL POPULATIONS AGAINST CHANGING CLIMATIC VARIABILITY

    William F. Morris;Catherine A. Pfister;Shripad Tuljapurkar;Chirrakal V. Haridas

  • Chemical Defense Against Different Marine Herbivores: Are Amphipods Insect Equivalents?

    Mark E. Hay;J. Emmett Duffy;Catherine A. Pfister;William Fenical

  • Associational plant refuges: convergent patterns in marine and terrestrial communities result from differing mechanisms

    Catherine A. Pfister;Mark E. Hay

  • Correctly estimating how environmental stochasticity influences fitness and population growth.

    Daniel F. Doak;William F. Morris;Cathy Pfister;Bruce E. Kendall

  • Harvesting Red Sea Urchins: Recent Effects and Future Predictions

    Catherine A. Pfister;Alex Bradbury

  • Standing genetic variation fuels rapid adaptation to ocean acidification

    Mark C. Bitter;Lydia Kapsenberg;Jean-Pierre Gattuso;Catherine A. Pfister

  • THE GENESIS OF SIZE VARIABILITY IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS

    Catherine A. Pfister;Forrest R. Stevens

  • Estimating Competition Coefficients from Census Data: A Test with Field Manipulations of Tidepool Fishes

    Catherine A. Pfister

  • INDIVIDUAL VARIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STOCHASTICITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR MATRIX MODEL PREDICTIONS

    Catherine A. Pfister;Forrest R. Stevens

  • The dynamics of Kelp Forests in the Northeast Pacific Ocean and the relationship with environmental drivers

    Catherine A. Pfister;Helen D. Berry;Thomas Mumford

  • Kelp beds and their local effects on seawater chemistry, productivity, and microbial communities.

    Catherine A. Pfister;Mark A. Altabet;Brooke L. Weigel

  • Elasticity Analysis in Population Biology: Methods and Applications1

    Selina Heppell;Cathy Pfister;Hans de Kroon

  • Functional Insights into the Kelp Microbiome from Metagenome-Assembled Genomes

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  • Costs of Reproduction in an Intertidal Kelp: Patterns of Allocation and Life History Consequences

    Catherine A. Pfister

  • Successional Dynamics and Seascape-Level Patterns of Microbial Communities on the Canopy-Forming Kelps Nereocystis luetkeana and Macrocystis pyrifera

    Brooke Laureen Weigel;Catherine Ann Pfister

  • Carbon system measurements and potential climatic drivers at a site of rapidly declining ocean pH.

    J. Timothy Wootton;Catherine A. Pfister

  • Intertidal invertebrates locally enhance primary production.

    Catherine A. Pfister

  • Effects of productivity, consumers, competitors, and El Niño events on food chain patterns in a rocky intertidal community

    J. T. Wootton;M. E. Power;R. T. Paine;C. A. Pfister

  • Historical comparisons reveal altered competitive interactions in a guild of crustose coralline algae

    S. J. McCoy;C. A. Pfister

  • The dynamics and stoichiometry of dissolved organic carbon release by kelp

    Brooke L. Weigel;Catherine A. Pfister

  • Experimental separation of genetic and demographic factors on extinction risk in wild populations.

    J. Timothy Wootton;Catherine A. Pfister

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Timothy Wootton
J. Timothy Wootton University of Chicago
Mark A. Altabet
Mark A. Altabet University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Jean-Pierre Gattuso
Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
William F. Morris
William F. Morris Duke University
David M. Post
David M. Post Yale University
Scott D. Peacor
Scott D. Peacor Michigan State University
Robert T. Paine
Robert T. Paine University of Washington
Laura F. Robinson
Laura F. Robinson University of Bristol
Folker Meyer
Folker Meyer Argonne National Laboratory

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