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Christopher J. Gobler

Christopher J. Gobler

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Ecology and Evolution

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79
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30397
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864
National Ranking
317

Overview

Christopher J. Gobler is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several related subfields.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Within subfields of study, their work emphasizes Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Global and Planetary Change.

Christopher J. Gobler has contributed frequently to the following publication venues:

  • Harmful Algae
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin

Notable recent publications include:

  • Marine harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the United States: History, current status and future trends, 2021, Harmful Algae
  • Harmful algal blooms in China: History, recent expansion, current status, and future prospects, 2023, Harmful Algae
  • The Composition and Function of Microbiomes Within Microcystis Colonies Are Significantly Different Than Native Bacterial Assemblages in Two North American Lakes, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Dissolved oxygen and pH criteria leave fisheries at risk, 2020, Science
  • The Efficacy of Hydrogen Peroxide in Mitigating Cyanobacterial Blooms and Altering Microbial Communities across Four Lakes in NY, USA, 2020, Toxins

Throughout their career, Christopher J. Gobler has collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including Xinwei Mao, Arjun K. Venkatesan, Cheng-Shiuan Lee, Harold W. Walker, and Jennifer A. Goleski.

Best Publications

  • Eutrophication and harmful algal blooms: A scientific consensus

    J. Heisler;P.M. Glibert;J.M. Burkholder;D.M. Anderson

  • The rise of harmful cyanobacteria blooms: The potential roles of eutrophication and climate change

    J.M O'Neil;Timothy Walter Davis;Michele Astrid Burford;C.J. Gobler

  • The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

    Patrick J. Keeling;Patrick J. Keeling;Fabien Burki;Heather M. Wilcox;Bassem Allam

  • A review of the global ecology, genomics, and biogeography of the toxic cyanobacterium, Microcystis spp.

    Matthew J. Harke;Morgan M. Steffen;Christopher J. Gobler;Timothy G. Otten

  • The effects of temperature and nutrients on the growth and dynamics of toxic and non-toxic strains of Microcystis during cyanobacteria blooms

    Timothy Walter Davis;Dianna L. Berry;Gregory L. Boyer;Christopher J. Gobler

  • Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication: Examining linkages from selected coastal regions of the United States

    Donald M. Anderson;Joann M. Burkholder;William P. Cochlan;Patricia M. Glibert

  • Phosphorus limitation of nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium in the central Atlantic Ocean

    Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy;Adam B. Kustka;Christopher J. Gobler;David A. Hutchins

  • Climate Change and Harmful Algal Blooms: Insights and perspective

    Christopher J. Gobler

  • Coastal ocean acidification: The other eutrophication problem

    Ryan B. Wallace;Hannes Baumann;Jason S. Grear;Robert C. Aller

  • Harmful algal blooms: A climate change co-stressor in marine and freshwater ecosystems.

    Andrew W. Griffith;Christopher J. Gobler

  • Ocean warming since 1982 has expanded the niche of toxic algal blooms in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.

    Christopher J. Gobler;Owen M. Doherty;Theresa K. Hattenrath-Lehmann;Andrew W. Griffith

  • Effects of past, present, and future ocean carbon dioxide concentrations on the growth and survival of larval shellfish.

    Stephanie C. Talmage;Christopher J. Gobler

  • The dual role of nitrogen supply in controlling the growth and toxicity of cyanobacterial blooms

    Christopher J. Gobler;JoAnn M. Burkholder;Timothy W. Davis;Matthew J. Harke

  • Marine harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the United States: History, current status and future trends

    Donald M. Anderson;Elizabeth Fensin;Christopher J. Gobler;Alicia E. Hoeglund

  • Release and bioavailability of C, N, P Se, and Fe following viral lysis of a marine chrysophyte

    Christopher J. Gobler;David A. Hutchins;Nicholas S. Fisher;Elizabeth M. Cosper

  • Reduced early life growth and survival in a fish in direct response to increased carbon dioxide

    Hannes Baumann;Stephanie C. Talmage;Christopher J. Gobler

  • Hypoxia and acidification in ocean ecosystems: coupled dynamics and effects on marine life.

    Christopher J. Gobler;Hannes Baumann

  • The effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentrations on the metamorphosis, size, and survival of larval hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), bay scallops (Argopecten irradians), and Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica)

    Stephanie C. Talmage;Christopher J. Gobler

  • Niche of harmful alga Aureococcus anophagefferens revealed through ecogenomics

    Christopher J. Gobler;Dianna L. Berry;Sonya T. Dyhrman;Steven W. Wilhelm

  • Effects of elevated temperature and carbon dioxide on the growth and survival of larvae and juveniles of three species of northwest Atlantic bivalves.

    Stephanie C. Talmage;Christopher J. Gobler

  • Positive feedback and the development and persistence of ecosystem disruptive algal blooms

    William G. Sunda;Edna Graneli;Christopher J. Gobler

  • Most harmful algal bloom species are vitamin B1 and B12 auxotrophs

    Ying Zhong Tang;Florian Koch;Christopher J. Gobler

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy
Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy University of Southern California
Bradley J. Peterson
Bradley J. Peterson Stony Brook University
Steven W. Wilhelm
Steven W. Wilhelm University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Gordon T. Taylor
Gordon T. Taylor Stony Brook University
Sonya T. Dyhrman
Sonya T. Dyhrman Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
David A. Caron
David A. Caron University of Southern California
Vera L. Trainer
Vera L. Trainer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Marina Montresor
Marina Montresor Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Nicholas S. Fisher
Nicholas S. Fisher Stony Brook University

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