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Overview

David N. Thomas is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research spans multiple areas within the environmental sciences and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on understanding complex ecological and atmospheric phenomena and their interactions with global environmental change.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their work further delves into subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Pollution
  • Global and Planetary Change

David N. Thomas has contributed to key research topics, including:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Climate change and permafrost

Recent publications by this researcher illustrate their engagement with glaciology, marine ecology, and environmental change. Notable papers include:

  • "Platelet ice, the Southern Ocean's hidden ice: a review" (2020, Annals of Glaciology)
  • "Societal implications of a changing Arctic Ocean" (2021, AMBIO)
  • "Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria Alcanivorax and Marinobacter Associated With Microalgae Pavlova lutheri and Nannochloropsis oculata" (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • "Projected loss of brown macroalgae and seagrasses with global environmental change" (2024, Nature Communications)
  • "Maternal and cohort effects modulate offspring responses to multiple stressors" (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

The researcher frequently collaborates with others, including:

  • Hermanni Kaartokallio
  • Michel J. Kaiser
  • Martin J. Attrill
  • David K. A. Barnes
  • Andrew S. Brierley

Regular publication venues for their work include:

  • AMBIO
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Annals of Glaciology
  • Nature Communications
  • Water Research

David N. Thomas is also an author of books published by reputable academic presses. Their book publications consist of:

  • "Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts" (2020, Oxford University Press)
  • "Introducing Oceanography" (2021, Liverpool University Press)
  • "Organising for Social Change: A Study in the Theory and Practice of Community Work" (2021, Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology)

Best Publications

  • Antarctic Sea Ice--a Habitat for Extremophiles

    D. Thomas;Gerhard Dieckmann

  • Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts

    Michel J. Kaiser;Martin A. Attrill;Simon Jennings;David N. Thomas

  • Sea ice : an introduction to its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology

    David Thomas;Gerhard Dieckmann

  • Large scale importance of sea ice biology in the Southern Ocean

    Kevin R. Arrigo;David N. Thomas

  • Characteristics of dissolved organic matter in Baltic coastal sea ice: allochthonous or autochthonous origins?

    Colin A. Stedmon;David N. Thomas;Mats Granskog;Hermanni Kaartokallio

  • Calcium carbonate as ikaite crystals in Antarctic sea ice

    Gerhard S. Dieckmann;Gernot Nehrke;Gernot Nehrke;Stathys Papadimitriou;Jörg Göttlicher

  • Seasonal and interannual variability in temperature, chlorophyll and macronutrients in northern Marguerite Bay, Antarctica.

    Andrew Clarke;Michael P. Meredith;Margaret I. Wallace;Mark A. Brandon

  • Ecology of southern ocean pack ice.

    Andrew S Brierley;David N Thomas

  • Sea ice contribution to the air-sea CO2 exchange in the Arctic and Southern oceans

    Søren Rysgaard;Jørgen Bendtsen;Bruno Delille;Gerhard S. Dieckmann

  • Biogenic hydrogen and methane production from Chlorella vulgaris and Dunaliella tertiolecta biomass

    Aino Maija Lakaniemi;Christopher J. Hulatt;David N. Thomas;David N. Thomas;Olli H. Tuovinen;Olli H. Tuovinen

  • Comparison of summer and winter inorganic carbon, oxygen and nutrient concentrations in Antarctic sea ice brine

    Markus Gleitz;Michiel Rutgers v.d. Loeff;David N. Thomas;Gerhard S. Dieckmann

  • Phytoplankton Productivity: Carbon Assimilation in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

    Peter J. le B. Williams;David N. Thomas;C. S. Reynolds

  • Primary Producers and Sea Ice

    Kevin R. Arrigo;Thomas Mock;Michael P. Lizotte

  • Qualitative changes of riverine dissolved organic matter at low salinities due to flocculation

    Eero Asmala;Eero Asmala;David G. Bowers;Riitta Autio;Hermanni Kaartokallio

  • Productivity, carbon dioxide uptake and net energy return of microalgal bubble column photobioreactors.

    Chris J. Hulatt;David N. Thomas;David N. Thomas

  • Dissolved organic matter and nutrients in the Lena River, Siberian Arctic: Characteristics and distribution

    Rubén J Lara;Volker Rachold;Gerhard Kattner;Hans W Hubberten

  • Recent advances in sea-ice microbiology.

    Thomas Mock;David N. Thomas

  • Biogeochemistry of sea ice

    David N. Thomas;Stathys Papadimitriou;Christine Michel

  • Surface properties and processes of perennial Antarctic sea ice in summer

    Christian Haas;David N. Thomas;Jörg Bareiss

  • Microalgal community structure and primary production in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice: A synthesis

    Maria A. Van Leeuwe;Letizia Tedesco;Kevin R. Arrigo;Philipp Assmy

  • The Biogeochemistry of sea ice.

    D.N. Thomas;S. Papadimitriou;C. Michel

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Dieckmann
Gerhard Dieckmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Hilary Kennedy
Hilary Kennedy Bangor University
Mats A. Granskog
Mats A. Granskog Norwegian Polar Institute
Gerhard Kattner
Gerhard Kattner Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Jean-Louis Tison
Jean-Louis Tison Université Libre de Bruxelles
Bruno Delille
Bruno Delille University of Liège
Harri Kuosa
Harri Kuosa Finnish Environment Institute
Colin A. Stedmon
Colin A. Stedmon Technical University of Denmark
Klaus M Meiners
Klaus M Meiners Australian Antarctic Division
Christian Haas
Christian Haas Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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