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Denise L. Breitburg is affiliated with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change in related subfields. Additional subfields include Ecology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Paleontology.

The scientist's work centers on several main topics, including Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and Fisheries Research, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Denise L. Breitburg has published in a range of scientific journals and venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • One Earth
  • Science
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Recent publications include:

  • System controls of coastal and open ocean oxygen depletion, 2021, Progress In Oceanography
  • A Global Ocean Oxygen Database and Atlas for Assessing and Predicting Deoxygenation and Ocean Health in the Open and Coastal Ocean, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Ocean Deoxygenation: A Primer, 2020, One Earth
  • WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies, 2021, Science
  • Context-dependent carryover effects of hypoxia and warming in a coastal ecosystem engineer, 2021, Ecological Applications

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Lisa A. Levin
  • Sarah C. Donelan
  • Boris Dewitte
  • Kirsten Isensee
  • Michael R. Roman

Best Publications

  • Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters.

    Denise L. Breitburg;Lisa A. Levin;Andreas Oschlies;Marilaure Grégoire

  • Effects of hypoxia, and the balance between hypoxia and enrichment, on coastal fishes and fisheries

    Denise L. Breitburg

  • Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay

    Raymond G. Najjar;Christopher R. Pyke;Mary Beth Adams;Denise Breitburg

  • Hypoxia, Nitrogen, and Fisheries: Integrating Effects Across Local and Global Landscapes

    Denise L. Breitburg;Darryl W. Hondorp;Lori A. Davias;Robert J. Diaz

  • The role of oyster reefs as essential fish habitat: a review of current knowledge and some new perspectives

    L. D. Coen;M. W. Luckenbach;Denise L. Breitburg

  • Is global ocean sprawl a cause of jellyfish blooms

    Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Kylie A. Pitt;Cathy H. Lucas;Jennifer E. Purcell

  • Episodic hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay : interacting effects of recruitment, behavior, and physical disturbance

    Denise L. Breitburg

  • VARYING EFFECTS OF LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN ON TROPHIC INTERACTIONS IN AN ESTUARINE FOOD WEB

    Denise L. Breitburg;Timothy Loher;Carol A. Pacey;Adam Gerstein

  • Effects of bottom-layer hypoxia on abundances and depth distributions of organisms in Patuxent River, Chesapeake Bay

    Julie E. Keister;Edward D. Houde;Denise L. Breitburg

  • Near-shore hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay: Patterns and relationships among physical factors

    Denise L. Breitburg

  • And on Top of All That… Coping with Ocean Acidification in the Midst of Many Stressors

    Denise L. Breitburg;Joseph E. Salisbury;Joan M. Bernhard;Wei-Jun Cai

  • Guidelines for evaluating performance of oyster habitat restoration

    Lesley P. Baggett;Sean P. Powers;Robert D. Brumbaugh;Loren D. Coen

  • Effects of low dissolved oxygen on predation on estuarine fish larvae

    DL Breitburg;N. Steinberg;S. DuBeau;C. Cooksey

  • Chapter 1 The Hypoxic Environment

    Robert J. Diaz;Denise L. Breitburg

  • Settlement of Crassostrea ariakensis Larvae: Effects of Substrate, Biofilms, Sediment and Adult Chemical Cues

    Mario N. Tamburri;Mark W. Luckenbach;Denise L. Breitburg;Stephanie M. Bonniwell

  • Covariability of dissolved oxygen with physical processes in the summertime Chesapeake Bay

    Lawrence P. Sanford;Kevin G. Sellner;Denise L. Breitburg

  • Larval distributions and the spatial patterns of settlement of an oyster reef fish: responses to flow and structure

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  • Nutrient enrichment and fisheries exploitation: interactive effects on estuarine living resources and their management

    D.L. Breitburg;J.K. Craig;J.K. Craig;R.S. Fulford;R.S. Fulford;K.A. Rose

  • Development of a subtidal epibenthic community: factors affecting species composition and the mechanisms of succession

    Denise L. Breitburg

  • The pattern and influence of low dissolved oxygen in the Patuxent River, a seasonally hypoxic estuary

    Denise L. Breitburg;Aaron Adamack;Kenneth A. Rose;Sarah E. Kolesar

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth A. Rose
Kenneth A. Rose University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Mark W. Luckenbach
Mark W. Luckenbach Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Lisa A. Levin
Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego
Jennifer E. Purcell
Jennifer E. Purcell Western Washington University
Karin E. Limburg
Karin E. Limburg SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
James G. Sanders
James G. Sanders University of Georgia
David H. Secor
David H. Secor University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Anson H. Hines
Anson H. Hines Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Robert J. Diaz
Robert J. Diaz Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Sybil P. Seitzinger
Sybil P. Seitzinger University of Victoria

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