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12316
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16030
National Ranking
1269

Overview

Frithjof C. Küpper is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom and has an extensive research portfolio focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work covers a wide range of topics within marine and coastal plant biology, emphasizing the biological and ecological dynamics of marine ecosystems.

The scientist's research extensively addresses subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Pollution. These areas reflect the multifaceted nature of their studies, which often intersect environmental factors with marine biology.

Key research topics explored by Frithjof C. Küpper include:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Their recent publications illustrate contributions to environmental science and marine biology. Notable papers include:

  • Aspects of environmental impacts of seawater desalination: Cyprus as a case study, 2021, Desalination and Water Treatment
  • The current state of DNA barcoding of macroalgae in the Mediterranean Sea: presently lacking but urgently required, 2020, Botanica Marina
  • Halogens in Seaweeds: Biological and Environmental Significance, 2022, Phycology
  • Responses of the Mediterranean seagrass Cymodocea nodosa to combined temperature and salinity stress at the ionomic, transcriptomic, ultrastructural and photosynthetic levels, 2021, Marine Environmental Research
  • Assessment of Arabian Gulf Seaweeds from Kuwait as Sources of Nutritionally Important Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs), 2021, Foods

Frithjof C. Küpper collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors, which include:

  • Akira F. Peters
  • Vasilis Louca
  • Dhia Al-Bader
  • Eleni Avramidi
  • Angela G. Bartolo

Their studies have been published in a range of scientific journals, with repeated contributions to certain venues noted below:

  • Botanica Marina
  • ALGAE
  • Diversity
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • The Ectocarpus genome and the independent evolution of multicellularity in brown algae

    J. Mark Cock;Lieven Sterck;Pierre Rouzé;Delphine Scornet

  • Environmental relevance of heavy metal-substituted chlorophylls using the example of water plants

    Hendrik Küpper;Frithjof Christian Küpper;Martin Spiller

  • DNA barcoding of oomycetes with cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and internal transcribed spacer.

    Gregg P Robideau;Gregg P Robideau;Arthur W A M De Cock;Michael D Coffey;Hermann Voglmayr

  • Photolysis of iron-siderophore chelates promotes bacterial-algal mutualism.

    Shady A. Amin;David H. Green;Mark C. Hart;Frithjof C. Küpper

  • Commemorating two centuries of iodine research: An interdisciplinary overview of current research

    Frithjof C. Küpper;Martin C. Feiters;Berit Olofsson;Tatsuo Kaiho

  • Iodide accumulation provides kelp with an inorganic antioxidant impacting atmospheric chemistry.

    Frithjof C. Küpper;Lucy J. Carpenter;Gordon B. McFiggans;Carl J. Palmer

  • In situ detection of heavy metal substituted chlorophylls in water plants

    Hendrik Küpper;Frithjof Christian Küpper;Martin Spiller

  • Heavy metal-induced inhibition of photosynthesis: targets of in vivo heavy metal chlorophyll formation

    Hendrik Küpper;Ivan Šetlík;Martin Spiller;Frithjof C. Küpper

  • Iodine uptake in Laminariales involves extracellular, haloperoxidase-mediated oxidation of iodide

    F. C. Küpper;N. Schweigert;E. Ar Gall;J.-M. Legendre

  • Oligoguluronates Elicit an Oxidative Burst in the Brown Algal Kelp Laminaria digitata

    Frithjof Christian Küpper;Bernard Kloareg;Jean Guern;Philippe Potin

  • Novel biogenic iodine-containing trihalomethanes and other short-lived halocarbons in the coastal east Atlantic

    L. J. Carpenter;G. Malin;P. S. Liss;F. C. Küpper

  • Complexation and Toxicity of Copper in Higher Plants : I. Characterization of Copper Accumulation, Speciation, and Toxicity in Crassula helmsii as a New Copper Accumulator

    Hendrik Küpper;Birgit Götz;Ana Mijovilovich;Frithjof Christian Küpper

  • Integrating chytrid fungal parasites into plankton ecology: research gaps and needs

    Thijs Frenken;Elisabet Alacid;Stella A. Berger;Elizabeth C. Bourne

  • Oligoalginate recognition and oxidative burst play a key role in natural and induced resistance of sporophytes of laminariales.

    Frithjof C. Küpper;Dieter G. Müller;Akira F. Peters;Bernard Kloareg

  • Isoprene and other non-methane hydrocarbons from seaweeds: a source of reactive hydrocarbons to the atmosphere

    Wendy J. Broadgate;Wendy J. Broadgate;Gill Malin;Frithjof C. Küpper;Anu R. Thompson

  • Environmental barcoding reveals massive dinoflagellate diversity in marine environments.

    Rowena F. Stern;Ales Horak;Rose L. Andrew;Mary Alice Coffroth

  • Oligosaccharide recognition signals and defence reactions in marine plant-microbe interactions.

    Philippe Potin;Kamal Bouarab;Frithjof Küpper;Bernard Kloareg

  • Iodine and Halocarbon Response of Laminaria digitata to Oxidative Stress and Links to Atmospheric New Particle Production

    Carl J. Palmer;Thorsten L. Anders;Lucy J. Carpenter;Frithjof C. Küpper

  • Free fatty acids and methyl jasmonate trigger defense reactions in Laminaria digitata.

    Frithjof C. Küpper;Emmanuel Gaquerel;Audrey Cosse;Fadi Adas

  • Photoreactivity of iron(III)-aerobactin: photoproduct structure and iron(III) coordination.

    Frithjof C. Kupper;Carl J. Carrano;Jens-Uwe Kuhn;Alison Butler

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl J. Carrano
Carl J. Carrano San Diego State University
Philippe Potin
Philippe Potin Sorbonne University
Pieter van West
Pieter van West University of Aberdeen
Hendrik Küpper
Hendrik Küpper Czech Academy of Sciences
Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke
Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke University of Paderborn
Lucy J. Carpenter
Lucy J. Carpenter University of York
Bernard Kloareg
Bernard Kloareg Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ulf Karsten
Ulf Karsten University of Rostock
David H. Green
David H. Green University of Tasmania
John W. Day
John W. Day Louisiana State University

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