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Hans-Peter Grossart

Hans-Peter Grossart

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
99
Citations
34889
World Ranking
295
National Ranking
15

Overview

Hans-Peter Grossart is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions spanning areas such as Ecology, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Pollution.

Grossart's work covers several key research topics including Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

The scientist has published extensively in various notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Water Research
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Recent selected papers illustrate the range and depth of their scholarship:

  • FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles, 2020, Fungal Diversity
  • Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes, 2021, Nature
  • Microplastics provide new microbial niches in aquatic environments, 2020, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Aquatic and terrestrial cyanobacteria produce methane, 2020, Science Advances
  • Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs, 2023, Nature

Collaboration forms a significant part of Grossart's scientific activity. Frequent co-authors include Jason Woodhouse, Stella A. Berger, Jens C. Nejstgaard, Mark O. Gessner, and Danny Ionescu, reflecting sustained research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Microbial ecology of organic aggregates in aquatic ecosystems

    Meinhard Simon;Hans Peter Grossart;Bernd Schweitzer;Helle Ploug

  • FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles

    Sergei Põlme;Sergei Põlme;Kessy Abarenkov;R. Henrik Nilsson;Björn D. Lindahl

  • The multifaceted roles of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in nature.

    Saswati Sengupta;Madhab Kumar Chattopadhyay;Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart

  • Marine diatom species harbour distinct bacterial communities

    Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart;Florian Levold;Martin Allgaier;Meinhard Simon

  • Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa

    N. N. Wijayawardene;K. D. Hyde;L. K. T. Al-Ani;L. K. T. Al-Ani;L. Tedersoo

  • Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes

    Stephen F. Jane;Stephen F. Jane;Gretchen J.A. Hansen;Benjamin M. Kraemer;Peter R. Leavitt;Peter R. Leavitt

  • Microplastic pollution increases gene exchange in aquatic ecosystems

    Maria Arias-Andres;Uli Klümper;Keilor Rojas-Jimenez;Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart

  • Global CO2 emissions from dry inland waters share common drivers across ecosystems

    P. S. Keller;N. Catalán;N. Catalán;D. von Schiller;H. P. Grossart;H. P. Grossart

  • Fungi in aquatic ecosystems

    Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart;Silke Van den Wyngaert;Maiko Kagami;Christian Wurzbacher

  • Ecology under lake ice

    Stephanie E. Hampton;Aaron W.E. Galloway;Stephen M. Powers;Ted Ozersky

  • Trait-based approaches for understanding microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

    Sascha Krause;Xavier Le Roux;Pascal A. Niklaus;Peter M. Van Bodegom

  • Microplastics provide new microbial niches in aquatic environments

    Yuyi Yang;Wenzhi Liu;Zulin Zhang;Hans-Peter Grossart;Hans-Peter Grossart

  • Microbial methane production in oxygenated water column of an oligotrophic lake

    Hans-Peter Grossart;Katharina Frindte;Claudia Dziallas;Werner Eckert

  • Aquatic and terrestrial cyanobacteria produce methane.

    M. Bižić;T. Klintzsch;D. Ionescu;M. Y. Hindiyeh

  • Possible Quorum Sensing in Marine Snow Bacteria: Production of Acylated Homoserine Lactones by Roseobacter Strains Isolated from Marine Snow

    Lone Gram;Hans-Peter Grossart;Andrea Schlingloff;Thomas Kiørboe

  • The alliance for freshwater life : a global call to unite efforts for freshwater biodiversity science and conservation

    William Darwall;Vanessa Bremerich;Aaike De Wever;Anthony I. Dell

  • Microplastics increase impact of treated wastewater on freshwater microbial community.

    Ester M. Eckert;Andrea Di Cesare;Marie Therese Kettner;Maria Arias-Andres

  • Diatom-associated bacteria are required for aggregation of Thalassiosira weissflogii

    Astrid Gärdes;Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen;Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen;Hans-Peter Grossart;Uta Passow;Uta Passow

  • Mechanisms and rates of bacterial colonization of sinking aggregates.

    Thomas Kiørboe;Hans-Peter Grossart;Helle Ploug;Kam Tang

  • Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes

    Jason D. Stockwell;Jonathan P. Doubek;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian;Orlane Anneville

  • Fungi in lake ecosystems

    Christian M. Wurzbacher;Felix Bärlocher;Hans-Peter Grossart

  • Mini-review: Phytoplankton-derived polysaccharides in the marine environment and their interactions with heterotrophic bacteria.

    Marco Mühlenbruch;Hans-Peter F. Grossart;Hans-Peter F. Grossart;Falk Eigemann;Maren Voss

  • Diversity and Seasonal Dynamics of Actinobacteria Populations in Four Lakes in Northeastern Germany

    Martin Allgaier;Hans-Peter Grossart

Frequent Co-Authors

Kam W. Tang
Kam W. Tang Swansea University
Meinhard Simon
Meinhard Simon Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Sabine Hilt
Sabine Hilt Leibniz Association
Helle Ploug
Helle Ploug University of Gothenburg
Michail I. Gladyshev
Michail I. Gladyshev Siberian Federal University
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Michael Hupfer
Michael Hupfer Leibniz Association
Katherine D. McMahon
Katherine D. McMahon University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael T. Monaghan
Michael T. Monaghan Freie Universität Berlin
James A. Rusak
James A. Rusak Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

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