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JoAnn M. Burkholder publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where JoAnn M. Burkholder sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 185 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

JoAnn M. Burkholder D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where JoAnn M. Burkholder sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

JoAnn M. Burkholder is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in environmental chemistry and related subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, industrial and manufacturing engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's work covers several topics including aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, fish ecology and management studies, algal biology and biofuel production, biocrusts and microbial ecology, marine and coastal ecosystems, soil and water nutrient dynamics, and phosphorus and nutrient management.

JoAnn M. Burkholder has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications, including:

  • Diversity of bioactive compound content across 71 genera of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial cyanobacteria, 2021, Harmful Algae
  • Watershed Development and Eutrophying Potable Source-Water Reservoirs in a Warming Temperate/Subtropical Region, 2023, Water
  • Environmental impacts of selected metal cations for phosphorus capture in natural waters: A synthesis, 2024, Chemosphere

Frequent co-authors collaborating with JoAnn M. Burkholder include I-Shuo Huang, Nicole Pietrasiak, Christopher J. Gobler, Jeffrey R. Johansen, and Sue D'Antonio.

Their research has been published in several scientific venues, primarily in Harmful Algae, Water, and Chemosphere journals.

In recognition of their contributions to science, JoAnn M. Burkholder was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Harmful Algal Blooms and Eutrophication: Nutrient Sources, Composition, and Consequences

    Donald M. Anderson;Patricia M. Glibert;Joann M. Burkholder

  • Eutrophication and harmful algal blooms: A scientific consensus

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

  • Emerging Marine Diseases--Climate Links and Anthropogenic Factors

    C.D. Harvell;K. Kim;K. Kim;J.M. Burkholder;R.R. Colwell;R.R. Colwell

  • Seagrasses and eutrophication

    JoAnn M. Burkholder;David A. Tomasko;Brant W. Touchette

  • 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

  • Pluses and minuses of ammonium and nitrate uptake and assimilation by phytoplankton and implications for productivity and community composition, with emphasis on nitrogen-enriched conditions

    Patricia M. Glibert;Frances P. Wilkerson;Richard C. Dugdale;John A. Raven;John A. Raven

  • Impacts of Waste from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on Water Quality.

    JoAnn Burkholder;Bob Libra;Peter J. Weyer;Susan Heathcote

  • Mixotrophy, a major mode of nutrition for harmful algal species in eutrophic waters

    JoAnn M. Burkholder;Patricia M. Glibert;Hayley M. Skelton

  • Real-time remote monitoring of water quality: a review of current applications, and advancements in sensor, telemetry, and computing technologies

    Howard B Glasgow;JoAnn M Burkholder;Robert E Reed;Alan J Lewitus;Alan J Lewitus

  • New 'phantom' dinoflagellate is the causative agent of major estuarine fish kills

    JoAnn M. Burkholder;Edward J. Noga;Cecil H. Hobbs;Howard B. Glasgow

  • Review of nitrogen and phosphorus metabolism in seagrasses.

    Brant W Touchette;JoAnn M Burkholder

  • Pfiesteria piscicida and other Pfiesreria‐like dinoflagellates: Behavior, impacts, and environmental controls

    JoAnn M. Burkholder;Howard B. Glasgow

  • 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

  • The Role of Eutrophication in the Global Proliferation of Harmful Algal Blooms

    Patricia Glibert;Sybil Seitzinger;Cynthia Heil;JoAnn Burkholder

  • Misuse of the phytoplankton-zooplankton dichotomy : the need to assign organisms as mixotrophs within plankton functional types

    Kevin J. Flynn;Diane K. Stoecker;Aditee Mitra;John A. Raven

  • The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological carbon pump

    Aditee Mitra;Kevin J. Flynn;Joann M. Burkholder;Terje Berge

  • Defining Planktonic Protist Functional Groups on Mechanisms for Energy and Nutrient Acquisition: Incorporation of Diverse Mixotrophic Strategies

    Aditee Mitra;Kevin J. Flynn;Urban Tillmann;John A. Raven

  • Water-column nitrate enrichment promotes decline of eelgrass Zostera manna: evidence from seasonal mesocosm experiments

    JM Burkholder;KM Mason;HB Glasgow

  • Overview of the physiological ecology of carbon metabolism in seagrasses

    Brant W. Touchette;JoAnn M. Burkholder

  • Development of Real-Time PCR Assays for Rapid Detection of Pfiesteria piscicida and Related Dinoflagellates

    Holly A. Bowers;Torstein Tengs;Howard B. Glasgow;JoAnn M. Burkholder

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard B. Glasgow
Howard B. Glasgow North Carolina State University
Patricia M. Glibert
Patricia M. Glibert University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Michael A. Mallin
Michael A. Mallin University of North Carolina Wilmington
Diane K. Stoecker
Diane K. Stoecker University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Edna Granéli
Edna Granéli Linnaeus University
Sandra E. Shumway
Sandra E. Shumway University of Connecticut
Harold G. Marshall
Harold G. Marshall Old Dominion University
Todd M. Kana
Todd M. Kana University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John A. Raven
John A. Raven University of Dundee

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