2026 Lee Karp-Boss: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	37	8775	8417	3135	2913	80	8091

Overview

Lee Karp-Boss is affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States and specializes in fields related to Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Oceanography and Ecology, with additional work in Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers various topics within marine and environmental sciences. Their main research interests include:

Marine and coastal ecosystems
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Protist diversity and phylogeny
Diatoms and Algae Research
Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Their recent notable papers include:

Functional trait-based approaches as a common framework for aquatic ecologists, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
Biogeography of marine giant viruses reveals their interplay with eukaryotes and ecological functions, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
Environmental vulnerability of the global ocean epipelagic plankton community interactome, 2021, Science Advances
Machine Learning for the Study of Plankton and Marine Snow from Images, 2021, Annual Review of Marine Science
Small phytoplankton dominate western North Atlantic biomass, 2020, The ISME Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating extensively with Lee Karp-Boss include Emmanuel Boss, Michael J. Behrenfeld, Nils Haëntjens, Colomban de Vargas, and Alison Chase.

Lee Karp-Boss has published multiple papers in specific venues frequently associated with their work. The prominent publication venues are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Frontiers in Marine Science
Limnology and Oceanography
Limnology and Oceanography Methods
Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Best Publications

Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean.

Lionel Guidi;Samuel Chaffron;Lucie Bittner;Damien Eveillard

869
Citations
Marine DNA Viral Macro- and Microdiversity from Pole to Pole.

Ann C. Gregory;Ahmed A. Zayed;Nádia Conceição-Neto;Ben Temperton

833
Citations
Global Trends in Marine Plankton Diversity across Kingdoms of Life.

Federico M. Ibarbalz;Nicolas Henry;Manoela C. Brandão;Séverine Martini

436
Citations
Gene Expression Changes and Community Turnover Differentially Shape the Global Ocean Metatranscriptome

Guillem Salazar;Lucas Paoli;Adriana Alberti;Jaime Huerta-Cepas

429
Citations
Nutrient fluxes to planktonic osmotrophs in the presence of fluid motion

L. Karp-Boss;E. Boss;P. A. Jumars

391
Citations
Globally consistent quantitative observations of planktonic ecosystems

F. Lombard;F. Lombard;E. Boss;A.M. Waite;J. Uitz

363
Citations
Viral to metazoan marine plankton nucleotide sequences from the Tara Oceans expedition

Adriana Alberti;Julie Poulain;Stefan Engelen;Karine Labadie

201
Citations
Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean

Lionel Guidi;Samuel Chaffron;Lucie Bittner;Damien Eveillard

199
Citations
Functional trait-based approaches as a common framework for aquatic ecologists

Séverine Martini;Floriane Larras;Aurélien Boyé;Emile Faure

191
Citations
The North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Study (NAAMES): Science Motive and Mission Overview

Michael J. Behrenfeld;Richard H. Moore;Chris A. Hostetler;Jason Graff

184
Citations
Spectral backscattering properties of marine phytoplankton cultures

Amanda L. Whitmire;W. Scott Pegau;Lee Karp-Boss;Emmanuel Boss

174
Citations
INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF NON-SPHERICAL MARINE-LIKE PARTICLES — FROM THEORY TO OBSERVATION

Wilhelmina R. Clavano;Emmanuel Boss;Lee Karp-Boss

153
Citations
Biogeography of marine giant viruses reveals their interplay with eukaryotes and ecological functions

Hisashi Endo;Romain Blanc-Mathieu;Romain Blanc-Mathieu;Yanze Li;Guillem Salazar

133
Citations
Physical constraints on marine osmotrophy in an optimal foraging context

P. A. Jumars;J. W. Dewing;P. S. Hill;L. Karp-Boss

127
Citations
Environmental vulnerability of the global ocean epipelagic plankton community interactome

Samuel Chaffron;Erwan Delage;Marko Budinich;Damien Vintache

124
Citations
A changing nutrient regime in the Gulf of Maine.

David W. Townsend;Nathan D. Rebuck;Maura A. Thomas;Lee Karp-Boss

121
Citations
Machine Learning for the Study of Plankton and Marine Snow from Images.

Jean-Olivier Irisson;Sakina-Dorothée Ayata;Dhugal J. Lindsay;Lee Karp-Boss

116
Citations
LISST-100 measurements of phytoplankton size distribution: evaluation of the effects of cell shape

Lee Karp-Boss;Laura Azevedo;Emmanuel Boss

115
Citations
Oxygen production and carbon sequestration in an upwelling coastal margin

Burke Hales;Lee Karp-Boss;Alexander Perlin;Patricia A. Wheeler

108
Citations
Motion of diatom chains in steady shear flow

Lee Karp-Boss;Peter A. Jumars

105
Citations
Motion of dinoflagellates in a simple shear flow

Lee Karp-Boss;Emmanuel Boss;Peter A. Jumars

101
Citations
Small phytoplankton dominate western North Atlantic biomass

Luis M. Bolaños;Lee Karp-Boss;Chang Jae Choi;Chang Jae Choi;Alexandra Z. Worden;Alexandra Z. Worden

101
Citations
Open science resources for the discovery and analysis of Tara Oceans data

Stéphane Pesant;Fabrice Not;Marc Picheral;Stefanie Kandels-Lewis

8
Citations
A global ocean atlas of eukaryotic genes

Quentin Carradec;Eric Pelletier;Corinne Da Silva;Adriana Alberti

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Emmanuel Boss University of Maine

Chris Bowler École Normale Supérieure

Lars Stemmann Sorbonne University

Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay

Shinichi Sunagawa Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Eric Karsenti École Normale Supérieure

Matthew B. Sullivan The Ohio State University

Marc Picheral Université Paris Cité

Daniele Iudicone Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

Peter A. Jumars University of Maine

External Links

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