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58
Citations
16007
World Ranking
12988
National Ranking
5538

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1970 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Leonard Muscatine was affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their academic career included contributions recognized by the award of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1970.

Muscatine's research focus and specific publication topics or fields of study are not detailed in the available data. There are no records of recent papers, frequent co-authors, or book publications associated with them in the current dataset.

The absence of detailed publication venues or main and subfields of study limits a comprehensive mapping of their scholarly output. No specific main topics or recurring venues for publication were listed.

Leonard Muscatine is deceased. The data provides a brief indication of their recognized status within the academic community through the Guggenheim Fellowship, which suggests their involvement in significant research during their career.

Best Publications

  • Reef Corals: Mutualistic Symbioses Adapted to Nutrient-Poor Environments

    L. Muscatine;James W. Porter

  • The role of symbiotic algae in carbon and energy flux in reef corals

    Leonard Muscatine

  • Light and the Bioenergetics of a Symbiotic Coral

    Paul G. Falkowski;Zvy Dubinsky;Leonard Muscatine;James W. Porter

  • Temperature Stress Causes Host Cell Detachment in Symbiotic Cnidarians: Implications for Coral Bleaching

    Ruth D. Gates;Garen Baghdasarian;Leonard Muscatine

  • Fate of Photosynthetic Fixed Carbon in Light- and Shade-Adapted Colonies of the Symbiotic Coral Stylophora pistillata

    L. Muscatine;P. G. Falkowski;J. W. Porter;Z. Dubinsky

  • ASSIMILATION OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTS OF ZOOXANTHELLAE BY A REEF CORAL.

    Leonard Muscatine;Elsa Cernichiari

  • POPULATION CONTROL IN SYMBIOTIC CORALS

    Paul G. Falkowski;Zvy Dubinsky;Leonard Muscatine;Lawrence McCloskey

  • Glycerol Excretion by Symbiotic Algae from Corals and Tridacna and Its Control by the Host

    Leonard Muscatine

  • Resource partitioning by reef corals as determined from stable isotope composition

    L. Muscatine;J. W. Porter;I. R. Kaplan

  • The effect of external nutrient resources on the population dynamics of zooxanthellae in a reef coral

    L. Muscatine;P. G. Falkowski;Z. Dubinsky;P. A. Cook

  • CARBOHYDRATE MOVEMENT FROM AUTOTROPHS TO HETEROTROPHS IN PARASITIC and MUTUALISTIC SYMBIOSIS

    David Smith;Leonard Muscatine;David Lewis

  • ROLE OF SYMBIOTIC ALGAE (ZOOXANTHELLAE) IN CORAL CALCIFICATION

    Vicki Buchsbaum Pearse;Leonard Muscatine

  • Primary Production and Photoadaptation in Light- and Shade-Adapted Colonies of the Symbiotic Coral, Stylophora pistillata

    J. W. Porter;L. Muscatine;Z. Dubinsky;P. G. Falkowski

  • Coelenterate Biology: Reviews and New Perspectives

    Leonard Muscatine;Howard M. Lenhoff

  • The Effect of External Nutrient Resources on the Optical Properties and Photosynthetic Efficiency of Stylophora pistillata

    Z. Dubinsky;N. Stambler;M. Ben-Zion;L. R. McCloskey

  • Stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) of organic matrix from coral skeleton

    Leonard Muscatine;Claire Goiran;Lynton Land;Jean Jaubert

  • Soluble extracellular products of algae symbiotic with a ciliate, a sponge and a mutant hydra

    Leonard Muscatine;Leonard Muscatine;Stephen J. Karakashian;Stephen J. Karakashian;Marlene W. Karakashian;Marlene W. Karakashian

  • Absorption and Utilization of Radiant Energy by Light- and Shade-Adapted Colonies of the Hermatypic Coral Stylophora pistillata

    Z. Dubinsky;P. G. Falkowski;J. W. Porter;L. Muscatine

  • Production and respiration in the Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata as a function of depth

    L. R. McCloskey;L. Muscatine

  • SYMBIOSIS OF HYDRA AND ALGAE. I. EFFECTS OF SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CATIONS ON GROWTH OF SYMBIOTIC AND APOSYMBIOTIC HYDRA

    Leonard Muscatine;Howard M. Lenhoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Zvy Dubinsky
Zvy Dubinsky Bar-Ilan University
James W. Porter
James W. Porter University of Georgia
Ruth D. Gates
Ruth D. Gates University of Hawaii at Manoa
Denis Allemand
Denis Allemand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Frances P. Wilkerson
Frances P. Wilkerson San Francisco State University
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland
Jean-Pierre Cuif
Jean-Pierre Cuif University of Paris-Saclay
Margaret J. McFall-Ngai
Margaret J. McFall-Ngai University of Hawaii at Manoa
Virginia M. Weis
Virginia M. Weis Oregon State University

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