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Marc E. Frischer is affiliated with the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, with a focus on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. The main areas of study include ecology, oceanography, immunology, global and planetary change, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work addresses topics primarily related to marine biology and ecology research, marine and coastal ecosystems, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, parasite biology and host interactions, marine and fisheries research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and isotope analysis in ecology.

Frischer has published in multiple venues, with notable frequency in Limnology and Oceanography and the Journal of Plankton Research. Other venues include the Journal of Shellfish Research, European Journal of Protistology, and Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture.

  • Selective feeding and linkages to the microbial food web by the doliolid Dolioletta gegenbauri, 2021, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Black Gill in Marine Decapod Crustaceans: A Review, 2022, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Frischer include Tina L. Walters, Adam T. Greer, Patrick I. Duffy, Megan M. Tomamichel, and Richard J. Hall.

These collaborations have contributed to a body of research emphasizing plankton ecology, marine diseases, and ecosystem dynamics, providing insight into complex interactions within marine environments.

Best Publications

  • Sulfate-reducing bacteria methylate mercury at variable rates in pure culture and in marine sediments.

    J K King;J E Kostka;J E Kostka;M E Frischer;F M Saunders

  • A Quantitative Relationship that Demonstrates Mercury Methylation Rates in Marine Sediments Are Based on the Community Composition and Activity of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

    Jeffrey K. King;Joel E. Kostka;Marc E. Frischer;F. Michael Saunders

  • Distinguishing between living and nonliving bacteria: Evaluation of the vital stain propidium iodide and its combined use with molecular probes in aquatic samples

    S.C. Williams;Y. Hong;D.C.A. Danavall;M.H. Howard-Jones

  • The ocean sampling day consortium

    Anna Kopf;Anna Kopf;Mesude Bicak;Renzo Kottmann;Julia Schnetzer;Julia Schnetzer

  • Viruses, Bacterioplankton, and Phytoplankton in the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico: Distribution and Contribution to Oceanic DNA Pools

    J. Boehme;M. E. Frischer;S. C. Jiang;C. A. Kellogg

  • Diversity and Detection of Nitrate Assimilation Genes in Marine Bacteria

    Andrew E. Allen;Melissa G. Booth;Marc E. Frischer;Peter G. Verity

  • Quantitative PCR to estimate copepod feeding

    Jens C. Nejstgaard;Marc E. Frischer;Paolo Simonelli;Christofer Troedsson

  • Gene Transfer in Marine Water Column and Sediment Microcosms by Natural Plasmid Transformation

    John H. Paul;Marc E. Frischer;Jennifer M. Thurmond

  • Bacterial Community Structure of Acid-Impacted Lakes: What Controls Diversity?

    Sascha F. Percent;Marc E. Frischer;Paul A. Vescio;Ellen B. Duffy

  • Grazing of phytoplankton by microzooplankton in the Barents Sea during early summer

    Peter G Verity;P Wassmann;M.E Frischer;M.H Howard-Jones

  • Importance of heterotrophic bacterial assimilation of ammonium and nitrate in the Barents Sea during summer

    A.E Allen;A.E Allen;M.H Howard-Jones;M.H Howard-Jones;M.G Booth;M.E Frischer

  • Molecular detection of algal prey in copepod guts and fecal pellets

    Jens C. Nejstgaard;Marc E. Frischer;Caren L. Raule;Rita Gruebel

  • Inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake by phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria in the stratified Mid-Atlantic Bight

    Paul B. Bradley;Marta P. Sanderson;Marc E. Frischer;Jennifer Brofft

  • Quantification of copepod gut content by differential length amplification quantitative PCR (dla-qPCR).

    Christofer Troedsson;Christofer Troedsson;Paolo Simonelli;Verena Nägele;Jens C. Nejstgaard

  • Development of an 18S rRNA gene-targeted PCR-based diagnostic for the blue crab parasite Hematodinium sp..

    Tomas Gruebl;Marc E. Frischer;Michael Sheppard;Monika Neumann

  • Seasonal dynamics of dissolved, particulate and microbial components of a tidal saltmarsh-dominated estuary under contrasting levels of freshwater discharge

    Thais B. Bittar;Stella A. Berger;Stella A. Berger;Laura M. Birsa;Tina L. Walters

  • Establishment of the green mussel, Perna viridis (Linnaeus 1758) (Mollusca: Mytilidae) on the West Coast of Florida

    A.J. Benson;D.C. Marelli;M.E. Frischer;J.M. Danforth

  • Differential sensitivity of 16S rRNA targeted oligonucleotide probes used for fluorescence in situ hybridization is a result of ribosomal higher order structure

    Marc E. Frischer;Peter J. Floriani;Sandra A. Nierzwicki-Bauer

  • Intergeneric natural plasmid transformation between E. coli and a marine Vibrio species.

    J.H. Paul;J.M. Thurmond;M.E. Frischer;J P. Cannon

  • Molecular quantification of differential ingestion and particle trapping rates by the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica as a function of prey size and shape

    Christofer Troedsson;Christofer Troedsson;Marc E. Frischer;Jens C. Nejstgaard;Eric M. Thompson

  • Evidence for a free-living life stage of the blue crab parasitic dinoflagelate, Hematodinium sp.

    M.E. Frischer;R.F. Lee;M.A. Sheppard;M.A. Sheppard;A. Mauer

  • Plasmid transfer to indigenous marine bacterial populations by natural transformation

    Marc E. Frischer;Gregory J. Stewart;John H. Paul

  • Interactions between zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and microbial communities

    Marc E Frischer;Sandra A Nierzwicki-Bauer;Robert H Parsons;Kanda Vathanodorn

  • Metabarcoding and metabolome analyses of copepod grazing reveal feeding preference and linkage to metabolite classes in dynamic microbial plankton communities

    Jessica L. Ray;Julia Althammer;Katrine S. Skaar;Paolo Simonelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter G. Verity
Peter G. Verity Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Richard F. Lee
Richard F. Lee Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
John H. Paul
John H. Paul University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Deborah A. Bronk
Deborah A. Bronk Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Andrew E. Allen
Andrew E. Allen J. Craig Venter Institute
Miguel Costa Leal
Miguel Costa Leal Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Aud Larsen
Aud Larsen NORCE Research
Ricardo Calado
Ricardo Calado University of Aveiro
Hans Henrik Jakobsen
Hans Henrik Jakobsen Aarhus University
Christine Ferrier-Pagès
Christine Ferrier-Pagès Scientific Centre of Monaco

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