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Michael C. Murrell is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with particular focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Murrell has contributed to scholarly publications in venues such as Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Their recent publication is titled Editorial: Environmental threats to the state of Florida-climate change and beyond: volume II, published in 2023 by Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

Collaborations in their research include frequent coauthors:

  • Frank S. Gilliam
  • Marcus W. Beck

This profile reflects a focused research agenda addressing environmental changes and their impacts at regional and global scales, with studies involving climate change effects on species distribution and atmospheric dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Acidification of subsurface coastal waters enhanced by eutrophication

    Wei-Jun Cai;Xinping Hu;Wei-Jen Huang;Michael C. Murrell

  • Hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Does the science support the Plan to Reduce, Mitigate, and Control Hypoxia?

    N. N. Rabalais;R. E. Turner;B. K Sen Gupta;D. F. Boesch

  • Phytoplankton and zooplankton seasonal dynamics in a subtropical estuary: importance of cyanobacteria

    Michael C. Murrell;Emile M. Lores

  • Similarity of particle-associated and free-living bacterial communities in northern San Francisco Bay, California

    James T. Hollibaugh;Patricia S. Wong;Michael C. Murrell

  • Microzooplankton herbivory and phytoplankton growth in the northwestern Sargasso Sea

    Evelyn J. Lessard;Michael C. Murrell

  • Phytoplankton production and nutrient distributions in a subtropical estuary: Importance of freshwater flow

    Michael C. Murrell;James D. Hagy;Emile M. Lores;Richard M. Greene

  • Meiofauna abundance on the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf affected by hypoxia

    Michael C. Murrell;John W. Fleeger

  • Sediment and Lower Water Column Oxygen Consumption in the Seasonally Hypoxic Region of the Louisiana Continental Shelf

    Michael C. Murrell;John C. Lehrter

  • Bacterioplankton dynamics in northern San Francisco Bay: Role of particle association and seasonal freshwater flow

    M. C. Murrell;J. T. Hollibaugh;M. W. Silver;P. S. Wong

  • Carbon dynamics and community production in the Mississippi River plume

    Xianghui Guo;Xianghui Guo;Wei-Jun Cai;Wei-Jen Huang;Yongchen Wang

  • MICROZOOPLANKTON GRAZING IN NORTHERN SAN FRANCISCO BAY MEASURED BY THE DILUTION METHOD

    M. C. Murrell;J. T. Hollibaugh

  • Seasonal and Inter-annual Patterns in Primary Production, Respiration, and Net Ecosystem Metabolism in Three Estuaries in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico

    Jane M. Caffrey;Michael C. Murrell;Kendra S. Amacker;Jennifer W. Harper

  • The carbon dioxide system on the Mississippi River-dominated continental shelf in the northern Gulf of Mexico: 1. Distribution and air-sea CO2 flux

    Wei-Jen Huang;Wei-Jun Cai;Yongchen Wang;Steven E. Lohrenz

  • Sediment-water fluxes of dissolved inorganic carbon, O 2 , nutrients, and N 2 from the hypoxic region of the Louisiana continental shelf

    John C. Lehrter;David L. Beddick;Richard Devereux;Diane F. Yates

  • Interactions between freshwater input, light, and phytoplankton dynamics on the Louisiana continental shelf.

    John C. Lehrter;Michael C. Murrell;Janis C. Kurtz

  • Effects of Hurricane Ivan on water quality in Pensacola Bay, Florida

    James D. Hagy;John C. Lehrter;Michael C. Murrell

  • Susceptibility of a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary to hypoxia: An analysis using box models

    James D. Hagy;Michael C. Murrell

  • Effect of nutrient loading on biogeochemical and microbial processes in a New England salt marsh

    Jane M. Caffrey;Michael C. Murrell;Cathleen Wigand;Richard McKinney

  • Distribution and Composition of Dissolved and Particulate Organic Carbon in Northern San Francisco Bay During Low Flow Conditions

    M.C. Murrell;J.T. Hollibaugh

  • Numerical analysis of the primary processes controlling oxygen dynamics on the Louisiana shelf

    L. Yu;K. Fennel;A. Laurent;M. C. Murrell

  • Characterization and Long-Term Trends of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Does the Science Support the Action Plan?

    N. N. Rabalais;R. E. Turner;B. K. Sen Gupta;D. F. Boesch

Frequent Co-Authors

James T. Hollibaugh
James T. Hollibaugh University of Georgia
Steven E. Lohrenz
Steven E. Lohrenz University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Wei-Jun Cai
Wei-Jun Cai University of Delaware
Dubravko Justic
Dubravko Justic Louisiana State University
Katja Fennel
Katja Fennel Dalhousie University
Nancy N. Rabalais
Nancy N. Rabalais Louisiana State University
Robert D. Hetland
Robert D. Hetland Texas A&M University
Brian Fry
Brian Fry Griffith University
Donald F. Boesch
Donald F. Boesch University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Chuanmin Hu
Chuanmin Hu University of South Florida St. Petersburg

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