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Michael D. Krom

Michael D. Krom

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Earth Science
Israel
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
69
Citations
14634
World Ranking
1076
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Michael D. Krom is primarily affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel. Their research spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics such as Marine and coastal ecosystems, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Among their recent papers are:

  • A year in the life of the Eastern Mediterranean: Monthly dynamics of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton in an ultra-oligotrophic sea, 2022, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • Sedimentary phosphorus cycling and budget in the seasonally hypoxic coastal area of Changjiang Estuary, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Sedimentary processes dominate nitrous oxide production and emission in the hypoxic zone off the Changjiang River estuary, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Seasonal nutrient dynamics in the P depleted Eastern Mediterranean Sea, 2021, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • Iron from coal combustion particles dissolves much faster than mineral dust under simulated atmospheric acidic conditions, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Krom frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Anat Tsemel, Tal Ben-Ezra, Ilana Berman-Frank, Yoav Lehahn, and Daniel Sher.

Their work is often published in scientific venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, and Atmospheric chemistry and physics.

Best Publications

  • Phosphorus limitation of primary productivity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

    M. D. Krom;N. Kress;S. Brenner;L. I. Gordon

  • Spectrophotometric determination of ammonia: a study of a modified Berthelot reaction using salicylate and dichloroisocyanurate

    Michael D. Krom

  • A revised scheme for the reactivity of iron (oxyhydr)oxide minerals towards dissolved sulfide

    Simon W. Poulton;Michael D. Krom;Robert Raiswell

  • Nature of phosphorus limitation in the ultraoligotrophic eastern Mediterranean.

    T. F. Thingstad;M. D. Krom;R. F. C. Mantoura;R. F. C. Mantoura;G. A. F. Flaten

  • Adsorption of phosphate in anoxic marine sediments1

    Michael D. Krom;Robert A. Berner

  • The diagenesis of phosphorus in a nearshore marine sediment

    Michael D. Krom;Robert A. Berner

  • The diffusion coefficients of sulfate, ammonium, and phosphate ions in anoxic marine sediments1

    Michael D. Krom;Robert A. Berner

  • Nutrient budget for the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for phosphorus limitation

    M. D. Krom;B. Herut;R. F. C. Mantoura

  • Why is the Eastern Mediterranean phosphorus limited

    M. D. Krom;K. C. Emeis;P. Van Cappellen

  • Impacts on iron solubility in the mineral dust by processes in the source region and the atmosphere: A review

    Zongbo Shi;Michael D. Krom;Timothy D. Jickells;Steeve Bonneville

  • Atmospheric input of nitrogen and phosphorus to the Southeast Mediterranean: Sources, fluxes, and possible impact

    Barak Herut;Michael D. Krom;Gang Pan;Robert Mortimer

  • Short contribution: Nile flow failure at the end of the Old Kingdom, Egypt: Strontium isotopic and petrologic evidence

    Jean Daniel Stanley;Michael D. Krom;Robert A. Cliff;Jamie C. Woodward

  • Nile River sediment fluctuations over the past 7000 yr and their key role in sapropel development

    Michael D. Krom;UK J. Daniel Stanley;Robert A. Cliff;Jamie C. Woodward

  • Active post-depositional oxidation of the most recent sapropel (S1) in sediments of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

    P.J.M. van Santvoort;G.J. de Lange;J. Thomson;H. Cussen

  • Seaweed biofilters as regulators of water quality in integrated fish-seaweed culture units

    Amir Neori;Michael D. Krom;Steve P. Ellner;Claude E. Boyd

  • Dissolution of pyroxenes and amphiboles during weathering.

    Robert A. Berner;E. L. Sjöberg;Michael A. Velbel;Michael D. Krom

  • Nature and reactions of dissolved organic matter in the interstitial waters of marine sediments

    M.D Krom;E.R Sholkovitz

  • Ammonia excretion and total N budget for gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and its effect on water quality conditions

    C.B. Porter;M.D. Krom;M.G. Robbins;L. Brickell

  • Nutrient cycling in the south east Levantine basin of the eastern Mediterranean: Results from a phosphorus starved system

    M.D. Krom;E.M.S. Woodward;B. Herut;N. Kress

  • Atmospheric acidification of mineral aerosols: a source of bioavailable phosphorus for the oceans

    A. Nenes;A. Nenes;M. D. Krom;N. Mihalopoulos;N. Mihalopoulos;P. Van Cappellen

  • The role of dust in supplying nitrogen and phosphorus to the Southeast Mediterranean

    Barak Herut;Robert W. Collier;Michael D. Krom

  • Dry atmospheric inputs of trace metals at the Mediterranean coast of Israel (SE Mediterranean): sources and fluxes

    Barak Herut;Malcolm Nimmo;Angela Medway;Roy Chester

Frequent Co-Authors

Barak Herut
Barak Herut Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Robert J.G. Mortimer
Robert J.G. Mortimer York St John University
Nurit Kress
Nurit Kress Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Liane G. Benning
Liane G. Benning Freie Universität Berlin
Zongbo Shi
Zongbo Shi University of Birmingham
Cliff S. Law
Cliff S. Law National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Paraskevi Pitta
Paraskevi Pitta Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Tamar Zohary
Tamar Zohary Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research
Simon W. Poulton
Simon W. Poulton University of Leeds
Kenneth S. Carslaw
Kenneth S. Carslaw University of Leeds

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