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Michael J. Behrenfeld

Michael J. Behrenfeld

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
79
Citations
39947
World Ranking
989
National Ranking
429

Overview

Michael J. Behrenfeld is a researcher affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields within Earth and Environmental Sciences, with particular focus on Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

The body of research by Michael J. Behrenfeld frequently covers topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine biology and ecology research, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and aspects of atmospheric ozone and climate.

Recent publications include:

  • "Seasonal modulation of phytoplankton biomass in the Southern Ocean," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Small phytoplankton dominate western North Atlantic biomass," 2020, The ISME Journal
  • "Thoughts on the evolution and ecological niche of diatoms," 2021, Ecological Monographs
  • "Seasonal Differences and Variability of Concentrations, Chemical Composition, and Cloud Condensation Nuclei of Marine Aerosol Over the North Atlantic," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Ice Nucleation by Marine Aerosols Over the North Atlantic Ocean in Late Spring," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Michael J. Behrenfeld has coauthored extensively with several frequent collaborators, including Emmanuel Boss, Jason R. Graff, Toby K. Westberry, Kimberly H. Halsey, and Lee Karp-Boss. The partnership with Emmanuel Boss is notably prolific with numerous coauthored works.

The researcher's publications are often found in journals such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Nature Communications, Remote Sensing of Environment, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, and The ISME Journal. These venues reflect the multidisciplinary nature of their research interests and contributions to marine science and atmospheric studies.

Best Publications

  • Primary Production of the Biosphere: Integrating Terrestrial and Oceanic Components

    Christopher B. Field;Michael J. Behrenfeld;James T. Randerson;Paul Falkowski

  • Photosynthetic rates derived from satellite‐based chlorophyll concentration

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Paul G. Falkowski

  • Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Robert T. O'Malley;David A. Siegel;Charles R. McClain

  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

    Ricardo Cavicchioli;William J. Ripple;Kenneth N. Timmis;Farooq Azam

  • Carbon-based ocean productivity and phytoplankton physiology from space

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Michael J. Behrenfeld;Emmanuel Boss;David A. Siegel;Donald M. Shea

  • A consumer's guide to phytoplankton primary productivity models

    M.J. Behrenfeld;P.G. Falkowski

  • A comparison of global estimates of marine primary production from ocean color

    Mary-Elena Carr;Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Marjorie Schmeltz;Maki Noguchi Aita

  • Carbon-based primary productivity modeling with vertically resolved photoacclimation

    T. Westberry;M. J. Behrenfeld;D. A. Siegel;Emmanuel Boss

  • Abandoning Sverdrup's Critical Depth Hypothesis on phytoplankton blooms

    Michael J. Behrenfeld

  • Biospheric Primary Production During an ENSO Transition

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;James T. Randerson;Charles R. McClain;Gene C. Feldman

  • Confirmation of iron limitation of phytoplankton photosynthesis in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Anthony J. Bale;Zbigniew S. Kolber;James Aiken

  • Global assessment of ocean carbon export by combining satellite observations and food‐web models

    David A. Siegel;Ken O. Buesseler;Scott C. Doney;Sevrine F. Sailley

  • Seasonal rhythms of net primary production and particulate organic carbon flux to depth describe the efficiency of biological pump in the global ocean

    Michael J. Lutz;Ken Caldeira;Robert B. Dunbar;Michael J. Behrenfeld

  • Resurrecting the Ecological Underpinnings of Ocean Plankton Blooms

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Emmanuel S. Boss

  • Satellite-detected fluorescence reveals global physiology of ocean phytoplankton

    M. J. Behrenfeld;T. K. Westberry;Emmanuel Boss;R. T. O'Malley

  • Revaluating ocean warming impacts on global phytoplankton

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Robert T. O’Malley;Emmanuel S. Boss;Toby K. Westberry

  • The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem Mission: Status, Science, Advances

    P. Jeremy Werdell;Michael J. Behrenfeld;Paula S. Bontempi;Emmanuel Boss

  • Regional variations in the influence of mesoscale eddies on near‐surface chlorophyll

    Peter Gaube;Dennis J. McGillicuddy;Dudley B. Chelton;Michael J. Behrenfeld

  • Widespread iron limitation of phytoplankton in the south pacific ocean

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  • Comparison of algorithms for estimating ocean primary production from surface chlorophyll, temperature, and irradiance

    Janet Campbell;David Antoine;Robert Armstrong;Kevin Arrigo

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

Frequent Co-Authors

Emmanuel Boss
Emmanuel Boss University of Maine
Toby K. Westberry
Toby K. Westberry Oregon State University
David A. Siegel
David A. Siegel University of California, Santa Barbara
Scott C. Doney
Scott C. Doney University of Virginia
Chris A. Hostetler
Chris A. Hostetler Langley Research Center
Timothy S. Bates
Timothy S. Bates University of Washington
Giorgio Dall'Olmo
Giorgio Dall'Olmo Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Bryan A. Franz
Bryan A. Franz Goddard Space Flight Center
Charles R. McClain
Charles R. McClain Goddard Space Flight Center
Patricia K. Quinn
Patricia K. Quinn Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

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