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Overview

Michael R. Landry is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with frequent emphasis on subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to marine ecosystems and ecological processes, including:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Recent publications contributing to peer-reviewed journals include:

  • Phytoplankton community composition and biomass in the oligotrophic Gulf of Mexico, 2021, Journal of Plankton Research
  • Quantifying spatiotemporal variability in zooplankton dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico with a physical-biogeochemical model, 2020, Biogeosciences
  • Microbial food web dynamics in the oceanic Gulf of Mexico, 2021, Journal of Plankton Research
  • Lateral advection supports nitrogen export in the oligotrophic open-ocean Gulf of Mexico, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Mesozooplankton biomass, grazing and trophic structure in the bluefin tuna spawning area of the oceanic Gulf of Mexico, 2021, Journal of Plankton Research

Michael R. Landry has collaborated frequently with several researchers, which include:

  • Michael R. Stukel
  • Karen E. Selph
  • Rasmus Swalethorp
  • Thomas Kelly
  • Raúl Laiz-Carrión

The main publication venues where this scientist regularly contributes are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Plankton Research
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Open Access Server of the Woods Hole Scientific Community (Woods Hole Scientific Community)
  • Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-scale iron fertilization experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

    Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson;Kenneth S. Johnson;Steve E. Fitzwater;R. Michael Gordon

  • Estimating the grazing impact of marine micro-zooplankton

    M. R. Landry;R. P. Hassett

  • Phytoplankton growth, microzooplankton grazing, and carbon cycling in marine systems

    Albert Calbet;Michael R. Landry

  • Synthesis of iron fertilization experiments: From the iron age in the age of enlightenment

    Hein J.W. de Baar;Philip W. Boyd;Kenneth H. Coale;Michael R. Landry

  • Zooplankton and the Ocean Carbon Cycle

    Deborah K. Steinberg;Michael R. Landry

  • Southern Ocean Iron Enrichment Experiment: Carbon Cycling in High- and Low-Si Waters

    Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson;Francisco P. Chavez;Ken O. Buesseler

  • Iron and grazing constraints on primary production in the central equatorial Pacific: An EqPac synthesis

    Michael R. Lundry;Richard T. Barber;Robert R. Bidare;Fei Chai

  • Population Dynamics and Production of a Planktonic Marine Copepod,. Acartia clausii, in a Small Temperate Lagoon on San Juan Island, Washington

    Michael R. Landry

  • Experimental determination of the organic carbon flux from open-ocean surface waters

    S. Emerson;P. Quay;D. Karl;C. Winn

  • Mesoscale eddies drive increased silica export in the subtropical Pacific Ocean.

    Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson;Robert R. Bidigare;Tommy D. Dickey;Michael R. Landry

  • Mesozooplankton influences on the microbial food web : Direct and indirect trophic interactions in the oligotrophic open ocean

    Albert Calbet;Michael R. Landry

  • Pelagic functional group modeling: Progress, challenges and prospects

    Raleigh R. Hood;Edward A. Laws;Robert A. Armstrong;Nicholas R. Bates

  • Microbial food web structure in the Arabian Sea: a US JGOFS study

    David L. Garrison;Marcia M. Gowing;Margaret P. Hughes;Lisa D. Campbell

  • Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean

    E. T. Buitenhuis;W. K. W. Li;Daniel Vaulot;M. W. Lomas

  • Microzooplankton grazing in the central equatorial Pacific during February and August, 1992

    Michael R. Landry;John Constantinou;Julie Kirshtein

  • Ecological dynamics in the subarctic Pacific, a possibly iron-limited ecosystem

    Charles B. Miller;Bruce W. Frost;Patricia A. Wheeler;Michael R. Landry

  • Switching between herbivory and carnivory by the planktonic marine copepod Calanus pacificus

    M. R. Landry

  • Quantification of zooplankton trophic position in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre using stable nitrogen isotopes

    Cecelia C. S. Hannides;Brian N. Popp;Michael R. Landry;Brittany S. Graham

  • Microzooplankton production in the oceans

    Michael R. Landry;Albert Calbet

  • Flow cytometric analysis of marine bacteria with hoechst 33342.

    Bruce C. Monger;Michael R. Landry

  • The development of marine calanoid copepods with comment on the isochronal rule1

    M. R. Landry

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Neveux
Jacques Neveux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ralf Goericke
Ralf Goericke Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Robert R. Bidigare
Robert R. Bidigare University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mark D. Ohman
Mark D. Ohman University of California, San Diego
Lisa Campbell
Lisa Campbell Texas A&M University
Hongbin Liu
Hongbin Liu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
David M. Karl
David M. Karl University of Hawaii at Manoa
Martine Rodier
Martine Rodier Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Albert Calbet
Albert Calbet Spanish National Research Council
Peter Franks
Peter Franks University of California, Davis

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