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Michele A. Burford

Michele A. Burford

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Environmental Sciences
Australia
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
60
Citations
13648
World Ranking
2916
National Ranking
109

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
13617
World Ranking
11905
National Ranking
327

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Michele A. Burford is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work focuses primarily on topics such as Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Marine and Fisheries Research, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, and Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michele A. Burford include:

  • A global review of the critical link between river flows and productivity in marine fisheries, 2022, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Schindler's legacy: from eutrophic lakes to the phosphorus utilization strategies of cyanobacteria, 2022, FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • Rice-shrimp ecosystems in the Mekong Delta: Linking water quality, shrimp and their natural food sources, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Global co-occurrence of methanogenic archaea and methanotrophic bacteria in Microcystis aggregates, 2021, Environmental Microbiology
  • Satellite-derived changes in floodplain productivity and freshwater habitats in northern Australia (1991-2019), 2020, Ecological Indicators

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ann Chuang
  • David P. Hamilton
  • Jing Lu
  • Ben Stewart-Koster
  • Yunni Gao

Michele A. Burford publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Harmful Algae

Best Publications

  • The rise of harmful cyanobacteria blooms: The potential roles of eutrophication and climate change

    J.M O'Neil;Timothy Walter Davis;Michele Astrid Burford;C.J. Gobler

  • The contribution of flocculated material to shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) nutrition in a high-intensity, zero-exchange system

    Michele Astrid Burford;Peter J. Thompson;Robins P. McIntosh;Robert H. Bauman

  • Nutrient and microbial dynamics in high-intensity, zero-exchange shrimp ponds in Belize.

    Michele Astrid Burford;Peter J. Thompson;Robins P. McIntosh;Robert H. Bauman

  • Nitrogen budget and effluent nitrogen components at an intensive shrimp farm

    Christopher Jackson;Nigel Preston;Peter J. Thompson;Michele Astrid Burford

  • Globally Changing Nutrient Loads and Harmful Algal Blooms: Recent Advances, New Paradigms, and Continuing Challenges

    Patricia M Glibert;Michele A Burford

  • Organic nitrogen uptake and growth by the chrysophyte Aureococcus anophagefferens during a brown tide event

    G. M. Berg;P. M. Glibert;M. W. Lomas;M. A. Burford

  • The fate of nitrogenous waste from shrimp feeding

    Michele Astrid Burford;Michele Astrid Burford;Kevin C.C Williams;Kevin C.C Williams

  • Increased incidence of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii in temperate zones – Is climate change responsible?

    Rati Sinha;Leanne A. Pearson;Timothy Walter Davis;Michele Astrid Burford

  • Perspective: Advancing the research agenda for improving understanding of cyanobacteria in a future of global change

    M.A Burford;C.C Carey;D.P. Hamilton;J. Huisman

  • Understanding the winning strategies used by the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii

    Michele A. Burford;John Beardall;Anusuya Willis;Philip T. Orr;Philip T. Orr

  • A synthesis of dominant ecological processes in intensive shrimp ponds and adjacent coastal environments in NE Australia

    Michele Astrid Burford;S.D. Costanzo;W.C. Dennison;C.J. Jackson

  • Modeling nitrogen dynamics in intensive shrimp ponds: the role of sediment remineralization

    Michele Astrid Burford;K Lorenzen

  • Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms

    Patricia M. Glibert;Elisa Berdalet;Michele Burford;Grant Pitcher

  • The ‘wet–dry’ in the wet–dry tropics drives river ecosystem structure and processes in northern Australia

    D. M. Warfe;N. E. Pettit;P.M. Davies;Bradley James Pusey

  • Phytoplankton dynamics in shrimp ponds

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  • The effect of feeding frequency on water quality and growth of the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon)

    D.M. Smith;Michele Astrid Burford;S.J. Tabrett;S.J. Irvin

  • Correlations between watershed and reservoir characteristics, and algal blooms in subtropical reservoirs.

    Michele Astrid Burford;Suzanne A. Johnson;Andrew James Cook;Timothy V. Packer

  • A comparison of phytoplankton community assemblages in artificially and naturally mixed subtropical water reservoirs

    Michele Astrid Burford;Mark J. O'Donohue

  • Does flood rhythm drive ecosystem responses in tropical riverscapes

    Timothy D. Jardine;Timothy D. Jardine;Nicholas R. Bond;Michele A. Burford;Mark J. Kennard

  • High ammonium production from sediments in hypereutrophic shrimp ponds

    Michele A. Burford;Andrew R. Longmore

  • Fluorescence probes for real-time remote cyanobacteria monitoring: A review of challenges and opportunities.

    Edoardo Bertone;Michele A. Burford;David P. Hamilton

  • Advancing the research agenda for improving understanding of cyanobacteria in a future of global change.

    M. A. Burford;C. C. Carey;D. P. Hamilton;J. Huisman

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart E. Bunn
Stuart E. Bunn Griffith University
David P. Hamilton
David P. Hamilton Griffith University
Elisa Berdalet
Elisa Berdalet Spanish National Research Council
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Patricia M. Glibert
Patricia M. Glibert University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Miles Furnas
Miles Furnas Australian Institute of Marine Science
Brett A. Neilan
Brett A. Neilan University of Newcastle Australia
Jon Olley
Jon Olley Griffith University
Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff
Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff University of Tasmania
Kedong Yin
Kedong Yin Sun Yat-sen University

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