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Perran L. M. Cook

Perran L. M. Cook

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
50
Citations
7472
World Ranking
5086
National Ranking
180

Overview

Perran L. M. Cook is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has made significant contributions to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several related subfields, including Ecology, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent research papers demonstrate engagement with a variety of microbial and ecological topics. Notable publications include:

  • Metabolic flexibility allows bacterial habitat generalists to become dominant in a frequently disturbed ecosystem (2021, The ISME Journal)
  • Trace gas oxidizers are widespread and active members of soil microbial communities (2021, Nature Microbiology)
  • Hydrodynamic disturbance controls microbial community assembly and biogeochemical processes in coastal sediments (2021, The ISME Journal)
  • Environmental Flow Requirements of Estuaries: Providing Resilience to Current and Future Climate and Direct Anthropogenic Changes (2021, Frontiers in Environmental Science)
  • Efficient long-range conduction in cable bacteria through nickel protein wires (2021, Nature Communications)

The main research topics covered by their work are:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Perran L. M. Cook collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Wei Wen Wong
  • Chris Greening
  • Adam J. Kessler
  • Pok Man Leung
  • Thanavit Jirapanjawat

They have published extensively in various journals and venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • The ISME Journal
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, including a title published by the Water Environment Federation titled Nutrient Permitting in Newport Bay Using a Simplified Modeling Approach (2020).

Best Publications

  • Taking the “Waste” Out of “Wastewater” for Human Water Security and Ecosystem Sustainability

    Stanley B Grant;Stanley B Grant;Jean-Daniel Saphores;David L Feldman;Andrew J Hamilton

  • Metabolic flexibility allows bacterial habitat generalists to become dominant in a frequently disturbed ecosystem.

    Ya Jou Chen;Ya Jou Chen;Ya Jou Chen;Pok Man Leung;Pok Man Leung;Jennifer L. Wood;Sean K. Bay;Sean K. Bay

  • Trace gas oxidizers are widespread and active members of soil microbial communities.

    Sean K. Bay;Xiyang Dong;James A. Bradley;Pok Man Leung

  • Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium coupled to Fe(II) oxidation in sediments of a periodically hypoxic estuary

    Elizabeth K. Robertson;Keryn L. Roberts;Laurine D. W. Burdorf;Perran Cook

  • Benthic solute exchange and carbon mineralization in two shallow subtidal sandy sediments: Effect of advective pore‐water exchange

    Perran L. M. Cook;Frank Wenzhöfer;Frank Wenzhöfer;Ronnie N. Glud;Felix Janssen

  • Designing living walls for greywater treatment

    Harsha S. Fowdar;Harsha S. Fowdar;Belinda E. Hatt;Belinda E. Hatt;Peter Breen;Perran L.M. Cook;Perran L.M. Cook

  • Biofilter design for effective nitrogen removal from stormwater – influence of plant species, inflow hydrology and use of a saturated zone

    Emily Georgiana Irene Payne;Tracey Pham;Perran Cook;Timothy Fletcher

  • Increased rates of dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) under oxic conditions in a periodically hypoxic estuary

    Keryn Lea Roberts;Adam John Kessler;Michael Raymond Grace;Perran Cook

  • Adapting urban water systems to a changing climate: lessons from the millennium drought in southeast Australia.

    Stanley Baugh Grant;Stanley Baugh Grant;Tim D Fletcher;David L Feldman;Jean-Daniel Saphores

  • Role of organic carbon, nitrate and ferrous iron on the partitioning between denitrification and DNRA in constructed stormwater urban wetlands.

    Md. Moklesur Rahman;Keryn L. Roberts;Michael R. Grace;Adam J. Kessler

  • Temporary storage or permanent removal? The division of nitrogen between biotic assimilation and denitrification in stormwater biofiltration systems.

    Emily Georgiana Irene Payne;Timothy Fletcher;Douglas Russell;Michael Raymond Grace

  • Carbon and nitrogen cycling on intertidal mudflats of a temperate Australian estuary: II. Nitrogen cycling

    Perran L. M. Cook;Andrew T. Revill;Edward C. V. Butler;Bradley D. Eyre

  • Hydrodynamic disturbance controls microbial community assembly and biogeochemical processes in coastal sediments.

    Ya-Jou Chen;Ya-Jou Chen;Pok Man Leung;Pok Man Leung;Perran L M Cook;Wei Wen Wong

  • Bacterial community shifts in organically perturbed sediments.

    Andrew Bissett;Chris Burke;Perran L. M. Cook;John P. Bowman

  • Processes and Drivers of Nitrogen Removal in Stormwater Biofiltration

    Emily Georgiana Irene Payne;Timothy Fletcher;Perran Cook;Ana Deletic

  • Benthic metabolism and degradation of natural particulate organic matter in carbonate and silicate reef sands of the northern Red Sea

    Christian Wild;Mohammed Rasheed;Carin Jantzen;Perran Cook

  • Bacterial fermentation and respiration processes are uncoupled in anoxic permeable sediments.

    Adam John Kessler;Ya-Jou Chen;David W. Waite;David W. Waite;Tess Frances Hutchinson

  • Environmental Flow Requirements of Estuaries: Providing Resilience to Current and Future Climate and Direct Anthropogenic Changes

    Daniel Chilton;David P. Hamilton;Ivan Nagelkerken;Perran Cook

  • Carbon and nitrogen cycling on intertidal mudflats of a temperate Australian estuary. III. Sources of organic matter

    Perran L. M. Cook;Andrew T. Revill;Lesley A. Clementson;John K. Volkman

  • Factoring stream turbulence into global assessments of nitrogen pollution

    Stanley B. Grant;Morvarid Azizian;Perran Cook;Fulvio Boano

  • Retention of nitrogen, phosphorus and silicon in a large semi-arid riverine lake system

    Perran Cook;Perran Cook;Kane T Aldridge;Sebastien Lamontagne;Justin Brookes

  • Effect of nutrient availability on carbon and nitrogen incorporation and flows through benthic algae and bacteria in near-shore sandy sediment

    Perran L. M. Cook;Bart Veuger;Simone Böer;Jack J. Middelburg

  • The “salt wedge pump”: convection-driven pore-water exchange as a source of dissolved organic and inorganic carbon and nitrogen to an estuary

    Isaac R. Santos;Perran L. M. Cook;Louissa Rogers;Jason de Weys

  • Constraining denitrification in permeable wave-influenced marine sediment using linked hydrodynamic and biogeochemical modeling

    M. Bayani Cardenas;Perran L.M. Cook;Houshuo Jiang;Peter Traykovski

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronnie N. Glud
Ronnie N. Glud University of Southern Denmark
Ana Deletic
Ana Deletic Queensland University of Technology
Markus Huettel
Markus Huettel Florida State University
Tim D. Fletcher
Tim D. Fletcher University of Melbourne
Paul Reich
Paul Reich Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Filip J. R. Meysman
Filip J. R. Meysman Delft University of Technology
M. Bayani Cardenas
M. Bayani Cardenas The University of Texas at Austin
Stanley B. Grant
Stanley B. Grant Virginia Tech
Bradley D. Eyre
Bradley D. Eyre Southern Cross University
Jack J. Middelburg
Jack J. Middelburg Utrecht University

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