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Pia H. Moisander publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pia H. Moisander sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 86 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Pia H. Moisander D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pia H. Moisander sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Pia H. Moisander is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio primarily centered on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Oceanography, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

The research of Pia H. Moisander focuses on topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine biology and ecology research, marine biology and environmental chemistry, isotope analysis in ecology, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and surface modification and superhydrophobicity.

They have contributed to numerous publications with frequent appearances in venues such as UNC Libraries, Limnology and Oceanography, Microbiology Resource Announcements, Limnology and Oceanography Methods, and Earth System Science Data.

  • A critical review of the 15N2 tracer method to measure diazotrophic production in pelagic ecosystems, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography Methods
  • Global oceanic diazotroph database version 2 and elevated estimate of global oceanic N 2 fixation, 2023, Earth system science data
  • Dissolved organic matter stimulates N2 fixation and nifH gene expression in Trichodesmium, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Letters
  • Constraining uncertainties of diazotroph biogeography from nifH gene abundance, 2022, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Pelagic N2 fixation dominated by sediment diazotrophic communities in a shallow temperate estuary, 2021, Limnology and Oceanography

The collaborations of Pia H. Moisander include frequent co-authors such as Mar Benavides, Angelicque White, Julie Granger, Mary R. Gradoville, and Sophie Bonnet, reflecting a network of researchers engaged in related scientific inquiries.

Best Publications

  • Harmful freshwater algal blooms, with an emphasis on cyanobacteria.

    Hans W. Paerl;Rolland S. Fulton;Pia H. Moisander;Julianne Dyble

  • Unicellular Cyanobacterial Distributions Broaden the Oceanic N2 Fixation Domain

    Pia H. Moisander;Roxanne A. Beinart;Ian Hewson;Angelicque E. White

  • Database of diazotrophs in global ocean: abundance, biomass and nitrogen fixation rates

    Y. W. Luo;S. C. Doney;L. A. Anderson;Mar Benavides

  • Growth, nitrogen fixation, and nodularin production by two baltic sea cyanobacteria.

    J Lehtimaki;P Moisander;K Sivonen;K Kononen

  • Salinity effects on growth, photosynthetic parameters, and nitrogenase activity in estuarine planktonic cyanobacteria.

    P.H. Moisander;E. McClinton;Hans W. Paerl

  • Microbial indicators of aquatic ecosystem change: current applications to eutrophication studies

    Hans W. Paerl;Julianne Dyble;Pia H. Moisander;Rachel T. Noble

  • Phytoplankton photopigments as indicators of estuarine and coastal eutrophication

    Hans W. Paerl;Lexia M. Valdes;James L. Pinckney;Michael F. Piehler

  • The contamination of commercial 15N2 gas stocks with 15N-labeled nitrate and ammonium and consequences for nitrogen fixation measurements.

    Richard Dabundo;Moritz F. Lehmann;Lija Treibergs;Craig R. Tobias

  • Diversity and abundance of diazotrophic microorganisms in the South China Sea during intermonsoon

    Pia H Moisander;Roxanne A Beinart;Maren Voss;Jonathan P Zehr

  • Gammaproteobacterial diazotrophs and nifH gene expression in surface waters of the South Pacific Ocean.

    Pia H Moisander;Tracy Serros;Ryan W Paerl;Ryan W Paerl;Roxanne A Beinart;Roxanne A Beinart

  • Rates of dinitrogen fixation and the abundance of diazotrophs in North American coastal waters between Cape Hatteras and Georges Bank

    M. R. Mulholland;P. W. Bernhardt;J. L. Blanco-Garcia;A. Mannino

  • Chasing after Non-cyanobacterial Nitrogen Fixation in Marine Pelagic Environments.

    Pia H. Moisander;Mar Benavides;Sophie Bonnet;Ilana Berman-Frank

  • Variability in nitrogen and phosphorus limitation for Baltic Sea phytoplankton during nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterial blooms

    P. H. Moisander;P. H. Moisander;T. F. Steppe;N. S. Hall;J. Kuparinen

  • Facultative diazotrophy increases Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii competitiveness under fluctuating nitrogen availability

    Pia H. Moisander;Pia H. Moisander;Lou Anne Cheshire;Jeremy Braddy;Elizabeth S. Calandrino

  • Analogous nutrient limitations in unicellular diazotrophs and Prochlorococcus in the South Pacific Ocean

    Pia H Moisander;Ruifeng Zhang;Ruifeng Zhang;Edward A Boyle;Ian Hewson;Ian Hewson

  • Nutrient limitation of Microcystis aeruginosa in northern California Klamath River reservoirs

    Pia H. Moisander;Mari Ochiai;Andrew Lincoff

  • A critical review of the 15 N 2 tracer method to measure diazotrophic production in pelagic ecosystems

    Angelicque E. White;Julie Granger;Corday Selden;Mary R. Gradoville

  • Small-scale shear effects on heterocystous cyanobacteria

    Pia H. Moisander;James L. Hench;Kaisa Kononen;Hans W. Paerl

  • In situ transcriptomic analysis of the globally important keystone N2-fixing taxon Crocosphaera watsonii.

    Ian Hewson;Rachel S Poretsky;Roxanne A Beinart;Roxanne A Beinart;Angelicque E White

  • Distribution of diazotrophic microorganisms and nifH gene expression in the Mekong River plume during intermonsoon.

    Deniz Bombar;Pia H. Moisander;Joachim W. Dippner;Rachel A. Foster

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jonathan P. Zehr
Jonathan P. Zehr University of California, Santa Cruz
Michael F. Piehler
Michael F. Piehler University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Angelicque E. White
Angelicque E. White University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ian Hewson
Ian Hewson Cornell University
Sophie Bonnet
Sophie Bonnet Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
Lasse Riemann
Lasse Riemann University of Copenhagen
Kaarina Sivonen
Kaarina Sivonen University of Helsinki
Joseph P. Montoya
Joseph P. Montoya Georgia Institute of Technology
James L. Pinckney
James L. Pinckney University of South Carolina

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