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Ronald John Parkes

Ronald John Parkes

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
63
Citations
13432
World Ranking
2494
National Ranking
192

Overview

Ronald John Parkes is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of areas with a focus on microbial processes and environmental systems. Key topics include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Microbial Applications in Construction Materials
  • Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Polar Research and Ecology

Among their recent publications are:

  • "New insights into large-scale trends of apparent organic matter reactivity in marine sediments and patterns of benthic carbon transformation," 2021, Biogeosciences
  • "Physiological Capabilities of Cryoconite Hole Microorganisms," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Effect of Jute Fibres on the Process of MICP and Properties of Biocemented Sand," 2020, Materials
  • "Increased Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation (MICP) Efficiency in Multiple Treatment Sand Biocementation Processes by Augmentation of Cementation Medium with Ammonium Chloride," 2023, Geotechnics
  • "Methanogen activity and microbial diversity in Gulf of Cádiz mud volcano sediments," 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent coauthors in Ronald John Parkes's research include:

  • Gordon Webster
  • Christine Spencer
  • Leon A. van Paassen
  • Felipe S. Freitas
  • Philip Píka

Their publications have appeared in several notable scientific venues with multiple contributions in Frontiers in Microbiology, as well as papers in Biogeosciences, Materials, Geotechnics, and FEMS Microbiology Ecology.

Best Publications

  • Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments

    Steven D'Hondt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;D. Jay Miller;Anja Batzke

  • DEEP BACTERIAL BIOSPHERE IN PACIFIC-OCEAN SEDIMENTS

    Ronald John Parkes;Barry Andrew Cragg;S. J. Bale;J. M. Getlifff

  • Direct linking of microbial populations to specific biogeochemical processes by 13C-labelling of biomarkers

    H. T. S. Boschker;S. C. Nold;P. Wellsbury;D. Bos

  • Recent studies on bacterial populations and processes in subseafloor sediments: A review

    R. John Parkes;Barry A. Cragg;Peter Wellsbury

  • Prokaryotic cells of the deep sub-seafloor biosphere identified as living bacteria

    A. Schippers;L. N. Neretin;J. Kallmeyer;T. G. Ferdelman

  • Deep sub-seafloor prokaryotes stimulated at interfaces over geological time

    Ronald John Parkes;Gordon Webster;Barry Andrew Cragg;Andrew John Weightman

  • The measurement of microbial carbohydrate exopolymers from intertidal sediments

    G. J. C. Underwood;D. M. Paterson;R. J. Parkes

  • The relationship between fatty acid distributions and bacterial respiratory types in contemporary marine sediments

    Ronald John Parkes;J. Taylor

  • Controls on the formation of authigenic minerals in association with decaying organic matter: an experimental approach

    Jens Sagemann;Simon J Bale;Derek E.G Briggs;R.John Parkes

  • Desulfovibrio profundus sp. nov., a Novel Barophilic Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium from Deep Sediment Layers in the Japan Sea

    S. J. Bale;K. Goodman;Paul A. Rochelle;Julian Roberto Marchesi

  • Extending the Sub-Sea-Floor Biosphere

    Erwan G. Roussel;Marie-Anne Cambon Bonavita;Joël Querellou;Barry A. Cragg

  • DNA extraction for 16S rRNA gene analysis to determine genetic diversity in deep sediment communities

    Paul A. Rochelle;John C. Fry;R. John Parkes;Andrew J. Weightman

  • Prokaryotic community composition and biogeochemical processes in deep subseafloor sediments from the Peru Margin.

    Gordon Webster;R. John Parkes;Barry A. Cragg;Carole J. Newberry

  • Determination of the Substrates for Sulphate-reducing Bacteria within Marine and Esturaine Sediments with Different Rates of Sulphate Reduction

    Ronald John Parkes;G. R. Gibson;I. Mueller-Harvey;W. J. Buckingham

  • Global carbon cycling on a heterogeneous seafloor

    Paul V.R. Snelgrove;Karline Soetaert;Martin Solan;Simon Thrush

  • Bacterial populations and processes in sediments containing gas hydrates (ODP Leg 146: Cascadia Margin)

    B.A. Cragg;R.J. Parkes;J.C. Fry;A.J. Weightman

  • Effect of sample handling on estimation of bacterial diversity in marine sediments by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis

    Paul A. Rochelle;Barry A. Cragg;John C. Fry;R. John Parkes

  • Phylogeny and physiology of candidate phylum 'Atribacteria' (OP9/JS1) inferred from cultivation-independent genomics

    Masaru K. Nobu;Jeremy A. Dodsworth;Jeremy A. Dodsworth;Senthil K. Murugapiran;Christian Rinke;Christian Rinke

  • Biogeochemistry and biodiversity of methane cycling in subsurface marine sediments (Skagerrak, Denmark).

    Ronald John Parkes;Barry Andrew Cragg;Natasha C. Banning;Fiona Brock

  • Role of sulfate reduction and methane production by organic carbon degradation in eutrophic fjord sediments (Limfjorden, Denmark)

    Bo Barker JØrgensen;R. John Parkes

  • Analysis of microbial communities within sediments using biomarkers

    Ronald John Parkes

  • Microbial degradation of the marine prymnesiophyte Emiliania huxleyi under oxic and anoxic conditions as a model for early diagenesis: long chain alkadienes, alkenones and alkyl alkenoates

    M. A. Teece;J. M. Getliff;J. W. Leftley;Ronald John Parkes

  • Bacterial Biomass and Activity in Deep Sediment Layers from the Peru Margin [and Discussion]

    Ronald John Parkes;Barry Andrew Cragg;John Christopher Fry;R. A. Herbert

  • Hydrogeology of the Oceanic Lithosphere

    J Telling;Erc Hornibrook;RJ Parkes

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Fry
John C. Fry Cardiff University
James R. Maxwell
James R. Maxwell University of Bristol
Andrew J. Weightman
Andrew J. Weightman Cardiff University
Barry A. Cragg
Barry A. Cragg Cardiff University
Simon H. Bottrell
Simon H. Bottrell University of Leeds
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Fiona F Whitaker
Fiona F Whitaker University of Bristol
Miriam Kastner
Miriam Kastner University of California, San Diego
Jon Telling
Jon Telling Newcastle University
Axel Schippers
Axel Schippers Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

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