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Sonya T. Dyhrman publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sonya T. Dyhrman sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 130 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Sonya T. Dyhrman D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sonya T. Dyhrman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sonya T. Dyhrman is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their scholarly contributions span various aspects of environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on oceanography and marine ecology.

The research primarily centers on microbial community ecology and physiology as well as marine and coastal ecosystems. Other notable areas of inquiry include marine biology and ecology research, protist diversity and phylogeny, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, marine and coastal plant biology, and environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

Dyhrman has published extensively across multiple venues, frequently contributing to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Phycology
  • The ISME Journal
  • Environmental Microbiology

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle," 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • "Complex marine microbial communities partition metabolism of scarce resources over the diel cycle," 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Combined pigment and metatranscriptomic analysis reveals highly synchronized diel patterns of phenotypic light response across domains in the open oligotrophic ocean," 2020, The ISME Journal
  • "Nitrogen Fixation in Mesoscale Eddies of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: Patterns and Mechanisms," 2023, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Aureococcus anophagefferens (Pelagophyceae) genomes improve evaluation of nutrient acquisition strategies involved in brown tide dynamics," 2021, Journal of Phycology

Collaborative efforts are an important feature of Dyhrman's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Matthew J. Harke
  • Edward F. DeLong
  • David M. Karl
  • Sheean T. Haley
  • Angelicque White

Their research contributes to broader understanding in oceanography, ecology, molecular biology, global and planetary change, and environmental chemistry by examining microbial processes and interactions that influence marine environments on multiple scales. This work incorporates advanced methodologies such as metatranscriptomic analysis to study synchronized biological responses in ocean systems and genomic approaches to explore nutrient acquisition in marine phytoplankton.

Best Publications

  • The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

    Patrick J. Keeling;Patrick J. Keeling;Fabien Burki;Heather M. Wilcox;Bassem Allam

  • Phytoplankton in the ocean use non-phosphorus lipids in response to phosphorus scarcity.

    Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy;Helen F. Fredricks;Byron E. Pedler;Byron E. Pedler;Sonya T. Dyhrman

  • Phosphonate utilization by the globally important marine diazotroph Trichodesmium.

    S. T. Dyhrman;P. D. Chappell;S. T. Haley;J. W. Moffett

  • Pan genome of the phytoplankton Emiliania underpins its global distribution

    Betsy A. Read;Jessica Kegel;Mary J. Klute;Alan Kuo

  • The Transcriptome and Proteome of the Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana Reveal a Diverse Phosphorus Stress Response

    Sonya T. Dyhrman;Bethany D. Jenkins;Tatiana A. Rynearson;Mak A. Saito

  • Niche of harmful alga Aureococcus anophagefferens revealed through ecogenomics

    Christopher J. Gobler;Dianna L. Berry;Sonya T. Dyhrman;Steven W. Wilhelm

  • Impact of ocean acidification on the structure of future phytoplankton communities

    Stephanie Dutkiewicz;J. Jeffrey Morris;J. Jeffrey Morris;Michael J. Follows;Jeffery Scott

  • Deciphering ocean carbon in a changing world

    Mary Ann Moran;Elizabeth B. Kujawinski;Aron Stubbins;Rob Fatland

  • Microbes and the marine phosphorus cycle

    Sonya T. Dyhrman;James W. Ammerman;Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy

  • Sargasso Sea phosphorus biogeochemistry: an important role for dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP)

    Michael W. Lomas;A. L. Burke;A. L. Burke;D. A. Lomas;D. W. Bell

  • Presence and regulation of alkaline phosphatase activity in eukaryotic phytoplankton from the coastal ocean: Implications for dissolved organic phosphorus remineralization

    Sonya T. Dyhrman;Kathleen C. Ruttenberg

  • Accumulation and enhanced cycling of polyphosphate by Sargasso Sea plankton in response to low phosphorus.

    Patrick Martin;Sonya T. Dyhrman;Michael W. Lomas;Nicole J. Poulton

  • Phosphate Stress in Cultures and Field Populations of the Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum Detected by a Single-Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Assay

    Sonya T. Dyhrman;Brian Palenik

  • Probing the evolution, ecology and physiology of marine protists using transcriptomics

    David A. Caron;Harriet Alexander;Andrew E. Allen;Andrew E. Allen;John M. Archibald;John M. Archibald

  • Metatranscriptome analyses indicate resource partitioning between diatoms in the field

    Harriet Alexander;Bethany D. Jenkins;Tatiana A. Rynearson;Sonya T. Dyhrman;Sonya T. Dyhrman

  • Phosphorus supply drives rapid turnover of membrane phospholipids in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

    Patrick Martin;Benjamin A S Van Mooy;Abigail Heithoff;Sonya T Dyhrman

  • Alkaline phosphatase activity and regulation in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

    Solange Duhamel;Sonya T. Dyhrman;David M. Karl

  • Phosphorus scavenging in the unicellular marine diazotroph Crocosphaera watsonii.

    Sonya T. Dyhrman;Sheean T. Haley

  • Quorum sensing control of phosphorus acquisition in Trichodesmium consortia.

    Benjamin A S Van Mooy;Laura R Hmelo;Laura R Hmelo;Laura E Sofen;Shawn R Campagna

  • Molecular analysis of the phosphorus starvation response in Trichodesmium spp.

    Elizabeth D. Orchard;Eric A. Webb;Sonya T. Dyhrman

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy
Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
David M. Karl
David M. Karl University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jonathan P. Zehr
Jonathan P. Zehr University of California, Santa Cruz
Christopher J. Gobler
Christopher J. Gobler Stony Brook University
Michael W. Lomas
Michael W. Lomas Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Edward F. DeLong
Edward F. DeLong University of Hawaii at Manoa
Angelicque E. White
Angelicque E. White University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mak A. Saito
Mak A. Saito Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John M. Archibald
John M. Archibald Dalhousie University

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