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90
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23750
World Ranking
601
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry

Overview

Stephen A. Macko is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with focused contributions in several subfields including Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as Urban Stormwater Management Solutions, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Stephen A. Macko has authored research published in venues like The Science of The Total Environment and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University). Notable recent papers include:

  • Tracking denitrification in green stormwater infrastructure with dual nitrate stable isotopes, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nutritional associations among fauna at hydrocarbon seep communities in the Gulf of Mexico, 2023, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Coauthors who have frequently collaborated with Stephen A. Macko include Charles Burgis, Gail M. Hayes, Wuhuan Zhang, Derek Henderson, and James A. Smith.

In 2004, they received the Geochemistry Fellow Honor from the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry.

Best Publications

  • Dependence of phytoplankton carbon isotopic composition on growth rate and [CO2)aq: Theoretical considerations and experimental results

    Edward A. Laws;Brian N. Popp;J Robert R. Bidigare;Mahlon C. Kennicutt

  • Organic geochemistry : principles and applications

    Michael H. Engel;Stephen A. Macko

  • Isotopic fractionation of nitrogen and carbon in the synthesis of amino acids by microorganisms

    Stephen A. Macko;Marilyn L. Fogel;P.E. Hare;T.C. Hoering

  • Isotopic evidence for extraterrestrial non- racemic amino acids in the Murchison meteorite

    M. H. Engel;S. A. Macko

  • Kinetic fractionation of stable nitrogen isotopes during amino acid transamination

    Stephen A. Macko;Marilyn L.Fogel Estep;Michael H. Engel;P.E. Hare

  • Microbial alteration of stable nitrogen and carbon isotopic compositions of organic matter

    Stephen A. Macko;Marilyn L.F. Estep

  • Deep-sea hydrocarbon seep communities: evidence for energy and nutritional carbon sources

    James M. Brooks;M. C. Kennicutt;C. R. Fisher;S. A. Macko

  • Correlations between foliar δ15N and nitrogen concentrations may indicate plant-mycorrhizal interactions.

    Erik A. Hobbie;Stephen A. Macko;Mathew Williams

  • Anomalous CH 4 and NH 4 + concentrations at an unsedimented mid-ocean-ridge hydrothermal system

    M. D. Lilley;D. A. Butterfield;E. J. Olson;J. E. Lupton

  • Insights into nitrogen and carbon dynamics of ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi from isotopic evidence.

    Erik A. Hobbie;Stephen A. Macko;Herman H. Shugart

  • STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF AMINO ACID ENANTIOMERS BY CONVENTIONAL ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY AND COMBINED GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY

    J. A. Silfer;M. H. Engel;S. A. Macko;E. J. Jumeau

  • Nitrogen cycling in the soil–plant system along a precipitation gradient in the Kalahari sands

    Julieta N. Aranibar;Luanne Otter;Stephen A. Macko;Chris J. W. Feral

  • Carbon isotope composition of individual amino acids in the Murchison meteorite

    M. H. Engel;S. A. Macko;J. A. Silfer

  • Natural abundance of 13C and 15N in C3 and C4 vegetation of southern Africa: patterns and implications

    R. J. Swap;J. N. Aranibar;P. R. Dowty;W. P. Gilhooly

  • Abiogenic methanogenesis in crystalline rocks

    B. Sherwood Lollar;S.K. Frape;S.M. Weise;P. Fritz

  • Activity-specific metabolic rates of free-living northern gannets and other seabirds

    V. L. Birt-Friesen;W. A. Montevecchi;D. K. Cairns;S. A. Macko

  • Pollution studies using stable isotopes

    S. A. Macko

  • Sources of nitrogen in wet deposition to the Chesapeake Bay region

    Kristina M. Russell;James N. Galloway;Stephen A. Macko;Jennie L. Moody

  • EVIDENCE A PHOTOPROTECTIVE FOR SECONDARY CAROTENOIDS OF SNOW ALGAE1

    Robert. R. Bidigare;Michael E. Ondrusek;Mahlon C. Kennicutt;Rodolfo Iturriaga

  • Role of seagrasses and mangroves in estuarine food webs: temporal and spatial changes in stable isotope composition and amino acid content during decomposition

    J. C. Zieman;S. A. Macko;A. L. Mills

Frequent Co-Authors

Lixin Wang
Lixin Wang Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Mahlon C. Kennicutt
Mahlon C. Kennicutt Texas A&M University
Gregory S. Okin
Gregory S. Okin University of California, Los Angeles
Paolo D'Odorico
Paolo D'Odorico University of California, Berkeley
Charles R. Fisher
Charles R. Fisher Pennsylvania State University
Herman H. Shugart
Herman H. Shugart University of Virginia
Michael Garstang
Michael Garstang University of Virginia
Iris C. Anderson
Iris C. Anderson Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Claude Hillaire-Marcel
Claude Hillaire-Marcel University of Quebec at Montreal
Kelly K. Caylor
Kelly K. Caylor University of California, Santa Barbara

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