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Overview

Stjepko Golubic is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their work spans several subfields, including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, biomaterials, environmental chemistry, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research interests focus on several main topics:

  • Biocrusts and microbial ecology
  • Diatoms and algae research
  • Aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies

Frequent venues for publication by Golubic include:

  • Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • Coral Reefs
  • Geologia Croatica

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Golubic are:

  • Iyengariella, 2022, published in Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • Chlorogloeopsis, 2022, published in Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • Microborings in Jurassic scleractinians: a glimpse into the ancient coral skeleton microbiome, 2022, published in Coral Reefs
  • Nostochopsis, 2022, published in Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • Stigonema, 2022, published in Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

Frequent coauthors working with Golubic include:

  • Lucien Hoffmann
  • Richard W. Castenholz
  • Gudrun Radtke
  • Klaudiusz Salamon
  • Bogusław Kołodziej

Best Publications

  • Biological communities at the Florida escarpment resemble hydrothermal vent taxa.

    C.K. Paull;Barbara Hecker;R. Commeau;R. P. Freeman-Lynde

  • The lithobiontic ecological niche, with special reference to microorganisms

    Stjepko Golubic;E. Imre Friedmann;Juergen Schneider

  • Southward movement of the Pacific intertropical convergence zone AD 1400-1850

    Julian P. Sachs;Dirk Sachse;Dirk Sachse;Rienk H. Smittenberg;Rienk H. Smittenberg;Zhaohui Zhang;Zhaohui Zhang

  • Boring Microorganisms and Microborings in Carbonate Substrates

    Stjepko Golubic;Ronald D. Perkins;Karen J. Lukas

  • Early organic evolution : implications for mineral and energy resources

    Manfred Schidlowski;Stjepko Golubic;Michael M. Kimberley;David M. McKirdy

  • Endolithic fungi in marine ecosystems

    Stjepko Golubic;Gudrun Radtke;Therese Le Campion-Alsumard

  • Comparison of Holocene and mid-Precambrian Entophysalidaceae (Cyanophyta) in stromatolitic algal mats; cell division and degradation

    S. Golubic;H. J. Hofmann

  • Microbial endoliths in skeletons of live and dead corals: Porites lobata (Moorea, French Polynesia)

    T Le Campion–Alsumard;S Golubic;P A Hutchings

  • Anatomy and taphonomy of a precambrian algal stromatolite

    Andrew H. Knoll;Andrew H. Knoll;Stjepko Golubic;Stjepko Golubic

  • SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF ENDOLITHIC ALGAE AND FUNGI USING A MULTIPURPOSE CASTING‐EMBEDDING TECHNIQUE

    Stjepko Golubic;Gayle Brent;Therese Lecampion

  • Cross-shelf differences in the pattern and pace of bioerosion of experimental carbonate substrates exposed for 3 years on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    Aline Tribollet;S. Golubic

  • Fungi in corals: symbiosis or disease? Interaction between polyps and fungi causes pearl-like skeleton biomineralization

    T. Le Campion-Alsumard;S. Golubic;K. Priess

  • Endolithic fungi in reef-building corals (Order : Scleractinia) are common, cosmopolitan, and potentially pathogenic

    Christopher J. Bentis;Les Kaufman;Stjepko Golubic

  • Early cyanobacterial fossil record: preservation, palaeoenvironments and identification

    Stjepko Golubic;Lee Seong-Joo

  • Experimental studies on microbial bioerosion at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas and One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: implications for paleoecological reconstructions

    Klaus Vogel;Marcos Gektidis;Stjepko Golubic;William E. Kiene

  • Benthic cyanobacterial bloom impacts the reefs of South Florida (Broward County, USA)

    Valerie J. Paul;Robert W. Thacker;Kenneth Banks;Stjepko Golubic

  • Desert crust formation and soil stabilization

    Susan E. Campbell;Jacob‐S. Seeler;Stjepko Golubic

  • Microbialites in a modern lagoonal environment: nature and distribution, Tikehau atoll (French Polynesia)

    S. Sprachta;G. Camoin;S. Golubic;Th. Le Campion

  • Molecular and morphological characterization of cyanobacterial diversity in the stromatolites of Highborne Cay, Bahamas.

    Jamie S Foster;Stefan J Green;Steven R Ahrendt;Steven R Ahrendt;Stjepko Golubic

  • Cyanobacteria: Architects of Sedimentary Structures

    Stjepko Golubic;Lee Seong-Joo;Kathleen M. Browne

  • Fungi in corals: black bands and density-banding of Porites lutea and P. lobata skeleton

    K. Priess;T. Le Campion-Alsumard;S. Golubic;F. Gadel

Frequent Co-Authors

Rienk H. Smittenberg
Rienk H. Smittenberg Stockholm University
Dirk Sachse
Dirk Sachse University of Potsdam
Julian P. Sachs
Julian P. Sachs University of Washington
Andrew H. Knoll
Andrew H. Knoll Harvard University
Gilbert Camoin
Gilbert Camoin Aix-Marseille University
Julius S. Lipp
Julius S. Lipp University of Bremen
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Claude Payri
Claude Payri Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
François Darchambeau
François Darchambeau University of Liège

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