Dirk de Beer

24.1k citations

300 papers · 16.7k · 2 hit papers · h-index 66

Impact in

Oceanography top 0.1%
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Pollution top 0.05%
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

Papers in

Ecology 148
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 96
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 35
Oceanography 121
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 71
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 48
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses 28

Co-authors: Paul Stoodley (19 shared papers)Andreas Schramm (19 shared papers)Zbigniew Lewandowski (5 shared papers)Rudolf Amann (18 shared papers)Lùbos Polerecký (34 shared papers)Peter Stief (30 shared papers)Fuad A. Al‐Horani (4 shared papers)Raeid M. M. Abed (20 shared papers)
Journals: Applied and Environmental Microbiology (27 papers)Limnology and Oceanography (22 papers)Environmental Microbiology (18 papers)Water Science & Technology (14 papers)FEMS Microbiology Ecology (13 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Dirk de Beer

297 papers receiving 16.2k citations

Dirk de Beer's Hit Papers

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Oxygenic photosynthesis as a protection mechanism for cyanobacteria against iron-encrustation in environments with high Fe2+ concentrations 2014 · 835 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Frontiers in Microbiology
1994 Biotechnology and Bioengineering

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1	Oxygenic photosynthesis as a protection mechanism for cyanobacteria against iron-encrustation in environments with high Fe2+ concentrations Frontiers in Microbiology ·Danny Ionescu, Bettina Buchmann, Christine Heim, Stefan Häusler, Dirk de Beer, Lùbos Polerecký Hit paper breakdown →	2014	835
2	Effects of biofilm structures on oxygen distribution and mass transport Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·Dirk de Beer, Paul Stoodley, Frank Roe, Zbigniew Lewandowski Hit paper breakdown →	1994	661
3	Novel microbial communities of the Haakon Mosby mud volcano and their role as a methane sink Nature ·Helge Niemann, Tina Lösekann, Dirk de Beer, Marcus Elvert, Thierry Nadalig, Katrin Knittel, Rudolf Amann, Eberhard Sauter, Michael Schlüter, Michaël Klages, J.P. Foucher, Antje Boëtius	2006	477
4	The mechanism of calcification and its relation to photosynthesis and respiration in the scleractinian coral Galaxea fascicularis Marine Biology ·Fuad A. Al‐Horani, S. Al-Moghrabi, Dirk de Beer	2002	448
5	Microscale Distribution of Populations and Activities of Nitrosospira and Nitrospira spp. along a Macroscale Gradient in a Nitrifying Bioreactor: Quantification by In Situ Hybridization and the Use of Microsensors Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Andreas Schramm, Dirk de Beer, J.C. van den Heuvel, S. P. P. Ottengraf, Rudolf Amann	1999	408
6	Direct measurement of chlorine penetration into biofilms during disinfection Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Dirk de Beer, Rohini Srinivasan, Philip S. Stewart	1994	376
7	Identification and Activities In Situ of Nitrosospira and Nitrospira spp. as Dominant Populations in a Nitrifying Fluidized Bed Reactor Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Andreas Schramm, Dirk de Beer, Michael Wagner, Rudolf Amann	1998	365
8	Liquid Flow in Biofilm Systems Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Paul Stoodley, Dirk de Beer, Zbigniew Lewandowski	1994	294
9	Structural and Functional Dynamics of Sulfate-Reducing Populations in Bacterial Biofilms Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Cecilia M. Santegoeds, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Gerard Muyzer, Dirk de Beer	1998	231
10	A nitrite microsensor for profiling environmental biofilms Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Dirk de Beer, Andreas Schramm, Cecilia M. Santegoeds, Michael Kühl	1997	225
11	Microenvironments and distribution of nitrifying bacteria in a membrane‐bound biofilm Environmental Microbiology ·Andreas Schramm, Dirk de Beer, Armin Gieseke, Rudolf Amann	2000	224
12	Oxygen uptake by aquatic sediments measured with a novel non-invasive eddy-correlation technique Marine Ecology Progress Series ·Peter Berg, Hans Røy, Felix Janßen, Volker Meyer, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Markus Huettel, Dirk de Beer	2003	222
13	Liquid flow in heterogeneous biofilms Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·Dirk de Beer, Paul Stoodley, Zbigniew Lewandowski	1994	192
14	Microbial Diversity of a Heavily Polluted Microbial Mat and Its Community Changes following Degradation of Petroleum Compounds Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Raeid M. M. Abed, Nimer M. D. Safi, Jürgen Köster, Dirk de Beer, Yasser El‐Nahhal, Jürgen Rullkötter, Ferrán García‐Pichel	2002	190
15	Mechanisms of damage to corals exposed to sedimentation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Miriam Weber, Dirk de Beer, Christian Lott, Lùbos Polerecký, Katharina Kohls, Raeid M. M. Abed, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Katharina Fabricius	2012	186
16	Transport and mineralization rates in North Sea sandy intertidal sediments, Sylt-Rømø Basin, Wadden Sea Limnology and Oceanography ·Dirk de Beer, Frank Wenzhöfer, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Susan E. Boehme, Markus Huettel, Justus E. E. van Beusekom, Michael E. Böttcher, Niculina Musat, Nicole Dubilier	2005	183
17	Aerobic denitrification in permeable Wadden Sea sediments The ISME Journal ·Hang Gao, Frank Schreiber, Gavin Collins, Marlene Mark Jensen, Joel E. Kostka, Gaute Lavik, Dirk de Beer, Huaiyang Zhou, Marcel M. M. Kuypers	2009	180
18	Measurement of local diffusion coefficients in biofilms by microinjection and confocal microscopy Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·Dirk de Beer, Paul Stoodley, Zbigniew Lewandowski	1997	180
19	In situ fluxes and zonation of microbial activity in surface sediments of the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano Limnology and Oceanography ·Dirk de Beer, Eberhard Sauter, Helge Niemann, Norbert E Kaul, Jean‐Paul Foucher, Ursula Witte, Michael Schlüter, Antje Boëtius	2006	177
20	Biological and chemical sulfide oxidation in a Beggiatoa inhabited marine sediment The ISME Journal ·André Preisler, Dirk de Beer, Anna Lichtschlag, Gaute Lavik, Antje Boëtius, Bo Barker Jørgensen	2007	166

About Dirk de Beer

Dirk de Beer is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution and Molecular Biology, having authored 300 papers that have together received 16.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (96 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (71 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (56 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (48 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (43 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (35 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (28 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (4.4k citations), Pollution (3.8k citations), Environmental Chemistry (3.2k citations), Ecology (7.2k citations) and Geochemistry and Petrology (779 citations). Dirk de Beer has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Paul Stoodley, Andreas Schramm, Zbigniew Lewandowski, Rudolf Amann, Lùbos Polerecký, Peter Stief, Fuad A. Al‐Horani, Raeid M. M. Abed, Danny Ionescu and Cecilia M. Santegoeds. Their work appears in journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Limnology and Oceanography, Environmental Microbiology, Water Science & Technology and FEMS Microbiology Ecology.

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