Mark O. Gessner

37.9k citations
157 papers · 23.9k · 9 hit papers · h-index 59

Impact in

    • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Ecology top 0.02%
    • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
    • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
    • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Papers in

    • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology 73
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 21
    • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes 18
    • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics 35
    • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics 22

Mark O. Gessner

153 papers receiving 23.1k citations

Mark O. Gessner's Hit Papers

Synthetic chemicals as agents of global change 2017 · 457 citations
4570+10+21Years since publication2.0k4.0k6.0k

Peers

Mark O. Gessner
Comparison fields: 5 of 179
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 8.8k
  • Ecology 13.9k
  • Environmental Chemistry 4.4k
  • Water Science and Technology 4.4k
  • Ecological Modeling 1.3k
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All Works

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1
Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges
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20056229
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Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity
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20105376
3
Diversity meets decomposition
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2010987
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Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes
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2014606
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CONTRIBUTION OF STREAM DETRIVORES, FUNGI, AND BACTERIA TO LEAF BREAKDOWN BASED ON BIOMASS ESTIMATES
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2002548
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A Perspective on Leaf Litter Breakdown in Streams
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1999523
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Importance of Stream Microfungi in Controlling Breakdown Rates of Leaf Litter
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1994511
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Synthetic chemicals as agents of global change
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2017457
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N : P ratios influence litter decomposition and colonization by fungi and bacteria in microcosms
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2008440
10 2002438
11 1993400
12 2005284
13 2004275
14 2004259
15 1995209
16 2004207
17 1996185
18 2008175
19 2009161
20 2007151

About Mark O. Gessner

Mark O. Gessner is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Water Science and Technology and Oceanography, having authored 157 papers that have together received 23.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (73 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (35 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (22 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (21 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (21 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (18 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (16 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (8.8k citations), Ecology (13.9k citations), Environmental Chemistry (4.4k citations), Water Science and Technology (4.4k citations) and Ecological Modeling (1.3k citations). Mark O. Gessner has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and France. Frequent co-authors include Éric Chauvet, Caroline A Sullivan, David Dudgeon, Melanie L. J. Stiassny, Robert J. Naiman, Zen’ichiro Kawabata, Duncan Knowler, Anne‐Hélène Prieur‐Richard, Christian Lévêque and Angela H. Arthington. Their work appears in journals such as Freshwater Biology, Ecology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Oecologia and Limnology and Oceanography.

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