Mark O. Gessner
Impact in
- Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.05%
- 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
- Ecology 107
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology 73
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 21
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes 18
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- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics 35
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics 22
- Co-authors
- Éric Chauvet (22 shared papers)Caroline A Sullivan (4 shared papers)David Dudgeon (4 shared papers)Melanie L. J. Stiassny (2 shared papers)Robert J. Naiman (2 shared papers)Zen’ichiro Kawabata (2 shared papers)Duncan Knowler (2 shared papers)Anne‐Hélène Prieur‐Richard (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Freshwater Biology (13 papers)Ecology (13 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (7 papers)Oecologia (6 papers)Limnology and Oceanography (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanySwitzerlandFrance
In The Last Decade
Mark O. Gessner
153 papers receiving 23.1k citations
Mark O. Gessner's Hit Papers
Peers
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
Showing the 20 most-cited of 157 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 6229 |
| 2 | Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 5376 |
| 3 | Diversity meets decomposition Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 987 |
| 4 | Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 606 |
| 5 | CONTRIBUTION OF STREAM DETRIVORES, FUNGI, AND BACTERIA TO LEAF BREAKDOWN BASED ON BIOMASS ESTIMATES Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 548 |
| 6 | A Perspective on Leaf Litter Breakdown in Streams Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 523 |
| 7 | Importance of Stream Microfungi in Controlling Breakdown Rates of Leaf Litter Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 511 |
| 8 | Synthetic chemicals as agents of global change Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 457 |
| 9 | N : P ratios influence litter decomposition and colonization by fungi and bacteria in microcosms Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 440 |
| 10 | 2002 | 438 | |
| 11 | 1993 | 400 | |
| 12 | 2005 | 284 | |
| 13 | 2004 | 275 | |
| 14 | 2004 | 259 | |
| 15 | 1995 | 209 | |
| 16 | 2004 | 207 | |
| 17 | 1996 | 185 | |
| 18 | 2008 | 175 | |
| 19 | 2009 | 161 | |
| 20 | 2007 | 151 |
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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