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Prochlorococcus Ecology

Prochlorococcus Ecology is a scientific framework that characterizes the distribution, population dynamics, and physiological adaptations of the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus in oligotrophic oceanic environments, distinguishing it from broader microbial ecological studies by its specific focus on the ecological roles, niche partitioning, and environmental interactions of this globally dominant photosynthetic prokaryote.

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287

Climate change: Links to global expansion of harmful cyanobacteria

Hans W. Paerl, Valerie J. Paul · Water Research · 2011 · 1.7K citations

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A novel free-living prochlorophyte abundant in the oceanic euphotic zone

Sallie W. Chisholm, Robert Olson, Erik Zettler et al. · Nature · 1988 · 1.2K citations

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Niche Partitioning Among <i>Prochlorococcus</i> Ecotypes Along Ocean-Scale Environmental Gradients

Zackary I. Johnson, Erik R. Zinser, Allison Coe et al. · Science · 2006 · 986 citations

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Physiology and molecular phylogeny of coexisting Prochlorococcus ecotypes

Lisa R. Moore, Gabrielle Rocap, Sallie W. Chisholm · Nature · 1998 · 755 citations

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Cyanophages infecting the oceanic cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus

Matthew B. Sullivan, John Waterbury, Sallie W. Chisholm · Nature · 2003 · 582 citations

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Authors

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  1. SW
    Sallie W. Chisholm

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    33 publications · 8K citations

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  2. DJ
    David J. Scanlan

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. ER
    Erik R. Zinser

    University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States

    11 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. ZI
    Zackary I. Johnson

    Duke University, United States

    10 publications · 1.9K citations

    10

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  5. AC
    Allison Coe

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    9 publications · 2.2K citations

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Institutions

440

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    29 h-index

    130 publications

    33.2K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    48 publications

    5.3K citations

  3. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    13 h-index

    34 publications

    7.4K citations

  4. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    42 publications

    5.8K citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    43 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    27 publications

    3.2K citations

  7. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    11 h-index

    27 publications

    4.3K citations

  8. Plymouth Marine Laboratory

    Plymouth, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    7.3K citations

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  1. Limnology and Oceanography

    21 publications · 3K citations

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  2. Aquatic Microbial Ecology

    20 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. The ISME Journal

    19 publications · 2K citations

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  4. The Science of The Total Environment

    13 publications · 666 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 9 publications · 652 citations

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