Douglas G. Capone

26.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
144 papers, 17.2k citations indexed

About

Douglas G. Capone is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas G. Capone has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 17.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Oceanography, 86 papers in Ecology and 24 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Douglas G. Capone's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (84 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (56 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (47 papers). Douglas G. Capone is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (84 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (56 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (47 papers). Douglas G. Capone collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and France. Douglas G. Capone's co-authors include Edward J. Carpenter, Jonathan P. Zehr, Anthony F. Michaels, Ronald P. Kiene, David M. Karl, Joseph P. Montoya, Birgitta Bergman, David A. Hutchins, Frank Dentener and Pamela Green and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Douglas G. Capone

143 papers receiving 16.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Nitrogen Cycles: Past, Present, and Future

2004 4.0k citations Douglas G. Capone et al. profile →
Trichodesmium , a Globally Significant Marine Cyanobacterium

1997 1.0k citations Douglas G. Capone, Jonathan P. Zehr et al. Science profile →
Dinitrogen fixation in the world's oceans

2002 547 citations Douglas G. Capone, Edward J. Carpenter et al. profile →
Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium spp.: An important source of new nitrogen to the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

2005 505 citations Douglas G. Capone, Joseph P. Montoya et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
Comparison of microbial dynamics in marine and freshwater sediments: Contrasts in anaerobic carbon catabolism

1988 440 citations Douglas G. Capone, Ronald P. Kiene Limnology and Oceanography profile →
Emerging patterns of marine nitrogen fixation

2011 385 citations Jill A. Sohm, Douglas G. Capone et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Changing perspectives in marine nitrogen fixation

2020 291 citations Jonathan P. Zehr, Douglas G. Capone Science profile →
The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change

2022 191 citations David A. Hutchins, Douglas G. Capone Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas G. Capone

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Global floating algae blooms are expanding 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Lin Qi, Menghua Wang, Brian B. Barnes, Douglas G. Capone, Joaquim I. Goés, Edward J. Carpenter, Yuyuan Xie, Chuanmin Hu	0
2	Autochthonous carbon loading of macroalgae stimulates benthic biological nitrogen fixation rates in shallow coastal marine sediments 2024 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Anne Dekas, Douglas G. Capone	2
3	Unsolved mysteries in marine nitrogen fixation 2023 ·Trends in Microbiology ·Jonathan P. Zehr, Douglas G. Capone	8
4	The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change breakdown → 2022 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·David A. Hutchins, Douglas G. Capone	191
5	Publisher Correction: The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change 2022 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·David A. Hutchins, Douglas G. Capone	3
6	A seagrass harbours a nitrogen-fixing bacterial partner 2021 ·Nature ·Douglas G. Capone	1
7	Changing perspectives in marine nitrogen fixation breakdown → 2020 ·Science ·Jonathan P. Zehr, Douglas G. Capone	291
8	Nitrification and nitrous oxide dynamics in the Southern California Bight 2020 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·(unknown), (unknown), Douglas G. Capone, Troy Gunderson, Jason M. Smith, Alyson E. Santoro	13
9	Nitrification and Nitrous Oxide Production in the Offshore Waters of the Eastern Tropical South Pacific 2020 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Alyson E. Santoro, Carolyn Buchwald, Angela N. Knapp, William M. Berelson, Douglas G. Capone, Karen L. Casciotti	40
10	Microbial Mats of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Oases of Biological Activity in a Very Cold Desert 2020 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Jill A. Sohm, Thomas D. Niederberger, Alexander E. Parker, (unknown), Troy Gunderson, S. Craig Cary, Douglas G. Capone, Edward J. Carpenter	15
11	Rapid Microbial Dynamics in Response to an Induced Wetting Event in Antarctic Dry Valley Soils 2019 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Thomas D. Niederberger, Eric Bottos, Jill A. Sohm, Troy Gunderson, Alexander E. Parker, Kathryn J. Coyne, Douglas G. Capone, Edward J. Carpenter, S. Craig Cary	27
12	Direct Utilization of Organic Nitrogen by Phytoplankton and Its Role in Nitrogen Cycling Within the Southern California Bight 2018 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), Douglas G. Capone	14
13	Microbial community composition of transiently wetted Antarctic Dry Valley soils 2015 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Thomas D. Niederberger, Jill A. Sohm, Troy Gunderson, Alexander E. Parker, (unknown), Douglas G. Capone, Edward J. Carpenter, S. Craig Cary	65
14	Carbon-Fixation Rates and Associated Microbial Communities Residing in Arid and Ephemerally Wet Antarctic Dry Valley Soils 2015 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Thomas D. Niederberger, Jill A. Sohm, Troy Gunderson, (unknown), Douglas G. Capone, Edward J. Carpenter, S. Craig Cary	22
15	Modeling how surface nitrogen fixation influences subsurface nutrient patterns in the North Atlantic 2013 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Chisato Yoshikawa, Victoria J. Coles, Raleigh R. Hood, Douglas G. Capone, Naohiro Yoshida	13
16	Aphotic N2 Fixation in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific Ocean 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Sophie Bonnet, Julien Dekaezemacker, Kendra A. Turk‐Kubo, Thierry Moutin, M. Robert Hamersley, Olivier Grosso, Jonathan P. Zehr, Douglas G. Capone	96
17	Whither or wither geomicrobiology in the era of 'community metagenomics' 2005 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Ronald S. Oremland, Douglas G. Capone, John F. Stolz, Jed A. Fuhrman	42
18	High rates of N2 fixation by unicellular diazotrophs in the oligotrophic Pacific Ocean 2004 ·Nature ·Joseph P. Montoya, Carolyn M. Holl, Jonathan P. Zehr, Andrew S. Hansen, Tracy A. Villareal, Douglas G. Capone	455
19	The nitrogen physiology of the marine N2-fixing cyanobacteria Trichodesmium spp. 2000 ·Trends in Plant Science ·Margaret R. Mulholland, Douglas G. Capone	81
20	Microbial transformations of methylated sulfur compounds in anoxic salt marsh sediments 1988 ·Microbial Ecology ·Ronald P. Kiene, Douglas G. Capone	94

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