Frank Melzner

9.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
110 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Frank Melzner is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Melzner has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 59 papers in Oceanography and 42 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Frank Melzner's work include Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (59 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (54 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (25 papers). Frank Melzner is often cited by papers focused on Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (59 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (54 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (25 papers). Frank Melzner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United States. Frank Melzner's co-authors include Jörn Thomsen, Magdalena A. Gutowska, Sam Dupont, Meike Stumpp, Hans‐Otto Pörtner, Michael C. Thorndyke, Arne Körtzinger, Markus Bleich, Isabel Casties and Marian Y. Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Frank Melzner

107 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Physiological basis for high CO ₂ tolerance in marine ectothermic animals: pre-adaptation through lifestyle and ontogeny?

2009 545 citations Frank Melzner, Sam Dupont et al. Biogeosciences profile →
Future ocean acidification will be amplified by hypoxia in coastal habitats

2012 412 citations Frank Melzner, Jörn Thomsen et al. profile →
Food availability outweighs ocean acidification effects in juvenile Mytilus edulis: laboratory and field experiments

2012 376 citations Jörn Thomsen, Frank Melzner et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Melzner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank Melzner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank Melzner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Frank Melzner. Frank Melzner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Thermal Selection Shifts Genetic Diversity and Performance in Blue Mussel Juveniles 2025 ·Evolutionary Applications ·(unknown), (unknown), Tim P. Bean, (unknown), Reid S. Brennan, Frank Melzner, Robert P. Ellis	1
2	Dominance of the coral Pocillopora acuta around Phuket Island in the Andaman Sea, Thailand 2023 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Christoph Held, (unknown), Lalita Putchim, Frank Melzner, Marlene Wall	3
3	The silent loss of cell physiology hampers marine biosciences 2022 ·PLoS Biology ·Frank Melzner, (unknown), Felix Christopher Mark, Martín Tresguerres	6
4	Decoupling salinity and carbonate chemistry: low calcium ion concentration rather than salinity limits calcification in Baltic Sea mussels 2021 ·Biogeosciences ·Trystan Sanders, Jörn Thomsen, Jens Daniel Müller, Gregor Rehder, Frank Melzner	17
5	Transcriptomic analysis of shell repair and biomineralization in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis 2021 ·BMC Genomics ·Tejaswi Yarra, Kirti Ramesh, Mark Blaxter, (unknown), Frank Melzner, Melody S. Clark	21
6	Intracellular pH regulation in mantle epithelial cells of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas 2020 ·Journal of Comparative Physiology B ·Kirti Ramesh, Marian Y. Hu, Frank Melzner, Markus Bleich, Nina Himmerkus	14
7	Proteomic investigation of the blue mussel larval shell organic matrix 2019 ·Journal of Structural Biology ·(unknown), Tomas Koudelka, Andreas Tholey, Esther Appel, Stanislav N. Gorb, Frank Melzner, Kirti Ramesh	17
8	Trans‐life cycle acclimation to experimental ocean acidification affects gastric pH homeostasis and larval recruitment in the sea star Asterias rubens 2018 ·Acta Physiologica ·Marian Y. Hu, (unknown), Markus Bleich, Frank Melzner, Meike Stumpp	15
9	Naturally acidified habitat selects for ocean acidification–tolerant mussels 2017 ·Science Advances ·Jörn Thomsen, (unknown), Kristin Haynert, Hanna Schade, (unknown), Gisela Lannig, K. Mathias Wegner, Frank Melzner	117
10	Water column biogeochemistry of oxygen minimum zones in the eastern tropical North Atlantic and eastern tropical South Pacific oceans 2016 ·Biogeosciences ·Carolin R. Löscher, Hermann W. Bange, Ruth A. Schmitz, Cameron M. Callbeck, Anja Engel, Helena Hauss, Torsten Kanzow, Rainer Kiko, Gaute Lavik, Alexandra Loginova, Frank Melzner, Judith Meyer, Sven C. Neulinger, Markus Pahlow, Ulf Riebesell, Harald Schunck, Sören Thomsen, Hannes Wagner	32
11	Biophysical and Population Genetic Models Predict the Presence of “Phantom” Stepping Stones Connecting Mid-Atlantic Ridge Vent Ecosystems 2016 ·Current Biology ·Corinna Breusing, Arne Biastoch, Annika Drews, Anna Meta×as, Didier Jollivet, Robert C. Vrijenhoek, Till Bayer, Frank Melzner, Lizbeth Sayavedra, Jillian M. Petersen, Nicole Dubilier, Markus B. Schilhabel, Philip Rosenstiel, Thorsten B. H. Reusch	57
12	Simulated leakage of high pCO2 water negatively impacts bivalve dominated infaunal communities from the Western Baltic Sea 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Hanna Schade, Lisa Mevenkamp, Katja Guilini, Stefanie Meyer, Stanislav N. Gorb, Doris Abele, Ann Vanreusel, Frank Melzner	26
13	Electron Gyro Time Measurement Technique for Determining Electric and Magnetic Fields 2013 ·Geophysical monograph ·H. Vaith, R. Frenzel, G. Paschmann, Frank Melzner	1
14	Resource allocation and extracellular acid–base status in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis in response to CO2 induced seawater acidification 2012 ·Aquatic Toxicology ·Meike Stumpp, Katja Trübenbach, Dennis Brennecke, Marian Y. Hu, Frank Melzner	167
15	Effects of ocean acidification on statolith calcification and prey capture in early life cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis 2011 ·Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) ·Rommel Maneja, Uwe Piatkowski, Frank Melzner	5
16	CO2 induced seawater acidification impacts sea urchin larval development I: Elevated metabolic rates decrease scope for growth and induce developmental delay 2011 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·Meike Stumpp, Johanna L. K. Wren, Frank Melzner, Michael C. Thorndyke, Sam Dupont	275
17	Localization of ion-regulatory epithelia in embryos and hatchlings of two cephalopods 2010 ·Cell and Tissue Research ·Marian Y. Hu, Elliott Sucré, Mireille Charmantier‐Daures, Guy Charmantier, Magnus Lucassen, Nina Himmerkus, Frank Melzner	27
18	Acidification-sensitivity of M. edulis 2009 ·e-space (Manchester Metropolitan University) ·Agnes Heinemann, Jan Fietzke, Claas Hiebenthal, Jörn Thomsen, Dieter Garbe‐Schönberg, Frank Melzner	1
19	Allometry of thermal limitation in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis 2006 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·Frank Melzner, Christian Bock, Hans‐Otto Pörtner	21
20	The GEOS electron beam experiment S329. 1978 ·Frank Melzner, G. Metzner, (unknown)	27

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