Gerhard J. Herndl

30.9k citations

306 papers · 22.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 74

Oceanography top 0.01%
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 155
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 65
Ecology top 0.01%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 224
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 23
Environmental Chemistry top 0.05%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena 55
Pollution top 0.1%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering top 0.5%
Molecular Biology
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 41
- Protist diversity and phylogeny 40
Global and Planetary Change
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies 19

Co-authors: Jesús M. Arrieta Thomas Reinthaler Eva Sintes Mitchell L. Sogin Ingrid Obernosterer Markus G. Weinbauer David B. Mark Welch Susan M. Huse
Cited by: Oceanography Ecology Environmental Chemistry
Journals: Nature (3 papers)Science (3 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Austria Spain

In The Last Decade

Gerhard J. Herndl

305 papers receiving 21.6k citations

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2024 Nature Reviews Microbiology
2018 Nature Communications
2010 Nature Reviews Microbiology
2006 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2006 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Functional vertical connectivity of microbial communities in the ocean Science Advances ·S. X. Chen,Zhang-Xian Xie,Ke-Qiang Yan,Jianwei Chen,Dongxu Li,Pengfei Wu,Ling Peng,Lin Lin,Chunming Dong,Zihao Zhao,Guangyi Fan,Siqi Liu,Gerhard J. Herndl,Da‐Zhi Wang	2024	3
2	Metaproteomic analysis decodes trophic interactions of microorganisms in the dark ocean Nature Communications ·Zihao Zhao,Chie Amano,Thomas Reinthaler,Federico Baltar,Mónica V. Orellana,Gerhard J. Herndl	2024	10
3	Database of nitrification and nitrifiers in the global ocean Earth system science data ·Weiyi Tang,Bess B. Ward,Michael Beman,Laura A. Bristow,Darren R. Clark,Sarah E. Fawcett,Claudia Frey,François Fripiat,Gerhard J. Herndl,Mhlangabezi Mdutyana,Fabien Paulot,Xuefeng Peng,Alyson E. Santoro,Takuhei Shiozaki,Eva Sintes,Charles A. Stock,Xin Sun,Xianhui Wan,Min Xu,Yao Zhang	2023	14
4	Seasonal patterns in microbial carbon and iron transporter expression in the Southern Ocean Microbiome ·Pavla Debeljak,Barbara Bayer,Ying Sun,Gerhard J. Herndl,Ingrid Obernosterer	2023	8
5	Characterization of membrane vesicles in Alteromonas macleodii indicates potential roles in their copiotrophic lifestyle PubMed ·Eduard Fadeev,Cécile Carpaneto Bastos,Jennifer H. Hennenfeind,Steven J. Biller,Daniel Sher,Matthias Wietz,Gerhard J. Herndl	2022	7
6	Phylogeny and Metabolic Potential of the Candidate Phylum SAR324 Biology ·Lukas Malfertheiner,Clara Martínez‐Pérez,Zihao Zhao,Gerhard J. Herndl,Federico Baltar	2022	20
7	Effects of the Invasion of Caulerpa cylindracea in a Cymodocea nodosa Meadow in the Northern Adriatic Sea Frontiers in Marine Science ·Mirjana Najdek,Marino Korlević,Paolo Paliaga,Marsej Markovski,Ingrid Ivančić,Ljiljana Iveša,Igor Felja,Gerhard J. Herndl	2020	7
8	The microbiome of coral surface mucus has a key role in mediating holobiont health and survival upon disturbance The ISME Journal ·Bettina Glasl,Gerhard J. Herndl,Pedro R. Frade	2016	247
9	Physiological and genomic characterization of two novel marine thaumarchaeal strains indicates niche differentiation The ISME Journal ·Barbara Bayer,Jana Vojvoda,Pierre Offre,Ricardo Eloy Alves,Nathalie H. Elisabeth,Juan A. L. Garcia,Jean‐Marie Volland,Abhishek Srivastava,Christa Schleper,Gerhard J. Herndl	2015	126
10	Potential impacts of black carbon on the marine microbial community Aquatic Microbial Ecology ·Andrea Malits,Raffaela Cattaneo,Eva Sintes,Josep M. Gasol,Gerhard J. Herndl,Markus G. Weinbauer	2015	20
11	Seasonal variation in marine-snow-associated and ambient-water prokaryotic communities in the northern Adriatic Sea Aquatic Microbial Ecology ·Jana Vojvoda,Dominique Lamy,Eva Sintes,Juan A. L. Garcia,Valentina Turk,Gerhard J. Herndl	2014	27
12	Role of macroscopic particles in deep-sea oxygen consumption Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alexander B. Bochdansky,Hendrik M. van Aken,Gerhard J. Herndl	2010	63
13	The microbial carbon pump in the ocean Nature Reviews Microbiology ·N. Jiao,Gerhard J. Herndl,Dennis A. Hansell,Ronald Benner,Gerhard Kattner,Steven W. Wilhelm,D.L. Kirchman,Markus G. Weinbauer,Tianlie Luo,F. Chen,F Azam	2010	3
14	Archaeal nitrification in the oceanbreakdown → Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Cornelia Wuchter,Ben Abbas,Marco J. L. Coolen,Lydie Herfort,Judith van Bleijswijk,Peer H. A. Timmers,Marc Strous,Eva Teira,Gerhard J. Herndl,Jack J. Middelburg,Stefan Schouten,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	2006	918
15	Contribution of Archaea to Total Prokaryotic Production in the Deep Atlantic Ocean Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Gerhard J. Herndl,Thomas Reinthaler,Eva Teira,Hendrik van Aken,Cornelius Veth,Annelie Pernthaler,Jakob Pernthaler	2005	453
16	Stimulation of viral infection of bacterioplankton during a mesoscale iron fertilization experiment in the Southern Ocean EAEJA ·Markus G. Weinbauer,Jesús M. Arrieta,Gerhard J. Herndl	2003	1
17	Interspecific Variability in Sensitivity to UV Radiation and Subsequent Recovery in Selected Isolates of Marine Bacteria Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Jesús M. Arrieta,Markus G. Weinbauer,Gerhard J. Herndl	2000	79
18	Ultrastructure of marine snow. I. Transmission electron microscopy methodology Marine Ecology Progress Series ·GG Leppard,Andreas Heissenberger,Gerhard J. Herndl	1996	50
19	Ecology of amorphous aggregations (marine snow) in the Northern Adriatic Sea. II. Microbial density and activity in marine snow and its implication to overall pelagic processes Marine Ecology Progress Series ·Gerhard J. Herndl	1988	81
20	Biomass distribution and physiological capabilities of bacteria in the water column above a sea grass system. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) ·Branko Velimirov,Gerhard J. Herndl,Gerhard G. Kavka	1984	1

About Gerhard J. Herndl

Gerhard J. Herndl is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 306 papers that have together received 22.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (224 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (155 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (65 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (55 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (41 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (40 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (23 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (10.3k citations), Ecology (15.9k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (4.9k citations). Gerhard J. Herndl has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Austria and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Jesús M. Arrieta, Thomas Reinthaler, Eva Sintes, Mitchell L. Sogin, Ingrid Obernosterer, Markus G. Weinbauer, David B. Mark Welch, Susan M. Huse, Julie A. Huber and Hilary G. Morrison. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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