Helle Ploug

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Helle Ploug is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Helle Ploug has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Oceanography, 41 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Helle Ploug's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (61 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (36 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (22 papers). Helle Ploug is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (61 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (36 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (22 papers). Helle Ploug collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and Denmark. Helle Ploug's co-authors include HP Grossart, Hans‐Peter Grossart, Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen, Bo Barker Jørgensen, B Schweitzer, Meinhard Simon, Thomas Kiørboe, Kam W. Tang, Michael Kühl and Gerhard Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Helle Ploug

77 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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Microbial ecology of organic aggregates in aquatic ecosystems

2002 839 citations HP Grossart, Helle Ploug et al. Aquatic Microbial Ecology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Chain forming diatoms use different strategies to avoid diffusion limited N assimilation 2024 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·(unknown), Malin Olofsson, Martin J. Whitehouse, Helle Ploug	0
2	Resting cells of Skeletonema marinoi assimilate organic compounds and respire by dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in dark, anoxic conditions 2024 ·Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), Elizabeth K. Robertson, Olga Kourtchenko, Martin J. Whitehouse, (unknown), Giovanna Benvenuto, Mats Töpel, Anna Godhe, Helle Ploug	2
3	Single cell dynamics and nitrogen transformations in the chain forming diatom Chaetoceros affinis 2023 ·The ISME Journal ·(unknown), Elizabeth K. Robertson, Martin J. Whitehouse, Helle Ploug	5
4	Carbonate chemistry in the microenvironment within cyanobacterial aggregates under present‐day and future pCO₂ levels 2021 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·Meri Eichner, Dieter Wolf‐Gladrow, Helle Ploug	3
5	Resting Stages of Skeletonema marinoi Assimilate Nitrogen From the Ambient Environment Under Dark, Anoxic Conditions 2020 ·Journal of Phycology ·(unknown), Malin Olofsson, Elizabeth K. Robertson, Olga Kourtchenko, Martin J. Whitehouse, Helle Ploug, Anna Godhe	11
6	Nitrate and ammonium fluxes to diatoms and dinoflagellates at a single cell level in mixed field communities in the sea 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Malin Olofsson, Elizabeth K. Robertson, Lars Edler, Lars Arneborg, Martin J. Whitehouse, Helle Ploug	46
7	Untangling hidden nutrient dynamics: rapid ammonium cycling and single-cell ammonium assimilation in marine plankton communities 2019 ·The ISME Journal ·Isabell Klawonn, Stefano Bonaglia, Martin J. Whitehouse, Sten Littmann, Daniela Tienken, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Volker Brüchert, Helle Ploug	53
8	Particle sources and transport in stratified Nordic coastal seas in the Anthropocene 2018 ·Elementa Science of the Anthropocene ·(unknown), Eduardo Infantes, Alyssa Joyce, Therése Karlsson, Helle Ploug, Martin Hassellöv, Mattias Sköld, Eva‐Maria Zetsche	18
9	Turbulence simultaneously stimulates small- and large-scale CO2 sequestration by chain-forming diatoms in the sea 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Johanna Bergkvist, Isabell Klawonn, Martin J. Whitehouse, Gaute Lavik, Volker Brüchert, Helle Ploug	30
10	N₂ fixation in free‐floating filaments of Trichodesmium is higher than in transiently suboxic colony microenvironments 2018 ·New Phytologist ·Meri Eichner, Silke Thoms, Björn Rost, Wiebke Mohr, Soeren Ahmerkamp, Helle Ploug, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Dirk de Beer	20
11	Single-cell imaging of phosphorus uptake shows that key harmful algae rely on different phosphorus sources for growth 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Wiebke Mohr, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Sten Littmann, (unknown), Mikhail V. Zubkov, Helle Ploug, Marcel M. M. Kuypers	49
12	Chemical microenvironments and single-cell carbon and nitrogen uptake in field-collected colonies of Trichodesmium under different p CO2 2017 ·The ISME Journal ·Meri Eichner, Isabell Klawonn, Samuel T. Wilson, Sten Littmann, Martin J. Whitehouse, Matthew J. Church, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, David M. Karl, Helle Ploug	49
13	Oxygen diffusion limitation and ammonium production within sinking diatom aggregates under hypoxic and anoxic conditions 2015 ·Marine Chemistry ·Helle Ploug, Johanna Bergkvist	39
14	High cell-specific rates of nitrogen and carbon fixation by the cyanobacteriumAphanizomenonsp. at low temperatures in the Baltic Sea 2015 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Jennie B. Svedén, Birgit Adam, Jakob Walve, Nurun Nahar, Niculina Musat, Gaute Lavik, Martin J. Whitehouse, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Helle Ploug	26
15	Temperature effects on carbon-specific respiration rate and sinking velocity of diatom aggregates – potential implications for deep ocean export processes 2013 ·Biogeosciences ·Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen, Helle Ploug	148
16	Ballast minerals and the sinking carbon flux in the ocean: carbon-specific respiration rates and sinking velocity of marine snow aggregates 2010 ·Biogeosciences ·Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen, Helle Ploug	251
17	Apparent diffusivity in diatom aggregates containing transparent exopolymer particles (TEP): Implications for substrate turnover by attached bacteria. 2007 ·Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ·Helle Ploug, (unknown)	0
18	Bacterial Colonization of Marine Snow Particles: Growth and Inter-Specific Interactions 2003 ·Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ·HP Grossart, Thomas Kiørboe, KW Tang, Helle Ploug	2
19	The role of aggregation for the dissolution of diatom frustules 2003 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Uta Passow, Anja Engel, Helle Ploug	36
20	Bacterial production and respiration in suspended aggregates - a matter of the incubation method 1999 ·Aquatic Microbial Ecology ·Helle Ploug, HP Grossart	68

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