Mark A. Lever

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
90 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Mark A. Lever is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark A. Lever has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Ecology, 52 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 19 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Mark A. Lever's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (55 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (48 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (15 papers). Mark A. Lever is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (55 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (48 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (15 papers). Mark A. Lever collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Mark A. Lever's co-authors include Bo Barker Jørgensen, Andreas Teske, Karen G. Lloyd, Andrea Torti, Fumio Inagaki, Kai‐Uwe Hinrichs, Kasper Urup Kjeldsen, Satoshi Nakagawa, Marcus Elvert and Andreas Schramm and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Lever

83 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru

2006 548 citations Mark A. Lever, Karen G. Lloyd et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Biogeographical distribution and diversity of microbes in methane hydrate-bearing deep marine sediments on the Pacific Ocean Margin

2006 512 citations Fumio Inagaki, Satoshi Nakagawa et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Predominant archaea in marine sediments degrade detrital proteins

2013 416 citations Karen G. Lloyd, Lars Schreiber et al. Nature profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark A. Lever

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Controls on brGDGT Production in the Seasonally Anoxic Water Column and Sediments of Rotsee (Lake Rot) 2025 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Nathalie Dubois, S. Nemiah Ladd, Mark A. Lever, Carsten J. Schubert, Cindy De Jonge	0
2	Methanogenesis by CO ₂ reduction dominates lake sediments with different organic matter compositions 2025 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Julie Tolu, Clemens Glombitza, Jakob Zopfi, Moritz F. Lehmann, Mark A. Lever, Carsten J. Schubert	0
3	Peat Particulate Organic Matter Accepts Electrons During In Situ Incubation in the Anoxic Subsurface of Ombrotrophic Bogs 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dimitri V. Meier, Mark A. Lever, Martin H. Schroth, Michael Sander	3
4	Ancient DNA is preserved in fish fossils from tropical lake sediments 2023 ·Molecular Ecology ·Moritz Muschick, (unknown), (unknown), Stephanie Hänsch, Nathan Wales, Mary A. Kishe, Salome Mwaiko, (unknown), Mark A. Lever, Walter Salzburger, Dirk Verschuren, Ole Seehausen	5
5	Deposit-feeding worms control subsurface ecosystem functioning in intertidal sediment with strong physical forcing 2022 ·PNAS Nexus ·Longhui Deng, Christof Meile, Annika Fiskal, (unknown), Xingguo Han, (unknown), Nathalie Dubois, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Mark A. Lever	8
6	Carbon sources of benthic fauna in temperate lakes across multiple trophic states 2021 ·Biogeosciences ·Annika Fiskal, (unknown), Longhui Deng, Xingguo Han, Lorenzo Lagostina, (unknown), Rong Zhu, Nathalie Dubois, Carsten J. Schubert, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Mark A. Lever	7
7	Interactions between temperature and energy supply drive microbial communities in hydrothermal sediment 2021 ·Communications Biology ·Lorenzo Lagostina, (unknown), Barbara J. MacGregor, Clemens Glombitza, Longhui Deng, Annika Fiskal, Jiaqi Li, (unknown), Sonja Geilert, Mark Schmidt, Florian Scholz, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Christian Hensen, Andreas Teske, Mark A. Lever	14
8	Effects of Macrofaunal Recolonization on Biogeochemical Processes and Microbiota—A Mesocosm Study 2021 ·Water ·Annika Fiskal, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Prachi Joshi, Michael Sander, Carsten J. Schubert, Mark A. Lever	5
9	Quest for Fluid Flow along the Gloria Fault – First results of R/V Meteor expedition 162 2020 ·Christian Hensen, Pedro Terrinha, João C. Duarte, Norbert E Kaul, Mark Schmidt, Christopher Schmidt, (unknown), V. Magalhães, Volker Liebetrau, Rolf Kipfer, Christian Hübscher, Mark A. Lever	1
10	Lake trophic states shape microbial community structure in sediments 2020 ·Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) ·Xingguo Han, Carsten J. Schubert, Annika Fiskal, Nathalie Dubois, Mark A. Lever	1
11	Biomarker (brGDGT) degradation and production in lacustrine surface sediments: Implications for paleoclimate reconstructions. 2020 ·Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) ·Cindy De Jonge, Annika Fiskal, Xingguo Han, Mark A. Lever	2
12	Macrofaunal control of microbial community structure in continental margin sediments 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Longhui Deng, (unknown), Erik Kristensen, Christof Meile, Chih‐Chieh Su, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Marit‐Solveig Seidenkrantz, Clemens Glombitza, Lorenzo Lagostina, Xingguo Han, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Hans Røy, Mark A. Lever	43
13	Experimental calibration of clumped isotopes in siderite between 8.5 and 62 °C and its application as paleo-thermometer in paleosols 2019 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Joep van Dijk, Álvaro Fernández, (unknown), Timothy S. White, Mark A. Lever, Inigo A. Müller, (unknown), (unknown), Steven G. Driese, А. А. Krylov, Gregory A. Ludvigson, Alexandra V. Turchyn, Chin Yik Lin, Chad Wittkop, Stefano M. Bernasconi	17
14	Effects of eutrophication on sedimentary organic carbon cycling in five temperate lakes 2019 ·Biogeosciences ·Annika Fiskal, Longhui Deng, (unknown), P. Eickenbusch, Xingguo Han, Lorenzo Lagostina, Rong Zhu, Michael Sander, Martin H. Schroth, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Nathalie Dubois, Mark A. Lever	33
15	The Limits of Life and the Biosphere in Earth’s Interior 2019 ·Oceanography ·Verena B. Heuer, Mark A. Lever, Yuki Morono, Andreas Teske	3
16	On the formation of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California 2018 ·Biogeosciences ·Sonja Geilert, Christian Hensen, Mark Schmidt, Volker Liebetrau, Florian Scholz, (unknown), Longhui Deng, Annika Fiskal, Mark A. Lever, Chih‐Chieh Su, Stefan Schloemer, Sudipta Sarkar, Volker Thiel, Christian Berndt	32
17	Aeolian dispersal of bacteria in southwest Greenland: their sources, abundance, diversity and physiological states 2018 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Tina Šantl‐Temkiv, Ulrich Gosewinkel, Piotr Starnawski, Mark A. Lever, Kai Finster	77
18	Origin, dynamics, and implications of extracellular DNA pools in marine sediments 2015 ·Marine Genomics ·Andrea Torti, Mark A. Lever, Bo Barker Jørgensen	230
19	Predominant archaea in marine sediments degrade detrital proteins breakdown → 2013 ·Nature ·Karen G. Lloyd, Lars Schreiber, Dorthe Groth Petersen, Kasper Urup Kjeldsen, Mark A. Lever, Andrew D. Steen, Ramūnas Stepanauskas, Michael Richter, Sara Kleindienst, Sabine Lenk, Andreas Schramm, Bo Barker Jørgensen	416
20	Archaeoglobus sulfaticallidus sp. nov., a thermophilic and facultatively lithoautotrophic sulfate-reducer isolated from black rust exposed to hot ridge flank crustal fluids 2010 ·INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY ·B. O. Steinsbu, Ingunn H. Thorseth, Satoshi Nakagawa, Fumio Inagaki, Mark A. Lever, Bert Engelen, Lise Øvreås, R. Pedersen	39

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