Mark J. McCarthy

6.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Mark J. McCarthy is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark J. McCarthy has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Oceanography, 44 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 25 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mark J. McCarthy's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (42 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (33 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (30 papers). Mark J. McCarthy is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (42 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (33 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (30 papers). Mark J. McCarthy collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Mark J. McCarthy's co-authors include Wayne S. Gardner, J. Thad Scott, Hans W. Paerl, Silvia E. Newell, Boqiang Qin, Hai Xu, Guangwei Zhu, Karl E. Havens, Yiping Li and Steven W. Wilhelm and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Mark J. McCarthy

60 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Controlling harmful cyanobacterial blooms in a hyper-eutrophic lake (Lake Taihu, China): The need for a dual nutrient (N & P) management strategy

2010 862 citations Hans W. Paerl, Hai Xu et al. Water Research profile →
It Takes Two to Tango: When and Where Dual Nutrient (N & P) Reductions Are Needed to Protect Lakes and Downstream Ecosystems

2016 551 citations Hans W. Paerl, J. Thad Scott et al. profile →
Mitigating cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in aquatic ecosystems impacted by climate change and anthropogenic nutrients

2016 505 citations Hans W. Paerl, Wayne S. Gardner et al. Harmful Algae profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mark J. McCarthy	3.6k	2.8k	2.1k	914	827	63	5.2k
J. Thad Scott	3.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	939 1.0×	385 0.5×	124	4.3k
Dolly N. Kothawala	1.8k 0.5×	2.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	838 0.9×	471 0.6×	60	4.9k
Frances R. Pick	3.6k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	657 0.7×	411 0.5×	134	5.3k
Roxanne Marino	1.8k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	703 0.8×	379 0.5×	37	4.4k
Jason B. Fellman	1.4k 0.4×	2.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	733 0.8×	340 0.4×	71	4.8k
Craig Tobias	2.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	2.1k 1.0×	945 1.0×	1.5k 1.8×	74	4.6k
Dubravko Justić	2.2k 0.6×	4.0k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	949 1.0×	406 0.5×	93	6.7k
Yongqiang Zhou	2.7k 0.7×	3.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 2.0×	528 0.6×	168	6.2k
Michael Hupfer	3.3k 0.9×	992 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	899 1.0×	555 0.7×	106	4.9k
K. G. Beaty	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	752 0.8×	497 0.6×	23	4.2k

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Jeppesen, Erik, Hu He, Martin Søndergaard, et al.. (2025). Experimental evidence of the role of nitrogen for eutrophication in shallow lakes: A long-term climate effect mesocosm study. The Innovation. 6(4). 100756–100756. 4 indexed citations

Sepp, Margot, et al.. (2025). Water column ammonium regeneration supports productivity in two large, eutrophic lakes. Limnology and Oceanography. 70(5). 1449–1465. 1 indexed citations

Perujo, Núria, Patrick Fink, Alexander J. Reisinger, et al.. (2025). Stream C to N to P ratios aligned with microbial needs enhance biofilm nitrate uptake and subsequent nitrogen loss. Biogeochemistry. 168(4).

Doll, Jason C., et al.. (2024). Drivers and mechanisms of harmful algal blooms across hydrologic extremes in hypereutrophic grand lake st marys (Ohio). Harmful Algae. 138. 102684–102684. 4 indexed citations

Graeber, Daniel, Mark J. McCarthy, Tom Shatwell, et al.. (2024). Consistent stoichiometric long-term relationships between nutrients and chlorophyll-a across shallow lakes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 809–809. 36 indexed citations

Jacquemin, Stephen, et al.. (2024). Ineffectiveness of phosphorus binding treatments in a semi-enclosed area of a large, shallow, and hypereutrophic lake. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3.

McCarthy, Mark J., et al.. (2024). Mercury concentrations and potential methylation rates in Lake Erie. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management. 27(1). 19–29.

McCarthy, Mark J., et al.. (2022). The role of internal nitrogen loading in supporting non‐N ‐fixing harmful cyanobacterial blooms in the water column of a large eutrophic lake. Limnology and Oceanography. 67(9). 2028–2041. 20 indexed citations

Cremona, Fabien, et al.. (2021). Nitrate as a predictor of cyanobacteria biomass in eutrophic lakes in a climate change context. The Science of The Total Environment. 818. 151807–151807. 15 indexed citations

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Xu, Hai, Mark J. McCarthy, Hans W. Paerl, et al.. (2021). Contributions of external nutrient loading and internal cycling to cyanobacterial bloom dynamics in Lake Taihu, China: Implications for nutrient management. Limnology and Oceanography. 66(4). 1492–1509. 141 indexed citations

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Hampel, Justyna J., Mark J. McCarthy, Sanni L. Aalto, & Silvia E. Newell. (2020). Hurricane Disturbance Stimulated Nitrification and Altered Ammonia Oxidizer Community Structure in Lake Okeechobee and St. Lucie Estuary (Florida). Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 1541–1541. 18 indexed citations

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Newell, Silvia E., Timothy W. Davis, Thomas H. Johengen, et al.. (2019). Reduced forms of nitrogen are a driver of non-nitrogen-fixing harmful cyanobacterial blooms and toxicity in Lake Erie. Harmful Algae. 81. 86–93. 102 indexed citations

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Scott, J. Thad, Mark J. McCarthy, & Hans W. Paerl. (2019). Nitrogen transformations differentially affect nutrient‐limited primary production in lakes of varying trophic state. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 4(4). 96–104. 67 indexed citations

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Hampel, Justyna J., Mark J. McCarthy, Wayne S. Gardner, et al.. (2018). Nitrification and ammonium dynamics in Taihu Lake, China: seasonal competition for ammonium between nitrifiers and cyanobacteria. Biogeosciences. 15(3). 733–748. 97 indexed citations

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Hampel, Justyna J., et al.. (2018). Ammonium recycling supports toxic Planktothrix blooms in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie: Evidence from stable isotope and metatranscriptome data. Harmful Algae. 81. 42–52. 54 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Mark J., et al.. (2016). Benthic nitrogen regeneration, fixation, and denitrification in a temperate, eutrophic lake: Effects on the nitrogen budget and cyanobacteria blooms. Limnology and Oceanography. 61(4). 1406–1423. 69 indexed citations

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Paerl, Hans W., Wayne S. Gardner, Karl E. Havens, et al.. (2016). Mitigating cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in aquatic ecosystems impacted by climate change and anthropogenic nutrients. Harmful Algae. 54. 213–222. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

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Paerl, Hans W., Hai Xu, Nathan S. Hall, et al.. (2014). Controlling Cyanobacterial Blooms in Hypertrophic Lake Taihu, China: Will Nitrogen Reductions Cause Replacement of Non-N2 Fixing by N2 Fixing Taxa?. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113123–e113123. 106 indexed citations

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Scott, J. Thad & Mark J. McCarthy. (2010). Nitrogen fixation may not balance the nitrogen pool in lakes over timescales relevant to eutrophication management. Limnology and Oceanography. 55(3). 1265–1270. 177 indexed citations

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Paerl, Hans W., Hai Xu, Mark J. McCarthy, et al.. (2010). Controlling harmful cyanobacterial blooms in a hyper-eutrophic lake (Lake Taihu, China): The need for a dual nutrient (N & P) management strategy. Water Research. 45(5). 1973–1983. 862 indexed citations breakdown →

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