Michael E. Q. Pilson

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Michael E. Q. Pilson is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. Q. Pilson has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Oceanography, 17 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Michael E. Q. Pilson's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (21 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers). Michael E. Q. Pilson is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (21 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers). Michael E. Q. Pilson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Michael E. Q. Pilson's co-authors include Kent A. Fanning, David L. Johnson, Scott W. Nixon, Alina Szmant-Froelich, Sybil P. Seitzinger, Kenneth R. Hinga, Thibaut Jacques, Paul P. Yevich, Michael A. Arthur and Larry P. Atkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. Q. Pilson

67 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

The fate of nitrogen and phosphorus at the land-sea margin of the North Atlantic Ocean

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael E. Q. Pilson United States	34	2.0k	1.5k	986	947	578	68	4.0k
J. D. Cline United States	17	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.6×	816 0.9×	943 1.6×	27	4.9k
R. R. L. Guillard United States	29	2.4k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	554 0.6×	356 0.6×	41	4.3k
William W. Broenkow United States	21	3.5k 1.7×	1.3k 0.8×	484 0.5×	859 0.9×	840 1.5×	46	4.3k
Patrick L. Parker United States	35	1.3k 0.6×	2.4k 1.6×	596 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	872 1.5×	65	4.5k
Jonathan H. Sharp United States	29	2.8k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	988 1.0×	731 0.8×	345 0.6×	47	4.2k
John R. Ertel United States	19	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	688 0.7×	409 0.4×	1.2k 2.1×	32	3.9k
Larry E. Brand United States	33	3.2k 1.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	544 0.6×	667 1.2×	57	5.5k
Bostwick H. Ketchum United States	18	3.5k 1.7×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	693 1.2×	36	5.1k
Robert B. Gagosian United States	40	1.6k 0.8×	972 0.6×	783 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	1.7k 3.0×	80	4.4k
Yoshiaki Maita Japan	16	4.2k 2.1×	2.6k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	523 0.9×	48	6.0k

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Oczkowski, Autumn, Scott W. Nixon, Michael E. Q. Pilson, et al.. (2008). Distribution and Trophic Importance of Anthropogenic Nitrogen in Narragansett Bay: An Assessment Using Stable Isotopes. Estuaries and Coasts. 31(1). 53–69. 54 indexed citations

Pilson, Michael E. Q.. (2006). We Are Evaporating our Coal Mines into the Air. AMBIO. 35(3). 130–133. 3 indexed citations

Lohmann, Rainer, Elena Jurado, Michael E. Q. Pilson, & Jordi Dachs. (2006). Oceanic deep water formation as a sink of persistent organic pollutants. Geophysical Research Letters. 33(12). 72 indexed citations

Soffientino, Bruno & Michael E. Q. Pilson. (2005). The Bosporus Strait: A Special Place in the History of Oceanography. Oceanography. 18(2). 16–23. 6 indexed citations

Moran, S. Bradley, S. E. Weinstein, H. N. Edmonds, et al.. (2003). Does ²³⁴Th/²³⁸U disequilibrium provide an accurate record of the export flux of particulate organic carbon from the upper ocean?. Limnology and Oceanography. 48(3). 1018–1029. 79 indexed citations

D’Hondt, Steven, et al.. (1994). Sulfate Volatilization, Surface-Water Acidification, and Extinction at the KT Boundary. LPICo. 825. 29. 2 indexed citations

Adelman, David E., Kenneth R. Hinga, & Michael E. Q. Pilson. (1991). Fractionation of butyltin species during sample extraction and preparation for analysis. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 16(2). 117–125. 1 indexed citations

Doering, Peter H., CA Oviatt, & Michael E. Q. Pilson. (1990). Control of Nutrient Concentrations in the Seekonk-Providence River Region of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 13(4). 418–418. 18 indexed citations

Adelman, David E., Kenneth R. Hinga, & Michael E. Q. Pilson. (1990). Biogeochemistry of butyltins in an enclosed marine ecosystem. Environmental Science & Technology. 24(7). 1027–1032. 63 indexed citations

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Peters, Esther C., Stephen D. Cairns, Michael E. Q. Pilson, et al.. (1988). Nomenclature and biology of Astrangia poculata (=A. Danae, =A. Astreiformis) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 101(2). 234–250. 22 indexed citations

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Hinga, Kenneth R., et al.. (1986). The degradation of 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene in an enclosed marine ecosystem. Marine Environmental Research. 18(2). 79–91. 6 indexed citations

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Pilson, Michael E. Q.. (1985). Annual cycles of nutrients and chlorophyll in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Journal of Marine Research. 43(4). 849–873. 53 indexed citations

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Pilson, Michael E. Q.. (1985). On the Residence Time of Water in Narragansett Bay. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 8(1). 2–2. 176 indexed citations

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Szmant-Froelich, Alina & Michael E. Q. Pilson. (1984). Effects of feeding frequency and symbiosis with zooxanthellae on nitrogen metabolism and respiration of the coral Astrangia danae. Marine Biology. 81(2). 153–162. 82 indexed citations

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Jacques, Thibaut, Nadine Marshall, & Michael E. Q. Pilson. (1983). Experimental ecology of the temperate scleractinian coral Astrangia danae. Marine Biology. 76(2). 135–148. 101 indexed citations

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Atwood, Donald K., et al.. (1979). Deep silicate content as evidence of renewal processes in the Venezuela Basin, Caribbean Sea. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 26(10). 1179–1184. 7 indexed citations

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Pilson, Michael E. Q., et al.. (1975). COPPER UPTAKE AND EXCRETION BYBUSYCON CANALICULATUML. Biological Bulletin. 148(1). 1–15. 11 indexed citations

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Schink, David R., Kent A. Fanning, & Michael E. Q. Pilson. (1974). Dissolved silica in the upper pore waters of the Atlantic Ocean floor. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 79(15). 2243–2250. 47 indexed citations

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Pilson, Michael E. Q., et al.. (1972). ANOXIC WATER IN THE PETTAQUAMSCUTT RIVER1. Limnology and Oceanography. 17(1). 42–50. 43 indexed citations

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Pilson, Michael E. Q.. (1970). Pilot Whale Tears. Journal of Mammalogy. 51(3). 625–625. 1 indexed citations

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