Michael J. Behrenfeld

32.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
136 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Behrenfeld is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Behrenfeld has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Oceanography, 49 papers in Ecology and 36 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Behrenfeld's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (119 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (51 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (39 papers). Michael J. Behrenfeld is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (119 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (51 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (39 papers). Michael J. Behrenfeld collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Michael J. Behrenfeld's co-authors include Paul G. Falkowski, Emmanuel Boss, James T. Randerson, Christopher B. Field, David A. Siegel, Allen J. Milligan, Toby K. Westberry, Robert T. O’Malley, Charles R. McClain and Kimberly H. Halsey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Behrenfeld

134 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

Primary Production of the... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1998 1997 2006 2005 1997 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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.

  1. Primary Production of the Biosphere: Integrating Terrestrial and Oceanic Components
    1998 4.3k citations Michael J. Behrenfeld, Paul G. Falkowski et al. Science profile →
  2. Photosynthetic rates derived from satellite‐based chlorophyll concentration
    1997 2.2k citations Michael J. Behrenfeld, Paul G. Falkowski Limnology and Oceanography profile →
  3. Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity
    2006 1.8k citations Michael J. Behrenfeld, Robert T. O’Malley et al. profile →
  4. Carbon‐based ocean productivity and phytoplankton physiology from space
    2005 884 citations Michael J. Behrenfeld, Emmanuel Boss et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
  5. A consumer's guide to phytoplankton primary productivity models
    1997 583 citations Michael J. Behrenfeld, Paul G. Falkowski Limnology and Oceanography profile →
  6. Carbon‐based primary productivity modeling with vertically resolved photoacclimation
    2008 576 citations Toby K. Westberry, Michael J. Behrenfeld et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
  7. Abandoning Sverdrup's Critical Depth Hypothesis on phytoplankton blooms
    2010 458 citations Michael J. Behrenfeld profile →
  8. Global assessment of ocean carbon export by combining satellite observations and food‐web models
    2014 373 citations David A. Siegel, Scott C. Doney et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
  9. Resurrecting the Ecological Underpinnings of Ocean Plankton Blooms
    2013 332 citations Michael J. Behrenfeld, Emmanuel Boss profile →
  10. The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem Mission: Status, Science, Advances
    2019 231 citations P. Jeremy Werdell, Michael J. Behrenfeld et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael J. Behrenfeld 15.1k 7.5k 6.1k 2.7k 2.0k 136 20.3k
Philip W. Boyd 17.5k 1.2× 8.0k 1.1× 5.2k 0.9× 5.0k 1.8× 2.4k 1.2× 296 23.5k
Ulf Riebesell 18.2k 1.2× 7.3k 1.0× 5.9k 1.0× 2.9k 1.0× 2.5k 1.2× 337 22.1k
Douglas G. Capone 9.1k 0.6× 9.4k 1.3× 2.4k 0.4× 1.9k 0.7× 3.7k 1.9× 144 17.2k
Hervé Claustre 15.4k 1.0× 6.7k 0.9× 3.6k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 217 17.8k
Victor Smetacek 10.5k 0.7× 6.2k 0.8× 3.0k 0.5× 2.6k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 128 15.3k
Trevor Platt 13.2k 0.9× 5.6k 0.7× 4.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 2.3k 1.2× 207 15.9k
Nicolas Gruber 20.8k 1.4× 7.7k 1.0× 12.0k 2.0× 7.2k 2.6× 3.5k 1.8× 244 30.0k
Thorsten Dittmar 12.0k 0.8× 13.6k 1.8× 3.8k 0.6× 5.9k 2.1× 5.9k 3.0× 278 29.2k
Gerhard Kattner 9.2k 0.6× 7.7k 1.0× 5.3k 0.9× 3.7k 1.3× 2.9k 1.5× 205 16.5k
David A. Siegel 20.6k 1.4× 9.1k 1.2× 8.5k 1.4× 3.5k 1.3× 1.8k 0.9× 232 26.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Zhenhua, Siqi Zhang, Michael J. Behrenfeld, et al.. (2024). Combining deep learning with physical parameters in POC and PIC inversion from spaceborne lidar CALIOP. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 212. 193–211. 4 indexed citations
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Kramer, Sasha J., Luis M. Bolaños, Dylan Catlett, et al.. (2024). Toward a synthesis of phytoplankton community composition methods for global‐scale application. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 22(4). 217–240. 6 indexed citations
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Russell, Lynn M., Derek J. Price, Chia‐Li Chen, et al.. (2023). Non-volatile marine and non-refractory continental sources of particle-phase amine during the North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES). Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(4). 2765–2787. 4 indexed citations
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Behrenfeld, Michael J., Laura Lorenzoni, Yongxiang Hu, et al.. (2023). Satellite Lidar Measurements as a Critical New Global Ocean Climate Record. Remote Sensing. 15(23). 5567–5567. 10 indexed citations
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Westberry, Toby K., Michael J. Behrenfeld, Yingxi Shi, et al.. (2023). Atmospheric nourishment of global ocean ecosystems. Science. 380(6644). 515–519. 26 indexed citations
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Zelzion, Ehud, et al.. (2023). Marine phytoplankton downregulate core photosynthesis and carbon storage genes upon rapid mixed layer shallowing. The ISME Journal. 17(7). 1074–1088. 3 indexed citations
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McKee, Darren C., Scott C. Doney, Alice Della Penna, et al.. (2022). Lagrangian and Eulerian time and length scales of mesoscale ocean chlorophyll from Bio-Argo floats and satellites. Biogeosciences. 19(24). 5927–5952. 5 indexed citations
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Saliba, Georges, Chia‐Li Chen, Savannah L. Lewis, et al.. (2020). Seasonal Differences and Variability of Concentrations, Chemical Composition, and Cloud Condensation Nuclei of Marine Aerosol Over the North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(19). 34 indexed citations
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Bolaños, Luis M., Lee Karp‐Boss, Chang Jae Choi, et al.. (2020). Small phytoplankton dominate western North Atlantic biomass. The ISME Journal. 14(7). 1663–1674. 68 indexed citations
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Bisson, Kelsey, Emmanuel Boss, P. Jeremy Werdell, Amir Ibrahim, & Michael J. Behrenfeld. (2020). Particulate Backscattering in the Global Ocean: A Comparison of Independent Assessments. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(2). e2020GL090909–e2020GL090909. 39 indexed citations
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Gaube, Peter, Dudley B. Chelton, Peter G. Strutton, & Michael J. Behrenfeld. (2013). Satellite observations of chlorophyll, phytoplankton biomass, and Ekman pumping in nonlinear mesoscale eddies. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 118(12). 6349–6370. 236 indexed citations
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Shang, Shaoling, et al.. (2011). MODIS observed phytoplankton dynamics in the Taiwan Strait: an absorption-based analysis. Biogeosciences. 8(4). 841–850. 39 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiujun, Michael J. Behrenfeld, Robert Le Borgne, Raghu Murtugudde, & Emmanuel Boss. (2009). Regulation of phytoplankton carbon to chlorophyll ratio by light, nutrients and temperature in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean: a basin-scale model. Biogeosciences. 6(3). 391–404. 86 indexed citations
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Behrenfeld, Michael J., Toby K. Westberry, Emmanuel Boss, et al.. (2009). Satellite-detected fluorescence reveals global physiology of ocean phytoplankton. Biogeosciences. 6(5). 779–794. 261 indexed citations
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Dall’Olmo, Giorgio, Toby K. Westberry, Michael J. Behrenfeld, Emmanuel Boss, & Wayne Slade. (2009). Direct contribution of phytoplankton-sized particles to optical backscattering in the open ocean. 6 indexed citations
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Westberry, Toby K., Michael J. Behrenfeld, David A. Siegel, & Emmanuel Boss. (2008). Carbon‐based primary productivity modeling with vertically resolved photoacclimation. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 22(2). 576 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Xiujun, Robert Le Borgne, Raghu Murtugudde, Antonio J. Busalacchi, & Michael J. Behrenfeld. (2008). Spatial and temporal variations in dissolved and particulate organic nitrogen in the equatorial Pacific: biological and physical influences. Biogeosciences. 5(6). 1705–1721. 31 indexed citations
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Schneider, Birgit, Laurent Bopp, Marion Gehlen, et al.. (2008). Climate-induced interannual variability of marine primary and export production in three global coupled climate carbon cycle models. Biogeosciences. 5(2). 597–614. 95 indexed citations
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Prášil, Ondřej, et al.. (2004). Photoacclimation of Dunaliella tertiolecta (Chlorophyceae) Under Fluctuating Irradiance. Photosynthetica. 42(2). 273–281. 34 indexed citations
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Behrenfeld, Michael J. & Paul G. Falkowski. (1997). Photosynthetic rates derived from satellite‐based chlorophyll concentration. Limnology and Oceanography. 42(1). 1–20. 2216 indexed citations breakdown →

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