Michael P. Lesser

19.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
211 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

Michael P. Lesser is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael P. Lesser has authored 211 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Ecology, 75 papers in Oceanography and 55 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael P. Lesser's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (85 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (51 papers) and CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors (50 papers). Michael P. Lesser is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (85 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (51 papers) and CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors (50 papers). Michael P. Lesser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Michael P. Lesser's co-authors include Marc Slattery, J. Malcolm Shick, John J. Cullen, Patrick J. Neale, Maxim Y. Gorbunov, Paul G. Falkowski, James J. Leichter, Wayne R. Stochaj, C. L. Fiore and Paul L. Jokiel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael P. Lesser

209 papers receiving 11.7k 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.

OXIDATIVE STRESS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS: Biochemistry and Physiological Ecology

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael P. Lesser United States	55	8.1k	6.1k	3.1k	1.7k	1.1k	211	12.2k
Zvy Dubinsky Israel	53	6.9k 0.8×	6.6k 1.1×	2.8k 0.9×	669 0.4×	361 0.3×	242	11.3k
L. Muscatine United States	51	7.7k 1.0×	5.6k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	583 0.5×	81	9.7k
Denis Allemand Monaco	62	8.6k 1.1×	5.7k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	766 0.7×	162	10.7k
Yossi Loya Israel	65	12.7k 1.6×	7.5k 1.2×	6.3k 2.0×	2.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.7×	265	15.8k
Mark E. Hay United States	78	11.5k 1.4×	11.4k 1.9×	6.2k 2.0×	1.7k 1.0×	259 0.2×	242	20.1k
David J. Miller Australia	55	7.0k 0.9×	3.1k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	232	11.0k
Anthony W. D. Larkum Australia	53	5.8k 0.7×	5.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	421 0.2×	242 0.2×	190	10.8k
Jennifer E. Smith United States	49	6.3k 0.8×	5.2k 0.9×	3.6k 1.2×	412 0.2×	353 0.3×	109	8.9k
Farooq Azam United States	80	17.3k 2.1×	13.9k 2.3×	2.5k 0.8×	805 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	220	26.3k
Sophie Dove Australia	47	5.9k 0.7×	4.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	808 0.5×	480 0.4×	123	7.2k

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Slattery, Marc, Michael P. Lesser, Luiz A. Rocha, Heather L. Spalding, & Tyler B. Smith. (2024). Function and stability of mesophotic coral reefs. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 39(6). 585–598. 10 indexed citations

Lesser, Michael P.. (2023). Size Effects on Pumping Rates in High Microbial versus Low Microbial Abundance Marine Sponges. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 394–408. 3 indexed citations

Morrow, Kathleen M., M. Sabrina Pankey, & Michael P. Lesser. (2022). Community structure of coral microbiomes is dependent on host morphology. Microbiome. 10(1). 113–113. 16 indexed citations

Lesser, Michael P.. (2021). Eutrophication on Coral Reefs: What Is the Evidence for Phase Shifts, Nutrient Limitation and Coral Bleaching. BioScience. 71(12). 1216–1233. 30 indexed citations

Lesser, Michael P., et al.. (2019). Global community breaks at 60 m on mesophotic coral reefs. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28(10). 1403–1416. 63 indexed citations

Slattery, Marc & Michael P. Lesser. (2017). Allelopathy-mediated competition in microbial mats from Antarctic lakes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93(5). 3 indexed citations

Lesser, Michael P. & Marc Slattery. (2013). Ecology of Caribbean Sponges: Are Top-Down or Bottom-Up Processes More Important?. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e79799–e79799. 58 indexed citations

Fiore, C. L., David M. Baker, & Michael P. Lesser. (2013). Nitrogen Biogeochemistry in the Caribbean Sponge, Xestospongia muta: A Source or Sink of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen?. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e72961–e72961. 84 indexed citations

Fiore, C. L., Jessica K. Jarett, Nathan D. Olson, & Michael P. Lesser. (2010). Nitrogen fixation and nitrogen transformations in marine symbioses. Trends in Microbiology. 18(10). 455–463. 169 indexed citations

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Lesser, Michael P.. (2009). Depth‐dependent Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Survivorship, Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage in Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) Embryos from the Gulf of Maine. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 86(2). 382–388. 27 indexed citations

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Randall, S. K., V. Van Grootel, G. Fontaine, et al.. (2007). Observations and asteroseismic analysis of the rapidly pulsating hot B subdwarf PG 0911+456. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations

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Gochfeld, Deborah J., et al.. (2006). Ocean Exploration and Drug Discovery in the Twilight Zone. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Lamare, Miles D., et al.. (2004). Variation in sunscreen compounds (mycosporine‐like amino acids) for marine species along a gradient of ultraviolet radiation transmission within doubtful sound, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 38(5). 775–793. 18 indexed citations

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Kelley, Melissa L., Per Winge, Jason D. Heaney, et al.. (2001). Expression of homologues for p53 and p73 in the softshell clam (Mya arenaria), a naturally-occurring model for human cancer. Oncogene. 20(6). 748–758. 77 indexed citations

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Lesser, Michael P., et al.. (2001). Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation (290–400 nm) Causes Oxidative Stress, DNA Damage, and Expression ofp53/p73 in Laboratory Experiments on Embryos of the Spotted Salamander,Ambystoma maculatum. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 74(5). 733–741. 39 indexed citations

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Lesser, Michael P., et al.. (2000). Design for an 8-m Telescope with a 3 Degree Field at f/1.25: The Dark Matter Telescope. ASPC. 195. 81. 1 indexed citations

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Banaszak, Anastazia T., Michael P. Lesser, Ilsa B. Kuffner, & Michael Ondrusek. (1998). Relationship between ultraviolet (UV) radiation and mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAS) in marine organisms.. Bulletin of Marine Science. 63(3). 617–628. 69 indexed citations

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Lesser, Michael P.. (1996). Elevated temperatures and ultraviolet radiation cause oxidative stress and inhibit photosynthesis in ymbiotic dinoflagellates. Limnology and Oceanography. 41(2). 271–283. 469 indexed citations

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Ford, H. C., Tom Broadhurst, Paul D. Feldman, et al.. (1995). The Advanced Camera for the Hubble Space Telescope. 186. 5 indexed citations

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Hargreaves, Robert J., P. Morris, Deneb Karentz, et al.. (1994). Measurements of UV-B radiation in two freshwater lakes: An instrument intercomparison. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 71–99. 64 indexed citations

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