Paul A. O’Brien

470 total citations
13 papers, 289 citations indexed

About

Paul A. O’Brien is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul A. O’Brien has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 289 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, 8 papers in Oceanography and 4 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Paul A. O’Brien's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (9 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (4 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (4 papers). Paul A. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (9 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (4 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (4 papers). Paul A. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Austria. Paul A. O’Brien's co-authors include David G. Bourne, Nicole S. Webster, David J. Miller, Bette L. Willis, Kathleen M. Morrow, Shangjin Tan, Pedro R. Frade, Hillary A. Smith, Guojie Zhang and Nikos Andreakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Molecular Ecology, Frontiers in Microbiology and The ISME Journal.

In The Last Decade

Paul A. O’Brien

13 papers receiving 286 citations

Peers

Paul A. O’Brien

ECOLO

OCEAN

BIOTE

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Nicole Pinnow Germany

Raúl A. González‐Pech United States

Claudia Patricia Ruiz-Díaz Puerto Rico

Jozef I. Nissimov United Kingdom

Tyler J. Carrier United States

Justin Maire Australia

Fontje Kaligis Indonesia

L. M. Fixter United Kingdom

Luciane A. Chimetto Brazil

Katarina Damjanovic Australia

Nicole Pinnow Germany

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148 ×0.8

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111 ×1.1

OCEAN

131 ×1.8

38 ×0.7

BIOTE

39 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Paul A. O’Brien

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13 of 13 papers shown

O’Brien, Paul A., Sara C. Bell, Laura Rix, et al.. (2025). Light and dark biofilm adaptation impacts larval settlement in diverse coral species. Environmental Microbiome. 20(1). 11–11. 2 indexed citations

O’Brien, Paul A., et al.. (2025). Understanding the role of micro-organisms in the settlement of coral larvae through community ecology. Marine Biology. 172(3). 1 indexed citations

O’Brien, Paul A., Steven J. Robbins, Shangjin Tan, et al.. (2024). Comparative genomics identifies key adaptive traits of sponge‐associated microbial symbionts. Environmental Microbiology. 26(9). e16690–e16690. 2 indexed citations

O’Brien, Paul A., Shangjin Tan, Pedro R. Frade, et al.. (2023). Validation of key sponge symbiont pathways using genome‐centric metatranscriptomics. Environmental Microbiology. 25(12). 3207–3224. 8 indexed citations

Ipsaro, Jonathan J., Paul A. O’Brien, Shibani Bhattacharya, Arthur G. Palmer, & Leemor Joshua‐Tor. (2021). Asterix/Gtsf1 links tRNAs and piRNA silencing of retrotransposons. Cell Reports. 34(13). 108914–108914. 15 indexed citations

O’Brien, Paul A., Nikos Andreakis, Shangjin Tan, et al.. (2021). Testing cophylogeny between coral reef invertebrates and their bacterial and archaeal symbionts. Molecular Ecology. 30(15). 3768–3782. 15 indexed citations

Botté, Emmanuelle S., Neal E. Cantin, Véronique J. L. Mocellin, et al.. (2021). Reef location has a greater impact than coral bleaching severity on the microbiome of Pocillopora acuta. Coral Reefs. 41(1). 63–79. 16 indexed citations

Yang, Chentao, Shangjin Tan, Guanliang Meng, et al.. (2020). Efficient COI barcoding using high throughput single-end 400 bp sequencing. BMC Genomics. 21(1). 862–862. 25 indexed citations

O’Brien, Paul A., Shangjin Tan, Chentao Yang, et al.. (2020). Diverse coral reef invertebrates exhibit patterns of phylosymbiosis. The ISME Journal. 14(9). 2211–2222. 49 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Paul A., Nicole S. Webster, David J. Miller, & David G. Bourne. (2019). Host-Microbe Coevolution: Applying Evidence from Model Systems to Complex Marine Invertebrate Holobionts. mBio. 10(1). 88 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Paul A., Hillary A. Smith, Stewart Fallon, et al.. (2018). Elevated CO2 Has Little Influence on the Bacterial Communities Associated With the pH-Tolerant Coral, Massive Porites spp.. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2621–2621. 20 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Paul A., Kathleen M. Morrow, Bette L. Willis, & David G. Bourne. (2016). Implications of Ocean Acidification for Marine Microorganisms from the Free-Living to the Host-Associated. Frontiers in Marine Science. 3. 46 indexed citations

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Szemes, Marianna, et al.. (2005). Multiplex detection of plant pathogens by microarrays: an innovative tool for plant health management. Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University). 2 indexed citations

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