Rainer Kurmayer

4.5k total citations
72 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Rainer Kurmayer is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Kurmayer has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 46 papers in Ecology and 26 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Rainer Kurmayer's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (53 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (26 papers). Rainer Kurmayer is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (53 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (26 papers). Rainer Kurmayer collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Rainer Kurmayer's co-authors include Guntram Christiansen, Ingrid Chorus, Jutta Fastner, Elke Dittmann, Thomas Börner, Li Deng, Lewis Sitoki, William Okello, Karl Gademann and Benjamin Philmus and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Kurmayer

70 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Rainer Kurmayer 2.6k 1.7k 1.6k 920 379 72 3.3k
Andreas Ballot 2.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 531 0.6× 217 0.6× 66 2.4k
Leanne A. Pearson 1.4k 0.5× 590 0.4× 886 0.5× 552 0.6× 396 1.0× 35 2.0k
Célia Leite Sant’Anna 1.4k 0.5× 844 0.5× 662 0.4× 449 0.5× 251 0.7× 96 1.9k
Jan Kaštovský 1.3k 0.5× 1.4k 0.8× 636 0.4× 700 0.8× 577 1.5× 56 2.4k
Pia H. Moisander 1.7k 0.7× 2.5k 1.5× 2.9k 1.8× 285 0.3× 504 1.3× 70 4.2k
Claudia Wiedner 2.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 824 0.9× 162 0.4× 40 3.2k
Timothy G. Otten 3.0k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 2.1k 1.3× 599 0.7× 232 0.6× 26 3.7k
Renato José Reis Molica 1.7k 0.6× 614 0.4× 931 0.6× 480 0.5× 100 0.3× 27 1.9k
Spyros Gkelis 843 0.3× 598 0.4× 539 0.3× 254 0.3× 202 0.5× 42 1.3k
Philip T. Orr 1.9k 0.7× 916 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 711 0.8× 120 0.3× 42 2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Kurmayer

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All Works

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Kurmayer, Rainer, et al.. (2025). Application of eDNA metabarcoding to assess spatial distribution and habitat use by freshwater fish in a peri-alpine lake. Ecological Indicators. 174. 113459–113459.
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Cerasino, Leonardo, Camilla Capelli, Claudia Greco, et al.. (2024). Distribution of toxigenic cyanobacteria in Alpine lakes and rivers as revealed by molecular screening. Water Research. 258. 121783–121783. 7 indexed citations
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Wanzenböck, Josef, et al.. (2024). Relating target fish DNA concentration to community composition analysis in freshwater fish via metabarcoding. The Science of The Total Environment. 927. 172281–172281. 1 indexed citations
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Schirpke, Uta, et al.. (2023). Climate response of alpine lakes and impacts on ecosystem services. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1109–1109. 1 indexed citations
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Salmaso, Nico, Camilla Capelli, Leonardo Cerasino, et al.. (2023). Biodiversity patterns of cyanobacterial oligotypes in lakes and rivers: results of a large-scale metabarcoding survey in the Alpine region. Hydrobiologia. 851(4). 1035–1062. 6 indexed citations
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Quiblier, Catherine, William Okello, Ronald Semyalo, et al.. (2022). Characterization of Potential Threats from Cyanobacterial Toxins in Lake Victoria Embayments and during Water Treatment. Toxins. 14(10). 664–664. 9 indexed citations
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Offterdinger, Martin, et al.. (2021). Differential Labeling of Chemically Modified Peptides and Lipids among Cyanobacteria Planktothrix and Microcystis. Microorganisms. 9(8). 1578–1578. 3 indexed citations
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Schwarzenberger, Anke, Rainer Kurmayer, & Dominik Martin‐Creuzburg. (2020). Toward Disentangling the Multiple Nutritional Constraints Imposed by Planktothrix: The Significance of Harmful Secondary Metabolites and Sterol Limitation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 586120–586120. 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Qin, Guntram Christiansen, Li Deng, & Rainer Kurmayer. (2016). Emergence of nontoxic mutants as revealed by single filament analysis in bloom-forming cyanobacteria of the genus Planktothrix. BMC Microbiology. 16(1). 23–23. 9 indexed citations
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Kurmayer, Rainer, Judith F. Blom, Li Deng, & Jakob Pernthaler. (2014). Integrating phylogeny, geographic niche partitioning and secondary metabolite synthesis in bloom-forming Planktothrix. The ISME Journal. 9(4). 909–921. 46 indexed citations
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Kohler, Esther, Daniel Häußinger, Rainer Kurmayer, et al.. (2014). The toxicity and enzyme activity of a chlorine and sulfate containing aeruginosin isolated from a non-microcystin-producing Planktothrix strain. Harmful Algae. 39. 154–160. 45 indexed citations
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Sitoki, Lewis, Rainer Kurmayer, & E. Rott. (2012). Spatial variation of phytoplankton composition, biovolume, and resulting microcystin concentrations in the Nyanza Gulf (Lake Victoria, Kenya). Hydrobiologia. 691(1). 109–122. 101 indexed citations
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Okello, William, Cyril Portmann, Marcel Erhard, Karl Gademann, & Rainer Kurmayer. (2009). Occurrence of microcystin‐producing cyanobacteria in Ugandan freshwater habitats. Environmental Toxicology. 25(4). 367–380. 80 indexed citations
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Ishida, Keishi, Guntram Christiansen, Wesley Y. Yoshida, et al.. (2007). Biosynthesis and Structure of Aeruginoside 126A and 126B, Cyanobacterial Peptide Glycosides Bearing a 2-Carboxy-6-Hydroxyoctahydroindole Moiety. Chemistry & Biology. 14(5). 565–576. 103 indexed citations
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Kurmayer, Rainer, et al.. (2006). Evaluation of different DNA sampling techniques for the application of the real-time PCR method for the quantification of cyanobacteria in water. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 42(4). 412–417. 17 indexed citations
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Laakso, Kati, et al.. (2006). Interlaboratory comparison of Taq Nuclease Assays for the quantification of the toxic cyanobacteria Microcystis sp.. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 69(1). 122–128. 15 indexed citations
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Kurmayer, Rainer, Guntram Christiansen, Jutta Fastner, & Thomas Börner. (2004). Abundance of active and inactive microcystin genotypes in populations of the toxic cyanobacterium Planktothrix spp.. Environmental Microbiology. 6(8). 831–841. 182 indexed citations

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