Rainer M. W. Amon

7.7k citations

55 papers · 5.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 35

Co-authors: Ronald Benner Sally A. Walker Colin A. Stedmon Patrick Louchouarn Karl Kaiser B. Meon Aaron Rinehart Stephen P. Opsahl
Topics: Marine and coastal ecosystems (31 papers)Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (17 papers)Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (15 papers)
Cited by: Oceanography Environmental Chemistry Atmospheric Science
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of the American Chemical Society
Partner nations: United States Germany Russia

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Rainer M. W. Amon

55 papers receiving 5.3k citations

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Bacterial utilization of different size classes of dissolved organic matter

1996 837 citations Rainer M. W. Amon, Ronald Benner Limnology and Oceanography profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ventilation of the deep Gulf of Mexico and potential insights to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation 2023 ·Science Advances ·Rainer M. W. Amon,José Ochoa,Julio Candela,Sharon Z. Herzka,Paula Pérez‐Brunius,Julio Sheinbaum,Víctor F. Camacho-Ibar,Juan Carlos Herguera,(unknown),Robert M. Key,(unknown)	3
2	Spatial Complexity in Dissolved Organic Matter and Trace Elements Driven by Hydrography and Freshwater Input Across the Arctic Ocean During 2015 Arctic GEOTRACES Expeditions 2022 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·(unknown),Rainer M. W. Amon,Karl Kaiser,Ronald Benner,Colin A. Stedmon,Dorothea Bauch,Jessica N. Fitzsimmons,Loes J. A. Gerringa,R. Newton,Dennis A. Hansell,Mats A. Granskog,Laramie T. Jensen,Luis M. Laglera,(unknown),Benjamin Rabe,Heather E. Reader,Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff,Ge Yan	11
3	Estimation of gas exchange coefficients from observations on the Yenisei River, Russia 2022 ·Limnology and Oceanography Methods ·(unknown),Ayal Anis,Dapeng Li,Mikhail Korets,A. V. Panov,Anatoly Prokushkin,S. A. Yvon‐Lewis,Rainer M. W. Amon	1
4	Insights Into Water Mass Origins in the Central Arctic Ocean From In‐Situ Dissolved Organic Matter Fluorescence 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Colin A. Stedmon,Rainer M. W. Amon,Dorothea Bauch,Astrid Bracher,Rafael Gonçalves‐Araujo,Mario Hoppmann,Richard Krishfield,Samuel R. Laney,Benjamin Rabe,Heather E. Reader,Mats A. Granskog	18
5	Insights into the origins, molecular characteristics and distribution of iron-binding ligands in the Arctic Ocean 2021 ·Marine Chemistry ·(unknown),Rainer M. W. Amon,Ronald Benner,Karl Kaiser,Dorothea Bauch,Colin A. Stedmon,Ge Yan,Sally A. Walker,Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff,Maarten B Klunder	16
6	Turbulent Mixing in a Loop Current Eddy From Glider‐Based Microstructure Observations 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown),Ayal Anis,Rainer M. W. Amon,Paula Pérez‐Brunius	10
7	Sources of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Rivers of the Yenisei River Basin 2018 ·Doklady Earth Sciences ·Anatoly Prokushkin,Oleg S. Pokrovsky,Mikhail Korets,Alexey V. Rubtsov,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Rainer M. W. Amon	7
8	Origins and transformations of dissolved organic matter in large Arctic rivers 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Karl Kaiser,(unknown),(unknown),Rainer M. W. Amon	84
9	Tracing sources of organic matter in adjacent urban streams having different degrees of channel modification 2014 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Shuiwang Duan,Rainer M. W. Amon,Robin Brınkmeyer	27
10	The rise and fall of methanotrophy following a deepwater oil-well blowout 2014 ·Nature Geoscience ·Melitza Crespo‐Medina,Christof Meile,Kimberley S. Hunter,Arne R. Diercks,Vernon Asper,Victoria J. Orphan,Patricia L. Tavormina,Lisa M. Nigro,(unknown),Jeffrey P. Chanton,Alan M. Shiller,(unknown),Rainer M. W. Amon,Annalisa Bracco,Joseph P. Montoya,Tracy A. Villareal,A. Michelle Wood,Samantha B. Joye	94
11	Distribution and persistence of Escherichia coli and Enterococci in stream bed and bank sediments from two urban streams in Houston, TX 2014 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Robin Brınkmeyer,Rainer M. W. Amon,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Jessica Fox,(unknown),(unknown),Shuiwang Duan,(unknown),(unknown)	42
12	The Size-Reactivity Continuum of Major Bioelements in the Ocean 2014 ·Annual Review of Marine Science ·Ronald Benner,Rainer M. W. Amon	287
13	Pan-Arctic distributions of continental runoff in the Arctic Ocean 2013 ·Scientific Reports ·Cédric G. Fichot,Karl Kaiser,Stanford B. Hooker,Rainer M. W. Amon,Marcel Babin,Simon Bélanger,Sally A. Walker,Ronald Benner	198
14	Variations in high‐latitude riverine fluorescent dissolved organic matter: A comparison of large Arctic rivers 2013 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Sally A. Walker,Rainer M. W. Amon,Colin A. Stedmon	142
15	Circumpolar synchrony in big river bacterioplankton 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Byron C. Crump,Bruce J. Peterson,Peter A. Raymond,Rainer M. W. Amon,Aaron Rinehart,J. W. McClelland,R. M. Holmes	132
16	Export of young terrigenous dissolved organic carbon from rivers to the Arctic Ocean 2004 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Ronald Benner,Bryan C. Benitez-Nelson,Karl Kaiser,Rainer M. W. Amon	178
17	The Biogeochemistry Of Dissolved Organic Matter In Aquatic Ecosystems - An Overview 2002 ·Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ·Rainer M. W. Amon	4
18	Abundance, Distribution, and Cycling of Dissolved Terrigenous Organic Matter in the Arctic Ocean. 2000 ·Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ·Patrick Louchouarn,Ronald Benner,Stephen P. Opsahl,Rainer M. W. Amon	1
19	Microbial Metabolism and Nutrient Cycling in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Plumes 2000 ·Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science ·J. Dean Pakulski,Ronald Benner,Terry E. Whitledge,Rainer M. W. Amon,B.J. Eadie,Luis A. Cifuentes,James W. Ammerman,Dean A. Stockwell	84
20	Bacterial utilization of different size classes of dissolved organic matterbreakdown → 1996 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·Rainer M. W. Amon,Ronald Benner	837

About Rainer M. W. Amon

Rainer M. W. Amon is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Atmospheric Science, having authored 55 papers that have together received 5.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (31 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (17 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (3.7k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.6k citations) and Atmospheric Science (1.7k citations). Rainer M. W. Amon has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Ronald Benner, Sally A. Walker, Colin A. Stedmon, Patrick Louchouarn, Karl Kaiser, B. Meon, Aaron Rinehart, Stephen P. Opsahl, Shuiwang Duan and Bryan C. Benitez-Nelson. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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