Steve E. Fitzwater

12.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
36 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Steve E. Fitzwater is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve E. Fitzwater has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Oceanography, 10 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Steve E. Fitzwater's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (33 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (21 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers). Steve E. Fitzwater is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (33 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (21 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers). Steve E. Fitzwater collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Mexico. Steve E. Fitzwater's co-authors include John H. Martin, R. Michael Gordon, Kenneth S. Johnson, Kenneth H. Coale, William W. Broenkow, Sara J. Tanner, George A. Knauer, Francisco P. Chávez, Michael R. Landry and John Constantinou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Steve E. Fitzwater

36 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Iron deficiency limits phytoplankton growth in the north-east Pacific subarctic

1988 1.6k citations John H. Martin, Steve E. Fitzwater Nature profile →
A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-scale iron fertilization experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

1996 1.2k citations Kenneth H. Coale, Kenneth S. Johnson et al. Nature profile →
Iron in Antarctic waters

1990 888 citations John H. Martin, R. Michael Gordon et al. Nature profile →
Vertex: phytoplankton/iron studies in the Gulf of Alaska

1989 705 citations John H. Martin, R. Michael Gordon et al. profile →
The case for iron

1991 590 citations John H. Martin, Steve E. Fitzwater et al. Limnology and Oceanography profile →
Iron deficiency limits phytoplankton growth in Antarctic waters

1990 589 citations John H. Martin, Steve E. Fitzwater et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →

Peers

Steve E. Fitzwater

OCEAN

ECOLO

GPC

R. Michael Gordon United States

Kenneth H. Coale United States

George A. Knauer United States

Andrew R. Bowie Australia

Peter Croot Germany

James E. Bauer United States

Lawrence M. Mayer United States

Richard A. Jahnke United States

James K. B. Bishop United States

Robert M. Sherrell United States

R. Michael Gordon United States

Steve E. Fitzwater

4.2k ×0.7

OCEAN

1.5k ×0.7

ECOLO

1.5k ×0.8

653 ×0.6

GPC

698 ×0.7

Citations per year, relative to Steve E. Fitzwater Steve E. Fitzwater (= 1×) peers R. Michael Gordon

Countries citing papers authored by Steve E. Fitzwater

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steve E. Fitzwater

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve E. Fitzwater

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steve E. Fitzwater. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steve E. Fitzwater based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Steve E. Fitzwater. Steve E. Fitzwater is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Elrod, Virginia A., Kenneth S. Johnson, Steve E. Fitzwater, & Joshua N. Plant. (2008). A long‐term, high‐resolution record of surface water iron concentrations in the upwelling‐driven central California region. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(C11). 32 indexed citations

Lewis, Marlon R., John J. Cullen, Russell Adams, et al.. (2007). Monitoring the Spring Bloom in an Ice Covered Fjord with the Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory (LOBO). 1–7. 11 indexed citations

Cullen, Jay T., Zanna Chase, Kenneth H. Coale, Steve E. Fitzwater, & Robert M. Sherrell. (2003). Effect of iron limitation on the cadmium to phosphorus ratio of natural phytoplankton assemblages from the Southern Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography. 48(3). 1079–1087. 108 indexed citations

Johnson, Kenneth S., Virginia A. Elrod, Steve E. Fitzwater, et al.. (2003). Surface ocean‐lower atmosphere interactions in the Northeast Pacific Ocean Gyre: Aerosols, iron, and the ecosystem response. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 17(2). 105 indexed citations

Fitzwater, Steve E., Kenneth S. Johnson, Virginia A. Elrod, et al.. (2003). Iron, nutrient and phytoplankton biomass relationships in upwelled waters of the California coastal system. Continental Shelf Research. 23(16). 1523–1544. 51 indexed citations

Elrod, Virginia A., et al.. (2002). Iron in the MBARI Monterey Bay Time Series. AGUFM. 2002. 1 indexed citations

Johnson, Kenneth S., Francisco P. Chávez, Virginia A. Elrod, et al.. (2001). The annual cycle of iron and the biological response in central California coastal waters. Geophysical Research Letters. 28(7). 1247–1250. 55 indexed citations

Fitzwater, Steve E., Kenneth S. Johnson, R. M. Gordon, Kenneth H. Coale, & Walker O Smith. (2000). Trace metal concentrations in the Ross Sea and their relationship with nutrients and phytoplankton growth. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 47(15-16). 3159–3179. 171 indexed citations

Landry, Michael R., Michael Ondrusek, Sara J. Tanner, et al.. (2000). Biological response to iron fertilization in the eastern equatorial Pacific (IronEx II). I. Microplankton community abundances and biomass. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 201. 27–42. 116 indexed citations

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Fitzwater, Steve E., Kenneth H. Coale, R. Michael Gordon, Kenneth S. Johnson, & Michael Ondrusek. (1996). Iron deficiency and phytoplankton growth in the equatorial Pacific. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 43(4-6). 995–1015. 75 indexed citations

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Coale, Kenneth H., Kenneth S. Johnson, Steve E. Fitzwater, et al.. (1996). A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-scale iron fertilization experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Nature. 383(6600). 495–501. 1185 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sanderson, Marta P., Craig N. Hunter, Steve E. Fitzwater, R. Michael Gordon, & Richard T. Barber. (1995). Primary productivity and trace-metal contamination measurements from a clean rosette system versus ultra-clean Go-Flo bottles. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 42(2-3). 431–440. 18 indexed citations

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Sambrotto, Raymond N., John H. Martin, William W. Broenkow, Craig A. Carlson, & Steve E. Fitzwater. (1993). Nitrate utilization in surface waters of the Iceland Basin during spring and summer of 1989. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 40(1-2). 441–457. 33 indexed citations

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Sharp, Jonathan H., et al.. (1993). Re‐evaluation of high temperature combustion and chemical oxidation measurements of dissolved organic carbon in seawater. Limnology and Oceanography. 38(8). 1774–1782. 137 indexed citations

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Martin, John H., William W. Broenkow, Steve E. Fitzwater, & R. M. Gordon. (1990). Yes, it does: A reply to the comment by Banse. Limnology and Oceanography. 35(3). 775–777. 54 indexed citations

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Martin, John H., R. Michael Gordon, & Steve E. Fitzwater. (1990). Iron in Antarctic waters. Nature. 345(6271). 156–158. 888 indexed citations breakdown →

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Flegal, A. Russell, Sergio A. Sañudo‐Wilhelmy, & Steve E. Fitzwater. (1989). Particulate thallium fluxes in the northeast pacific. Marine Chemistry. 28(1-3). 61–75. 21 indexed citations

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Martin, John H. & Steve E. Fitzwater. (1988). Iron deficiency limits phytoplankton growth in the north-east Pacific subarctic. Nature. 331(6154). 341–343. 1607 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fitzwater, Steve E., George A. Knauer, & John H. Martin. (1983). The effects of Cu on the adenylate energy charge of open ocean phytoplankton. Journal of Plankton Research. 5(6). 935–938. 10 indexed citations

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Fitzwater, Steve E., George A. Knauer, & John H. Martin. (1982). Metal contamination and its effect on primary production measurements1. Limnology and Oceanography. 27(3). 544–551. 396 indexed citations

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