Stephen J. Beckett

The paper compares implicit and explicit representations of viral dynamics in marine ecosystem models, finding that explicit models better capture virus-induced mortality effects on phytoplankton blooms.

The paper investigates how virus-grazer interactions affect Prochlorococcus mortality, virus production, and organic matter aggregation in a simplified marine ecosystem.

The paper models viral impacts on ocean productivity and biogeochemistry, showing that high viral shunt efficiency enhances productivity across much of the global ocean.

This paper develops a community model to investigate mechanisms enabling coexistence of viruses, grazers, and phytoplankton in marine ecosystems, finding that viral life history traits and predator mortality terms are critical for stability.

This study shows that higher-order interactions and density-dependent feedback stabilize phage-bacteria communities, challenging pairwise model predictions of population collapse.

This study investigates phage-cyanobacteria interactions in Lake Champlain over a decade, finding that phages share environmental niches with bacteria but exhibit distinct dynamics and co-variation patterns.

This study examines eco-evolutionary dynamics of temperate phages in periodic environments, showing how temperate strategies can outperform lytic or lysogenic strategies under varying host availability and viral mortality.