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Abigail McQuatters-Gollop

Abigail McQuatters-Gollop

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
34
Citations
4399
World Ranking
9454
National Ranking
703

Abigail McQuatters-Gollop publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Abigail McQuatters-Gollop sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 90 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Abigail McQuatters-Gollop D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Abigail McQuatters-Gollop sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Abigail McQuatters-Gollop is affiliated with Plymouth University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science with a focus on marine and coastal ecosystems. Their work encompasses multiple interdisciplinary fields including oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, as well as management, monitoring, policy, and law related to marine environments.

Their research topics prominently feature marine and coastal ecosystems, marine and fisheries research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, coastal and marine management, marine biology and ecology research, fish ecology and management studies, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Ecological Indicators, The Science of The Total Environment, ICES Journal of Marine Science, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Abigail McQuatters-Gollop include:

  • "Lifeform indicators reveal large-scale shifts in plankton across the North-West European shelf" (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • "Lessons from bright-spots for advancing knowledge exchange at the interface of marine science and policy" (2022, Journal of Environmental Management)
  • "Assessing the state of marine biodiversity in the Northeast Atlantic" (2022, Ecological Indicators)
  • "Enhancing Uptake of Nature-Based Solutions for Informing Coastal Sustainable Development Policy and Planning: A Malaysia Case Study" (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Major declines in NE Atlantic plankton contrast with more stable populations in the rapidly warming North Sea" (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)

Abigail McQuatters-Gollop collaborates frequently with other researchers including Matthew M. Holland, Angus Atkinson, Clare Ostle, Eileen Bresnan, and Michelle Devlin.

Their research spans over 50 publications in environmental science, with a substantial focus on oceanography and ecology through 24 and 19 works respectively. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates global and planetary change studies and addresses management and policy aspects relevant to marine ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Climate change and food safety: A review

    M.C. Tirado;R. Clarke;L.A. Jaykus;A. McQuatters-Gollop

  • A decline in primary production in the North Sea over 25 years, associated with reductions in zooplankton abundance and fish stock recruitment

    Elisa Capuzzo;Christopher P. Lynam;Jon Barry;David Stephens

  • A long-term chlorophyll dataset reveals regime shift in North Sea phytoplankton biomass unconnected to nutrient levels

    Abigail McQuatters-Gollop;Dionysios E. Raitsos;Martin Edwards;Yaswant Pradhan

  • Framework for understanding marine ecosystem health

    P. Tett;R. J. Gowen;S. J. Painting;M. Elliott

  • Is there a decline in marine phytoplankton

    Abigail McQuatters-Gollop;Philip C. Reid;Martin Edwards;Peter H. Burkill

  • How well do ecosystem indicators communicate the effects of anthropogenic eutrophication

    Abigail McQuatters-Gollop;Alison J. Gilbert;Laurence D. Mee;Jan E. Vermaat

  • Force majeure: Will climate change affect our ability to attain Good Environmental Status for marine biodiversity?

    Michael Elliott;Ángel Borja;Abigail McQuatters-Gollop;Krysia Mazik

  • Nutrient budgets for European seas: A measure of the effectiveness of nutrient reduction policies

    Yuri Artioli;Jana Friedrich;Alison J. Gilbert;Abigail McQuatters-Gollop

  • Food web indicators under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: From complexity to simplicity?

    I. Rombouts;G. Beaugrand;X. Fizzala;F. Gaill

  • Long-term responses of North Atlantic calcifying plankton to climate change

    Gregory Beaugrand;Abigail McQuatters-Gollop;Martin Edwards;Eric Goberville

  • A Global Plankton Diversity Monitoring Program

    Sonia D. Batten;Rana Abu-Alhaija;Sanae Chiba;Sanae Chiba;Martin Edwards

  • Past, present and future nutrient loads of the North Sea: Causes and consequences

    Jan E. Vermaat;Abigail McQuatters-Gollop;Marieke A. Eleveld;Alison J. Gilbert

  • Non-linearities, regime shifts and recovery: The recent influence of climate on Black Sea chlorophyll

    Abigail McQuatters-Gollop;Laurence D. Mee;Dionysios E. Raitsos;Georgy I. Shapiro

  • Nitrogen processes in coastal and marine ecosystems

    Maren Voss;Alex Baker;Hermann W. Bange;Daniel Conley

  • Recovery or decline of the northwestern Black Sea: A societal choice revealed by socio-ecological modelling

    Olivia Langmead;Abigail McQuatters-Gollop;Laurence D. Mee;Jana Friedrich

  • Lifeform indicators reveal large-scale shifts in plankton across the North-West European shelf.

    Jacob Bedford;Clare Ostle;David G. Johns;Angus Atkinson

  • From microscope to management: the critical value of plankton taxonomy to marine policy and biodiversity conservation

    Abigail McQuatters-Gollop;David G. Johns;Eileen Bresnan;Jennifer Skinner

  • Ecological Status Report: results from the CPR survey 2009

    M Edwards;G Beaugrand;DG Johns;P Licandro

  • Marine parks for coastal cities: A concept for enhanced community well-being, prosperity and sustainable city living

    S.J. Pittman;L.D. Rodwell;R.J. Shellock;R.J. Shellock;R.J. Shellock;M. Williams

  • Cell volumes of marine phytoplankton from globally distributed coastal data sets

    Paul J. Harrison;Adriana Zingone;Michael J. Mickelson;Sirpa Lehtinen

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Johns
David G. Johns National Institutes of Health
Philip C. Reid
Philip C. Reid Plymouth University
Dionysios E. Raitsos
Dionysios E. Raitsos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Martin Edwards
Martin Edwards Plymouth University
Grégory Beaugrand
Grégory Beaugrand University of Lille
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Sonia D. Batten
Sonia D. Batten North Pacific Marine Science Organization
Jan E. Vermaat
Jan E. Vermaat Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Peter H. Burkill
Peter H. Burkill Plymouth University
Sanae Chiba
Sanae Chiba Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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