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D-Index
41
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10322
World Ranking
5710
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1949

Amy Apprill publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Amy Apprill sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 105 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Amy Apprill D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Amy Apprill sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - ASM Award for Early Career Environmental Research, American Society for Microbiology

Overview

Amy Apprill is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with extensive work in ecology, oceanography, and immunology among other related subfields.

The scientist's work covers several interconnected topics within marine and environmental sciences, including:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Marine and fisheries research

Apprill has contributed to numerous scientific publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • Variable Species Responses to Experimental Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Exposure, 2021, published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Microbial bioindicators of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease identified in corals and overlying waters using a rapid field-based sequencing approach, 2021, published in Environmental Microbiology
  • A meta-analysis of the stony coral tissue loss disease microbiome finds key bacteria in unaffected and lesion tissue in diseased colonies, 2023, published in ISME Communications
  • Diel, daily, and spatial variation of coral reef seawater microbial communities, 2020, published in PLoS ONE
  • Stony coral tissue loss disease induces transcriptional signatures of in situ degradation of dysfunctional Symbiodiniaceae, 2023, published in Nature Communications

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Aquatic Microbial Ecology
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Frequent collaborators of Amy Apprill include:

  • Cynthia C. Becker
  • Marilyn E. Brandt
  • Laura Weber
  • T. Aran Mooney
  • Carolyn A. Miller

In recognition of their contributions, Amy Apprill received the ASM Award for Early Career Environmental Research from the American Society for Microbiology in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Minor revision to V4 region SSU rRNA 806R gene primer greatly increases detection of SAR11 bacterioplankton

    Amy Apprill;Sean McNally;Rachel Parsons;Laura Weber

  • Improved Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene (V4 and V4-5) and Fungal Internal Transcribed Spacer Marker Gene Primers for Microbial Community Surveys.

    William Walters;Embriette R. Hyde;Donna Berg-Lyons;Gail Ackermann

  • Diversity and function of prevalent symbiotic marine bacteria in the genus Endozoicomonas

    Matthew J. Neave;Matthew J. Neave;Amy Apprill;Christine Ferrier-Pagès;Christian R. Voolstra

  • The Microbiome of the Red Sea Coral Stylophora pistillata Is Dominated by Tissue-Associated Endozoicomonas Bacteria

    Till Bayer;Matthew J. Neave;Matthew J. Neave;Areej Alsheikh-Hussain;Manuel Aranda

  • Differential specificity between closely related corals and abundant Endozoicomonas endosymbionts across global scales.

    Matthew J Neave;Rita Rachmawati;Liping Xun;Craig T Michell

  • Host-specificity among abundant and rare taxa in the sponge microbiome.

    Julie Reveillaud;Loïs Maignien;A Murat Eren;Julie A Huber

  • Endozoicomonas genomes reveal functional adaptation and plasticity in bacterial strains symbiotically associated with diverse marine hosts

    Matthew J. Neave;Craig T. Michell;Amy Apprill;Christian R. Voolstra

  • Marine Animal Microbiomes: Toward Understanding Host–Microbiome Interactions in a Changing Ocean

    Amy Apprill

  • The onset of microbial associations in the coral Pocillopora meandrina.

    Amy Apprill;Heather Q Marlow;Mark Q Martindale;Michael S Rappé

  • Humpback Whale Populations Share a Core Skin Bacterial Community: Towards a Health Index for Marine Mammals?

    Amy Apprill;Jooke Robbins;A. Murat Eren;Adam A. Pack

  • Spectral reflectance of coral

    Eric J. Hochberg;Marlin J. Atkinson;Amy Apprill;Serge Andréfouët

  • Extensive Core Microbiome in Drone-Captured Whale Blow Supports a Framework for Health Monitoring

    Amy Apprill;Carolyn A. Miller;Michael J. Moore;John W. Durban

  • Coral microbiome database: Integration of sequences reveals high diversity and relatedness of coral-associated microbes

    Megan J. Huggett;Megan J. Huggett;Amy Apprill

  • Recognizing diversity in coral symbiotic dinoflagellate communities.

    Amy M. Apprill;Ruth D. Gates

  • Distinguishing between Microbial Habitats Unravels Ecological Complexity in Coral Microbiomes.

    Amy Apprill;Laura G. Weber;Alyson E. Santoro

  • Major similarities in the bacterial communities associated with lesioned and healthy Fungiidae corals.

    Amy Apprill;Konrad Hughen;Tracy Mincer

  • Species-specific control of external superoxide levels by the coral holobiont during a natural bleaching event.

    Julia M. Diaz;Julia M. Diaz;Colleen M. Hansel;Amy Apprill;Caterina Brighi

  • Variable Species Responses to Experimental Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Exposure

    Sonora S. Meiling;Erinn M. Muller;Danielle Lasseigne;Ashley Rossin

  • Efficient light harvesting in deep-water zooxanthellate corals

    Samuel E. Kahng;Eric J. Hochberg;Amy Apprill;Daniel Wagner

  • A meta-analysis of the stony coral tissue loss disease microbiome finds key bacteria in unaffected and lesion tissue in diseased colonies

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  • Photosynthetic maximum quantum yield increases are an essential component of the Southern Ocean phytoplankton response to iron

    Michael R. Hiscock;Veronica P. Lance;Amy M. Apprill;Robert R. Bidigare

  • Whole-genome sequences of three symbiotic endozoicomonas strains.

    Matthew J. Neave;Matthew J. Neave;Craig T. Michell;Amy Apprill;Christian R. Voolstra

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian R. Voolstra
Christian R. Voolstra University of Konstanz
Konrad A Hughen
Konrad A Hughen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert R. Bidigare
Robert R. Bidigare University of Hawaii at Manoa
Michael J. Moore
Michael J. Moore Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Scott D. Wankel
Scott D. Wankel Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Samuel M. Webb
Samuel M. Webb SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Murat Eren
A. Murat Eren Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Janet K. Jansson
Janet K. Jansson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego

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