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52
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Andrew S. Brierley 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 Andrew S. Brierley sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 176 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andrew S. Brierley 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 Andrew S. Brierley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Andrew S. Brierley is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their main research topics include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Brierley has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation, 2020, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Mercury biomagnification in a Southern Ocean food web, 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • Model estimates of metazoans' contributions to the biological carbon pump, 2023, Biogeosciences
  • Krill and salp faecal pellets contribute equally to the carbon flux at the Antarctic Peninsula, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Shine a light: Under-ice light and its ecological implications in a changing Arctic Ocean, 2021, AMBIO

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brierley include Roland Proud, Michel J. Kaiser, Martin J. Attrill, David N. Thomas, and David K. A. Barnes.

Their work has appeared regularly in publication venues such as ICES Journal of Marine Science, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Marine Science, Environmental Pollution, and AMBIO.

In addition to articles, Brierley has published a book titled Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts through Oxford University Press in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour

    David W. Sims;Emily J. Southall;Nicolas E. Humphries;Graeme C. Hays

  • Impacts of climate change on marine organisms and ecosystems.

    Andrew S. Brierley;Michael J. Kingsford

  • Jellyfish overtake fish in a heavily fished ecosystem.

    Christopher P. Lynam;Mark J. Gibbons;Bjørn E. Axelsen;Conrad A.J. Sparks

  • Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts

    Michel J. Kaiser;Martin A. Attrill;Simon Jennings;David N. Thomas

  • Antarctic Krill Under Sea Ice: Elevated Abundance in a Narrow Band Just South of Ice Edge

    Andrew S. Brierley;Paul G. Fernandes;Mark A. Brandon;Frederick Armstrong

  • Diel vertical migration

    Andrew S. Brierley

  • Interannual variability in abundance of North Sea jellyfish and links to the North Atlantic Oscillation

    Christopher P. Lynam;Stephen J. Hay;Andrew S. Brierley

  • Ecology of southern ocean pack ice.

    Andrew S Brierley;David N Thomas

  • Diel vertical migration of Arctic zooplankton during the polar night

    Jørgen Berge;Finlo Cottier;Øystein Varpe

  • Biogeography of the global ocean's mesopelagic zone

    Roland Proud;Martin James Cox;Andrew S. Brierley

  • Biomass of Antarctic krill in the Scotia Sea in January/February 2000 and its use in revising an estimate of precautionary yield

    Roger P. Hewitt;Jon Watkins;Mikio Naganobu;Viacheslav Sushin

  • From siphonophores to deep scattering layers: uncertainty ranges for the estimation of global mesopelagic fish biomass

    Roland Proud;Nils Olav Handegard;Rudy Kloser;Martin Cox

  • Does Presence of a Mid-Ocean Ridge Enhance Biomass and Biodiversity?

    Imants G. Priede;Odd Aksel Bergstad;Peter I. Miller;Michael Vecchione

  • Interannual variability of the South Georgia marine ecosystem : biological and physical sources of variation in the abundance of krill

    E. J. Murphy;J. L. Watkins;K. Reid;P. N. Trathan

  • Moonlight Drives Ocean-Scale Mass Vertical Migration of Zooplankton during the Arctic Winter

    Laura Hobbs;Jørgen Berge;Andrew S Brierley

  • Evidence for impacts by jellyfish on North Sea herring recruitment

    Christopher P. Lynam;Michael R. Heath;Stephen J. Hay;Andrew S. Brierley

  • Microplastic study reveals the presence of natural and synthetic fibres in the diet of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) foraging from South Georgia.

    Camille Le Guen;Giuseppe Suaria;Richard B. Sherley;Peter G. Ryan

  • Oceanographic variability and changes in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) abundance at South Georgia

    P. N. Trathan;A. S. Brierley;M. A. Brandon;D. G. Bone

  • Fish do not avoid survey vessels

    P.G. Fernandes;A.S. Brierley;E.J. Simmonds;N.W. Millard

  • Addendum: Fish do not avoid survey vessels

    P.G. Fernandes;A.S. Brierley;E.J. Simmonds;N.W. Millard

  • ErrataJellyfish overtake fish in a heavily fished ecosystem

    Christopher P. Lynam;Mark J. Gibbons;Bjørn E. Axelsen;Conrad A.J. Sparks

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan L. Watkins
Jonathan L. Watkins British Antarctic Survey
Mark J. Gibbons
Mark J. Gibbons University of the Western Cape
Christopher P. Lynam
Christopher P. Lynam Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Geraint A. Tarling
Geraint A. Tarling British Antarctic Survey
Peter Ward
Peter Ward University of Washington
Philip N. Trathan
Philip N. Trathan British Antarctic Survey
Jørgen Berge
Jørgen Berge University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Sophie Fielding
Sophie Fielding British Antarctic Survey
Eugene J. Murphy
Eugene J. Murphy British Antarctic Survey
Peter I. Miller
Peter I. Miller Plymouth Marine Laboratory

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