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Angel Pérez-Ruzafa

Angel Pérez-Ruzafa

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
10814
World Ranking
3292
National Ranking
97

Angel Pérez-Ruzafa 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 Angel Pérez-Ruzafa sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 165 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Angel Pérez-Ruzafa 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 Angel Pérez-Ruzafa sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Angel Pérez-Ruzafa is a researcher affiliated with the University of Murcia in Spain. Their work spans multiple fields within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on marine and coastal ecosystems. The scientist's research output includes a significant number of publications in areas such as global and planetary change, ecology, oceanography, paleontology, and molecular biology.

Themes central to their research include coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, marine ecology and invasive species, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, marine invertebrate physiology and ecology, identification and quantification in food, and marine biology and ecology research.

Angel Pérez-Ruzafa has contributed papers published in various scientific journals, including:

  • Reviewing the Ecosystem Services, Societal Goods, and Benefits of Marine Protected Areas (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Nutrient overload promotes the transition from top-down to bottom-up control and triggers dystrophic crises in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Population dynamics and growth in three scyphozoan jellyfishes, and their relationship with environmental conditions in a coastal lagoon (2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science)
  • The unpredictability of scyphozoan jellyfish blooms (2024, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Restricted dispersal in a sea of gene flow (2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

Their frequent coauthors include Concepción Marcos, Alfredo Fernández-Alías, Philippe Lenfant, María Pérez-Marcos, and Aitor Forcada. These collaborations have resulted in concentrated contributions to journals such as Journal for Nature Conservation, The Science of The Total Environment, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Marine Pollution Bulletin, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Angel Pérez-Ruzafa has also authored or contributed to book publications, such as "Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Water Quality in Transitional Ecosystems" published by Frontiers Media in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Marine reserves: size and age do matter

    Joachim Claudet;Craig W. Osenberg;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Paolo Domenici

  • An overview of ecological status, vulnerability and future perspectives of European large shallow, semi-enclosed coastal systems, lagoons and transitional waters

    Alice Newton;John Icely;Sónia Cristina;Ana Brito

  • Multi-scale spatial heterogeneity, habitat structure, and the effect of marine reserves on Western Mediterranean rocky reef fish assemblages

    J. A. García-Charton;J. A. García-Charton;Á. Pérez-Ruzafa;P. Sánchez-Jerez;J. T. Bayle-Sempere

  • Marine reserves: fish life history and ecological traits matter.

    J Claudet;J Claudet;C W Osenberg;P Domenici;F Badalamenti

  • Assessing, quantifying and valuing the ecosystem services of coastal lagoons

    Alice Newton;Ana C. Brito;John D. Icely;Valérie Derolez

  • Gradients of abundance and biomass across reserve boundaries in six Mediterranean marine protected areas : Evidence of fish spillover?

    Mireille Harmelin-Vivien;Laurence Le Diréach;Just Bayle-Sempere;Eric Charbonnel

  • Spillover from six western Mediterranean marine protected areas: evidence from artisanal fisheries

    R. Goñi;S. Adlerstein;D. Alvarez-Berastegui;A. Forcada

  • Spatial pattern and the habitat structure of a Mediterranean rocky reef fish local assemblage

    J. A. García-Charton;Á. Pérez-Ruzafa

  • Coastal lagoons: “transitional ecosystems” between transitional and coastal waters

    Angel Pérez-Ruzafa;Concepción Marcos;Isabel María Pérez-Ruzafa;María Pérez-Marcos

  • Effectiveness of European Atlanto-Mediterranean MPAs: Do they accomplish the expected effects on populations, communities and ecosystems?

    Jose Antonio Garcia-Charton;Angel Perez Perez-Ruzafa;Concepcion Marcos;Joachim Claudet

  • User-friendly guide for using benthic ecological indicators in coastal and marine quality assessment

    F. Salas;C. Marcos;J.M. Neto;J. Patrício

  • Spatial and temporal variations of hydrological conditions, nutrients and chlorophyll a in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Mar Menor, Spain)

    Angel Pérez-Ruzafa;Ana Isabel Fernández;Concepción Marcos;Javier Gilabert

  • Evidence of a planktonic food web response to changes in nutrient input dynamics in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon, Spain

    A. Pérez-Ruzafa;J. Gilabert;J. M. Gutiérrez;A. I. Fernández

  • A baited underwater video technique to assess shallow water Mediterranean fish assemblages: methodological evaluation

    Ben Stobart;José A. García-Charton;Carolina Espejo;Elisabeth Rochel

  • Long-Term Dynamic in Nutrients, Chlorophyll a, and Water Quality Parameters in a Coastal Lagoon During a Process of Eutrophication for Decades, a Sudden Break and a Relatively Rapid Recovery

    Ángel Pérez-Ruzafa;Sara Campillo;José María Fernández-Palacios;Antonio García-Lacunza

  • Effects of fishing protection on the genetic structure of fish populations

    Ángel Pérez-Ruzafa;Mercedes González-Wangüemert;Philippe Lenfant;Concepción Marcos

  • Effects of no-take area size and age of marine protected areas on fisheries yields: a meta-analytical approach

    Frederic Vandeperre;Ruth M. Higgins;Julio Sanchez-Meca;Francesc Maynou

  • Mediterranean coastal lagoons in an ecosystem and aquatic resources management context

    A. Pérez-Ruzafa;C. Marcos;I.M. Pérez-Ruzafa

  • Changes in benthic fish assemblages as a consequence of coastal works in a coastal lagoon: The Mar Menor (Spain, Western Mediterranean).

    A. Pérez-Ruzafa;J.A. Garcı́a-Charton;E. Barcala;C. Marcos

  • Spatial assessment of fishing effort around European marine reserves: implications for successful fisheries management.

    Vanessa Stelzenmüller;Francesc Maynou;Guillaume Bernard;Gwenaël Cadiou

Frequent Co-Authors

Concepción Marcos
Concepción Marcos University of Murcia
José Antonio García-Charton
José Antonio García-Charton University of Murcia
Georg Umgiesser
Georg Umgiesser National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Serge Planes
Serge Planes PSL University
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi University of Pisa
Félix L. Figueroa
Félix L. Figueroa University of Malaga
Paolo Domenici
Paolo Domenici National Research Council (CNR)
Fabio Badalamenti
Fabio Badalamenti National Research Council (CNR)
Pablo Sanchez-Jerez
Pablo Sanchez-Jerez University of Alicante
Joachim Claudet
Joachim Claudet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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