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Brian Petrie publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian Petrie sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 85 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Brian Petrie D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian Petrie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Brian Petrie is affiliated with the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Canada. Their research encompasses various aspects of environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a prominent focus on marine and fisheries research.

Their recent scholarly contributions include papers covering diverse topics within marine ecology and oceanographic processes. Key publications by Brian Petrie are:

  • "Fishing, predation, and temperature drive herring decline in a large marine ecosystem," published in 2021 in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Marine macroinvertebrate species-area relationships, assemblage structure and their environmental drivers on submarine banks," published in 2020 in Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • "A modelling study of the ice-free tidal dynamics in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago," published in 2020 in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "Temporal evolution of critical traits and their relationship to cod stock collapse and recovery," published in 2022 in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • "Sydney Harbour: Seiches, tides and mean circulation," published in 2022 in Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science

Frequent co-authors working alongside Brian Petrie include Kenneth T. Frank, Carl L. Amos, John Shaw, Daniel G. Boyce, and William C. Leggett.

Brian Petrie has contributed multiple times to the following publication venues, highlighting a consistent engagement with these academic forums:

  • Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Their work primarily addresses fields such as environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Within these disciplines, Brian Petrie's subfield expertise includes:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Oceanography
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Atmospheric Science

Central research topics covered by Brian Petrie are:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Best Publications

  • Trophic Cascades in a Formerly Cod-Dominated Ecosystem

    Kenneth T. Frank;Brian Petrie;Jae S. Choi;Jae S. Choi;William C. Leggett

  • The circulation, water masses and sea-ice of Baffin Bay

    Charles C.L Tang;Charles K. Ross;Tom Yao;Brian Petrie

  • The ups and downs of trophic control in continental shelf ecosystems.

    Kenneth T. Frank;Brian Petrie;Nancy L. Shackell

  • Transient dynamics of an altered large marine ecosystem

    Kenneth T. Frank;Brian Petrie;Jonathan A. D. Fisher;William C. Leggett

  • Surprising return of deep convection to the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean in winter 2007-2008

    Kjetil Våge;Robert S. Pickart;Virginie Thierry;Gilles Reverdin

  • Reconciling differences in trophic control in mid-latitude marine ecosystems.

    Kenneth T. Frank;Brian Petrie;Nancy L. Shackell;Jae S. Choi

  • Temperature and salinity variability on the Scotian Shelf and in the Gulf of Maine 1945–1990

    Brian Petrie;Kenneth Drinkwater

  • Multiyear Volume, Liquid Freshwater, and Sea Ice Transports through Davis Strait, 2004–10*

    B. Curry;C. M. Lee;B. Petrie;R. E. Moritz

  • Decline in top predator body size and changing climate alter trophic structure in an oceanic ecosystem.

    Nancy L. Shackell;Kenneth T. Frank;Jonathan A. D. Fisher;Jonathan A. D. Fisher;Brian Petrie

  • Volume, Freshwater, and Heat Fluxes through Davis Strait, 2004–05*

    B. Curry;C. M. Lee;B. Petrie

  • Export of nutrients from the Arctic Ocean

    Sinhué Torres-Valdés;Takamasa Tsubouchi;Sheldon Bacon;Alberto C. Naveira-Garabato

  • Calcium carbonate saturation states in the waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Labrador Sea

    Kumiko Azetsu-Scott;Allyn Clarke;Kelly Falkner;James Hamilton

  • Circulation on the newfoundland continental shelf

    Brian Petrie;Carl Anderson

  • Atlas of tidal elevation and current observations on the Northeast American continental shelf and slope

    John A. Moody;Bradford Butman;R.C. Beardsley;W.S. Brown

  • The mean barotropic circulation on the Newfoundland shelf and slope

    David A. Greenberg;Brian D. Petrie

  • Dynamical Aspects of the Flow Through the Strait of Belle Isle

    Christopher Garrett;Brian Petrie

  • Fresh-Water Fluxes via Pacific and Arctic Outflows Across the Canadian Polar Shelf

    Humfrey Melling;Tom A. Agnew;Kelly K. Falkner;David A. Greenberg

  • Sources of zooplankton on the Nova Scotia shelf and their aggregations within deep-shelf basins

    A.W. Herman;D.D. Sameoto;Chen Shunnian;M.R. Mitchell

  • Temperature and salinity variability on the eastern Newfoundland shelf: The annual harmonic

    B. Petrie;J.W. Loder;S. Akenhead;J. Lazier

  • Does the north Atlantic oscillation affect hydrographic properties on the Canadian Atlantic continental shelf

    Brian Petrie

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth T. Frank
Kenneth T. Frank Fisheries and Oceans Canada
William C. Leggett
William C. Leggett Queen's University
Craig M. Lee
Craig M. Lee University of Washington
John W. Loder
John W. Loder Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Kenneth F. Drinkwater
Kenneth F. Drinkwater Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Robert S. Pickart
Robert S. Pickart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Paul G. Myers
Paul G. Myers University of Alberta
Virginie Thierry
Virginie Thierry French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Ron Kwok
Ron Kwok University of Washington
Gilles Reverdin
Gilles Reverdin Sorbonne University

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