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Saudi Arabia
2025

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D-Index
42
Citations
5471
World Ranking
5357
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 1957 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Burton H. Jones is affiliated with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. The research work primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant focus on Oceanography and Ecology. Their studies contribute to understanding marine and coastal systems, combining field observations and molecular techniques across various marine biology and ecology fields.

The main topics of research include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Burton H. Jones has co-authored with a number of frequent collaborators, including:

  • Susana Carvalho
  • Florian Roth
  • Mustapha Ouhssain
  • Christian R. Voolstra
  • Christian Wild

The scientist has published extensively in multiple venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in these journals:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Ocean Science

Selected recent papers illustrate the diverse approaches and topics addressed:

  • The role of seagrass vegetation and local environmental conditions in shaping benthic bacterial and macroinvertebrate communities in a tropical coastal lagoon, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Field Demonstrations of Wide-Beam Optical Communications Through Water-Air Interface, 2020, IEEE Access
  • Nitrogen eutrophication particularly promotes turf algae in coral reefs of the central Red Sea, 2020, PeerJ
  • Translational Molecular Ecology in practice: Linking DNA-based methods to actionable marine environmental management, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Vertical movements of a pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus): insights into the species' physiological limitations and trophic ecology in the Red Sea, 2020, Endangered Species Research

Their work covers multiple subfields, including:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Aquatic Science

Burton H. Jones's research integrates ecological, biological, and environmental perspectives to address issues relevant to marine ecosystem function and conservation. The body of work is grounded in empirical data and increasingly incorporates molecular ecology methods to link biodiversity patterns with environmental management applications.

Best Publications

  • Seasonal variation of hydrographic and nutrient fields during the US JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Study

    J.M Morrison;L.A Codispoti;S Gaurin;B Jones

  • The upper-ocean response to monsoonal forcing in the Arabian Sea: seasonal and spatial variability

    Craig M Lee;Burton H Jones;Kenneth H Brink;Albert S Fischer

  • Generation of enterococci bacteria in a coastal saltwater marsh and its impact on surf zone water quality.

    S B Grant;B F Sanders;A B Boehm;J A Redman

  • Planning and Implementing Trajectories for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles to Track Evolving Ocean Processes Based on Predictions from a Regional Ocean Model

    Ryan N. Smith;Yi Chao;Peggy P. Li;David A. Caron

  • Blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia and domoic acid in the San Pedro Channel and Los Angeles harbor areas of the Southern California Bight, 2003-2004

    Astrid Schnetzer;Peter E. Miller;Rebecca A. Schaffner;Beth A. Stauffer

  • A Review on Practical Considerations and Solutions in Underwater Wireless Optical Communication

    Xiaobin Sun;Boon S. Ooi;Chun Hong Kang;Meiwei Kong

  • Harmful algae and their potential impacts on desalination operations off southern California

    David A Caron;Marie-Eve Garneau;Erica Seubert;Meredith D A Howard;Meredith D A Howard

  • Surf zone entrainment, along-shore transport, and human health implications of pollution from tidal outlets

    S. B. Grant;J. H. Kim;B. H. Jones;S. A. Jenkins

  • Water quality impacts of stormwater discharges to Santa Monica Bay.

    Steven Bay;Burton H Jones;Kenneth Schiff;Libe Washburn

  • River plume patterns and dynamics within the Southern California Bight

    J.A. Warrick;P.M. DiGiacomo;S.B. Weisberg;N.P. Nezlin

  • The Northeast Monsoon's impact on mixing, phytoplankton biomass and nutrient cycling in the Arabian Sea

    J.D Wiggert;B.H Jones;T.D Dickey;K.H Brink

  • Multiple stressor effects on coral reef ecosystems

    Joanne I. Ellis;Joanne I. Ellis;Tahira Jamil;Holger Anlauf;Darren J. Coker

  • Relationship between the phytoplankton distribution and composition and the hydrography in the northwest African upwelling region near Cabo Corbeiro

    Dolors Blasco;Marta Estrada;Burton Jones

  • Seasonal variability and Po River plume influence on biochemical properties along western Adriatic coast

    Mauro Marini;Burt H. Jones;Alessandra Campanelli;Federica Grilli

  • Coastal pollution hazards in southern California observed by SAR imagery: stormwater plumes, wastewater plumes, and natural hydrocarbon seeps

    Paul M. DiGiacomo;Libe Washburn;Benjamin Holt;Burton H. Jones

  • Mapping the U.S. West Coast surface circulation: A multiyear analysis of high‐frequency radar observations

    Sung Yong Kim;Eric J. Terrill;Bruce D. Cornuelle;Burt Jones

  • Water mass subduction and the transport of phytoplankton in a coastal upwelling system

    Libes Washburn;David C. Kadko;Burton H. Jones;Thomas Hayward

  • Northern Adriatic response to a wintertime bora wind event

    Craig M. Lee;Farid Askari;Jeff Book;Sandro Carniel

  • Physical and Biological Structure and Variability in an Upwelling Center off Peru Near 15°S During March, 1977

    K.H. Brink;B.H. Jones;J.C. Van Leer;C.N.K. Mooers

  • Monsoons boost biological productivity in Arabian Sea

    Kenneth Brink;Robert Arnone;Paula Coble;Charles Flagg

  • Regional ocean-colour chlorophyll algorithms for the Red Sea

    Robert J.W. Brewin;Dionysios E. Raitsos;Giorgio Dall'Olmo;Nikolaos Zarokanellos

  • Rapid downward transport of the neurotoxin domoic acid in coastal waters.

    Emily Sekula-Wood;Astrid Schnetzer;Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson;Clarissa Anderson

  • Subsurface seeding of surface harmful algal blooms observed through the integration of autonomous gliders, moored environmental sample processors, and satellite remote sensing in southern California

    Bridget N. Seegers;James M. Birch;Roman Marin;Chris A. Scholin

  • Stormwater plume detection by MODIS imagery in the southern California coastal ocean

    Nikolay P. Nezlin;Paul M. DiGiacomo;Dario W. Diehl;Burton H. Jones

  • USC CINAPS Builds Bridges

    R. Smith;J. Das;H. Heidarsson;A. Pereira

  • Anthropogenic nutrient sources rival natural sources on small scales in the coastal waters of the Southern California Bight

    Meredith D. A. Howard;Martha Sutula;David A. Caron;Yi Chao

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Caron
David A. Caron University of Southern California
Christian R. Voolstra
Christian R. Voolstra University of Konstanz
Libe Washburn
Libe Washburn University of California, Santa Barbara
Kenneth H. Brink
Kenneth H. Brink Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Gaurav S. Sukhatme
Gaurav S. Sukhatme University of Southern California
Christian Wild
Christian Wild University of Bremen
Craig M. Lee
Craig M. Lee University of Washington
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Joanne Ellis
Joanne Ellis University of Waikato
Xosé Anxelu G. Morán
Xosé Anxelu G. Morán Spanish Institute of Oceanography

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