2026 Catriona L. Hurd: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	66	8826	8141	227	220	213	13080

Overview

Catriona L. Hurd is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, aquatic science, and environmental chemistry.

The research topics explored by Hurd include:

Marine and coastal plant biology
Marine biology and ecology research
Ocean acidification effects and responses
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
Coral and marine ecosystems studies

Hurd has published numerous scientific articles, including several recent papers such as:

Testing the climate intervention potential of ocean afforestation using the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, 2021, Nature Communications
Forensic carbon accounting: Assessing the role of seaweeds for carbon sequestration, 2022, Journal of Phycology
Rate and fate of dissolved organic carbon release by seaweeds: A missing link in the coastal ocean carbon cycle, 2021, Journal of Phycology
Nitrogen sufficiency enhances thermal tolerance in habitat-forming kelp: implications for acclimation under thermal stress, 2020, Scientific Reports
Potential negative effects of ocean afforestation on offshore ecosystems, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hurd include:

Philip W. Boyd
Damon Britton
Ellie R. Paine
Wouter Visch
Matthias Schmid

The scientist's work is commonly published in specific journals, reflecting their areas of expertise. These venues include:

Journal of Phycology
Journal of Applied Phycology
Nature Communications
Global Change Biology
Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

WATER MOTION, MARINE MACROALGAL PHYSIOLOGY, AND PRODUCTION.

Catriona L. Hurd

700
Citations
Experimental strategies to assess the biological ramifications of multiple drivers of global ocean change – a review

Philip W Boyd;Philip W Boyd;Sinead Collins;Sam Dupont;Katharina Fabricius

446
Citations
Diversity of carbon use strategies in a kelp forest community: implications for a high CO2 ocean

C. D. Hepburn;D. W. Pritchard;C. E. Cornwall;R. J. McLEOD

349
Citations
Seaweed nutrient physiology: application of concepts to aquaculture and bioremediation

Michael Y. Roleda;Catriona L. Hurd

334
Citations
Nutrient physiology of seaweeds: application of concepts to aquaculture

Paul J. Harrison;Catriona L. Hurd

319
Citations
Testing the effects of ocean acidification on algal metabolism: considerations for experimental designs

Catriona L. Hurd;Christopher D. Hepburn;Kim I. Currie;John A. Raven

307
Citations
Diurnal fluctuations in seawater pH influence the response of a calcifying macroalga to ocean acidification

Christopher E. Cornwall;Christopher D. Hepburn;Christina M. McGraw;Kim I. Currie

281
Citations
Experimental design in ocean acidification research: problems and solutions

Christopher E. Cornwall;Christopher E. Cornwall;Catriona L. Hurd

260
Citations
Effect of seawater velocity on inorganic nitrogen uptake by morphologically distinct forms of Macrocystis integrifolia from wave-sheltered and exposed sites

C. L. Hurd;P. J. Harrison;L. D. Druehl

241
Citations
Biological responses to environmental heterogeneity under future ocean conditions.

Philip W. Boyd;Philip W. Boyd;Christopher E. Cornwall;Andrew Davison;Scott C. Doney

241
Citations
CARBON-USE STRATEGIES IN MACROALGAE: DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES TO LOWERED PH AND IMPLICATIONS FOR OCEAN ACIDIFICATION(1).

Christopher E. Cornwall;Christopher D. Hepburn;Daniel Pritchard;Kim I. Currie

225
Citations
Physiological responses of a Southern Ocean diatom to complex future ocean conditions

P.W. Boyd;P.W. Boyd;P.W. Dillingham;C.M. Mcgraw;C.M. Mcgraw;E.A. Armstrong

205
Citations
Toward a Coordinated Global Observing System for Seagrasses and Marine Macroalgae

J. Emmett Duffy;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Joaquin Trinanes;Joaquin Trinanes;Joaquin Trinanes;Frank E. Muller-Karger

205
Citations
Metabolically induced pH fluctuations by some coastal calcifiers exceed projected 22nd century ocean acidification: a mechanism for differential susceptibility?

Catriona L. Hurd;Christopher E. Cornwall;Kim Currie;Christopher D. Hepburn

197
Citations
Ocean acidification and seaweed reproduction: increased CO2 ameliorates the negative effect of lowered pH on meiospore germination in the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)

Michael Y. Roleda;Jaz N. Morris;Christina M. McGraw;Catriona L. Hurd

190
Citations
An in situ study of photosynthetic oxygen exchange and electron transport rate in the marine macroalga Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta).

Ben J. Longstaff;Tim Kildea;John W. Runcie;Anthony Cheshire

189
Citations
Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in macroalgae.

John A. Raven;John A. Raven;Catriona L. Hurd

187
Citations
Antioxidant metabolism in the intertidal red seaweed Stictosiphonia arbuscula following desiccation.

David J. Burritt;Jane Larkindale;Catriona L. Hurd

174
Citations
Inorganic carbon physiology underpins macroalgal responses to elevated CO2

Christopher E. Cornwall;Andrew T. Revill;Jason M. Hall-Spencer;Jason M. Hall-Spencer;Marco Milazzo

164
Citations
Diffusion Boundary Layers Ameliorate the Negative Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Temperate Coralline Macroalga Arthrocardia corymbosa

Christopher E. Cornwall;Philip W. Boyd;Christina M. McGraw;Christopher D. Hepburn

156
Citations