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30
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3078
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8366
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6

Chang-Keun Kang 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 Chang-Keun Kang sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 163 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chang-Keun Kang 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 Chang-Keun Kang sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 30 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Chang-Keun Kang is affiliated with the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics with significant focus on marine and coastal environments. Major research themes include:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Chang-Keun Kang has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers, notably:

  • Variability in blue carbon storage related to biogeochemical factors in seagrass meadows off the coast of the Korean peninsula, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Characteristics of Different Size Phytoplankton for Primary Production and Biochemical Compositions in the Western East/Japan Sea, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Water Quality Improvement Shifts the Dominant Phytoplankton Group From Cryptophytes to Diatoms in a Coastal Ecosystem, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Estimation of the Particulate Organic Carbon to Chlorophyll-a Ratio Using MODIS-Aqua in the East/Japan Sea, South Korea, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Dominance of Autochthonous Phytoplankton-Derived Particulate Organic Matter in a Low-Turbidity Temperate Estuarine Embayment, Gwangyang Bay, Korea, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Chang-Keun Kang include:

  • Hee Yoon Kang
  • Hyun Je Park
  • Changseong Kim
  • Jaebin Jang
  • Yoonja Kang

The scientist's publications often appear in journals such as:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Water
  • Scientific Reports
  • Marine Environmental Research

Best Publications

  • Trophic importance of benthic microalgae to macrozoobenthos in coastal bay systems in Korea: dual stable C and N isotope analyses

    Chang-Keun Kang;Jeong Bae Kim;Kun-Seop Lee;Jong Bin Kim

  • Food sources of the infaunal suspension-feeding bivalve Cerastoderma edule in a muddy sandflat of Marennes-Oléron Bay, as determined by analyses of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes

    Chang Keun Kang;Pierre-Guy Sauriau;Pierre Richard;Gérard F. Blanchard

  • Microphytobenthos seasonality determines growth and reproduction in intertidal bivalves

    Chang-Keun Kang;Yong-Woo Lee;Eun Jung Choy;Jae-Ki Shin

  • Stable isotope evidence of benthic microalgae-based growth and secondary production in the suspension feeder Cerastoderma edule (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in the Marennes-Oléron Bay

    Pierre-Guy Sauriau;Chang-Keun Kang

  • Food web structure of a restored macroalgal bed in the eastern Korean peninsula determined by C and N stable isotope analyses

    Chang-Keun Kang;Eun Jung Choy;Yongsoo Son;Jae-Young Lee

  • Spatial and temporal variability in the pelagic ecosystem of the East Sea (Sea of Japan): A review

    Jae-Young Lee;Dong-Jin Kang;Il-Nam Kim;Taekeun Rho

  • Pathways of organic matter through food webs of diverse habitats in the regulated Nakdong River estuary (Korea)

    Eun Jung Choy;Soonmo An;Chang-Keun Kang

  • Monthly measured primary and new productivities in the Ulleung Basin as a biological "hot spot" in the East/Japan Sea

    J. H. Kwak;S. H. Lee;H. J. Park;E. J. Choy

  • Contributions of primary organic matter sources to macroinvertebrate production in an intertidal salt marsh (Scirpus triqueter) ecosystem

    Chang-Keun Kang;Eun Jung Choy;Sang-Kyu Paik;Hyun Je Park

  • Isotopic evidence of particle size-dependent food partitioning in cocultured sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi and Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas

    Chang-Keun Kang;Eun Jung Choy;Young-Baik Hur;Jeong-In Myeong

  • Holes in Progressively Thinning Arctic Sea Ice Lead to New Ice Algae Habitat

    Sang Heon Lee;C. Peter McRoy;Hyoung Min Joo;Rolf Gradinger

  • Phytoplankton production from melting ponds on Arctic sea ice

    Sang H. Lee;Dean A. Stockwell;Hyoung-Min Joo;Young Baek Son

  • Long-Term Pattern of Primary Productivity in the East/Japan Sea Based on Ocean Color Data Derived from MODIS-Aqua

    HuiTae Joo;SeungHyun Son;Jung-Woo Park;Jae Joong Kang

  • Long‐term annual primary production in the Ulleung Basin as a biological hot spot in the East/Japan Sea

    HuiTae Joo;Jung Woo Park;SeungHyun Son;Jae-Hoon Noh

  • Stable isotope evidence of benthic microalgae-based growth and secondary production in the suspension feeder <I>Cerastoderma edule</I> (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in the Marennes-Oléron Bay

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  • High primary productivity and f-ratio in summer in the Ulleung basin of the East/Japan Sea

    Jung Hyun Kwak;Jeomshik Hwang;Eun Jung Choy;Hyun Je Park

  • The influence of climate regime shifts on the marine environment and ecosystems in the East Asian Marginal Seas and their mechanisms

    Hae Kun Jung;SM Mustafizur Rahman;Chang-Keun Kang;Se-Young Park

  • Annual reproductive cycle and reproductive efforts of the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum in Incheon Bay off the west coast of Korea using a histology-ELISA combined assay

    M. Jasim Uddin;Hyun-Sung Yang;Kwang-Jae Park;Chang-Keun Kang

  • Development of a cost-effective metabarcoding strategy for analysis of the marine phytoplankton community

    Tae-Ho Yoon;Hye-Eun Kang;Chang-Keun Kang;Sang Heon Lee

  • Reproductive cycle and gross biochemical composition of the ark shell Scapharca subcrenata (Lischke, 1869) reared on subtidal mudflats in a temperate bay of Korea

    Hyun Je Park;Won Chan Lee;Eun Jung Choy;Kwang-Sik Choi

  • Rapid recovery of the intertidal seagrass Zostera japonica following intense Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) harvesting activity in Korea

    Sang Rul Park;Young Kyun Kim;Jong-Hyeob Kim;Chang-Keun Kang

  • Summer primary productivity and phytoplankton community composition driven by different hydrographic structures in the East/Japan Sea and the Western Subarctic Pacific

    Jung Hyun Kwak;Sang Heon Lee;Jeomshik Hwang;Young-Sang Suh

  • Contribution of small phytoplankton to total primary production in the Chukchi Sea

    Sang Heon Lee;Mi Sun Yun;Bo Kyung Kim;HuiTae Joo

  • Biogeochemical properties of sinking particles in the southwestern part of the East Sea (Japan Sea)

    Minkyoung Kim;Jeomshik Hwang;TaeKeun Rho;Tongsup Lee

  • Photoacclimatory Responses of Zostera marina in the Intertidal and Subtidal Zones.

    Sang Rul Park;Sangil Kim;Young Kyun Kim;Chang-Keun Kang

  • Variability in copepod trophic levels and feeding selectivity based on stable isotope analysis in Gwangyang Bay of the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula

    Mianrun Chen;Dongyoung Kim;Hongbin Liu;Chang-Keun Kang

  • Biomagnification of persistent chlorinated and brominated contaminants in food web components of the Yellow Sea.

    Gyo-Hyuk Byun;Hyo-Bang Moon;Jung-Hwa Choi;Jeomshik Hwang

  • Linking Intertidal and Subtidal Food Webs: Consumer-Mediated Transport of Intertidal Benthic Microalgal Carbon

    Chang-Keun Kang;Hyun Je Park;Eun Jung Choy;Kwang-Sik Choi

  • Dissolved inorganic nitrogen uptake by intertidal microphytobenthos: nutrient concentrations, light availability and migration

    Sorcha Ní Longphuirt;Jae-Hyun Lim;Aude Leynaert;Pascal Claquin

Frequent Co-Authors

Dae Sung Lee
Dae Sung Lee Kyungpook National University
Hyo-Bang Moon
Hyo-Bang Moon Hanyang University
Hongbin Liu
Hongbin Liu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Terry E. Whitledge
Terry E. Whitledge University of Alaska Fairbanks
Pierre Richard
Pierre Richard University of La Rochelle
Pierre-Guy Sauriau
Pierre-Guy Sauriau University of La Rochelle
Hae Jin Jeong
Hae Jin Jeong Seoul National University
Kitack Lee
Kitack Lee Pohang University of Science and Technology
Won Joon Shim
Won Joon Shim Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Daesoo Kim
Daesoo Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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