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2023

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D-Index
51
Citations
7631
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4822
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25

Clive Howard-Williams publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Clive Howard-Williams sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 149 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Clive Howard-Williams D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Clive Howard-Williams sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Clive Howard-Williams is affiliated with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant body of work in ecology, environmental chemistry, nature and landscape conservation, oceanography, and aspects of management, monitoring, policy, and law.

Their investigations cover several main topics including polar research and ecology, soil and water nutrient dynamics, microbial community ecology and physiology, environmental and cultural studies, fish ecology and management, economic and environmental valuation, and marine and coastal ecosystems.

Howard-Williams has published numerous papers across various scientific venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • The need for increased protection of Antarctica's inland waters (2023, Antarctic Science)
  • Freshwater science-policy interactions in Aotearoa-New Zealand: lessons from the past and recommendations for the future (2022, Australasian Journal of Water Resources)
  • Environmental drivers that influence microalgal species in meltwater pools on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica (2020, Polar Biology)
  • Towards an Environmental Classification of Lentic Aquatic Ecosystems in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (2021, Environmental Management)
  • Nitrogen stimulation of periphyton biomass in rivers: Differential effects of ammonium-N and nitrate-N (2020, Freshwater Science)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers such as Ian Hawes, Neil Gilbert, Scott T. Larned, Kevin A. Hughes, and Peter Convey.

Howard-Williams' work is regularly published in venues including Antarctic Science, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Australasian Journal of Water Resources, Polar Biology, and Environmental Management.

In recognition of their contributions, Clive Howard-Williams was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Cycling and retention of nitrogen and phosphorus in wetlands: a theoretical and applied perspective

    Clive Howard-Williams

  • The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity

    Peter Convey;Peter Convey;Steven Loudon Chown;Andrew Clarke;David K A Barnes

  • Antarctic ecosystems : models for wider ecological understanding

    William Davison;Clive Howard-Williams;Paul Broady

  • Sediment and water as sources of nitrogen and phosphorus for submerged rooted aquatic macrophytes

    M.R. Rattray;C. Howard-Williams;J.M.A. Brown

  • Enhancing microalgal photosynthesis and productivity in wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds for biofuel production.

    Donna L. Sutherland;Donna L. Sutherland;Clive Howard-Williams;Matthew H. Turnbull;Paul A. Broady

  • Community structure and pigment organisation of cyanobacteria-dominated microbial mats in Antarctica

    W.F. Vincent;M.T. Downes;R.W. Castenholz;C. Howard-Williams

  • Ecology of aquatic macrophytes in Amazonia

    W. J. Junk;C. Howard-Williams

  • The role of recreational boat traffic in interlake dispersal of macrophytes: a New Zealand case study.

    I. M. Johnstone;B. T. Coffey;C. Howard-Williams

  • Ice Shelf Microbial Ecosystems in the High Arctic and Implications for Life on Snowball Earth

    W. F. Vincent;J. A. E. Gibson;R. Pienitz;V. Villeneuve

  • Desiccation and recovery of antarctic cyanobacterial mats

    Ian Hawes;Clive Howard-Williams;Warwick F. Vincent

  • Antarctic stream ecosystems: physiological ecology of a blue-green algal epilithon

    Warwick F. Vincent;Clive Howard-Williams

  • ANTARCTIC CYANOBACTERIA: LIGHT, NUTRIENTS, AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN THE MICROBIAL MAT ENVIRONMENT1

    Warwick F. Vincent;Richard W. Castenholz;Malcolm T. Downes;Clive Howard-Williams

  • Studies on the ability of a Potamogeton pectinatus community to remove dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus compounds from lake water.

    Clive Howard-Williams

  • Antarctic Stream Ecosystems: Variability in Environmental Properties and Algal Community Structure

    Clive Howard-Williams;Connie L. Vincent;Paul A. Broady;Warwick F. Vincent

  • The rates of dry matter and nutrient loss from decomposing Potamogeton pectinatus in a brackish south‐temperate coastal lake

    C. Howard-Williams;Bryan R. Davies

  • Phosphorus cycling in a dense Potamogeton pectinatus L. Bed.

    C. Howard-Williams;B. R. Allanson

  • The role of the littoral zone in the functioning of a shallow tropical lake ecosystem

    C. Howard-Williams;G. M. Lenton

  • Seasonal variation in light utilisation, biomass production and nutrient removal by wastewater microalgae in a full-scale high-rate algal pond

    Donna L. Sutherland;Donna L. Sutherland;Clive Howard-Williams;Matthew H. Turnbull;Paul A. Broady

  • The effects of CO2 addition along a pH gradient on wastewater microalgal photo-physiology, biomass production and nutrient removal

    Donna L. Sutherland;Donna L. Sutherland;Clive Howard-Williams;Matthew H. Turnbull;Paul A. Broady

  • Microbial biomass, photosynthesis and chlorophyll a related pigments in the ponds of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

    C. Howard-Williams;R. Pridmore;M.T. Downes;W.F. Vincent

  • Distribution and biological properties of oceanic water masses around the South Island, New Zealand

    W. F. Vincent;C. Howard‐Williams;P. Tildesley;E. Butler

Frequent Co-Authors

Warwick F. Vincent
Warwick F. Vincent Université Laval
Ian Hawes
Ian Hawes University of Waikato
John C. Priscu
John C. Priscu Montana State University
Matthew H. Turnbull
Matthew H. Turnbull University of Canterbury
Rupert J. Craggs
Rupert J. Craggs National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
John M. Quinn
John M. Quinn National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
David R. Schiel
David R. Schiel University of Canterbury
Antonio Quesada
Antonio Quesada Autonomous University of Madrid
Kevin J. Collier
Kevin J. Collier University of Waikato
David P. Hamilton
David P. Hamilton Griffith University

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