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D-Index
38
Citations
10433
World Ranking
8498
National Ranking
3031

Cynthia A. Heil 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 Cynthia A. Heil sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 76 publications — 4th percentile

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

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

Cynthia A. Heil 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 Cynthia A. Heil sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Cynthia A. Heil is affiliated with the Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences with a notable focus on Environmental Science. Within these fields, their work is concentrated on subfields including Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research covers various topics related to marine and coastal environments. These topics include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

They have contributed to multiple publications, with frequent venues being:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Water
  • Harmful Algae
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Biogeochemistry

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Cynthia A. Heil include:

  • Florida's Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Problem: Escalating Risks to Human, Environmental and Economic Health With Climate Change, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Dissolved organic nutrients at the interface of fresh and marine waters: flow regime changes, biogeochemical cascades and picocyanobacterial blooms-the example of Florida Bay, USA, 2021, Biogeochemistry
  • Urea Inputs Drive Picoplankton Blooms in Sarasota Bay, Florida, U.S.A., 2020, Water
  • Termination of the 2018 Florida red tide event: A tracer model perspective, 2022, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • MurKy waters: Modeling the succession from r to K strategists (diatoms to dinoflagellates) following a nutrient release from a mining facility in Florida, 2023, Limnology and Oceanography

Frequent coauthors with whom the scientist has worked include:

  • Patricia M. Glibert
  • Ming Li
  • So Hyun Ahn
  • Sarah Klass
  • Amanda Muni-Morgan

Best Publications

  • Eutrophication and harmful algal blooms: A scientific consensus

    J. Heisler;P.M. Glibert;J.M. Burkholder;D.M. Anderson

  • Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication: Examining linkages from selected coastal regions of the United States

    Donald M. Anderson;Joann M. Burkholder;William P. Cochlan;Patricia M. Glibert

  • Escalating worldwide use of urea - a global change contributing to coastal eutrophication

    Patricia M. Glibert;John Harrison;Cynthia Heil;Sybil Seitzinger

  • Brevetoxicosis: red tides and marine mammal mortalities.

    Leanne J. Flewelling;Jerome P. Naar;Jay P. Abbott;Daniel G. Baden

  • Red tide detection and tracing using MODIS fluorescence data: A regional example in SW Florida coastal waters

    Chuanmin Hu;Frank E. Muller-Karger;Charles (Judd) Taylor;Kendall L. Carder

  • The Role of Eutrophication in the Global Proliferation of Harmful Algal Blooms

    Patricia Glibert;Sybil Seitzinger;Cynthia Heil;JoAnn Burkholder

  • Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) Schiller A review of a harmful algal bloom species of growing worldwide importance

    Cynthia A. Heil;Patricia M. Glibert;Chunlei Fan

  • Red Tides in the Gulf of Mexico: Where, When, and Why?

    John J. Walsh;J. K. Jolliff;J. K. Jolliff;B. P. Darrow;J. M. Lenes

  • Iron fertilization and the Trichodesmiumresponse on the West Florida shelf

    Jason M. Lenes;Brian P. Darrow;Christopher Cattrall;Cynthia A. Heil

  • Nitrogen fixation and release of fixed nitrogen by Trichodesmium spp. in the Gulf of Mexico

    Margaret R. Mulholland;Peter W. Bernhardt;Cynthia A. Heil;Deborah A. Bronk

  • Evidence for dissolved organic nitrogen and phosphorus uptake during a cyanobacterial bloom in Florida Bay

    P. M. Glibert;Cynthia A. Heil;David J. Hollander;M. Revilla

  • A novel technique for detection of the toxic dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis, in the Gulf of Mexico from remotely sensed ocean color data

    Jennifer P. Cannizzaro;Kendall L. Carder;F. Robert Chen;Cynthia A. Heil

  • Evaluation of the use of SeaWiFS imagery for detecting Karenia brevis harmful algal blooms in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

    Michelle C Tomlinson;Richard P Stumpf;Varis Ransibrahmanakul;Earnest W Truby

  • First record of a fish-killing Gymnodinium sp. bloom in Kuwait Bay, Arabian Sea: chronology and potential causes

    Cynthia A. Heil;Patricia M. Glibert;Mohammad A. Al-Sarawi;Muna Faraj

  • Nutrient availability in support of Karenia brevis blooms on the central West Florida Shelf: What keeps Karenia blooming?

    Gabriel A. Vargo;Cynthia A. Heil;Cynthia A. Heil;Kent A. Fanning;L. Kellie Dixon

  • Nutrient quality drives differential phytoplankton community composition on the southwest Florida shelf

    Cynthia A. Heil;Marta Revilla;Patricia M. Glibert;Sue Murasko

  • Florida’s Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Problem: Escalating Risks to Human, Environmental and Economic Health With Climate Change

    Cynthia Ann Heil;Amanda Lorraine Muni-Morgan;Amanda Lorraine Muni-Morgan

  • Monitoring, management, and mitigation of Karenia blooms in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

    Cynthia A. Heil;Karen A. Steidinger;Karen A. Steidinger

  • Influence of humic, fulvic and hydrophilic acids on the growth, photosynthesis and respiration of the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) Schiller

    Cynthia A. Heil

  • The potential contribution of primary production by red tides to the west Florida shelf ecosystem1

    G. A. Vargo;K. L. Carder;W. Gregg;E. Shanley

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia M. Glibert
Patricia M. Glibert University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Deborah A. Bronk
Deborah A. Bronk Virginia Institute of Marine Science
John Walsh
John Walsh University of Alaska Fairbanks
Margaret R. Mulholland
Margaret R. Mulholland Old Dominion University
Kendall L. Carder
Kendall L. Carder University of South Florida
Robert H. Weisberg
Robert H. Weisberg University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Chuanmin Hu
Chuanmin Hu University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Frank E. Muller-Karger
Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida
JoAnn M. Burkholder
JoAnn M. Burkholder North Carolina State University
Sybil P. Seitzinger
Sybil P. Seitzinger University of Victoria

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