David Atkinson

David Atkinson 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 David Atkinson sits on this spectrum.

David Atkinson 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 David Atkinson sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Temperature and Organism Size—A Biological Law for Ectotherms?

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  2855
  Citations

• Why are organisms usually bigger in colder environments? Making sense of a life history puzzle.

  David Atkinson;Richard M. Sibly

  968
  Citations

• Warming-induced reductions in body size are greater in aquatic than terrestrial species.

  Jack Forster;Andrew G. Hirst;David Atkinson

  556
  Citations

• Protists decrease in size linearly with temperature: ca. 2.5% degrees C(-1).

  David A. Atkinson;Benjamin J. Ciotti;David. J.S. Montagnes

  480
  Citations

• The intraspecific scaling of metabolic rate with body mass in fishes depends on lifestyle and temperature.

  Shaun S. Killen;David Atkinson;David Atkinson;Douglas S. Glazier

  478
  Citations

• EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON THE SIZE OF AQUATIC ECTOTHERMS: EXCEPTIONS TO THE GENERAL RULE

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  335
  Citations

• The Impact of Climate Change on Fertility

  Benjamin S. Walsh;Steven R. Parratt;Ary A. Hoffmann;David Atkinson

  307
  Citations

• Rapid evolution of thermal tolerance in the water flea Daphnia

  AN Geerts;J Vanoverbeke;B Vanschoenwinkel;W Van Doorslaer

  303
  Citations

• Shrinking body sizes in response to warming: explanations for the temperature-size rule with special emphasis on the role of oxygen.

  Wilco C.E.P. Verberk;David Atkinson;K. Natan Hoefnagel;K. Natan Hoefnagel;Andrew G. Hirst;Andrew G. Hirst

  302
  Citations

• Temperature‐size responses match latitudinal‐size clines in arthropods, revealing critical differences between aquatic and terrestrial species

  Curtis R. Horne;Andrew. G. Hirst;Andrew. G. Hirst;David Atkinson

  302
  Citations

• Ectotherm life-history responses to developmental temperature

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  302
  Citations

• How important is climate? Effects of warming, nutrient addition and fish on phytoplankton in shallow lake microcosms

  Brian Moss;D. Mckee;D. Atkinson;S. E. Collings

  300
  Citations

• How rearing temperature affects optimal adult size in ectotherms

  R. M. Sibly;D. Atkinson

  288
  Citations

• Global warming and eutrophication: effects on water chemistry and autotrophic communities in experimental hypertrophic shallow lake mesocosms

  Heidrun Feuchtmayr;Heidrun Feuchtmayr;Rebecca Moran;Keith Hatton;Les Connor

  286
  Citations

• Predicting marine phytoplankton maximum growth rates from temperature: Improving on the Eppley curve using quantile regression

  Jan E. Bissinger;David J. S. Montagnes;Jonathan harples;David Atkinson

  256
  Citations

• From cells to colonies: at what levels of body organization does the ‘temperature-size rule’ apply?

  David Atkinson;Simon A. Morley;Roger N. Hughes

  254
  Citations

• Ecological influences and morphological correlates of resting and maximal metabolic rates across teleost fish species

  Shaun S. Killen;Douglas S. Glazier;Enrico L. Rezende;Timothy D. Clark;Timothy D. Clark

  251
  Citations

• Response of freshwater microcosm communities to nutrients, fish, and elevated temperature during winter and summer

  D. McKee;D. Atkinson;S. E. Collings;J. W. Eaton

  188
  Citations

• Body Size: The Structure and Function of Aquatic Ecosystems: The Structure and Function of Aquatic Ecosystems

  Alan G. Hildrew;David G. Raffaelli;Ronni Edmonds-Brown

  152
  Citations

• Effects of simulated climate warming on macrophytes in freshwater microcosm communities

  Dermot Mckee;Keith Hatton;John W Eaton;David Atkinson

  150
  Citations