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79
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30439
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859
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124

David K. A. Barnes 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 K. A. Barnes sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 313 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David K. A. Barnes 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 K. A. Barnes sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 79 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David K. A. Barnes is affiliated with the British Antarctic Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with specialized work in the subfields of oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, atmospheric science, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist has published extensively on topics including polar research and ecology, marine biology and ecology research, marine and coastal plant biology, marine and fisheries research, ocean acidification effects and responses, geology and paleoclimatology research, and coral and marine ecosystems studies.

Key recent papers by David K. A. Barnes include:

  • Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts (2023, Science)
  • Changing Biogeochemistry of the Southern Ocean and Its Ecosystem Implications (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Microplastic pollution in a rapidly changing world: Implications for remote and vulnerable marine ecosystems (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change (2021, Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications)
  • Invasive non-native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region (2020, Global Change Biology)

Frequently collaborating co-authors include Kerry L. Howell, Michel J. Kaiser, Martin J. Attrill, David N. Thomas, and Andrew S. Brierley, each with multiple joint publications alongside Barnes.

David K. A. Barnes publishes regularly in venues such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Global Change Biology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Marine Environmental Research, and Biology.

The scientist also has a book publication titled Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts released by Oxford University Press in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments.

    David K. A. Barnes;François Galgani;Richard C. Thompson;Morton A. Barlaz

  • Coral record of increased sediment flux to the inner Great Barrier Reef since European settlement

    Malcolm McCulloch;Stewart Fallon;Stewart Fallon;Timothy Wyndham;Erica Hendy

  • Biodiversity: Invasions by marine life on plastic debris

    David K. A. Barnes;David K. A. Barnes

  • Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota

    Andrew J. Constable;Andrew J. Constable;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Stuart P. Corney;Kevin R. Arrigo

  • Millimeter-Sized Marine Plastics: A New Pelagic Habitat for Microorganisms and Invertebrates

    Julia Wiener Reisser;Jeremy Shaw;Gustaaf Hallegraeff;Maíra Carneiro Proietti

  • Drifting plastic and its consequences for sessile organism dispersal in the Atlantic Ocean

    D. K. A. Barnes;P. Milner

  • Climate change and the marine ecosystem of the western Antarctic Peninsula

    Andrew Clarke;Eugene J Murphy;Michael P Meredith;John C King

  • Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts

    Michel J. Kaiser;Martin A. Attrill;Simon Jennings;David N. Thomas

  • Status and management of world sea urchin fisheries

    N. L. Andrew;Y. Agatsuma;E. Ballesteros;A. G. Bazhin

  • The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity

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

  • How isolated is Antarctica

    Andrew Clarke;David K.A. Barnes;Dominic A. Hodgson

  • Environmental constraints on life histories in Antarctic ecosystems: tempos, timings and predictability.

    Lloyd S. Peck;Peter Convey;David K. A. Barnes

  • Diurnal lipid and mucus production in the staghorn coral Acropora acuminata

    Chris Crossland;David Barnes;Mike Borowitzka

  • Macroplastics at sea around Antarctica.

    David K.A. Barnes;Adam Walters;Leandra Gonçalves

  • On the nature and causes of density banding in massive coral skeletons

    David Barnes;Janice Lough

  • Incursion and excursion of Antarctic biota: past, present and future

    D. K. A. Barnes;D. A. Hodgson;P. Convey;C. S. Allen

  • Biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic mollusca

    Katrin Linse;Huw J. Griffiths;David K.A. Barnes;Andrew Clarke

  • Disturbance, colonization and development of Antarctic benthic communities

    David K.A Barnes;Kathleen E Conlan

  • Climate change and glacier retreat drive shifts in an Antarctic benthic ecosystem

    Ricardo Jose Sahade;Cristian Fabian Lagger;Luciana Torre;Fernando Momo;Fernando Momo

  • Towards a generalized biogeography of the Southern Ocean benthos

    Huw J. Griffiths;David K. A. Barnes;Katrin Linse

  • Antarctic Futures: An Assessment of Climate-Driven Changes in Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Service Provisioning in the Southern Ocean.

    A D Rogers;B A V Frinault;D K A Barnes;N L Bindoff

  • Scientific outcome of the IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change

    Hans Otto-Portner;Bob Scholes;John Agard;Emma Archer

  • Negative feedback in the cold: ice retreat produces new carbon sinks in Antarctica

    Lloyd S. Peck;David K.A. Barnes;Alison J. Cook;Andrew H. Fleming

Frequent Co-Authors

Lloyd S. Peck
Lloyd S. Peck British Antarctic Survey
Katrin Linse
Katrin Linse British Antarctic Survey
Huw J. Griffiths
Huw J. Griffiths British Antarctic Survey
Andrew Clarke
Andrew Clarke British Antarctic Survey
Simon A. Morley
Simon A. Morley Natural Environment Research Council
James J. Bell
James J. Bell Victoria University of Wellington
Peter Convey
Peter Convey British Antarctic Survey
Dan A. Smale
Dan A. Smale Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Angelika Brandt
Angelika Brandt Universität Hamburg
Julian Gutt
Julian Gutt Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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