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David Morritt

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
6512
World Ranking
7044
National Ranking
711

David Morritt 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 Morritt sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 91 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Morritt 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 Morritt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Morritt is affiliated with Royal Holloway University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science with a particular emphasis on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Ecology, Oceanography, and Endocrinology.

Their work spans a variety of topics, notably Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Vibrio bacteria research studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry, and Zoonotic diseases and public health.

David Morritt's recent publications include:

  • "London's river of plastic: High levels of microplastics in the Thames water column" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "High prevalence of plastic ingestion by Eriocheir sinensis and Carcinus maenas (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Thames Estuary" (2020) published in Environmental Pollution
  • "The effects of wet wipe pollution on the Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the River Thames, London" (2020) published in Environmental Pollution
  • "Pathogens co-transported with invasive non-native aquatic species: implications for risk analysis and legislation" (2021) published in NeoBiota
  • "Synthetic and Semi-Synthetic Microplastic Ingestion by Mesopelagic Fishes From Tristan da Cunha and St Helena, South Atlantic" (2021) published in Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David Morritt include:

  • Paul F. Clark
  • Heather J. Koldewey
  • Alexandra R. McGoran
  • Rachel Foster
  • Paul Stebbing

David Morritt's research has been published in several venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • NeoBiota
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin

Best Publications

  • Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour

    David W. Sims;Emily J. Southall;Nicolas E. Humphries;Graeme C. Hays

  • Species sensitivity distributions: data and model choice

    J.R Wheeler;E.P.M Grist;K.M.Y Leung;K.M.Y Leung;D Morritt

  • Hunt warm, rest cool: bioenergetic strategy underlying diel vertical migration of a benthic shark

    David W. Sims;Victoria J. Wearmouth;Emily J. Southall;Jacqueline M. Hill

  • Plastic in the Thames: a river runs through it.

    David Morritt;Paris V. Stefanoudis;Dave Pearce;Oliver A. Crimmen

  • Movements and activity of male and female dogfish in a tidal sea lough: alternative behavioural strategies and apparent sexual segregation

    D. W. Sims;J. P. Nash;D. Morritt

  • Habitat partitioning and thermal tolerance in a tropical limpet, Cellana grata

    Williams Ga;Morritt D

  • Comparison of tropical and temperate freshwater animal species' acute sensitivities to chemicals: Implications for deriving safe extrapolation factors: Tropical versus Temperate Species Sensitivity

    Kevin Wh Kwok;Kenneth My Leung;Gilbert Sg Lui;Vincent Kh Chu

  • Presence of microplastic in the digestive tracts of European flounder, Platichthys flesus, and European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus, from the River Thames.

    A.R. McGoran;P.F. Clark;D. Morritt

  • Comparison of Tropical and Temperate Freshwater Animal Species' Acute Sensitivities to Chemicals: Implications for Deriving Safe Extrapolation Factors

    Kevin W H Kwok;Kenneth M Y Leung;Gilbert S G Lui;S Vincent K H Chu

  • Freshwater to saltwater toxicity extrapolation using species sensitivity distributions.

    James R. Wheeler;Kenneth M. Y. Leung;Kenneth M. Y. Leung;David Morritt;Neal Sorokin

  • London's river of plastic: High levels of microplastics in the Thames water column.

    Katharine H. Rowley;Anna-Christina Cucknell;Brian D. Smith;Paul F. Clark

  • Can saltwater toxicity be predicted from freshwater data

    Kenneth M.Y. Leung;David Morritt;James R. Wheeler;Paul Whitehouse

  • Development of Crassostrea gigas Larvae is Affected by 4-nonylphenol

    H.E Nice;M.C Thorndyke;D Morritt;S Steele

  • Abnormalities in sexual development of the amphipod Gammarus pulex (L.) found below sewage treatment works

    Melanie Yvette Gross;Dawn Stretton Maycock;Michael Charles Thorndyke;David Morritt

  • Physiological responses to heat stress on a tropical shore: the benefits of mushrooming behaviour in the limpet Cellana grata

    Gray A. Williams;Maurizio De Pirro;Kenneth M. Y. Leung;David Morritt

  • Vitellogenin: A Review of Analytical Methods to Detect (Anti) Estrogenic Activity in Fish

    James R. Wheeler;Sylvia Gimeno;Mark Crane;Enrique Lopez-Juez

  • Long-term and transgenerational effects of nonylphenol exposure at a key stage in the development of Crassostrea gigas. Possible endocrine disruption?

    Helen E. Nice;David Morritt;Mark Crane;Mike Thorndyke

  • The physiological ecology of talitrid amphipods: an update

    David Morritt;John I. Spicer

  • Summer mortality: effects on the distribution and abundance of the acorn barnacle Tetraclita japonica on tropical shores

    Benny K. K. Chan;David Morritt;Maurizio De Pirro;Kenneth M. Y. Leung

  • Chronic toxicity of tributyltin to development and reproduction of the European freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis (L.).

    Kenneth M.Y. Leung;Eric P.M. Grist;Neil J. Morley;David Morritt

  • Osmoregulation in littoral and terrestrial talitroidean amphipods (Crustacea) from Britain

    David Morritt

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Crane
Mark Crane Royal Holloway University of London
Gray A. Williams
Gray A. Williams University of Hong Kong
Kenneth M.Y. Leung
Kenneth M.Y. Leung City University of Hong Kong
David W. Sims
David W. Sims University of Southampton
John I. Spicer
John I. Spicer Plymouth University
Paul W. Shaw
Paul W. Shaw Aberystwyth University
Piero Calosi
Piero Calosi Université du Québec à Rimouski
Brian D. Smith
Brian D. Smith Natural History Museum
Julian C. Partridge
Julian C. Partridge University of Western Australia
Michael C. Thorndyke
Michael C. Thorndyke Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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