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D-Index
71
Citations
16443
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1606
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682

David P. Krabbenhoft 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 David P. Krabbenhoft sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 231 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David P. Krabbenhoft 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 David P. Krabbenhoft sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David P. Krabbenhoft is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis, as well as ecology, pollution, global and planetary change, and nature and landscape conservation.

The main topics covered in their body of work include:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Heavy metal exposure and toxicity
  • Isotope analysis in ecology
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology

Krabbenhoft's recent papers include:

  • Experimental evidence for recovery of mercury-contaminated fish populations (2021, Nature)
  • Demethylation of Methylmercury in Bird, Fish, and Earthworm (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Mercury Methylation Genes Identified across Diverse Anaerobic Microbial Guilds in a Eutrophic Sulfate-Enriched Lake (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Mercury Export from Arctic Great Rivers (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • A National-Scale Assessment of Mercury Bioaccumulation in United States National Parks Using Dragonfly Larvae As Biosentinels through a Citizen-Science Framework (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Michael T. Tate
  • Sarah E. Janssen
  • Brett A. Poulin
  • Jacob M. Ogorek
  • Collin A. Eagles-Smith

Krabbenhoft's work has been published extensively in journals such as:

  • Environmental Science & Technology (17 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (6 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (3 publications)
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry (2 publications)
  • ACS ES&T Water (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Ecotoxicology of Mercury

    James G. Wiener;David P. Krabbenhoft;Gary H. Heinz;Anton M. Scheuhammer

  • Atmospheric mercury deposition during the last 270 years: A glacial ice core record of natural and anthropogenic sources

    Paul F. Schuster;David P. Krabbenhoft;David L. Naftz;L. Dewayne Cecil

  • Whole-ecosystem study shows rapid fish-mercury response to changes in mercury deposition

    Reed C. Harris;John W. M. Rudd;Marc Amyot;Christopher L. Babiarz

  • Mercury sources, distribution, and bioavailability in the North Pacific Ocean: insights from data and models.

    Elsie M. Sunderland;David P. Krabbenhoft;John W. Moreau;Sarah A. Strode

  • Estimating groundwater exchange with lakes: 1. The stable isotope mass balance method

    David P. Krabbenhoft;Carl J. Bowser;Mary P. Anderson;John W. Valley

  • Global Change and Mercury

    David P. Krabbenhoft;Elsie M. Sunderland

  • Observed decrease in atmospheric mercury explained by global decline in anthropogenic emissions

    Yanxu Zhang;Daniel James Jacob;Hannah Marie Horowitz;Long Chen;Long Chen

  • Permafrost Stores a Globally Significant Amount of Mercury

    Paul F. Schuster;Kevin Schaefer;George R. Aiken;Ronald C. Antweiler

  • Reactivity and Mobility of New and Old Mercury Deposition in a Boreal Forest Ecosystem during the First Year of the METAALICUS Study

    Holger Hintelmann;Reed Harris;Andrew Heyes;James P. Hurley

  • Global biogeochemical implications of mercury discharges from rivers and sediment burial.

    Helen Marie Amos;Daniel James Jacob;David Kocman;Hannah Marie Horowitz

  • Methyl-Mercury Degradation Pathways: A Comparison among Three Mercury-Impacted Ecosystems

    Mark Marvin-Dipasquale;Jennifer Agee;Chad Mcgowan;Ronald S. Oremland

  • Mercury Cycling in Stream Ecosystems. 1. Water Column Chemistry and Transport

    Mark E. Brigham;Dennis A. Wentz;George R. Aiken;David P. Krabbenhoft

  • Urban Stormwater: An Overlooked Pathway of Extensive Mixed Contaminants to Surface and Groundwaters in the United States.

    Jason R. Masoner;Dana W. Kolpin;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;Larry B. Barber

  • Wetlands as principal zones of methylmercury production in southern Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico region.

    B.D. Hall;G.R. Aiken;D.P. Krabbenhoft;M. Marvin-DiPasquale

  • Kinetic and mineralogic controls on the evolution of groundwater chemistry and 87Sr/86Sr in a sandy silicate aquifer, northern Wisconsin, USA

    Thomas D. Bullen;David P. Krabbenhoft;Carol Kendall

  • Groundwater Inflow Measurements in Wetland Systems

    Randy J. Hunt;David P. Krabbenhoft;Mary P. Anderson

  • Diel variability of mercury phase and species distributions in the Florida Everglades

    David P. Krabbenhoft;James P. Hurley;Mark L. Olson;Lisa B. Cleckner

  • Microbial mercury methylation in Antarctic sea ice.

    Caitlin M. Gionfriddo;Michael T. Tate;Ryan R. Wick;Mark B. Schultz

  • Mercury cycling in the Allequash Creek watershed, northern Wisconsin

    David P. Krabbenhoft;Janina M. Benoit;Christopher L. Babiarz;James P. Hurley

  • Mercury cycling in stream ecosystems. 2. Benthic methylmercury production and bed sediment-pore water partitioning.

    Mark Marvin-DiPasquale;Michelle A. Lutz;Mark E. Brigham;David P. Krabbenhoft

  • A National Pilot Study of Mercury Contamination of Aquatic Ecosystems along Multiple Gradients

    David P. Krabbenhoft;James G. Wiener;William G. Brumbaugh;Mark L. Olson

Frequent Co-Authors

George R. Aiken
George R. Aiken United States Geological Survey
James P. Hurley
James P. Hurley University of Wisconsin–Madison
Runsheng Yin
Runsheng Yin Chinese Academy of Sciences
William H. Orem
William H. Orem United States Geological Survey
Cynthia C. Gilmour
Cynthia C. Gilmour Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Collin A. Eagles-Smith
Collin A. Eagles-Smith United States Geological Survey
Elsie M. Sunderland
Elsie M. Sunderland Harvard University
Robert G. Striegl
Robert G. Striegl United States Geological Survey
Mark A. Engle
Mark A. Engle The University of Texas at El Paso
Charles P. Madenjian
Charles P. Madenjian United States Geological Survey

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