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Esperança Gacia 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 Esperança Gacia sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 92 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Esperança Gacia 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 Esperança Gacia sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Esperança Gacia is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has a research focus primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several specialized subfields, including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science, and Pollution.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of environmental dynamics and management studies, such as:

  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Among their recent academic contributions, Esperança Gacia has coauthored papers that address various aspects of environmental science and ecosystem management. Notable publications include:

  • Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes, 2021, published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Wastewater treatment plant effluent inputs induce large biogeochemical changes during low flows in an intermittent stream but small changes in day-night patterns, 2020, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Interactions between microplastics and benthic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems: Knowledge gaps and future trends, 2022, published in Freshwater Science
  • Effect of Three Emergent Macrophyte Species on Nutrient Retention in Aquatic Environments under Excess Nutrient Loading, 2020, published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Wastewater treatment plant effluent inputs influence the temporal variability of nutrient uptake in an intermittent stream, 2022, published in Urban Ecosystems

Esperança Gacia frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Regular coauthors include Susana Bernal, Eugènia Martí, Miquel Ribot, Sara Castelar, and Jennifer Drummond. These collaborations encompass multiple publications contributing to varied aspects of environmental science and ecosystem studies.

Their research has been published primarily in journals focused on environmental science and related ecological studies. The most frequent publication venues are The Science of The Total Environment and Environmental Science & Technology, with additional contributions in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Freshwater Science, and Urban Ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Seagrass community metabolism: Assessing the carbon sink capacity of seagrass meadows

    Carlos M. Duarte;Núria Marbà;Esperança Gacia;James W. Fourqurean

  • Sediment Retention by a Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica Meadow: The Balance between Deposition and Resuspension

    Esperança Gacia;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Low-crested coastal defence structures as artificial habitats for marine life: Using ecological criteria in design

    P. S. Moschella;M. Abbiati;P. Åberg;L. Airoldi

  • AN APPROACH TO MEASUREMENT OF PARTICLE FLUX AND SEDIMENT RETENTION WITHIN SEAGRASS (POSIDONIA OCEANICA) MEADOWS

    E Gacia;T.C Granata;C.M Duarte

  • Are seagrass growth and survival constrained by the reducing conditions of the sediment

    J Terrados;C.M Duarte;L Kamp-Nielsen;N.S.R Agawin

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • Carbon and nutrient deposition in a Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadow

    Esperança Gacia;Carlos M. Duarte;Jack J. Middelburg

  • Salinity tolerance of the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica: recommendations to minimize the impact of brine discharges from desalination plants

    José Luis Sánchez-Lizaso;Javier Romero;Juanma Ruiz;Esperança Gacia

  • Impact of the brine from a desalination plant on a shallow seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadow

    Esperança Gacia;Olga Invers;Marta Manzanera;Enric Ballesteros

  • Carbon and nitrogen translocation between seagrass ramets

    Núria Marbà;Marten A. Hemminga;Miguel Ángel Mateo;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Sediment deposition and production in SE-Asia seagrass meadows

    Esperança Gacia;Carlos M. Duarte;Núria Marbà;Jorge Terrados

  • Seagrass Beds and Coastal Biogeochemistry

    Núria Marbà;Marianne Holmer;Esperança Gacia;Cristina Barron

  • Flow and Particle Distributions in a Nearshore Seagrass Meadow before and after a Storm

    TC Granata;T Serra;J Colomer;X Casamitjana

  • Organic carbon sources to SE Asian coastal sediments

    Hilary Kennedy;Esperança Gacia;D. P. Kennedy;S. Papadimitriou

  • Global variation in the beta diversity of lake macrophytes is driven by environmental heterogeneity rather than latitude

    Janne Alahuhta;Sarian Kosten;Munemitsu Akasaka;Dominique Auderset

  • Direct evidence of imbalanced seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) shoot population dynamics in the Spanish Mediterranean

    Núria Marbà;Carlos M. Duarte;Elena Díaz-Almela;Jorge Terrados

  • Chemical composition of disturbed and undisturbed high-mountain lakes in the Pyrenees: A reference for acidified sites

    Jordi Catalan;Enric Ballesteros;Esperança Gacia;Antonio Palau

  • Macrophytes from lakes in the eastern Pyrenees: community composition and ordination in relation to environmental factors

    Esperança Gacia;Enric Ballesteros;Lluis Camarero;Olga Delgado

  • Environmental factors explaining the distribution and diversity of vascular aquatic macrophytes in a highly heterogeneous Mediterranean region

    Eglantine Chappuis;Esperança Gacia;Enric Ballesteros

  • Macrophyte landscape modulates lake ecosystem‐level nitrogen losses through tightly coupled plant‐microbe interactions

    Maria Vila-Costa;Cristina Pulido;Eglantine Chappuis;Adelina Calviño

  • Differential accumulation of mercury and other trace metals in the food web components of a reservoir impacted by a chlor-alkali plant (Flix, Ebro River, Spain): Implications for biomonitoring.

    David X. Soto;Romero Roig;Esperança Gacia;Jordi Catalan

Frequent Co-Authors

Enric Ballesteros
Enric Ballesteros Spanish National Research Council
Eugènia Martí
Eugènia Martí Spanish National Research Council
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Francesc Sabater
Francesc Sabater University of Barcelona
Núria Marbà
Núria Marbà Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies
Jordi Catalan
Jordi Catalan Spanish National Research Council
Fabio Bulleri
Fabio Bulleri University of Pisa
Jorge Terrados
Jorge Terrados Spanish National Research Council
Marco Abbiati
Marco Abbiati University of Bologna
Lluís Camarero
Lluís Camarero Spanish National Research Council

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