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Fernando Tuya

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
9699
World Ranking
4786
National Ranking
153

Fernando Tuya 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 Fernando Tuya sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 214 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fernando Tuya 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 Fernando Tuya sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Fernando Tuya is affiliated with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Tuya's scholarly work addresses key topics including:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology

Recent publications reflect these interests and contributions to marine and environmental sciences. Among them are:

  • Levelling-up rhodolith-bed science to address global-scale conservation challenges, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Leveraging the blue economy to transform marine forest restoration, 2022, Journal of Phycology
  • Persistent thermally driven shift in the functional trait structure of herbivorous fishes: Evidence of top-down control on the rebound potential of temperate seaweed forests?, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Evaluation of carbon sinks by the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa at an oceanic island: Spatial variation and economic valuation, 2020, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Niche and neutral assembly mechanisms contribute to latitudinal diversity gradients in reef fishes, 2021, Journal of Biogeography

Tuya frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Francisco Otero-Ferrer, Fernando Espino, Ricardo Haroun, Néstor E. Bosch, and Sandra Navarro-Mayoral. These partnerships reflect an active engagement in multidisciplinary marine and ecological research projects.

Their work is commonly published in venues that have featured multiple of their studies, such as Diversity, Marine Environmental Research, Coral Reefs, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and The Science of The Total Environment.

Best Publications

  • Climate-driven regime shift of a temperate marine ecosystem

    Thomas Wernberg;Scott Bennett;Scott Bennett;Russell C. Babcock;Russell C. Babcock;Thibaut de Bettignies

  • An extreme climatic event alters marine ecosystem structure in a global biodiversity hotspot

    Thomas Wernberg;Dan A. Smale;Fernando Tuya;Fernando Tuya;Mads S. Thomsen

  • Decreasing resilience of kelp beds along a latitudinal temperature gradient: potential implications for a warmer future

    Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg;Mads S. Thomsen;Mads S. Thomsen;Fernando Tuya;Gary A. Kendrick

  • Habitat Cascades: The Conceptual Context and Global Relevance of Facilitation Cascades via Habitat Formation and Modification

    Mads S. Thomsen;Thomas Wernberg;Andrew Altieri;Fernando Tuya

  • Genetic diversity and kelp forest vulnerability to climatic stress.

    Thomas Wernberg;Melinda A. Coleman;Scott Bennett;Mads S. Thomsen;Mads S. Thomsen

  • Relationships between rocky-reef fish assemblages, the sea urchin Diadema antillarum and macroalgae throughout the Canarian Archipelago

    Fernando Tuya;Arturo Boyra;Pablo Sanchez-Jerez;Carmen Barbera

  • Evidence for impacts of nonindigenous macroalgae: a meta-analysis of experimental field studies

    Mads Thomsen;Thomas Wernberg;Fernando Tuya;Brian Reed Silliman

  • Biogenic habitat structure of seaweeds change along a latitudinal gradient in ocean temperature

    Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg;Mads S. Thomsen;Mads S. Thomsen;Fernando Tuya;Gary A. Kendrick

  • Changes in demersal wild fish aggregations beneath a sea-cage fish farm after the cessation of farming

    Fernando Tuya;Pablo Sanchez-Jerez;Tim Dempster;Arturo Boyra

  • Attraction of Wild Coastal Fishes to an Atlantic Subtropical Cage Fish Farms, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

    Arturo Boyra;Pablo Sanchez-Jerez;Fernando Tuya;Fernando Espino

  • A Meta-Analysis of Seaweed Impacts on Seagrasses: Generalities and Knowledge Gaps

    Mads S. Thomsen;Mads S. Thomsen;Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg;Aschwin H. Engelen;Fernando Tuya;Fernando Tuya

  • The ‘golden kelp’ Laminaria ochroleuca under global change: Integrating multiple eco‐physiological responses with species distribution models

    João N. Franco;Fernando Tuya;Iacopo Bertocci;Iacopo Bertocci;Laura Rodríguez

  • Bathymetric segregation of sea urchins on reefs of the Canarian Archipelago: Role of flow-induced forces

    Fernando Tuya;Fernando Tuya;J. Cisneros-Aguirre;L. Ortega-Borges;R. J. Haroun

  • Economic assessment of ecosystem services: Monetary value of seagrass meadows for coastal fisheries

    Fernando Tuya;Ricardo Haroun;Fernando Espino

  • Patterns of landscape and assemblage structure along a latitudinal gradient in ocean climate

    Fernando Tuya;Eva Cacabelos;Pedro Duarte;David Jacinto

  • Distributional shifts of canopy-forming seaweeds from the Atlantic coast of Southern Europe

    P. Casado-Amezúa;R. Araújo;I. Bárbara;R. Bermejo

  • Habitat preferences of macroinvertebrate fauna among seagrasses with varying structural forms

    Adam Gartner;Fernando Tuya;Paul S Lavery;Kathryn M McMahon

  • Vertical variability of wild fish assemblages around sea-cage fish farms: implications for management

    Tim Dempster;Damian Fernandez-Jover;Pablo Sanchez-Jerez;Fernando Tuya

  • Spatial patterns and response to wave exposure of shallow water algal assemblages across the Canarian Archipelago: a multi-scaled approach

    Fernando Tuya;Ricardo J. Haroun

  • Feeding and movement patterns of the sea cucumber Holothuria sanctori

    P. G. Navarro;S. García-Sanz;J. M. Barrio;F. Tuya

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wernberg
Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia
Mads S. Thomsen
Mads S. Thomsen University of Canterbury
Pablo Sanchez-Jerez
Pablo Sanchez-Jerez University of Alicante
Francisco Arenas
Francisco Arenas University of Porto
Iacopo Bertocci
Iacopo Bertocci University of Pisa
Tim Dempster
Tim Dempster University of Melbourne
Gary A. Kendrick
Gary A. Kendrick University of Western Australia
Alberto Brito
Alberto Brito University of La Laguna
Jorge Terrados
Jorge Terrados Spanish National Research Council
Brian R. Silliman
Brian R. Silliman Duke University

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Best Scientists Citing Fernando Tuya

Thomas Wernberg

Thomas Wernberg

University of Western Australia

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Dan A. Smale

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Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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Mads S. Thomsen

Mads S. Thomsen

University of Canterbury

Publications: 75

Melinda A. Coleman

Melinda A. Coleman

Southern Cross University

Publications: 57

Pablo Sanchez-Jerez

Pablo Sanchez-Jerez

University of Alicante

Publications: 44

Gary A. Kendrick

Gary A. Kendrick

University of Western Australia

Publications: 38

Ester A. Serrão

Ester A. Serrão

University of Algarve

Publications: 38

Pippa J. Moore

Pippa J. Moore

Newcastle University

Publications: 38

Bayden D. Russell

Bayden D. Russell

University of Hong Kong

Publications: 37

Neil J. Holbrook

Neil J. Holbrook

University of Tasmania

Publications: 35

Sean D. Connell

Sean D. Connell

University of Adelaide

Publications: 34

Peter D. Steinberg

Peter D. Steinberg

University of New South Wales

Publications: 33

Ming Feng

Ming Feng

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Publications: 33

Eric C. J. Oliver

Eric C. J. Oliver

Dalhousie University

Publications: 32

Alistair J. Hobday

Alistair J. Hobday

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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Carlos M. Duarte

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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