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108
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44599
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Francisco P. Chavez 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 Francisco P. Chavez sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 389 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francisco P. Chavez 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 Francisco P. Chavez sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Francisco P. Chavez is affiliated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant work in ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, molecular biology, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Francisco P. Chavez include:

  • Environmental DNA reveals seasonal shifts and potential interactions in a marine community (2020, Nature Communications)
  • A Global Ocean Oxygen Database and Atlas for Assessing and Predicting Deoxygenation and Ocean Health in the Open and Coastal Ocean (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Toward a national eDNA strategy for the United States (2023, Environmental DNA)
  • Factors controlling plankton community production, export flux, and particulate matter stoichiometry in the coastal upwelling system off Peru (2020, Biogeosciences)
  • A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean colour satellite applications - version three (2022, Earth System Science Data)

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of frequent coauthors, including Kathleen Pitz, Monique Messié, Frank Müller-Karger, Jarrod A. Santora, and Kelly D. Goodwin.

Francisco P. Chavez has published multiple works in notable venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Oceanography
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Marine Technology Society Journal
  • Piel

Francisco P. Chavez has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2014 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2005.

Best Publications

  • Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters.

    Denise L. Breitburg;Lisa A. Levin;Andreas Oschlies;Marilaure Grégoire

  • Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea–air CO2 flux over the global oceans

    Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Rik H. Wanninkhof;Colm Sweeney

  • From anchovies to sardines and back: multidecadal change in the Pacific Ocean.

    Francisco P. Chavez;John Ryan;Salvador E. Lluch-Cota;C Miguel Ñiquen

  • A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-scale iron fertilization experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

    Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson;Kenneth S. Johnson;Steve E. Fitzwater;R. Michael Gordon

  • Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean

    J. H. Martin;K. H. Coale;K. S. Johnson;K. S. Johnson;S. E. Fitzwater

  • Biological Consequences of El Niño

    Richard T. Barber;Francisco P. Chavez

  • Mortality of sea lions along the central California coast linked to a toxic diatom bloom

    Christopher A. Scholin;Frances Gulland;Gregory J. Doucette;Scott Benson

  • A comparison of Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems

    Francisco P. Chavez;Monique Messié

  • Primary production in the eastern tropical Pacific: A review

    J. Timothy Pennington;Kevin L. Mahoney;Victor S. Kuwahara;Dorota D. Kolber

  • Biological and Chemical Response of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean to the 1997-98 El Niño

    F. P. Chavez;P. G. Strutton;G. E. Friederich;R. A. Feely

  • Southern Ocean Iron Enrichment Experiment: Carbon Cycling in High- and Low-Si Waters

    Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson;Francisco P. Chavez;Ken O. Buesseler

  • An estimate of new production in the equatorial Pacific

    Francisco P. Chavez;Richard T. Barber

  • Marine primary production in relation to climate variability and change.

    Francisco P Chavez;Monique Messié;J Timothy Pennington

  • The nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry of sinking particles from the margin of the Eastern North Pacific

    Mark A. Altabet;Cynthia Pilskaln;Robert Thunell;Carol Pride

  • From wind to whales: trophic links in a coastal upwelling system

    Donald A. Croll;Baldo Marinovic;Scott Benson;Francisco P. Chavez

  • The northern Humboldt Current System: Brief history, present status and a view towards the future

    Francisco P. Chavez;Arnaud Bertrand;Renato Guevara-Carrasco;Pierre Soler

  • Oxygen declines and the shoaling of the hypoxic boundary in the California Current

    Steven J. Bograd;Carmen G. Castro;Emanuele Di Lorenzo;Daniel M. Palacios;Daniel M. Palacios

  • Continental-shelf sediment as a primary source of iron for coastal phytoplankton

    Kenneth S. Johnson;Kenneth S. Johnson;Francisco P. Chavez;Gernot E. Friederich

  • Glacial to interglacial fluctuations in productivity in the Equatorial Pacific as indicated by marine barite

    A. Paytan;M. Kastner;F.P. Chavez

  • Biological and chemical consequences of the 1997–1998 El Niño in central California waters

    F.P Chavez;J.T Pennington;C.G Castro;C.G Castro;J.P Ryan

  • Seasonal fluctuations of temperature, salinity, nitrate, chlorophyll and primary production at station H3/M1 over 1989-1996 in Monterey Bay, California

    J. Timothy Pennington;Francisco P. Chavez

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Ryan
John P. Ryan Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Raphael M. Kudela
Raphael M. Kudela University of California, Santa Cruz
Peter G. Strutton
Peter G. Strutton University of Tasmania
Gernot E. Friederich
Gernot E. Friederich Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Frank E. Muller-Karger
Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida
Kurt R. Buck
Kurt R. Buck Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Mati Kahru
Mati Kahru University of California, San Diego
Richard A. Feely
Richard A. Feely University of Washington
Kenneth S. Johnson
Kenneth S. Johnson Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Heidi M. Sosik
Heidi M. Sosik Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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