2026 Gary W. Saunders: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	55	14950	13729	527	483	223	12227

Overview

Gary W. Saunders is affiliated with the University of New Brunswick in Canada. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant work focused on subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their research include:

Marine and coastal plant biology
Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Marine animal studies overview
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Echinoderm biology and ecology

Gary W. Saunders has published frequently in several scientific venues, including:

Journal of Phycology
Botanica Marina
Phycologia
Cryptogamie Algologie
Botany

Recent publications featuring their contributions include:

"Ten people-centered rules for socially sustainable ecosystem restoration" (2021), Restoration Ecology
"Chiixuu Tll iinasdll: Indigenous Ethics and Values Lead to Ecological Restoration for People and Place in Gwaii Haanas" (2021), Ecological Restoration
"Unique biodiversity in Arctic marine forests is shaped by diverse recolonization pathways and far northern glacial refugia" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade-specific evolutionary processes" (2021), Journal of Biogeography
"Lithothamnion (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta) in the changing Arctic and Subarctic: DNA sequencing of type and recent specimens provides a systematics foundation" (2021), European Journal of Phycology

Collaborations have been an integral part of their work. Frequent co-authors associated with Gary W. Saunders include:

Craig W. Schneider
Cody Brooks
John M. Huisman
Trevor T. Bringloe
Heroen Verbruggen

Best Publications

Applying DNA barcoding to red macroalgae: a preliminary appraisal holds promise for future applications

Gary W Saunders

915
Citations
CBOL Protist Working Group: Barcoding Eukaryotic Richness beyond the Animal, Plant, and Fungal Kingdoms

Jan Wojciech Pawlowski;Stéphane Audic;Sina Adl;David Bass

593
Citations
A multi-gene molecular investigation of the kelp (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) supports substantial taxonomic re-organization

Christopher E. Lane;Charlene Mayes;Louis D. Druehl;Gary W. Saunders

401
Citations
Ultrastructure and 18s rrna gene sequence for pelagomonas calceolata gen. et sp. nov. and the description of a new algal class, the pelagophyceae classis nov.¹

Robert A. Andersen;Gary W. Saunders;Michael P. Paskind;Julianne P. Sexton

315
Citations
A molecular assessment of northeast Pacific Alaria species (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) with reference to the utility of DNA barcoding.

Christopher E. Lane;Sandra C. Lindstrom;Gary W. Saunders

277
Citations
DNA BARCODING IS A POWERFUL TOOL TO UNCOVER ALGAL DIVERSITY: A CASE STUDY OF THE PHYLLOPHORACEAE (GIGARTINALES, RHODOPHYTA) IN THE CANADIAN FLORA

Line Le Gall;Gary W. Saunders

257
Citations
Methods for DNA barcoding photosynthetic protists emphasizing the macroalgae and diatoms.

Gary W. Saunders;Daniel C. McDevit

246
Citations
Gel purification of red algal genomic DNA: an inexpensive and rapid method for the isolation of polymerase chain reaction-friendly DNA

Gary W. Saunders

244
Citations
Assessing red algal supraordinal diversity and taxonomy in the context of contemporary systematic data

Gary W. Saunders;Max H. Hommersand

241
Citations
Refinements for the amplification and sequencing of red algal DNA barcode and RedToL phylogenetic markers: a summary of current primers, profiles and strategies

Gary W. Saunders;Tanya E. Moore

241
Citations
Small-subunit rRNA gene sequences from representatives of selected families of the Gigartinales and Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta). 1. Evidence for the Plocamiales ord.nov.

G. W. Saunders;G. T. Kraft

241
Citations
Barcoding diatoms: exploring alternatives to COI-5P.

Sarah E. Hamsher;Katharine M. Evans;David G. Mann;Aloisie Poulíčková

210
Citations
A nuclear phylogeny of the Florideophyceae (Rhodophyta) inferred from combined EF2, small subunit and large subunit ribosomal DNA: establishing the new red algal subclass Corallinophycidae.

Line Le Gall;Gary W. Saunders

196
Citations
Small-subunit rDNA sequences from representatives of selected families of the Gigartinales and Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta). 3. Delineating the Gigartinales sensu stricto

Gary W Saunders;Anthony Chiovitti;Gerald T Kraft

195
Citations
A DNA barcode examination of the red algal family Dumontiaceae in Canadian waters reveals substantial cryptic species diversity. 1. The foliose Dilsea–Neodilsea complex and WeeksiaThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Issue on Systematics Research.

Gary W. SaundersG.W. Saunders

184
Citations
Phylogenetic relationships of the 'golden algae' (haptophytes, heterokont chromophytes) and their plastids

Linda K. Medlin;Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra;Daniel Potter;Gary W. Saunders

182
Citations
Divergence time estimates and the evolution of major lineages in the florideophyte red algae.

Eun Chan Yang;Sung Min Boo;Debashish Bhattacharya;Gary W. Saunders

180
Citations
Small-subunit ribosomal RNA sequences from selected dinoflagellates: testing classical evolutionary hypotheses with molecular systematic methods

G. W. Saunders;D. R. A. Hill;J. P. Sexton;R. A. Andersen

179
Citations
Routine DNA barcoding of Canadian Gracilariales (Rhodophyta) reveals the invasive species Gracilaria vermiculophylla in British Columbia.

Gary W. Saunders

177
Citations
Small-subunit rRNA gene sequences from representatives of selected families of the Gigartinales and Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta). 2. Recognition of the Halymeniales ord.nov.

G. W. Saunders;G. T. Kraft

153
Citations