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Geoffrey C. Trussell

Geoffrey C. Trussell

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
6744
World Ranking
5582
National Ranking
1910

Geoffrey C. Trussell 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 Geoffrey C. Trussell sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 69 publications — 3rd percentile

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

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

Geoffrey C. Trussell 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 Geoffrey C. Trussell sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Geoffrey C. Trussell is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

Trussell's research focuses on topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, including Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Marine and fisheries research.

They have published multiple papers, with recent works highlighting various biological and ecological responses to environmental factors. Notable publications include:

  • Physiological and biochemical responses to acute environmental stress and predation risk in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis (2020), Journal of Sea Research
  • Sex-specific differences in the response of prey to predation risk (2020), Functional Ecology
  • A novel analytical framework to quantify co-gradient and countergradient variation (2022), Ecology Letters
  • Evolution in changing seas (2021), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Local and regional geographic variation in inducible defenses (2023), Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Trussell include:

  • Oswald J. Schmitz
  • Sarah C. Donelan
  • Molly A. Albecker
  • Katie E. Lotterhos
  • Meryl S. Baker

Trussell has published regularly in several academic journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Ecology Letters
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Journal of Sea Research
  • Functional Ecology
  • Ecology

In 2020, Trussell was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • REVISITING THE CLASSICS: CONSIDERING NONCONSUMPTIVE EFFECTS IN TEXTBOOK EXAMPLES OF PREDATOR–PREY INTERACTIONS

    Barbara L. Peckarsky;Peter A. Abrams;Daniel I. Bolnick;Lawrence M. Dill

  • Predator control of ecosystem nutrient dynamics

    Oswald J. Schmitz;Dror Hawlena;Geoffrey C. Trussell

  • TRAIT‐MEDIATED EFFECTS IN ROCKY INTERTIDAL FOOD CHAINS: PREDATOR RISK CUES ALTER PREY FEEDING RATES

    Geoffrey C. Trussell;Geoffrey C. Trussell;Patrick J. Ewanchuk;Mark D. Bertness

  • Induced defenses in response to an invading crab predator: An explanation of historical and geographic phenotypic change

    G C Trussell;L D Smith

  • PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN AN INTERTIDAL SNAIL: THE ROLE OF A COMMON CRAB PREDATOR.

    Geoffrey C. Trussell

  • Phenotypic clines, plasticity, and morphological trade-offs in an intertidal snail.

    Geoffrey C. Trussell

  • Habitat effects on the relative importance of trait- and density-mediated indirect interactions.

    Geoffrey C. Trussell;Patrick J. Ewanchuk;Patrick J. Ewanchuk;Catherine M. Matassa

  • FROM INDIVIDUALS TO ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION: TOWARD AN INTEGRATION OF EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY

    Oswald J. Schmitz;Jonathan H. Grabowski;Barbara L. Peckarsky;Evan L. Preisser

  • Field evidence of trait-mediated indirect interactions in a rocky intertidal food web

    Geoffrey C. Trussell;Patrick J. Ewanchuk;Mark D. Bertness

  • CUE SENSITIVITY, INDUCIBLE DEFENSE, AND TRADE-OFFS IN A MARINE SNAIL

    Geoffrey C. Trussell;Geoffrey C. Trussell;Matthew O. Nicklin

  • The fear of being eaten reduces energy transfer in a simple food chain.

    Geoffrey C. Trussell;Patrick J. Ewanchuk;Catherine M. Matassa

  • ECOLOGICAL GENETICS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC: ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS AND ADAPTATION AT SPECIFIC LOCI

    Paul S. Schmidt;Ester A. SerrÃo;Gareth A. Pearson;Cynthia Riginos

  • Landscape of fear influences the relative importance of consumptive and nonconsumptive predator effects

    Catherine M. Matassa;Geoffrey C. Trussell

  • DO ALTERNATE STABLE COMMUNITY STATES EXIST IN THE GULF OF MAINE ROCKY INTERTIDAL ZONE

    Mark D. Bertness;Geoffrey C. Trussell;Patrick J. Ewanchuk;Brian R. Silliman

  • The cost of safety: Refuges increase the impact of predation risk in aquatic systems

    John L. Orrock;Evan L. Preisser;Jonathan H. Grabowski;Geoffrey C. Trussell

  • Phenotypic plasticity in the foot size of an intertidal snail

    Geoffrey C. Trussell

  • Predator-induced plasticity and morphological trade-offs in latitudinally separated populations of Littorina obtusata

    Geoffrey C. Trussell

  • Trophic cascades in rocky shore tide pools: distinguishing lethal and nonlethal effects

    Geoffrey C. Trussell;Geoffrey C. Trussell;Patrick J. Ewanchuk;Patrick J. Ewanchuk;Mark D. Bertness;Mark D. Bertness;Brian R. Silliman;Brian R. Silliman

  • Integrating genetic and environmental forces that shape the evolution of geographic variation in a marine snail

    Geoffrey C. Trussell;Ron J. Etter

  • Evolutionary ecology of inducible morphological plasticity in predator-prey interaction: toward the practical links with population ecology

    Osamu Kishida;Osamu Kishida;Geoffrey C. Trussell;Akihiko Mougi;Kinya Nishimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark D. Bertness
Mark D. Bertness Brown University
Brian R. Silliman
Brian R. Silliman Duke University
Oswald J. Schmitz
Oswald J. Schmitz Yale University
Jonathan H. Grabowski
Jonathan H. Grabowski Northeastern University
Evan L. Preisser
Evan L. Preisser University of Rhode Island
Barbara L. Peckarsky
Barbara L. Peckarsky University of Wisconsin–Madison
Scott D. Peacor
Scott D. Peacor Michigan State University
James R. Vonesh
James R. Vonesh Virginia Commonwealth University
John L. Orrock
John L. Orrock University of Wisconsin–Madison
Steven V. Vollmer
Steven V. Vollmer Northeastern University

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