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Gray A. Williams

Gray A. Williams

University of Hong Kong
China

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
7318
World Ranking
4483
National Ranking
102

Gray A. Williams 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 Gray A. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 217 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.

Gray A. Williams 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 Gray A. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gray A. Williams is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scientific contributions focus significantly on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

Their research topics involve multiple aspects of marine and ecological studies, including:

  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Gray A. Williams has published extensively in scientific journals, with notable frequent publication venues including:

  • Marine Environmental Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Gigabyte

Some recent representative papers authored or coauthored by Williams are:

  • Timing Metabolic Depression: Predicting Thermal Stress in Extreme Intertidal Environments, 2020, The American Naturalist
  • Moving Toward a Strategy for Addressing Climate Displacement of Marine Resources: A Proof-of-Concept, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Limited and Biased Global Conservation Funding Means Most Threatened Species Remain Unsupported, 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Spatial Variation in Thermal Stress Experienced by Barnacles on Rocky Shores: The Interplay Between Geographic Variation, Tidal Cycles and Microhabitat Temperatures, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Temperature-buffering by Oyster Habitat Provides Temporal Stability for Rocky Shore Communities, 2021, Marine Environmental Research

Williams frequently collaborates with a set of coauthors, indicating ongoing research partnerships. These include:

  • Tin Yan Hui
  • Bayden D. Russell
  • Sarah L.Y. Lau
  • Ming Fung Franco Au
  • Juan Diego Gaitán-Espitía

Best Publications

  • The biology of rocky shores

    Colin Little;Gray A. Williams;Cynthia D Trowbridge

  • Habitat partitioning and thermal tolerance in a tropical limpet, Cellana grata

    Williams Ga;Morritt D

  • The relative importance of habitat complexity and surface area in assessing biodiversity: Fractal application on rocky shores

    Vladimir E. Kostylev;Johan Erlandsson;Mak Yiu Ming;Gray A. Williams

  • Scraping a living: a review of littorinid grazing

    T. A. Norton;S. J. Hawkins;N. L. Manley;G. A. Williams

  • Thermal adaptation in the intertidal snail Echinolittorina malaccana contradicts current theory by revealing the crucial roles of resting metabolism

    David J. Marshall;Yun-wei Dong;Christopher D. McQuaid;Gray A. Williams

  • Beyond long-term averages: making biological sense of a rapidly changing world

    Brian Helmuth;Brian Helmuth;Bayden D Russell;Sean D Connell;Yunwei Dong

  • Snails and their trails: the multiple functions of trail-following in gastropods.

    Terence P. T. Ng;Sara H. Saltin;Mark S. Davies;Kerstin Johannesson

  • The relationship between shade and molluscan grazing in structuring communities on a moderately-exposed tropical rocky shore

    Gray A. Williams

  • Taking Steps toward Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management: An Introductory Guide

    Tundi Agardy;John Davis;Kristin Sherwood;Ole Vestergaard

  • The impact of Yangtze River discharge, ocean currents and historical events on the biogeographic pattern of Cellana toreuma along the China coast.

    Yun-wei Dong;Hai-shan Wang;Guo-Dong Han;Cai-huan Ke

  • Distribution of algae on tropical rocky shores: Spatial and temporal patterns of non-coralline encrusting algae in Hong Kong

    S. Kaehler;Gray A. Williams

  • Non-climatic thermal adaptation: implications for species' responses to climate warming.

    David J. Marshall;Christopher D. McQuaid;Gray A. Williams

  • Untangling the roles of microclimate, behaviour and physiological polymorphism in governing vulnerability of intertidal snails to heat stress

    Yun-wei Dong;Xiao-xu Li;Francis M. P. Choi;Gray A. Williams

  • Seasonal variation in algal species richness and abundance in the presence of molluscan herbivores on a tropical rocky shore

    Gray A. Williams

  • Variations in cardiac performance and heat shock protein expression to thermal stress in two differently zoned limpets on a tropical rocky shore

    Yun-wei Dong;Gray A. Williams

  • Comparative genomics and the nature of placozoan species.

    Michael Eitel;Warren R. Francis;Frédérique Varoqueaux;Jean Daraspe

  • The influence of multiple environmental stressors on the limpet Cellana toreuma during the summer monsoon season in Hong Kong

    Louise B. Firth;Gray. A. Williams

  • The effects of acidification on the stable isotope signatures of marine algae and molluscs

    Jasmine S.S. Ng;Tak-Cheung Wai;Gray A. Williams

  • Physiological responses to heat stress on a tropical shore: the benefits of mushrooming behaviour in the limpet Cellana grata

    Gray A. Williams;Maurizio De Pirro;Kenneth M. Y. Leung;David Morritt

  • Plant-animal interactions in the marine benthos

    Gray A. Williams;S. J. Hawkins

  • Supplementary material from "Untangling the roles of microclimate, behaviour and physiological polymorphism in governing vulnerability of intertidal snails to heat stress"

    Yun-wei Dong;Xiao-xu Li;Francis M. P. Choi;Gray A. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Benny K. K. Chan
Benny K. K. Chan Academia Sinica
David Dudgeon
David Dudgeon University of Hong Kong
David Morritt
David Morritt Royal Holloway University of London
Yunwei Dong
Yunwei Dong Ocean University of China
Ka Hou Chu
Ka Hou Chu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kenneth M.Y. Leung
Kenneth M.Y. Leung City University of Hong Kong
Gianluca Sarà
Gianluca Sarà University of Palermo
Brian Helmuth
Brian Helmuth Northeastern University
Emilio Rolán-Alvarez
Emilio Rolán-Alvarez Universidade de Vigo
Bernd Schierwater
Bernd Schierwater University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation

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