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Gwenaël Abril publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gwenaël Abril sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 138 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Gwenaël Abril D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gwenaël Abril sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Gwenaël Abril is affiliated with the Biologie des Organismes et Écosystèmes Aquatiques in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work extensively deals with marine and coastal ecosystems, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and the effects and responses of ocean acidification. Other notable topics include coral and marine ecosystems studies, methane hydrates and related phenomena, marine biology and ecology research, and groundwater and isotope geochemistry.

Gwenaël Abril has authored several recent papers, including:

  • Methane oxidation minimizes emissions and offsets to carbon burial in mangroves, 2024, Nature Climate Change
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 and CH4) and inorganic carbon behavior in an urban highly polluted tropical coastal lagoon (SE, Brazil), 2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Carbon dioxide sources and sinks in the delta of the Paraíba do Sul River (Southeastern Brazil) modulated by carbonate thermodynamics, gas exchange and ecosystem metabolism during estuarine mixing, 2020, Marine Chemistry
  • Linking eutrophication to carbon dioxide and methane emissions from exposed mangrove soils along an urban gradient, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Denitrification and associated nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions from the Amazonian wetlands, 2020, Biogeosciences

Their frequent coauthors include Luiz C. Cotovicz, Wilson Machado, Marcelo Bernardes, Bastiaan Knoppers, and Christian J. Sanders. Gwenaël Abril's research is regularly published in journals such as Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, The Science of The Total Environment, Biogeosciences, Limnology and Oceanography, and Marine Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Carbon dioxide and methane emissions and the carbon budget of a 10-year old tropical reservoir (Petit Saut, French Guiana)

    Gwenaël Abril;Frédéric Guérin;Frédéric Guérin;Sandrine Richard;Robert Delmas

  • Behaviour of Organic Carbon in Nine Contrasting European Estuaries

    G Abril;M Nogueira;H Etcheber;G Cabeçadas

  • Amazon River carbon dioxide outgassing fuelled by wetlands

    Gwenaël Abril;Jean-Michel Martinez;L. Felipe Artigas;Patricia Moreira-Turcq

  • The European carbon balance. Part 3: forests

    Sebsatiaan Luyssaert;Philippe Ciais;SL Piao;E-D Schulze

  • Technical Note: Large overestimation of pCO2 calculated from pH and alkalinity in acidic, organic-rich freshwaters

    Gwenael Abril;Gwenael Abril;Steven Bouillon;François Darchambeau;C.R Teodoru

  • Carbon dioxide in European coastal waters

    Alberto Borges;L. S. Schiettecatte;Gwenaël Abril;Bruno Delille

  • 5.04 – Carbon Dioxide and Methane Dynamics in Estuaries

    Alberto Borges;Gwenaël Abril

  • Methane and carbon dioxide emissions from tropical reservoirs: Significance of downstream rivers

    Frédéric Guérin;Frédéric Guérin;Gwenaël Abril;Sandrine Richard;Benoît Burban

  • Gas transfer velocities of CO2 and CH4 in a tropical reservoir and its river downstream

    Frédéric Guérin;Frédéric Guérin;Gwenaël Abril;Dominique Serça;Claire Delon

  • OZCAR: The French Network of Critical Zone Observatories

    J. Gaillardet;I. Braud;F. Hankard;S. Anquetin

  • Oxic/anoxic oscillations and organic carbon mineralization in an estuarine maximum turbidity zone (The Gironde, France)

    GwenaËl Abril;Henri Etcheber;Pierre Le Hir;Philippe Bassoullet

  • Particulate organic carbon in the estuarine turbidity maxima of the Gironde, Loire and Seine estuaries: origin and lability

    Henri Etcheber;Aurélien Taillez;Gwenaël Abril;Josette Garnier

  • Inorganic and organic carbon biogeochemistry in the Gautami Godavari estuary (Andhra Pradesh, India) during pre-monsoon: the local impact of extensive mangrove forests.

    Steven Bouillon;Michel Frankignoulle;Frank Dehairs;Branko Velimirov

  • The European carbon balance. Part 4: integration of carbon and other trace-gas fluxes

    E. D. Schulze;P. Ciais;S. Luyssaert;M. Schrumpf

  • Importance of intertidal sediment processes and porewater exchange on the water column biogeochemistry in a pristine mangrove creek (Ras Dege, Tanzania)

    Steven Bouillon;Jack J. Middelburg;Frank Dehairs;Alberto Borges

  • Dynamics of organic and inorganic carbon across contiguous mangrove and seagrass systems (Gazi Bay, Kenya)

    Steven Bouillon;Frank Dehairs;Branko Velimirov;Gwenaël Abril

  • Excess atmospheric carbon dioxide transported by rivers into the Scheldt estuary

    Gwenaël Abril;Gwenaël Abril;Henri Etcheber;Alberto V Borges;Michel Frankignoulle

  • Emission of CO2 and CH4 to the atmosphere by sediments and open waters in two Tanzanian mangrove forests

    Erik Kristensen;Mogens R. Flindt;Shadrack Ulomi;Alberto V. Borges

  • Significance of pelagic aerobic methane oxidation in the methane and carbon budget of a tropical reservoir

    Frédéric Guérin;Frédéric Guérin;Frédéric Guérin;Gwenaël Abril

  • The impact of lateral carbon fluxes on the European carbon balance

    P. Ciais;Alberto Borges;Gwenaël Abril;M. Meybeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Borges
Alberto Borges University of Liège
Henri Etcheber
Henri Etcheber University of Bordeaux
Bruno Delille
Bruno Delille University of Liège
Pierre Anschutz
Pierre Anschutz University of Bordeaux
Josette Garnier
Josette Garnier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Tarik Meziane
Tarik Meziane French National Museum of Natural History
Robert J. Delmas
Robert J. Delmas Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gilles Billen
Gilles Billen Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Michel Frankignoulle
Michel Frankignoulle University of Liège

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