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Hugh L. MacIntyre

Hugh L. MacIntyre

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
35
Citations
7974
World Ranking
9233
National Ranking
430

Hugh L. MacIntyre 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 Hugh L. MacIntyre sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 58 publications — 1st percentile

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Hugh L. MacIntyre 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 Hugh L. MacIntyre sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hugh L. MacIntyre is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and contributes to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on oceanography, global and planetary change, atmospheric science, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and water science and technology. This multidisciplinary approach underpins work related to marine and coastal ecosystems, water quality monitoring and technologies, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, mercury impact and mitigation studies, ocean acidification effects and responses, and marine biology and ecology research.

Their recent publications cover diverse topics in environmental sciences and marine ecosystems. Among these are:

  • Correcting a major error in assessing organic carbon pollution in natural waters, 2021, Science Advances
  • Biodegradation of Terrigenous Organic Matter in a Stratified Large-Volume Water Column: Implications of the Removal of Terrigenous Organic Matter in the Coastal Ocean, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Assessing the impacts of simulated ocean alkalinity enhancement on viability and growth of nearshore species of phytoplankton, 2025, Biogeosciences
  • Using 226Ra and 228Ra isotopes to distinguish water mass distribution in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, 2020, Biogeosciences

Frequent coauthors in Hugh L. MacIntyre's work include:

  • Jihua Liu
  • Xilin Xiao
  • Rui Zhang
  • Yao Zhang
  • John Batt

Their research is often published in venues such as Biogeosciences, Science Advances, and Environmental Science & Technology, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their studies and the relevance to environmental and marine sciences.

Their work involves detailed examination of organic carbon pollution, biodegradation processes in coastal oceans, simulated ocean alkalinity enhancement, and the use of isotopic tracers to analyze water mass distributions. These studies contribute to understanding complex marine ecosystem dynamics and environmental monitoring techniques.

Best Publications

  • Microphytobenthos: The ecological role of the “secret garden” of unvegetated, shallow-water marine habitats. I. Distribution, abundance and primary production

    Hugh L. MacIntyre;Richard J. Geider;Douglas C. Miller

  • PHOTOACCLIMATION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IRRADIANCE RESPONSE CURVES AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS IN MICROALGAE AND CYANOBACTERIA1

    Hugh L. MacIntyre;Todd M. Kana;Tracy Anning;Richard J. Geider

  • Dynamic model of phytoplankton growth and acclimation: responses of the balanced growth rate and the chlorophyll a:carbon ratio to light, nutrient-limitation and temperature

    Geider Rj;MacIntyre Hl;Kana Tm

  • Microphytobenthos : The ecological role of the "Secret Garden" of unvegetated, shallow-water marine habitats. II. Role in sediment stability and shallow-water food webs

    Douglas C. Miller;Richard J. Geider;Hugh L. MacIntyre

  • A dynamic model of photoadaptation in phytoplankton

    Richard J. Geider;Hugh L. MacIntyre;Todd M. Kana

  • The effect of water motion on short-term rates of photosynthesis by marine phytoplankton

    Hugh L. MacIntyre;Todd M. Kana;Richard J. Geider

  • Photoacclimation in the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum

    Tracy Anning;Hugh L. MacIntyre;Sandra M. Pratt;Pippa J. Sammes

  • Nutrient Limitation of Marine Photosynthesis

    John J. Cullen;Xiaolong Yang;Hugh L. MacIntyre

  • Primary production by suspended and benthic microalgae in a turbid estuary: time-scales of variability in San Antonio Bay, Texas

    MacIntyre Hl;Cullen Jj

  • Responses of the photosynthetic apparatus of Dunaliella tertiolecta (Chlorophyceae) to nitrogen and phosphorus limitation

    Richard J. Geider;Hugh L. Macintyre;Lisa M. Graziano;R. Michael L. McKAY

  • Evaluation of biophysical and optical determinations of light absorption by photosystem II in phytoplankton

    David J. Suggett;Hugh L. MacIntyre;Richard J. Geider

  • Fast repetition rate and pulse amplitude modulation chlorophyll a fluorescence measurements for assessment of photosynthetic electron transport in marine phytoplankton

    David J Suggett;Kevin Oxborough;Neil R Baker;Hugh L MacIntyre

  • Using Cultures to Investigate the Physiological Ecology of Microalgae

    Hugh L. MacIntyre;John J. Cullen

  • Fine-scale vertical resolution of chlorophyll and photosynthetic parameters in shallow-water benthos

    MacIntyre Hl;Cullen Jj

  • Fluorescence assessment of the maximum quantum efficiency of photosynthesis in the western North Atlantic

    Richard J. Geider;Richard M. Greene;Zbigniew Kolber;Hugh L. MacIntyre

  • Comparing electron transport with gas exchange: parameterising exchange rates between alternative photosynthetic currencies for eukaryotic phytoplankton

    David J. Suggett;Hugh L. MacIntyre;Todd M. Kana;Richard J. Geider

  • Spectral fluorometric characterization of phytoplankton community composition using the Algae Online Analyser.

    Tammi L. Richardson;Evelyn Lawrenz;James L. Pinckney;Rodney C. Guajardo

  • Taxonomic Discrimination of Phytoplankton by Spectral Fluorescence

    Hugh L. MacIntyre;Evelyn Lawrenz;Tammi L. Richardson

  • Mediation of benthic-pelagic coupling by microphytobenthos: an energy- and material-based model for initiation of blooms of Aureococcus anophagefferens

    Hugh L. MacIntyre;Michael W. Lomas;Jeff Cornwell;David J. Suggett

  • Environmental correlates of community composition and toxicity during a bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. in the northern Gulf of Mexico

    Hugh L. Macintyre;Adrienne L. Stutes;William L. Smith;Carol P. Dorsey

  • Marine Habitats. II. Role in Sediment Stability and Shallow-Water Food Webs

    C. Miller;Richard J. GElDER;Hugh L. Macintyre

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Geider
Richard J. Geider University of Essex
John J. Cullen
John J. Cullen Dalhousie University
Todd M. Kana
Todd M. Kana University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
David J. Suggett
David J. Suggett University of Technology Sydney
Michael W. Lomas
Michael W. Lomas Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
William C. Burnett
William C. Burnett Florida State University
Mark E. Warner
Mark E. Warner University of Delaware
David A. Hutchins
David A. Hutchins University of Southern California
Jeffrey C. Cornwell
Jeffrey C. Cornwell University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore

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