2026 James E. Cloern: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	71	1548	1470	656	602	188	25279

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

James E. Cloern is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and information systems and management.

The main topics of James E. Cloern's work cover various aspects of marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, fish ecology and management studies, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine and fisheries research, scientific computing and data management, and land use and ecosystem services.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cloern include Tara S. Schraga, Erica Nejad, Michael W. Lomas, Bridget R. Deemer, and Scott Hotaling.

The scientist has published several papers in notable venues. These include:

Nutrient Status of San Francisco Bay and Its Management Implications, 2020, Estuaries and Coasts
Machine learning identifies a strong association between warming and reduced primary productivity in an oligotrophic ocean gyre, 2020, Scientific Reports
On the human appropriation of wetland primary production, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
Use Care When Interpreting Correlations: The Ammonium Example in the San Francisco Estuary, 2021, San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Phytoplankton as indicators of global warming?, 2023, Limnology and Oceanography Letters

James E. Cloern frequently publishes in the following venues:

Limnology and Oceanography Letters
Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
Estuaries and Coasts
Scientific Reports
The Science of The Total Environment

In recognition of contributions to the field, Cloern was named Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2016.

Best Publications

Our evolving conceptual model of the coastal eutrophication problem

James E. Cloern

3678
Citations
Phytoplankton bloom dynamics in coastal ecosystems: A review with some general lessons from sustained investigation of San Francisco Bay, California

James E. Cloern

1016
Citations
Turbidity as a control on phytoplankton biomass and productivity in estuaries

James E. Cloern

960
Citations
Does the benthos control phytoplankton biomass in South San Francisco Bay

James E. Cloern

879
Citations
A comment on the use of flushing time, residence time, and age as transport time scales

Nancy E. Monsen;James E. Cloern;Lisa V. Lucas;Stephen G. Monismith

868
Citations
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of aquatic and terrestrial plants of the San Francisco Bay estuarine system

James E. Cloern;Elizabeth A. Canuel;David Harris

836
Citations
The Modification of an Estuary

Frederic H. Nichols;James E. Cloern;Samuel N. Luoma;David H. Peterson

834
Citations
Phytoplankton primary production in the world's estuarine-coastal ecosystems

James E. Cloern;S.Q. Foster;S.Q. Foster;A.E. Kleckner

831
Citations
Trophic interactions and direct physical effects control phytoplankton biomass and production in an estuary

Andrea E. Alpine;James E. Cloern

786
Citations
An empirical model of the phytoplankton chlorophyll : carbon ratio‐the conversion factor between productivity and growth rate

James E. Cloern;Christian Grenz;Lisa Vidergar‐Lucas

604
Citations
Nutrient pollution of coastal rivers, bays, and seas

Robert W. Howarth;D. B. Anderson;James E. Cloern;Chris Elfring

587
Citations
Human activities and climate variability drive fast‐paced change across the world's estuarine–coastal ecosystems

James Cloern;Paulo Cesar Oliveira Vergne de Abreu;Jacob Carstensen;Laurent Chauvaud

561
Citations
Isohaline Position as a Habitat Indicator for Estuarine Populations

Alan D. Jassby;William J. Kimmerer;Stephen G. Monismith;Charles Armor

539
Citations
The relative importance of light and nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth: a simple index of coastal ecosystem sensitivity to nutrient enrichment

James E. Cloern

418
Citations
Drivers of change in estuarine-coastal ecosystems: Discoveries from four decades of study in San Francisco Bay

James E. Cloern;Alan D. Jassby

417
Citations
Phytoplankton community ecology: principles applied in San Francisco Bay

James E. Cloern;Richard Dufford

403
Citations
Patterns and scales of phytoplankton variability in estuarine-coastal ecosystems.

James E. Cloern;Alan D. Jassby

386
Citations
Tidal stirring and phytoplankton bloom dynamics in an estuary

James E. Cloern

372
Citations
The annual cycles of phytoplankton biomass

Monika Winder;James E. Cloern

351
Citations
River discharge controls phytoplankton dynamics in the northern San Francisco Bay estuary

James E. Cloern;Andrea E. Alpine;Brian E. Cole;Raymond L.J. Wong

328
Citations
ISOHALINE POSITION AS A HABITAT INDICATOR FOR

Alan D. Jassby;William J. Kimmerer;Stephen G. Monismith;Charles Armor

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan D. Jassby University of California, Davis

Stephen G. Monismith Stanford University

David H. Schoellhamer United States Geological Survey

Elizabeth A. Canuel Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Jeffrey R. Koseff Stanford University

Thomas M. Powell University of California, Berkeley

Monika Winder Stockholm University

Ronald S. Oremland United States Geological Survey

Raphael M. Kudela University of California, Santa Cruz

Richard C. Dugdale San Francisco State University

External Links

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