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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
5634
World Ranking
5648
National Ranking
65

Jonathan P. A. Gardner publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 185 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jonathan P. A. Gardner 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 Jonathan P. A. Gardner 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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Overview

Jonathan P. A. Gardner is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their academic contributions primarily focus on Environmental Science, with significant work spanning several related subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Genetics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their research encompasses a broad range of topics, prominently featuring Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

Frequent publication venues for Gardner include Frontiers in Marine Science, Scientific Reports, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, and Marine Policy.

Gardner's recent scientific papers cover diverse aspects of environmental and marine studies:

  • Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Species-specific genetic variation in response to deep-sea environmental variation amongst Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem indicator taxa, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Assessing the ecological risk to deep-sea megafaunal assemblages from seafloor massive sulfide mining using a functional traits sensitivity approach, 2021, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Combined biophysical and genetic modelling approaches reveal new insights into population connectivity of New Zealand green-lipped mussels, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Dermal denticle assemblages in coral reef sediments correlate with conventional shark surveys, 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Gardner has collaborated frequently with several coauthors on multiple projects. These include Calvin Quigley, Pablo A. Oyarzún, Jorge E. Toro, Ashley A. Rowden, and Małgorzata Zbawicka.

Best Publications

  • Mining of deep-sea seafloor massive sulfides: A review of the deposits, their benthic communities, impacts from mining, regulatory frameworks and management strategies

    R.E. Boschen;R.E. Boschen;A.A. Rowden;M.R. Clark;J.P.A. Gardner

  • Jumping ship: a stepping stone event mediating transfer of a non-indigenous species via a potentially unsuitable environment

    Smita Apte;Brenden S. Holland;L. Scott Godwin;Jonathan P.A. Gardner

  • Hybridization in the Sea

    J.P.A. Gardner

  • Population genetic subdivision in the New Zealand greenshell mussel (Perna canaliculus) inferred from single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of mitochondrial DNA.

    S. Apte;J. P. A. Gardner

  • Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences

    Alec P. Christie;David Abecasis;Mehdi Adjeroud;Juan C. Alonso

  • A molecular phylogeny of the marine mussel genus Perna (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) based on nuclear (ITS1&2) and mitochondrial (COI) DNA sequences

    Ann R. Wood;Smita Apte;Elizabeth S. MacAvoy;Jonathan P.A. Gardner

  • Internal borders for managing invasive marine species

    Barrie M. Forrest;Jonathan P. A. Gardner;Michael D. Taylor

  • Human dietary exposure to heavy metals via the consumption of greenshell mussels (Perna canaliculus Gmelin 1791) from the Bay of Islands, northern New Zealand

    Adele L.H. Whyte;G. Raumati Hook;Gail E. Greening;Emma Gibbs-Smith

  • Historical and size-dependent genetic variation in hybrid mussel populations

    J P A Gardner;D O F Skibinski

  • The effects of coastal and estuarine conditions on the physiology and survivorship of the mussels Mytilus edulis, M. trossulus and their hybrids

    Jonathan P.A Gardner;Raymond J Thompson

  • Effect of vessel voyage speed on survival of biofouling organisms: implications for translocation of non-indigenous marine species.

    Ashley D M Coutts;Richard F Piola;Chad L Hewitt;Sean D Connell

  • Genetic diversity of Southern hemisphere blue mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) and the identification of non-indigenous taxa

    Kristen M. Westfall;Jonathan P. A. Gardner

  • Efficacy of acetic acid treatments in the management of marine biofouling

    B.M. Forrest;G.A. Hopkins;T.J. Dodgshun;J.P.A. Gardner

  • The Mytilus edulis species complex in southwest England: effects of hybridization and introgression upon interlocus associations and morphometric variation

    J. P. A. Gardner

  • Where are the mussels on Cook Strait (New Zealand) shores? Low seston quality as a possible factor limiting multi-species distributions

    Jonathan P. A. Gardner

  • Shoreline Changes and Sediment Redistribution at Palmyra Atoll (Equatorial Pacific Ocean): 1874–Present

    J. D. Collen;D. W. Garton;J. P. A. Gardner

  • Shell Growth and Viability Differences Between the Marine Mussels Mytilus edulis (L.), Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lmk.), and Their Hybrids From Two Sympatric Populations in S.W. England.

    J. P. A. Gardner;Dof Skibinski;C D Bajdik

  • Marine reserves increase the abundance and size of blue cod and rock lobster

    Anjali Pande;Alison B. MacDiarmid;Peter J. Smith;Robert J. Davidson

  • Effects of seston variability on the clearance rate and absorption efficiency of the mussels Aulacomya maoriana, Mytilus galloprovincialis and Perna canaliculus from New Zealand

    Jonathan P.A Gardner

  • Mytilus Galloprovincialis (Lmk) (Bivalvia, Mollusca): The Taxonomic Status of the Mediterranean Mussel

    J. P. A. Gardner

  • Seafloor massive sulfide deposits support unique megafaunal assemblages: Implications for seabed mining and conservation.

    Rachel E. Boschen;Rachel E. Boschen;Ashley A. Rowden;Malcolm R. Clark;Arne Pallentin

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashley A. Rowden
Ashley A. Rowden Victoria University of Wellington
James J. Bell
James J. Bell Victoria University of Wellington
Malcolm R. Clark
Malcolm R. Clark National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Wei Ji
Wei Ji Renmin University of China
Robert B. Dunbar
Robert B. Dunbar Stanford University
Christoph F. J. Meyer
Christoph F. J. Meyer University of Salford
Dennis P. Gordon
Dennis P. Gordon National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
David O. F. Skibinski
David O. F. Skibinski Swansea University
Douglas J. McCauley
Douglas J. McCauley University of California, Santa Barbara
Simon K. Davy
Simon K. Davy Victoria University of Wellington

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Christopher D. McQuaid

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Simon K. Davy

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