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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
50
Citations
9116
World Ranking
5002
National Ranking
176

Kai G. Schulz 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 Kai G. Schulz sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 226 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Kai G. Schulz 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 Kai G. Schulz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Kai G. Schulz is affiliated with Southern Cross University in Australia and has a significant research output in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work primarily revolves around subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Pollution, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

Some recent publications by Kai G. Schulz include:

  • "Ocean alkalinity enhancement - avoiding runaway CaCO 3 precipitation during quick and hydrated lime dissolution" (2022), Biogeosciences
  • "Assessing the influence of ocean alkalinity enhancement on a coastal phytoplankton community" (2022), Biogeosciences
  • "Factors controlling plankton community production, export flux, and particulate matter stoichiometry in the coastal upwelling system off Peru" (2020), Biogeosciences
  • "The influence of plastic pollution and ocean change on detrital decomposition" (2020), Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Production of dissolved carbon and alkalinity during macroalgal wrack degradation on beaches: a mesocosm experiment with implications for blue carbon" (2022), Biogeochemistry

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Lennart T. Bach
  • Bradley D. Eyre
  • Ulf Riebesell
  • Joanne M. Oakes
  • Tyler Cyronak

Kai G. Schulz publishes predominantly in the following venues:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Enhanced biological carbon consumption in a high CO2 ocean

    Ulf Riebesell;Kai G. Schulz;R. G. J. Bellerby;R. G. J. Bellerby;Mona Botros

  • Ocean acidification-induced food quality deterioration constrains trophic transfer.

    Dennis Rossoll;Rafael Bermúdez;Helena Hauss;Kai G. Schulz

  • Simulated 21st century's increase in oceanic suboxia by CO2-enhanced biotic carbon export

    Andreas Oschlies;Kai G. Schulz;Ulf Riebesell;Andreas Schmittner

  • Technical Note: A mobile sea-going mesocosm system – new opportunities for ocean change research

    U Riebesell;J Czerny;K von Brockel;T Boxhammer

  • Dissecting the impact of CO2 and pH on the mechanisms of photosynthesis and calcification in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi

    Lennart T. Bach;Luke C. M. Mackinder;Kai G. Schulz;Glen Wheeler

  • Determination of the rate constants for the carbon dioxide to bicarbonate inter-conversion in pH-buffered seawater systems

    K. G. Schulz;U. Riebesell;Bjoern Rost;Silke Thoms

  • Approaches and tools to manipulate the carbonate chemistry

    J. P. Gattuso;K. Lee;Bjoern Rost;K. G. Schulz

  • The Omega Myth: What Really Drives Lower Calcification Rates in an Acidifying Ocean

    Tyler Cyronak;Kai G. Schulz;Paul L. Jokiel

  • Temperature modulates coccolithophorid sensitivity of growth, photosynthesis and calcification to increasing seawater pCO2

    Scarlett Sett;Lennart Thomas Bach;Kai Georg Schulz;Signe Koch-Klavsen

  • Temporal biomass dynamics of an Arctic plankton bloom in response to increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide

    Kai G. Schulz;Richard Bellerby;Richard Bellerby;Corina P.D. Brussaard;Jan Büdenbender

  • A unifying concept of coccolithophore sensitivity to changing carbonate chemistry embedded in an ecological framework

    Lennart Thomas Bach;Ulf Riebesell;Magdalena A. Gutowska;Luisa Federwisch

  • Arctic microbial community dynamics influenced by elevated CO 2 levels

    C. P. D. Brussaard;A. A. M. Noordeloos;H. Witte;M. C. J. Collenteur

  • Effect of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide on the marine nitrogen fixer Trichodesmium

    J Barcelos e Ramos;H Biswas;Kai G Schulz;J LaRoche

  • Distinguishing between the effects of ocean acidification and ocean carbonation in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi

    Lennart Thomas Bach;Ulf Riebesell;Kai Georg Schulz

  • CO 2 increases 14 C primary production in an Arctic plankton community

    Anja Engel;Corinna Borchard;Judith Piontek;Kai Schulz

  • An approach for particle sinking velocity measurements in the 3–400 μm size range and considerations on the effect of temperature on sinking rates

    Lennart Thomas Bach;Ulf Riebesell;Scarlett Sett;Sarah Febiri

  • Cellular pH measurements in Emiliania huxleyi reveal pronounced membrane proton permeability.

    Kerstin Suffrian;Kai G. Schulz;Magdalena Gutowska;Ulf Riebesell

  • Taking the Metabolic Pulse of the World's Coral Reefs

    Tyler Cyronak;Andreas J. Andersson;Chris Langdon;Rebecca Albright

  • Effects of CO 2 on particle size distribution and phytoplankton abundance during a mesocosm bloom experiment (PeECE II)

    Anja Engel;Kai G. Schulz;Ulf Riebesell;R. G. J. Bellerby

  • Marine ecosystem community carbon and nutrient uptake stoichiometry under varying ocean acidification during the PeECE III experiment

    R. G. J. Bellerby;Kai Schulz;Ulf Riebesell;C. Neill

  • Enhanced biological carbon consumption in a high CO 2 ocean

    Ulf Riebesell;Kai Schulz;C. Neill;G. Nondal

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulf Riebesell
Ulf Riebesell GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Richard G. J. Bellerby
Richard G. J. Bellerby East China Normal University
Lennart T. Bach
Lennart T. Bach University of Tasmania
Anja Engel
Anja Engel GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Bradley D. Eyre
Bradley D. Eyre Southern Cross University
Eric P. Achterberg
Eric P. Achterberg GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Hans-Peter Grossart
Hans-Peter Grossart University of Potsdam
Corina P. D. Brussaard
Corina P. D. Brussaard Utrecht University
Isaac R. Santos
Isaac R. Santos University of Gothenburg
Damien T. Maher
Damien T. Maher Southern Cross University

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