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D-Index
85
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35011
World Ranking
624
National Ranking
222

Karen A. Bjorndal publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karen A. Bjorndal sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 231 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karen A. Bjorndal 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 Karen A. Bjorndal sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 85 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Karen A. Bjorndal is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several related subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics addressed in their work cover Turtle Biology and Conservation, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Marine Animal Studies Overview, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Avian Ecology and Behavior.

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications with frequent appearances in several venues. These include Endangered Species Research and Marine Biology, each hosting four of their publications, as well as PLoS ONE with three publications. Other venues featuring their work are Fisheries Research and Conservation Physiology with two publications each.

Their recent papers are representative of diverse marine and environmental topics, including:

  • Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble, 2020, Current Biology
  • Divergence and hybridization in sea turtles: Inferences from genome data show evidence of ancient gene flow between species, 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • Litter ingestion and entanglement in green turtles: An analysis of two decades of stranding events in the NE Atlantic, 2022, Environmental Pollution
  • Recovery of a cultivation grazer: A mechanism for compensatory growth of Thalassia testudinum in a Caribbean seagrass meadow grazed by green turtles, 2021, Journal of Ecology
  • Priorities for Mediterranean marine turtle conservation and management in the face of climate change, 2023, Journal of Environmental Management

Karen A. Bjorndal has collaborated on multiple occasions with a set of frequent co-authors, including Alan B. Bolten, Frédèric Vandeperre, Alexandra G. Gulick, Hugo Parra, and R. A. Johnson.

In addition to research articles, they have contributed to book publications, including a title published by UNESCO titled Biology of pelagic sea turtles: effects of marine debris in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems.

    Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Michael Xavier Kirby;Wolfgang H. Berger;Karen A. Bjorndal

  • Global Trajectories of the Long-Term Decline of Coral Reef Ecosystems

    John M. Pandolfi;Roger H. Bradbury;Enric Sala;Terence P. Hughes

  • Foraging Ecology and Nutrition of Sea Turtles

    Karen A. Bjorndal

  • Global research priorities for sea turtles: informing management and conservation in the 21st century

    M. Hamann;M.H. Godfrey;J.A. Seminoff;K. Arthur

  • Regional Management Units for Marine Turtles: A Novel Framework for Prioritizing Conservation and Research across Multiple Scales

    Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Brendan J. Hurley;Brendan J. Hurley;Elena M. Finkbeiner;Elena M. Finkbeiner

  • Nutrition and grazing behavior of the green turtle Chelonia mydas

    K. A. Bjorndal

  • Global Conservation Priorities for Marine Turtles

    Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Alan B. Bolten;Alan B. Bolten;Milani Y. Chaloupka;Milani Y. Chaloupka

  • GREEN TURTLE SOMATIC GROWTH MODEL: EVIDENCE FOR DENSITY DEPENDENCE

    Karen A. Bjorndal;Alan B. Bolten;Milani Y. Chaloupka

  • Role of larger herbvores in seagrass communities

    Gordon W. Thayer;Karen A. Bjorndal;John C. Ogden;Susan L. Williams

  • Research and Management Techniques for the Conservation of Sea Turtles

    Karen L. Eckert;Karen A. Bjorndal;F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois;M. Donnelly

  • Nutritional Ecology of Sea Turtles

    Karen A. Bjorndal

  • Ingestion of marine debris by juvenile sea turtles in coastal Florida habitats

    Karen A. Bjorndal;Alan B. Bolten;Cynthia J. Lagueux

  • Relation of Temperature, Moisture, Salinity, and Slope to Nest Site Selection in Loggerhead Sea Turtles

    Daniel W. Wood;Karen A. Bjorndal

  • The lost years of green turtles: using stable isotopes to study cryptic lifestages

    Kimberly J Reich;Karen A Bjorndal;Alan B Bolten

  • TRANSATLANTIC DEVELOPMENTAL MIGRATIONS OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES DEMONSTRATED BY mtDNA SEQUENCE ANALYSIS

    Alan B. Bolten;Karen A. Bjorndal;Helen R. Martins;Thomas Dellinger

  • Encouraging outlook for recovery of a once severely exploited marine megaherbivore

    Milani Chaloupka;Karen A. Bjorndal;George H. Balazs;Alan B. Bolten

  • Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble

    Craig B. Stanford;Craig B. Stanford;John B. Iverson;Anders G.J. Rhodin;Peter Paul van Dijk

  • Selective feeding in the hawksbill turtle, an important predator in coral reef ecosystems

    Yolanda M. León;Karen A. Bjorndal

  • Somatic growth model of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta: duration of pelagic stage

    Karen A. Bjorndal;Alan B. Bolten;Helen R. Martins

  • Individual specialists in a generalist population: results from a long-term stable isotope series

    Hannah B. Vander Zanden;Karen A. Bjorndal;Kimberly J. Reich;Alan B. Bolten

  • Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles

    Karen A. Bjorndal

  • SEA TURTLES AS BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORTERS OF NUTRIENTS AND ENERGY FROM MARINE TO TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS

    Sarah S. Bouchard;Karen A. Bjorndal

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan B. Bolten
Alan B. Bolten University of Florida
Milani Chaloupka
Milani Chaloupka University of Queensland
Jeffrey A. Seminoff
Jeffrey A. Seminoff National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Brian W. Bowen
Brian W. Bowen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Peter H. Dutton
Peter H. Dutton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bryan P. Wallace
Bryan P. Wallace Duke University
Jeanne A. Mortimer
Jeanne A. Mortimer University of Florida
Kristen M. Hart
Kristen M. Hart United States Geological Survey
Mark T. Hamann
Mark T. Hamann Medical University of South Carolina
Marc Girondot
Marc Girondot University of Paris-Saclay

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