L. Muscatine

L. Muscatine publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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L. Muscatine 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 L. Muscatine sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Reef Corals: Mutualistic Symbioses Adapted to Nutrient-Poor Environments

  L. Muscatine;James W. Porter

  1517
  Citations

• The role of symbiotic algae in carbon and energy flux in reef corals

  Leonard Muscatine

  849
  Citations

• Estimating the daily contribution of carbon from zooxanthellae to coral animal respiration1

  Unknown

  800
  Citations

• Light and the Bioenergetics of a Symbiotic Coral

  Paul G. Falkowski;Zvy Dubinsky;Leonard Muscatine;James W. Porter

  767
  Citations

• Temperature Stress Causes Host Cell Detachment in Symbiotic Cnidarians: Implications for Coral Bleaching

  Ruth D. Gates;Garen Baghdasarian;Leonard Muscatine

  695
  Citations

• Fate of Photosynthetic Fixed Carbon in Light- and Shade-Adapted Colonies of the Symbiotic Coral Stylophora pistillata

  L. Muscatine;P. G. Falkowski;J. W. Porter;Z. Dubinsky

  664
  Citations

• ASSIMILATION OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTS OF ZOOXANTHELLAE BY A REEF CORAL.

  Leonard Muscatine;Elsa Cernichiari

  559
  Citations

• POPULATION CONTROL IN SYMBIOTIC CORALS

  Paul G. Falkowski;Zvy Dubinsky;Leonard Muscatine;Lawrence McCloskey

  554
  Citations

• Glycerol Excretion by Symbiotic Algae from Corals and Tridacna and Its Control by the Host

  Leonard Muscatine

  509
  Citations

• Resource partitioning by reef corals as determined from stable isotope composition

  L. Muscatine;J. W. Porter;I. R. Kaplan

  484
  Citations

• The effect of external nutrient resources on the population dynamics of zooxanthellae in a reef coral

  L. Muscatine;P. G. Falkowski;Z. Dubinsky;P. A. Cook

  460
  Citations

• ROLE OF SYMBIOTIC ALGAE (ZOOXANTHELLAE) IN CORAL CALCIFICATION

  Vicki Buchsbaum Pearse;Leonard Muscatine

  415
  Citations

• Primary Production and Photoadaptation in Light- and Shade-Adapted Colonies of the Symbiotic Coral, Stylophora pistillata

  J. W. Porter;L. Muscatine;Z. Dubinsky;P. G. Falkowski

  297
  Citations

• The Effect of External Nutrient Resources on the Optical Properties and Photosynthetic Efficiency of Stylophora pistillata

  Z. Dubinsky;N. Stambler;M. Ben-Zion;L. R. McCloskey

  257
  Citations

• Stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) of organic matrix from coral skeleton

  Leonard Muscatine;Claire Goiran;Lynton Land;Jean Jaubert

  250
  Citations

• Soluble extracellular products of algae symbiotic with a ciliate, a sponge and a mutant hydra

  Leonard Muscatine;Leonard Muscatine;Stephen J. Karakashian;Stephen J. Karakashian;Marlene W. Karakashian;Marlene W. Karakashian

  244
  Citations

• Wax in coral mucus: Energy transfer from corals to reef fishes1

  Unknown

  244
  Citations

• The uptake, retention, and release of ammonium by reef corals 1

  Unknown

  225
  Citations

• Absorption and Utilization of Radiant Energy by Light- and Shade-Adapted Colonies of the Hermatypic Coral Stylophora pistillata

  Z. Dubinsky;P. G. Falkowski;J. W. Porter;L. Muscatine

  205
  Citations

• Production and respiration in the Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata as a function of depth

  L. R. McCloskey;L. Muscatine

  204
  Citations