2026 Mark L. Wells: 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	44	6657	6390	2377	2205	111	9213

Overview

Mark L. Wells is affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, ocean acidification effects and responses, coral and marine ecosystem studies, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, marine biology and ecology research, marine and fisheries research, as well as methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Mark L. Wells has published numerous papers across various scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

Coupling and Decoupling of High Biomass Phytoplankton Production and Hypoxia in a Highly Dynamic Coastal System: The Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary (2020) in Frontiers in Marine Science
A limited effect of sub-tropical typhoons on phytoplankton dynamics (2021) in Biogeosciences
Australian fire nourishes ocean phytoplankton bloom (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
Enhanced Winter Carbon Export Observed by BGC-Argo in the Northwest Pacific Ocean (2020) in Geophysical Research Letters
Complexities of regulating climate by promoting marine primary production with ocean iron fertilization (2024) in Earth-Science Reviews

Their frequent co-authors include Fei Chai, Walter Dellisanti, Jiajun Wu, Leo Lai Chan, and Yuntao Wang. These collaborations suggest active engagement in multi-author, interdisciplinary research projects.

In terms of publication venues, Mark L. Wells has contributed to Frontiers in Marine Science, Biogeosciences, Preprints.org, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Earth-Science Reviews. Frontiers in Marine Science is the most frequent venue, with multiple publications.

Best Publications

Algae as nutritional and functional food sources: revisiting our understanding

Mark L. Wells;Philippe Potin;James S. Craigie;John A. Raven

1612
Citations
Harmful algal blooms and climate change: Learning from the past and present to forecast the future.

Mark L. Wells;Vera L. Trainer;Theodore J. Smayda;Bengt S.O. Karlson

870
Citations
Future HAB science: Directions and challenges in a changing climate.

Mark L. Wells;Mark L. Wells;Bengt Karlson;Angela Wulff;Raphael Kudela

418
Citations
Occurrence of small colloids in sea water

Mark L. Wells;Edward D. Goldberg

369
Citations
Iron chemistry in seawater and its relationship to phytoplankton: a workshop report

Mark L. Wells;Neil M. Price;Kenneth W. Bruland

317
Citations
The effect of Fe and Cu on growth and domoic acid production by Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries and Pseudo-nitzschia australis

Maria T. Maldonado;Margaret P. Hughes;Eden L. Rue;Mark L. Wells

305
Citations
The complexation of `dissolved' Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb by soluble and colloidal organic matter in Narragansett Bay, RI

Mark L. Wells;Peter B. Kozelka;Kenneth W. Bruland

259
Citations
Domoic acid: The synergy of iron, copper, and the toxicity of diatoms

Mark L. Wells;Charles G. Trick;William P. Cochlan;Margaret P. Hughes

247
Citations
An intercomparison of cross-flow filtration techniques used for sampling marine colloids: Overview and organic carbon results

K.O. Buesseler;J.E. Bauer;R.F. Chen;T.I. Eglinton

231
Citations
Colloid aggregation in seawater

Mark L. Wells;Edward D. Goldberg

196
Citations
The distribution of colloids in the North Atlantic and Southern Oceans

Mark L. Wells;Edward D. Goldberg

175
Citations
Marine submicron particles

Mark L. Wells;Edward D. Goldberg

169
Citations
The photolysis of colloidal iron in the oceans

Mark L. Wells;Mark L. Wells;Lawrence M. Mayer;Olivier F. X. Donard;Marta M. de Souza Sierra

166
Citations
Manipulating iron availability in nearshore waters

Mark L. Wells

162
Citations
The phttoconversion of colloidal iron oxyhydroxides in seawater

Mark L. Wells;Lawrence M. Mayer

157
Citations
The role of colloid chemistry in providing a source of iron to phytoplankton

Mark L. Wells;Niko G. Zorkin;A. G. Lewis

157
Citations
Iron enrichment stimulates toxic diatom production in high-nitrate, low-chlorophyll areas

Charles G. Trick;Brian D. Bill;William P. Cochlan;Mark L. Wells

156
Citations
The distribution of colloidal and particulate bioactive metals in Narragansett Bay, RI

Mark L Wells;Mark L Wells;Geoffrey J Smith;K.W Bruland

148
Citations
Dissolved iron anomaly in the deep tropical-subtropical Pacific: Evidence for long-range transport of hydrothermal iron

Jingfeng Wu;Mark L. Wells;Robert Rember

136
Citations
Marine colloids: A neglected dimension

Mark L. Wells

129
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles G. Trick University of Western Ontario

William P. Cochlan San Francisco State University

Vera L. Trainer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Fei Chai Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China

Kenneth W. Bruland University of California, Santa Cruz

Karl J. Kreutz University of Maine

Lawrence M. Mayer University of Maine

Carl P. Tripp University of Maine

Huijie Xue University of Maine

Hiroaki Saito University of Tokyo

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