Mary W. Silver

Mary W. Silver publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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Mary W. Silver 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 Mary W. Silver sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Characteristics, dynamics and significance of marine snow

  Alice L. Alldredge;Mary W. Silver

  1837
  Citations

• Mortality of sea lions along the central California coast linked to a toxic diatom bloom

  Christopher A. Scholin;Frances Gulland;Gregory J. Doucette;Scott Benson

  1047
  Citations

• Primary production, sinking fluxes and the microbial food web

  Anthony F. Michaels;Mary W. Silver

  780
  Citations

• Revisiting Carbon Flux Through the Ocean's Twilight Zone

  Ken O. Buesseler;Carl H. Lamborg;Philip W. Boyd;Phoebe J. Lam

  729
  Citations

• Marine snow: microplankton habitat and source of small-scale patchiness in pelagic populations.

  Mary Wilcox Silver;Alan L. Shanks;Jonathan D. Trent

  314
  Citations

• Sinking rates of fecal pellets from gelatinous zooplankton (Salps, Pteropods, Doliolids)

  K. W. Bruland;M. W. Silver

  305
  Citations

• From sanddabs to blue whales: the pervasiveness of domoic acid.

  Unknown

  302
  Citations

• Detection of domoic acid in northern anchovies and California sea lions associated with an unusual mortality event.

  Kathi A. Lefebvre;Christine L. Powell;Mark Busman;Gregory J. Doucette

  292
  Citations

• Novel symptomatology and changing epidemiology of domoic acid toxicosis in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): an increasing risk to marine mammal health

  Tracey Goldstein;Tracey Goldstein;Jonna A Mazet;T. S. Zabka;T. S. Zabka;G. Langlois

  255
  Citations

• Obligate mixotrophy inLaboea strobila, a ciliate which retains chloroplasts

  D. K. Stoecker;M. W. Silver;A. E. Michaels;L. H. Davis

  212
  Citations

• The “particle” flux: Origins and biological components

  Mary W. Silver;Marcia M. Gowing

  203
  Citations

• Cryptic zooplankton “swimmers” in upper ocean sediment traps

  Anthony F. Michaels;Mary W. Silver;Marcia M. Gowing;George A. Knauer

  195
  Citations

• VERTIGO (VERtical Transport In the Global Ocean) : A study of particle sources and flux attenuation in the North Pacific

  Ken O. Buesseler;Thomas W. Trull;Deborah K. Steinberg;Mary W. Silver

  169
  Citations

• Differential feeding and fecal pellet composition of salps and pteropods, and the possible origin of the deep-water flora and olive-green “Cells”

  M. W. Silver;K. W. Bruland

  166
  Citations

• Domoic acid in planktivorous fish in relation to toxic Pseudo-nitzschia cell densities

  K. A. Lefebvre;M. W. Silver;S. L. Coale;R. S. Tjeerdema

  160
  Citations

• Minipellets: A new and abundant size class of marine fecal pellets

  Marcia M. Gowing;Mary W. Silver

  154
  Citations

• In situ and laboratory measurements on macroscopic aggregates in Monterey Bay, California 1

  Jonathan D. Rent;Alan L. Shanks;Mary Wilcox Silver

  150
  Citations

• Origins and microenvironments of bacteria mediating fecal pellet decomposition in the sea

  Unknown

  140
  Citations

• Tissue distribution and neurotoxic effects of domoic acid in a prominent vector species, the northern anchovy Engraulis mordax

  Unknown

  135
  Citations

• Midwater zooplankton communities on pelagic detritus (giant larvacean houses) in Monterey Bay, California

  Deborah K. Steinberg;Mary W. Silver;Cynthia H. Pilskaln;Susan L. Coale

  129
  Citations