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D-Index
40
Citations
8744
World Ranking
6005
National Ranking
2048

Michael E. Hellberg 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 Michael E. Hellberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Michael E. Hellberg 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 Michael E. Hellberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michael E. Hellberg is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial focus on Ecology and Oceanography as key subfields.

The scientist has contributed to a variety of topics, notably Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, and Marine Sponges and Natural Products. Additional topics include Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Key publications by Michael E. Hellberg include:

  • Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Speciation-by-depth on coral reefs: Sympatric divergence with gene flow or cryptic transient isolation?, 2020, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Reducing host DNA contamination in 16S rRNA gene surveys of anthozoan microbiomes using PNA clamps, 2020, Coral Reefs
  • Microbiome of a Reef-Building Coral Displays Signs of Acclimation to a Stressful Shallow Hydrothermal Vent Habitat, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Microbiome environmental shifts differ between two co-occurring octocoral hosts, 2023, Marine Ecology Progress Series

The scientist has published in several venues, with multiple papers appearing in Frontiers in Marine Science. Other frequent publication venues include Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Coral Reefs, and Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Frequent coauthors working alongside Michael E. Hellberg include:

  • David A. Paz-García
  • Alicia M. Reigel
  • Karolina Zarzyczny
  • Marc Rius
  • Suzanne T. Williams

Michael E. Hellberg also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Frontiers Media: "Innovative Approaches to Coral Reef Science by Early Career Researchers" (2023).

Best Publications

  • Genetic evidence for local retention of pelagic larvae in a Caribbean reef fish

    Michael S. Taylor;Michael E. Hellberg

  • Genetic assessment of connectivity among marine populations

    Michael E. Hellberg;Ronald S. Burton;Joseph E. Neigel;Stephen R. Palumbi

  • EVIDENCE OF SELF-RECRUITMENT IN DEMERSAL MARINE POPULATIONS

    Stephen E. Swearer;Jeffrey S. Shima;Michael E. Hellberg;Simon R. Thorrold

  • Gene Flow and Isolation among Populations of Marine Animals

    Michael E. Hellberg

  • Regionally isolated populations of an imperiled Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata.

    Iliana B. Baums;Margaret W. Miller;Michael E. Hellberg

  • Quantifying larval retention and connectivity in marine populations with artificial and natural markers

    Simon R. Thorrold;Geoffrey P. Jones;Michael E. Hellberg;Ronald S. Burton

  • No variation and low synonymous substitution rates in coral mtDNA despite high nuclear variation.

    Michael E Hellberg

  • DEPENDENCE OF GENE FLOW ON GEOGRAPHIC DISTANCE IN TWO SOLITARY CORALS WITH DIFFERENT LARVAL DISPERSAL CAPABILITIES

    Michael E. Hellberg

  • RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INFERRED LEVELS OF GENE FLOW AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTANCE IN A PHILOPATRIC CORAL, BALANOPHYLLIA ELEGANS.

    Michael E. Hellberg

  • GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN CLONAL STRUCTURE IN A REEF- BUILDING CARIBBEAN CORAL, ACROPORA PALMATA

    Iliana B. Baums;Margaret W. Miller;Michael E. Hellberg

  • Climate-Driven Range Expansion and Morphological Evolution in a Marine Gastropod

    Michael E. Hellberg;Deborah P. Balch;Kaustuv Roy

  • MARINE RADIATIONS AT SMALL GEOGRAPHIC SCALES: SPECIATION IN NEOTROPICAL REEF GOBIES (ELACATINUS)

    Michael S. Taylor;Michael E. Hellberg

  • Footprints on water: the genetic wake of dispersal among reefs

    M. E. Hellberg

  • Rapid evolution of fertilization selectivity and lysin cDNA sequences in teguline gastropods.

    M E Hellberg;V D Vacquier

  • What have we learned about sea urchin sperm bindin

    Victor D. Vacquier;Willie J. Swanson;Michael E. Hellberg

  • Comparative phylogeography in a genus of coral reef fishes: biogeographic and genetic concordance in the Caribbean

    Michael S. Taylor;Michael E. Hellberg

  • Long prereproductive selection and divergence by depth in a Caribbean candelabrum coral

    Carlos Prada;Michael E. Hellberg

  • SYMPATRIC SEA SHELLS ALONG THE SEA'S SHORE: THE GEOGRAPHY OF SPECIATION IN THE MARINE GASTROPOD TEGULA.

    Michael E. Hellberg

  • Mendelian microsatellite loci for the Caribbean coral Acropora palmata

    Iliana B. Baums;Colin R. Hughes;Michael E. Hellberg

  • Cryptic species, cryptic endosymbionts, and geographical variation in chemical defences in the bryozoan Bugula neritina.

    Tamara M. Mcgovern;Michael E. Hellberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Iliana B. Baums
Iliana B. Baums Pennsylvania State University
Kaustuv Roy
Kaustuv Roy University of California, San Diego
Robert R. Warner
Robert R. Warner University of California, Santa Barbara
Victor D. Vacquier
Victor D. Vacquier University of California, San Diego
Margaret W. Miller
Margaret W. Miller National Marine Fisheries Service
Marta Ribes
Marta Ribes Spanish National Research Council
Mary Alice Coffroth
Mary Alice Coffroth University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Ronald S. Burton
Ronald S. Burton University of California, San Diego
Kevin L. Schey
Kevin L. Schey Vanderbilt University
Willie J. Swanson
Willie J. Swanson University of Washington

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