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D-Index
36
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4436
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7189
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2422

Michael J. Blum 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 J. Blum sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 119 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael J. Blum 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 J. Blum sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michael J. Blum is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Environmental Science and Medicine. Within these broader disciplines, they have concentrated extensively on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Public Health including Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, as well as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

The scientist's research interests are reflected in their main topics of work, which include coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, zoonotic diseases and public health, fish ecology and management studies, viral infections and vectors, and marine and coastal plant biology.

Michael J. Blum has published research across several notable venues, including Evolutionary Applications, Science, American Journal of Botany, Molecular Ecology, and The Science of The Total Environment. These venues have featured a range of their work addressing ecological and environmental health issues.

Frequent collaboration has been an important aspect of their career. They have often co-authored papers with colleagues such as Nathaniel L. Gibson, J. Patrick Megonigal, Bruno M. Ghersi, Anna C. Peterson, and Peter B. McIntyre.

Recent selected papers by Michael J. Blum include:

  • "Singing in a silent spring: Birds respond to a half-century soundscape reversion during the COVID-19 shutdown" (2020), published in Science
  • "Rapid plant trait evolution can alter coastal wetland resilience to sea level rise" (2023), published in Science
  • "Rhizosphere microbial communities reflect genotypic and trait variation in a salt marsh ecosystem engineer" (2020), published in American Journal of Botany
  • "In the heart of the city: Trypanosoma cruzi infection prevalence in rodents across New Orleans" (2020), published in Parasites & Vectors
  • "Intraspecific variation in landform engineering across a restored salt marsh shoreline" (2020), published in Evolutionary Applications

Best Publications

  • DNA-based methods for monitoring invasive species: a review and prospectus

    John A. Darling;Michael J. Blum

  • Singing in a silent spring: birds respond to a half-century soundscape reversion during the COVID-19 shutdown

    E. P. Derryberry;J. N. Phillips;G. E. Derryberry;M. J. Blum

  • Morphological responses of a stream fish to water impoundment

    Travis C. Haas;Michael J. Blum;David C. Heins

  • An ancient icon reveals new mysteries: mummy DNA resurrects a cryptic species within the Nile crocodile

    Evon R Hekkala;Matthew H. Shirley;George Amato;James D. Austin

  • Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).

    Emily E. Puckett;Jane Park;Matthew Combs;Michael J. Blum

  • Inferences from a rapidly moving hybrid zone.

    Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;Michael J. Blum;Annette Aiello;Stuart Hackwell;Stuart Hackwell

  • A Tale of Two Spills: Novel Science and Policy Implications of an Emerging New Oil Spill Model

    Charles H. Peterson;Sean S. Anderson;Gary N. Cherr;Richard F. Ambrose

  • Science Communication Through Art: Objectives, Challenges, and Outcomes

    Amy E. Lesen;Ama Rogan;Michael J. Blum

  • Commonly Rare and Rarely Common: Comparing Population Abundance of Invasive and Native Aquatic Species

    Gretchen J. A. Hansen;M. Jake Vander Zanden;Michael J. Blum;Murray K. Clayton

  • Geographic structure, genetic diversity and source tracking of Spartina alterniflora

    Michael J. Blum;K. Jun Bando;M. Katz;Donald R. Strong

  • European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) in the northeastern Pacific: genetic evidence for high population connectivity and current-mediated expansion from a single introduced source population.

    C. K. Tepolt;J. A. Darling;M. J. Bagley;J. B. Geller

  • RAPID MOVEMENT OF A HELICONIUS HYBRID ZONE: EVIDENCE FOR PHASE III OF WRIGHT'S SHIFTING BALANCE THEORY?

    Michael J. Blum;Michael J. Blum

  • Consequences of alternative dispersal strategies in a putatively amphidromous fish

    J. Derek Hogan;Michael J. Blum;James F. Gilliam;Nathaniel A Bickford

  • Hybridization between invasive Spartina densiflora (Poaceae) and native S. foliosa in San Francisco Bay, California, USA

    Debra R. Ayres;Eva Grotkopp;Katherine Zaremba;Christina M. Sloop

  • Red shiner invasion and hybridization with blacktail shiner in the upper Coosa River, USA

    David M. Walters;Mike J. Blum;Mike J. Blum;Brenda Rashleigh;Byron J. Freeman

  • Characterization of microsatellite loci in Spartina species (Poaceae)

    Michael J. Blum;Christina M. Sloop;Debra R. Ayres;Donald R. Strong

  • Genetic diversity and species diversity of stream fishes covary across a land-use gradient

    Michael J. Blum;Michael J. Blum;Mark J. Bagley;David M. Walters;Suzanne A. Jackson

  • Molecular assessment of population differentiation and individual assignment potential of Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) populations

    Evon R. Hekkala;Evon R. Hekkala;George Amato;Rob DeSalle;Michael J. Blum

  • Local adaptation despite high gene flow in the waterfall‐climbing Hawaiian goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni

    K. N. Moody;S. N. Hunter;S. N. Hunter;M. J. Childress;R. W. Blob

  • Urban rat races: spatial population genomics of brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) compared across multiple cities

    Matthew Combs;Kaylee A. Byers;Bruno M. Ghersi;Michael J. Blum

  • Climate change and conservation of endemic amphidromous fishes in Hawaiian streams

    R. P. Walter;J. D. Hogan;M. J. Blum;R. B. Gagne

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. McIntyre
Peter B. McIntyre Cornell University
Adalgisa Caccone
Adalgisa Caccone Yale University
Donald R. Strong
Donald R. Strong University of California, Davis
Richard L. Mayden
Richard L. Mayden Saint Louis University
Charles H. Peterson
Charles H. Peterson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stephanie E. Hampton
Stephanie E. Hampton Washington State University
Jason Munshi-South
Jason Munshi-South Drexel University
Gary N. Cherr
Gary N. Cherr University of California, Davis
James E. Childs
James E. Childs Yale University
Lorraine M. McElhinney
Lorraine M. McElhinney Animal and Plant Health Agency

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