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Mireille Harmelin-Vivien

Mireille Harmelin-Vivien

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
59
Citations
12227
World Ranking
2441
National Ranking
101

Mireille Harmelin-Vivien 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 Mireille Harmelin-Vivien sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 175 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mireille Harmelin-Vivien 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 Mireille Harmelin-Vivien sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mireille Harmelin-Vivien is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and has contributed extensively to environmental science, focusing primarily on marine and ecological studies. Their research interests span several interconnected fields and subfields, addressing various aspects of marine ecosystems, fisheries, and environmental toxicology.

Key areas of study for Mireille Harmelin-Vivien include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Oceanography
  • General Health Professions

Their research covers diverse marine topics such as:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine animal studies overview

Mireille Harmelin-Vivien has collaborated frequently with several researchers across numerous projects. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniela Bănaru
  • Sandrine Ruitton
  • Valériano Parravicini
  • Michel Kulbicki
  • Laurence Le Diréach

The scientist has published their work in a variety of venues, with multiple publications in the following journals and platforms:

  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Société Française d'Ichtyologie

Recent papers published by Mireille Harmelin-Vivien include:

  • Mediterranean Mercury Assessment 2022: An Updated Budget, Health Consequences, and Research Perspectives (2022), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Delineating reef fish trophic guilds with global gut content data synthesis and phylogeny (2020), PLoS Biology
  • Primary production and depth drive different trophic structure and functioning of fish assemblages in French marine ecosystems (2020), Progress In Oceanography
  • All shallow coastal habitats matter as nurseries for Mediterranean juvenile fish (2021), Scientific Reports
  • Global mercury concentrations in biota: their use as a basis for a global biomonitoring framework (2024), Ecotoxicology

Best Publications

  • Rare species support vulnerable functions in high-diversity ecosystems

    David Mouillot;David Mouillot;David R. Bellwood;Christopher Baraloto;Christopher Baraloto;Jerome Chave

  • Trophic cascades in benthic marine ecosystems: Lessons for fisheries and protected-area management

    J.K. Pinnegar;N.V.C. Polunin;P. Francour;F. Badalamenti

  • Fishing, trophic cascades, and the structure of algal assemblages : evaluation of an old but untested paradigm

    E. Sala;C. F. Boudouresque;M. Harmelin-Vivien

  • RELATING BEHAVIOR TO HABITAT: SOLUTIONS TO THEFOURTH-CORNER PROBLEM

    Pierre Legendre;René Galzin;Mireille L. Harmelin-Vivien

  • Evaluation visuelle des peuplements et populations de poissons méthodes et problèmes

    M.L. Harmelin-Vivien;J.G. Harmelin;C. Chauvet;C. Duval

  • Are the Mediterranean waters becoming warmer? Information from biological indicators

    P. Francour;C.F. Boudouresque;J.G. Harmelin;M.L. Harmelin-Vivien

  • Microhabitat requirements for settlement of juvenile sparid fishes on Mediterranean rocky shores

    M. L. Harmelin-Vivien;J. G. Harmelin;V. Leboulleux

  • Gradients of abundance and biomass across reserve boundaries in six Mediterranean marine protected areas : Evidence of fish spillover?

    Mireille Harmelin-Vivien;Laurence Le Diréach;Just Bayle-Sempere;Eric Charbonnel

  • Fish fauna of French Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows. II: feeding habits

    J. D Bell;M. L Harmelin-Vivien

  • Trophodynamic linkage between river runoff and coastal fishery yield elucidated by stable isotope data in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean)

    Audrey M. Darnaude;Chantal Salen-Picard;Nicholas V. C. Polunin;Mireille L. Harmelin-Vivien

  • Catastrophic impact of hurricanes on atoll outer reef slopes in the Tuamotu (French Polynesia)

    Mireille L. Harmelin-Vivien;Pierre Laboute

  • Trawling or visual censuses? methodological bias in the assessment of fish populations in seagrass beds

    Mireille L. Harmelin-Vivien;Patrice Francour

  • Distributions of Indo-Pacific lionfishes Pterois spp. in their native ranges : implications for the Atlantic invasion

    Michel Kulbicki;J. Beets;Pascale Chabanet;K. Cure

  • Feeding diets and significance of coral feeding among Chaetodontid fishes in Moorea (French Polynesia)

    M. L. Harmelin-Vivien;Y. Bouchon-Navaro

  • Comparison of C and N stable isotope ratios between surface particulate organic matter and microphytoplankton in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean)

    Mireille Harmelin-Vivien;Véronique Loizeau;Capucine Mellon;Beatriz Beker

  • Food partitioning among scorpaenid fishes in Mediterranean seagrass beds

    M. L. Harmelin‐Vivien;R. A. Kaim‐Malka;M. Ledoyer;S. S. Jacob‐Abraham

  • Fluctuations of macrobenthic populations: a link between climate-driven river run-off and sole fishery yields in the Gulf of Lions

    Chantal Salen-Picard;Audrey M. Darnaude;Denise Arlhac;Mireille L. Harmelin-Vivien

  • Temporal fluctuations and settlement patterns of native and Lessepsian herbivorous fishes on the Lebanese coast (eastern Mediterranean)

    Michel Bariche;Yves Letourneur;Mireille Harmelin-Vivien

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of settlement among sparid fishes of the genus Diplodus in the northwestern Mediterranean

    Laurent Vigliola;Mireille L. Harmelin-Vivien;Franco Biagi;René Galzin

  • Climate change and Mediterranean seagrass meadows: a synopsis for environmental managers

    G. Pergent;Hocein Bazairi;C. N. Bianchi;Charles F. Boudouresque

  • Mortality of juvenile fishes of the genus Diplodus in protected and unprotected areas in the western Mediterranean Sea

    Enrique Macpherson;F. Biagi;P. Francour;Antoni García-Rubies

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Letourneur
Yves Letourneur University of New Caledonia
René Galzin
René Galzin University of Perpignan
François Carlotti
François Carlotti Aix-Marseille University
Michel Kulbicki
Michel Kulbicki Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Patrice Francour
Patrice Francour Université Côte d'Azur
Serge Planes
Serge Planes PSL University
Paco Bustamante
Paco Bustamante University of La Rochelle
Charles-François Boudouresque
Charles-François Boudouresque Aix-Marseille University
Laurent Vigliola
Laurent Vigliola Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Marc Verlaque
Marc Verlaque Aix-Marseille University

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