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Ecology and Evolution
Argentina
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
12528
World Ranking
2708
National Ranking
9

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  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Argentina Leader Award

Overview

Oscar Iribarne is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and works primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses on subfields such as Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics centered on ecosystem dynamics and biological processes related to coastal and marine environments. Main topics include coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine and coastal plant biology, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, isotope analysis in ecology, marine biology and ecology research, wildlife ecology and conservation, and aeolian processes and effects.

Oscar Iribarne's recent publications demonstrate engagement with various aspects of environmental and ecological science. Selected papers include:

  • "Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally" (2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Network analysis suggests changes in food web stability produced by bottom trawl fishery in Patagonia" (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • "The blue carbon of southern southwest Atlantic salt marshes and their biotic and abiotic drivers" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Climate Effects on Belowground Tea Litter Decomposition Depend on Ecosystem and Organic Matter Types in Global Wetlands" (2024, Environmental Science & Technology)

Their research has been published in frequent venues such as the Journal of Vegetation Science, Nature Communications, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Scientific Reports.

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Oscar Iribarne's career. Frequent co-authors include Juan Alberti, Pedro Daleo, Paulina Martinetto, Eugenia Fanjul, and Jesús Pascual.

Best Publications

  • Mollusks as ecosystem engineers: the role of shell production in aquatic habitats

    Jorge L. Gutiérrez;Clive G. Jones;David L. Strayer;Oscar O. Iribarne

  • Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation

    Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom;Daniel S. Gruner;W. Stanley Harpole

  • Eutrophication and macroalgal blooms in temperate and tropical coastal waters: nutrient enrichment experiments with Ulva spp.

    Mirta Teichberg;Sophia E. Fox;Ylva S. Olsen;Ivan Valiela

  • Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south‐west Atlantic coast

    J. P. Isacch;J. P. Isacch;C. S. B. Costa;L. Rodríguez‐Gallego;D. Conde

  • Contrasting Effects of Two Burrowing Crabs (Chasmagnathus granulata and Uca uruguayensis) on Sediment Composition and Transport in Estuarine Environments

    F. Botto;O. Iribarne

  • Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality

    Yann Hautier;Forest Isbell;Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom

  • Between-habitat differences in burrow characteristics and trophic modes in the southwestern Atlantic burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata

    Iribarne O;Bortolus A;Botto F

  • The role of the Rı́o de la Plata bottom salinity front in accumulating debris

    Eduardo M. Acha;Hermes W. Mianzan;Oscar Iribarne;Oscar Iribarne;Domingo A. Gagliardini

  • Habitat selection by young-of-the-year Dungeness crab Cancer magister and predation risk in intertidal habitats

    M. Fernandez;O. Iribame;D. Armstrong

  • Effects of the SW Atlantic burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata on a Spartina salt marsh

    Alejandro Bortolus;Oscar Iribarne

  • Invasion of a Reef-builder Polychaete: Direct and Indirect Impacts on the Native Benthic Community Structure

    Evangelina Schwindt;Alejandro Bortolus;Oscar Osvaldo Iribarne

  • Impact of burrowing crabs on C and N sources, control, and transformations in sediments and food webs of SW Atlantic estuaries

    Florencia Botto;Ivan Valiela;Oscar Iribarne;Paulina Martinetto

  • Effect of the burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata (Dana) on the benthic community of a SW Atlantic coastal lagoon

    Florencia Botto;Oscar Iribarne

  • The distribution and ecological effects of the introduced Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) in Northern Patagonia

    Carlos Mauricio Escapa;Juan Pablo Isacch;Pedro Daleo;Juan Alberti

  • Trophic relationships of exotic anadromous salmonids in the southern Patagonian Shelf as inferred from stable isotopes

    Javier E. Ciancio;Miguel A. Pascual;Florencia Botto;Esteban Frere

  • The Contribution of Crab Burrow Excavation to Carbon Availability in Surficial Salt-marsh Sediments

    Jorge L. Gutiérrez;Clive G. Jones;Peter M. Groffman;Stuart E. G. Findlay

  • Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: Is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?

    Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Elsa E. Cleland

  • Ecosystem engineers activate mycorrhizal mutualism in salt marshes

    Pedro Daleo;Eugenia Fanjul;Agustina Mendez Casariego;Brian R. Silliman

  • Physical effects of an invading reef-building polychaete on an Argentinean estuarine environment

    Evangelina Schwindt;Oscar Osvaldo Iribarne;Oscar Osvaldo Iribarne;Federico Ignacio Isla;Federico Ignacio Isla

  • POSITIVE PLANT–ANIMAL INTERACTIONS IN THE HIGH MARSH OF AN ARGENTINEAN COASTAL LAGOON

    Alejandro Bortolus;Evangelina Schwindt;Oscar Iribarne

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian R. Silliman
Brian R. Silliman Duke University
Alberto R. Piola
Alberto R. Piola University of Buenos Aires
Mark D. Bertness
Mark D. Bertness Brown University
Elizabeth T. Borer
Elizabeth T. Borer University of Minnesota
Eric W. Seabloom
Eric W. Seabloom University of Minnesota
Kimberly J. La Pierre
Kimberly J. La Pierre Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Jennifer Firn
Jennifer Firn Queensland University of Technology
Gerardo M. E. Perillo
Gerardo M. E. Perillo Universidad Nacional del Sur
Andrew S. MacDougall
Andrew S. MacDougall University of Guelph
Rebecca L. McCulley
Rebecca L. McCulley University of Kentucky

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