2026 Paul V. R. Snelgrove: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	59	2423	2321	160	152	185	13333

Overview

Paul V. R. Snelgrove is affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics within marine and ecological studies, including Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and Fisheries Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Coastal and Marine Management, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Recent publications illustrate the range and depth of their contributions. These include the following papers:

"Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability," 2020, Science
"Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
"Climate-induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold-water corals and commercially important deep-sea fishes in the North Atlantic," 2020, Global Change Biology
"Climate change considerations are fundamental to management of deep-sea resource extraction," 2020, Global Change Biology
"A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation," 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, with multiple publications in Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Frontiers in Marine Science, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, and Global Change Biology.

Collaborative efforts are a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Lisa A. Levin, Roberto Danovaro, Kristina M. Gjerde, Eva Ramírez-Llodra, and Elva Escobar-Briones. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary contributions across marine and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

Animal-sediment relationships revisited: cause versus effect

P. V. R. Snelgrove;C. A. Butman

1198
Citations
The Function of Marine Critical Transition Zones and the Importance of Sediment Biodiversity

Lisa A. Levin;Donald F. Boesch;Alan Covich;Cliff Dahm

711
Citations
Outstanding Challenges in the Transferability of Ecological Models.

Katherine L. Yates;Katherine L. Yates;Phil J. Bouchet;M Julian Caley;Kerrie Mengersen

696
Citations
Getting to the Bottom of Marine Biodiversity: Sedimentary Habitats: Ocean bottoms are the most widespread habitat on Earth and support high biodiversity and key ecosystem services

Paul V. R. Snelgrove

544
Citations
The Importance of marine sediment biodiversity in ecosystem processes

P Snelgrove;T Blackburn;Hutchings P.A;Alongi Dm

430
Citations
Challenging the paradigms of deep-sea ecology

Roberto Danovaro;Roberto Danovaro;Paul V.R. Snelgrove;Paul Tyler

427
Citations
The biodiversity of macrofaunal organisms in marine sediments

Paul V.R. Snelgrove

401
Citations
Global patterns in marine dispersal estimates: the influence of geography, taxonomic category and life history

Ian R Bradbury;Benjamin Laurel;Paul V.R Snelgrove;Paul Bentzen

371
Citations
Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability

Sandra Díaz;Noelia Zafra-Calvo;Andy Purvis;Peter H. Verburg

356
Citations
Parallel adaptive evolution of Atlantic cod on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean in response to temperature

Ian R. Bradbury;Sophie Hubert;Brent Higgins;Tudor Borza

301
Citations
Global Observing Needs in the Deep Ocean

Lisa A. Levin;Brian J. Bett;Andrew R. Gates;Patrick Heimbach

278
Citations
Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

Roberto Danovaro;Emanuela Fanelli;Jacopo Aguzzi;David Billett

260
Citations
The deep-sea under global change

Roberto Danovaro;Cinzia Corinaldesi;Antonio Dell’Anno;Paul V.R. Snelgrove

250
Citations
Real world biodiversity–ecosystem functioning: a seafloor perspective

Paul V.R. Snelgrove;Simon F. Thrush;Diana H. Wall;Alf Norkko;Alf Norkko

243
Citations
A riot of species in an environmental calm: the paradox of the species-rich deep-sea floor

Paul V. R Snelgrove;Craig R Smith

213
Citations
Global carbon cycling on a heterogeneous seafloor

Paul V.R. Snelgrove;Karline Soetaert;Martin Solan;Simon Thrush

197
Citations
An ecosystem-based deep-ocean strategy

R. Danovaro;J. Aguzzi;E. Fanelli;D. Billett

196
Citations
Climate‐induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold‐water corals and commercially important deep‐sea fishes in the North Atlantic

Telmo Morato;José‐Manuel González‐Irusta;Carlos Dominguez‐Carrió;Chih‐Lin Wei

196
Citations
Contrasting larval transport in demersal fish and benthic invertebrates: the roles of behaviour and advective processes in determining spatial pattern

Ian R Bradbury;Paul V.R. Snelgrove

195
Citations
Genomic islands of divergence and their consequences for the resolution of spatial structure in an exploited marine fish

Ian R. Bradbury;Ian R. Bradbury;Ian R. Bradbury;Sophie Hubert;Brent Higgins;Sharen Bowman

182
Citations
Linking biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of soils and sediments

Wall D.H;L Brussaard;Hutchings P.A

162
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego

Pierre Pepin Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Roberto Danovaro Marche Polytechnic University

Philippe Archambault Université Laval

Anna Metaxas Dalhousie University

Paul Bentzen Dalhousie University

Henry A. Ruhl Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Verena Tunnicliffe University of Victoria

Diana H. Wall Colorado State University

Malcolm R. Clark National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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