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D-Index
33
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5523
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7793
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769

Per Berggren 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 Per Berggren sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 107 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Per Berggren 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 Per Berggren sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Per Berggren is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and specializes in environmental science with a focus on marine and ecological studies. Their research covers a range of areas including nature and landscape conservation, ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, and atmospheric science.

The primary topics addressed in their work include marine animal studies overview, ichthyology and marine biology, fish ecology and management studies, underwater acoustics research, marine and fisheries research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and fish biology and ecology studies.

Frequent publication venues where Berggren's work appears include The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Special issue), Fish and Fisheries, PLoS ONE, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Some recent published papers authored or co-authored by Berggren are:

  • Seasonal distribution, abundance, habitat use and population identity of humpback whales in Oman, 2020, The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Special issue)
  • Relative abundance of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from acoustic and visual surveys of the Baltic Sea and adjacent waters during 2001 and 2002, 2023, The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Special issue)
  • Empty promises: The European Union is failing to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries by-catch, 2021, Fish and Fisheries
  • A systematic review of sensory deterrents for bycatch mitigation of marine megafauna, 2022, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Tropical rays are intrinsically more sensitive to overfishing than the temperate skates, 2023, Biological Conservation

Berggren collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Andrew J. Temple, Ellen Barrowclift, Narriman Jiddawi, Matt Sharpe, and Sol Lucas.

Best Publications

  • Abundance of harbour porpoise and other cetaceans in the North Sea and adjacent waters

    P.S. Hammond;P. Berggren;H. Benke;D.L. Borchers

  • Cetacean abundance and distribution in European Atlantic shelf waters to inform conservation and management

    Philip Steven Hammond;Kelly Macleod;Per Berggren;David Louis Borchers

  • Mixed species groups in mammals

    Eva Stensland;Anders Angerbjörn;Per Berggren

  • Recommendations for photo-identification methods used in capture-recapture models with cetaceans

    Kim Urian;Antoinette Gorgone;Andrew Read;Brian Balmer

  • Sponge Carrying by Dolphins (Delphinidae, Tursiops sp.): A Foraging Specialization Involving Tool Use?

    Rachel A. Smolker;Andrew Richards;Richard Connor;Janet Mann

  • Effects of tourist boats on the behaviour of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins off the south coast of Zanzibar.

    Fredrik Christiansen;David Lusseau;Eva Stensland;Per Berggren

  • Specialization and development of beach hunting, a rare foraging behavior, by wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)

    B L Sargeant;J Mann;P Berggren;M Krützen

  • Population structure in an inshore cetacean revealed by microsatellite and mtDNA analysis: Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia

    Michael Krützen;William B. Sherwin;Per Berggren;Nick Gales

  • Diving behaviour of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena

    Andrew J. Westgate;Andrew J. Head;Per Berggren;Heather N. Koopman

  • Behavioural changes in female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in response to boat-based tourism

    Eva Stensland;Per Berggren

  • Bycatch in gillnet fisheries threatens critically endangered small cetaceans and other aquatic megafauna

    Robert L. Brownell;Randall R. Reeves;Andrew J. Read;Brian D. Smith

  • POPULATION SIZE, DISTRIBUTION, AND BEHAVIOR OF INDO‐PACIFIC BOTTLENOSE (TURSIOPS ADUNCUS) AND HUMPBACK (SOUSA CHINENSIS) DOLPHINS OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF ZANZIBAR

    Eva Stensland;Ida Carlén;Anna Särnblad;Anders Bignert

  • Potential limits to anthropogenic mortality for harbour porpoises in the Baltic region

    P. Berggren;P.R. Wade;J. Carlström;A.J. Read

  • Marine megafauna interactions with small-scale fisheries in the southwestern Indian Ocean: a review of status and challenges for research and management

    Andrew J Temple;Jeremy J Kiszka;Selina M Stead;Nina Wambiji

  • Feeding ecology of the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) incidentally caught in the gillnet fisheries off Zanzibar, Tanzania

    Omar A. Amir;Per Berggren;Simon G.M. Ndaro;Narriman S. Jiddawi

  • Integrating multiple lines of evidence to better understand the evolutionary divergence of humpback dolphins along their entire distribution range: a new dolphin species in Australian waters?

    Martin Mendez;Martin Mendez;Thomas A. Jefferson;Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis;Michael Krützen

  • Mitochondrial Control Region and microsatellite analyses on harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) unravel population differentiation in the Baltic Sea and adjacent waters.

    Annika Wiemann;Liselotte W. Andersen;Per Berggren;Ursula Siebert

  • Patterns and Levels of Organochlorines (DDTs, PCBs, non-ortho PCBs and PCDD/Fs) in Male Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the Baltic Sea, the Kattegat-Skagerrak Seas and the West Coast of Norway

    Per Berggren;Rasha Ishaq;Yngve ZebÜhr;Carina NÄf

  • The incidental catch of dolphins in gillnet fisheries in Zanzibar, Tanzania

    O.A. Amir;P. Berggren;N.S. Jiddawi

  • Spatial and temporal impact of pingers on porpoises

    Julia CarlströmJ. Carlström;Per BerggrenP. Berggren;Nick J.C. TregenzaN.J.C. Tregenza

  • Diving behaviour of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena

    A.J. Westgate;A.J. Read;P. Berggren;H.N. Koopman

Frequent Co-Authors

Narriman Jiddawi
Narriman Jiddawi University of Dar es Salaam
Andrew J. Read
Andrew J. Read Duke University
Jeremy J. Kiszka
Jeremy J. Kiszka Florida International University
Howard C. Rosenbaum
Howard C. Rosenbaum Wildlife Conservation Society
Ursula Siebert
Ursula Siebert University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Jonas Teilmann
Jonas Teilmann Aarhus University
Philip S. Hammond
Philip S. Hammond University of St Andrews
Michael Krützen
Michael Krützen University of Zurich
Ralph Tiedemann
Ralph Tiedemann University of Potsdam
Dag Broman
Dag Broman Alder Fund

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