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D-Index
35
Citations
4330
World Ranking
7417
National Ranking
2493

Peter M. Kiffney 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 Peter M. Kiffney sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 103 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter M. Kiffney 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 Peter M. Kiffney sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Peter M. Kiffney is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, encompassing a variety of subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work covers main topics such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Recent publications by Peter M. Kiffney include:

  • Climate-Mediated Changes to Linked Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems across the Northeast Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest Margin, 2020, BioScience
  • How does habitat restoration influence resilience of salmon populations to climate change?, 2023, Ecosphere
  • Characterizing the habitat function of bivalve aquaculture using underwater video, 2021, Aquaculture Environment Interactions
  • Seasonal and temporal variation in the effects of forest thinning on headwater stream benthic organisms in coastal British Columbia, 2021, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Food for fish: Challenges and opportunities for quantifying foodscapes in river networks, 2024, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Beth L. Sanderson
  • Karl Veggerby
  • Timothy J. Beechie
  • Caleb Fogel
  • Colin Nicol

Their work has appeared often in the following publication venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecosphere
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • BioScience
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water

Best Publications

  • Responses of periphyton and insects to experimental manipulation of riparian buffer width along forest streams

    Peter M. Kiffney;John S. Richardson;Jennifer P. Bull

  • RESTORING SALMON HABITAT FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE

    T. Beechie;H. Imaki;J. Greene;A. Wade

  • Tributary streams create spatial discontinuities in habitat, biological productivity, and diversity in mainstem rivers

    P M Kiffney;C M Greene;J E Hall;J R Davies

  • Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by benthic invertebrates at the arkansas river, colorado

    Peter M. Kiffney;William H. Clements

  • Establishing light as a causal mechanism structuring stream communities in response to experimental manipulation of riparian buffer width

    Peter M. Kiffney;John S. Richardson;Jennifer P. Bull

  • Integrated laboratory and field approach for assessing impacts of heavy metals at the Arkansas River, Colorado

    William H. Clements;Peter M. Kiffney

  • Assessing contaminant effects at higher levels of biological organization

    William H. Clements;Peter M. Kiffney

  • Pesticides, aquatic food webs, and the conservation of Pacific salmon

    Kate H Macneale;Peter M Kiffney;Nathaniel L Scholz

  • Effects of Heavy Metals on a Macroinvertebrate Assemblage from a Rocky Mountain Stream in Experimental Microcosms

    Peter M. Kiffney;William H. Clements

  • The Ecological Importance of Tributaries and Confluences

    Stephen P. Rice;Peter Kiffney;Correigh Greene;George R. Pess

  • The influence of elevation on benthic community responses to heavy metals in Rocky Mountain streams

    William H. Clements;Peter M. Kiffney

  • Size-dependent response of macroinvertebrates to metals in experimental streams

    Peter M. Kiffney;William H. Clements

  • Changing forests—changing streams: riparian forest stand development and ecosystem function in temperate headwaters

    Dana R. Warren;William S. Keeton;Peter M. Kiffney;Matthew J. Kaylor

  • CLIMATIC AND HYDROLOGIC VARIABILITY IN A COASTAL WATERSHED OF SOUTHWESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA1

    Peter M. Kiffney;Jennifer P. Bull;Michael C. Feller

  • Effects of Metals on Stream Macroinvertebrate Assemblages from Different Altitudes

    Peter M. Kiffney;William H. Clements

  • The toxicity and bioaccumulation of selenate, selenite and seleno-L-methionine in the cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae.

    Peter Kiffney;Allen Knight

  • Interactions among Nutrients, Periphyton, and Invertebrate and Vertebrate (Ascaphus truei) Grazers in Experimental Channels

    Peter M. Kiffney;John S. Richardson

  • Fluvial and epilithic organic matter dynamics in headwater streams of southwestern British Columbia, Canada

    Peter M. Kiffney;John S. Richardson;Michael C. Feller

  • Periphyton and invertebrate response to wood placement in large Pacific coastal rivers.

    Holly J. Coe;Peter M. Kiffney;George R. Pess;Kris K. Kloehn

  • Changes in fish communities following recolonization of the Cedar river, Wa, USA by Pacific salmon after 103 years of local extirpation

    Peter M. Kiffney;George R. Pess;Joseph H. Anderson;P. Faulds

Frequent Co-Authors

William H. Clements
William H. Clements Colorado State University
George R. Pess
George R. Pess National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John S. Richardson
John S. Richardson University of British Columbia
David U. Hooper
David U. Hooper Western Washington University
Thomas P. Quinn
Thomas P. Quinn University of Washington
Timothy J. Beechie
Timothy J. Beechie National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jana E. Compton
Jana E. Compton Environmental Protection Agency
Jill S. Baron
Jill S. Baron United States Geological Survey
David Butman
David Butman University of Washington
John S. Kimball
John S. Kimball University of Montana

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