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R. Eugene Turner

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
88
Citations
32352
World Ranking
516
National Ranking
184

R. Eugene Turner publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 248 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

R. Eugene Turner 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 R. Eugene Turner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

R. Eugene Turner is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States and has a research focus within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

The core scientific topics addressed in their research revolve around coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coastal and marine dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, soil erosion and sediment transport, and hydrology and watershed management studies.

Turner has published extensively in several journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Hydrobiologia
  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Environmental Pollution

Prominent recent papers authored or co-authored by Turner include:

  • "Anthropogenic, Direct Pressures on Coastal Wetlands" (2020) published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Long-term trends of streamflow, sediment load and nutrient fluxes from the Mississippi River Basin: Impacts of climate change and human activities" (2022) in Journal of Hydrology
  • "Climate Change Implications for Tidal Marshes and Food Web Linkages to Estuarine and Coastal Nekton" (2021) in Estuaries and Coasts
  • "Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes" (2020) in Science
  • "Ecosystem Services: Delivering Decision-Making for Salt Marshes" (2021) in Estuaries and Coasts

Their research collaborations include frequent work with co-authors such as Nancy N. Rabalais, Just Cebrián, Charles W. Martin, Charles S. Milan, and Erick M. Swenson.

Best Publications

  • Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia, A.K.A. “The Dead Zone”

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;William J. Wiseman

  • Dynamics and distribution of natural and human-caused hypoxia

    N. N. Rabalais;Robert J. Diaz;L.A. Levin;R.E. Turner

  • Global change and eutrophication of coastal waters

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;Robert J. Díaz;Dubravko Justić

  • Nutrient changes in the Mississippi River and system responses on the adjacent continental shelf

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;Dubravko JustiĆ;Quay Dortch

  • Coastal eutrophication near the Mississippi river delta

    R. Eugene Turner;Nancy N. Rabalais

  • Changes in nutrient structure of river-dominated coastal waters: stoichiometric nutrient balance and its consequences

    Dubravko Justić;Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;Quay Dortch

  • Dependence of Fishery Species on Salt Marshes: The Role of Food and Refuge

    Donald F. Boesch;R. Eugene Turner

  • Beyond Science into Policy: Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia and the Mississippi River

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;Donald Scavia

  • Changes in Mississippi River Water Quality this CenturyImplications for coastal food webs

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  • Anthropogenically enhanced fluxes of water and carbon from the Mississippi River

    Peter A. Raymond;Neung-Hwan Oh;R. Eugene Turner;Whitney Broussard

  • Linking Landscape and Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin for 200 Years

    R. Eugene Turner;Nancy N. Rabalais

  • Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R.Eugene Turner;William J. Wiseman

  • Stoichiometric nutrient balance and origin of coastal eutrophication

    Dubravko Justić;Nancy N. Rabalais;R.Eugene Turner

  • Coastal Hypoxia: consequences for living resources and ecosystems

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner

  • Gulf of Mexico hypoxia: alternate states and a legacy

    R. Eugene Turner;Nancy N. Rabalais;Dubravko Justic

  • Intertidal Vegetation and Commercial Yields of Penaeid Shrimp

    R. Eugene Turner

  • Hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Does the science support the Plan to Reduce, Mitigate, and Control Hypoxia?

    N. N. Rabalais;R. E. Turner;B. K Sen Gupta;D. F. Boesch

  • Fluctuating silicate:nitrate ratios and coastal plankton food webs

    R E Turner;N Qureshi;N N Rabalais;Q Dortch

  • Global patterns of dissolved N, P and Si in large rivers

    R.E. Turner;N.N. Rabalais;D. Justic;Q. Dortch

  • Eutrophication-driven deoxygenation in the coastal ocean

    Nancy N Rabalais;Wei-Jun Cai;Jacob Carstensen;Daniel J Conley

  • Nutrient-enhanced productivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico: past, present and future

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;Quay Dortch;Dubravko Justic

  • Wetland Sedimentation from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

    R. Eugene Turner;Joseph J. Baustian;Erick M. Swenson;Jennifer S. Spicer

  • Effects of Climate Change on Freshwater Ecosystems of the South-Eastern United States and the Gulf Coast of Mexico

    Patrick J. Mulholland;G. Ronnie Best;Charles C. Coutant;George M. Hornberger

  • Predicting the response of Gulf of Mexico hypoxia to variations in Mississippi River nitrogen load

    Donald Scavia;Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;Dubravko Justić

  • Effects of climate change on hypoxia in coastal waters: A doubled CO2 scenario for the northern Gulf of Mexico

    Dubravko Justić;Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner

  • Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Description, Causes and Change

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy N. Rabalais
Nancy N. Rabalais Louisiana State University
Dubravko Justic
Dubravko Justic Louisiana State University
Donald Scavia
Donald Scavia University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joy B. Zedler
Joy B. Zedler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Charles A. Simenstad
Charles A. Simenstad University of Washington
Michael P. Weinstein
Michael P. Weinstein Montclair State University
Donald F. Boesch
Donald F. Boesch University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Philip W. Gassman
Philip W. Gassman Iowa State University
Anna M. Michalak
Anna M. Michalak Stanford University
John M. Teal
John M. Teal Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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John R. White

John R. White

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Robert R. Lane

Robert R. Lane

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Ronald D. DeLaune

Ronald D. DeLaune

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Robert R. Twilley

Robert R. Twilley

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Irving A. Mendelssohn

Irving A. Mendelssohn

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Hans W. Paerl

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