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39
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6444
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6349
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214

Rafael Coma 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 Rafael Coma sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 73 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rafael Coma 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 Rafael Coma sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rafael Coma is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these fields, Coma's work extensively covers subfields such as ecology, biotechnology, ocean engineering, oceanography, and global and planetary change.

The main topics of Coma's scientific contributions include marine sponges and natural products, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine biology and environmental chemistry, and aspects related to marine ecology and invasive species. Additional areas of interest encompass aquaculture disease management and microbiota, marine and coastal ecosystems, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

Coma has published various papers in multiple scientific journals and venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Heterotrophy in the earliest gut: a single-cell view of heterotrophic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in sponge-microbe symbioses" (2020, The ISME Journal)
  • "In situ Pumping Rate of 20 Marine Demosponges Is a Function of Osculum Area" (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • "The removal of dissolved organic matter by marine sponges is a function of its composition and concentration: An in situ seasonal study of four Mediterranean species" (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Trophic niche separation that facilitates co-existence of high and low microbial abundance sponges is revealed by in situ study of carbon and nitrogen fluxes" (2020, Limnology and Oceanography)
  • "Corrigendum: In situ Pumping Rate of 20 Marine Demosponges Is a Function of Osculum Area" (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Coma on several publications include:

  • Marta Ribes
  • Gitai Yahel
  • Teresa Morganti
  • Raz Moskovich
  • Jeremy B. Weisz

Coma's research output appears regularly in scientific journals such as Frontiers in Marine Science, The ISME Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, Limnology and Oceanography, and Atención Primaria. Their contributions are largely related to understanding marine sponge biology, the interaction of these organisms with their environment, and their biochemical processes.

Best Publications

  • Mass mortality in Northwestern Mediterranean rocky benthic communities: effects of the 2003 heat wave

    J. Garrabou;J. Garrabou;R. Coma;N. Bensoussan;Marc Bally

  • Global warming-enhanced stratification and mass mortality events in the Mediterranean

    Rafael Coma;Marta Ribes;Eduard Serrano;Eroteida Jiménez

  • Natural diet and grazing rate of the temperate sponge Dysidea avara (Demospongiae, Dendroceratida) throughout an annual cycle

    Marta Ribes;Rafael Coma;Josep Maria Gili

  • Size distribution, density and disturbance in two Mediterranean gorgonians: Paramuricea clavata and Eunicella singularis

    Cristina Linares;Rafael Coma;Joaquim Garrabou;David Díaz

  • Reproduction and cycle of gonadal development in the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea clavata

    R. Coma;M. Ribes;M. Zabala;J. M. Giti

  • Effects of climate change on Mediterranean marine ecosystems: the case of the Catalan Sea

    Eva María Calvo;Rafel Simó;Rafael Coma;Marta Ribes

  • Functional convergence of microbes associated with temperate marine sponges

    Marta Ribes;Eroteida Jiménez;G. Yahel;P. López-Sendino

  • From global to local genetic structuring in the red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata: the interplay between oceanographic conditions and limited larval dispersal

    Kenza Mokhtar-Jamaï;Marta Pascual;J. B. Ledoux;Rafael Coma

  • Feeding and prey capture cycles in the aposymbiontic gorgonian Paramuhcea clavata

    Rafael Coma;Josep Maria Gili;Mikel Zabala;Tecla Riera

  • Seasonal energetic constraints in Mediterranean benthic suspension feeders: effects at different levels of ecological organization

    Rafael Coma;Marta Ribes

  • Heterogeneous feeding in benthic suspension feeders: the natural diet and grazing rate of the temperate gorgonian Paramuricea clavata (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) over a year cycle

    Marta Ribes;Rafael Coma;Josep Maria Gili

  • Consequences of a mass mortality in populations of Eunicella singularis (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) in Menorca (NW Mediterranean)

    Rafael Coma;Cristina Linares;Marta Ribes;David Díaz

  • Growth in a modular colonial marine invertebrate

    R. Coma;M. Ribes;M. Zabala;J.-M. Gili

  • Are Antarctic suspension-feeding communities different from those elsewhere in the world?

    Josep Maria Gili;Rafael Coma;Covadonga Orejas;Pablo J. López-González

  • Temporal variability in abundance of the sea urchins Paracentrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula in the northwestern Mediterranean: comparison between a marine reserve and an unprotected area

    Enric Sala;Marta Ribes;Bernat Hereu;Mikel Zabala

  • Biodiversity loss in a Mediterranean ecosystem due to an extreme warming event unveils the role of an engineering gorgonian species

    Jana Verdura;Cristina Linares;Enric Ballesteros;Rafael Coma

  • Sexual reproductive effort in the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea ciavata

    Rafael Coma;Mikel Zabala;Josep Maria Gili

  • Particle removal by coral reef communities: picoplankton is a major source of nitrogen

    Marta Ribes;Rafael Coma;M.J. Atkinson;Robert A. Kinzie Iii

  • The ultimate opportunists: consumers of seston

    Rafael Coma;Marta Ribes;Josep Maria Gili;Roger N. Hughes

  • Spatial variability in reproductive cycle of the gorgonians Paramuricea clavata and Eunicella singularis (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the Western Mediterranean Sea

    Andrea Gori;Cristina Linares;Sergio Rossi;Rafael Coma

Frequent Co-Authors

Marta Ribes
Marta Ribes Spanish National Research Council
Cristina Linares
Cristina Linares University of Barcelona
Josep Maria Gili
Josep Maria Gili Spanish National Research Council
Joaquim Garrabou
Joaquim Garrabou Spanish National Research Council
Enric Ballesteros
Enric Ballesteros Spanish National Research Council
Emma Cebrian
Emma Cebrian Spanish National Research Council
Carles Pelejero
Carles Pelejero Institute of Marine Sciences
Sergio Rossi
Sergio Rossi University of Salento
Andrea Gori
Andrea Gori University of Milan
María Jesús Uriz
María Jesús Uriz Spanish National Research Council

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