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Rod M. Connolly

Rod M. Connolly

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
82
Citations
23905
World Ranking
750
National Ranking
64

Rod M. Connolly 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 Rod M. Connolly sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 339 publications — 94th percentile

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

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

Rod M. Connolly 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 Rod M. Connolly sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rod M. Connolly is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research extends predominantly into several subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's work broadly covers diverse topics related to marine and coastal environments. Key research areas include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine and fisheries research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Coastal and Marine Management, and Water Quality Monitoring Technologies.

Rod M. Connolly has frequently published in several scientific journals. Notable venues where their work appears include Frontiers in Marine Science, Estuaries and Coasts, The Science of The Total Environment, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Biological Conservation.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Long-term declines and recovery of meadow area across the world's seagrass bioregions, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030-What Chance for Success in Restoring Coastal Ecosystems?, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Global trends in mangrove forest fragmentation, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now, 2020, Current Biology
  • Future carbon emissions from global mangrove forest loss, 2021, Global Change Biology

Rod M. Connolly collaborates regularly with several co-authors. Frequent collaborators include Christopher J. Brown, Michael Sievers, Andrew D. Olds, Mischa P. Turschwell, and Christina A. Buelow.

Best Publications

  • Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation

    Oscar Serrano;Catherine E. Lovelock;Trisha B. Atwood;Trisha B. Atwood;Peter I. Macreadie

  • The future of Blue Carbon science

    Peter I. Macreadie;Andrea Anton;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;Nicola Beaumont

  • Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses

    Trisha B Atwood;Trisha B Atwood;Rod M Connolly;Hannan Almahasheer;Paul E Carnell

  • The seascape nursery: a novel spatial approach to identify and manage nurseries for coastal marine fauna

    Ivan Nagelkerken;Marcus Sheaves;Ronald Baker;Ronald Baker;Rod Martin Connolly

  • Organic matter exchange and cycling in mangrove ecosystems: Recent insights from stable isotope studies

    S. Bouillon;Rod Martin Connolly;Shing Yip Lee

  • True Value of Estuarine and Coastal Nurseries for Fish: Incorporating Complexity and Dynamics

    Marcus Sheaves;Ronald Baker;Ivan Nagelkerken;Rod M. Connolly

  • Impact of urbanization on coastal wetland structure and function

    Shing Yip Lee;Shing Yip Lee;Ryan Jay Keith Dunn;Ruth Anne Young;Rod Martin Connolly;Rod Martin Connolly

  • Long-term declines and recovery of meadow area across the world's seagrass bioregions.

    Jillian C. Dunic;Christopher J. Brown;Rod M. Connolly;Mischa P. Turschwell

  • UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 - what chance for success in restoring coastal ecosystems?

    Nathan J. Waltham;Michael Elliott;Shing Yip Lee;Catherine Lovelock

  • Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon

    Peter I. Macreadie;Daniel A. Nielsen;Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Trisha B. Atwood

  • Global trends in mangrove forest fragmentation.

    Dale N. Bryan-Brown;Rod M. Connolly;Daniel R. Richards;Fernanda Adame

  • Sulfur stable isotopes separate producers in marine food-web analysis

    Rod M Connolly;Rod M Connolly;Michaela A Guest;Michaela A Guest;Andrew J Melville;Joanne Margaret Oakes

  • A comparison of fish assemblages from seagrass and unvegetated areas of a southern Australian estuary

    R. M. Connolly

  • Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems

    Trisha B. Atwood;Trisha B. Atwood;Rod M. Connolly;Euan G. Ritchie;Catherine E. Lovelock

  • Spatial analysis of stable isotope data to determine primary sources of nutrition for fish.

    Andrew Melville;Rod Martin Connolly

  • Mechanisms and ecological role of carbon transfer within coastal seascapes

    Glenn A. Hyndes;Ivan Nagelkerken;Ivan Nagelkerken;Rebecca J. McLeod;Rod Martin Connolly

  • Future carbon emissions from global mangrove forest loss.

    Maria F. Adame;Rod M. Connolly;Mischa P. Turschwell;Catherine E. Lovelock

  • Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now

    Daniel A. Friess;Daniel A. Friess;Erik S. Yando;Guilherme M.O. Abuchahla;Janine B. Adams

  • Fishes associated with artificial reefs: attributing changes to attraction or production using novel approaches

    Michael John Brickhill;Shing Yip Lee;Rod Martin Connolly

  • Habitat connectivity improves reserve performance

    Andrew David Olds;Rod Martin Connolly;Kylie Anne Pitt;Paul Maxwell

  • Testing the utility of abiotic surrogates for marine habitat mapping at scales relevant to management

    Tim Stevens;Rod Martin Connolly;Rod Martin Connolly

  • Large-scale seagrass dieback in northern Spencer Gulf, South Australia

    S Seddon;R.M Connolly;K.S Edyvane

  • Seagrass and epiphytic algae support nutrition of a fisheries species, Sillago schomburgkii, in adjacent intertidal habitats

    Rod Martin Connolly;Jeremy S. Hindell;Daniel Gorman

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew D. Olds
Andrew D. Olds University of the Sunshine Coast
Thomas A. Schlacher
Thomas A. Schlacher University of the Sunshine Coast
Peter I. Macreadie
Peter I. Macreadie Deakin University
Kylie Anne Pitt
Kylie Anne Pitt Griffith University
Shing Yip Lee
Shing Yip Lee Chinese University of Hong Kong
David S. Schoeman
David S. Schoeman University of the Sunshine Coast
Michael A. Weston
Michael A. Weston Deakin University
Christopher J. Brown
Christopher J. Brown University of Tasmania
Trisha B. Atwood
Trisha B. Atwood Utah State University
Marcus Sheaves
Marcus Sheaves James Cook University

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