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Rolf D. Vinebrooke

Rolf D. Vinebrooke

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
7450
World Ranking
6310
National Ranking
390

Rolf D. Vinebrooke 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 Rolf D. Vinebrooke 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.

Rolf D. Vinebrooke 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 Rolf D. Vinebrooke 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

Rolf D. Vinebrooke is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and specializes in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their research spans several subfields including environmental chemistry, oceanography, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and atmospheric science. This range reflects an interdisciplinary approach to studying environmental systems.

The scientist's primary focus includes topics related to aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, fish ecology and management studies, species distribution and climate change, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, geology and paleoclimatology research, and soil and water nutrient dynamics. These topics illustrate a broad engagement with ecological and environmental processes across both marine and freshwater systems.

Rolf D. Vinebrooke has contributed articles to several scientific journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Ecology Letters
  • Journal of Paleolimnology
  • Water Research
  • Environmental Reviews

Among their recent papers are:

  • Towards a unified study of multiple stressors: divisions and common goals across research disciplines, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Deeper waters are changing less consistently than surface waters in a global analysis of 102 lakes, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Local stressors mask the effects of warming in freshwater ecosystems, 2022, Ecology Letters
  • Studying interactions among anthropogenic stressors in freshwater ecosystems: A systematic review of 2396 multiple-stressor experiments, 2024, Ecology Letters
  • Chemical Mixtures and Multiple Stressors: Same but Different?, 2023, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Rolf D. Vinebrooke's research network. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Charlie J. G. Loewen
  • Jenna Cook
  • Ralf B. Schäfer
  • Jasmine E. Saros
  • Rubén Sommaruga

This network supports research efforts across varied aspects of environmental science and ecosystem analysis. The combination of multiple disciplines and collaboration highlights an integrative approach to understanding environmental challenges involving multiple stressors and ecosystem dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Net effects of multiple stressors in freshwater ecosystems: a meta-analysis

    Michelle C. Jackson;Charlie J.G. Loewen;Rolf D. Vinebrooke;Christian Timothy Chimimba

  • Impacts of multiple stressors on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: the role of species co‐tolerance

    Rolf D. Vinebrooke;Kathryn L. Cottingham;Jon Norberg;Marten Scheffer

  • Acceleration of cyanobacterial dominance in north temperate-subarctic lakes during the Anthropocene.

    Zofia E Taranu;Irene Gregory-Eaves;Peter R Leavitt;Lynda Bunting

  • Towards a unified study of multiple stressors: divisions and common goals across research disciplines.

    James A Orr;Rolf D Vinebrooke;Michelle C Jackson;Kristy J Kroeker

  • Multiple anthropogenic stressors cause ecological surprises in boreal lakes

    Michael R. Christensen;Mark D. Graham;Rolf D. Vinebrooke;David L. Findlay

  • Past ultraviolet radiation environments in lakes derived from fossil pigments

    Peter R. Leavitt;Rolf D. Vinebrooke;David B. Donald;John P. Smol

  • Recent primary production increases in arctic lakes

    Neal Michelutti;Alexander P. Wolfe;Rolf D. Vinebrooke;Benoit Rivard

  • Stratigraphic expressions of the Holocene-Anthropocene transition revealed in sediments from remote lakes

    Alexander P. Wolfe;William O. Hobbs;Hilary H. Birks;Jason P. Briner

  • Effects of Experimental Greenhouse Warming on Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Communities in Fishless Alpine Ponds

    Angela L. Strecker;Tyler P. Cobb;Rolf D. Vinebrooke

  • Recent climate extremes alter alpine lake ecosystems

    Brian R. Parker;Rolf D. Vinebrooke;David W. Schindler

  • DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES OF LITTORAL COMMUNITIES TO ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION IN AN ALPINE LAKE

    Rolf D. Vinebrooke;Peter R. Leavitt

  • Experimental calibration of lake-sediment spectral reflectance to chlorophyll a concentrations: methodology and paleolimnological validation

    Alexander P. Wolfe;Rolf D. Vinebrooke;Neal Michelutti;Benoit Rivard

  • Effects of ultraviolet radiation on periphyton in an alpine lake

    Rolf D. Vinebrooke;Peter R. Leavitt

  • Deeper waters are changing less consistently than surface waters in a global analysis of 102 lakes

    Rachel M. Pilla;Craig E. Williamson;Boris V. Adamovich;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian

  • Recovery of zooplankton assemblages in mountain lakes from the effects of introduced sport fish

    David B Donald;Rolf D Vinebrooke;R Stewart Anderson;Jim Syrgiannis

  • Direct and interactive effects of allochthonous dissolved organic matter, inorganic nutrients, and ultraviolet radiation on an alpine littoral food web

    Rolf D. Vinebrooke;Peter R. Leavitt

  • Effects of warming on benthic communities in a boreal lake: Implications of climate change

    H. M. Baulch;D. W. Schindler;M. A. Turner;D. L. Findlay

  • The “nutrient pump:” Iron‐poor sediments fuel low nitrogen‐to‐phosphorus ratios and cyanobacterial blooms in polymictic lakes

    Diane M. Orihel;David W. Schindler;Nathaniel C. Ballard;Mark D. Graham

  • Trophic Dependence of Ecosystem Resistance and Species Compensation in Experimentally Acidified Lake 302S (Canada)

    Rolf D. Vinebrooke;David W. Schindler;David L. Findlay;Michael A. Turner

  • Environmental warming increases invasion potential of alpine lake communities by imported species

    Angela M. Holzapfel;Rolf D. Vinebrooke

  • The NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network: A national assessment of lake health providing science for water management in a changing climate

    Yannick Huot;Catherine A. Brown;Geneviève Potvin;Dermot Antoniades

  • RAPID COMMUNICATION / COMMUNICATION RAPIDE High microcystin concentrations occur only at low nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratios in nutrient-rich Canadian lakes

    Diane M. Orihel;David F. Bird;Michael Brylinsky;Huirong Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter R. Leavitt
Peter R. Leavitt University of Regina
Alexander P. Wolfe
Alexander P. Wolfe University of Alberta
David W. Schindler
David W. Schindler University of Alberta
Michael A. Turner
Michael A. Turner University of California, San Diego
David L. Findlay
David L. Findlay Plankton-R-Us
Helen M. Baulch
Helen M. Baulch University of Saskatchewan
Jasmine E. Saros
Jasmine E. Saros University of Maine
Michael J. Paterson
Michael J. Paterson International Institute for Sustainable Development
Vincent L. St. Louis
Vincent L. St. Louis University of Alberta
Wim Thiery
Wim Thiery Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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