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Sara J. Iverson

Sara J. Iverson

Dalhousie University
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
16478
World Ranking
1449
National Ranking
84

Sara J. Iverson publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 161 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sara J. Iverson 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 Sara J. Iverson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Sara J. Iverson is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and specializes in Environmental Science with a particular focus on Ecology. Their work encompasses several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Iverson's recent publications feature studies on marine ecosystems and animal behavior under changing environmental conditions. Notable papers include:

  • "A Novel Framework to Protect Animal Data in a World of Ecosurveillance" (2020, BioScience)
  • "Individual and population dietary specialization decline in fin whales during a period of ecosystem shift" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Globally coordinated acoustic aquatic animal tracking reveals unexpected, ecologically important movements across oceans, lakes and rivers" (2023, Ecography)
  • "Sex-differences in fine-scale home-range use in an upper-trophic level marine predator" (2020, Movement Ecology)
  • "Foraging behaviour of a continental shelf marine predator, the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), is associated with in situ, subsurface oceanographic conditions" (2020, Movement Ecology)

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Iverson include:

  • Frederick G. Whoriskey
  • W. Don Bowen
  • Robert J. Lennox
  • Steven J. Cooke
  • Damian C. Lidgard

Iverson's work is commonly published in journals such as Movement Ecology, Scientific Reports, Ecology and Evolution, Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, and BioScience.

Recognition of their contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Aquatic animal telemetry: A panoramic window into the underwater world

    Nigel E. Hussey;Steven T. Kessel;Kim Aarestrup;Steven J. Cooke

  • QUANTITATIVE FATTY ACID SIGNATURE ANALYSIS: A NEW METHOD OF ESTIMATING PREDATOR DIETS

    Sara J. Iverson;Chris Field;W. Don Bowen;Wade Blanchard

  • Comparison of the Bligh and Dyer and Folch methods for total lipid determination in a broad range of marine tissue.

    Sara J. Iverson;Shelley L. C. Lang;Margaret H. Cooper

  • STUDYING TROPHIC ECOLOGY IN MARINE ECOSYSTEMS USING FATTY ACIDS: A PRIMER ON ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

    Suzanne M. Budge;Sara J. Iverson;Heather N. Koopman

  • Fatty acid signatures reveal fine scale structure of foraging distribution of harbor seals and their prey in Prince William Sound, Alaska

    Sara J. Iverson;Kathryn J. Frost;Lloyd F. Lowry

  • Tracing aquatic food webs using fatty acids: from qualitative indicators to quantitative determination

    Sara J. Iverson

  • POLAR BEAR DIETS AND ARCTIC MARINE FOOD WEBS: INSIGHTS FROM FATTY ACID ANALYSIS

    Gregory W. Thiemann;Sara J. Iverson;Ian Stirling

  • Fat content and fatty acid composition of forage fish and invertebrates in Prince William Sound, Alaska: factors contributing to among and within species variability

    Sara J. Iverson;Kathryn J. Frost;Shelley L. C. Lang

  • Among- and within-species variability in fatty acid signatures of marine fish and invertebrates on the Scotian Shelf, Georges Bank, and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

    Suzanne M Budge;Sara J Iverson;W Don Bowen;Robert G Ackman

  • Tracing carbon flow in an arctic marine food web using fatty acid-stable isotope analysis.

    S. M. Budge;M. J. Wooller;A. M. Springer;Sara J. Iverson

  • Diet of northern bottlenose whales inferred from fatty-acid and stable-isotope analyses of biopsy samples

    Sascha K. Hooker;Sara J. Iverson;Peggy Ostrom;Sean C. Smith

  • Sex differences in grey seal diet reflect seasonal variation in foraging behaviour and reproductive expenditure: evidence from quantitative fatty acid signature analysis.

    Carrie A. Beck;Sara J. Iverson;W. Don Bowen;Wade Blanchard

  • The effect of maternal size and milk energy output on pup growth in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)

    Sara J. Iverson;W. Don Bowen;Daryl J. Boness;Olav T. Oftedal

  • Methods of estimating marine mammal diets: A review of validation experiments and sources of bias and uncertainty

    W. D. Bowen;S. J. Iverson

  • Stratification and age-related differences in blubber fatty acids of the male harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).

    H. N. Koopman;S. J. Iverson;D. E. Gaskin

  • Dietary effects on the fatty acid signature of whole Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

    Penny E Kirsch;Sara J Iverson;W Don Bowen;Stephen R Kerr

  • Animal-borne telemetry: An integral component of the ocean observing toolkit

    Rob Harcourt;Ana M. M. Sequeira;Xuelei Zhang;Fabien Roquet

  • LINKING MOVEMENT, DIVING, AND HABITAT TO FORAGING SUCCESS IN A LARGE MARINE PREDATOR

    Deborah Austin;W. Don Bowen;Jim I. McMillan;Sara J. Iverson

  • Reproductive performance in grey seals: age-related improvement and senescence in a capital breeder

    W. D. Bowen;Sara J. Iverson;J. I. Mcmillan;D. J. Boness;D. J. Boness

  • Variation in Milk Production and Lactation Performance in Grey Seals and Consequences for Pup Growth and Weaning Characteristics

    Jo‐Ann E. Mellish;Sara J. Iverson;W. Don Bowen

  • Fatty acid signatures reveal fine scale structure of foraging distribution of harbor seals and their prey in Prince William Sound

    S.J. Iverson;K.J. Frost;L.F. Lowry

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Don Bowen
W. Don Bowen Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Daryl J. Boness
Daryl J. Boness University of New England
Steven J. Cooke
Steven J. Cooke Carleton University
Gregory W. Thiemann
Gregory W. Thiemann York University
Aaron T. Fisk
Aaron T. Fisk University of Windsor
Olav T. Oftedal
Olav T. Oftedal Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Melissa A. McKinney
Melissa A. McKinney McGill University
Ian D. Jonsen
Ian D. Jonsen Macquarie University
Scott G. Hinch
Scott G. Hinch University of British Columbia
Wade Blanchard
Wade Blanchard Australian National University

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