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40
Citations
6119
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8085
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367

Sonia D. Batten publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sonia D. Batten sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 93 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Sonia D. Batten D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sonia D. Batten sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sonia D. Batten is affiliated with the North Pacific Marine Science Organization in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on marine and coastal ecosystems.

The main fields of study for Batten include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their research further specializes in subfields such as:

  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Sonia D. Batten's work covers various topics including:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

The scientist has contributed to journals and publication venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Ecological Modelling
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sonia D. Batten include:

  • Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Monitoring and modelling marine zooplankton in a changing climate, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Heatwave-induced synchrony within forage fish portfolio disrupts energy flow to top pelagic predators, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • A functional size-spectrum model of the global marine ecosystem that resolves zooplankton composition, 2020, Ecological Modelling
  • Testing Bergmann's rule in marine copepods, 2021, Ecography

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Anthony J. Richardson
  • Clare Ostle
  • Sanae Chiba
  • Jason D. Everett
  • Marisol García-Reyes

Best Publications

  • Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes

    Patricia Miloslavich;Nicholas J. Bax;Nicholas J. Bax;Samantha E. Simmons;Eduardo Klein

  • Globally consistent quantitative observations of planktonic ecosystems

    F. Lombard;F. Lombard;E. Boss;A.M. Waite;J. Uitz

  • Effects on zooplankton of a warmer ocean: Recent evidence from the Northeast Pacific

    David L. Mackas;Sonia Batten;Marc Trudel

  • Volcanic ash fuels anomalous plankton bloom in subarctic northeast Pacific

    Roberta C. Hamme;Peter W. Webley;William R. Crawford;Frank A. Whitney

  • CPR sampling: the technical background, materials and methods, consistency and comparability

    SD Batten;R Clark;J Flinkman;Graeme Hays

  • Changing zooplankton seasonality in a changing ocean: Comparing time series of zooplankton phenology

    DL Mackas;W Greve;M Edwards;S Chiba

  • Monitoring and modelling marine zooplankton in a changing climate

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  • Advancing marine biological observations and data requirements of the complementary Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) Frameworks

    Frank E. Muller-Karger;Patricia Miloslavich;Patricia Miloslavich;Nicholas Bax;Nicholas Bax;Samantha E. Simmons

  • Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave.

    Robert M. Suryan;Mayumi L. Arimitsu;Heather A. Coletti;Russell R. Hopcroft

  • Calanus finmarchicus in the North Atlantic: the year of Calanus in the context of interdecadal change

    B. Planque;S. D. Batten

  • Is there a decline in marine phytoplankton

    Abigail McQuatters-Gollop;Philip C. Reid;Martin Edwards;Peter H. Burkill

  • Impacts of fisheries on plankton community structure

    P. C. Reid;E. J. V. Battle;S. D. Batten;K. M. Brander

  • Growth, survival, and tag retention of steelhead trout (O. mykiss) surgically implanted with dummy acoustic tags

    D. W. Welch;D. W. Welch;S. D. Batten;B. R. Ward

  • Heatwave-induced synchrony within forage fish portfolio disrupts energy flow to top pelagic predators.

    Mayumi L. Arimitsu;John F. Piatt;Scott Hatch;Robert M. Suryan

  • Pelagic production at the Celtic Sea shelf break

    Ian Joint;Roland Wollast;Lei Chou;Sonia Batten

  • The influence of coastal origin eddies on oceanic plankton distributions in the eastern Gulf of Alaska

    Sonia D. Batten;William R. Crawford

  • Continuous plankton records: Plankton atlas of the North Atlantic Ocean (1958-1999). II. Biogeographical charts

    R. T. Barnard;S. Batten;G. Beaugrand;C. Buckland

  • Phytoplankton biomass from continuous plankton recorder data: an assessment of the phytoplankton colour index

    Sonia D. Batten;Anthony W. Walne;Martin Edwards;Stephen B. Groom

  • A Global Plankton Diversity Monitoring Program

    Sonia D. Batten;Rana Abu-Alhaija;Sanae Chiba;Sanae Chiba;Martin Edwards

  • Zooplankton monitoring to contribute towards addressing global biodiversity conservation challenges

    Sanae Chiba;Sonia Batten;Corinne S Martin;Sarah Ivory

  • Patterns of benthic fauna and benthic respiration on the celtic continental margin in relation to the distribution of phytodetritus

    G. C. A. Duineveld;M. S. S. Lavaleye;E. M. Berghuis;P. A. W. J. de Wilde

  • Changes in oceanic zooplankton populations in the north-east Pacific associated with the possible climatic regime shift of 1998/1999

    Sonia D. Batten;David W. Welch

  • A critical comparison of two long-term zooplankton time series from the central-west North Sea

    R. A. Clark;C. L. J. Frid;S. Batten

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanae Chiba
Sanae Chiba Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Patricia Miloslavich
Patricia Miloslavich University of Tasmania
Nicholas J. Bax
Nicholas J. Bax Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Yunne-Jai Shin
Yunne-Jai Shin Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Frank E. Muller-Karger
Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida
David W. Welch
David W. Welch University of Auckland
Raphael M. Kudela
Raphael M. Kudela University of California, Santa Cruz
Philip C. Reid
Philip C. Reid Plymouth University
David Obura
David Obura Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean

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