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3477
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1222

Susan S. Bell 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 Susan S. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 136 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan S. Bell 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 Susan S. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% 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

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Susan S. Bell is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these domains, they have contributed notably to subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The main topics covered in their work include marine and coastal plant biology, marine biology and ecology research, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, as well as research on tropical and extratropical cyclones.

Frequent publication venues for Susan S. Bell include:

  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Estuaries and Coasts

The following recent scientific papers have been published by Susan S. Bell:

  • Climate drives coupled regime shifts across subtropical estuarine ecosystems, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Natural recovery of a marine foundation species emerges decades after landscape-scale mortality, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • The Use of Imagery and GIS Techniques to Evaluate and Compare Seagrass Dynamics across Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales, 2020, Estuaries and Coasts
  • A Randomized Clinical Trial of Transgender Women Switching to B/F/TAF: The (mo)BETTA Trial, 2023, Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • The Specialist Marine Herbivore Elysia papillosa Grows Faster on a Less Utilized Algal Diet, 2021, Biological Bulletin

Among their frequent co-authors are Sarah K. Berke, Kelly M. Dorgan, Erin Kiskaddon, Kara Gadeken, and Stephen G. Hesterberg.

Susan S. Bell was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Habitat structure: the physical arrangement of objects in space.

    Susan S. Bell;Earl D. McCoy;Henry R. Mushinsky

  • Habitat Structure: The Evolution and Diversification of a Complex Topic

    Earl D. McCoy;Susan S. Bell

  • Influence of physical setting on seagrass landscapes near Beaufort, North Carolina, USA

    Mark S. Fonseca;Susan S. Bell

  • Seagrass landscapes: a terrestrial approach to the marine subtidal environment.

    Bradley D. Robbins;Susan S. Bell

  • Field evidence that shrimp predation regulates meiofauna.

    Susan S. Bell;Bruce C. Coull

  • Linking Restoration and Landscape Ecology

    Susan S. Bell;Mark S. Fonseca;Little B. Motten

  • Faunal response to fragmentation in seagrass habitats: implications for seagrass conservation

    Susan S Bell;Robert A Brooks;Bradley D Robbins;Mark S Fonseca

  • Perspectives of Marine Meiofaunal Ecology

    Bruce C. Coull;Susan S. Bell

  • An Interdisciplinary and Synthetic Approach to Ecological Boundaries

    Mary L. Cadenasso;Steward T. A. Pickett;Kathleen C. Weathers;Susan S. Bell

  • MEIOFAUNA-MACROFAUNA INTERACTIONS IN A HIGH SALT MARSH HABITAT'

    Susan S. Bell

  • Response of small motile epifauna to complexity of epiphytic algae on seagrass blades

    Margaret O. Hall;Susan S. Bell

  • DYNAMICS OF A SUBTIDAL SEAGRASS LANDSCAPE: SEASONAL AND ANNUAL CHANGE IN RELATION TO WATER DEPTH

    Bradley D. Robbins;Susan S. Bell

  • Biogenic structure and its effect on the spatial heterogeneity of meiofauna in a salt marsh

    Susan S. Bell;Mary C. Watzin;Bruce C. Coull

  • Modeling seagrass landscape pattern and associated ecological attributes

    Mark Fonseca;Paula E. Whitfield;Nina M. Kelly;Susan S. Bell

  • Foraging patterns of two syngnathid fishes: importance of harpacticoid copepods

    Kevin Tipton;Susan S. Bell

  • Tidal events and salt‐marsh structure influence black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) recruitment across an ecotone

    Jennifer M. Peterson;Susan S. Bell

  • Marine Landscapes and Faunal Recruitment: a Field Test with Seagrasses and Copepods

    Susan S. Bell;Geoffrey R. F. Hicks

  • Air temperature and winter mortality: Implications for the persistence of the invasive mussel, Perna viridis in the intertidal zone of the south-eastern United States

    Louise B. Firth;Antony M. Knights;Susan S. Bell

  • Gap Dynamics in a Seagrass Landscape

    Susan S. Bell;Bradley D. Robbins;Susan L. Jensen

  • Diel Patterns of Active Vertical Migration in Seagrass Meiofauna

    Keith Walters;Susan S. Bell

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruiliang Pu
Ruiliang Pu University of South Florida
Mark S. Fonseca
Mark S. Fonseca CSA Ocean Sciences Inc.
Earl D. McCoy
Earl D. McCoy University of South Florida
Bruce C. Coull
Bruce C. Coull University of South Carolina
Henry R. Mushinsky
Henry R. Mushinsky University of South Florida
Sarah A. Woodin
Sarah A. Woodin University of South Carolina
Pamela Hallock
Pamela Hallock University of South Florida
Martin Gullström
Martin Gullström Södertörn University
Donald E. Weller
Donald E. Weller Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Todd E. Dawson
Todd E. Dawson University of California, Berkeley

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