2026 Trisha B. Atwood: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	34	7497	7250	2513	2408	81	8676

Overview

Trisha B. Atwood is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to Environmental Science, particularly focusing on Ecology and related subfields. Their research includes significant work in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics covered in Atwood's research include:

Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Marine and fisheries research
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Atwood's publication record spans several widely recognized journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

Nature
Frontiers in Marine Science
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Science Advances

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Atwood include:

"Blue carbon as a natural climate solution" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
"Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate" (2021), published in Nature
"Global Patterns in Marine Sediment Carbon Stocks" (2020), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
"Herbivores at the highest risk of extinction among mammals, birds, and reptiles" (2020), published in Science Advances
"Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions" (2023), published in Nature Climate Change

In their collaborative efforts, Atwood frequently works alongside several coauthors, including:

Edd Hammill
Enric Sala
Juan Mayorga
John Draper
Darcy Bradley

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

1686
Citations
The future of Blue Carbon science

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

898
Citations
Blue carbon as a natural climate solution

Peter I. Macreadie;Micheli D. P. Costa;Trisha B. Atwood;Daniel A. Friess

848
Citations
Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate

Enric Sala;Juan Mayorga;Darcy Bradley;Reniel B. Cabral

701
Citations
Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses

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

661
Citations
Animals and the zoogeochemistry of the carbon cycle

Oswald J. Schmitz;Christopher C. Wilmers;Shawn J. Leroux;Christopher E. Doughty

347
Citations
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

338
Citations
Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems

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

283
Citations
Assessing the risk of carbon dioxide emissions from blue carbon ecosystems

Catherine E. Lovelock;Trisha Atwood;Trisha Atwood;Jeff Baldock;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte

236
Citations
Ecosystem Function and Services of Aquatic Predators in the Anthropocene.

Neil Hammerschlag;Oswald J. Schmitz;Alexander S. Flecker;Kevin D. Lafferty

235
Citations
Global Patterns in Marine Sediment Carbon Stocks

Trisha B. Atwood;Andrew W. Witt;Juan Mayorga;Edd Hammill

199
Citations
Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions

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184
Citations
Herbivores at the highest risk of extinction among mammals, birds, and reptiles.

Trisha B. Atwood;Shaley A. Valentine;Shaley A. Valentine;Edd Hammill;Douglas J. McCauley

169
Citations
Carbon sequestration by Australian tidal marshes

Peter I. Macreadie;Peter I. Macreadie;Q. R. Ollivier;J.J. Kelleway;J.J. Kelleway;Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano

169
Citations
3D photogrammetry quantifies growth and external erosion of individual coral colonies and skeletons

Renata Ferrari;Will F. Figueira;Morgan S. Pratchett;Tatiana Boube

131
Citations
Extreme rainfall events alter the trophic structure in bromeliad tanks across the Neotropics

Gustavo Q Romero;Nicholas A C Marino;A Andrew M MacDonald;Régis Céréghino

120
Citations
Predator-induced reduction of freshwater carbon dioxide emissions

Trisha B. Atwood;Edd Hammill;Hamish S. Greig;Pavel Kratina

114
Citations
Ocean acidification alters zooplankton communities and increases top-down pressure of a cubozoan predator.

Edd Hammill;Edd Hammill;Ellery Johnson;Trisha B. Atwood;Januar Harianto

76
Citations
Using eDNA to determine the source of organic carbon in seagrass meadows

Ruth Reef;Trisha B. Atwood;Jimena Samper‐Villarreal;Maria Fernanda Adame

75
Citations
Vulnerability of seagrass blue carbon to microbial attack following exposure to warming and oxygen

P.I. Macreadie;P.I. Macreadie;T.B. Atwood;J.R. Seymour;M.L. Schmitz Fontes

72
Citations
Predation Threat Alters Composition and Functioning of Bromeliad Ecosystems

Edd Hammill;Edd Hammill;Trisha B. Atwood;Trisha B. Atwood;Diane S. Srivastava

44
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter I. Macreadie Deakin University

Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland

Oscar Serrano Edith Cowan University

Paul S. Lavery Edith Cowan University

Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Rod M. Connolly Griffith University

Jeffrey J. Kelleway University of Wollongong

Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University

Alastair R. Harborne Florida International University

Diane S. Srivastava University of British Columbia

External Links

Personal website of Trisha B. Atwood

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