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Tyler B. Smith 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 Tyler B. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 95 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tyler B. Smith 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 Tyler B. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1953 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Tyler B. Smith is affiliated with the University of the Virgin Islands in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on marine and coral ecosystems.

The main fields of study associated with Tyler B. Smith include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broad fields, their work spans several subfields of study, notably:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Immunology
  • Environmental Chemistry

The key research topics covered by Tyler B. Smith involve:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Tyler B. Smith's recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

  • "Variable Species Responses to Experimental Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Exposure," 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Increased dominance of heat-tolerant symbionts creates resilient coral reefs in near-term ocean warming," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The Emergence and Initial Impact of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) in the United States Virgin Islands," 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "3D Photogrammetry Reveals Dynamics of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Lesion Progression Across a Thermal Stress Event," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Stony coral tissue loss disease induces transcriptional signatures of in situ degradation of dysfunctional Symbiodiniaceae," 2023, Nature Communications

The venues where Tyler B. Smith frequently publishes include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Coral Reefs
  • Harmful Algae
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biofilm

Tyler B. Smith collaborates regularly with several researchers, often co-authoring multiple papers with them. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Marilyn E. Brandt
  • Sonora S. Meiling
  • Rosmin S. Ennis
  • Erinn M. Muller
  • Daniel M. Holstein

Tyler B. Smith was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1953.

Best Publications

  • Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005.

    C. Mark Eakin;Jessica A. Morgan;Scott F. Heron;Scott F. Heron;Tyler B. Smith

  • Assessing coral reef health across onshore to offshore stress gradients in the US Virgin Islands

    T.B. Smith;R.S. Nemeth;J. Blondeau;J.M. Calnan

  • Caribbean mesophotic coral ecosystems are unlikely climate change refugia.

    Tyler B. Smith;Joanna Gyory;Marilyn E. Brandt;William J. Miller

  • Geographic differences in vertical connectivity in the Caribbean coral Montastraea cavernosa despite high levels of horizontal connectivity at shallow depths.

    Xaymara M. Serrano;I. B. Baums;K. O'Reilly;T. B. Smith

  • Hurricanes benefit bleached corals.

    Derek P. Manzello;Marilyn Brandt;Tyler B. Smith;Diego Lirman

  • Long distance dispersal and vertical gene flow in the Caribbean brooding coral Porites astreoides

    Xaymara M. Serrano;Iliana B. Baums;Tyler B. Smith;Ross J. Jones

  • Beyond the “Deep Reef Refuge” Hypothesis: A Conceptual Framework to Characterize Persistence at Depth

    Pim Bongaerts;Tyler B. Smith

  • A depth refugium from catastrophic coral bleaching prevents regional extinction.

    Tyler B. Smith;Peter W. Glynn;Juan L. Maté;Lauren T. Toth

  • Potential role of viruses in white plague coral disease

    Nitzan Soffer;Marilyn E Brandt;Adrienne M S Correa;Tyler B Smith

  • Persistence and Change in Community Composition of Reef Corals through Present, Past, and Future Climates

    Peter J. Edmunds;Mehdi Adjeroud;Marissa Leanne Baskett;Iliana B. Baums

  • Fertile fathoms: Deep reproductive refugia for threatened shallow corals.

    Daniel M. Holstein;Tyler B. Smith;Joanna Gyory;Claire B. Paris

  • Marginal coral populations: the densest known aggregation of Pocillopora in the Galápagos Archipelago is of asexual origin

    Iliana B. Baums;Meghann Devlin-Durante;Beatrice A. A. Laing;Joshua S. Feingold

  • Increased dominance of heat-tolerant symbionts creates resilient coral reefs in near-term ocean warming

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  • Benthic structure and cryptic mortality in a Caribbean mesophotic coral reef bank system, the Hind Bank Marine Conservation District, U.S. Virgin Islands

    T. B. Smith;J. Blondeau;R. S. Nemeth;S. J. Pittman;S. J. Pittman

  • Modeling vertical coral connectivity and mesophotic refugia

    Daniel M. Holstein;Daniel M. Holstein;Claire B. Paris;Ana C. Vaz;Tyler B. Smith

  • Symbiodinium associations with diseased and healthy scleractinian corals

    A. Correa;A. Correa;M. E. Brandt;T B. Smith;Daniel J. Thornhill

  • Influence of Environmental Variables on Gambierdiscus spp. (Dinophyceae) Growth and Distribution.

    Yixiao Xu;Yixiao Xu;Yixiao Xu;Mindy L. Richlen;Justin D. Liefer;Alison Robertson

  • Ecology of Coral Reefs in the US Virgin Islands

    Caroline S. Rogers;Jeff Miller;Erinn M. Muller;Peter Edmunds

  • Variable Species Responses to Experimental Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Exposure

    Sonora S. Meiling;Erinn M. Muller;Danielle Lasseigne;Ashley Rossin

  • Convergent mortality responses of Caribbean coral species to seawater warming

    T. B. Smith;M. E. Brandt;J. M. Calnan;R. S. Nemeth

  • Spectral Diversity and Regulation of Coral Fluorescence in a Mesophotic Reef Habitat in the Red Sea

    Gal Eyal;Jörg Wiedenmann;Mila Grinblat;Cecilia D’Angelo

  • Coral reef recovery in the Galápagos Islands: the northernmost islands (Darwin and Wenman)

    Peter W. Glynn;Bernhard Riegl;Samuel J. Purkis;Jeremy M. Kerr

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Andrew C. Baker
Andrew C. Baker University of Miami
Derek P. Manzello
Derek P. Manzello National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Peter W. Glynn
Peter W. Glynn Stanford University
Erinn M. Muller
Erinn M. Muller Mote Marine Laboratory
Iliana B. Baums
Iliana B. Baums Pennsylvania State University
Peter J. Edmunds
Peter J. Edmunds California State University, Northridge
Peggy Fong
Peggy Fong University of California, Los Angeles
Caroline S. Rogers
Caroline S. Rogers United States Geological Survey
Robert van Woesik
Robert van Woesik Florida Institute of Technology

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