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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
73
Citations
17957
World Ranking
1192
National Ranking
30

Xavier Turon publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 254 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xavier Turon 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 Xavier Turon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xavier Turon is affiliated with the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blane in Spain. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and molecular biology, focusing particularly on marine ecology and associated fields.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these, the notable subfields include:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oceanography
  • Ocean Engineering

The central topics of their work feature:

  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

Xavier Turon has contributed to several research papers over recent years, with highlights including:

  • Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea, 2022, Aquatic Invasions
  • To denoise or to cluster, that is not the question: optimizing pipelines for COI metabarcoding and metaphylogeography, 2021, BMC Bioinformatics
  • Marine biomonitoring with eDNA: Can metabarcoding of water samples cut it as a tool for surveying benthic communities?, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • DNA Metabarcoding of Deep-Sea Sediment Communities Using COI: Community Assessment, Spatio-Temporal Patterns and Comparison with 18S rDNA, 2020, Diversity
  • Impacts of climate change on geographical distributions of invasive ascidians, 2020, Marine Environmental Research

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Owen S. Wangensteen (14 publications)
  • Adrià Antich (13 publications)
  • Marta Pascual (13 publications)
  • Creu Palacín (11 publications)
  • Carlos Carreras (10 publications)

Xavier Turon has published extensively in a select group of journals, including:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science (5 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)
  • Molecular Ecology (3 publications)
  • iScience (2 publications)
  • BMC Genomics (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats

    Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Chiara Piroddi;Jeroen Steenbeek;Kristin Kaschner

  • The magnitude of global marine species diversity

    Ward Appeltans;Shane T. Ahyong;Shane T. Ahyong;Gary Anderson;Martin V. Angel

  • Corridors for aliens but not for natives: effects of marine urban sprawl at a regional scale

    Laura Airoldi;Laura Airoldi;Xavier Turon;Shimrit Perkol-Finkel;Marc Rius

  • DNA metabarcoding of littoral hard-bottom communities: high diversity and database gaps revealed by two molecular markers

    Owen S. Wangensteen;Owen S. Wangensteen;Creu Palacín;Magdalena Guardiola;Xavier Turon

  • Uncertainties and validation of alien species catalogues: The Mediterranean as an example

    Argyro Zenetos;Melih Ertan Çinar;Fabio Crocetta;Dani Golani

  • Siliceous spicules and skeleton frameworks in sponges: origin, diversity, ultrastructural patterns, and biological functions.

    María Jesús Uriz;Xavier Turon;Mikel Becerro;Gemma Agell

  • Deep-Sea, Deep-Sequencing: Metabarcoding Extracellular DNA from Sediments of Marine Canyons

    Magdalena Guardiola;María Jesús Uriz;Pierre Taberlet;Eric Coissac

  • A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates

    Frédéric Delsuc;Hervé Philippe;Hervé Philippe;Georgia Tsagkogeorga;Georgia Tsagkogeorga;Paul Simion

  • Stability of Sponge-Associated Bacteria over Large Seasonal Shifts in Temperature and Irradiance

    Patrick M. Erwin;Lucía Pita;Susanna López-Legentil;Xavier Turon

  • Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea

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  • Phylogeographical history of the sponge Crambe crambe (Porifera, Poecilosclerida): range expansion and recent invasion of the Macaronesian islands from the Mediterranean Sea.

    S. Duran;G. Giribet;X. Turon

  • DNAqua-Net: Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems in Europe

    Florian Leese;Florian Altermatt;Agnès Bouchez;Torbjørn Ekrem

  • Strong population structure in the marine sponge Crambe crambe (Poecilosclerida) as revealed by microsatellite markers.

    S. Duran;M. Pascual;A. Estoup;X. Turon

  • An updated 18S rRNA phylogeny of tunicates based on mixture and secondary structure models.

    Georgia Tsagkogeorga;Georgia Tsagkogeorga;Xavier Turon;Russell R Hopcroft;Marie-Ka Tilak;Marie-Ka Tilak

  • Genetic diversity and population structure of the commercially harvested sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata, Echinoidea)

    Sandra Duran;Cruz Palacín;Mikel A. Becerro;Xavier Turon

  • Biological cycles and recruitment of Paracentrotuslividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in two contrasting habitats

    Lozano J;Galera J;López S;Turon X

  • How do reproductive output, larval behaviour, and recruitment contribute to adult spatial patterns in Mediterranean encrusting sponges?

    María Jesús Uriz;Manuel Maldonado;Xavier Turon;Ruth Martí

  • Growth and population structure of Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata:Echinoidea) in two contrasting habitats

    X Turon;Gonzalo Giribet;S López;C Palacín

  • Clearance rates and aquiferous systems in two sponges with contrasting life‐history strategies

    Xavier Turon;Jordi Galera;Maria J. Uriz

  • Growth dynamics and mortality of the encrusting sponge Crambe crambe (Poecilosclerida) in contrasting habitats : correlation with population structure and investment in defence

    X. Turon;I. Tarjuelo;M. J. Uriz

  • Biogeography of sponge chemical ecology: comparisons of tropical and temperate defenses

    Mikel Becerro;Robert W. Thacker;Xavier Turon;María Jesús Uriz

  • Antimicrobial activity and surface bacterial film in marine sponges

    Mikel Becerro;Nancy I. López;Xavier Turon;María Jesús Uriz

  • Low levels of genetic variation in mtDNA sequences over the western Mediterranean and Atlantic range of the sponge Crambe crambe (Poecilosclerida)

    S. Duran;M. Pascual;X. Turon

Frequent Co-Authors

María Jesús Uriz
María Jesús Uriz Spanish National Research Council
Susanna López-Legentil
Susanna López-Legentil University of North Carolina Wilmington
Owen S. Wangensteen
Owen S. Wangensteen University of Barcelona
Marta Pascual
Marta Pascual University of Barcelona
Marc Rius
Marc Rius University of Southampton
Enric Ballesteros
Enric Ballesteros Spanish National Research Council
Gonzalo Giribet
Gonzalo Giribet Harvard University
Emmanuel J. P. Douzery
Emmanuel J. P. Douzery University of Montpellier
Javier Romero
Javier Romero Harvard University
Frédéric Delsuc
Frédéric Delsuc University of Montpellier

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Emma Cebrian

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James J. Bell

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