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Zoe V. Finkel 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 Zoe V. Finkel sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 119 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Zoe V. Finkel 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 Zoe V. Finkel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Zoe V. Finkel is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada. Their research primarily revolves around environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong focus on oceanography and related subfields. They have made contributions to multiple areas including ecology, global and planetary change, molecular biology, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's work covers several key topics in marine and ecological research, addressing various aspects of marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, and marine biology and ecology research. Their studies also touch on algal biology and biofuel production, marine and fisheries research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, as well as isotope analysis in ecology.

Finkel's recent papers highlight a range of environmental and biological themes. These include:

  • "Anthropogenic climate change impacts on copepod trait biogeography," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Basin-scale biogeography of marine phytoplankton reflects cellular-scale optimization of metabolism and physiology," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Trait-dependent variability of the response of marine phytoplankton to oil and dispersant exposure," 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Dynamic Photophysiological Stress Response of a Model Diatom to Ten Environmental Stresses," 2020, Journal of Phycology
  • "Growth-dependent changes in elemental stoichiometry and macromolecular allocation in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi under different environmental conditions," 2021, Limnology and Oceanography

Throughout their career, Finkel has frequently collaborated with several researchers in their field. The most frequent co-authors include Andrew J. Irwin, Justin D. Liefer, Michael J. Follows, Yingyu Hu, and Laura Bretherton.

The scientist also has a presence in several publication venues, often contributing to journals and platforms relevant to marine science and environmental studies. Their common publication venues are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • Regime Shifts, Resilience, and Biodiversity in Ecosystem Management

    Carl Folke;Steve Carpenter;Brian Walker;Marten Scheffer

  • Phytoplankton in a changing world: cell size and elemental stoichiometry

    Zoe V. Finkel;John Beardall;Kevin J. Flynn;Antonietta Quigg;Antonietta Quigg

  • The elemental composition of some marine phytoplankton

    Tung Yuan Ho;Antonietta Quigg;Zoe V. Finkel;Allen J. Milligan

  • Influence of diatom diversity on the ocean biological carbon pump

    Paul Tréguer;Chris Bowler;Brivaela Moriceau;Stephanie Dutkiewicz

  • The evolutionary inheritance of elemental stoichiometry in marine phytoplankton

    Antonietta Quigg;Zoe V. Finkel;Andrew J. Irwin;Yair Rosenthal

  • Scaling-up from nutrient physiology to the size-structure of phytoplankton communities

    Andrew J. Irwin;Zoe V. Finkel;Oscar M. E. Schofield;Paul G. Falkowski

  • The biogeography of marine plankton traits.

    Andrew D. Barton;Andrew D. Barton;Andrew J. Pershing;Elena Litchman;Elena Litchman;Nicholas R. Record;Nicholas R. Record

  • Are you what you eat? Physiological constraints on organismal stoichiometry in an elementally imbalanced world

    Paul C. Frost;Michelle A. Evans-White;Zoe V. Finkel;Thomas C. Jensen

  • Extinctions in ancient and modern seas

    Paul G. Harnik;Heike K. Lotze;Sean C. Anderson;Zoe V. Finkel

  • Light absorption and size scaling of light-limited metabolism in marine diatoms

    Zoe Vanessa Finkel

  • Anthropogenic climate change drives shift and shuffle in North Atlantic phytoplankton communities

    Andrew D. Barton;Andrew J. Irwin;Zoe V. Finkel;Charles A. Stock

  • Cell size trade-offs govern light exploitation strategies in marine phytoplankton.

    Tim Key;Avery McCarthy;Douglas A. Campbell;Christophe Six

  • Evolutionary Trajectories and Biogeochemical Impacts of Marine Eukaryotic Phytoplankton

    Miriam E. Katz;Zoe V. Finkel;Daniel Grzebyk;Andrew H. Knoll

  • Climatically driven macroevolutionary patterns in the size of marine diatoms over the Cenozoic.

    Zoe V. Finkel;Miriam E. Katz;James D. Wright;Oscar M. E. Schofield

  • Nitrogen‐fixation strategies and Fe requirements in cyanobacteria

    Ilana Berman-Frank;Antonietta Quigg;Zoe V. Finkel;Andrew J. Irwin

  • Resource limitation alters the 3 ⁄ 4 size scaling of metabolic rates in phytoplankton

    Zoe V. Finkel;Andrew J. Irwin;Oscar Schofield

  • Phylogenetic Diversity in the Macromolecular Composition of Microalgae.

    Zoe V. Finkel;Mick J. Follows;Justin D. Liefer;Chris M. Brown

  • Paleontological baselines for evaluating extinction risk in the modern oceans

    Seth Finnegan;Sean C. Anderson;Paul G. Harnik;Carl Simpson

  • Allometry and stoichiometry of unicellular, colonial and multicellular phytoplankton.

    John Beardall;Drew Allen;Jason Bragg;Zoe V. Finkel

  • Decadal variability in coastal phytoplankton community composition in a changing West Antarctic Peninsula

    Oscar Schofield;Grace Saba;Kaycee Coleman;Filipa Carvalho

  • Phytoplankton in a changing world: Cell size and elementary stoichiometry

    Zoe Finkel;John Beardall;Kevin Flynn;Antonietta Quigg

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonietta Quigg
Antonietta Quigg Texas A&M University at Galveston
Oscar Schofield
Oscar Schofield Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Derek P. Tittensor
Derek P. Tittensor Dalhousie University
Douglas A. Campbell
Douglas A. Campbell Mount Allison University
John A. Raven
John A. Raven University of Dundee
Uta Passow
Uta Passow Memorial University of Newfoundland
Miriam E. Katz
Miriam E. Katz Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Kevin J. Flynn
Kevin J. Flynn Plymouth Marine Laboratory

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