Alex E. Mercado‐Molina

469 total citations
22 papers, 275 citations indexed

About

Alex E. Mercado‐Molina is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex E. Mercado‐Molina has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 275 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Oceanography and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alex E. Mercado‐Molina's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (19 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (10 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (9 papers). Alex E. Mercado‐Molina is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (19 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (10 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (9 papers). Alex E. Mercado‐Molina collaborates with scholars based in Puerto Rico, United States and Mexico. Alex E. Mercado‐Molina's co-authors include Alberto M. Sabat, Claudia Patricia Ruiz-Díaz, María-Eglée Pérez, Paul M. Yoshioka, Joel C. Trexler, Alain Durán, Christian Lopes, Carlos Toledo‐Hernández, Iliana B. Baums and Daniel García‐Souto and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology and Hydrobiologia.

In The Last Decade

Alex E. Mercado‐Molina

21 papers receiving 255 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex E. Mercado‐Molina Puerto Rico 11 256 127 107 41 31 22 275
Cody S. Clements United States 13 279 1.1× 180 1.4× 149 1.4× 23 0.6× 15 0.5× 18 302
Chad M. Scott Thailand 13 344 1.3× 215 1.7× 181 1.7× 48 1.2× 26 0.8× 26 416
Valérie F. Chamberland Curacao 10 364 1.4× 219 1.7× 217 2.0× 43 1.0× 32 1.0× 17 395
Michaël Laterveer Netherlands 9 258 1.0× 161 1.3× 172 1.6× 43 1.0× 22 0.7× 13 291
Christopher Page United States 6 257 1.0× 141 1.1× 136 1.3× 28 0.7× 19 0.6× 10 283
Ken Nedimyer United States 7 334 1.3× 193 1.5× 178 1.7× 37 0.9× 24 0.8× 10 346
Lutfi Afiq‐Rosli Singapore 15 427 1.7× 270 2.1× 138 1.3× 44 1.1× 22 0.7× 31 447
Caitlin Lustic United States 6 260 1.0× 160 1.3× 134 1.3× 20 0.5× 18 0.6× 8 278
Catherine E. I. Head United Kingdom 8 253 1.0× 117 0.9× 138 1.3× 48 1.2× 20 0.6× 18 277
Elizabeth A. Goergen United States 7 244 1.0× 127 1.0× 132 1.2× 22 0.5× 15 0.5× 12 260

Countries citing papers authored by Alex E. Mercado‐Molina

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex E. Mercado‐Molina

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex E. Mercado‐Molina

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All Works

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Ruiz-Díaz, Claudia Patricia, et al.. (2024). A successful method to restore seagrass habitats in coastal areas affected by consecutive natural events. PeerJ. 11. e16700–e16700. 1 indexed citations
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Mercado‐Molina, Alex E., et al.. (2023). Demographic and population response of the threatened coral Acropora cervicornis (Scleractinia, Acroporidae) to fireworm corallivory. Revista de Biología Tropical. 71(S1). 254912–254912. 2 indexed citations
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Mercado‐Molina, Alex E., Leila Soledade Lemos, Natalia Quinete, et al.. (2023). Multi-omic characterization of mechanisms contributing to rapid phenotypic plasticity in the coral Acropora cervicornis under divergent environments. Coral Reefs. 43(1). 53–66. 4 indexed citations
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Mercado‐Molina, Alex E., et al.. (2023). Outplants of the Threatened Coral Acropora cervicornis Promote Coral Recruitment in a Shallow-Water Coral Reef, Culebra, Puerto Rico. Sustainability. 15(24). 16548–16548. 1 indexed citations
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Mercado‐Molina, Alex E., Daniel García‐Souto, Christian Lopes, et al.. (2020). Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis Reveals a Conserved Epigenetic Response to Seasonal Environmental Variation in the Staghorn Coral Acropora cervicornis. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 28 indexed citations
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Mercado‐Molina, Alex E., et al.. (2017). Growth facilitation by the octocoralGorgonia ventalinaexplains spatial difference in the population size structure of the common demospongeIrcinia felix. Marine Biology Research. 14(1). 41–50. 2 indexed citations
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Mercado‐Molina, Alex E., et al.. (2017). Comparative demography of two common scleractinian corals:Orbicella annularisandPorites astreoides. PeerJ. 5. e3906–e3906. 6 indexed citations
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Ruiz-Díaz, Claudia Patricia, Carlos Toledo‐Hernández, Alex E. Mercado‐Molina, María-Eglée Pérez, & Alberto M. Sabat. (2016). The role of coral colony health state in the recovery of lesions. PeerJ. 4. e1531–e1531. 10 indexed citations
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Ruiz-Díaz, Claudia Patricia, Carlos Toledo‐Hernández, Alex E. Mercado‐Molina, & Alberto M. Sabat. (2016). Scraping and extirpating: two strategies to induce recovery of diseased Gorgonia ventalina sea fans. Marine Ecology. 37(2). 336–343. 5 indexed citations
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Mercado‐Molina, Alex E., Claudia Patricia Ruiz-Díaz, & Alberto M. Sabat. (2016). Branching dynamics of transplanted colonies of the threatened coral Acropora cervicornis: Morphogenesis, complexity, and modeling. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 482. 134–141. 13 indexed citations
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Mercado‐Molina, Alex E., et al.. (2015). Demography of the threatened coral Acropora cervicornis: implications for its management and conservation. Coral Reefs. 34(4). 1113–1124. 17 indexed citations
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Pérez, María-Eglée, et al.. (2015). Arrested recovery of Diadema antillarum population: Survival or recruitment limitation?. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 163. 167–174. 7 indexed citations
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Hernández‐Delgado, Edwin A., et al.. (2014). Community-Based Coral Reef Rehabilitation in a Changing Climate: Lessons Learned from Hurricanes, Extreme Rainfall, and Changing Land Use Impacts. Open Journal of Ecology. 4(14). 918–944. 41 indexed citations
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Pérez, María-Eglée, et al.. (2014). Higher population densities of the sea urchinDiadema antillarumlinked to wave sheltered areas in north Puerto Rico Archipelago. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 94(8). 1661–1669. 15 indexed citations
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Mercado‐Molina, Alex E., et al.. (2014). Revisiting the population status of the sea urchinDiadema antillarumin northern Puerto Rico. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95(5). 1017–1024. 14 indexed citations
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Mercado‐Molina, Alex E., Claudia Patricia Ruiz-Díaz, & Alberto M. Sabat. (2014). Survival, growth, and branch production of unattached fragments of the threatened hermatypic coral Acropora cervicornis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 457. 215–219. 22 indexed citations
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Mercado‐Molina, Alex E., Alberto M. Sabat, & Paul M. Yoshioka. (2011). Demography of the demosponge Amphimedon compressa: Evaluation of the importance of sexual versus asexual recruitment to its population dynamics. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 407(2). 355–362. 8 indexed citations
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Mercado‐Molina, Alex E. & Paul M. Yoshioka. (2009). Relationships between water motion and size-specific survivorship and growth of the demosponge Amphimedon compressa. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 375(1-2). 51–56. 11 indexed citations

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