Bernhard Riegl

12.5k citations

169 papers · 7.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Oceanography top 0.1%
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Ecology top 0.1%
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Papers in ⓘ

Ecology 144
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 134
- Marine animal studies overview 14
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics 9
Oceanography 83
- Marine and coastal plant biology 67
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 17

Co-authors: Peter W. Glynn (12 shared papers)Andrew C. Baker (3 shared papers)Werner E. Piller (15 shared papers)Sam J. Purkis (16 shared papers)Samuel J. Purkis (17 shared papers)Richard E. Dodge (17 shared papers)Bert W. Hoeksema (1 shared paper)P.L.A. Erftemeijer (1 shared paper)
Journals: Coral Reefs (29 papers)Marine Pollution Bulletin (10 papers)Global Change Biology (5 papers)PLoS ONE (5 papers)Scientific Reports (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Austria United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Bernhard Riegl

167 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Environmental impacts of dredging and other sediment disturbances on corals: A review 2012 · 578 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Marine Pollution Bulletin
2008 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

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1	Climate change and coral reef bleaching: An ecological assessment of long-term impacts, recovery trends and future outlook Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science ·Andrew C. Baker, Peter W. Glynn, Bernhard Riegl Hit paper breakdown →	2008	916
2	Environmental impacts of dredging and other sediment disturbances on corals: A review Marine Pollution Bulletin ·P.L.A. Erftemeijer, Bernhard Riegl, Bert W. Hoeksema, Peter A. Todd Hit paper breakdown →	2012	578
3	Possible refugia for reefs in times of environmental stress International Journal of Earth Sciences ·Bernhard Riegl, Werner E. Piller	2003	275
4	Multi-site evaluation of IKONOS data for classification of tropical coral reef environments Remote Sensing of Environment ·Serge Andréfouët, Philip Kramer, Damaris Torres‐Pulliza, Karen E. Joyce, Eric J. Hochberg, Joaquín Rodrigo Garza-Pérez, Peter J. Mumby, Bernhard Riegl, Hiroya Yamano, W. H. White, Mayalen Zubia, John C. Brock, Stuart Phinn, Abdulla Naseer, Bruce G. Hatcher, Frank Müller‐Karger	2003	275
5	Effects of sediment on the energy budgets of four scleractinian (Bourne 1900) and five alcyonacean (Lamouroux 1816) corals Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology ·Bernhard Riegl, George M. Branch	1995	194
6	Holocene coral reef rubble and its binding agents Coral Reefs ·Michael W. Rasser, Bernhard Riegl	2002	166
7	Implications of reef ecosystem change for the stability and maintenance of coral reef islands Global Change Biology ·Chris T. Perry, Paul S. Kench, S Smithers, Bernhard Riegl, Hiroya Yamano, Michael O’Leary	2011	158
8	Effects of the 1996 and 1998 positive sea-surface temperature anomalies on corals, coral diseases and fish in the Arabian Gulf (Dubai, UAE) Marine Biology ·Bernhard Riegl	2002	155
9	Corals from the Persian/Arabian Gulf as models for thermotolerant reef-builders: Prevalence of clade C3 Symbiodinium, host fluorescence and ex situ temperature tolerance Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Benjamin C. C. Hume, Cecilia D’Angelo, John A. Burt, Andrew C. Baker, Bernhard Riegl, Jörg Wiedenmann	2013	142
10	Climate change and coral reefs: different effects in two high-latitude areas (Arabian Gulf, South Africa) Coral Reefs ·Bernhard Riegl	2003	129
11	Present Limits to Heat-Adaptability in Corals and Population-Level Responses to Climate Extremes PLoS ONE ·Bernhard Riegl, Sam J. Purkis, Ashraf S. Al-Cibahy, Mohammed A. Abdel-Moati, Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg	2011	120
12	Thermal tolerances of reef corals in the Gulf: A review of the potential for increasing coral survival and adaptation to climate change through assisted translocation Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Steve L. Coles, Bernhard Riegl	2012	111
13	Corals in a non-reef setting in the southern Arabian Gulf (Dubai, UAE): fauna and community structure in response to recurring mass mortality Coral Reefs ·Bernhard Riegl	1999	107
14	Effects of sand deposition on scleractinian and alcyonacean corals Marine Biology ·Bernhard Riegl	1995	107
15	Form, function and feedbacks in a tidally dominated ooid shoal, Bahamas Sedimentology ·Eugene C. Rankey, Bernhard Riegl, Kelley Steffen	2006	103
16	Coral Reefs of the USA Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) ·Richard E. Dodge, Bernhard Riegl	2008	97
17	A coral damage index and its application to diving sites in the Egyptian Red Sea Coral Reefs ·Stephen C. Jameson, Mohammed Shokry Ahmed Ammar, E. Saadalla, H. M. Mostafa, Bernhard Riegl	1999	97
18	Spatial and temporal dynamics of Arabian Gulf coral assemblages quantified from remote-sensing and in situ monitoring data Marine Ecology Progress Series ·SJ Purkis, Bernhard Riegl	2005	94
19	Coral Reefs Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Bernhard Riegl, Andy Bruckner, Steve L. Coles, Philip Renaud, Richard E. Dodge	2009	90
20	Model of coral population response to accelerated bleaching and mass mortality in a changing climate Ecological Modelling ·Bernhard Riegl, Samuel J. Purkis	2008	90

About Bernhard Riegl

Bernhard Riegl is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 169 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (134 papers), Marine and fisheries research (67 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (67 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (17 papers), Marine animal studies overview (14 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (14 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (9 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (4.1k citations), Ecology (6.5k citations), Global and Planetary Change (3.7k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (591 citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (714 citations). Bernhard Riegl has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Austria and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Peter W. Glynn, Andrew C. Baker, Werner E. Piller, Sam J. Purkis, Samuel J. Purkis, Richard E. Dodge, Bert W. Hoeksema, P.L.A. Erftemeijer, Peter A. Todd and George M. Branch. Their work appears in journals such as Coral Reefs, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Global Change Biology, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

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