Christopher D. G. Harley

14.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
104 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher D. G. Harley is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher D. G. Harley has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Oceanography, 55 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 54 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Christopher D. G. Harley's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (49 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (47 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (39 papers). Christopher D. G. Harley is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (49 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (47 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (39 papers). Christopher D. G. Harley collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Christopher D. G. Harley's co-authors include Brian Helmuth, Rebecca L. Kordas, Mary I. O’Connor, Benjamin G. Miner, Cascade J. B. Sorte, Laura F. Rodriguez, Lars Tomanek, Susan L. Williams, Kristin M. Hultgren and A. Randall Hughes and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christopher D. G. Harley

104 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

The impacts of climate ch... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2006 2014 2016 2002 2012 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The impacts of climate change in coastal marine systems
    2006 2.0k citations Christopher D. G. Harley et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  2. Increased temperature variation poses a greater risk to species than climate warming
    2014 752 citations Christopher D. G. Harley, Mary I. O’Connor et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
  3. Can we predict ectotherm responses to climate change using thermal performance curves and body temperatures?
    2016 639 citations Katie E. Marshall, Christopher D. G. Harley et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  4. Climate Change and Latitudinal Patterns of Intertidal Thermal Stress
    2002 573 citations Brian Helmuth, Christopher D. G. Harley et al. Science profile →
  5. EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GLOBAL SEAWEED COMMUNITIES
    2012 519 citations Christopher D. G. Harley, Kathryn M. Anderson et al. profile →
  6. Climate Change, Keystone Predation, and Biodiversity Loss
    2011 420 citations Christopher D. G. Harley Science profile →
  7. The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021
    2023 234 citations Rachel H. White, Sam Anderson et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher D. G. Harley Canada 44 6.2k 6.1k 4.7k 1.2k 1.0k 104 10.7k
Brian Helmuth United States 55 6.4k 1.0× 5.3k 0.9× 4.3k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 121 9.6k
Gregory M. Ruiz United States 60 8.1k 1.3× 5.3k 0.9× 8.6k 1.8× 783 0.6× 472 0.5× 246 14.0k
Elvira S. Poloczanska Australia 35 5.6k 0.9× 3.6k 0.6× 4.4k 0.9× 742 0.6× 1.4k 1.3× 64 8.8k
Sean R. Connolly Australia 52 11.0k 1.8× 6.7k 1.1× 7.0k 1.5× 843 0.7× 687 0.7× 133 13.4k
A. Randall Hughes United States 32 8.5k 1.4× 7.8k 1.3× 3.7k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 385 0.4× 102 12.6k
David S. Schoeman Australia 42 6.6k 1.1× 4.5k 0.7× 4.8k 1.0× 681 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 129 10.6k
Ester Á. Serrão Portugal 59 6.7k 1.1× 8.1k 1.3× 2.7k 0.6× 1.5k 1.2× 651 0.6× 324 11.8k
Sérgio A. Navarrete Chile 48 4.4k 0.7× 4.4k 0.7× 3.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 383 0.4× 173 7.9k
James E. Byers United States 49 6.6k 1.1× 2.9k 0.5× 4.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.3× 815 0.8× 159 10.4k
William J. Sydeman United States 54 8.8k 1.4× 5.2k 0.9× 7.6k 1.6× 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 164 13.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher D. G. Harley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thyrring, Jakob, Lloyd S. Peck, Mikael K. Sejr, et al.. (2024). Shallow coverage in shallow waters: the incompleteness of intertidal species inventories in biodiversity database records. Ecography. 2024(12). 5 indexed citations
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Williams, Jonathan P., et al.. (2024). Centering community values in marine planning. Marine Policy. 170. 106363–106363. 3 indexed citations
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Zhong, Kevin Xu, Amy M. Chan, Jan F. Finke, et al.. (2024). The prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiome of Pacific oyster spat is shaped by ocean warming but not acidification. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(4). e0005224–e0005224. 6 indexed citations
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Marshall, Katie E., et al.. (2023). Lethal and sublethal implications of low temperature exposure for three intertidal predators. Journal of Thermal Biology. 114. 103549–103549. 2 indexed citations
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White, Rachel H., Sam Anderson, James F. Booth, et al.. (2023). The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021. Nature Communications. 14(1). 727–727. 234 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sunday, Jennifer M., Joey R. Bernhardt, Christopher D. G. Harley, & Mary I. O’Connor. (2023). Temperature dependence of competitive ability is cold‐shifted compared to that of growth rate in marine phytoplankton. Ecology Letters. 27(1). e14337–e14337. 13 indexed citations
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Thyrring, Jakob & Christopher D. G. Harley. (2023). Marine latitudinal diversity gradients are generally absent in intertidal ecosystems. Ecology. 105(1). e4205–e4205. 7 indexed citations
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Raymond, Wendel W., Megan N. Dethier, Christopher D. G. Harley, et al.. (2022). Assessment of the impacts of an unprecedented heatwave on intertidal shellfish of the Salish Sea. Ecology. 103(10). e3798–e3798. 74 indexed citations
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Martínez-Laiz, Gemma, et al.. (2022). The journey of hull-fouling mobile invaders: basibionts and boldness mediate dislodgement risk during transit. Biofouling. 38(8). 837–851. 4 indexed citations
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Marshall, Katie E., Kathryn M. Anderson, Norah Brown, et al.. (2021). Whole-organism responses to constant temperatures do not predict responses to variable temperatures in the ecosystem engineer Mytilus trossulus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1947). 20202968–20202968. 26 indexed citations
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Gregr, Edward J., Villy Christensen, Linda M. Nichol, et al.. (2020). Cascading social-ecological costs and benefits triggered by a recovering keystone predator. Science. 368(6496). 1243–1247. 60 indexed citations
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Demes, Kyle, Samuel Starko, & Christopher D. G. Harley. (2020). Multiple stressors drive convergent evolution of performance properties in marine macrophytes. New Phytologist. 229(4). 2311–2323. 1 indexed citations
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Harley, Christopher D. G., et al.. (2020). Drivers of plasticity in freeze tolerance in the intertidal mussel, Mytilus trossulus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(Pt 24). 12 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Colin D., et al.. (2019). Complex and interactive effects of ocean acidification and warming on the life span of a marine trematode parasite. International Journal for Parasitology. 49(13-14). 1015–1021. 9 indexed citations
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Connell, Sean D., Zoë A. Doubleday, Christopher D. G. Harley, et al.. (2018). The duality of ocean acidification as a resource and a stressor. Ecology. 99(5). 1005–1010. 52 indexed citations
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Harley, Christopher D. G., et al.. (2018). Caprellid amphipods ( Caprella spp.) are vulnerable to both physiological and habitat-mediated effects of ocean acidification. PeerJ. 6. e5327–e5327. 12 indexed citations
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Krueck, Nils C., Gabby N. Ahmadia, Hugh P. Possingham, et al.. (2017). Management of Marine Protected Areas: A Network Perspective. PLoS Biology. 15(1). 17 indexed citations
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Harley, Christopher D. G., et al.. (2009). Elevated water temperature and carbon dioxide concentration increase the growth of a keystone echinoderm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(23). 9316–9321. 197 indexed citations

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