Cristina Barrón

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Cristina Barrón is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristina Barrón has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Oceanography, 9 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Cristina Barrón's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (14 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (14 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (7 papers). Cristina Barrón is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (14 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (14 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (7 papers). Cristina Barrón collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Belgium and Netherlands. Cristina Barrón's co-authors include Carlos M. Duarte, Eugenia T. Apostolaki, Núria Marbà, Esperança Gacia, James W. Fourqurean, Michel Frankignoulle, Alberto Borges, HTS Boschker, Marianne Holmer and Jorge Terrados and has published in prestigious journals such as Limnology and Oceanography, Ecological Applications and Marine Ecology Progress Series.

In The Last Decade

Cristina Barrón

18 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Seagrass community metabo... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400
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. Seagrass community metabolism: Assessing the carbon sink capacity of seagrass meadows
    2010 455 citations Carlos M. Duarte, Núria Marbà et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cristina Barrón Spain 16 1.2k 914 210 108 79 18 1.4k
IC Anderson United States 9 675 0.6× 579 0.6× 196 0.9× 178 1.6× 63 0.8× 9 912
Mohammad Rozaimi Malaysia 13 986 0.8× 998 1.1× 196 0.9× 48 0.4× 153 1.9× 27 1.2k
KJ McGlathery United States 17 821 0.7× 844 0.9× 192 0.9× 61 0.6× 60 0.8× 20 1.1k
Peter J. Barile United States 12 652 0.5× 677 0.7× 420 2.0× 62 0.6× 96 1.2× 13 971
Mingzhu Fu China 19 853 0.7× 322 0.4× 205 1.0× 63 0.6× 112 1.4× 40 995
Federica Pannacciulli Italy 13 538 0.4× 438 0.5× 213 1.0× 49 0.5× 43 0.5× 22 780
Susana Pinedo Spain 15 1.2k 1.0× 695 0.8× 448 2.1× 35 0.3× 169 2.1× 34 1.3k
Mark J. Brush United States 18 498 0.4× 365 0.4× 312 1.5× 82 0.8× 39 0.5× 36 766
Georgia Assimakopoulou Greece 16 586 0.5× 325 0.4× 284 1.4× 90 0.8× 53 0.7× 30 776
Bradley J. Bedford United States 8 418 0.3× 434 0.5× 236 1.1× 57 0.5× 72 0.9× 9 620

Countries citing papers authored by Cristina Barrón

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cristina Barrón

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cristina Barrón

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cristina Barrón. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cristina Barrón based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cristina Barrón. Cristina Barrón is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Díaz-Pulido, Guillermo & Cristina Barrón. (2020). CO2 Enrichment Stimulates Dissolved Organic Carbon Release in Coral Reef Macroalgae. Journal of Phycology. 56(4). 1039–1052. 19 indexed citations
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Egea, Luis G., Cristina Barrón, Rocío Jiménez‐Ramos, et al.. (2019). Coupling carbon metabolism and dissolved organic carbon fluxes in benthic and pelagic coastal communities. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 227. 106336–106336. 27 indexed citations
3.
Barrón, Cristina & Carlos M. Duarte. (2015). Dissolved organic carbon pools and export from the coastal ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 29(10). 1725–1738. 97 indexed citations
4.
Bal, Kris, Natacha Brion, Jonas Schoelynck, et al.. (2013). Influence of hydraulics on the uptake of ammonium by two freshwater plants. Freshwater Biology. 58(12). 2452–2463. 12 indexed citations
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Barrón, Cristina, Eugenia T. Apostolaki, & Carlos M. Duarte. (2012). Dissolved organic carbon release by marine macrophytes. 21 indexed citations
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Duarte, Carlos M., Núria Marbà, Esperança Gacia, et al.. (2010). Seagrass community metabolism: Assessing the carbon sink capacity of seagrass meadows. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 24(4). 455 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barrón, Cristina & Carlos M. Duarte. (2008). Dissolved organic matter release in a Posidonia oceanica meadow. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 374. 75–84. 80 indexed citations
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Rochelle‐Newall, Emma, Christian Winter, Cristina Barrón, et al.. (2007). ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF FACTORS CONTROLLING ECOSYSTEM METABOLISM IN COASTAL SYSTEMS. Ecological Applications. 17(sp5). 16 indexed citations
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Calleja, María Ll., et al.. (2006). Light regulation of benthic sulfate reduction rates mediated by seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) metabolism. Estuaries and Coasts. 29(6). 1255–1264. 17 indexed citations
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Barrón, Cristina, Carlos M. Duarte, Michel Frankignoulle, & Alberto Borges. (2006). Organic carbon metabolism and carbonate dynamics in a Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica), meadow. Estuaries and Coasts. 29(3). 417–426. 110 indexed citations
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Gazeau, Frédéric, Jean‐Pierre Gattuso, Cristina Barrón, et al.. (2005). Whole-system metabolism and CO 2 fluxes in a Mediterranean Bay dominated by seagrass beds (Palma Bay, NW Mediterranean). Biogeosciences. 2(1). 43–60. 87 indexed citations
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Gazeau, Frédéric, Alberto Borges, Cristina Barrón, et al.. (2005). Net ecosystem metabolism in a micro-tidal estuary (Randers Fjord, Denmark): evaluation of methods. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 301. 23–41. 78 indexed citations
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Holmer, Marianne, Carlos M. Duarte, HTS Boschker, & Cristina Barrón. (2004). Carbon cycling and bacterial carbon sources in pristine and impacted Mediterranean seagrass sediments. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 36. 227–237. 118 indexed citations
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Santos, Rui, João Silva, Ana Alexandre, et al.. (2004). Ecosystem metabolism and carbon fluxes of a tidally-dominated coastal lagoon. Estuaries. 27(6). 977–985. 60 indexed citations
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Barrón, Cristina, et al.. (2004). Community metabolism and carbon budget along a gradient of seagrass(Cymodocea nodosa) colonization. Limnology and Oceanography. 49(5). 1642–1651. 94 indexed citations
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Barrón, Cristina, et al.. (2003). High Organic Carbon Export Precludes Eutrophication Responses in Experimental Rocky Shore Communities. Ecosystems. 6(2). 144–153. 28 indexed citations
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Duarte, Carlos M., Elvira Álvarez, Cristina Barrón, et al.. (2003). Towards improved understanding of the status, ecology and coservation seagrass (Posidonia oceanica L. Delile) meadows in the Balearic Islands. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 3 indexed citations
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Duarte, Carlos M., et al.. (2002). Biomass, production and rhizome growth near the northern limit of seagrass (Zostera marina) distribution. Aquatic Botany. 72(2). 183–189. 30 indexed citations

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