Dan A. Smale

22.9k citations

145 papers · 13.2k indexed · 20 hit papers · h-index 42

Impact in

Oceanography top 0.02%
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Ecology top 0.05%
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Papers in

Oceanography 133
- Marine and coastal plant biology 108
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 68
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses 10
Ecology 116
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics 55
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 52

Co-authors: Thomas Wernberg Pippa J. Moore Michael T. Burrows Alistair J. Hobday Mads S. Thomsen Alex Sen Gupta Neil J. Holbrook Eric C. J. Oliver
Journals: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (12 papers)Marine Environmental Research (6 papers)Diversity and Distributions (5 papers)Marine Biology (5 papers)Scientific Reports (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Australia Canada

In The Last Decade

Dan A. Smale

140 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Global impacts of marine heatwaves on coastal foundation species 2024 · 43 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2024 Nature Communications
2023 Nature Communications
2023 Annual Review of Marine Science
2022 Annual Review of Marine Science
2022 Science Advances
2022 Global Ecology and Biogeography
2021 Science
2020 Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
2020 Scientific Reports
2019 New Phytologist
2019 Nature Climate Change
2019 Frontiers in Marine Science
2019 Nature Communications
2018 Nature Communications
2018 Oceanography
2017 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
2016 Progress In Oceanography
2013 Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
2013 Ecology and Evolution
2012 Nature Climate Change

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All Works

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1	Assessing the utility of experimentally derived upper thermal limits to predict vulnerability of marine macrophytes to future ocean warming Scientific Reports ·Kathryn E. Smith, Nathan G. King, M. Aubin, Albert Ziegler, Dan A. Smale	2025	0
2	Ocean extremes as a stress test for marine ecosystems and society Nature Climate Change ·Kathryn E. Smith, Alex Sen Gupta, Michael T. Burrows, Karen Filbee‐Dexter, Alistair J. Hobday, Neil J. Holbrook, Neil Malan, Pippa J. Moore, Eric C. J. Oliver, Mads S. Thomsen, Thomas Wernberg, Camila Meléndez Plata, Dan A. Smale	2025	7
3	Spatiotemporal variability in the structure and diversity of understory faunal assemblages associated with the kelp Eisenia cokeri (Laminariales) in Peru Marine Biology ·李福刚, Dan A. Smale, Frédérique Rouleau-Gagné, Qin Han, B. L. Hardin, Michael T. Burrows, Anne Keldsbo, Tohru Sekino, Nathan G. King, Á. Perea, Alejandro Pérez‐Matus, Kathryn E. Smith, Pippa J. Moore	2024	0
4	An assessment of the utility of green gravel as a kelp restoration tool in wave-exposed intertidal habitats Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ·Anne Keldsbo, Dan A. Smale, Elham Zahmatkeshan, Pippa J. Moore	2024	6
5	The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests Nature Communications ·Aaron M. Eger, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Rodrigo Beas‐Luna, Caitlin O. Blain, Laura K. Blamey, Jarrett E. K. Byrnes, Paul E. Carnell, Chang Geun Choi, Margot Hessing‐Lewis, Kwang Young Kim, Naoki H. Kumagai, Julio Lorda, Pippa J. Moore, Y. Nakamura, Alejandro Pérez‐Matus, Ondine Pontier, Dan A. Smale, Peter D. Steinberg, Adriana Vergés Hit paper breakdown →	2023	149
6	Seasonal development of a tidal mixing front drives shifts in community structure and diversity of bacterioplankton Molecular Ecology ·Nathan G. King, Eugeniusz Wilk, Samuel S. Browett, 魏志宪, Allan D. McDevitt, Niall J. McKeown, Ronan Roche, Т Д Заболотная, Dan A. Smale, Danang Wahyu Pramono, Shelagh K. Malham	2023	2
7	Seasonal and spatial variability in rates of primary production and detritus release by intertidal stands of Laminaria digitata and Saccharina latissima on wave‐exposed shores in the northeast Atlantic Ecology and Evolution ·Sonia Roos, Le Sang-Ho, Michael T. Burrows, Dan A. Smale, Nessa E. O’Connor	2023	7
8	Global seaweed productivity Science Advances ·Albert Pessarrodona, Jorge Assis, Karen Filbee‐Dexter, Michael T. Burrows, Jean‐Pierre Gattuso, Carlos M. Duarte, Dorte Krause‐Jensen, Pippa J. Moore, Dan A. Smale, Thomas Wernberg Hit paper breakdown →	2022	117
9	Core Community Persistence Despite Dynamic Spatiotemporal Responses in the Associated Bacterial Communities of Farmed Pacific Oysters Microbial Ecology ·Nathan G. King, Dan A. Smale, Danang Wahyu Pramono, Niall J. McKeown, S. Tragulrung, R. Browne, Shelagh K. Malham	2022	3
10	Local‐scale climatic refugia offer sanctuary for a habitat‐forming species during a marine heatwave Journal of Ecology ·Jana Verdura, Bin X, Enric Ballesteros, Dan A. Smale, Maria Elena Cefalì, Jonathan Mauricio Carrión Zamora, Sònia de Caralt, Alba Vergés, Emma Cebrián	2021	69
11	Socioeconomic impacts of marine heatwaves: Global issues and opportunities Science ·Kathryn E. Smith, Michael T. Burrows, Alistair J. Hobday, Alex Sen Gupta, Pippa J. Moore, Mads S. Thomsen, Thomas Wernberg, Dan A. Smale Hit paper breakdown →	2021	261
12	Examining the influence of regional‐scale variability in temperature and light availability on the depth distribution of subtidal kelp forests Limnology and Oceanography ·Kathryn E. Smith, Pippa J. Moore, Nathan G. King, Dan A. Smale	2021	24
13	Multiple‐scale interactions structure macroinvertebrate assemblages associated with kelp understory algae Diversity and Distributions ·James N. Wright, Dan A. Smale, Cox James, Helen Marshall, Pippa J. Moore	2020	32
14	Intra‐Annual Variability in Responses of a Canopy Forming Kelp to Cumulative Low Tide Heat Stress: Implications for Populations at the Trailing Range Edge Journal of Phycology ·Brandon L. Adkison, Nathan G. King, Dan A. Smale	2019	21
15	Spatial variability in the diversity and structure of faunal assemblages associated with kelp holdfasts (Laminaria hyperborea) in the northeast Atlantic PLoS ONE ·Harry Teagle, Pippa J. Moore, Duangta Kitkaew, Dan A. Smale	2018	41
16	Removal treatments alter the recruitment dynamics of a global marine invader - Implications for management feasibility Marine Environmental Research ·Graham Epstein, Stephen J. Hawkins, Dan A. Smale	2018	5
17	Evaluating Operational AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature Data at the Coastline Using Benthic Temperature Loggers Remote Sensing ·Robert J. W. Brewin, Dan A. Smale, Pippa J. Moore, Giorgio Dall’Olmo, Peter I. Miller, B. Taylor, Tim Smyth, James Fishwick, Mingxi Yang	2018	38
18	Carbon assimilation and transfer through kelp forests in the NE Atlantic is diminished under a warmer ocean climate Global Change Biology ·Albert Pessarrodona, Pippa J. Moore, Martin Sayer, Dan A. Smale	2018	116
19	Cumulative stress restricts niche filling potential of habitat‐forming kelps in a future climate Functional Ecology ·Nathan G. King, David Wilcockson, Richard Webster, Dan A. Smale, Sugiura Yoshitsugu, Pippa J. Moore	2017	28
20	Community responses to seawater warming are conserved across diverse biological groupings and taxonomic resolutions Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Dan A. Smale, John D. Taylor, H. Dinges, Gerald Moore, Michael Cunliffe	2017	22

About Dan A. Smale

Dan A. Smale is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Ecological Modeling, having authored 145 papers that have together received 13.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and coastal plant biology (108 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (68 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (55 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (52 papers), Marine and fisheries research (26 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (10 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (10 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (10.0k citations), Ecology (7.4k citations), Global and Planetary Change (6.1k citations), Atmospheric Science (1.8k citations) and Ecological Modeling (375 citations). Dan A. Smale has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Thomas Wernberg, Pippa J. Moore, Michael T. Burrows, Alistair J. Hobday, Mads S. Thomsen, Alex Sen Gupta, Neil J. Holbrook, Eric C. J. Oliver, Jessica A. Benthuysen and Markus G. Donat. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Marine Environmental Research, Diversity and Distributions, Marine Biology and Scientific Reports.

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