David Abrego

3.4k total citations
35 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

David Abrego is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David Abrego has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Oceanography and 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David Abrego's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (32 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (21 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (13 papers). David Abrego is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (32 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (21 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (13 papers). David Abrego collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Arab Emirates. David Abrego's co-authors include Bette L. Willis, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, Eli Meyer, Mikhail V. Matz, Emily J. Howells, Karin E. Ulstrup, John A. Burt, Cherie A. Motti, Galina V. Aglyamova and John K. Colbourne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

David Abrego

35 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Abrego 1.7k 1.1k 657 269 256 35 2.1k
François Seneca 1.9k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 474 0.7× 471 1.8× 279 1.1× 22 2.3k
Michio Hidaka 2.1k 1.2× 1.5k 1.3× 596 0.9× 298 1.1× 183 0.7× 83 2.5k
Mauricio Rodríguez‐Lanetty 2.1k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 470 0.7× 458 1.7× 231 0.9× 50 2.4k
Paola Furla 1.8k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 595 0.9× 371 1.4× 201 0.8× 51 2.2k
Thomas A. Oliver 2.6k 1.5× 1.7k 1.5× 1.4k 2.1× 248 0.9× 231 0.9× 44 3.0k
Cecilia D’Angelo 2.4k 1.4× 1.7k 1.5× 909 1.4× 327 1.2× 237 0.9× 44 2.8k
Eugenia M. Sampayo 2.7k 1.6× 1.9k 1.7× 903 1.4× 222 0.8× 173 0.7× 39 2.9k
Javier Jara 1.7k 1.0× 974 0.9× 621 0.9× 209 0.8× 196 0.8× 12 1.9k
Pedro R. Frade 1.5k 0.9× 840 0.7× 397 0.6× 177 0.7× 175 0.7× 40 1.7k
Craig Michell 1.2k 0.7× 524 0.5× 273 0.4× 257 1.0× 460 1.8× 36 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Abrego

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Howells, Emily J., David Abrego, Sebastian Schmidt‐Roach, et al.. (2025). Marine heatwaves select for thermal tolerance in a reef-building coral. Nature Climate Change. 15(8). 829–832. 1 indexed citations
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Mieog, Jos C., et al.. (2025). Interactions among wildtype and heat-evolved photosymbionts shape performance of coral recruits. Coral Reefs. 44(2). 643–655. 1 indexed citations
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Abrego, David, et al.. (2023). Combining Drones and Deep Learning to Automate Coral Reef Assessment with RGB Imagery. Remote Sensing. 15(9). 2238–2238. 15 indexed citations
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Howells, Emily J., David Abrego, Yi Jin Liew, et al.. (2021). Enhancing the heat tolerance of reef-building corals to future warming. Science Advances. 7(34). 53 indexed citations
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Quigley, Kate M., et al.. (2021). Variability in Fitness Trade-Offs Amongst Coral Juveniles With Mixed Genetic Backgrounds Held in the Wild. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 16 indexed citations
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Kirk, Nathan L., Emily J. Howells, David Abrego, John A. Burt, & Eli Meyer. (2018). Genomic and transcriptomic signals of thermal tolerance in heat‐tolerant corals ( Platygyra daedalea ) of the Arabian/Persian Gulf. Molecular Ecology. 27(24). 5180–5194. 46 indexed citations
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Howells, Emily J., David Abrego, Eli Meyer, Nathan L. Kirk, & John A. Burt. (2016). Host adaptation and unexpected symbiont partners enable reef‐building corals to tolerate extreme temperatures. Global Change Biology. 22(8). 2702–2714. 122 indexed citations
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Howells, Emily J., David Abrego, Grace O. Vaughan, & John A. Burt. (2014). Coral spawning in the Gulf of Oman and relationship to latitudinal variation in spawning season in the northwest Indian Ocean. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 7484–7484. 33 indexed citations
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Siboni, Nachshon, David Abrego, Cherie A. Motti, Jan Tebben, & Tilmann Harder. (2014). Gene Expression Patterns during the Early Stages of Chemically Induced Larval Metamorphosis and Settlement of the Coral Acropora millepora. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91082–e91082. 22 indexed citations
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Raina, Jean‐Baptiste, Dianne M. Tapiolas, Sylvain Forêt, et al.. (2013). DMSP biosynthesis by an animal and its role in coral thermal stress response. Nature. 502(7473). 677–680. 227 indexed citations
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Siboni, Nachshon, David Abrego, François Seneca, et al.. (2012). Using Bacterial Extract along with Differential Gene Expression in Acropora millepora Larvae to Decouple the Processes of Attachment and Metamorphosis. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37774–e37774. 33 indexed citations
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Hagedorn, Mary, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, Virginia Carter, et al.. (2012). First frozen repository for the Great Barrier Reef coral created. Cryobiology. 65(2). 157–158. 27 indexed citations
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Flores, Florita, Mia O. Hoogenboom, Luke Smith, et al.. (2012). Chronic Exposure of Corals to Fine Sediments: Lethal and Sub-Lethal Impacts. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37795–e37795. 70 indexed citations
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Abrego, David, Bette L. Willis, & Madeleine J. H. van Oppen. (2012). Impact of Light and Temperature on the Uptake of Algal Symbionts by Coral Juveniles. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e50311–e50311. 37 indexed citations
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Tebben, Jan, Dianne M. Tapiolas, Cherie A. Motti, et al.. (2011). Induction of Larval Metamorphosis of the Coral Acropora millepora by Tetrabromopyrrole Isolated from a Pseudoalteromonas Bacterium. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e19082–e19082. 187 indexed citations
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Davies, Sarah R., et al.. (2009). Genetic variation in responses to a settlement cue and elevated temperature in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 392. 81–92. 85 indexed citations
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Abrego, David, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, & Bette L. Willis. (2009). Onset of algal endosymbiont specificity varies among closely related species of Acropora corals during early ontogeny. Molecular Ecology. 18(16). 3532–3543. 110 indexed citations
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Meyer, Eli, Galina V. Aglyamova, Shi Wang, et al.. (2009). Sequencing and de novo analysis of a coral larval transcriptome using 454 GSFlx. BMC Genomics. 10(1). 219–219. 385 indexed citations
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Abrego, David, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, & Bette L. Willis. (2009). Highly infectious symbiont dominates initial uptake in coral juveniles. Molecular Ecology. 18(16). 3518–3531. 71 indexed citations
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Abrego, David, Karin E. Ulstrup, Bette L. Willis, & Madeleine J. H. van Oppen. (2008). Species–specific interactions between algal endosymbionts and coral hosts define their bleaching response to heat and light stress. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 275(1648). 2273–2282. 256 indexed citations

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