David K. A. Barnes

21.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
244 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

David K. A. Barnes is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David K. A. Barnes has authored 244 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Oceanography, 138 papers in Ecology and 100 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David K. A. Barnes's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (125 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (91 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (53 papers). David K. A. Barnes is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (125 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (91 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (53 papers). David K. A. Barnes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany. David K. A. Barnes's co-authors include Richard C. Thompson, François Galgani, Morton A. Barlaz, Andrew Clarke, Lloyd S. Peck, James J. Bell, Huw J. Griffiths, Katrin Linse, Peter Convey and Dan A. Smale and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

David K. A. Barnes

234 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

2009 4.4k citations David K. A. Barnes et al. profile →
Invasions by marine life on plastic debris

2002 518 citations David K. A. Barnes profile →
Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts

2023 237 citations Hans‐Otto Pörtner, Robert J. Scholes et al. Science profile →
Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate

2022 110 citations Yunne‐Jai Shin, Guy F. Midgley et al. Global Change Biology profile →

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Seasonality and inter-annual variability in recruitment patterns of temperate encrusting fauna 2026 ·David K. A. Barnes, Ben C. Maughan	0
2	Modelling multivariate determinants of growth in Antarctic bryozoans 2026 ·David K. A. Barnes, Sammy De Grave	0
3	Blue carbon in an eastern boundary upwelling zone – A case study in Namibia 2025 ·Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography ·Simon H. Elwen, Usman Khan, Anja Kreiner, Anja K. van der Plas, (unknown), David K. A. Barnes, Kerry L. Howell, (unknown)	0
4	Quantifying microplastics concentration of invertebrates from three Antarctic fjords 2025 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·(unknown), David K. A. Barnes, James Scourse, (unknown), (unknown), Alexis M. Janosik	0
5	Long Term Marine Biodiversity Monitoring in Coastal Antarctica: Are Fewer Rare Species Recruiting? 2025 ·Global Change Biology ·David K. A. Barnes, (unknown), (unknown), Stephen McLoughlin, Alice M. Clement, Simon A. Morley	1
6	Towards a regional baseline of Greenland's continental shelf seabed biodiversity 2025 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Martin E. Blicher, David K. A. Barnes	0
7	Benthic functionality under climate-induced environment changes offshore on the Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf 2024 ·Marine Environmental Research ·(unknown), David K. A. Barnes, (unknown)	0
8	Quantifying microplastics in fjords along the Western Antarctic Peninsula 2023 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·(unknown), David K. A. Barnes, James Scourse, (unknown), Alexis M. Janosik	11
9	Competitive hierarchies in bryozoan assemblages mitigate network instability by keeping short and long feedback loops weak 2023 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown), Anje‐Margriet Neutel, David K. A. Barnes, Katja Tielbörger, Christiane Zarfl, (unknown)	3
10	Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts breakdown → 2023 ·Science ·Hans‐Otto Pörtner, Robert J. Scholes, Almut Arneth, David K. A. Barnes, Michael T. Burrows, Sarah E. Diamond, Carlos M. Duarte, Wolfgang Kiessling, Paul Leadley, Shunsuke Managi, Pamela McElwee, Guy F. Midgley, Hien T. Ngo, David Obura, Unai Pascual, Mahesh Sankaran, Yunne‐Jai Shin, Adalberto Luís Val	237
11	Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate breakdown → 2022 ·Global Change Biology ·Yunne‐Jai Shin, Guy F. Midgley, Emma Archer, (unknown), David K. A. Barnes, Lung S. Chan, Shizuka Hashimoto, Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, Gregory Insarov, Paul Leadley, Lisa A. Levin, Hien T. Ngo, Ram Pandit, Aliny P. F. Pires, Hans‐Otto Pörtner, Alex D. Rogers, Robert J. Scholes, Josef Settele, Pete Smith	110
12	Benthic Biodiversity, Carbon Storage and the Potential for Increasing Negative Feedbacks on Climate Change in Shallow Waters of the Antarctic Peninsula 2022 ·Biology ·Simon A. Morley, Terri Souster, (unknown), Laura Gerrish, Lloyd S. Peck, David K. A. Barnes	13
13	Interpopulational differences in the nutritional condition of Aequiyoldia eightsii (Protobranchia: Nuculanidae) from the Western Antarctic Peninsula during austral summer 2021 ·PeerJ ·(unknown), Simon A. Morley, Michael P. Meredith, Carlos P. Muñoz-Ramírez, David K. A. Barnes, Irene R Schloss, Chester J. Sands, Oscar Schofield, Alejandro Román González, Leyla Cárdenas, Hugh J. Venables, Antonio Brante, Ángel Urzúa	0
14	1 °C warming increases spatial competition frequency and complexity in Antarctic marine macrofauna 2021 ·Communications Biology ·David K. A. Barnes, Gail V. Ashton, Simon A. Morley, Lloyd S. Peck	8
15	Gene flow in the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii (Jay, 1839) suggests a role for the Antarctic Peninsula Coastal Current in larval dispersal 2020 ·Royal Society Open Science ·Carlos P. Muñoz-Ramírez, David K. A. Barnes, Leyla Cárdenas, Michael P. Meredith, Simon A. Morley, Alejandro Román González, Chester J. Sands, James Scourse, Antonio Brante	15
16	Spatial and temporal dynamics of Antarctic shallow soft-bottom benthic communities: ecological drivers under climate change 2019 ·BMC Ecology ·(unknown), Simon A. Morley, Vera G. Fonseca, Anna М. Jażdżewska, Gail V. Ashton, David K. A. Barnes, (unknown), Melody S. Clark, Lloyd S. Peck	28
17	Warming by 1°C Drives Species and Assemblage Level Responses in Antarctica’s Marine Shallows 2017 ·Current Biology ·Gail V. Ashton, Simon A. Morley, David K. A. Barnes, Melody S. Clark, Lloyd S. Peck	60
18	Structure of intertidal and subtidal assemblages in Arctic vs temperate boulder shores 2008 ·Polish Polar Research ·David K. A. Barnes, (unknown)	18
19	Hermit crabs, humans and crowded house markets. 2002 ·PubMed ·David K. A. Barnes	2
20	Covering behaviour in Paracentrotus lividus : is light important? 2002 ·Marine Biology ·Emma Verling, Ashley Crook, David K. A. Barnes	45

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