David S. Wethey

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
119 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

David S. Wethey is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David S. Wethey has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Oceanography, 61 papers in Ecology and 56 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David S. Wethey's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (62 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (44 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (36 papers). David S. Wethey is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (62 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (44 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (36 papers). David S. Wethey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Portugal. David S. Wethey's co-authors include Fernando P. Lima, Sarah A. Woodin, Brian Helmuth, Christopher M. Finelli, Sierra J. Jones, Thomas J. Hilbish, N. Dean Pentcheff, LJ Walters, Nils Volkenborn and Richard K. Zimmer‐Faust and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David S. Wethey

116 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Three decades of high-resolution coastal sea surface temperatures reveal more than warming

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Peers

David S. Wethey

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ECOLO

GPC

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Eric Sanford United States

Sérgio A. Navarrete Chile

Gray A. Williams Hong Kong

Jeffrey S. Levinton United States

Brian Gaylord United States

Lloyd S. Peck United Kingdom

Bernardo R. Broitman Chile

Carol A. Blanchette United States

David G. Reid United Kingdom

Magda Vincx Belgium

Eric Sanford United States

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4.4k ×1.2

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3.2k ×1.0

ECOLO

3.2k ×1.2

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477 ×0.9

EEBS

282 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by David S. Wethey

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Fields of papers citing papers by David S. Wethey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David S. Wethey

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David S. Wethey. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David S. Wethey 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 David S. Wethey. David S. Wethey is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vázquez, Elsa, Rosa M. Viejo, Nicolás Weidberg, et al.. (2025). Understanding the effects of recent atmospheric heatwaves on seagrass-inhabited intertidal shellfish beds: a mesocosm experiment. Marine Environmental Research. 212. 107547–107547.

Liberti, Gian Luigi, et al.. (2023). A Multi-Pixel Split-Window Approach to Sea Surface Temperature Retrieval from Thermal Imagers with Relatively High Radiometric Noise: Preliminary Studies. Remote Sensing. 15(9). 2453–2453. 6 indexed citations

Weidberg, Nicolás, et al.. (2023). Assessing high resolution thermal monitoring of complex intertidal environments from space: The case of ECOSTRESS at Rias Baixas, NW Iberia. Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment. 32. 101055–101055.

Ciani, Daniele, Bruno Buongiorno Nardelli, Paco López‐Dekker, et al.. (2023). Sea Surface Temperature Gradients Estimation Using Top-of-Atmosphere Observations from the ESA Earth Explorer 10 Harmony Mission: Preliminary Studies. Remote Sensing. 15(4). 1163–1163. 5 indexed citations

Vázquez, Elsa, Rosa M. Viejo, Nicolás Weidberg, et al.. (2023). The stress response of the seagrassZostera nolteiand three commercial clam species to low salinity associated with heavy rainfall. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 81(2). 358–374. 6 indexed citations

Domínguez, Rula, Elsa Vázquez, Isabel M. Smallegange, et al.. (2021). Predation risk increases in estuarine bivalves stressed by low salinity. Marine Biology. 168(8). 132–132. 13 indexed citations

Domínguez, Rula, Celia Olabarría, Sarah A. Woodin, et al.. (2020). Contrasting responsiveness of four ecologically and economically important bivalves to simulated heat waves. Marine Environmental Research. 164. 105229–105229. 60 indexed citations

Peteiro, Laura G., et al.. (2018). Responses to salinity stress in bivalves: Evidence of ontogenetic changes in energetic physiology on Cerastoderma edule. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8329–8329. 64 indexed citations

Wethey, David S., et al.. (2018). Connectivity modeling and graph theory analysis predict recolonization in transient populations. Journal of Marine Systems. 183. 13–22. 3 indexed citations

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Woodin, Sarah A., Nils Volkenborn, Conrad A. Pilditch, et al.. (2016). Same pattern, different mechanism: Locking onto the role of key species in seafloor ecosystem process. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 26678–26678. 51 indexed citations

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Chennu, Arjun, Nils Volkenborn, Dirk de Beer, et al.. (2015). Effects of Bioadvection by Arenicola marina on Microphytobenthos in Permeable Sediments. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0134236–e0134236. 25 indexed citations

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Mislan, K. A. S. & David S. Wethey. (2011). Gridded meteorological data as a resource for mechanistic macroecology in coastal environments. Ecological Applications. 21(7). 2678–2690. 25 indexed citations

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Volkenborn, Nils, Lùbos Polerecký, David S. Wethey, & Sarah A. Woodin. (2010). Oscillatory porewater bioadvection in marine sediments induced by hydraulic activities of Arenicola marina. Limnology and Oceanography. 55(3). 1231–1247. 95 indexed citations

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Jones, Sierra J., Nova Mieszkowska, & David S. Wethey. (2009). Linking Thermal Tolerances and Biogeography:Mytilus edulis(L.) at its Southern Limit on the East Coast of the United States. Biological Bulletin. 217(1). 73–85. 147 indexed citations

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Jenkins, Stuart R., Pippa J. Moore, Michael T. Burrows, et al.. (2008). COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF NORTH ATLANTIC SHORES: DO DIFFERENCES IN PLAYERS MATTER FOR PROCESS?. Ecology. 89(sp11). S3–23. 67 indexed citations

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Wethey, David S. & Sarah A. Woodin. (2005). Infaunal Hydraulics Generate Porewater Pressure Signals. Biological Bulletin. 209(2). 139–145. 29 indexed citations

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Wethey, David S.. (2002). Biogeography, Competition, and Microclimate: The Barnacle Chthamalus fragilis in New England. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42(4). 872–880. 133 indexed citations

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DeCoursey, Patricia J., et al.. (1998). Relationship of Circadian Temperature and Activity Rhythms in Two Rodent Species. Physiology & Behavior. 65(3). 457–463. 47 indexed citations

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Wethey, David S.. (1986). Climate and biogeography : continous versus catastrophic effects on rocky intertidal communities. 19–25. 2 indexed citations

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Wethey, David S.. (1986). Ranking of settlement cues by barnacle larvae: influence of surface contour. Bulletin of Marine Science. 39(2). 393–400. 153 indexed citations

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