Emma L. Cavan

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Emma L. Cavan is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma L. Cavan has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Oceanography, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Emma L. Cavan's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (19 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (13 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers). Emma L. Cavan is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (19 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (13 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers). Emma L. Cavan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Emma L. Cavan's co-authors include Richard Sanders, Stephanie Henson, Philip W. Boyd, Mark Trimmer, Anna Belcher, Simeon L. Hill, Felicity Shelley, Sarah L. C. Giering, Geraint A. Tarling and Hilary I. Palevsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Emma L. Cavan

28 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Uncertain response of ocean biological carbon export in a changing world

2022 107 citations Stephanie Henson, Charlotte Laufkötter et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emma L. Cavan United Kingdom	18	880	523	389	158	124	29	1.3k
Barış Salihoğlu Türkiye	19	886 1.0×	488 0.9×	565 1.5×	223 1.4×	102 0.8×	46	1.4k
Luca Polimene United Kingdom	20	1.0k 1.1×	568 1.1×	377 1.0×	131 0.8×	260 2.1×	51	1.4k
Grace Saba United States	18	686 0.8×	622 1.2×	488 1.3×	208 1.3×	75 0.6×	48	1.3k
Andreas Reul Spain	18	715 0.8×	266 0.5×	329 0.8×	108 0.7×	155 1.3×	40	1.1k
Tobias Tamelander Norway	16	799 0.9×	790 1.5×	472 1.2×	198 1.3×	134 1.1×	21	1.2k
Colleen B. Mouw United States	19	1.2k 1.3×	434 0.8×	340 0.9×	123 0.8×	191 1.5×	47	1.4k
Claire E. Widdicombe United Kingdom	25	1.2k 1.3×	620 1.2×	388 1.0×	100 0.6×	270 2.2×	62	1.5k
Carmen E. Morales Chile	25	1.3k 1.5×	584 1.1×	690 1.8×	157 1.0×	119 1.0×	52	1.6k
Sévrine Sailley United Kingdom	17	1.1k 1.2×	763 1.5×	667 1.7×	228 1.4×	126 1.0×	28	1.7k
Matthieu Delefosse Denmark	14	685 0.8×	707 1.4×	311 0.8×	108 0.7×	136 1.1×	19	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emma L. Cavan

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Sykulski, Adam M., et al.. (2025). Navigating challenges in spatio-temporal modelling of Antarctic krill abundance: Addressing zero-inflated data and misaligned covariates. Spatial Statistics. 70. 100937–100937.

Ray, Nicholas E., Stefano Bonaglia, Emma L. Cavan, et al.. (2025). Biogeochemical consequences of marine fisheries and aquaculture. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 6(3). 163–177. 5 indexed citations

Cavan, Emma L., Neill Mackay, Simeon L. Hill, et al.. (2024). Antarctic krill sequester similar amounts of carbon to key coastal blue carbon habitats. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7842–7842. 10 indexed citations

Cavan, Emma L., et al.. (2024). Good fisheries management is good carbon management. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 9 indexed citations

Doney, Scott C., Stephanie Henson, Emma L. Cavan, et al.. (2024). Observational and Numerical Modeling Constraints on the Global Ocean Biological Carbon Pump. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 38(7). 10 indexed citations

Laurenceau‐Cornec, E. C., Mathieu Mongin, Thomas W. Trull, et al.. (2023). Concepts Toward a Global Mechanistic Mapping of Ocean Carbon Export. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(9). 4 indexed citations

Henson, Stephanie, Charlotte Laufkötter, Shirley Leung, et al.. (2022). Uncertain response of ocean biological carbon export in a changing world. Nature Geoscience. 15(4). 248–254. 107 indexed citations breakdown →

Halfter, Svenja, et al.. (2021). “Sinking dead”—How zooplankton carcasses contribute to particulate organic carbon flux in the subantarctic Southern Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography. 67(1). 13–25. 21 indexed citations

Hill, Simeon L., Matthew H. Pinkerton, Tosca Ballerini, et al.. (2021). Robust model-based indicators of regional differences in food-web structure in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems. 220. 103556–103556. 7 indexed citations

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Halfter, Svenja, Emma L. Cavan, Kerrie M. Swadling, Ruth Eriksen, & Philip W. Boyd. (2020). The Role of Zooplankton in Establishing Carbon Export Regimes in the Southern Ocean – A Comparison of Two Representative Case Studies in the Subantarctic Region. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 17 indexed citations

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Cavan, Emma L., et al.. (2020). Implications for the mesopelagic microbial gardening hypothesis as determined by experimental fragmentation of Antarctic krill fecal pellets. Ecology and Evolution. 11(2). 1023–1036. 11 indexed citations

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Henley, Sian F., Emma L. Cavan, Sarah E. Fawcett, et al.. (2020). Changing Biogeochemistry of the Southern Ocean and Its Ecosystem Implications. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 137 indexed citations

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Giering, Sarah L. C., Emma L. Cavan, Sünnje L. Basedow, et al.. (2020). Sinking Organic Particles in the Ocean—Flux Estimates From in situ Optical Devices. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. 83 indexed citations

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Cavan, Emma L., Anna Belcher, Angus Atkinson, et al.. (2019). The importance of Antarctic krill in biogeochemical cycles. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4742–4742. 141 indexed citations

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Cavan, Emma L., E. C. Laurenceau‐Cornec, Matthieu Bressac, & Philip W. Boyd. (2019). Exploring the ecology of the mesopelagic biological pump. Progress In Oceanography. 176. 102125–102125. 55 indexed citations

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Cavan, Emma L., Sarah L. C. Giering, George A. Wolff, Mark Trimmer, & Richard Sanders. (2018). Alternative Particle Formation Pathways in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific's Biological Carbon Pump. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 123(7). 2198–2211. 20 indexed citations

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Cavan, Emma L., Stephanie Henson, Anna Belcher, & Richard Sanders. (2017). Role of zooplankton in determining the efficiency of the biological carbon pump. Biogeosciences. 14(1). 177–186. 83 indexed citations

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Henson, Stephanie, Emma L. Cavan, Sarah L. C. Giering, et al.. (2017). Slow‐sinking particulate organic carbon in the Atlantic Ocean: Magnitude, flux, and potential controls. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 31(7). 1051–1065. 43 indexed citations

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Cavan, Emma L., Mark Trimmer, Felicity Shelley, & Richard Sanders. (2017). Remineralization of particulate organic carbon in an ocean oxygen minimum zone. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14847–14847. 143 indexed citations

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Cavan, Emma L., Alex J. Poulton, Geraint A. Tarling, et al.. (2015). Attenuation of particulate organic carbon flux in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, is controlled by zooplankton fecal pellets. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(3). 821–830. 108 indexed citations

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