Eric Sanford

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Eric Sanford is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Sanford has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Oceanography, 42 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Eric Sanford's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (42 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (37 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (35 papers). Eric Sanford is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (42 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (37 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (35 papers). Eric Sanford collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Eric Sanford's co-authors include Morgan W. Kelly, Brian Gaylord, Tessa M. Hill, Richard K. Grosberg, A. D. Russell, Bruce A. Menge, Kristy J. Kroeker, Annaliese Hettinger, Brian Helmuth and Bryon A. Daley and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Eric Sanford

79 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Local Adaptation in Marine Invertebrates

2010 605 citations Eric Sanford, Morgan W. Kelly profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Sanford United States	41	4.4k	3.2k	3.2k	477	444	79	6.0k
Brian Gaylord United States	48	4.6k 1.1×	3.6k 1.1×	2.9k 0.9×	419 0.9×	379 0.9×	97	6.4k
Bernardo R. Broitman Chile	37	3.2k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	2.2k 0.7×	739 1.5×	356 0.8×	100	5.5k
Christopher D. McQuaid South Africa	51	5.7k 1.3×	5.6k 1.7×	5.0k 1.6×	543 1.1×	874 2.0×	325	9.7k
Mads S. Thomsen Australia	48	7.2k 1.6×	5.5k 1.7×	4.2k 1.3×	614 1.3×	152 0.3×	122	9.6k
Carol A. Blanchette United States	31	3.2k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	829 1.7×	348 0.8×	54	5.5k
Thomas Brey Germany	46	3.9k 0.9×	4.0k 1.2×	4.0k 1.3×	316 0.7×	180 0.4×	204	6.9k
Benjamin G. Miner United States	20	1.7k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	596 1.2×	289 0.7×	29	3.7k
Stuart R. Jenkins United Kingdom	41	3.2k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	358 0.8×	119 0.3×	155	5.4k
Steven G. Morgan United States	35	1.9k 0.4×	3.0k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	586 1.2×	442 1.0×	97	4.8k
Marco A. Lardies Chile	35	1.8k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	414 0.9×	382 0.9×	91	3.3k

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Sanford, Eric, et al.. (2025). An experimental test of eco‐evolutionary dynamics on rocky shores. Ecology. 106(1). e4505–e4505. 1 indexed citations

Sanford, Eric, et al.. (2024). Ribbon worms (phylum Nemertea) from Bodega Bay, California: A largely undescribed diversity. ZooKeys. 1204. 15–64. 4 indexed citations

Fenberg, Phillip B., Rodrigo Beas‐Luna, Boris Igić, et al.. (2023). Predator‐induced defences under tropicalisation: A biogeographic approach. Journal of Biogeography. 50(12). 2148–2159. 4 indexed citations

Hill, Tessa M., Brian Gaylord, Eric Sanford, et al.. (2023). Variable exposure to multiple climate stressors across the California marine protected area network and policy implications. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 80(7). 1923–1935. 3 indexed citations

Rose, Jeremy M., Carol A. Blanchette, Francis Chan, et al.. (2020). Biogeography of ocean acidification: Differential field performance of transplanted mussels to upwelling-driven variation in carbonate chemistry. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0234075–e0234075. 10 indexed citations

Hill, Tessa M., et al.. (2017). Plastic responses of bryozoans to ocean acidification. Journal of Experimental Biology. 220(Pt 23). 4399–4409. 8 indexed citations

Ninokawa, Aaron T., et al.. (2017). Interactive effects of temperature, food and skeletal mineralogy mediate biological responses to ocean acidification in a widely distributed bryozoan. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1853). 20162349–20162349. 21 indexed citations

Krueck, Nils C., Gabby N. Ahmadia, Hugh P. Possingham, et al.. (2017). Management of Marine Protected Areas: A Network Perspective. PLoS Biology. 15(1). 17 indexed citations

Davis, Catherine V., Emily B. Rivest, Tessa M. Hill, et al.. (2017). Ocean acidification compromises a planktic calcifier with implications for global carbon cycling. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2225–2225. 36 indexed citations

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Chan, Francis, John A. Barth, Carol A. Blanchette, et al.. (2017). Persistent spatial structuring of coastal ocean acidification in the California Current System. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2526–2526. 141 indexed citations

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Sanford, Eric, et al.. (2017). Inducible defenses in Olympia oysters in response to an invasive predator. Oecologia. 183(3). 809–819. 16 indexed citations

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Sanford, Eric, et al.. (2015). Copper Pollution Increases the Relative Importance of Predation Risk in an Aquatic Food Web. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0133329–e0133329. 15 indexed citations

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LaVigne, M., Tessa M. Hill, Eric Sanford, et al.. (2013). The elemental composition of purple sea urchin ( Strongylocentrotus purpuratus ) calcite and potential effects of p CO ₂ during early life stages. Biogeosciences. 10(6). 3465–3477. 23 indexed citations

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Pincebourde, Sylvain, Eric Sanford, Jérôme Casas, & Brian Helmuth. (2012). Temporal coincidence of environmental stress events modulates predation rates. Ecology Letters. 15(7). 680–688. 64 indexed citations

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Hettinger, Annaliese, Eric Sanford, Tessa M. Hill, et al.. (2012). Persistent carry‐over effects of planktonic exposure to ocean acidification in the Olympia oyster. Ecology. 93(12). 2758–2768. 160 indexed citations

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Kelly, Morgan W., Eric Sanford, & Richard K. Grosberg. (2011). Limited potential for adaptation to climate change in a broadly distributed marine crustacean. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 279(1727). 349–356. 259 indexed citations

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Dawson, Michael N, Richard K. Grosberg, Yoel E. Stuart, & Eric Sanford. (2010). Population genetic analysis of a recent range expansion: mechanisms regulating the poleward range limit in the volcano barnacle Tetraclita rubescens. Molecular Ecology. 19(8). 1585–1605. 61 indexed citations

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Pincebourde, Sylvain, Eric Sanford, & Brian Helmuth. (2009). Natural History Note An Intertidal Sea Star Adjusts Thermal Inertia to Avoid Extreme Body Temperatures. The American Naturalist. 174(6). 890–897. 1 indexed citations

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Sanford, Eric, Samuel B. Holzman, Robert A. Haney, David M. Rand, & Mark D. Bertness. (2006). LARVAL TOLERANCE, GENE FLOW, AND THE NORTHERN GEOGRAPHIC RANGE LIMIT OF FIDDLER CRABS. Ecology. 87(11). 2882–2894. 105 indexed citations

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Sanford, Eric. (2002). Water Temperature, Predation, and the Neglected Role of Physiological Rate Effects in Rocky Intertidal Communities. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42(4). 881–891. 141 indexed citations

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