Heather L. Spalding

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Heather L. Spalding is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather L. Spalding has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Oceanography, 34 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Heather L. Spalding's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (38 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (27 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (22 papers). Heather L. Spalding is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (38 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (27 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (22 papers). Heather L. Spalding collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and U.S. Virgin Islands. Heather L. Spalding's co-authors include Celia M. Smith, Daniel Wagner, Robert J. Toonen, Ernesto Weil, Samuel E. Kahng, Eran Brokovich, Jorge R García-Sais, Alison R. Sherwood, Jacqueline L. Padilla‐Gamiño and Ruth D. Gates and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Heather L. Spalding

42 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts

2015 416 citations Tracy D. Ainsworth, Lutz Krause et al. The ISME Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather L. Spalding United States	14	1.2k	843	437	153	113	45	1.4k
Tyrone Ridgway Australia	18	1.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.2×	760 1.7×	273 1.8×	122 1.1×	31	1.8k
Emily J. Howells Australia	21	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	705 1.6×	122 0.8×	101 0.9×	33	1.7k
Vianney Denis Taiwan	20	938 0.8×	646 0.8×	451 1.0×	116 0.8×	66 0.6×	65	1.1k
Cynthia Hunter United States	17	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	904 2.1×	190 1.2×	89 0.8×	32	1.9k
Victor H. Beltran Australia	14	1.3k 1.1×	927 1.1×	338 0.8×	41 0.3×	145 1.3×	19	1.4k
Dustin W. Kemp United States	20	1.3k 1.1×	980 1.2×	459 1.1×	53 0.3×	114 1.0×	40	1.4k
Evelyn F. Cox United States	16	975 0.8×	669 0.8×	447 1.0×	112 0.7×	65 0.6×	20	1.1k
Verena Schoepf Australia	23	1.9k 1.7×	1.6k 1.9×	959 2.2×	86 0.6×	156 1.4×	47	2.1k
K. Yamazato Japan	14	1.7k 1.5×	1.3k 1.5×	892 2.0×	118 0.8×	152 1.3×	19	1.8k
Vivian R. Cumbo Australia	20	1.1k 0.9×	853 1.0×	592 1.4×	76 0.5×	77 0.7×	29	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather L. Spalding

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Spalding, Heather L., et al.. (2025). Land-Based Tank Cultivation of Ulva spp. (Chlorophyta) from Charleston, South Carolina: A Pilot Aquaculture Study for Seasonal Biomass Production and Potential Anthropogenic Bioremediation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(4). 23–23.

Slattery, Marc, Michael P. Lesser, Luiz A. Rocha, Heather L. Spalding, & Tyler B. Smith. (2024). Function and stability of mesophotic coral reefs. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 39(6). 585–598. 10 indexed citations

Smith, Celia M., et al.. (2024). Organellar genomic characterization of Anunuuluaehu liula representing a new genus and species of Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from the mesophotic zone of Hawai‘i. Journal of Phycology. 60(1). 116–132.

Miura, Tomoaki, et al.. (2022). Using commercial high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor a nuisance macroalga in the largest marine protected area in the USA. Coral Reefs. 42(1). 253–259. 4 indexed citations

Sherwood, Alison R., et al.. (2021). Ethelia hawaiiensis (Etheliaceae, Rhodophyta), a New Mesophotic Marine Alga from Manawai (Pearl and Hermes Atoll), Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Hawai‘i1. Pacific Science. 75(2). 7 indexed citations

Huisman, John M., et al.. (2021). Diversity of Kallymeniaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) associated with Hawaiian mesophotic reefs. European Journal of Phycology. 57(1). 68–78. 6 indexed citations

Spalding, Heather L., et al.. (2021). Microbiota-Macroalgal Relationships at a Hawaiian Intertidal Bench Are Influenced by Macroalgal Phyla and Associated Thallus Complexity. mSphere. 6(5). e0066521–e0066521. 10 indexed citations

Spalding, Heather L., et al.. (2021). Caribbean corals exhibit species-specific differences in competitive abilities with an aggressive encrusting alga, Ramicrusta textilis. Coral Reefs. 40(6). 1729–1740. 4 indexed citations

Sherwood, Alison R., et al.. (2020). Taxonomic determination of the cryptogenic red alga, Chondria tumulosa sp. nov., (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawai‘i, USA: A new species displaying invasive characteristics. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0234358–e0234358. 19 indexed citations

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Wade, Rachael M., et al.. (2019). Present-Day Distribution and Potential Spread of the Invasive Green Alga Avrainvillea amadelpha Around the Main Hawaiian Islands. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. 10 indexed citations

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Padilla‐Gamiño, Jacqueline L., Melissa Roth, Lisa J. Rodrigues, et al.. (2019). Ecophysiology of mesophotic reef‐building corals in Hawai‘i is influenced by symbiont–host associations, photoacclimatization, trophic plasticity, and adaptation. Limnology and Oceanography. 64(5). 1980–1995. 19 indexed citations

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Wade, Rachael M., et al.. (2018). A new record of Avrainvillea cf. erecta (Berkeley) A. Gepp & E. S. Gepp (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) from urbanized estuaries in the Hawaiian Islands. Biodiversity Data Journal. 6(6). e21617–e21617. 12 indexed citations

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Spalding, Heather L., et al.. (2017). A survey of fishes associated with Hawaiian deep-water Halimeda kanaloana (Bryopsidales: Halimedaceae) and Avrainvillea sp. (Bryopsidales: Udoteaceae) meadows. PeerJ. 5. e3307–e3307. 7 indexed citations

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Sansone, Francis J., Heather L. Spalding, & Celia M. Smith. (2017). Sediment Biogeochemistry of Mesophotic Meadows of Calcifying Macroalgae. Aquatic Geochemistry. 23(3). 141–164. 4 indexed citations

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Wagner, Daniel, et al.. (2016). A photographic guide to the benthic flora and fauna from mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. 2 indexed citations

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Ainsworth, Tracy D., Lutz Krause, Tom C. L. Bridge, et al.. (2015). The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts. The ISME Journal. 9(10). 2261–2274. 416 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spalding, Heather L., Kimberly Y. Conklin, Celia M. Smith, Charles J. O’Kelly, & Alison R. Sherwood. (2015). New Ulvaceae (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) from mesophotic ecosystems across the Hawaiian Archipelago. Journal of Phycology. 52(1). 40–53. 46 indexed citations

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Costa, Bryan, Matthew S. Kendall, Frank A. Parrish, et al.. (2015). Identifying Suitable Locations for Mesophotic Hard Corals Offshore of Maui, Hawai‘i. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0130285–e0130285. 26 indexed citations

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Kahng, Samuel E., Jorge R García-Sais, Heather L. Spalding, et al.. (2010). Community ecology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems. Coral Reefs. 29(2). 255–275. 346 indexed citations

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Ashworth, Matt P., Heather L. Spalding, M. Dennis Hanisak, et al.. (2003). 3  Phylogenetic affinity of the palmelloid green algae, verdigellas and palmophyllum (chlorophyta), based on analyses of nuclear‐encoded small subunit rDNA sequences. Journal of Phycology. 39(s1). 1–2. 17 indexed citations

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