Karen Diele

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Karen Diele is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Diele has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Ecology, 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Karen Diele's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (32 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (29 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (21 papers). Karen Diele is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (32 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (29 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (21 papers). Karen Diele collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Brazil. Karen Diele's co-authors include Shing Yip Lee, Inga Nordhaus, Matthias Wolff, Cyril Marchand, Volker Koch, Alberto Borges, Steven Bouillon, Jack J. Middelburg, Marion Glaser and Robert R. Twilley and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Karen Diele

62 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Mangrove production and carbon sinks: A revision of global budget estimates

2008 944 citations Steven Bouillon, Alberto Borges et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: a reassessment

2014 618 citations Shing Yip Lee, Farid Dahdouh‐Guebas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen Diele United Kingdom	23	2.9k	917	697	508	409	65	3.4k
A. Sasekumar Malaysia	21	2.3k 0.8×	987 1.1×	815 1.2×	235 0.5×	263 0.6×	47	3.0k
Jorge A. Herrera‐Silveira Mexico	33	2.0k 0.7×	783 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	521 1.0×	159 0.4×	128	3.5k
James Gitundu Kairo Kenya	35	3.2k 1.1×	932 1.0×	514 0.7×	747 1.5×	513 1.3×	111	3.7k
Jan‐Olaf Meynecke Australia	15	1.6k 0.5×	698 0.8×	404 0.6×	141 0.3×	148 0.4×	49	2.0k
Thomas J. Smith United States	24	2.9k 1.0×	562 0.6×	687 1.0×	855 1.7×	565 1.4×	36	3.3k
Jared O. Bosire Kenya	20	2.1k 0.7×	694 0.8×	303 0.4×	508 1.0×	308 0.8×	37	2.6k
María Fernanda Adame Australia	37	3.2k 1.1×	952 1.0×	709 1.0×	816 1.6×	422 1.0×	104	4.0k
Roy R. Lewis United States	17	2.0k 0.7×	556 0.6×	632 0.9×	581 1.1×	261 0.6×	24	2.4k
Trisha B. Atwood United States	27	2.6k 0.9×	879 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	351 0.7×	162 0.4×	51	3.5k
Elizabeth Mcleod United States	27	4.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.8×	1.9k 2.8×	851 1.7×	217 0.5×	38	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Karen Diele

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen Diele

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Diele

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

All Works

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Salzmann, Ulrich, Emma P. Hocking, Mark Williams, et al.. (2025). Mangrove dynamics and resilience in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, across the Holocene. Ecological Indicators. 171. 113231–113231.

Fusi, Marco, Jenny Marie Booth, Daniele Daffonchio, et al.. (2024). The predictability of fluctuating environments shapes the thermal tolerance of marine ectotherms and compensates narrow safety margins. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 26174–26174. 1 indexed citations

Davies, Ian, et al.. (2023). A blue carbon model for the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) and its application in environmental restoration. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 34(1). 11 indexed citations

Fusi, Marco, Darren M. Evans, Mark Huxham, et al.. (2023). Point of (no) return? Vegetation structure and diversity of restored mangroves in Sulawesi, Indonesia, 14–16 years on. Restoration Ecology. 31(7). 10 indexed citations

Trianto, Agus, Ocky Karna Radjasa, Hartuti Purnaweni, et al.. (2023). Molecular Identification and Biotechnological Potential of Cerithidea cingulata-and Lottia scabra Associated Fungi as Extracellular Enzyme Producer and Anti-Vibriosis Agent. ILMU KELAUTAN Indonesian Journal of Marine Sciences. 28(2). 136–147.

Cannicci, Stefano, Shing Yip Lee, Jaime Ricardo Cantera Kintz, et al.. (2021). A functional analysis reveals extremely low redundancy in global mangrove invertebrate fauna. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(32). 59 indexed citations

Wale, Matthew A., et al.. (2021). The Importance of Larval Stages for Considering Crab Microbiomes as a Paradigm for the Evolution of Terrestrialization. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 770245–770245. 4 indexed citations

Briers, Robert A., et al.. (2020). Increasing intensities of Anisakis simplex third-stage larvae (L3) in Atlantic salmon of coastal waters of Scotland. Parasites & Vectors. 13(1). 62–62. 11 indexed citations

Wale, Matthew A., et al.. (2019). From DNA to ecological performance: Effects of anthropogenic noise on a reef-building mussel. The Science of The Total Environment. 689. 126–132. 47 indexed citations

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Potouroglou, Maria, James C. Bull, Ken W. Krauss, et al.. (2017). Measuring the role of seagrasses in regulating sediment surface elevation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11917–11917. 130 indexed citations

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Abrunhosa, Fernando Araújo, et al.. (2017). Metamorphosis of the edible mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Ucididae) in response to benthic microbial biofilms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 492. 132–140. 14 indexed citations

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Lee, Shing Yip, et al.. (2015). Life-history, movement, and habitat use of Scylla serrata (Decapoda, Portunidae): current knowledge and future challenges. Hydrobiologia. 763(1). 5–21. 118 indexed citations

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Diele, Karen, et al.. (2014). Burrows of the Semi-Terrestrial Crab Ucides cordatus Enhance CO2 Release in a North Brazilian Mangrove Forest. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e109532–e109532. 40 indexed citations

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Diele, Karen, et al.. (2012). Impact of typhoon disturbance on the diversity of key ecosystem engineers in a monoculture mangrove forest plantation, Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam. Global and Planetary Change. 110. 236–248. 24 indexed citations

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Bouillon, Steven, Alberto Borges, Karen Diele, et al.. (2008). Mangrove production and carbon sinks : a revision of global budget estimates - art. no. GB2013. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 22(2). 50 indexed citations

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Bouillon, Steven, Alberto Borges, Edward Castañeda‐Moya, et al.. (2008). Mangrove production and carbon sinks: A revision of global budget estimates. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 22(2). 944 indexed citations breakdown →

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Diele, Karen, et al.. (2008). Metamorphosis of mangrove crab megalopae, Ucides cordatus (Ocypodidae): Effects of interspecific versus intraspecific settlement cues. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 362(2). 101–107. 20 indexed citations

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Nordhaus, Inga, Matthias Wolff, & Karen Diele. (2006). Litter processing and population food intake of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus in a high intertidal forest in northern Brazil. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 67(1-2). 239–250. 184 indexed citations

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Diele, Karen, et al.. (2006). Salinity tolerance of northern Brazilian mangrove crab larvae, Ucides cordatus (Ocypodidae): Necessity for larval export?. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 68(3-4). 600–608. 65 indexed citations

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Krause, Gesche, Dirk Schories, Marion Glaser, & Karen Diele. (2001). Spatial patterns of mangrove ecosystems: the Bragantinian mangroves of northern Brazil (Braganca, Para).. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 7. 93–107. 45 indexed citations

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