Robert E. Scheibling

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Robert E. Scheibling is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Scheibling has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Oceanography, 62 papers in Ecology and 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Scheibling's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (77 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (52 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (31 papers). Robert E. Scheibling is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (77 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (52 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (31 papers). Robert E. Scheibling collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Robert E. Scheibling's co-authors include Myriam A. Barbeau, Jean‐Sébastien Lauzon‐Guay, CM Pearce, Todd E. Minchinton, Allan Hennigar, Heather L. Hunt, Allison L. Schmidt, Robert L. Stephenson, Devin A. Lyons and Michael W. Hart and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Scheibling

107 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing

2014 402 citations SD Ling, Robert E. Scheibling et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert E. Scheibling Canada	40	3.5k	2.7k	1.7k	812	512	109	4.4k
RE Scheibling Canada	34	3.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	479 0.6×	281 0.5×	64	4.5k
John H. Himmelman Canada	35	1.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	575 0.7×	555 1.1×	86	3.1k
Giulia Ceccherelli Italy	33	2.5k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	311 0.4×	181 0.4×	136	3.1k
Annie Mercier Canada	33	1.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	2.7k 3.4×	329 0.6×	153	4.4k
Hartvig Christie Norway	36	2.9k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	959 0.6×	215 0.3×	71 0.1×	90	3.5k
Ladd E. Johnson Canada	30	1.8k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	163 0.2×	225 0.4×	76	3.3k
Marta Ribes Spain	38	1.6k 0.5×	2.9k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	126 0.2×	500 1.0×	67	4.0k
Thomas A. Ebert United States	25	1.1k 0.3×	847 0.3×	680 0.4×	499 0.6×	281 0.5×	55	1.9k
Sara A. Lourie Canada	12	1.3k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	857 1.1×	90 0.2×	18	3.7k
Adriana Vergés Australia	36	2.7k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	285 0.4×	52 0.1×	93	4.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Scheibling, Robert E., et al.. (2026). Larval supply, settlement and recruitment In echinoderms. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6. 1–83.

Scheibling, Robert E., et al.. (2019). Benthic community succession on artificial and natural coral reefs in the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0212842–e0212842. 29 indexed citations

Filbee‐Dexter, Karen & Robert E. Scheibling. (2016). Spatial Patterns and Predictors of Drift Algal Subsidy in Deep Subtidal Environments. Estuaries and Coasts. 39(6). 1724–1734. 24 indexed citations

Scheibling, Robert E., et al.. (2015). Asexual reproduction and somatic growth of the fissiparous sea starAllostichaster polyplaxin New Zealand. Marine Biology Research. 12(1). 85–95. 1 indexed citations

Ling, SD, Robert E. Scheibling, Andrew Rassweiler, et al.. (2014). Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 370(1659). 20130269–20130269. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

Feehan, Colette J., Robert E. Scheibling, & Jean‐Sébastien Lauzon‐Guay. (2012). An outbreak of sea urchin disease associated with a recent hurricane: Support for the “killer storm hypothesis” on a local scale. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 413. 159–168. 24 indexed citations

Robinson, Shawn, et al.. (2012). Canthaxanthin as a potential tracer of salmon feed in mussels (Mytilus spp.) and sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis). Aquaculture. 366-367. 90–97. 10 indexed citations

Scheibling, Robert E. & Anna Meta×as. (2010). Mangroves and fringing reefs as nursery habitats for the endangered Caribbean sea star Oreaster reticulatus. Bulletin of Marine Science. 86(1). 133–148. 11 indexed citations

Lyons, Devin A. & Robert E. Scheibling. (2009). Range expansion by invasive marine algae: rates and patterns of spread at a regional scale. Diversity and Distributions. 15(5). 762–775. 47 indexed citations

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Meta×as, Anna, et al.. (2008). Larval Development, Settlement, and Early Post-Settlement Behavior of the Tropical Sea Star Oreaster Reticulatus. Bulletin of Marine Science. 83(3). 471–480. 8 indexed citations

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Scheibling, Robert E. & Anna Meta×as. (2008). Abundance, spatial distribution, and size structure of the sea star Protoreaster nodosus in Palau, with notes on feeding and reproduction. Bulletin of Marine Science. 82(2). 221–235. 25 indexed citations

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Lauzon‐Guay, Jean‐Sébastien, Robert E. Scheibling, & Myriam A. Barbeau. (2008). FORMATION AND PROPAGATION OF FEEDING FRONTS IN BENTHIC MARINE INVERTEBRATES: A MODELING APPROACH. Ecology. 89(11). 3150–3162. 18 indexed citations

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Bégin, Christian & Robert E. Scheibling. (2003). Growth and Survival of the Invasive Green Alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides in Tide Pools on a Rocky Shore in Nova Scotia. Botanica Marina. 46(5). 42 indexed citations

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Brown, Richard G., et al.. (1998). Coelomocyte oxidative activity of the green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) following challenge by bacterial and amoebic pathogens. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 264(1). 881–886. 2 indexed citations

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Scheibling, Robert E. & Robert Black. (1993). The ecology of the giant limpet Patella laticostata on intertidal limestone platforms at Rottnest Island, Western Australia. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 565–581. 1 indexed citations

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Scheibling, Robert E., et al.. (1988). Effect of Temperature and Prey Availability on Growth of Paramoeba invadens in Monoxenic Culture. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 54(7). 1848–1854. 15 indexed citations

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Scheibling, Robert E. & Robert L. Stephenson. (1984). Mass mortality of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) off Nova Scotia, Canada. Marine Biology. 78(2). 153–164. 153 indexed citations

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Scheibling, Robert E.. (1984). Predation by Rock Crabs (Cancer irroratus) on Diseased Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) in Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 41(12). 1847–1851. 9 indexed citations

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Scheibling, Robert E.. (1981). The annual reproductive cycle of Oreaster reticulatus (L.) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) and interpopulation differences in reproductive capacity. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 54(1). 39–54. 40 indexed citations

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Scheibling, Robert E.. (1980). Carbohydrases of the pyloric caeca of Oreaster reticulatus (L.) (Echinodermata: asteroidea). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry. 67(2). 297–300. 4 indexed citations

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