Robert J. Conover

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Robert J. Conover is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Conover has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Conover's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (4 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (3 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (3 papers). Robert J. Conover is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (4 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (3 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (3 papers). Robert J. Conover collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Robert J. Conover's co-authors include Timothy D. Siferd, Rong Wang, H. E. Welch, Richard E. Crawford, Kathleen A. Martin, Haakon Hop, Martin A. Bergmann, J. E. G. Raymont, Charles N. David and CAROL M. LALLI and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Ecology and Limnology and Oceanography.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Conover

19 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

ASSIMILATION OF ORGANIC MATTER BY ZOOPLANKTON1

1966 744 citations Robert J. Conover Limnology and Oceanography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Conover United States	15	1.0k	1.0k	934	314	272	19	2.1k
R. J. Conover Canada	21	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	258 0.8×	304 1.1×	28	2.4k
J. E. G. Raymont United Kingdom	20	779 0.7×	587 0.6×	661 0.7×	391 1.2×	244 0.9×	42	1.6k
S. M. Marshall United Kingdom	19	1.1k 1.0×	708 0.7×	697 0.7×	241 0.8×	331 1.2×	26	1.7k
M. E. Huntley United States	17	1.3k 1.2×	715 0.7×	670 0.7×	259 0.8×	416 1.5×	21	1.9k
Don Deibel Canada	33	2.3k 2.2×	1.3k 1.3×	1.7k 1.8×	158 0.5×	375 1.4×	84	3.3k
Sifford Pearre Canada	18	637 0.6×	779 0.8×	733 0.8×	123 0.4×	169 0.6×	21	1.4k
Robert P. Higgins United States	22	850 0.8×	224 0.2×	967 1.0×	249 0.8×	238 0.9×	44	1.8k
Michel Segonzac France	24	1.3k 1.2×	632 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	150 0.5×	121 0.4×	63	1.9k
Tsutomu Ikeda Japan	29	2.4k 2.3×	1.8k 1.7×	1.7k 1.9×	432 1.4×	325 1.2×	116	3.5k
Carl Schlieper Germany	10	571 0.5×	475 0.5×	568 0.6×	74 0.2×	113 0.4×	14	1.1k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Conover, Robert J. & Timothy D. Siferd. (1993). Dark-Season Survival Strategies of Coastal Zone Zooplankton in the Canadian Arctic. ARCTIC. 46(4). 88 indexed citations

Welch, H. E., Martin A. Bergmann, Timothy D. Siferd, et al.. (1992). Energy Flow through the Marine Ecosystem of the Lancaster Sound Region, Arctic Canada. ARCTIC. 45(4). 260 indexed citations

Siferd, Timothy D. & Robert J. Conover. (1992). An opening-closing plankton net for horizontal sampling through polar sea-ice. Sarsia. 76(4). 273–277. 4 indexed citations

Conover, Robert J., et al.. (1991). Abundance and Feeding of Medusae and their Potential Impact as Predators on Other Zooplankton in Bedford Basin (Nova Scotia, Canada) during Spring. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 48(8). 1419–1430. 117 indexed citations

Wang, Rong & Robert J. Conover. (1986). Dynamics of gut pigment in the copepod Temora longicornis and the determination of in situ grazing rates. Limnology and Oceanography. 31(4). 867–877. 89 indexed citations

LALLI, CAROL M. & Robert J. Conover. (1976). MICRO STRUCTURE OF THE VELIGER SHELLS OF GYMNOSOMATOUS PTEROPODS GASTROPODA OPISTHOBRANCHIA. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 6 indexed citations

Conover, Robert J.. (1971). Food in the Sea: Marine Food Chains . Proceedings of a symposium, Aarhus, Denmark, July 1968. J. H. Steele, Ed. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1970. viii, 552 pp., illus. $13.50.. Science. 172(3979). 149–150. 1 indexed citations

Conover, Robert J.. (1968). Zooplankton—Life in a Nutritionally Dilute Environment. American Zoologist. 8(1). 107–118. 125 indexed citations

Conover, Robert J.. (1967). Reproductive Cycle, Early Development, and Fecundity in Laboratory Populations of the Copepod Calanus Hyperboreus 1). Crustaceana. 13(1). 61–72. 100 indexed citations

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Conover, Robert J.. (1966). ASSIMILATION OF ORGANIC MATTER BY ZOOPLANKTON1. Limnology and Oceanography. 11(3). 338–345. 744 indexed citations breakdown →

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Conover, Robert J.. (1966). FACTORS AFFECTING THE ASSIMILATION OF ORGANIC MATTER BY ZOOPLANKTON AND THE QUESTION OF SUPERFLUOUS FEEDING1. Limnology and Oceanography. 11(3). 346–354. 167 indexed citations

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Conover, Robert J.. (1965). An Intersex in Calanus Hyperboreus 1). Crustaceana. 8(2). 153–158. 5 indexed citations

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Conover, Robert J.. (1965). Notes On the Molting Cycle, Development of Sexual Characters and Sex Ratio in Calanus Hyperboreus ). Crustaceana. 8(3). 308–320. 58 indexed citations

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Raymont, J. E. G. & Robert J. Conover. (1961). FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS ON THE CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT OF MARINE ZOOPLANKTON1. Limnology and Oceanography. 6(2). 154–164. 51 indexed citations

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Conover, Robert J.. (1961). A Study of Charlestown and Green Hill Ponds, Rhode Island. Ecology. 42(1). 119–140. 29 indexed citations

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David, Charles N. & Robert J. Conover. (1961). PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ON THE PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF LUMINESCENCE IN THE COPEPOD, METRIDIA LUCENS. Biological Bulletin. 121(1). 92–107. 35 indexed citations

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Conover, Robert J.. (1960). THE FEEDING BEHAVIOR AND RESPIRATION OF SOME MARINE PLANKTONIC CRUSTACEA. Biological Bulletin. 119(3). 399–415. 81 indexed citations

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Conover, Robert J.. (1959). Regional and Seasonal Variation in the Respiratory Rate of Marine Copepods1. Limnology and Oceanography. 4(3). 259–268. 70 indexed citations

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Conover, Robert J.. (1957). Notes on the seasonal distribution of zooplankton in Southampton Water with special reference to the genus Acartia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 10(109). 63–67. 22 indexed citations

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