Steven E. McMurray

1.9k total citations
31 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Steven E. McMurray is a scholar working on Ecology, Biotechnology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven E. McMurray has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Biotechnology and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Steven E. McMurray's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (26 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (25 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (9 papers). Steven E. McMurray is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (26 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (25 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (9 papers). Steven E. McMurray collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Colombia. Steven E. McMurray's co-authors include Joseph R. Pawlik, Timothy P. Henkel, Tse‐Lynn Loh, Christopher M. Finelli, James E. Blum, Patrick M. Erwin, Susanna López‐Legentil, Sven Zea, Bongkeun Song and Amber D. Stubler and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Steven E. McMurray

30 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven E. McMurray United States 23 1.0k 960 383 228 217 31 1.3k
Sven Zea Colombia 25 969 0.9× 920 1.0× 327 0.9× 376 1.6× 102 0.5× 108 1.4k
Laura Rix Australia 13 732 0.7× 628 0.7× 257 0.7× 295 1.3× 223 1.0× 23 1.1k
Jasper M. de Goeij Netherlands 24 1.4k 1.4× 1.4k 1.5× 584 1.5× 472 2.1× 368 1.7× 42 2.1k
Nadiezhda Santodomingo United Kingdom 15 609 0.6× 456 0.5× 267 0.7× 327 1.4× 74 0.3× 46 1.0k
Bernard Picton United Kingdom 19 742 0.7× 752 0.8× 529 1.4× 600 2.6× 59 0.3× 49 1.5k
Christine H L Schönberg Australia 25 1.8k 1.8× 1.0k 1.1× 721 1.9× 940 4.1× 173 0.8× 68 2.2k
Philippe Willenz Belgium 15 476 0.5× 589 0.6× 301 0.8× 271 1.2× 68 0.3× 51 1.1k
Michelle Klautau Brazil 22 770 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 488 1.3× 401 1.8× 48 0.2× 87 1.5k
Paco Cárdenas Sweden 20 718 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 429 1.1× 349 1.5× 88 0.4× 70 1.6k
Leontine E. Becking Netherlands 22 727 0.7× 369 0.4× 330 0.9× 348 1.5× 119 0.5× 59 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven E. McMurray

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Butler, Mark J., Steven E. McMurray, & Joseph R. Pawlik. (2025). Competition for waterborne food resources among tropical shallow‐water sponges. Ecology. 106(8). e70178–e70178. 1 indexed citations
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Strangman, Wendy K., et al.. (2024). The giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta takes up dissolved organic matter from benthic cyanobacterial mats. Organic Geochemistry. 200. 104922–104922. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Kenneth, et al.. (2024). We know less about phosphorus retention in constructed wetlands than we think we do: A quantitative literature synthesis. Ecological Indicators. 169. 112969–112969. 2 indexed citations
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Bohrer, Gil, et al.. (2024). Changes in inundation drive carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in a temperate wetland. The Science of The Total Environment. 915. 170089–170089. 3 indexed citations
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Strangman, Wendy K., et al.. (2021). Sponges With Microbial Symbionts Transform Dissolved Organic Matter and Take Up Organohalides. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 23 indexed citations
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McMurray, Steven E., et al.. (2019). Growth estimates of Caribbean reef sponges on a shipwreck using 3D photogrammetry. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 18398–18398. 23 indexed citations
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McMurray, Steven E., et al.. (2019). Feeding and respiration by giant barrel sponges across a gradient of food abundance in the Red Sea. Limnology and Oceanography. 64(4). 1790–1801. 34 indexed citations
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McMurray, Steven E., et al.. (2019). Testing the relationship between microbiome composition and flux of carbon and nutrients in Caribbean coral reef sponges. Microbiome. 7(1). 124–124. 35 indexed citations
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Pawlik, Joseph R. & Steven E. McMurray. (2019). The Emerging Ecological and Biogeochemical Importance of Sponges on Coral Reefs. Annual Review of Marine Science. 12(1). 315–337. 84 indexed citations
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McMurray, Steven E., Zackary I. Johnson, Dana E. Hunt, Joseph R. Pawlik, & Christopher M. Finelli. (2016). Selective feeding by the giant barrel sponge enhances foraging efficiency. Limnology and Oceanography. 61(4). 1271–1286. 62 indexed citations
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Pawlik, Joseph R., Steven E. McMurray, Patrick M. Erwin, & Sven Zea. (2015). No evidence for food limitation of Caribbean reef sponges: Reply to Slattery & Lesser (2015). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 527. 281–284. 13 indexed citations
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McClain, Craig R., Meghan A. Balk, Mark C. Benfield, et al.. (2014). Data from: Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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McMurray, Steven E., et al.. (2014). Trait-mediated ecosystem impacts: how morphology and size affect pumping rates of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge. Aquatic Biology. 23(1). 1–13. 62 indexed citations
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Pawlik, Joseph R., Steven E. McMurray, Patrick M. Erwin, & Sven Zea. (2014). A review of evidence for food limitation of sponges on Caribbean reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 519. 265–283. 50 indexed citations
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Pawlik, Joseph R., Tse‐Lynn Loh, Steven E. McMurray, & Christopher M. Finelli. (2013). Sponge Communities on Caribbean Coral Reefs Are Structured by Factors That Are Top-Down, Not Bottom-Up. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e62573–e62573. 57 indexed citations
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McMurray, Steven E., Timothy P. Henkel, & Joseph R. Pawlik. (2010). Demographics of increasing populations of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys. Ecology. 91(2). 560–570. 83 indexed citations
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López‐Legentil, Susanna, Bongkeun Song, Steven E. McMurray, & Joseph R. Pawlik. (2008). Bleaching and stress in coral reef ecosystems: hsp70 expression by the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta. Molecular Ecology. 17(7). 1840–1849. 86 indexed citations
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Pawlik, Joseph R., Timothy P. Henkel, Steven E. McMurray, et al.. (2008). Patterns of sponge recruitment and growth on a shipwreck corroborate chemical defense resource trade-off. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 368. 137–143. 48 indexed citations
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McMurray, Steven E., James E. Blum, & Joseph R. Pawlik. (2008). Redwood of the reef: growth and age of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys. Marine Biology. 155(2). 159–171. 118 indexed citations
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Pawlik, Joseph R., Steven E. McMurray, & Timothy P. Henkel. (2007). Abiotic factors control sponge ecology in Florida mangroves. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 339. 93–98. 30 indexed citations

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