Stuart A. Sandin

16.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
116 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Stuart A. Sandin is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Stuart A. Sandin has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Ecology, 61 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 43 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Stuart A. Sandin's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (87 papers), Marine and fisheries research (58 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (37 papers). Stuart A. Sandin is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (87 papers), Marine and fisheries research (58 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (37 papers). Stuart A. Sandin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Curacao and Netherlands. Stuart A. Sandin's co-authors include Jennifer E. Smith, Mark J. A. Vermeij, Enric Sala, Forest Rohwer, Stephen W. Pacala, Brian Zgliczynski, Gareth J. Williams, Mark A. Hixon, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale and Clinton B. Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Stuart A. Sandin

112 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Baselines and Degradation of Coral Reefs in the Northern Line Islands

2008 671 citations Stuart A. Sandin, Jennifer E. Smith et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Why fishing magnifies fluctuations in fish abundance

2008 541 citations Stuart A. Sandin et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stuart A. Sandin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stuart A. Sandin

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Measuring the Structure, Composition, and Change of Underwater Environments with Large-area Imaging 2025 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·(unknown), Vid Petrovic, (unknown), (unknown), Clinton B. Edwards, Beverly J. French, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christopher J. Sullivan, (unknown), Arthur C. R. Gleason, (unknown), Stuart A. Sandin	0
2	Biological Surveys of Carondelet, a Shallow, Submerged Seamount in the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati 2024 ·Atoll research bulletin ·Sangeeta Mangubhai, Yashika Nand, (unknown), Brian Zgliczynski, Stuart A. Sandin	1
3	Variability in composition of parrotfish bite scars across space and over time on a central Pacific atoll 2023 ·Coral Reefs ·(unknown), Clinton B. Edwards, (unknown), Vid Petrovic, Brian Zgliczynski, Stuart A. Sandin, Jennifer E. Smith	4
4	Microorganisms and dissolved metabolites distinguish Florida's Coral Reef habitats 2023 ·PNAS Nexus ·Cynthia C. Becker, Laura Weber, Brian Zgliczynski, (unknown), Stuart A. Sandin, Erinn M. Muller, Abigail S. Clark, Melissa C. Kido Soule, Krista Longnecker, Elizabeth B. Kujawinski, Amy Apprill	14
5	Closing the gap between existing large‐area imaging research and marine conservation needs 2023 ·Conservation Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Will F. Figueira, Arthur C. R. Gleason, T. Shay Viehman, Clinton B. Edwards, Stuart A. Sandin	3
6	Life history mediates the association between parasite abundance and geographic features 2022 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Maureen A. Williams, (unknown), Danielle C. Claar, Beverly J. French, Katie L. Leslie, (unknown), Ana Sofía Guerra, Fiorenza Micheli, Brian Zgliczynski, Alison J. Haupt, Stuart A. Sandin, Chelsea L. Wood	6
7	Brilliantia kiribatiensis, a new genus and species of Cladophorales (Chlorophyta) from the remote coral reefs of the Southern Line Islands, Pacific Ocean 2021 ·Journal of Phycology ·Frédérik Leliaert, Emily L. A. Kelly, Jan Janouškovec, Michael D. Fox, Maggie D. Johnson, (unknown), (unknown), Andreas F. Haas, Enric Sala, Stuart A. Sandin, Jennifer E. Smith	3
8	Increasing Coral Reef Resilience Through Successive Marine Heatwaves 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Michael D. Fox, Anne L. Cohen, Randi Rotjan, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Stuart A. Sandin, Jennifer E. Smith, Simon R. Thorrold, (unknown), (unknown), David Obura	39
9	Ecophysiology of coral reef primary producers across an upwelling gradient in the tropical central Pacific 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·Maggie D. Johnson, Michael D. Fox, Emily L. A. Kelly, Brian Zgliczynski, Stuart A. Sandin, Jennifer E. Smith	12
10	Foraging consistency of coral reef fishes across environmental gradients in the central Pacific 2019 ·Oecologia ·Brian Zgliczynski, Gareth J. Williams, Scott L. Hamilton, (unknown), Michael D. Fox, Yoan Eynaud, Robert H. Michener, Les Kaufman, Stuart A. Sandin	17
11	Gradients in Primary Production Predict Trophic Strategies of Mixotrophic Corals across Spatial Scales 2018 ·Current Biology ·Michael D. Fox, Gareth J. Williams, Maggie D. Johnson, Veronica Z. Radice, Brian Zgliczynski, Emily L. A. Kelly, Forest Rohwer, Stuart A. Sandin, Jennifer E. Smith	96
12	Geographic Differences in Persistent Organic Pollutant Levels of Yellowfin Tuna 2017 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Sascha Nicklisch, (unknown), Stuart A. Sandin, Amro Hamdoun	33
13	Global microbialization of coral reefs 2016 ·Nature Microbiology ·Andreas F. Haas, (unknown), Linda Wegley Kelly, Craig E. Nelson, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale, Robert A. Edwards, Steve Giles, Mark Hatay, Nao Hisakawa, Ben Knowles, Yan Wei Lim, Heather Maughan, Olga Pantos, Ty N. F. Roach, Savannah E. Sanchez, Cynthia B. Silveira, Stuart A. Sandin, Jennifer E. Smith, Forest Rohwer	201
14	Fishing top predators indirectly affects condition and reproduction in a reef‐fish community 2012 ·Journal of Fish Biology ·Sheila Walsh, Scott L. Hamilton, Benjamin I. Ruttenberg, Mary K. Donovan, Stuart A. Sandin	24
15	Predator-Induced Demographic Shifts in Coral Reef Fish Assemblages 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Benjamin I. Ruttenberg, Scott L. Hamilton, Sheila Walsh, Mary K. Donovan, Alan M. Friedlander, Edward E. DeMartini, Enric Sala, Stuart A. Sandin	48
16	Trophic Classifications of Reef Fishes from the Tropical U.S. Pacific (Version 1.0) 2010 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Stuart A. Sandin, Ivor D. Williams	5
17	Periodic endolithic algal blooms in Montastraea faveolata corals may represent periods of low-level stress 2010 ·Bulletin of Marine Science ·Jessica Carilli, (unknown), Richard D. Norris, Stuart A. Sandin, Jennifer E. Smith	12
18	Synthesizing mechanisms of density dependence in reef fishes: behavior, habitat configuration, and observational scale 2010 ·Ecology ·J. Wilson White, Jameal F. Samhouri, Adrian C. Stier, Clare L. Wormald, Scott L. Hamilton, Stuart A. Sandin	63
19	Herbivore metabolism and stoichiometry each constrain herbivory at different organizational scales across ecosystems 2009 ·Ecology Letters ·Helmut Hillebrand, Elizabeth T. Borer, Matthew E. S. Bracken, Bradley J. Cardinale, Just Cebrián, Elsa E. Cleland, James J. Elser, Daniel S. Gruner, W. Stanley Harpole, Jacqueline T. Ngai, Stuart A. Sandin, Eric W. Seabloom, Jonathan B. Shurin, Jennifer E. Smith, Melinda D. Smith	130
20	Hyperspectral and Physiological Analyses of Coral-Algal Interactions 2009 ·PLoS ONE ·Katie L. Barott, Jennifer E. Smith, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale, Mark Hatay, Stuart A. Sandin, Forest Rohwer	97

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