Thomas F. Goreau

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

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Thomas F. Goreau is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas F. Goreau has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Oceanography and 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Thomas F. Goreau's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (17 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (6 papers) and Cephalopods and Marine Biology (5 papers). Thomas F. Goreau is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (17 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (6 papers) and Cephalopods and Marine Biology (5 papers). Thomas F. Goreau collaborates with scholars based in United States, Jamaica and United Kingdom. Thomas F. Goreau's co-authors include N. I. Goreau, C. M. Yonge, Willard D. Hartman, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Thomas J. Goreau, Delbert E. Philpott, V.T. Bowen, T. Soot‐Ryen, Mark M. Littler and Barrett L. Brooks and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas F. Goreau

27 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

The Ecology of Jamaican Coral Reefs I. Species Composition and Zonation

1959 487 citations Thomas F. Goreau Ecology profile →
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SKELETON FORMATION IN CORALS. I. A METHOD FOR MEASURING THE RATE OF CALCIUM DEPOSITION BY CORALS UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS

1959 389 citations Thomas F. Goreau Biological Bulletin profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas F. Goreau United States	21	2.1k	1.4k	955	401	264	27	2.7k
Helmut Zibrowius France	26	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	339 0.8×	342 1.3×	90	2.3k
Diane S. Littler United States	41	3.7k 1.8×	4.8k 3.4×	1.4k 1.5×	223 0.6×	151 0.6×	110	5.7k
Michael Holcomb United States	27	2.0k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	870 0.9×	287 0.7×	118 0.4×	52	2.8k
Stephen L. Coles United States	27	3.0k 1.4×	2.1k 1.5×	1.8k 1.8×	97 0.2×	305 1.2×	39	3.4k
Riccardo Cattaneo‐Vietti Italy	39	3.1k 1.5×	3.0k 2.1×	2.3k 2.4×	176 0.4×	674 2.6×	143	5.2k
Ulf Båmstedt Norway	37	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	974 2.4×	106 0.4×	102	3.1k
Gerard M. Wellington United States	26	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.6×	157 0.4×	67 0.3×	42	2.9k
Alina M. Szmant United States	34	4.1k 2.0×	2.6k 1.8×	2.3k 2.4×	188 0.5×	516 2.0×	50	4.6k
Antonietta Rosso Italy	24	1.0k 0.5×	945 0.7×	959 1.0×	309 0.8×	173 0.7×	111	1.9k
Michel Pichon France	29	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	973 1.0×	130 0.3×	108 0.4×	60	2.4k

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Goreau, Thomas F., et al.. (1976). Fungiacava eilatensis burrows in fossil Fungia (Pleistocene) from the Sinai Peninsula. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 193(1112). 245–252. 8 indexed citations

Hartman, Willard D. & Thomas F. Goreau. (1975). A Pacific tabulate sponge, living representative of a new order of sclerosponges. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 167. 1–21. 62 indexed citations

Goreau, Thomas F., et al.. (1974). THE DETERMINATION OF CALCIUM-45 IN SEA WATER, CORALS AND CALCAREOUS ALGAE BY LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 41(1). 25–32. 4 indexed citations

Goreau, Thomas F., et al.. (1973). The ecology of Jamaican Coral Reefs. II. Geomorphology zonation, and sedimentary phases. Bulletin of Marine Science. 23. 92 indexed citations

Goreau, Thomas F., N. I. Goreau, & C. M. Yonge. (1973). On the utilization of photosynthetic products from zooxanthellae and of a dissolved amino acid in Tridacna maxima f. elongata (Mollusca: Bivalvia)*. Journal of Zoology. 169(4). 417–454. 53 indexed citations

Goreau, Thomas F., N. I. Goreau, & C. M. Yonge. (1971). REEF CORALS: AUTOTROPHS OR HETEROTROPHS?. Biological Bulletin. 141(2). 247–260. 149 indexed citations

Goreau, Thomas F., N. I. Goreau, T. Soot‐Ryen, & C. M. Yonge. (1969). On a new commensal mytilid (Mollusca: Bivalva) opening into the coelenteron of Fungia scutaria (Coelenterata)*. Journal of Zoology. 158(2). 171–195. 26 indexed citations

Goreau, Thomas F. & C. M. Yonge. (1968). Coral Community on Muddy Sand. Nature. 217(5127). 421–423. 75 indexed citations

Goreau, Thomas F. & Willard D. Hartman. (1966). Sponge: Effect on the Form of Reef Corals. Science. 151(3708). 343–344. 39 indexed citations

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Goreau, Thomas F.. (1963). CALCIUM CARBONATE DEPOSITION BY CORALLINE ALGAE AND CORALS IN RELATION TO THEIR ROLES AS REEF‐BUILDERS. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 109(1). 127–167. 227 indexed citations

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Goreau, Thomas F. & N. I. Goreau. (1960). THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SKELETON FORMATION IN CORALS. III. CALCIFICATION RATE AS A FUNCTION OF COLONY WEIGHT AND TOTAL NITROGEN CONTENT IN THE REEF CORAL MANICINA AREOLATA (LINNAEUS). Biological Bulletin. 118(3). 419–429. 35 indexed citations

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Goreau, Thomas F. & N. I. Goreau. (1960). THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SKELETON FORMATION IN CORALS. IV. ON ISOTOPIC EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGES OF CALCIUM BETWEEN CORALLUM AND ENVIRONMENT IN LIVING AND DEAD REEF-BUILDING CORALS. Biological Bulletin. 119(3). 416–427. 27 indexed citations

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Goreau, Thomas F. & N. I. Goreau. (1960). Distribution of Labeled Carbon in Reef-Building Corals with and without Zooxanthellae. Science. 131(3401). 668–669. 62 indexed citations

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Goreau, Thomas F. & N. I. Goreau. (1959). THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SKELETON FORMATION IN CORALS. II. CALCIUM DEPOSITION BY HERMATYPIC CORALS UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS IN THE REEF. Biological Bulletin. 117(2). 239–250. 236 indexed citations

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Goreau, Thomas F.. (1959). THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SKELETON FORMATION IN CORALS. I. A METHOD FOR MEASURING THE RATE OF CALCIUM DEPOSITION BY CORALS UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. Biological Bulletin. 116(1). 59–75. 389 indexed citations breakdown →

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Goreau, Thomas F.. (1959). The Ecology of Jamaican Coral Reefs I. Species Composition and Zonation. Ecology. 40(1). 67–90. 487 indexed citations breakdown →

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Goreau, Thomas F. & Delbert E. Philpott. (1956). Electronmicrographic study of flagellated epithelia in madreporarian corals. Experimental Cell Research. 10(2). 552–556. 31 indexed citations

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Goreau, Thomas F.. (1956). Histochemistry of Mucopolysaccharide-Like Substances and Alkaline Phosphatase in Madreporaria. Nature. 177(4518). 1029–1030. 44 indexed citations

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Goreau, Thomas F. & V.T. Bowen. (1955). Calcium Uptake by a Coral. Science. 122(3181). 1188–1189. 15 indexed citations

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Goreau, Thomas F.. (1953). Phosphomonoesterases in Reef-Building Corals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 39(12). 1291–1295. 3 indexed citations

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