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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
The Modification of an Estuary
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Science, February 1986
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.231.4738.567 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Frederic H. Nichols, James E. Cloern, Samuel N. Luoma, David H. Peterson |
| Abstract |
The San Francisco Bay estuary has been rapidly modified by human activity. Diking and filling of most of its wetlands have eliminated habitats for fish and waterfowl; the introduction of exotic species has transformed the composition of its aquatic communities; reduction of freshwater inflow by more than half has changed the dynamics of its plant and animal communities; and wastes have contaminated its sediments and organisms. Continued disposal of toxic wastes, the probable further reduction in freshwater inflow, and the possible synergy between the two provide the potential for further alteration of the estuary's water quality and biotic communities. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 4% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 215 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 62 | 27% |
| Student > Master | 42 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 9% |
| Other | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 30 | 13% |
| Unknown | 34 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 77 | 34% |
| Environmental Science | 70 | 31% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 20 | 9% |
| Engineering | 4 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 9 | 4% |
| Unknown | 44 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 July 2016.
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#4,719,239
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#39,325
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#2,779
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Outputs of similar age from Science
#26
of 114 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,880,230 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 76th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 78,005 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 62.3. This one is in the 45th percentile – i.e., 45% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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