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Overview

Alan L. Shanks is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States and conducts research primarily in environmental science. Their work focuses on key areas including ecology, global and planetary change, and oceanography, with additional attention to pollution and ocean engineering.

The scientist's publication record is concentrated in several main fields and subfields. The primary field of study is environmental science, with 24 publications. Within subfields, the work is distributed across ecology (11 publications), global and planetary change (10 publications), oceanography (8 publications), pollution (3 publications), and ocean engineering (1 publication).

Alan L. Shanks's research covers multiple topics related to marine environments and ecology. These include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Microplastics and plastic pollution
  • Isotope analysis in ecology
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris", 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Predator control of marine communities increases with temperature across 115 degrees of latitude", 2022, Science
  • "Identification and observations of parasitic isopod larvae (Isopoda: Epicaridea) from the northeastern Pacific: pelagic distribution and association with copepod intermediate hosts", 2022, Journal of Crustacean Biology
  • "Observational Evidence and Open Questions on the Role of Internal Tidal Waves on the Concentration and Transport of Floating Plastic Debris", 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Juvenile Dungeness crabs (Metacarcinus magister) selectively integrate and modify the fatty acids of their experimental diets", 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Ecology (5 publications)
  • Environmental Research Letters (1 publication)
  • Science (1 publication)
  • Journal of Crustacean Biology (1 publication)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science (1 publication)

Collaboration is an important aspect of Alan L. Shanks's career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Sérgio A. Navarrete
  • Kathryn L. Cottingham
  • Nicholas J. Gotelli
  • Joseph B. Yavitt
  • William K. Michener

Best Publications

  • PROPAGULE DISPERSAL DISTANCE AND THE SIZE AND SPACING OF MARINE RESERVES

    Alan L. Shanks;Brian A. Grantham;Mark H. Carr

  • Pelagic Larval Duration and Dispersal Distance Revisited

    Alan L. Shanks

  • The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

    Erik van Sebille;Stefano Aliani;Kara Lavender Law;Nikolai Maximenko

  • Sensory environments, larval abilities and local self-recruitment

    Michael J. Kingsford;Jeffrey M. Leis;Alan Shanks;Kenyon C. Lindeman

  • Predicting self-recruitment in marine populations: Biophysical correlates and mechanisms

    Su Sponaugle;Robert K. Cowen;Alan Shanks;Steven G. Morgan

  • Surface slicks associated with tidally forced internal waves may transport pelagic larvae of benthic invertebrates and fishes shoreward

    AL Shanks

  • DISPERSAL POTENTIAL OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES IN DIVERSE HABITATS

    Brian A. Grantham;Ginny L. Eckert;Alan L. Shanks

  • Mechanisms of Cross-Shelf Dispersal of Larval Invertebrates and Fish

    Alan L. Shanks

  • Marine snow: sinking rates and potential role in vertical flux

    Alan L Shanks;Jonathan D Trent

  • Marine snow: microplankton habitat and source of small-scale patchiness in pelagic populations.

    Mary Wilcox Silver;Alan L. Shanks;Jonathan D. Trent

  • Upwelling, downwelling, and cross-shelf transport of bivalve larvae: test of a hypothesis

    Alan L. Shanks;Laura Brink

  • Marine snow: Microscale nutrient patches1

    Alan L. Shanks;Jonathan D. Trent

  • Laboratory-made artificial marine snow: a biological model of the real thing

    A. L. Shanks;E. W. Edmondson

  • POPULATION PERSISTENCE OF CALIFORNIA CURRENT FISHES AND BENTHIC CRUSTACEANS: A MARINE DRIFT PARADOX

    Alan L. Shanks;Ginny L. Eckert

  • Demonstration of the onshore transport of larval invertebrates by the shoreward movement of an upwelling front

    Alan L. Shanks;John Largier;Laura Brink;John Brubaker

  • Internal-wave-mediated shoreward transport of cyprids, megalopae, and gammarids and correlated longshore differences in the settling rate of intertidal barnacles

    Alan L. Shanks;William G. Wright

  • Adding teeth to wave action: the destructive effects of wave-borne rocks on intertidal organisms.

    Alan L. Shanks;William G. Wright

  • Movement and feeding activity of red sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) adjacent to a kelp forest

    J. E. Mattison;J. D. Trent;A. L. Shanks;T. B. Akin

  • Reducing microzones and sulfide production in marine snow

    AL Shanks;ML Reeder

  • Paradigm lost? Cross-shelf distributions of intertidal invertebrate larvae are unaffected by upwelling or downwelling

    Alan L. Shanks;R. Kipp Shearman

  • Predicting self-recruitment in marine populations: biophysical correlates

    S Sponaugle;R.K Cowen;Shanks A;S.G Morgan

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven G. Morgan
Steven G. Morgan University of California, Davis
Ad Reniers
Ad Reniers Delft University of Technology
Jamie MacMahan
Jamie MacMahan Naval Postgraduate School
Claire B. Paris
Claire B. Paris University of Miami
David A. Armstrong
David A. Armstrong University of Washington
Michael J. Kingsford
Michael J. Kingsford James Cook University
Jesús Pineda
Jesús Pineda Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John L. Largier
John L. Largier University of California, Davis
Barbara M. Hickey
Barbara M. Hickey University of Washington
Jeffrey M. Leis
Jeffrey M. Leis University of Tasmania

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