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440
National Ranking
40

Overview

Alistair J. Hobday is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as global and planetary change, ecology, oceanography, management, monitoring, policy and law, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics including coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, coastal and marine management, ocean acidification effects and responses, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, climate variability and models, and oceanographic and atmospheric processes.

Alistair J. Hobday has contributed to various frequent publication venues. These include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Ocean & Coastal Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

They have collaborated extensively with coauthors such as Ingrid van Putten, GT Pecl, Christopher Cvitanovic, Neil J. Holbrook, and Jason R. Hartog.

Recent papers by Alistair J. Hobday include:

  • Marine Heatwaves, 2020, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves, 2022, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • Keeping pace with marine heatwaves, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwave events, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Socioeconomic impacts of marine heatwaves: Global issues and opportunities, 2021, Science

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

    Gretta T. Pecl;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Julia Blanchard

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Lisa V. Alexander;Sarah E. Perkins;Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale

  • Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Markus G. Donat;Michael T. Burrows;Pippa J. Moore

  • Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services

    Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale;Thomas Wernberg;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Mads Thomsen

  • Marine Heatwaves.

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  • Automated acoustic tracking of aquatic animals: scales, design and deployment of listening station arrays

    M.R. Heupel;J.M. Semmens;A.J. Hobday;A.J. Hobday

  • Categorizing and naming marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Eric C.J. Oliver;Eric C.J. Oliver;Alex Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • Identification of global marine hotspots: sentinels for change and vanguards for adaptation action

    Alistair J. Hobday;Gretta T. Pecl

  • A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers

    Neil J. Holbrook;Neil J. Holbrook;Hillary A. Scannell;Alexander Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • Ecological risk assessment for the effects of fishing

    A.J. Hobday;A.D.M. Smith;I.C. Stobutzki;C. Bulman

  • Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves.

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  • The unprecedented 2015/16 Tasman Sea marine heatwave.

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Jessica A. Benthuysen;Nathaniel L. Bindoff;Nathaniel L. Bindoff;Nathaniel L. Bindoff;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Projected Marine Heatwaves in the 21st Century and the Potential for Ecological Impact

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Michael T. Burrows;Markus G. Donat;Alex Sen Gupta;Alex Sen Gupta

  • Long-term shifts in abundance and distribution of a temperate fish fauna: a response to climate change and fishing practices

    William T. White;Daniel C. Gledhill;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Pelagic protected areas: the missing dimension in ocean conservation

    Edward T. Game;Edward T. Game;Hedley S. Grantham;Alistair J. Hobday;Robert L. Pressey

  • Pushing the limits in marine species distribution modelling: lessons from the land present challenges and opportunities

    L. M. Robinson;L. M. Robinson;J. Elith;A. J. Hobday;R. G. Pearson

  • Improving knowledge exchange among scientists and decision- makers to facilitate the adaptive governance of marine resources: A review of knowledge and research needs

    C. Cvitanovic;C. Cvitanovic;A.J. Hobday;A.J. Hobday;L. Van Kerkhoff;Shaun Wilson

  • Scientific tools to support the practical implementation of ecosystem-based fisheries management

    A. D. M. Smith;E. J. Fulton;A. J. Hobday;D. C. Smith

  • Dynamic ocean management: Defining and conceptualizing real-time management of the ocean

    Sara M. Maxwell;Elliott L. Hazen;Rebecca L. Lewison;Daniel C. Dunn

  • Climate change and Australian marine life

    E. S. Poloczanska;R. C Babcock;A. Butler;A. J. Hobday

  • Identification of global marine hotspots: Sentinels for change and vanguards for adaptation

    A Hobday;GT Pecl

Frequent Co-Authors

Gretta T. Pecl
Gretta T. Pecl University of Tasmania
Stewart Frusher
Stewart Frusher University of Tasmania
Neil J. Holbrook
Neil J. Holbrook University of Tasmania
Elizabeth A. Fulton
Elizabeth A. Fulton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Johann D. Bell
Johann D. Bell University of Wollongong
Éva E. Plagányi
Éva E. Plagányi Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Eric C. J. Oliver
Eric C. J. Oliver Dalhousie University
Marcus Haward
Marcus Haward University of Tasmania
Thomas Wernberg
Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia

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