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2547

Overview

Andrew J. Brooks is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science with an emphasis on several interconnected subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work centers on topics including Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Marine and coastal plant biology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Mercury impact and mitigation studies, and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting.

Frequent co-authors of Andrew J. Brooks include:

  • Sally J. Holbrook
  • Russell J. Schmitt
  • Joshua E. Cinner
  • Jessica Zamborain-Mason
  • Nicholas A. J. Graham

The scientist has published in a variety of academic venues. These include:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Science
  • Ecological Applications
  • Sustainability
  • Limnology and Oceanography

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world (2020, Science)
  • Landscape-scale patterns of nutrient enrichment in a coral reef ecosystem: implications for coral to algae phase shifts (2020, Ecological Applications)
  • A Review of Environmental Pollution from the Use and Disposal of Cigarettes and Electronic Cigarettes: Contaminants, Sources, and Impacts (2021, Sustainability)
  • Coral Reef Monitoring by Scuba Divers Using Underwater Photogrammetry and Geodetic Surveying (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Evaluating the precariousness of coral recovery when coral and macroalgae are alternative basins of attraction (2021, Limnology and Oceanography)

Best Publications

  • Bright spots among the world’s coral reefs

    Joshua E. Cinner;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A.J. Graham;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes

    Camilo Mora;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Arturo Ayala Bocos;Paula M. Ayotte;Paula M. Ayotte

  • Herbivory, Connectivity, and Ecosystem Resilience: Response of a Coral Reef to a Large-Scale Perturbation

    Thomas C. Adam;Russell J. Schmitt;Sally J. Holbrook;Andrew J. Brooks

  • Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains

    Joshua E. Cinner;Eva Maire;Eva Maire;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil

  • Habitat biodiversity as a determinant of fish community structure on coral reefs

    Vanessa Messmer;Vanessa Messmer;Geoffrey P. Jones;Philip L. Munday;Sally J. Holbrook

  • Spatio-temporal and interspecific variation in otolith trace-elemental fingerprints in a temperate estuarine fish assemblage

    Stephen E Swearer;Graham E Forrester;Mark A Steele;Andrew J Brooks

  • Symbiotic crabs maintain coral health by clearing sediments

    Hannah L. Stewart;Sally J. Holbrook;Russell J. Schmitt;Andrew J. Brooks

  • Can parasites be indicators of free-living diversity? Relationships between species richness and the abundance of larval trematodes and of local benthos and fishes

    Ryan F. Hechinger;Kevin D. Lafferty;Todd C. Huspeni;Todd C. Huspeni;Andrew J. Brooks

  • Recruitment Drives Spatial Variation in Recovery Rates of Resilient Coral Reefs.

    Sally J. Holbrook;Thomas C. Adam;Peter J. Edmunds;Russell J. Schmitt

  • Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world

    Joshua E. Cinner;Jessica Zamborain-Mason;Georgina G. Gurney;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Nicholas A. J. Graham

  • Effects of sheltering fish on growth of their host corals

    Sally J. Holbrook;Andrew J. Brooks;Russell J. Schmitt;Hannah L. Stewart

  • Nuclear targeting of the growth hormone receptor results in dysregulation of cell proliferation and tumorigenesis.

    Becky L Conway-Campbell;Jong Wei Wooh;Andrew J Brooks;David Gordon

  • Nitrogen Identity Drives Differential Impacts of Nutrients on Coral Bleaching and Mortality

    Deron E. Burkepile;Andrew A. Shantz;Thomas C. Adam;Katrina S. Munsterman

  • Variation in structural attributes of patch-forming corals and in patterns of abundance of associated fishes

    Sally J. Holbrook;Andrew J. Brooks;Russell J. Schmitt

  • Coral Reef Resilience, Tipping Points and the Strength of Herbivory

    Sally J. Holbrook;Russell J. Schmitt;Thomas C. Adam;Andrew J. Brooks

  • Landscape-scale patterns of nutrient enrichment in a coral reef ecosystem: implications for coral to algae phase shifts.

    Thomas C. Adam;Deron E. Burkepile;Sally J. Holbrook;Robert C. Carpenter

  • Experimental support for alternative attractors on coral reefs

    Russell J. Schmitt;Sally J. Holbrook;Samantha L. Davis;Andrew J. Brooks

  • Biological and physical interactions on a tropical island coral reef transport and retention processes on Moorea, French Polynesia

    James J. Leichter;Alice L. Alldredge;Giacomo Bernardi;Andrew J. Brooks

  • Predictability of fish assemblages on coral patch reefs

    Sally J. Holbrook;Andrew J. Brooks;Russell J. Schmitt

  • Resistance and resilience of a coral reef fish community to changes in coral cover

    Sally J. Holbrook;Russell J. Schmitt;Andrew J. Brooks

  • Predicting coral community recovery using multi-species population dynamics models.

    Mohsen Kayal;Mohsen Kayal;Hunter S. Lenihan;Andrew J. Brooks;Sally J. Holbrook

  • A Review of Environmental Pollution from the Use and Disposal of Cigarettes and Electronic Cigarettes: Contaminants, Sources, and Impacts

    Marc W. Beutel;Thomas C. Harmon;Thomas E. Novotny;Jeremiah Mock

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell J. Schmitt
Russell J. Schmitt University of California, Santa Barbara
Sally J. Holbrook
Sally J. Holbrook University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael J. Waters
Michael J. Waters University of Queensland
Christina C. Hicks
Christina C. Hicks Lancaster University
David A. Jans
David A. Jans Monash University
Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
M. Aaron MacNeil
M. Aaron MacNeil Dalhousie University
David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
Jamie Rossjohn
Jamie Rossjohn Monash University
Subhash G. Vasudevan
Subhash G. Vasudevan Australian National University

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