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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
9539
World Ranking
4793
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1963 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Angel C. Alcala was affiliated with Silliman University in the Philippines. Their research primarily focused on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on marine ecosystems and related fields.

The main areas of their scientific work included:

  • Environmental Science
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Oceanography
  • Speech and Hearing

The research topics covered in their publications spanned several subjects related to marine and environmental studies. These included:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management

The scientist contributed papers to a variety of publication venues, including:

  • Ecological Applications
  • Transactions of the National Academy of Science and Technology
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

Among their recent published works were:

  • Coral cover a stronger driver of reef fish trophic biomass than fishing, 2020, Ecological Applications
  • Apo Island and Sumilon Island Marine Reserves and Beyond, 2021, Transactions of the National Academy of Science and Technology
  • Human exposure to pollutant emissions from brick kilns and their association with ocular health and neurotoxic symptoms: a pilot study in the Refugio Brickmaking Area, León, Mexico, 2025, Frontiers in Psychiatry

The scientist collaborated frequently with other researchers including Garry R. Russ, Justin R. Rizzari, Rene A. Abesamis, Pedro Carrillo, and Anuar Salazar-Gómez.

Angel C. Alcala was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1963.

Best Publications

  • Decadal trends in marine reserves reveal differential rates of change in direct and indirect effects

    RC Babcock;Nicholas Shears;AC Alcala;NS Barrett

  • Do marine reserves export adult fish biomass? Evidence from Apo Island, central Philippines

    GR Russ;AC Alcala

  • Marine reserve benefits local fisheries

    Garry R. Russ;Angel C. Alcala;Aileen P. Maypa;Hilconida P. Calumpong

  • Marine Reserves: Rates and Patterns of Recovery and Decline of Large Predatory Fish

    Garry R. Russ;Angel C. Alcala

  • A direct test of the effects of protective management on abundance and yield of tropical marine resources

    A. C. Alcala;G. R. Russ

  • Effects of intense fishing pressure on an assemblage of coral reef fishes

    GR Russ;AC Alcala

  • Marine reserves: long-term protection is required for full recovery of predatory fish populations

    Garry R. Russ;Angel C. Alcala

  • No-take Marine Reserves and Reef Fisheries Management in the Philippines: A New People Power Revolution

    Angel C. Alcala;Garry R. Russ

  • Evolutionary Processes of Diversification in a Model Island Archipelago

    Rafe M. Brown;Cameron D. Siler;Carl H. Oliveros;Jacob A. Esselstyn

  • Management histories of Sumilon and Apo Marine Reserves, Philippines, and their influence on national marine resource policy

    G. R. Russ;A. C. Alcala

  • Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas in the Philippines for Biodiversity Conservation

    Rebecca Weeks;Garry R. Russ;Angel C. Alcala;Alan T. White

  • Enhanced biodiversity beyond marine reserve boundaries: the cup spillith over.

    Garry R. Russ;Angel C. Alcala

  • Spillover from marine reserves: the case of Naso vlamingii at Apo Island, the Philippines

    Garry R. Russ;Angel C. Alcala;Aileen P. Maypa

  • Inferring versus measuring rates of recovery in no-take marine reserves

    Garry R. Russ;Brian Stockwell;Angel C. Alcala

  • The parrotfish–coral relationship: refuting the ubiquity of a prevailing paradigm

    Garry R. Russ;Garry R. Russ;Sarah-Lee A. Questel;Sarah-Lee A. Questel;Justin R. Rizzari;Justin R. Rizzari;Angel C. Alcala

  • Natural fishing experiments in marine reserves 1983 - 1993: roles of life history and fishing intensity in family responses

    G. R. Russ;A. C. Alcala

  • A long-term, spatially replicated experimental test of the effect of marine reserves on local fish yields

    Angel C Alcala;Garry R Russ;Aileen P Maypa;Hilconida P Calumpong

  • Natural fishing experiments in marine reserves 1983–1993: community and trophic responses

    G. R. Russ;A. C. Alcala

  • Trophic and benthic responses to no-take marine reserve protection in the Philippines.

    Brian Stockwell;Claro Renato L. Jadloc;Rene A. Abesamis;Angel C. Alcala

  • Human fatality due to ingestion of the crab Demania reynaudii that contained a palytoxin-like toxin

    Angel C. Alcala;Lawton C. Alcala;John S. Garth;Daisuke Yasumura

  • Thinking and managing outside the box: coalescing connectivity networks to build region-wide resilience in coral reef ecosystems

    R. S. Steneck;C. B. Paris;S. N. Arnold;M. C. Ablan-Lagman

Frequent Co-Authors

Garry R. Russ
Garry R. Russ James Cook University
Rafe M. Brown
Rafe M. Brown University of Kansas
Arvin C. Diesmos
Arvin C. Diesmos National Museum of Natural History
Cameron D. Siler
Cameron D. Siler University of Oklahoma
Takeshi Yasumoto
Takeshi Yasumoto Tohoku University
Jimmy A. McGuire
Jimmy A. McGuire University of California, Berkeley
Laurence J. McCook
Laurence J. McCook James Cook University
Andrew S. Hoey
Andrew S. Hoey James Cook University
Yasukatsu Oshima
Yasukatsu Oshima Tohoku University
Neville S. Barrett
Neville S. Barrett University of Tasmania

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