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47
Citations
7842
World Ranking
4461
National Ranking
300

Overview

Anna Metaxas is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans numerous subfields including oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, and ecological modeling.

Their research topics focus primarily on marine and coastal plant biology, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine biology and ecology research, marine and fisheries research, coastal and marine management, species distribution and climate change, as well as marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

Metaxas has published multiple papers in frequently featured venues, including:

  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Marine Policy
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Recent papers by Metaxas cover a range of topics and include the following works:

  • "Promoting inclusive metrics of success and impact to dismantle a discriminatory reward system in science," 2021, published in PLoS Biology
  • "Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining," 2022, Marine Policy
  • "Demystifying ecological connectivity for actionable spatial conservation planning," 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Operationalizing ecological connectivity in spatial conservation planning with Marxan Connect," 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Deep-Sea Misconceptions Cause Underestimation of Seabed-Mining Impacts," 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution

The scientist has frequently collaborated with others in the field, with notable co-authors including:

  • Diva J. Amon
  • Lisa A. Levin
  • Ana Colaço
  • Nélia C. Mestre
  • Tina N. Molodtsova

Best Publications

  • Environmental Impacts of the Deep-Water Oil and Gas Industry: A Review to Guide Management Strategies

    Erik E. Cordes;Daniel O. B. Jones;Thomas A. Schlacher;Diva J. Amon

  • Hydrothermal Vents and Methane Seeps: Rethinking the Sphere of Influence

    Lisa A. Levin;Amy R. Baco;David A. Bowden;Ana Colaco

  • Community structure and organization of tidepools

    Anna Metaxas;Robert Eric Scheibling

  • Quantifying the “Bio-” Components in Biophysical Models of Larval Transport in Marine Benthic Invertebrates: Advances and Pitfalls

    Anna Metaxas;Megan Saunders

  • Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining

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  • The current application of ecological connectivity in the design of marine protected areas

    Arieanna C. Balbar;Anna Metaxas

  • Behaviour in flow: perspectives on the distribution and dispersion of meroplanktonic larvae in the water column

    Anna Metaxas

  • Estimating dispersal distance in the deep sea: challenges and applications to marine reserves

    Ana Hilário;Anna Metaxas;Sylvie M. Gaudron;Kerry L. Howell

  • SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE AND INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS FOR PROTECTION OF ACTIVE HYDROTHERMAL VENT ECOSYSTEMS FROM DEEP-SEA MINING

    C. L. Van Dover;Sophie Arnaud-Haond;M. Gianni;S. Helmreich

  • Promoting inclusive metrics of success and impact to dismantle a discriminatory reward system in science.

    Sarah W. Davies;Hollie M. Putnam;Tracy Ainsworth;Julia K. Baum

  • Predicting suitable habitat for deep-water gorgonian corals on the Atlantic and Pacific Continental Margins of North America

    Tanya L. Bryan;Anna Metaxas

  • Demystifying ecological connectivity for actionable spatial conservation planning.

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  • Operationalizing ecological connectivity in spatial conservation planning with Marxan Connect

    Rémi M. Daigle;Rémi M. Daigle;Anna Metaxas;Arieanna C. Balbar;Jennifer McGowan;Jennifer McGowan

  • A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation

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  • Embryology of vestimentiferan tube worms from deep-sea methane/sulphide seeps

    Craig M. Young;Elsa Vázquez;Anna Metaxas;Paul A. Tyler

  • Kelp in hot water: I. Warming seawater temperature induces weakening and loss of kelp tissue

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  • Vertical, lateral and temporal structure in larval distributions at hydrothermal vents

    Lauren S. Mullineaux;Susan W. Mills;Andrew K. Sweetman;Ann H. Beaudreau

  • Deep-Sea Misconceptions Cause Underestimation of Seabed-Mining Impacts

    Craig R. Smith;Verena Tunnicliffe;Ana Colaço;Jeffrey C. Drazen

  • Responses of echinoid larvae to food patches of different algal densities

    A. Metaxas;C. M. Young

  • Exploring the Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents in a Metacommunity Framework

    Lauren S. Mullineaux;Anna Metaxas;Stace E. Beaulieu;Monika Bright

  • High recruitment of the introduced bryozoan Membranipora membranacea is associated with kelp bed defoliation in Nova Scotia, Canada

    Megan Saunders;Anna Metaxas

  • Distribution of deep-water corals along the North American continental margins: Relationships with environmental factors

    Tanya L. Bryan;Anna Metaxas

  • Temperature explains settlement patterns of the introduced bryozoan Membranipora membranacea in Nova Scotia, Canada

    Megan Saunders;Anna Metaxas

  • Spatial and temporal patterns in larval supply at hydrothermal vents in the northeast Pacific Ocean

    Anna Metaxas

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Eric Scheibling
Robert Eric Scheibling Dalhousie University
Paul V. R. Snelgrove
Paul V. R. Snelgrove Memorial University of Newfoundland
Lisa A. Levin
Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego
Verena Tunnicliffe
Verena Tunnicliffe University of Victoria
Maria Beger
Maria Beger University of Leeds
Craig M. Young
Craig M. Young University of Oregon
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Ana Colaço
Ana Colaço University of the Azores
Eva Ramirez-Llodra
Eva Ramirez-Llodra Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Eric A. Treml
Eric A. Treml Australian Institute of Marine Science

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