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Ecology and Evolution
New Zealand
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
68
Citations
14910
World Ranking
1544
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2023 - John Morton Medal, New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS)

Overview

Ashley A. Rowden is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their work focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, reflecting a broad engagement with marine environments and related ecological and geophysical processes.

The scientist's research spans several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Atmospheric Science

Key topics within their research portfolio cover a range of marine and environmental subjects:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Rowden's recent publications illustrate ongoing research activities in marine and deep-sea ecosystems. Notable papers include:

  • "Hadal trenches are dynamic hotspots for early diagenesis in the deep sea" (2021), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Resilience of seamount benthic communities to trawling disturbance" (2020), published in Marine Environmental Research
  • "Sediment Accumulation and Carbon Burial in Four Hadal Trench Systems" (2022), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • "Assessing Habitat Suitability Models for the Deep Sea: Is Our Ability to Predict the Distributions of Seafloor Fauna Improving?" (2021), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Distribution, Source, and Burial of Sedimentary Organic Carbon in Kermadec and Atacama Trenches" (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Frequent coauthors working alongside Rowden reflect a collaborative research environment and include:

  • Malcolm R. Clark
  • F Stephenson
  • David A. Bowden
  • Owen F. Anderson
  • Daniel Leduc

Rowden's findings are regularly disseminated through various scholarly venues known for marine and environmental research. They have multiple publications in:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Best Publications

  • Man and the last great wilderness: human impact on the deep sea.

    Eva Ramirez-Llodra;Paul A. Tyler;Maria C. Baker;Odd Aksel Bergstad

  • The ecology of seamounts: structure, function, and human impacts.

    Malcolm R. Clark;Ashley A. Rowden;Thomas Schlacher;Alan Williams

  • Submarine canyons: hotspots of benthic biomass and productivity in the deep sea

    Fabio C. De Leo;Craig R. Smith;Ashley A. Rowden;David A. Bowden

  • The impacts of deep-sea fisheries on benthic communities: a review

    Malcolm R. Clark;Franziska Althaus;Thomas A. Schlacher;Alan Williams

  • THE IMPORTANCE OF SEAGRASS BEDS AS A HABITAT FOR FISHERY SPECIES

    Emma L. Jackson;Ashley A. Rowden

  • Predicting global habitat suitability for stony corals on seamounts

    Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Amy R. Baco;Paul E. Brewin;Malcolm R. Clark

  • Mining of deep-sea seafloor massive sulfides: A review of the deposits, their benthic communities, impacts from mining, regulatory frameworks and management strategies

    R.E. Boschen;R.E. Boschen;A.A. Rowden;M.R. Clark;J.P.A. Gardner

  • Are macroinvertebrate communities influenced by seagrass structural complexity

    Martin J. Attrill;James A. Strong;Ashley A. Rowden

  • Defining “serious harm” to the marine environment in the context of deep-seabed mining

    Lisa A. Levin;Kathryn Mengerink;Kristina M. Gjerde;Ashley A. Rowden

  • Ocean climate anomalies and the ecology of the North Sea

    Martin Edwards;Gregory Beaugrand;Philip C. Reid;Ashley A. Rowden

  • Marine fish may be biochemically constrained from inhabiting the deepest ocean depths

    Paul H. Yancey;Mackenzie E. Gerringer;Mackenzie E. Gerringer;Jeffrey C. Drazen;Ashley A. Rowden

  • Seamount megabenthic assemblages fail to recover from trawling impacts.

    Alan Williams;Thomas A. Schlacher;Ashley A. Rowden;Franziska Althaus

  • Effect of deepwater trawling on the macro-invertebrate assemblages of seamounts on the Chatham Rise, New Zealand

    Malcolm R. Clark;Ashley A. Rowden

  • Ecological Role of Submarine Canyons and Need for Canyon Conservation: A Review

    Ulla Fernandez-Arcaya;Eva Ramirez-Llodra;Jacopo Aguzzi;A. Louise Allcock

  • Paradigms in seamount ecology: fact, fiction and future

    Ashley A. Rowden;John F. Dower;Thomas A. Schlacher;Mireille Consalvey

  • Effect of biodeposits from mussel culture on macroinvertebrate assemblages at sites of different hydrodynamic regime.

    Neil D Hartstein;Neil D Hartstein;Neil D Hartstein;Ashley A Rowden

  • Effect of patch size and in-patch location on the infaunal macroinvertebrate assemblages of Zostera marina seagrass beds.

    David A Bowden;Ashley A Rowden;Martin J Attrill

  • A test of the seamount oasis hypothesis: seamounts support higher epibenthic megafaunal biomass than adjacent slopes

    Ashley A. Rowden;Thomas A. Schlacher;Alan Williams;Malcolm R. Clark

  • Effect of Shoot Density on the Infaunal Macro-invertebrate Community within aZostera marinaSeagrass Bed

    P.J. Webster;A.A. Rowden;M.J. Attrill

  • The distribution of benthic biomass in hadal trenches: a modelling approach to investigate the effect of vertical and lateral organic matter transport to the seafloor

    Matteo C. Ichino;Matteo C. Ichino;Malcolm R. Clark;Jeffrey C. Drazen;Alan Jamieson

  • Earthquakes drive large-scale submarine canyon development and sediment supply to deep-ocean basins.

    Joshu J. Mountjoy;Jamie D. Howarth;Alan R. Orpin;Philip M. Barnes

Frequent Co-Authors

Malcolm R. Clark
Malcolm R. Clark National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Martin J. Attrill
Martin J. Attrill Plymouth University
Thomas A. Schlacher
Thomas A. Schlacher University of the Sunshine Coast
Malcolm B. Jones
Malcolm B. Jones Plymouth University
Lisa A. Levin
Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego
Alan Williams
Alan Williams University of Leeds
Frank Wenzhöfer
Frank Wenzhöfer Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Jonathan P. A. Gardner
Jonathan P. A. Gardner Victoria University of Wellington
Geoffroy Lamarche
Geoffroy Lamarche National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Timothy M. Shank
Timothy M. Shank Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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