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80
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813
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Overview

Boris Worm is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Oceanography.

Their research encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Boris Worm has contributed to a number of scholarly articles, with selected recent papers including:

  • "Rebuilding marine life," 2020, published in Nature
  • "Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate," 2021, published in Nature
  • "Incorporating climate change adaptation into marine protected area planning," 2020, published in Global Change Biology
  • "A climate risk index for marine life," 2022, published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation," 2021, published in Endangered Species Research

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Heike K. Lotze
  • Derek P. Tittensor
  • Darcy Bradley
  • Kristin Kaschner
  • Nancy L. Shackell

The venues in which Boris Worm most frequently publishes are:

  • Nature
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Science

Best Publications

  • Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services.

    Boris Worm;Edward B. Barbier;Nicola Beaumont;J. Emmett Duffy

  • Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities

    Ransom A. Myers;Boris Worm

  • How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean

    Camilo Mora;Camilo Mora;Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Sina Adl;Alastair G. B. Simpson

  • Rebuilding Global Fisheries

    Boris Worm;Ray Hilborn;Julia K. Baum;Trevor A. Branch

  • Collapse and Conservation of Shark Populations in the Northwest Atlantic

    Julia K. Baum;Ransom A. Myers;Daniel G. Kehler;Boris Worm

  • Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines

    Michael R. Heithaus;Alejandro Frid;Aaron J. Wirsing;Boris Worm

  • Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa

    Derek P. Tittensor;Camilo Mora;Walter Jetz;Heike K. Lotze

  • Global phytoplankton decline over the past century

    Daniel G. Boyce;Marlon R. Lewis;Boris Worm

  • Marine Taxa Track Local Climate Velocities

    Malin L. Pinsky;Malin L. Pinsky;Boris Worm;Michael J. Fogarty;Jorge Louis Sarmiento

  • Ecosystem recovery after climatic extremes enhanced by genotypic diversity

    Thorsten B. H. Reusch;Anneli Ehlers;August Hämmerli;Boris Worm

  • Patterns and ecosystem consequences of shark declines in the ocean.

    Francesco Ferretti;Boris Worm;Gregory L. Britten;Michael R. Heithaus

  • Cascading top-down effects of changing oceanic predator abundances

    Julia K. Baum;Julia K. Baum;Boris Worm

  • Tracking the global footprint of fisheries

    David A. Kroodsma;Juan Mayorga;Timothy Hochberg;Nathan A. Miller

  • Rebuilding marine life

    Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Susana Agusti;Edward Barbier;Gregory L. Britten

  • Globalization, Roving Bandits, and Marine Resources

    F. Berkes;T. P. Hughes;R. S. Steneck;J. A. Wilson

  • Global catches, exploitation rates, and rebuilding options for sharks

    Boris Worm;Brendal Davis;Lisa Kettemer;Christine A. Ward-Paige

  • Plastic as a Persistent Marine Pollutant

    Boris Worm;Heike K. Lotze;Isabelle Jubinville;Chris Wilcox

  • Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate

    Enric Sala;Juan Mayorga;Darcy Bradley;Reniel B. Cabral

  • META-ANALYSIS OF COD-SHRIMP INTERACTIONS REVEALS TOP-DOWN CONTROL IN OCEANIC FOOD WEBS

    Boris Worm;Ransom A. Myers

  • Extinction, survival or recovery of large predatory fishes.

    Ransom A. Myers;Boris Worm

  • Response to Comments on "Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services"

    Boris Worm;Edward B. Barbier;Nicola Beaumont;J. Emmett Duffy

Frequent Co-Authors

Heike K. Lotze
Heike K. Lotze Dalhousie University
Derek P. Tittensor
Derek P. Tittensor Dalhousie University
Ransom A. Myers
Ransom A. Myers Dalhousie University
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Robert S. Steneck
Robert S. Steneck University of Maine
Terry P. Hughes
Terry P. Hughes James Cook University
Ulrich Sommer
Ulrich Sommer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Per Olsson
Per Olsson Stockholm Resilience Centre
Fikret Berkes
Fikret Berkes University of Manitoba
Lance Gunderson
Lance Gunderson Emory University

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