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Overview

Brice X. Semmens is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant body of work dedicated to ecology and marine-related studies.

The scientist's work spans several subfields of study, including:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Oceanography
  • Aquatic Science

In terms of research topics, Semmens has contributed extensively to:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Their recent publications include:

  • Recovery of critically endangered Nassau grouper ( Epinephelus striatus ) in the Cayman Islands following targeted conservation actions, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The rise in climate change-induced federal fishery disasters in the United States, 2021, PeerJ
  • Triennial migration and philopatry in the critically endangered soupfin shark Galeorhinus galeus, 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Anchovy boom and bust linked to trophic shifts in larval diet, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Post-release survival and prolonged sublethal effects of capture and barotrauma on deep-dwelling rockfishes (genus Sebastes): implications for fish management and conservation, 2021, ICES Journal of Marine Science

Semmens frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Ecological Applications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • PLoS ONE
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaborations play a prominent role in their scientific output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lyall Bellquist
  • Andrew R. Thompson
  • Christy V. Pattengill-Semmens
  • Croy McCoy
  • Eric J. Ward

Best Publications

  • Incorporating uncertainty and prior information into stable isotope mixing models

    Jonathan W. Moore;Brice X. Semmens

  • Analyzing mixing systems using a new generation of Bayesian tracer mixing models.

    Brian C. Stock;Andrew L. Jackson;Eric J. Ward;Andrew C. Parnell

  • Best practices for use of stable isotope mixing models in food-web studies

    Donald L. Phillips;Richard Inger;Stuart Bearhop;Andrew L. Jackson

  • Bayesian stable isotope mixing models

    Andrew C. Parnell;Donald L. Phillips;Stuart Bearhop;Brice X. Semmens

  • A hotspot of non-native marine fishes: evidence for the aquarium trade as an invasion pathway

    Brice X. Semmens;Eric R. Buhle;Anne K. Salomon;Christy V. Pattengill-Semmens

  • Unifying error structures in commonly used biotracer mixing models

    Brian C. Stock;Brice X. Semmens

  • Quantifying Inter- and Intra-Population Niche Variability Using Hierarchical Bayesian Stable Isotope Mixing Models

    Brice X. Semmens;Eric J. Ward;Jonathan W. Moore;Chris T. Darimont

  • Assessing the effects of large mobile predators on ecosystem connectivity

    Douglas J. McCauley;Hillary S. Young;Robert B. Dunbar;James A. Estes

  • Monarch butterfly population decline in North America: identifying the threatening processes.

    Wayne E. Thogmartin;Ruscena Wiederholt;Karen Oberhauser;Ryan G. Drum

  • Quasi-extinction risk and population targets for the Eastern, migratory population of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus).

    Brice X. Semmens;Darius J. Semmens;Wayne E. Thogmartin;Ruscena Wiederholt

  • Conservation and Management Applications of the Reef Volunteer Fish Monitoring Program

    Christy V. Pattengill-Semmens;Brice X. Semmens

  • Using Stable Isotope Analysis to Understand the Migration and Trophic Ecology of Northeastern Pacific White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias)

    Aaron B. Carlisle;Sora L. Kim;Brice X. Semmens;Daniel J. Madigan

  • Restoring monarch butterfly habitat in the Midwestern US: ?all hands on deck?

    Wayne E. Thogmartin;Laura Lopez-Hoffman;Jason J. Rohweder;James E. Diffendorfer

  • Observations of a Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus , Spawning Aggregation Site in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, Including Multi-Species Spawning Information

    Leslie Whaylen;Christy V. Pattengill-Semmens;Brice X. Semmens;Phillippe G. Bush

  • A trans‐national monarch butterfly population model and implications for regional conservation priorities

    Karen Oberhauser;Ruscena Wiederholt;James E. Diffendorfer;Darius J. Semmens

  • Habitat structure determines resource use by zooplankton in temperate lakes

    Tessa B. Francis;Daniel E. Schindler;Gordon W. Holtgrieve;Eric R. Larson

  • Including source uncertainty and prior information in the analysis of stable isotope mixing models.

    Eric J. Ward;Brice X. Semmens;Daniel E. Schindler

  • Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 April 2010 - 31 May 2010

    P. Abelló;Weiming Ai;Carolin Altmann;Giacomo Bernardi

  • Spatial ecology and conservation of Manta birostris in the Indo-Pacific

    Joshua D. Stewart;Calvin S. Beale;Daniel Fernando;Abraham B. Sianipar

  • Conservation and fisheries effects of spawning aggregation marine protected areas: What we know, where we should go, and what we need to get there

    Arnaud Grüss;Arnaud Grüss;Jan Robinson;Selina S. Heppell;Scott A. Heppell

  • Selectivity: Theory, estimation, and application in fishery stock assessment models

    M.N. Maunder;P.R. Crone;J.L. Valero;B.X. Semmens

  • Conservation and Management Applications of the Reef Volunteer Fish Monitoring Program

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Frequent Co-Authors

Eric J. Ward
Eric J. Ward National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jonathan W. Moore
Jonathan W. Moore Simon Fraser University
Wayne E. Thogmartin
Wayne E. Thogmartin United States Geological Survey
Karen S. Oberhauser
Karen S. Oberhauser University of Wisconsin–Madison
Donald L. Phillips
Donald L. Phillips Environmental Protection Agency
William H. Blake
William H. Blake Plymouth University
Orley R. Taylor
Orley R. Taylor University of Kansas
Pascal Boeckx
Pascal Boeckx Ghent University
Mark D. Scheuerell
Mark D. Scheuerell University of Washington
Hugh G. Smith
Hugh G. Smith Landcare Research

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