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Carlos F. Gaymer is affiliated with Universidad Católica del Norte in Chile and focuses their research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work covers various subfields, including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Geography, Planning and Development.

The main topics addressed by Gaymer's research include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Gaymer has contributed extensively to the academic literature, with frequent publications appearing in venues such as:

  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Marine Policy
  • Environmental Science & Policy
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Some recent publications include:

  • Socio-environmental conflicts: An underestimated threat to biodiversity conservation in Chile, 2020, Environmental Science & Policy
  • A large-scale marine protected area for the sea of Rapa Nui: From ocean grabbing to legitimacy, 2020, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • The Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges: A review of the importance, opportunities and challenges for protecting a global diversity hotspot on the high seas, 2021, Marine Policy
  • Progress, opportunities and challenges for marine conservation in the Pacific Islands, 2020, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • The hidden landscape: Maritime cultural heritage of the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges with implications for conservation on the high seas, 2021, Marine Policy

They collaborate frequently with other researchers, notably including:

  • Alan M. Friedlander
  • Daniel Wagner
  • Francisco A. Squeo
  • Naití Morales
  • Javier Sellanes

Best Publications

  • The humboldt current system of northern and central chile : Oceanographic processes, ecological interactions and socioeconomic feedback

    Martin Thiel;Erasmo C. Macaya;Enzo Acuna;Wolf E. Arntz

  • Large marine protected areas – advantages and challenges of going big

    T. 'Aulani Wilhelm;Charles R. C. Sheppard;Anne L. S. Sheppard;Carlos F. Gaymer

  • Merging top-down and bottom-up approaches in marine protected areas planning: experiences from around the globe

    Carlos F. Gaymer;Angela V. Stadel;Natalie C. Ban;P. Francisco Cárcamo

  • One size does not fit all: The emerging frontier in large-scale marine conservation

    Robert J. Toonen;T. ‘Aulani Wilhelm;Sara M. Maxwell;Daniel Wagner

  • Predation contributes to invasion resistance of benthic communities against the non-indigenous tunicate Ciona intestinalis

    C. P. Dumont;C. P. Dumont;C. F. Gaymer;M. Thiel

  • An Appeal for a Code of Conduct for Marine Conservation

    Nathan J. Bennett;Nathan J. Bennett;Nathan J. Bennett;Lydia Teh;Yoshitaka Ota;Patrick Christie

  • Effects of isolation and fishing on the marine ecosystems of Easter Island and Salas y Gómez, Chile

    Alan M. Friedlander;Enric Ballesteros;Jim Beets;Eric Berkenpas

  • Using stakeholders' perspective of ecosystem services and biodiversity features to plan a marine protected area

    P. Francisco Cárcamo;Rosa Garay-Flühmann;Francisco A. Squeo;Carlos F. Gaymer

  • Distribution and feeding ecology of the seastars Leptasterias polaris and Asterias vulgaris in the northern Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada

    Carlos F. Gaymer;John H. Himmelman;Ladd E. Johnson

  • Spawning synchrony and aggregative behaviour of cold-water echinoderms during multi-species mass spawnings

    John H. Himmelman;Clément P. Dumont;Carlos F. Gaymer;Catherine Vallières

  • Towards the creation of an integrated system of protected areas in Chile: achievements and challenges

    Francisco A. Squeo;Rodrigo A. Estévez;Alexandra Stoll;Carlos F. Gaymer

  • Socio-environmental conflicts: An underestimated threat to biodiversity conservation in Chile

    Daniela M. Carranza;Katerina Varas-Belemmi;Diamela De Veer;Claudia Iglesias-Müller

  • Prey selection and predatory impact of four major sea stars on a soft bottom subtidal community

    Carlos F. Gaymer;Claudine Dutil;John H. Himmelman

  • A keystone predatory sea star in the intertidal zone is controlled by a higher-order predatory sea star in the subtidal zone

    Carlos F. Gaymer;John H. Himmelman

  • In search for the sources of plastic marine litter that contaminates the Easter Island Ecoregion.

    Simon Jan van Gennip;Boris Dewitte;Véronique Garçon;Martin Thiel

  • Effect of the degree of autotomy on feeding, growth, and reproductive capacity in the multi-armed sea star Heliaster helianthus

    Jorge V. Barrios;Carlos F. Gaymer;Julio A. Vásquez;Katherina B. Brokordt

  • Anthropogenic structures as a spatial refuge from predation for the invasive bryozoan Bugula neritina

    Clément P. Dumont;Larry G. Harris;Carlos F. Gaymer

  • Protected areas in Chile: are we managing them?

    Ignacio J. Petit;Ana N. Campoy;Maria-Jose Hevia;Carlos F. Gaymer

  • Marine Biodiversity in Juan Fernández and Desventuradas Islands, Chile: Global Endemism Hotspots

    Alan M. Friedlander;Enric Ballesteros;Jennifer E. Caselle;Carlos F. Gaymer

  • Domestication reduces the capacity to escape from predators

    Katherina B. Brokordt;Miriam Fernández;Carlos F. Gaymer

  • Collaboration and knowledge networks in coastal resources management: How critical stakeholders interact for multiple-use marine protected area implementation

    P. Francisco Cárcamo;Rosa Garay-Flühmann;Carlos F. Gaymer

  • Effect of intra- and interspecific interactions on the feeding behavior of two subtidal sea stars

    Carlos F. Gaymer;John H. Himmelman;Ladd E. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan M. Friedlander
Alan M. Friedlander University of Hawaii at Manoa
John H. Himmelman
John H. Himmelman Université Laval
Martin Thiel
Martin Thiel Catholic University of the North
Charles Sheppard
Charles Sheppard University of Warwick
Ladd E. Johnson
Ladd E. Johnson Université Laval
Nathan J. Bennett
Nathan J. Bennett University of British Columbia
Véronique Garçon
Véronique Garçon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Miriam Fernández
Miriam Fernández Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
John M. Lawrence
John M. Lawrence University of South Florida
Boris Dewitte
Boris Dewitte Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA)

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