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Overview

Charles H. Peterson is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Oceanography. Additional areas of study include Aquatic Science and Pollution.

Themes recurring in their work emphasize marine and fisheries research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, coral and marine ecosystems, and marine animal studies. They have also contributed to topics such as isotope analysis in ecology, aquaculture nutrition and growth, and oil spill detection and mitigation.

Peterson's publication record includes papers in various venues, most notably the UNC Libraries, which host the majority of their work. Other notable outlets include Ecosphere, AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), PLoS ONE, and Elementa Science of the Anthropocene.

  • Conserving oyster reef habitat by switching from dredging and tonging to diver-harvesting, 2021, AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
  • Ecological consequences of mechanical harvesting of clams, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Artificial habitats host elevated densities of large reef-associated predators, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Passive acoustic monitoring complements traditional methods for assessing marine habitat enhancement outcomes, 2021, Ecosphere
  • Sampling design begets conclusions: the statistical basis for detection of injury to and recovery of shoreline communities after the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill, 2021, UNC Libraries

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers in their field. Regular coauthors include Avery B. Paxton, Stephen R. Fegley, Sean P. Powers, Hunter S. Lenihan, and Melanie J. Bishop, each contributing to multiple publications alongside Peterson.

Best Publications

  • Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems.

    Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Michael Xavier Kirby;Wolfgang H. Berger;Karen A. Bjorndal

  • Depletion, Degradation, and Recovery Potential of Estuaries and Coastal Seas

    Heike K. Lotze;Hunter S. Lenihan;Bruce J. Bourque;Roger H. Bradbury

  • The Report of the Ecological Society of America Committee on the Scientific Basis for Ecosystem Management

    Norman L. Christensen;Ann M. Bartuska;James H Brown;Stephen M Carpenter

  • Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean.

    Ransom A. Myers;Julia K. Baum;Travis D. Shepherd;Sean P. Powers

  • Long-Term Ecosystem Response to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

    Charles H. Peterson;Stanley D. Rice;Jeffrey W. Short;Daniel Esler

  • The management of fisheries and marine ecosystems

    L.W. Botsford;J.C. Castilla;C.H. Peterson

  • The Sustainable Biosphere Initiative: An Ecological Research Agenda: A Report from the Ecological Society of America

    Jane Lubchenco;Annette M. Olson;Linda B. Brubaker;Stephen R. Carpenter

  • Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by Oyster Reefs

    Jonathan H. Grabowski;Robert D. Brumbaugh;Robert F. Conrad;Andrew G. Keeler

  • Guiding ecological principles for marine spatial planning

    Melissa M. Foley;Benjamin S. Halpern;Fiorenza Micheli;Matthew H. Armsby

  • Diversity and Pattern in Plants and Insects

    William W. Murdoch;Francis C. Evans;Charles H. Peterson

  • HOW HABITAT DEGRADATION THROUGH FISHERY DISTURBANCE ENHANCES IMPACTS OF HYPOXIA ON OYSTER REEFS

    Hunter S. Lenihan;Charles H. Peterson

  • Estimated enhancement of fish production resulting from restoring oyster reef habitat: quantitative valuation

    Charles H. Peterson;Jonathan H. Grabowski;Sean P. Powers

  • Restoring oyster reefs to recover ecosystem services

    Jonathan H. Grabowski;Charles H. Peterson

  • Analysis of feeding preference experiments

    Charles H. Peterson;Paul E. Renaud

  • Predation, Competitive Exclusion, and Diversity in the Soft-Sediment Benthic Communities of Estuaries and Lagoons

    Charles H. Peterson

  • Engineering away our natural defenses: an analysis of shoreline hardening in the US

    Rachel K Gittman;Rachel K Gittman;F Joel Fodrie;Alyssa M Popowich;Danielle A Keller

  • The Importance of Predation and Intra- and Interspecific Competition in the Population Biology of Two Infaunal Suspension-Feeding Bivalves, Protothaca staminea and Chione undatella

    Charles H. Peterson

  • An experimentalist's challenge: when artifacts of intervention interact with treatments

    C.H. Peterson;Robert Black

  • Role of predation in organizing benthic communities of a temperate-zone seagrass bed

    H. C. Summerson;C. H. Peterson

  • Cascading of habitat degradation: Oyster reefs invaded by refugee fishes escaping stress

    Hunter S. Lenihan;Charles H. Peterson;James E. Byers;Jonathan H. Grabowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Melanie J. Bishop
Melanie J. Bishop Macquarie University
Sean P. Powers
Sean P. Powers University of South Alabama
Jonathan H. Grabowski
Jonathan H. Grabowski Northeastern University
Hunter S. Lenihan
Hunter S. Lenihan University of California, Santa Barbara
Robert Black
Robert Black University of Western Australia
Michael F. Piehler
Michael F. Piehler University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas A. Schlacher
Thomas A. Schlacher University of the Sunshine Coast
Richard A. Luettich
Richard A. Luettich University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eugene M. Burreson
Eugene M. Burreson Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Lauren S. Mullineaux
Lauren S. Mullineaux Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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