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412

Overview

Chris Frid is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and specializes in environmental science with a focus on oceanography, global and planetary change, and ecology. Their research encompasses marine and fisheries research, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and marine biology and ecology research.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a diverse engagement with marine and coastal ecosystems and their management. Notable works include:

  • "Assessing the capacity of European regional seas to supply ecosystem services using marine status assessments," 2020, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • "Responses of a macrobenthic community to seasonal freshwater flow in a wet-dry tropical estuary," 2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "Involving fishers in the development a fisheries ecosystem plan," 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "Biodiversity, trait composition and ecological functioning: impacts of coastal urbanisation on subtropical mudflats," 2020, Marine and Freshwater Research
  • "Flow regimes among rivers influences benthic biota biodiversity, but not abundance or biomass, in intertidal mudflats and sandflats in wet-dry tropical estuaries," 2022, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Navodha G. Dissanayake
  • Bryony A. Caswell
  • O. A. L. Paramor
  • Jenny Hatchard
  • Knut H. Mikalsen

Chris Frid's research is published in a range of venues, including:

  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Marine and Freshwater Research
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • International Conference on Evolvable Systems
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Their main fields of study consist of:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Key subfields contributing to their scholarly output encompass:

  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Ocean Engineering

Chris Frid's research topics frequently involve:

  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies

Best Publications

  • Assessing functional diversity in marine benthic ecosystems: a comparison of approaches

    J. Bremner;S. I. Rogers;C. L. J. Frid

  • Methods for describing ecological functioning of marine benthic assemblages using biological traits analysis (BTA)

    J. Bremner;S.I. Rogers;C.L.J. Frid

  • Abnormalities in the reproductive health of flounder Platichthys flesus exposed to effluent from a sewage treatment works

    C.M. Lye;C.L.J. Frid;M.E. Gill;D. McCormick

  • Estrogenic alkylphenols in fish tissues, sediments, and waters from the U.K. Tyne and Tees estuaries

    C.M. Lye;C.L.J. Frid;M.E. Gill;D.W. Cooper

  • The environmental interactions of tidal and wave energy generation devices

    Chris Frid;Eider Andonegi;Jochen Depestele;Adrian Judd

  • Discards in North Sea fisheries: causes, consequences and solutions

    T.L. Catchpole;C.L.J. Frid;T.S. Gray

  • Matching biological traits to environmental conditions in marine benthic ecosystems

    J. Bremner;S.I. Rogers;C.L.J. Frid

  • Characterizing regime shifts in the marine environment

    Kathryn Lees;Kathryn Lees;Sophie Pitois;Catherine Scott;Chris Frid;Chris Frid

  • Indicators for Sea-floor Integrity under the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

    Jake Rice;Christos Arvanitidis;Angel Borja;Chris Frid

  • Ecosystem Ecology: A New Synthesis

    David G. Raffaelli;Christopher L. J. Frid

  • Ecology of Aquatic Systems

    Michael Dobson;Chris Frid

  • Long-term changes in the benthic communities on North Sea fishing grounds

    C. L. J Frid;K. G. Harwood;S. J. Hall;J. A. Hall

  • Incorporating ecological functioning into the designation and management of marine protected areas

    C. L. J. Frid;O. A. L. Paramor;S. Brockington;J. Bremner;J. Bremner

  • Domestic waste and TBT pollution in coastal areas of Ambon Island (Eastern Indonesia)

    S.M. Evans;M. Dawson;J. Day;C.L.J. Frid

  • Long-term changes in the benthos on a heavily fished ground off the NE coast of England

    C.L.J. Frid;R.A. Clark;J.A. Hall

  • Using indicator species to assess the state of macrobenthic communities

    Silvana Bustos-Baez;Chris Frid

  • Ecosystem Ecology: List of contributors

    David G. Raffaelli;Christopher L. J. Frid

  • Discarding in the English north-east coast Nephrops norvegicus fishery: the role of social and environmental factors

    T.L. Catchpole;C.L.J. Frid;T.S. Gray

  • Impact of climate change on long-term zooplankton biomass in the upwelling region of the Gulf of Guinea

    George Wiafe;Hawa B. Yaqub;Martin A. Mensah;Christopher L. J. Frid

  • On board short-time high temperature heat treatment of ballast water: A field trial under operational conditions

    Gernma Quilez-Badia;Tracy McCollin;Kjell D. Josefsen;Anthony Vourdachas

  • Chemical contaminant effects on marine ecosystem functioning

    Emma L. Johnston;Mariana Mayer‐Pinto;Tasman P. Crowe;Chris Frid

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart I. Rogers
Stuart I. Rogers Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Tim Gray
Tim Gray Newcastle University
Tasman P. Crowe
Tasman P. Crowe University College Dublin
David W. Sims
David W. Sims University of Southampton
Stephen J. Hawkins
Stephen J. Hawkins University of Southampton
Stephen D. Simpson
Stephen D. Simpson University of Exeter
Timothy J Smyth
Timothy J Smyth Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Nova Mieszkowska
Nova Mieszkowska University of Liverpool
Michael T. Burrows
Michael T. Burrows Scottish Association For Marine Science

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