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277

Overview

Chris Perry is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, encompassing a significant volume of work within 87 publications in environmental science and 34 in earth and planetary sciences.

Their subfields of study include ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and earth-surface processes. These areas reflect a concentrated interest in interactions within marine and terrestrial ecosystems and the environmental factors influencing planetary changes.

The main topics of Chris Perry's research cover:

  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Ocean acidification effects and responses
  • Ichthyology and marine biology
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies

Chris Perry has authored several recent papers, including:

  • "Global declines in coral reef calcium carbonate production under ocean acidification and warming" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Widespread retreat of coastal habitat is likely at warming levels above 1.5 °C" (2023), published in Nature
  • "A review of a decade of lessons from one of the world's largest MPAs: conservation gains and key challenges" (2020), published in Marine Biology
  • "Risks to future atoll habitability from climate-driven environmental changes" (2021), published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • "A quick, easy and non-invasive method to quantify coral growth rates using photogrammetry and 3D model comparisons" (2020), published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Chris Perry's frequent co-authors include:

  • Ines D. Lange
  • Nicholas A. J. Graham
  • Michael A. Salter
  • Lorenzo Álvarez-Filip
  • Rod W. Wilson

The scientist's work is commonly published in venues such as Coral Reefs, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Global Change Biology, Global and Planetary Change, and Cambridge Prisms Coastal Futures. These outlets indicate a strong presence in journals specializing in marine biology, ecological research, and global environmental change.

Best Publications

  • Caribbean-wide decline in carbonate production threatens coral reef growth

    Chris T. Perry;Gary N. Murphy;Paul S. Kench;Scott G. Smithers

  • Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level

    Chris T. Perry;Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Peter J. Mumby

  • Avoiding coral reef functional collapse requires local and global action

    Emma V. Kennedy;Chris T. Perry;Paul R. Halloran;Paul R. Halloran;Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

  • Global declines in coral reef calcium carbonate production under ocean acidification and warming

    Christopher E Cornwall;Christopher E Cornwall;Christopher E Cornwall;Steeve Comeau;Steeve Comeau;Steeve Comeau;Niklas A Kornder;Niklas A Kornder;Chris T Perry

  • Estimating rates of biologically driven coral reef framework production and erosion: a new census-based carbonate budget methodology and applications to the reefs of Bonaire

    C. T. Perry;E. N. Edinger;P. S. Kench;G. N. Murphy

  • Carbonate budgets and reef production states: a geomorphic perspective on the ecological phase-shift concept

    Christopher T. Perry;Thomas Spencer;Paul Kench

  • Elasticity in ecosystem services: exploring the variable relationship between ecosystems and human well-being

    Tim M. Daw;Christina C. Hicks;Katrina Brown;Tomas Chaigneau

  • Implications of reef ecosystem change for the stability and maintenance of coral reef islands

    Chris T. Perry;Paul S. Kench;Scott G. Smithers;Bernhard Riegl

  • A review of the ecological and taphonomic controls on foraminiferal assemblage development in intertidal environments

    Andrew Berkeley;Christopher T. Perry;Scott G. Smithers;B. P. Horton

  • Marginal and non-reef-building coral environments

    C. T. Perry;P. Larcombe

  • The functional value of Caribbean coral reef, seagrass and mangrove habitats to ecosystem processes.

    Alastair R. Harborne;Peter J. Mumby;Fiorenza Micheli;Christopher T. Perry

  • Changing geo-ecological functions of coral reefs in the Anthropocene

    Chris T. Perry;Lorenzo Alvarez‐Filip

  • Bleaching drives collapse in reef carbonate budgets and reef growth potential on southern Maldives reefs.

    C. T. Perry;K. M. Morgan

  • Syn-depositional alteration of coral reef framework through bioerosion, encrustation and cementation: Taphonomic signatures of reef accretion and reef depositional events

    Christopher T. Perry;L. J. Hepburn

  • Linking reef ecology to island-building: Parrotfish identified as major producers of island-building sediment in the Maldives

    Chris T. Perry;Paul S. Kench;MJ O'Leary;KM Morgan

  • Calcium carbonate budgets for two coral reefs affected by different terrestrial runoff regimes, Rio Bueno, Jamaica

    J. Mallela;J. Mallela;C. T. Perry

  • Nearshore Turbid-Zone Corals Exhibit High Bleaching Tolerance on the Great Barrier Reef Following the 2016 Ocean Warming Event

    Kyle M. Morgan;Chris T. Perry;Jamie A. Johnson;Scott G. Smithers

  • Regional-scale dominance of non-framework building corals on Caribbean reefs affects carbonate production and future reef growth.

    Chris T. Perry;Robert S. Steneck;Gary N. Murphy;Paul S. Kench

  • Cell cycle alterations in biopsied olfactory neuroepithelium in schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder using cell culture and gene expression analyses.

    Richard McCurdy;Francois Feron;Francois Feron;Chris Perry;David C. Chant

  • Grain susceptibility to the effects of microboring: implications for the preservation of skeletal carbonates

    Christopher T. Perry

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott G. Smithers
Scott G. Smithers James Cook University
Paul S. Kench
Paul S. Kench Simon Fraser University
Alan Mackay-Sim
Alan Mackay-Sim Griffith University
Colleen C. Nelson
Colleen C. Nelson Queensland University of Technology
Peter J. Mumby
Peter J. Mumby University of Queensland
John J. McGrath
John J. McGrath Aarhus University
Majid Ebrahimi Warkiani
Majid Ebrahimi Warkiani University of Technology Sydney
D. Howard Fairbrother
D. Howard Fairbrother Johns Hopkins University
Alastair R. Harborne
Alastair R. Harborne Florida International University
Kevin G. Taylor
Kevin G. Taylor University of Manchester

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