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Overview

Christina C. Hicks is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom, focusing on environmental science with an extensive specialization across several subfields. Their research spans global and planetary change, ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, nutrition and dietetics, and aquatic science.

Their research topics emphasize coral and marine ecosystems studies, child nutrition and water access, marine and fisheries research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, aquaculture nutrition and growth, coastal and marine management, and conservation, biodiversity, and resource management.

Christina C. Hicks has contributed to multiple publications in recognized scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Food
  • Global Food Security
  • Marine Policy
  • Conservation Biology

Selected recent publications by Hicks include:

  • Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system (2021), published in Global Food Security
  • Scenarios for Global Aquaculture and Its Role in Human Nutrition (2020), published in Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture
  • Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems (2021), published in Nature Food
  • Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world (2020), published in Science
  • The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system (2022), published in Global Food Security

In collaboration, Hicks frequently works with these coauthors:

  • Edward H. Allison
  • Nicholas A. J. Graham
  • James P. W. Robinson
  • Shakuntala H. Thilsted
  • Eva Maire

The collective research contributions from Christina C. Hicks demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach, integrating environmental science with nutrition, policy, and aquatic ecosystems, reflecting diverse and multi-faceted inquiry into global food systems and marine resources.

Best Publications

  • Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities

    Joshua E. Cinner;W. Neil Adger;Edward H. Allison;Michele L. Barnes;Michele L. Barnes

  • The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

    Jos Barlow;Filipe França;Filipe França;Toby A. Gardner;Christina C. Hicks

  • A social–ecological approach to conservation planning: embedding social considerations

    Natalie C. Ban;Morena Mills;Morena Mills;Jordan Tam;Christina C. Hicks

  • Harnessing global fisheries to tackle micronutrient deficiencies

    Christina C. Hicks;Christina C. Hicks;Philippa J. Cohen;Philippa J. Cohen;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Kirsty L. Nash

  • Bright spots among the world’s coral reefs

    Joshua E. Cinner;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A.J. Graham;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • Coral reef ecosystem services in the Anthropocene

    Anna Woodhead;Christina Hicks;Albert V. Norström;Gareth J. Williams

  • Securing a Just Space for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Blue Economy

    Philippa J Cohen;Philippa J Cohen;Edward H Allison;Edward H Allison;Neil L Andrew;Joshua E Cinner

  • Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains

    Joshua E. Cinner;Eva Maire;Eva Maire;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil

  • Evaluating Social and Ecological Vulnerability of Coral Reef Fisheries to Climate Change

    Joshua E. Cinner;Cindy Huchery;Emily S. Darling;Austin T. Humphries;Austin T. Humphries

  • MALTHUSIAN OVERFISHING AND EFFORTS TO OVERCOME IT ON KENYAN CORAL REEFS

    Tim R. McClanahan;Christina C. Hicks;Emily S. Darling

  • Engage key social concepts for sustainability

    Christina C. Hicks;Christina C. Hicks;Christina C. Hicks;Arielle Levine;Arun Agrawal;Xavier Basurto

  • Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system

    David C. Love;Edward H. Allison;Frank Asche;Frank Asche;Ben Belton;Ben Belton

  • Conceptualizing and operationalizing human wellbeing for ecosystem assessment and management

    Sara Jo Breslow;Brit Sojka;Raz Barnea;Xavier Basurto

  • Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene

    Emily S Darling;Emily S Darling;Emily S Darling;Tim R McClanahan;Joseph Maina;Georgina G Gurney

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

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

  • Scenarios for Global Aquaculture and Its Role in Human Nutrition

    Jessica A Gephart;Christopher D Golden;Frank Asche;Ben Belton

  • Responding to change: Using scenarios to understand how socioeconomic factors may influence amplifying or dampening exploitation feedbacks among Tanzanian fishers

    Joshua E. Cinner;Carl Folke;Tim Daw;Christina C. Hicks

  • Assessing Gear Modifications Needed to Optimize Yields in a Heavily Exploited, Multi-Species, Seagrass and Coral Reef Fishery

    Christina C. Hicks;Timothy R. McClanahan

  • What matters to whom and why? Understanding the importance of coastal ecosystem services in developing coastal communities

    Jacqueline D. Lau;Christina C. Hicks;Georgina G. Gurney;Joshua E. Cinner

  • Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems

    Rebecca E. Short;Stefan Gelcich;David C. Little;Fiorenza Micheli

  • The economic value of ecosystem services in the Great Barrier Reef: our state of knowledge

    Natalie Stoeckl;Christina C. Hicks;Morena Mills;Katharina Fabricius

  • Sense of place as a determinant of people's attitudes towards the environment: implications for natural resources management and planning in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

    Silva Larson;Debora M. De Freitas;Christina C. Hicks

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua E. Cinner
Joshua E. Cinner James Cook University
Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
Tim R. McClanahan
Tim R. McClanahan Wildlife Conservation Society
David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
Joseph Maina
Joseph Maina Macquarie University
John N. Kittinger
John N. Kittinger Arizona State University
Maria Beger
Maria Beger University of Leeds
Emily S. Darling
Emily S. Darling Wildlife Conservation Society
Tim M. Daw
Tim M. Daw Stockholm University

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