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89
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24924
World Ranking
512
National Ranking
181

Overview

Craig R. Smith is a researcher affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their work primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research topics focus extensively on marine-related studies, including Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine and Fisheries Research, and Marine Animal Studies Overview.

Smith has published in several frequently appearing venues, notably Frontiers in Marine Science, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Among recent papers, significant works include:

  • "Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy," 2020, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Midwater ecosystems must be considered when evaluating environmental risks of deep-sea mining," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining," 2022, published in Marine Policy
  • "Deep-Sea Misconceptions Cause Underestimation of Seabed-Mining Impacts," 2020, published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities," 2020, published in Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Smith's frequent coauthors include Jeffrey C. Drazen, Diva J. Amon, Adrian G. Glover, Thomas G. Dahlgren, and Daniel O. B. Jones.

In addition to journal articles, Smith has contributed to academic books published by Edinburgh University Press and Cambridge University Press. Titles include "The Scottish Enlightenment" published in 2021 and "Interpreting Adam Smith" published in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem

    E. Ramirez-Llodra;A. Brandt;R. Danovaro;B. De Mol

  • Man and the last great wilderness: human impact on the deep sea.

    Eva Ramirez-Llodra;Paul A. Tyler;Maria C. Baker;Odd Aksel Bergstad

  • ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON REGIONAL DEEP-SEA SPECIES DIVERSITY

    Lisa A. Levin;Ron J. Etter;Michael A. Rex;Andrew J. Gooday

  • ECOLOGY OF WHALE FALLS AT THE DEEP-SEA FLOOR

    Craig R. Smith;Amy R. Baco

  • Abyssal food limitation, ecosystem structure and climate change

    Craig R. Smith;Fabio C. De Leo;Angelo F. Bernardino;Angelo F. Bernardino;Andrew K. Sweetman;Andrew K. Sweetman

  • Whales as marine ecosystem engineers.

    Joe Roman;James A Estes;Lyne Morissette;Craig Smith

  • Submarine canyons: hotspots of benthic biomass and productivity in the deep sea

    Fabio C. De Leo;Craig R. Smith;Ashley A. Rowden;David A. Bowden

  • The deep-sea floor ecosystem: current status and prospects of anthropogenic change by the year 2025

    Adrian G. Glover;Craig R. Smith

  • Vent fauna on whale remains

    C. R. Smith;H. Kukert;R. A. Wheatcroft;P. A. Jumars

  • Major impacts of climate change on deep-sea benthic ecosystems

    Andrew K. Sweetman;Andrew R. Thurber;Craig R. Smith;Lisa A. Levin

  • A proposed biogeography of the deep ocean floor

    Les Watling;John Guinotte;Malcolm R. Clark;Craig R. Smith

  • Nematode‐specific PCR primers for the 18S small subunit rRNA gene

    Robin M. Floyd;Alex D. Rogers;P. John D. Lambshead;Craig R. Smith

  • Defining “serious harm” to the marine environment in the context of deep-seabed mining

    Lisa A. Levin;Kathryn Mengerink;Kristina M. Gjerde;Ashley A. Rowden

  • A mechanistic view of the particulate biodiffusion coefficient: Step lengths, rest periods and transport directions

    R. A. Wheatcroft;P. A. Jumars;C. R. Smith;A. R. M. Nowell

  • Biological responses to disturbance from simulated deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining

    Daniel O.B. Jones;Stefanie Kaiser;Andrew K. Sweetman;Craig R. Smith

  • Marine ecology: Do mussels take wooden steps to deep-sea vents?

    Daniel L. Distel;Amy R. Baco;Ellie Chuang;Wendy Morrill

  • Near-island biological hotspots in barren ocean basins

    Jamison M. Gove;Margaret A. McManus;Anna B. Neuheimer;Jeffrey J. Polovina

  • Global Observing Needs in the Deep Ocean

    Lisa A. Levin;Brian J. Bett;Andrew R. Gates;Patrick Heimbach

  • Biotic and Human Vulnerability to Projected Changes in Ocean Biogeochemistry over the 21st Century

    Camilo Mora;Chih Lin Wei;Audrey Rollo;Teresa Amaro

  • Phytodetritus at the abyssal seafloor across 10 of latitude in the central equatorial Pacific

    Craig R. Smith;Daniel J. Hoover;Shawn E. Doan;Robin H. Pope

  • Food for the deep sea: utilization, dispersal, and flux of nekton falls at the Santa catalina basin floor

    Craig R. Smith

  • A riot of species in an environmental calm: the paradox of the species-rich deep-sea floor

    Paul V. R Snelgrove;Craig R Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Katrin Linse
Katrin Linse British Antarctic Survey
Antoine Grémare
Antoine Grémare University of Bordeaux
Adrian G. Glover
Adrian G. Glover Natural History Museum
Lisa A. Levin
Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego
Kristina M. Gjerde
Kristina M. Gjerde Middlebury College
Andrew J. Gooday
Andrew J. Gooday National Oceanography Centre
David J. DeMaster
David J. DeMaster North Carolina State University
Jeffrey C. Drazen
Jeffrey C. Drazen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Paul A. Tyler
Paul A. Tyler University of Southampton
Cindy Lee Van Dover
Cindy Lee Van Dover Duke University

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