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Overview

Dan A. Smale is affiliated with the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, as well as Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Their work spans a range of interconnected subfields, reflecting a broad engagement with marine and coastal environments.

Their contributions to marine science cover multiple main topics, including:

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

Dan A. Smale has co-authored extensively with several researchers, frequently collaborating with:

  • Pippa J. Moore (42 publications)
  • Nathan G. King (26 publications)
  • Michael T. Burrows (22 publications)
  • Thomas Wernberg (21 publications)
  • Kathryn E. Smith (15 publications)

Their research has appeared repeatedly in several key publication venues, including:

  • Nature Communications (5 publications)
  • Marine Environmental Research (5 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (3 publications)
  • Journal of Ecology (3 publications)
  • Marine Biology (3 publications)

Among their recent papers are works addressing the biological and socioeconomic dimensions of marine heatwaves, as well as ecosystem service valuation in kelp forests. Notable papers include:

  • "Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves," 2022, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • "Keeping pace with marine heatwaves," 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwave events," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Socioeconomic impacts of marine heatwaves: Global issues and opportunities," 2021, Science
  • "The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests," 2023, Nature Communications

This body of research situates Dan A. Smale as a contributor to understanding marine ecosystem responses to climate variability and change, as well as their broader ecological and socioeconomic implications.

Best Publications

  • A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Lisa V. Alexander;Sarah E. Perkins;Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale

  • Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Markus G. Donat;Michael T. Burrows;Pippa J. Moore

  • Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services

    Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale;Thomas Wernberg;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Mads Thomsen

  • Climate-driven regime shift of a temperate marine ecosystem

    Thomas Wernberg;Scott Bennett;Scott Bennett;Russell C. Babcock;Russell C. Babcock;Thibaut de Bettignies

  • An extreme climatic event alters marine ecosystem structure in a global biodiversity hotspot

    Thomas Wernberg;Dan A. Smale;Fernando Tuya;Fernando Tuya;Mads S. Thomsen

  • The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: climate-mediated changes in herbivory and community phase shifts

    Adriana Vergés;Peter D. Steinberg;Mark E. Hay;Alistair G. B. Poore

  • The future of Blue Carbon science

    Peter I. Macreadie;Andrea Anton;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;Nicola Beaumont

  • Categorizing and naming marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Eric C.J. Oliver;Eric C.J. Oliver;Alex Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers

    Neil J. Holbrook;Neil J. Holbrook;Hillary A. Scannell;Alexander Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • The role of kelp species as biogenic habitat formers in coastal marine ecosystems

    Harry Teagle;Stephen J. Hawkins;Stephen J. Hawkins;Philippa J. Moore;Philippa J. Moore;Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale

  • Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves.

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  • Projected Marine Heatwaves in the 21st Century and the Potential for Ecological Impact

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Michael T. Burrows;Markus G. Donat;Alex Sen Gupta;Alex Sen Gupta

  • Threats and knowledge gaps for ecosystem services provided by kelp forests: a northeast Atlantic perspective.

    Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale;Michael T. Burrows;Philippa J Moore;Philippa J Moore;Nessa O'Connor

  • Extreme climatic event drives range contraction of a habitat-forming species

    Daniel Smale;Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg

  • Impacts of climate change in a global hotspot for temperate marine biodiversity and ocean warming

    Thomas Wernberg;Bayden D. Russell;Pippa J. Moore;Pippa J. Moore;Scott D. Ling

  • A decade of climate change experiments on marine organisms: Procedures, patterns and problems

    Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg;Dan A. Smale;Mads S. Thomsen

  • Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean‐warming hotspot

    Jennifer M. Sunday;Jennifer M. Sunday;Gretta T. Pecl;Stewart Frusher;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Impacts of ocean warming on kelp forest ecosystems

    Dan A. Smale

  • Keeping pace with marine heatwaves

    NJ Holbrook;NJ Holbrook;A Sen Gupta;Ecj Oliver;AJ Hobday

  • Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwaves events

    Alexander Sen Gupta;Mads Thomsen;Jessica A. Benthuysen;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Defining and observing stages of climate-mediated range shifts in marine systems

    Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates;Gretta T. Pecl;Stewart Frusher;Alistair J. Hobday

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wernberg
Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia
Pippa J. Moore
Pippa J. Moore Newcastle University
Michael T. Burrows
Michael T. Burrows Scottish Association For Marine Science
Neil J. Holbrook
Neil J. Holbrook University of Tasmania
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Eric C. J. Oliver
Eric C. J. Oliver Dalhousie University
Mads S. Thomsen
Mads S. Thomsen University of Canterbury
Gary A. Kendrick
Gary A. Kendrick University of Western Australia
Markus G. Donat
Markus G. Donat Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Alex Sen Gupta
Alex Sen Gupta University of New South Wales

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