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David A. Feary

David A. Feary

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
9586
World Ranking
4205
National Ranking
463

Overview

David A. Feary is affiliated with MRAG Ltd in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with substantial contributions in Ocean Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Mechanical Engineering, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Drilling and Well Engineering, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

David A. Feary has co-authored numerous papers with frequent collaborators including Christian Betzler, Alexandra R. Isern, Peter K. Swart, Peter J. Davies, and Judith A. McKenzie.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world, 2020, Science
  • Growth impacts in a changing ocean: insights from two coral reef fishes in an extreme environment, 2021, Coral Reefs
  • Ten lessons on the resilience of the EU common fisheries policy towards climate change and fuel efficiency - A call for adaptive, flexible and well-informed fisheries management, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Sustainable reference points for multispecies coral reef fisheries, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Risks to large marine protected areas posed by drifting fish aggregation devices, 2020, Conservation Biology

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Marine Science, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Conservation Biology.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Comanagement of coral reef social ecological systems

    Joshua E. Cinner;Tim R. McClanahan;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A. J. Graham

  • 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

  • Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes

    Camilo Mora;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Arturo Ayala Bocos;Paula M. Ayotte;Paula M. Ayotte

  • The growing need for sustainable ecological management of marine communities of the Persian Gulf.

    Peter F. Sale;David A. Feary;John A. Burt;Andrew G. Bauman

  • Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains

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

  • 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

  • Habitat choice, recruitment and the response of coral reef fishes to coral degradation

    David A. Feary;Glenn R. Almany;Mark I. McCormick;Geoffrey P. Jones

  • Climate change impacts on coral reefs: synergies with local effects, possibilities for acclimation, and management implications.

    Mebrahtu Ateweberhan;David A. Feary;Shashank Keshavmurthy;Allen Chen

  • Latitudinal shifts in coral reef fishes: why some species do and others do not shift

    David A Feary;Morgan S Pratchett;Micheal J Emslie;Ashley M Fowler

  • Transforming management of tropical coastal seas to cope with challenges of the 21st century

    Peter F Sale;Tundi Agardy;Cameron H Ainsworth;Blake E Feist

  • Holocene carbonate sedimentation on the west Eucla Shelf, Great Australian Bight: a shaved shelf

    Noel P. James;Thomas D. Boreen;Yvonne Bone;David A. Feary

  • Fear of Fishers: Human Predation Explains Behavioral Changes in Coral Reef Fishes

    Fraser A. Januchowski-Hartley;Nicholas A. J. Graham;David A. Feary;Tau Morove

  • 27 years of benthic and coral community dynamics on turbid, highly urbanised reefs off Singapore.

    J R Guest;K Tun;J Low;A Vergés

  • Tropical harmful algal blooms: an emerging threat to coral reef communities?

    Andrew G. Bauman;John A. Burt;David A. Feary;David A. Feary;Elise Marquis;Elise Marquis

  • Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world

    Joshua E. Cinner;Jessica Zamborain-Mason;Georgina G. Gurney;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Nicholas A. J. Graham

  • Crucial knowledge gaps in current understanding of climate change impacts on coral reef fishes

    S. K. Wilson;M. Adjeroud;D. R. Bellwood;M. L. Berumen;M. L. Berumen;M. L. Berumen

  • Coral degradation and the structure of tropical reef fish communities

    David A. Feary;Glenn R. Almany;Geoffrey P. Jones;Mark I. McCormick

  • Artificial marine habitats in the Arabian Gulf: Review of current use, benefits and management implications

    David A. Feary;John A. Burt;Aaron Bartholomew

  • Tropical Fishes Dominate Temperate Reef Fish Communities within Western Japan

    Yohei Nakamura;David A. Feary;Masaru Kanda;Kosaku Yamaoka

  • Effects of customary marine closures on fish behavior, spear-fishing success, and underwater visual surveys.

    David A. Feary;David A. Feary;Joshua E. Cinner;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Fraser A. Januchowski-Hartley;Fraser A. Januchowski-Hartley

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Burt
John A. Burt New York University Abu Dhabi
Andrew S. Hoey
Andrew S. Hoey James Cook University
David J. Booth
David J. Booth University of Technology Sydney
Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
Joshua E. Cinner
Joshua E. Cinner James Cook University
David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Maria Beger
Maria Beger University of Leeds
Christina C. Hicks
Christina C. Hicks Lancaster University
Morgan S. Pratchett
Morgan S. Pratchett James Cook University

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