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30

Overview

David R. Schiel is affiliated with the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Their research spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on marine and coastal ecosystems. Within these broader fields, the scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The central themes of David R. Schiel's work involve marine and coastal plant biology, marine and fisheries research, and various aspects of fish ecology and management. Their research also addresses coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine biology and ecology, coral and marine ecosystems, and fish biology and ecology studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David R. Schiel include Shane Orchard, Leigh W. Tait, Shawn Gerrity, Mads S. Thomsen, and Michael J. H. Hickford. Their scholarly output appears regularly in several publication venues such as:

  • New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Remote Sensing
  • Ecosphere

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by David R. Schiel include:

  • Heterogeneity within and among co-occurring foundation species increases biodiversity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Loss of Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Driven by Marine Heatwaves and Exacerbated by Poor Water Clarity in New Zealand, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Unravelling seasonal trends in coastal marine heatwave metrics across global biogeographical realms, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Cascading impacts of earthquakes and extreme heatwaves have destroyed populations of an iconic marine foundation species, 2021, Diversity and Distributions
  • Missing the Forest and the Trees: Utility, Limits and Caveats for Drone Imaging of Coastal Marine Ecosystems, 2021, Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • The Population Biology of Large Brown Seaweeds: Ecological Consequences of Multiphase Life Histories in Dynamic Coastal

    David R. Schiel;Michael S. Foster

  • TEN YEARS OF INDUCED OCEAN WARMING CAUSES COMPREHENSIVE CHANGES IN MARINE BENTHIC COMMUNITIES

    David R. Schiel;John R. Steinbeck;Michael S. Foster

  • Patterns of distribution and abundance of large brown algae and invertebrate herbivores in subtidal regions of northern New Zealand

    J.H. Choat;David R Schiel

  • local extinction of bull kelp (durvillaea spp.) due to a marine heatwave

    Mads S. Thomsen;Mads S. Thomsen;Luca Mondardini;Tommaso Alestra;Shawn Gerrity

  • Effects of trampling on a rocky intertidal algal assemblage in southern New Zealand

    David R Schiel;David I Taylor

  • Community effects following the deletion of a habitat-forming alga from rocky marine shores

    Stacie A. Lilley;David R. Schiel

  • Sediment on rocky intertidal reefs: Effects on early post-settlement stages of habitat-forming seaweeds

    David R. Schiel;Spencer A. Wood;Robyn A. Dunmore;David I. Taylor

  • The structure and replenishment of rocky shore intertidal communities and biogeographic comparisons

    David R Schiel

  • Impacts of marine invaders on biodiversity depend on trophic position and functional similarity

    Mads S. Thomsen;James E. Byers;David R. Schiel;John F. Bruno

  • Loss of predators and the collapse of southern California kelp forests (?): Alternatives, explanations and generalizations

    Michael S. Foster;David R. Schiel

  • Rivets or bolts? When single species count in the function of temperate rocky reef communities

    David R. Schiel

  • Comparative phylogeography of coastal limpets across a marine disjunction in New Zealand.

    Sharyn J. Goldstien;David R. Schiel;Neil J. Gemmell

  • Functional descriptions of feeding and energetics of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in New Zealand

    Jeffrey S. Ren;Alex H. Ross;David R. Schiel

  • Secondary foundation species enhance biodiversity.

    Mads S. Thomsen;Mads S. Thomsen;Andrew H. Altieri;Andrew H. Altieri;Christine Angelini;Melanie J. Bishop

  • Seasonal variation in the reproductive activity and biochemical composition of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) from the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand

    Jeffrey S. Ren;Islay D. Marsden;Alex H. Ross;David R. Schiel

  • Growth, survival and reproduction of two species of marine algae at different densities in natural stands

    D. R. Schiel

  • Impacts of Temperature on Primary Productivity and Respiration in Naturally Structured Macroalgal Assemblages

    Leigh W. Tait;David R. Schiel

  • The surf zone: a semi-permeable barrier to onshore recruitment of invertebrate larvae?

    Gil Rilov;Sarah E. Dudas;Bruce A. Menge;Brian A. Grantham

  • The Biology and Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests

    David R. Schiel;Michael S. Foster

  • Biogeographic patterns and long-term changes on New Zealand coastal reefs: Non-trophic cascades from diffuse and local impacts

    David R. Schiel

  • Macroalgal assemblages in New Zealand: structure, interactions and demography

    David R. Schiel

Frequent Co-Authors

Mads S. Thomsen
Mads S. Thomsen University of Canterbury
Neil J. Gemmell
Neil J. Gemmell University of Otago
Thomas Wernberg
Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia
Gil Rilov
Gil Rilov Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Michael J. Kingsford
Michael J. Kingsford James Cook University
Clive Howard-Williams
Clive Howard-Williams National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Ian Hawes
Ian Hawes University of Waikato
Brian R. Silliman
Brian R. Silliman Duke University
Frédérique Viard
Frédérique Viard University of Montpellier
Spencer A. Wood
Spencer A. Wood University of Washington

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