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David S. Wethey is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

The main areas of study for Wethey include Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, and Ecology. Their work has a strong marine biology component, focusing particularly on marine bivalves and aquaculture studies. The scientist also engages in research on marine and coastal plant biology, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, marine and fisheries research, and the effects and responses related to ocean acidification.

Wethey has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include Remote Sensing, Marine Environmental Research, Frontiers in Marine Science, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, and Marine Biology.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Contrasting responsiveness of four ecologically and economically important bivalves to simulated heat waves, 2020, Marine Environmental Research
  • Sublethal responses of four commercially important bivalves to low salinity, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • Reproduction Under Stress: Acute Effect of Low Salinities and Heat Waves on Reproductive Cycle of Four Ecologically and Commercially Important Bivalves, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Climate change and Arenicola marina: Heat waves and the southern limit of an ecosystem engineer, 2022, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Clam feeding plasticity reduces herbivore vulnerability to ocean warming and acidification, 2020, Nature Climate Change

Often collaborating with other researchers, Wethey has frequently co-authored papers with:

  • Sarah A. Woodin
  • Elsa Vázquez
  • Celia Olabarría
  • Nicolás Weidberg
  • Salvador Román

Best Publications

  • Three decades of high-resolution coastal sea surface temperatures reveal more than warming

    Fernando P. Lima;David S. Wethey

  • Settlement and Early Post-Settlement Survival of Sessile Marine Invertebrates on Topographically Complex Surfaces: The Importance of Refuge Dimensions and Adult Morphology

    Linda J. Walters;David S. Wethey

  • Response of intertidal populations to climate: Effects of extreme events versus long term change

    David S. Wethey;Sarah A. Woodin;Thomas J. Hilbish;Sierra J. Jones

  • Ranking of settlement cues by barnacle larvae: influence of surface contour

    D. S. Wethey

  • Rising environmental temperatures and biogeography: poleward range contraction of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis L., in the western Atlantic

    Sierra J. Jones;Fernando P. Lima;David S. Wethey

  • Variation in the sensitivity of organismal body temperature to climate change over local and geographic scales

    Sarah E. Gilman;David S. Wethey;Brian Helmuth

  • Odor Plumes and Animal Navigation in Turbulent Water Flow: A Field Study.

    R. K. Zimmer-Faust;C. M. Finelli;N. D. Pentcheff;D. S. Wethey

  • Linking Thermal Tolerances and Biogeography: Mytilus edulis (L.) at its Southern Limit on the East Coast of the United States

    Sierra J. Jones;Nova Mieszkowska;David S. Wethey

  • OBSERVATIONS ON THE SYMBIOSIS WITH ZOOXANTHELLAE AMONG THE TRIDACNIDAE (MOLLUSCA, BIVALVIA)

    R. K. Trench;D. S. Wethey;J. W. Porter

  • Biogeography, Competition, and Microclimate: The Barnacle Chthamalus fragilis in New England.

    David S. Wethey

  • GEOGRAPHIC LIMITS AND LOCAL ZONATION: THE BARNACLES SEMIBALANUS (BALANUS) AND CHTHAMALUS IN NEW ENGLAND

    David S. Wethey

  • Chemical Induction of Larval Settlement Behavior in Flow.

    M. N. Tamburri;C. M. Finelli;D. S. Wethey;R. K. Zimmer-Faust

  • Ecological hindcasting of biogeographic responses to climate change in the European intertidal zone

    David S. Wethey;Sarah A. Woodin

  • Climate change, species distribution models, and physiological performance metrics: predicting when biogeographic models are likely to fail

    Sarah A. Woodin;Thomas J. Hilbish;Brian Helmuth;Sierra J. Jones

  • Water flow influences oxygen transport and photosynthetic efficiency in corals

    Christopher M. Finelli;Brian S. T. Helmuth;N. Dean Pentcheff;David S. Wethey

  • ECOLOGICAL GENETICS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC: ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS AND ADAPTATION AT SPECIFIC LOCI

    Paul S. Schmidt;Ester A. SerrÃo;Gareth A. Pearson;Cynthia Riginos

  • Spatial pattern in barnacle settlement: day to day changes during the settlement season

    David S. Wethey

  • Side matters: Microhabitat influence on intertidal heat stress over a large geographical scale

    Rui Seabra;David S. Wethey;António M. Santos;Fernando P. Lima

  • SUN AND SHADE MEDIATE COMPETITION IN THE BARNACLES CHTHAMALUSAND SEMIBALANUS: A FIELD EXPERIMENT

    David S. Wethey

  • PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS ON ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES: A FIELD TEST OF ODOR‐MEDIATED FORAGING

    Christopher M. Finelli;N. Dean Pentcheff;Richard K. Zimmer;David S. Wethey

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah A. Woodin
Sarah A. Woodin University of South Carolina
Fernando P. Lima
Fernando P. Lima University of Porto
Brian Helmuth
Brian Helmuth Northeastern University
Thomas J. Hilbish
Thomas J. Hilbish University of South Carolina
Lubos Polerecky
Lubos Polerecky Utrecht University
Simon F. Thrush
Simon F. Thrush University of Auckland
Conrad A. Pilditch
Conrad A. Pilditch University of Auckland
Celia Olabarria
Celia Olabarria Universidade de Vigo
Judi E. Hewitt
Judi E. Hewitt University of Auckland
Karsten Reise
Karsten Reise Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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