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  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ellen K. Pikitch is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on ecology, global and planetary change, as well as management, monitoring, policy, and law related to marine environments.

Their work spans multiple subfields including oceanography and nature and landscape conservation. The main topics of their research include marine and fisheries research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, coastal and marine management, marine and coastal plant biology, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, avian ecology and behavior, and marine biology and ecology research.

The scientist has published extensively in several respected journals. Frequent publication venues include Frontiers in Marine Science, Marine Policy, Science, npj Ocean Sustainability, and the ICES Journal of Marine Science.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean" (2021, Science)
  • "A Scientific Synthesis of Marine Protected Areas in the United States: Status and Recommendations" (2022, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • "China's little-known efforts to protect its marine ecosystems safeguard some habitats but omit others" (2021, Science Advances)
  • "Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet" (2024, npj Ocean Sustainability)
  • "South Africa's experimental fisheries closures and recovery of the endangered African penguin" (2021, ICES Journal of Marine Science)

Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated multiple times include:

  • John J. Bohorquez
  • Jennifer Jacquet
  • U. Rashid Sumaila
  • Karine Kleinhaus
  • Anthony Dvarskas

The scientist received the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

    James A. Estes;John Terborgh;Justin S. Brashares;Mary E. Power

  • Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management

    E. K. Pikitch;C. Santora;E. A. Babcock;A. Bakun

  • Global estimates of shark catches using trade records from commercial markets.

    Shelley C. Clarke;Murdoch K. McAllister;E. J. Milner-Gulland;G. P. Kirkwood

  • The global contribution of forage fish to marine fisheries and ecosystems

    Ellen K Pikitch;Konstantine J Rountos;Timothy E Essington;Christine Santora

  • Status, trends and management of sturgeon and paddlefish fisheries

    Ellen K Pikitch;Phaedra Doukakis;Liz Lauck;Prosanta Chakrabarty

  • The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean

    Kirsten Grorud-Colvert;Kirsten Grorud-Colvert;Jenna Sullivan-Stack;Callum Roberts;Vanessa Constant

  • Little Fish, Big Impact: Managing a Crucial Link in Ocean Food Webs

    Ellen Pikitch;Patricia Dee Boersma;Ian Boyd;David Conover

  • A Bayesian Approach to Stock Assessment and Harvest Decisions Using the Sampling/Importance Resampling Algorithm

    Murdoch K. McAllister;Ellen K. Pikitch;Andre E. Punt;Ray Hilborn

  • Reef sharks exhibit site-fidelity and higher relative abundance in marine reserves on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.

    Mark E. Bond;Elizabeth A. Babcock;Ellen K. Pikitch;Debra L. Abercrombie

  • Using demographic methods to construct Bayesian priors for the intrinsic rate of increase in the Schaefer model and implications for stock rebuilding

    M. K. McAllister;E. K. Pikitch;E. A. Babcock

  • Opportunity for marine fisheries reform in China

    Ling Cao;Ling Cao;Yong Chen;Shuanglin Dong;Arthur Hanson

  • Marine reserve design and evaluation using automated acoustic telemetry: A case-study involving coral reef-associated sharks in the mesoamerican Caribbean

    Demian D. Chapman;Ellen K. Pikitch;Elizabeth Babcock;Mahmood S. Shivji

  • Two decades of genetic profiling yields first evidence of natal philopatry and long‐term fidelity to parturition sites in sharks

    Kevin Andrew Feldheim;Samuel H. Gruber;Joseph DiBattista;Elizabeth A. Babcock

  • A perspective on the use of spatialized indicators for ecosystem-based fishery management through spatial zoning

    Elizabeth A. Babcock;Ellen K. Pikitch;Murdoch K. McAllister;Panayiota Apostolaki

  • Long‐term natal site‐fidelity by immature lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) at a subtropical island

    Demian D. Chapman;Elizabeth A. Babcock;Samuel H. Gruber;Joseph D. Dibattista

  • A streamlined, bi-organelle, multiplex PCR approach to species identification: Application to global conservation and trade monitoring of the great white shark,Carcharodon carcharias

    Demian D. Chapman;Debra L. Abercrombie;Christophe J. Douady;Ellen K. Pikitch

  • Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation

    Merry D. Camhi;Ellen K. Pikitch;Elizabeth A. Babcock

  • Habitat use and demographic population structure of elasmobranchs at a Caribbean atoll (Glover's Reef, Belize)

    Ellen K. Pikitch;Ellen K. Pikitch;Demian D. Chapman;Demian D. Chapman;Elizabeth A. Babcock;Mahmood S. Shivji

  • Water level fluctuations and the ecosystem functioning of lakes

    Natasha J. Gownaris;Konstantine J. Rountos;Les Kaufman;Les Kaufman;Jeppe Kolding

  • Genetic profiling reveals illegal international trade in fins of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias

    Mahmood S. Shivji;Demian D. Chapman;Ellen K. Pikitch;Paul W. Raymond

  • Current Trends in Including Risk and Uncertainty in Stock Assessment and Harvest Decisions

    Ray Hilborn;Ellen K. Pikitch;Robert C. Francis

  • Submersible observations of deep-reef fishes of Heceta Bank, Oregon

    William G. Pearcy;David L. Stein;Mark Anthony Hixon;Ellen K. Pikitch

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth A. Babcock
Elizabeth A. Babcock University of Miami
Demian D. Chapman
Demian D. Chapman Florida International University
Mahmood S. Shivji
Mahmood S. Shivji Nova Southeastern University
Les Kaufman
Les Kaufman Boston University
Philippe Cury
Philippe Cury Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Marc Mangel
Marc Mangel University of Bergen
David O. Conover
David O. Conover University of Oregon
Edward D. Houde
Edward D. Houde University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Timothy E. Essington
Timothy E. Essington University of Washington
Natalie C. Ban
Natalie C. Ban University of Victoria

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