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Emily Carrington is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans several key areas within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on marine and coastal ecosystems.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Key subfields of study in Carrington's work are:

  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Pollution
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Themes frequently addressed in their research cover a range of marine environmental topics:

  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Emily Carrington has contributed to publications in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Environmental Science & Policy
  • Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture

Recent papers include:

  • "Linking ecomechanical models and functional traits to understand phenotypic diversity," 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "The aquaculture supply chain in the time of covid-19 pandemic: Vulnerability, resilience, solutions and priorities at the global scale," 2021, Environmental Science & Policy
  • "The Synergistic Impacts of Anthropogenic Stressors and COVID-19 on Aquaculture: A Current Global Perspective," 2021, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture
  • "Resource allocation to a structural biomaterial: Induced production of byssal threads decreases growth of a marine mussel," 2021, Functional Ecology
  • "Microplastic changes the sinking and resuspension rates of marine mussel biodeposits," 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors including:

  • Lyda S.T. Harris
  • Maria Cristina Mangano
  • Manuel Berlino
  • Laura Corbari
  • Giacomo Milisenda

Best Publications

  • BIOPHYSICS, PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE: Does Mechanism Matter?

    Brian Helmuth;Joel G. Kingsolver;Emily Carrington

  • Drag and dislodgment of an intertidal macroalga: consequences of morphological variation in Mastocarpus papillatus Kützing

    Emily Carrington

  • Seasonal variation in the attachment strength of blue mussels: Causes and consequences

    Emily Carrington

  • Mussel byssus attachment weakened by ocean acidification

    Michael J. O’Donnell;Matthew N. George;Emily Carrington

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

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

  • Mussels as a Model System for Integrative Ecomechanics

    Emily Carrington;J. Herbert Waite;Gianluca Sarà;Kenneth P. Sebens

  • Effects of water flow on growth and energetics of the scleractinian coral Agaricia tenuifolia in Belize

    K. P. Sebens;B. Helmuth;E. Carrington;B. Agius;B. Agius

  • The hydrodynamic effects of shape and size change during reconfiguration of a flexible macroalga.

    Michael L. Boller;Emily Carrington

  • Seasonal variation in mussel byssal thread mechanics

    Gretchen M. Moeser;Emily Carrington

  • Biotic and abiotic factors influencing attachment strength of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in suspended culture

    A. A. Lachance;B. Myrand;R. Tremblay;V. Koutitonsky

  • Interspecific comparison of the mechanical properties of mussel byssus

    Shanna L. Brazee;Emily Carrington

  • Long-term, high frequency in situ measurements of intertidal mussel bed temperatures using biomimetic sensors.

    Brian Helmuth;Francis Choi;Allison Matzelle;Jessica L. Torossian

  • The ecomechanics of mussel attachment: from molecules to ecosystems.

    Emily Carrington

  • LIFE HISTORY PHASES AND THE BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE RED ALGA CHONDRUS CRISPUS (RHODOPHYTA)

    Emily Carrington;Sean Patrick Grace;Thierry Chopin

  • Fracture mechanics and the survival of wave-swept macroalgae

    Mark Denny;Virginia Brown;Emily Carrington;George Kraemer

  • Seasonal influence of wave action on thread production in Mytilus edulis.

    Gretchen M. Moeser;Heather Leba;Emily Carrington

  • Temporal variation in the symbiosis and growth of the temperate scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata

    Jay Dimond;Emily Carrington

  • Mechanical design of mussell byssus: Load cycle and strain rate dependence

    Emily Carrington;John M. Gosline

  • Seasonal disturbance to mussel beds: Field test of a mechanistic model predicting wave dislodgment

    Emily Carrington;Gretchen M. Moeser;James Dimond;Joseph J. Mello

  • Mussel attachment on rocky shores: the effect of flow on byssus production

    Emily Carrington;Gretchen M. Moeser;Sean B. Thompson;Laura C. Coutts

  • In situ measurements of hydrodynamic forces imposed on Chondrus crispus Stackhouse

    Michael L. Boller;Emily Carrington

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Helmuth
Brian Helmuth Northeastern University
Kenneth P. Sebens
Kenneth P. Sebens University of Washington
Gianluca Sarà
Gianluca Sarà University of Palermo
Christopher D. G. Harley
Christopher D. G. Harley University of British Columbia
Bernardo R. Broitman
Bernardo R. Broitman Adolfo Ibáñez University
Réjean Tremblay
Réjean Tremblay Université du Québec à Rimouski
Michael J. O'Donnell
Michael J. O'Donnell McMaster University
Max Troell
Max Troell Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
António J.A. Nogueira
António J.A. Nogueira University of Aveiro
Mark W. Denny
Mark W. Denny Stanford University

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