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Gareth J. Williams

Gareth J. Williams

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
7713
World Ranking
4472
National Ranking
490

Overview

Gareth J. Williams is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, with a particular focus on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography. Molecular Biology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law also form part of their scholarly interests.

The main topics of Gareth J. Williams's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine animal studies overview, Coastal and Marine Management, DNA Repair Mechanisms, and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

Frequent publication venues for Gareth J. Williams reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research. Notable venues include Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Coral Reefs, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Royal Society Open Science, and Research Square.

Their recent papers showcase a range of current environmental and ecological concerns. Key publications include:

  • The fundamental links between climate change and marine plastic pollution (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • ATM-Deficient Cancers Provide New Opportunities for Precision Oncology (2020, Cancers)
  • Coral reefs benefit from reduced land-sea impacts under ocean warming (2023, Nature)
  • A review of a decade of lessons from one of the world's largest MPAs: conservation gains and key challenges (2020, Marine Biology)
  • Three-dimensional digital mapping of ecosystems: a new era in spatial ecology (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

Gareth J. Williams frequently collaborates with several researchers, demonstrating a networked approach to scientific inquiry. Their most frequent co-authors include Andrew J. Davies, Jamison M. Gove, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Mattias Green, and Brian K. Walker.

Best Publications

  • Local-scale projections of coral reef futures and implications of the Paris Agreement

    Ruben van Hooidonk;Ruben van Hooidonk;Jeffrey A. Maynard;Jeffrey A. Maynard;Jerker Tamelander;Jamison M. Gove

  • Coral reef ecosystem services in the Anthropocene

    Anna Woodhead;Christina Hicks;Albert V. Norström;Gareth J. Williams

  • The fundamental links between climate change and marine plastic pollution.

    Helen V. Ford;Nia H. Jones;Andrew J. Davies;Brendan J. Godley

  • High frequency temperature variability reduces the risk of coral bleaching.

    Aryan Safaie;Nyssa J. Silbiger;Timothy R. McClanahan;Geno Pawlak

  • Projections of climate conditions that increase coral disease susceptibility and pathogen abundance and virulence

    Jeffrey Maynard;Jeffrey Maynard;Ruben van Hooidonk;Ruben van Hooidonk;C. Mark Eakin;Marjetta Puotinen

  • Near-island biological hotspots in barren ocean basins

    Jamison M. Gove;Margaret A. McManus;Anna B. Neuheimer;Jeffrey J. Polovina

  • 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

  • Local genomic adaptation of coral reef-associated microbiomes to gradients of natural variability and anthropogenic stressors

    Linda W. Kelly;Gareth J. Williams;Katie L. Barott;Katie L. Barott;Craig A. Carlson

  • Identifying multiple coral reef regimes and their drivers across the Hawaiian archipelago

    Jean Baptiste Jouffray;Jean Baptiste Jouffray;Magnus Nyström;Albert V. Norström;Ivor D. Williams

  • Pathogenesis of a tissue loss disease affecting multiple species of corals along the Florida Reef Tract

    Greta S. Aeby;Blake Ushijima;Justin E. Campbell;Scott Jones

  • Benthic communities at two remote Pacific coral reefs: effects of reef habitat, depth, and wave energy gradients on spatial patterns

    Gareth J. Williams;Jennifer E. Smith;Eric J. Conklin;Jamison M. Gove

  • Prey-size plastics are invading larval fish nurseries

    Jamison M. Gove;Jonathan L. Whitney;Margaret A. McManus;Joey Lecky

  • Natural history of coral-algae competition across a gradient of human activity in the Line Islands

    Katie L. Barott;Gareth J. Williams;Mark J. A. Vermeij;Jill Harris

  • Author Correction: High frequency temperature variability reduces the risk of coral bleaching

    Aryan Safaie;Nyssa J. Silbiger;Nyssa J. Silbiger;Timothy R. McClanahan;Geno Pawlak

  • Quantifying climatological ranges and anomalies for Pacific coral reef ecosystems.

    Jamison M. Gove;Jamison M. Gove;Gareth J. Williams;Margaret A. McManus;Scott F. Heron;Scott F. Heron

  • Guiding coral reef futures in the Anthropocene

    Albert V. Norström;Magnus Nyström;Jean-Baptiste Jouffray;Jean-Baptiste Jouffray;Carl Folke;Carl Folke

  • Coral reef ecology in the Anthropocene

    Gareth J. Williams;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Jean-Baptiste Jouffray;Jean-Baptiste Jouffray;Albert V. Norström

  • Patterns of coral disease across the Hawaiian archipelago: relating disease to environment.

    Greta S. Aeby;Gareth J. Williams;Gareth J. Williams;Erik C. Franklin;Jean Kenyon

  • Black reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs

    Linda Wegley Kelly;Katie L Barott;Elizabeth Dinsdale;Alan M Friedlander

  • Reef Fish Survey Techniques: Assessing the Potential for Standardizing Methodologies.

    Zachary R. Caldwell;Brian J. Zgliczynski;Gareth J. Williams;Gareth J. Williams;Stuart A. Sandin

  • Predictive modeling of coral disease distribution within a reef system.

    Gareth J. Williams;Greta S. Aeby;Rebecca O. M. Cowie;Simon K. Davy

  • Growth anomalies on the coral genera Acropora and Porites are strongly associated with host density and human population size across the Indo-Pacific.

    Greta S. Aeby;Gareth J. Williams;Gareth J. Williams;Erik C. Franklin;Jessica Haapkyla

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey Maynard
Jeffrey Maynard Wilmington University
Scott F. Heron
Scott F. Heron James Cook University
Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
Stuart A. Sandin
Stuart A. Sandin University of California, San Diego
Jennifer E. Smith
Jennifer E. Smith University of California, San Diego
Greta S. Aeby
Greta S. Aeby Qatar University
Simon K. Davy
Simon K. Davy Victoria University of Wellington
Alan M. Friedlander
Alan M. Friedlander University of Hawaii at Manoa
Albert V. Norström
Albert V. Norström Stockholm Resilience Centre
Thierry M. Work
Thierry M. Work United States Geological Survey

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