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64
Citations
12106
World Ranking
1899
National Ranking
691

Overview

George L. Hunt is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and contributes to research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, and Ecology.

Their research topics focus extensively on Marine and fisheries research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and Marine and environmental studies. Additional areas of study include Arctic and Russian Policy Studies, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, and Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Lisa B. Eisner, Franz J. Mueter, Toru Hirawake, Melissa Chierici, and Kenneth F. Drinkwater.

The scientist has published in several leading venues, with notable repeated contributions to the ICES Journal of Marine Science. Other publication venues include Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, Progress In Oceanography, Marine Ecology Progress Series, and Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by George L. Hunt highlight key areas of marine and Arctic system studies:

  • Climate warming and the loss of sea ice: the impact of sea-ice variability on the southeastern Bering Sea pelagic ecosystem, 2020, ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Possible future scenarios in the gateways to the Arctic for Subarctic and Arctic marine systems: II. prey resources, food webs, fish, and fisheries, 2021, ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Ecological responses to climate perturbations and minimal sea ice in the northern Bering Sea, 2020, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Possible future scenarios for two major Arctic Gateways connecting Subarctic and Arctic marine systems: I. Climate and physical-chemical oceanography, 2021, ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • South Africa's experimental fisheries closures and recovery of the endangered African penguin, 2021, ICES Journal of Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Climate change and control of the southeastern Bering Sea pelagic ecosystem

    George L. Hunt;Phyllis Stabeno;Gary Walters;Elizabeth Sinclair

  • Increases in jellyfish biomass in the Bering Sea: implications for the ecosystem

    Richard D. Brodeur;Hiroya Sugisaki;George L. Hunt

  • Climate impacts on eastern Bering Sea foodwebs: a synthesis of new data and an assessment of the Oscillating Control Hypothesis

    George L. Hunt;Kenneth O. Coyle;Lisa B. Eisner;Edward V. Farley

  • Influence of Food Distribution and Human Disturbance on the Reproductive Success of Herring Gulls

    George L. Hunt

  • Rise and fall of jellyfish in the eastern Bering Sea in relation to climate regime shifts

    Richard D. Brodeur;Mary Beth Decker;Lorenzo Ciannelli;Jennifer E. Purcell

  • Gull Chick Survival: The Significance of Growth Rates, Timing of Breeding and Territory Size

    George L. Hunt;Molly Warner Hunt

  • Interplay between top-down, bottom-up, and wasp-waist control in marine ecosystems

    George L. Hunt;Skip McKinnell

  • Climate change and the control of energy flow in the southeastern Bering Sea

    George L Hunt;Phyllis J Stabeno

  • Comparative foraging ecology of planktivorous auklets in relation to ocean physics and prey availability

    George L. Hunt;Robert W. Russell;Kenneth O. Coyle;Thomas Weingartner

  • Reproductive Performance of Seabirds: The Importance of Population and Colony Size

    George L. Hunt;Zoe A. Eppley;David C. Schneider

  • Anomalous conditions in the south-eastern Bering Sea 1997: linkages among climate, weather, ocean, and Biology

    Jeffrey M. Napp;George L. Hunt

  • Bottom-up forcing and the decline of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska: assessing the ocean climate hypothesis

    Andrew W. Trites;Arthur J. Miller;Herbert D. G. Maschner;Steven J. Bograd

  • The Barents and Chukchi Seas: Comparison of two Arctic shelf ecosystems

    George L. Hunt;Arny L. Blanchard;Peter Boveng;Padmini Dalpadado

  • Female-Female Pairing in Western Gulls (Larus occidentalis) in Southern California.

    George L. Hunt;Molly Warner Hunt

  • Resource allocation in breeding seabirds: responses to fluctuations in their food supply

    Alexander S. Kitaysky;George L. Hunt;Elizabeth N. Flint;Margaret A. Rubega

  • Brood Reduction in Black-Legged Kittiwakes

    Barbara M. Braun;George L. Hunt

  • Marine environment of the eastern and central Aleutian Islands

    Carol Ladd;George L. Hunt;Calvin W. Mordy;Sigrid A. Salo

  • Anomalous conditions in the south-eastern Bering Sea, 1997: nutrients, phytoplankton and zooplankton

    Dean A. Stockwell;Terry E. Whitledge;Stephan I. Zeeman;Kenneth O. Coyle

  • Ecological Significance of Fronts in the Southeastern Bering Sea

    R. L. Iverson;L. K. Coachman;R. T. Cooney;T. S. English

  • Trends in carbon flux to seabirds in the Peruvian upwelling system: effects of wind and fisheries on population regulation

    J. Jahncke;D. M. Checkley;G. L. Hunt

  • Correlations between seabirds and ocenic fronts around the Pribilof Islands, Alaska

    Thomas H. Kinder;George L. Hunt;David Schneider;James D. Schumacher

  • Characteristics and variability of the inner front of the southeastern Bering Sea

    N.B Kachel;G.L Hunt;S.A Salo;J.D Schumacher

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth O. Coyle
Kenneth O. Coyle University of Alaska Fairbanks
Phyllis J. Stabeno
Phyllis J. Stabeno Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Kenneth F. Drinkwater
Kenneth F. Drinkwater Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Jeffrey M. Napp
Jeffrey M. Napp National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Richard D. Brodeur
Richard D. Brodeur Oregon State University
Carol Ladd
Carol Ladd National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John F. Piatt
John F. Piatt United States Geological Survey
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
André E. Punt
André E. Punt University of Washington
Kevin D. Friedland
Kevin D. Friedland National Marine Fisheries Service

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