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Overview

Heather J. Koldewey is affiliated with the Zoological Society of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with notable contributions in the subfields of Ecology, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work addresses key topics including Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine animal studies, Marine and fisheries research, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Heather J. Koldewey include:

  • Reaching New Heights in Plastic Pollution-Preliminary Findings of Microplastics on Mount Everest, 2020, One Earth
  • The abundance and characteristics of microplastics in surface water in the transboundary Ganges River, 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • The fundamental links between climate change and marine plastic pollution, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science-policy agendas, 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Riverine plastic pollution from fisheries: Insights from the Ganges River system, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Koldewey include Imogen E. Napper, Richard C. Thompson, Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Emily M. Duncan, and Sarah E. Nelms.

Their research has been published extensively in several venues, with notable frequencies in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • One Earth
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • The abundance and characteristics of microplastics in surface water in the transboundary Ganges River.

    Imogen E. Napper;Anju Baroth;Aaron C. Barrett;Sunanda Bhola

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

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

  • Conservation and management of seahorses and other Syngnathidae.

    A. C. J. Vincent;S. J. Foster;H. J. Koldewey

  • A global review of seahorse aquaculture

    Heather J. Koldewey;Keith M. Martin-Smith

  • Policy challenges and approaches for the conservation of mangrove forests in Southeast Asia

    Daniel A. Friess;Benjamin S. Thompson;Ben Brown;Ahmad Aldrie Amir

  • Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science-policy agendas

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Nathalie Seddon;Mercedes Maria da Cunha Bustamante

  • Reefs and islands of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean: why it is the world's largest no-take marine protected area.

    Charles (Charles R. C.) Sheppard;M. Ateweberhan;B. W. Bowen;P. Carr

  • Competitive outreach in the 21st century: Why we need conservation marketing

    Andrew J. Wright;Andrew J. Wright;Diogo Veríssimo;Kathleen Pilfold;E.C.M. Parsons

  • Riverine plastic pollution from fisheries: Insights from the Ganges River system

    Sarah E. Nelms;Emily M. Duncan;Surshti Patel;Ruchi Badola

  • Rehabilitating mangrove ecosystem services: A case study on the relative benefits of abandoned pond reversion from Panay Island, Philippines.

    Clare Duncan;Clare Duncan;Jurgenne H. Primavera;Nathalie Pettorelli;Julian R. Thompson

  • The interaction between seaweed farming as an alternative occupation and fisher numbers in the central Philippines.

    Nicholas A. O. Hill;J. Marcus Rowcliffe;Heather J. Koldewey;E. J. Milner-Gulland

  • Locally assessing the economic viability of blue carbon: A case study from Panay Island, the Philippines

    Benjamin S. Thompson;Colin P. Clubbe;Jurgenne H. Primavera;David Curnick

  • Potential benefits to fisheries and biodiversity of the Chagos Archipelago/British Indian Ocean Territory as a no-take marine reserve.

    Heather J. Koldewey;David Curnick;Simon Harding;Lucy R. Harrison

  • Plastic pollution in aquatic systems in Bangladesh: A review of current knowledge.

    Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury;Heather J. Koldewey;Heather J. Koldewey;Emily Duncan;Imogen E. Napper

  • Coral bleaching impacts from back-to-back 2015–2016 thermal anomalies in the remote central Indian Ocean

    Catherine E. I. Head;Catherine E. I. Head;Daniel T. I. Bayley;Daniel T. I. Bayley;Daniel T. I. Bayley;Gwilym Rowlands;Ronan C. Roche

  • A review of a decade of lessons from one of the world’s largest MPAs: conservation gains and key challenges

    Graeme C. Hays;Heather J. Koldewey;Heather J. Koldewey;Samantha Andrzejaczek;Martin J. Attrill

  • Effect of parental age and associated size on fecundity, growth and survival in the yellow seahorse Hippocampus kuda.

    Borys Dzyuba;Katrien J. W. Van Look;Alex Cliffe;Heather J. Koldewey

  • Remote reefs and seamounts are the last refuges for marine predators across the Indo-Pacific

    Tom B. Letessier;Tom B. Letessier;David Mouillot;Phil J. Bouchet;Phil J. Bouchet;Laurent Vigliola

  • Assessing pelagic fish populations: The application of demersal video techniques to the mid-water environment

    Tom B. Letessier;Jessica J. Meeuwig;Matthew Gollock;Lloyd Groves

  • The risks of assisted colonization.

    Philip J. Seddon;Doug P. Armstrong;Pritpal Soorae;Frederic Launay

  • Avoiding Empty Ocean Commitments at Rio+20

    Liane Veitch;Nicholas K. Dulvy;Heather Koldewey;Susan Lieberman

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter W. Carr
Peter W. Carr University of Minnesota
Jessica J. Meeuwig
Jessica J. Meeuwig University of Western Australia
Alex Rogers
Alex Rogers University of Oxford
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Paul W. Shaw
Paul W. Shaw Aberystwyth University
Charles Sheppard
Charles Sheppard University of Warwick
Michael B. Bonsall
Michael B. Bonsall University of Oxford
David Obura
David Obura Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean
Amanda C. J. Vincent
Amanda C. J. Vincent University of British Columbia
Jurgenne H. Primavera
Jurgenne H. Primavera Zoological Society of London

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