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Overview

Ivor D. Williams is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, oceanography, and aspects of sociology and political science.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems. These include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research

Williams has contributed to numerous scholarly articles published in various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library
  • Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Sustainability

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Williams include:

  • Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world, 2020, Science
  • Sustainable reference points for multispecies coral reef fisheries, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Scale dependence of coral reef oases and their environmental correlates, 2022, Ecological Applications
  • A National Status Report on United States Coral Reefs Based on 2012-2018 Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Incorporating reef fish avoidance behavior improves accuracy of species distribution models, 2020, PeerJ

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Williams include:

  • Andrew S. Hoey
  • Alan M. Friedlander
  • Tye L. Kindinger
  • Joshua E. Cinner
  • Jessica Zamborain-Mason

Best Publications

  • Bright spots among the world’s coral reefs

    Joshua E. Cinner;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A.J. Graham;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • Recovery potential of the world's coral reef fishes

    M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Joshua E. Cinner;Shaun K. Wilson

  • Large-scale associations between macroalgal cover and grazer biomass on mid-depth reefs in the Caribbean

    I. D. Williams;N. V. C. Polunin

  • Recent Region-wide Declines in Caribbean Reef Fish Abundance

    Michelle J. Paddack;Michelle J. Paddack;John D. Reynolds;Consuelo Aguilar;Richard S. Appeldoorn

  • Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes

    Camilo Mora;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Arturo Ayala Bocos;Paula M. Ayotte;Paula M. Ayotte

  • Global assessment of the status of coral reef herbivorous fishes: evidence for fishing effects

    C. B. Edwards;A. M. Friedlander;A. G. Green;M. J. Hardt

  • Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains

    Joshua E. Cinner;Eva Maire;Eva Maire;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil

  • Limits to grazing by herbivorous fishes and the impact of low coral cover on macroalgal abundance on a coral reef in Belize

    Ivor D. Williams;Nicholas V. C. Polunin;Vicki J. Hendrick

  • Human, Oceanographic and Habitat Drivers of Central and Western Pacific Coral Reef Fish Assemblages

    Ivor D. Williams;Julia K. Baum;Adel Heenan;Adel Heenan;Katharine M. Hanson

  • Evaluating the ecological effects of Mediterranean marine protected areas: habitat, scale and the natural variability of ecosystems

    J.A. García Charton;I.D. Williams;A. Pérez Ruzafa;M. Milazzo

  • 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

  • Re-Creating Missing Population Baselines for Pacific Reef Sharks

    Marc O. Nadon;Marc O. Nadon;Marc O. Nadon;Julia K. Baum;Ivor D. Williams;Ivor D. Williams;Jana M. Mcpherson

  • Differences in Reef Fish Assemblages between Populated and Remote Reefs Spanning Multiple Archipelagos Across the Central and Western Pacific

    Ivor D. Williams;Benjamin L. Richards;Stuart A. Sandin;Julia K. Baum

  • Assessing the importance of fishing impacts on Hawaiian coral reef fish assemblages along regional-scale human population gradients

    I. D. Williams;B. L. Richards;K. A. Stamoulis

  • Differences between protected and unprotected reefs of the western Caribbean in attributes preferred by dive tourists

    Ivor D. Williams;Nicholas V.C. Polunin

  • Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world

    Joshua E. Cinner;Jessica Zamborain-Mason;Georgina G. Gurney;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Nicholas A. J. Graham

  • Fishing degrades size structure of coral reef fish communities.

    James P. W. Robinson;Ivor D. Williams;Andrew M. Edwards;Andrew M. Edwards;Jana McPherson

  • Length-Based Assessment of Coral Reef Fish Populations in the Main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

    Marc O. Nadon;Jerald S. Ault;Ivor D. Williams;Steven G. Smith

  • Leveraging Automated Image Analysis Tools to Transform Our Capacity to Assess Status and Trends of Coral Reefs

    Ivor D. Williams;Courtney S. Couch;Courtney S. Couch;Oscar Beijbom;Oscar Beijbom;Thomas A. Oliver

  • Impact of observers experience level on counts of fishes in underwater visual surveys

    I. D. Williams;W. J. Walsh;B. N. Tissot;L. E. Hallacher

  • The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: an assessment of coral reef fishes in the US Pacific Islands

    B. J. Zgliczynski;I. D. Williams;R. E. Schroeder;M. O. Nadon

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan M. Friedlander
Alan M. Friedlander University of Hawaii at Manoa
John N. Kittinger
John N. Kittinger Arizona State University
Stuart A. Sandin
Stuart A. Sandin University of California, San Diego
Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
Russell E. Brainard
Russell E. Brainard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gareth J. Williams
Gareth J. Williams Bangor University
Maria Beger
Maria Beger University of Leeds
M. Aaron MacNeil
M. Aaron MacNeil Dalhousie University
Nicholas Polunin
Nicholas Polunin Newcastle University
Christina C. Hicks
Christina C. Hicks Lancaster University

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