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49
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1379

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James W. Porter is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on ecology. The subfields of study in which they have contributed include ecology, global and planetary change, sociology and political science, earth-surface processes, and political science and international relations.

The main topics covered in James W. Porter's work encompass coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine animal studies, marine and fisheries research, coastal and marine dynamics, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, nuclear issues and defense, as well as risk perception and management.

Frequent coauthors of James W. Porter include Mauricio Romero-Torres, Alberto Acosta, Ana M. Palacio-Castro, Eric A. Treml, and Fernando A. Zapata.

Their recent publications reflect these research themes and include:

  • Coral reef resilience to thermal stress in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, 2020, published in Global Change Biology
  • Sound science, not politics, must inform restoration of Florida Bay and the coral reefs of the Florida Keys, 2020, published in Marine Biology
  • Environmental security intelligence: the role of US intelligence agencies and science advisory groups in anticipating climate security threats, 2021, published in Journal of Intelligence History
  • Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Florida Keys 2018, 2020, published in Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Robert Kent Trench (1940-2021): a life devoted to symbiotic mutualisms and seeking nature's truth, 2021, published in Symbiosis

James W. Porter's frequent publication venues highlight the Global Biodiversity Information Facility as the primary outlet with 13 publications. Other venues include Global Change Biology, Marine Biology, Journal of Intelligence History, and Symbiosis.

The scientist's work has been recognized by their peers, as evidenced by their election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1983.

Best Publications

  • Emerging Marine Diseases--Climate Links and Anthropogenic Factors

    C.D. Harvell;K. Kim;K. Kim;J.M. Burkholder;R.R. Colwell;R.R. Colwell

  • Reef Corals: Mutualistic Symbioses Adapted to Nutrient-Poor Environments

    L. Muscatine;James W. Porter

  • Hurricane Allen's Impact on Jamaican Coral Reefs

    J. D. Woodley;E. A. Chornesky;P. A. Clifford;J. B. C. Jackson

  • Disease and immunity in Caribbean and Indo-Pacific zooxanthellate corals

    Kathryn P. Sutherland;James W. Porter;Cecilia Torres

  • Light and the Bioenergetics of a Symbiotic Coral

    Paul G. Falkowski;Zvy Dubinsky;Leonard Muscatine;James W. Porter

  • Fate of Photosynthetic Fixed Carbon in Light- and Shade-Adapted Colonies of the Symbiotic Coral Stylophora pistillata

    L. Muscatine;P. G. Falkowski;J. W. Porter;Z. Dubinsky

  • The etiology of white pox, a lethal disease of the Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata.

    Kathryn L. Patterson;James W. Porter;Kim B. Ritchie;Shawn W. Polson

  • ARE DISEASES INCREASING IN THE OCEAN

    Kevin D. Lafferty;James W. Porter;Susan E. Ford

  • Resource partitioning by reef corals as determined from stable isotope composition

    L. Muscatine;J. W. Porter;I. R. Kaplan

  • Autotrophy, Heterotrophy, and Resource Partitioning in Caribbean Reef-Building Corals

    James W. Porter

  • The rising tide of ocean diseases: unsolved problems and research priorities

    Drew Harvell;Richard Aronson;Nancy Baron;Joseph Connell

  • Bleaching in reef corals: Physiological and stable isotopic responses

    James W. Porter;William K. Fitt;Howard J. Spero;Caroline S. Rogers

  • Quantification of Loss and Change in Floridian Reef Coral Populations

    James W. Porter;Ouida W. Meier

  • Patterns of spread of coral disease in the Florida Keys

    James W. Porter;Phillip Dustan;Walter C. Jaap;Kathryn L. Patterson

  • Temporal changes in benthic assemblages on Florida Keys reefs 11 years after the 1997/1998 El Niño

    R. R. Ruzicka;M. A. Colella;J. W. Porter;J. M. Morrison

  • Recovery of the coral Montastrea annularis in the Florida Keys after the 1987 Caribbean “bleaching event”

    William K. Fitt;Howard J. Spero;John Halas;Michael W. White

  • Primary Production and Photoadaptation in Light- and Shade-Adapted Colonies of the Symbiotic Coral, Stylophora pistillata

    J. W. Porter;L. Muscatine;Z. Dubinsky;P. G. Falkowski

  • Nitrate-Rich Groundwater Inputs To Discovery Bay, Jamaica - A Significant Source Of N To Local Coral Reefs

    CE D'Elia;KL Webb;JW Porter

  • Rapid spread of diseases in Caribbean coral reefs

    Thomas J. Goreau;James Cervino;Maya Goreau;Raymond Hayes

  • The Everglades, Florida Bay, and coral reefs of the Florida Keys : an ecosystem sourcebook

    James Porter

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Porpiglia
Francesco Porpiglia University of Turin
Riccardo Autorino
Riccardo Autorino Virginia Commonwealth University
Robert G. Uzzo
Robert G. Uzzo Fox Chase Cancer Center
Jihad H. Kaouk
Jihad H. Kaouk Cleveland Clinic
Prokar Dasgupta
Prokar Dasgupta King's College London
Francesco Montorsi
Francesco Montorsi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Leonard Muscatine
Leonard Muscatine University of California, Los Angeles
Zvy Dubinsky
Zvy Dubinsky Bar-Ilan University
Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David D. Y. Chen
David D. Y. Chen University of British Columbia

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