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Jan G. Hiddink is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on multiple related subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of marine and environmental subjects. Key areas of their work include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Among the recent papers authored by or associated with Jan G. Hiddink are:

  • "Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia" (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Trawl impacts on the relative status of biotic communities of seabed sedimentary habitats in 24 regions worldwide" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Different bottom trawl fisheries have a differential impact on the status of the North Sea seafloor habitats" (2020), published in ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • "Microplastics alter multiple biological processes of marine benthic fauna" (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Evaluating the sustainability and environmental impacts of trawling compared to other food production systems" (2023), published in ICES Journal of Marine Science

Jan G. Hiddink has collaborated frequently with several researchers in the marine and environmental sciences. Frequent co-authors include Michel J. Kaiser, Simon Jennings, Martin J. Attrill, David N. Thomas, and David K. A. Barnes.

The scientist has contributed extensively to various publication venues. Notable journals and the number of publications include:

  • ICES Journal of Marine Science (9 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (4 publications)
  • Fisheries Research (4 publications)
  • Journal of Applied Ecology (3 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)

Jan G. Hiddink has also contributed to scholarly books. One such publication is the book titled Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts, published in 2020 by Oxford University Press, which has accrued a significant number of citations.

Best Publications

  • Chronic bottom trawling alters the functional composition of benthic invertebrate communities on a sea-basin scale

    H. M. Tillin;H. M. Tillin;Jan G. Hiddink;S. Jennings;M. J. Kaiser

  • Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts

    Michel J. Kaiser;Martin A. Attrill;Simon Jennings;David N. Thomas

  • Cumulative impacts of seabed trawl disturbance on benthic biomass, production, and species richness in different habitats

    Jan G. Hiddink;Simon Jennings;M. J. Kaiser;A. M. Queirós

  • Climate induced increases in species richness of marine fishes

    J. G. Hiddink;R. Ter Hofstede

  • Global analysis of depletion and recovery of seabed biota after bottom trawling disturbance

    Jan Geert Hiddink;Simon Jennings;Marija Sciberras;Claire L. Szostek

  • Bottom trawl fishing footprints on the world’s continental shelves

    Ricardo O. Amoroso;C. Roland Pitcher;Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp;Robert A. McConnaughey

  • Response of benthic fauna to experimental bottom fishing: A global meta‐analysis

    Marija Sciberras;Jan Geert Hiddink;Simon Jennings;Simon Jennings;Simon Jennings;Claire L Szostek

  • Ocean community warming responses explained by thermal affinities and temperature gradients

    Michael T. Burrows;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates;Mark J. Costello;Martin Edwards

  • Indicators for Sea-floor Integrity under the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

    Jake Rice;Christos Arvanitidis;Angel Borja;Chris Frid

  • Effects of chronic bottom trawling disturbance on benthic biomass, production and size spectra in different habitats

    A.M. Queirós;J.G. Hiddink;M.J. Kaiser;H. Hinz

  • Predicting the effects of area closures and fishing effort restrictions on the production, biomass, and species richness of benthic invertebrate communities

    Jan Geert Hiddink;T. Hutton;S. Jennings;M.J. Kaiser

  • Assessing and predicting the relative ecological impacts of disturbance on habitats with different sensitivities

    Jan G. Hiddink;Simon Jennings;M. J. Kaiser

  • Similar effects of bottom trawling and natural disturbance on composition and function of benthic communities across habitats

    P. Daniël van Denderen;Stefan G. Bolam;Jan Geert Hiddink;Simon Jennings

  • Temperature tracking by North Sea benthic invertebrates in response to climate change

    Jan G. Hiddink;Michael T. Burrows;Jorge García Molinos

  • Environmental metabarcoding reveals heterogeneous drivers of microbial eukaryote diversity in contrasting estuarine ecosystems.

    D. Lallias;J.G. Hiddink;V.G. Fonseca;J.M. Gaspar

  • Can fishermen allocate their fishing effort in space and time on the basis of their catch rates? An example from Spermonde Archipelago, SW Sulawesi, Indonesia

    C. Pet‐Soede;W.L.T. Van Densen;J.G. Hiddink;S. Kuyl

  • Implications of using alternative methods of vessel monitoring system (VMS) data analysis to describe fishing activities and impacts

    Gwladys I. Lambert;Simon Jennings;Simon Jennings;Jan Geert Hiddink;Niels T. Hintzen

  • Towards a framework for the quantitative assessment of trawling impact on the seabed and benthic ecosystem

    A. D. Rijnsdorp;F. Bastardie;S. G. Bolam;L. Buhl-Mortensen

  • Indicators of the Ecological Impact of Bottom-Trawl Disturbance on Seabed Communities

    J. G. Hiddink;S. Jennings;M. J. Kaiser

  • Could our fisheries be more productive? Indirect negative effects of bottom trawl fisheries on fish condition

    Jan G. Hiddink;Andrew F. Johnson;Rachel Kingham;Hilmar Hinz

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel J. Kaiser
Michel J. Kaiser Heriot-Watt University
Simon Jennings
Simon Jennings Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp
Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp Wageningen University & Research
Stefan G. Bolam
Stefan G. Bolam Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Ray Hilborn
Ray Hilborn University of Washington
Ana M. Parma
Ana M. Parma National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Stuart R. Jenkins
Stuart R. Jenkins Bangor University
Jeremy S. Collie
Jeremy S. Collie University of Rhode Island
Stephen J. Hawkins
Stephen J. Hawkins University of Southampton
Joan Moranta
Joan Moranta Spanish Institute of Oceanography

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