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Jeffrey A. Hutchings

Jeffrey A. Hutchings

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
83
Citations
26967
World Ranking
710
National Ranking
41

Overview

Jeffrey A. Hutchings was affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spanned several specialized subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work focused primarily on topics related to marine and fisheries research, fish ecology and management studies, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, genetic diversity and population structure, physiological and biochemical adaptations, animal behavior and reproduction, and marine and coastal ecosystems.

Frequent coauthors included Anna Kuparinen, Rebekah A. Oomen, Esben Moland Olsen, Halvor Knutsen, and Sissel Jentoft, indicating ongoing collaborations with researchers active in similar areas of study.

Jeffrey A. Hutchings published regularly in several notable venues. The most frequent publication outlets were the ICES Journal of Marine Science, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Scientific Reports, and Marine Policy.

Among their recent publications were:

  • "Consequences of Single-Locus and Tightly Linked Genomic Architectures for Evolutionary Responses to Environmental Change," 2020, Journal of Heredity
  • "A Brief History of Fisheries in Canada," 2020, Fisheries
  • "Thermal variability during ectotherm egg incubation: A synthesis and framework," 2020, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology
  • "Five centuries of cod catches in Eastern Canada," 2021, ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • "Genomic reaction norms inform predictions of plastic and adaptive responses to climate change," 2022, Journal of Animal Ecology

Best Publications

  • Rebuilding Global Fisheries

    Boris Worm;Ray Hilborn;Julia K. Baum;Trevor A. Branch

  • Collapse and recovery of marine fishes

    Jeffrey A. Hutchings

  • Marine Fish Population Collapses: Consequences for Recovery and Extinction Risk

    Jeffrey A. Hutchings;John D. Reynolds

  • What can be learned from the collapse of a renewable resource? Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, of Newfoundland and Labrador

    Jeffrey A. Hutchings;Ransom A. Myers

  • Why do fish stocks collapse? The example of cod in Atlantic Canada

    R.A. Myers;J.A. Hutchings;N.J. Barrowman

  • Population Dynamics of Exploited Fish Stocks at Low Population Levels

    R. A.F Myers;N. J Barrowman;J. A Hutchings;A. A Rosenberg

  • Plastic and evolutionary responses to climate change in fish

    Lisa G. Crozier;Jeffrey A. Hutchings

  • Fisheries assessment: what can be learned from interviewing resource users?

    Barbara Neis;David C. Schneider;Lawrence Felt;Richard L. Haedrich

  • Biology of extinction risk in marine fishes

    John D Reynolds;Nicholas K Dulvy;Nicholas B Goodwin;Jeffrey A Hutchings

  • The nature of fisheries- and farming-induced evolution.

    Jeffrey Alexander Hutchings;Dylan J. Fraser

  • Spatial and temporal variation in the density of northern cod and a review of hypotheses for the stock's collapse

    J A Hutchings

  • FITNESS CONSEQUENCES OF VARIATION IN EGG SIZE AND FOOD ABUNDANCE IN BROOK TROUT SALVELINUS FONTINALIS.

    Jeffrey A. Hutchings

  • Life history variation and growth rate thresholds for maturity in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar

    Jeffrey A. Hutchings;Megan E.B. Jones

  • Adaptive Life Histories Effected by Age‐Specific Survival and Growth Rate

    Jeffrey A. Hutchings

  • Life history consequences of overexploitation to population recovery in Northwest Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

    Jeffrey A Hutchings

  • Hypotheses for the decline of cod in the North Atlantic

    RA Myers;JA Hutchings;NJ Barrowman

  • The influence of operational sex ratio on the intensity of competition for mates.

    Laura K. Weir;James W. A. Grant;Jeffrey Alexander Hutchings

  • Mating systems and the conservation of commercially exploited marine fish

    Sherrylynn Rowe;Jeffrey A. Hutchings

  • Resilience and Recovery of Overexploited Marine Populations

    Philipp Neubauer;Olaf P. Jensen;Jeffrey Alexander Hutchings;Jeffrey Alexander Hutchings;Julia K. Baum

  • Parallel adaptive evolution of Atlantic cod on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean in response to temperature

    Ian R. Bradbury;Sophie Hubert;Brent Higgins;Tudor Borza

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna Kuparinen
Anna Kuparinen University of Jyväskylä
Dylan J. Fraser
Dylan J. Fraser Concordia University
Esben Moland Olsen
Esben Moland Olsen University of Agder
Ransom A. Myers
Ransom A. Myers Dalhousie University
Halvor Knutsen
Halvor Knutsen University of Agder
Julia K. Baum
Julia K. Baum University of Victoria
Robin S. Waples
Robin S. Waples University of Washington
Paul Bentzen
Paul Bentzen Dalhousie University
Marco Festa-Bianchet
Marco Festa-Bianchet Université de Sherbrooke
Simon Jennings
Simon Jennings Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

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