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75
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46355
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1022
National Ranking
383

Overview

John F. Bruno is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily belongs to the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main topics covered in their work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine and fisheries research, Identification and Quantification in Food, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Coastal and Marine Management, and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses.

Their recent papers demonstrate a continuing engagement with issues related to coral reefs and marine ecosystems. Notable publications include:

  • Global decline in capacity of coral reefs to provide ecosystem services, 2021, One Earth
  • Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Foundation Species, 2023, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • A century of warming on Caribbean reefs, 2022, PLOS Climate
  • Remoteness does not enhance coral reef resilience, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Twenty years of change in benthic communities across the Belizean Barrier Reef, 2022, PLoS ONE

John F. Bruno frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Laura Mudge
  • Abel Valdivia
  • Colleen B. Bove
  • Margarita Brandt
  • Elizabeth R. Selig

Their work has been published in a range of venues, with multiple publications appearing in UNC Libraries, Frontiers in Marine Science, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of the Endocrine Society, and PLoS ONE.

Best Publications

  • A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

    Benjamin S. Halpern;Shaun Walbridge;Kimberly A. Selkoe;Kimberly A. Selkoe;Carrie V. Kappel

  • Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

    Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Matt Walpole;Ben Collen;Arco Van Strien

  • Inclusion of facilitation into ecological theory

    John F. Bruno;John J. Stachowicz;Mark D. Bertness

  • The impact of climate change on the world's marine ecosystems.

    Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;John F. Bruno;John F. Bruno

  • Global imprint of climate change on marine life

    Elvira S. Poloczanska;Christopher J. Brown;Christopher J. Brown;William J. Sydeman;Wolfgang Kiessling;Wolfgang Kiessling

  • Regional decline of coral cover in the Indo-Pacific: timing, extent, and subregional comparisons.

    John F. Bruno;Elizabeth R. Selig

  • The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

    Michael T. Burrows;David S. Schoeman;David S. Schoeman;Lauren B. Buckley;Pippa Moore;Pippa Moore

  • Ecological and evolutionary insights from species invasions

    Dov F. Sax;John J. Stachowicz;James H. Brown;John F. Bruno

  • Thermal Stress and Coral Cover as Drivers of Coral Disease Outbreaks

    John F Bruno;Elizabeth R Selig;Kenneth S Casey;Cathie A Page

  • Temperature control of larval dispersal and the implications for marine ecology, evolution, and conservation

    Mary I. O'Connor;John F. Bruno;Steven D. Gaines;Benjamin S. Halpern

  • Nutrient enrichment can increase the severity of coral diseases

    John F. Bruno;Laura E. Petes;C. Drew Harvell;Annaliese Hettinger

  • Mutualisms in a changing world: an evolutionary perspective

    E. Toby Kiers;Todd M. Palmer;Anthony R. Ives;John F. Bruno

  • Geographical limits to species-range shifts are suggested by climate velocity

    Michael T. Burrows;David S. Schoeman;Anthony J. Richardson;Anthony J. Richardson;Jorge García Molinos

  • Habitat modification and facilitation in benthic marine communities

    J. F. Bruno

  • Assessing evidence of phase shifts from coral to macroalgal dominance on coral reefs

    John F. Bruno;Hugh Sweatman;William F. Precht;Elizabeth R. Selig

  • Global decline in capacity of coral reefs to provide ecosystem services

    Tyler D. Eddy;Tyler D. Eddy;Vicky W.Y. Lam;Gabriel Reygondeau;Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor;Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor;Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor

  • Warming and resource availability shift food web structure and metabolism.

    Mary I. O'Connor;Michael F. Piehler;Dina M. Leech;Andrea Anton

  • Understanding the Effects of Marine Biodiversity on Communities and Ecosystems

    John J. Stachowicz;John F. Bruno;J. Emmett Duffy

  • A Global Analysis of the Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas in Preventing Coral Loss

    Elizabeth R. Selig;John F. Bruno

  • Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), Volume I

    Donald J. Wuebbles;David W. Fahey;Kathy A. Hibbard;Jeff R. Arnold

  • PERSPECTIVE Mutualisms in a changing world: an evolutionary perspective

    E. Toby Kiers;Todd M. Palmer;Anthony R. Ives;John F. Bruno

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth R. Selig
Elizabeth R. Selig Stanford University
Mary I. O'Connor
Mary I. O'Connor University of British Columbia
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
David S. Schoeman
David S. Schoeman University of the Sunshine Coast
John M. Pandolfi
John M. Pandolfi University of Queensland
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Carrie V. Kappel
Carrie V. Kappel University of California, Santa Barbara
Pippa J. Moore
Pippa J. Moore Newcastle University
Camille Parmesan
Camille Parmesan The University of Texas at Austin

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