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Overview

John K. Carlson is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications in this field. The main subfields of study include Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Aquatic Science, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics in marine biology and ecology. These topics include Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine animal studies overview, and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior.

John K. Carlson has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including Nicholas K. Dulvy, Cassandra L. Rigby, Nathan Pacoureau, Riley A. Pollom, and Rima W. Jabado. Each of these collaborators has contributed to multiple publications, highlighting ongoing research partnerships.

Several recent papers authored or coauthored by Carlson are notable for their appearance in respected scientific journals:

  • Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis, 2021, Current Biology
  • Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays, 2021, Nature
  • Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis, 2021, Current Biology
  • Half a century of rising extinction risk of coral reef sharks and rays, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Conservation successes and challenges for wide-ranging sharks and rays, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent publication venues for Carlson's work include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Marine Biology, Frontiers in Marine Science, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library.

Best Publications

  • Shark nursery areas: concepts, definition, characterization and assumptions

    Michelle R. Heupel;John K. Carlson;Colin A. Simpfendorfer

  • Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis.

    Nicholas K. Dulvy;Nathan Pacoureau;Cassandra L. Rigby;Riley A. Pollom

  • Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays

    Nathan Pacoureau;Cassandra L. Rigby;Peter M. Kyne;Richard B. Sherley

  • Is the collapse of shark populations in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico real

    George H. Burgess;Lawrence R. Beerkircher;Gregor M. Cailliet;John K. Carlson

  • Ghosts of the coast: global extinction risk and conservation of sawfishes

    Nicholas K. Dulvy;Lindsay N. K. Davidson;Peter M. Kyne;Colin A. Simpfendorfer

  • Metabolism, Energetic Demand, and Endothermy

    John K. Carlson;Kenneth J. Goldman;Christopher G. Lowe

  • Diagnosing the dangerous demography of manta rays using life history theory.

    Nicholas K. Dulvy;Sebastián A. Pardo;Colin A. Simpfendorfer;John K. Carlson

  • Critical assessment and ramifications of a purported marine trophic cascade

    R. Dean Grubbs;John K. Carlson;Jason G. Romine;Tobey H. Curtis

  • Seasonal Distribution and Historic Trends in Abundance of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Western North Atlantic Ocean

    Tobey H. Curtis;Camilla T. McCandless;John K. Carlson;Gregory B. Skomal

  • Half a century of rising extinction risk of coral reef sharks and rays

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  • Geographic and ontogenetic variation in the diet and daily ration of the bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, from the eastern Gulf of Mexico

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  • Changes in biological parameters of Atlantic sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae in the Gulf of Mexico: evidence for density-dependent growth and maturity?

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  • Habitat use and movement patterns of bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas determined using pop-up satellite archival tags

    J. K. Carlson;M. M. Ribera;C. L. Conrath;M. R. Heupel

  • Energetics, Metabolism, and Endothermy in Sharks and Rays

    Diego Bernal;John K. Carlson;Kenneth J. Goldman;Christopher G. Lowe

  • Linking sensory biology and fisheries bycatch reduction in elasmobranch fishes: a review with new directions for research

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  • Designating Critical Habitat for Juvenile Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish in the United States

    Shelley L. Norton;Tonya R. Wiley;John K. Carlson;Amanda L. Frick

  • The Effect of Circle Hooks on Shark Catchability and At-Vessel Mortality Rates in Longlines Fisheries

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  • The Effects of Hypoxia on Three Sympatric Shark Species: Physiological and Behavioral Responses

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  • Characterizing and predicting essential habitat features for juvenile coastal sharks

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  • Coastal Habitat Use and Residency of Juvenile Atlantic Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae)

    John K. Carlson;Michelle R. Heupel;Dana M. Bethea;Lisa D. Hollensead

  • Genetic Diversity Despite Population Collapse in a Critically Endangered Marine Fish: The Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata)

    Demian D. Chapman;Colin A. Simpfendorfer;Tonya R. Wiley;Gregg R. Poulakis

  • Estimating IUCN Red List population reduction: JARA—A decision-support tool applied to pelagic sharks

    Richard B. Sherley;Henning Winker;Cassandra L. Rigby;Peter M. Kyne

  • An Overview of the Feeding Ecology and Physiology of Elasmobranch Fishes

    Enric Cortés;Yannis Papastamatiou;John Carlson;Lara Ferry-Graham

  • Are we ready for elasmobranch conservation success

    John K Carlson;Michelle R Heupel;Chelsey N Young;Jessica E Cramp

  • Movement patterns and habitat use of smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, determined using pop‐up satellite archival tags

    J. K. Carlson;S. J. B. Gulak;C. A. Simpfendorfer;R. D. Grubbs

  • Population productivity of shovelnose rays: Inferring the potential for recovery

    Brooke M. D’Alberto;Brooke M. D’Alberto;John K. Carlson;Sebastián A. Pardo;Colin A. Simpfendorfer

  • Targeted Catch-and-Release of Prohibited Sharks: Sand Tigers in Coastal Delaware Waters

    James P. Kilfoil;Bradley M. Wetherbee;John K. Carlson;Dewayne A. Fox

  • Recovery potential of smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata, in the United States determined using population viability models

    John K. Carlson;Colin A. Simpfendorfer

  • A subtropical embayment serves as essential habitat for sub-adults and adults of the critically endangered smalltooth sawfish

    Yannis P. Papastamatiou;Yannis P. Papastamatiou;R. Dean Grubbs;Johanna L. Imhoff;Johanna L. Imhoff;Simon J.B. Gulak

  • Author response: Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays

    Nicholas K Dulvy;Sarah L Fowler;John A Musick;Rachel D Cavanagh

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