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52
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10217
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3466
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1217

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

John S. Pearse was affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research work focused primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on oceanography, ecology, and global and planetary change as subfields of study.

The scope of their academic contributions spanned several topics related to marine and coastal environments. Major areas of research included marine and coastal plant biology, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and marine and fisheries research.

Their recent publications showcased a range of ecological and biological research within marine environments. Notable papers included:

  • Field stations as sentinels of change, 2020, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Fluorescent proteins generate a genetic color polymorphism and counteract oxidative stress in intertidal sea anemones, 2024, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Setting deeper baselines: kelp forest dynamics in California over multiple centuries, 2024, published in Regional Environmental Change
  • Does larval food availability ultimately select for seasonal reproduction in marine invertebrates with feeding larvae? A field test of Crisp's Rule with the temperate sea star Pisaster ochraceus, 2022, published in Marine Ecology

Throughout their career, John S. Pearse frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Vicki B. Pearse, Fiorenza Micheli, James T. Carlton, Jennifer C. Selgrath, and D. Nathaniel Clarke.

Their research was often published in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Regional Environmental Change, and Marine Ecology.

John S. Pearse was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1983.

Best Publications

  • POPULATION STRUCTURE AND SPECIATION IN TROPICAL SEAS: GLOBAL PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA URCHIN DIADEMA

    Harilaos A. Lessios;Bailey D. Kessing;John S. Pearse

  • Reproduction of Antarctic benthic marine invertebrates: Tempos, modes, and timing

    John S. Pearse;James B. Mcclintock;Isidro Bosch

  • Chapter 1 – INTRODUCTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

    Arthur C. Giese;John S. Pearse

  • Biological invasions of estuaries without international shipping: the importance of intraregional transport

    Kerstin Wasson;Chela J Zabin;Laura Bedinger;M Cristina Diaz

  • Early evolution of animal cell signaling and adhesion genes

    Scott A. Nichols;William Dirks;John S. Pearse;Nicole King

  • Expansion of a central California kelp forest following the mass mortality of sea urchins

    J. S. Pearse;Anson H. Hines

  • Temperature, Food Availability, and the Development of Marine Invertebrate Larvae

    Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;John S. Pearse

  • Reproductive periodicities in several contrasting populations of Odontaster Validus Koehler, A common Antarctic asteroid

    J. S. Pearse

  • Ecological role of purple sea urchins.

    John S. Pearse

  • Abalones and Sea Urchins in an Area Inhabited by Sea Otters

    L. F. Lowry;J. S. Pearse

  • Photoperiodic regulation of gametogenesis and growth in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

    John S. Pearse;Vicki B. Pearse;Karen K. Davis

  • DEVELOPMENT, METAMORPHOSIS, AND SEASONAL ABUNDANCE OF EMBRYOS AND LARVAE OF THE ANTARCTIC SEA URCHIN STERECHINUS NEUMAYERI.

    Isidro Bosch;Katherine A. Beauchamp;M. Elizabeth Steele;John S. Pearse

  • Growth Zones in the Echinoid Skeleton

    John S. Pearse;Vicki B. Pearse

  • Movement and feeding activity of red sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) adjacent to a kelp forest

    J. E. Mattison;J. D. Trent;A. L. Shanks;T. B. Akin

  • Growth and production of Sterechinus neumayeri (Echinoidea: Echinodermata) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

    Thomas Brey;J. Pearse;L. Basch;J. Mcclintock

  • Habitat differences in marine invasions of central California

    Kerstin Wasson;Katherine Fenn;John S. Pearse

  • Sexual reproduction in solitary corals: Overlapping oogenic and brooding cycles, and benthic planulas in Balanophyllia elegans

    Y. H. Fadlallah;J. S. Pearse

  • Long-term population dynamics of sea urchins in a central California kelp forest : Rare recruitment and rapid decline

    J. S. Pearse;Anson H. Hines

  • Photoperiodic regulation of gametogenesis and gonadal growth in the sea star Pisaster ochraceus

    J. S. Pearse;D. J. Eernisse

  • Brooding and Species Diversity in the Southern Ocean: Selection for Brooders Or Speciation within Brooding Clades?

    John S. Pearse;Richard Mooi;Susanne J. Lockhart;Angelika Brandt

Frequent Co-Authors

James B. McClintock
James B. McClintock University of Alabama at Birmingham
Anson H. Hines
Anson H. Hines Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Terrence M. Gosliner
Terrence M. Gosliner California Academy of Sciences
Allen Gilbert Collins
Allen Gilbert Collins National Museum of Natural History
Paul K. Dayton
Paul K. Dayton Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Bernd Schierwater
Bernd Schierwater University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
David O. Duggins
David O. Duggins University of Washington
Mark H. Carr
Mark H. Carr University of California, Santa Cruz
Brenda Konar
Brenda Konar University of Alaska Fairbanks
Harilaos A. Lessios
Harilaos A. Lessios Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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