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Jonathan L. Watkins is a researcher affiliated with the British Antarctic Survey in the United Kingdom. Their body of work primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a notable emphasis on ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and oceanography. Research conducted by Watkins also spans environmental chemistry and atmospheric science.

Their research topics include fish ecology and management studies, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, underwater acoustics research, marine animal studies, and marine and coastal ecosystems.

Watkins has contributed extensively to scholarly publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Limnology and Oceanography

Among the recent papers associated with their work are:

  • Deep chlorophyll maxima across a trophic state gradient: A case study in the Laurentian Great Lakes, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Dreissena in Lake Ontario 30 years post-invasion, 2020, Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Six decades of Lake Ontario ecological history according to benthos, 2021, Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Zooplankton-phytoplankton biomass and diversity relationships in the Great Lakes, 2023, PLoS ONE
  • Fish avoidance of ships during acoustic surveys tested with quiet uncrewed surface vessels, 2023, Fisheries Research

Watkins collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Lars G. Rudstam
  • Anne E. Scofield
  • David M. Warner
  • Thomas M. Evans
  • Daniel L. Yule

Best Publications

  • Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web.

    E.J Murphy;J.L Watkins;P.N Trathan;K Reid

  • Climatically driven fluctuations in Southern Ocean ecosystems.

    Eugene J Murphy;Philip N Trathan;Jon L Watkins;Keith Reid

  • Interannual variability of the South Georgia marine ecosystem : biological and physical sources of variation in the abundance of krill

    E. J. Murphy;J. L. Watkins;K. Reid;P. N. Trathan

  • Scales of Interaction Between Antarctic Krill and the Environment

    E. J. Murphy;D. J. Morris;J. L. Watkins;J. Priddle

  • Oceanographic variability and changes in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) abundance at South Georgia

    P. N. Trathan;A. S. Brierley;M. A. Brandon;D. G. Bone

  • Target strengths of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) at 38 and 120 kHz

    Kenneth G. Foote;Inigo Everson;Jonathan L. Watkins;Douglas G. Bone

  • Circumpolar connections between Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) populations: investigating the roles of ocean and sea ice transport

    S.E. Thorpe;E.J. Murphy;J.L. Watkins

  • Interannual variability in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) density at South Georgia, Southern Ocean: 1997–2013

    Sophie Fielding;Jonathan L. Watkins;Philip N. Trathan;Peter Enderlein

  • Cephalopods and mesoscale oceanography at the Antarctic Polar Front:satellite tracked predators locate pelagic trophic interactions

    P.G. Rodhouse;P.A. Prince;P.N. Trathan;E.M.C. Hatfield

  • Variability and predictability of Antarctic krill swarm structure

    Geraint A. Tarling;Thor Klevjer;Sophie Fielding;Jon Watkins

  • Verification of the acoustic techniques used to identify Antarctic krill

    J. L. Watkins;A. S. Brierley

  • An assessmant of the merits of length and weight measurements of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba

    D. J. Morris;J. L. Watkins;C. Ricketts;Friedrich Buchholz

  • Biomass and energy transfer to baleen whales in the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

    S. Reilly;S. Hedley;J. Borberg;R. Hewitt

  • Interannual variability in krill abundance at South Georgia

    Andrew S. Brierley;Jonathan L. Watkins;Alistair W.A. Murray

  • Acoustic discrimination of Southern Ocean zooplankton

    Andrew S. Brierley;Peter Ward;Jonathan L. Watkins;Catherine Goss

  • Fatty acid content of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at South Georgia related to regional populations and variations in diet

    G. C. Cripps;J. L. Watkins;H. J. Hill;A. Atkinson

  • Options for allocating the precautionary catch limit of krill among small-scale management units in the Scotia Sea

    R.P. Hewitt;G. Watters;P.N. Trathan;J.P. Croxall

  • Distribution, Biomass and Demography of Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba

    Volker Siegel;Jonathan L. Watkins

  • Concordance of interannual fluctuations in acoustically estimated densities of Antarctic krill around South Georgia and Elephant Island: biological evidence of same-year teleconnections across the Scotia Sea

    A. S. Brierley;D. A. Demer;J. L. Watkins;R. P. Hewitt

  • Modeling the krill transport pathways in the Scotia Sea: spatial and environmental connections generating the seasonal distribution of krill

    E.J. Murphy;S.E. Thorpe;J.L. Watkins;R. Hewitt

  • Chapter 2: Distribution, biomass and demography of Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba

    Volker Siegel;Jonathan Watkins

  • An assessment of the merits of length and weight measurements of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba

    D. J. Morris;J. L. Watkins;C. Ricketts;F. Buchholz

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew S. Brierley
Andrew S. Brierley University of St Andrews
Eugene J. Murphy
Eugene J. Murphy British Antarctic Survey
Philip N. Trathan
Philip N. Trathan British Antarctic Survey
Peter Ward
Peter Ward University of Washington
Sally E. Thorpe
Sally E. Thorpe Natural Environment Research Council
Sophie Fielding
Sophie Fielding British Antarctic Survey
Angus Atkinson
Angus Atkinson Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Geraint A. Tarling
Geraint A. Tarling British Antarctic Survey
Martin A. Collins
Martin A. Collins British Antarctic Survey
Paul G. Rodhouse
Paul G. Rodhouse British Antarctic Survey

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