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Joshua E. Cinner

Joshua E. Cinner

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
96
Citations
27561
World Ranking
343
National Ranking
27

Overview

Joshua E. Cinner is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with considerable contributions to subfields such as global and planetary change, ecology, sociology and political science, management, monitoring, policy and law, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientific work of Joshua E. Cinner covers a range of topics related to marine and coastal environments, including coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, coastal and marine management, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, conservation, biodiversity, and resource management, economic and environmental valuation, as well as fish ecology and management studies.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Joshua E. Cinner include:

  • Social determinants of adaptive and transformative responses to climate change, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world, 2020, Science
  • Advancing procedural justice in conservation, 2021, Conservation Letters
  • Attributes of climate resilience in fisheries: From theory to practice, 2021, Fish and Fisheries
  • Potential impacts of climate change on agriculture and fisheries production in 72 tropical coastal communities, 2022, Nature Communications

Joshua E. Cinner frequently publishes in scientific venues such as Ecology and Society, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science, Fish and Fisheries, and Nature Communications.

Collaboration has been a notable part of their research, with frequent co-authors including Jacqueline Lau, Michele L. Barnes, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Georgina G. Gurney, and Andrew S. Hoey.

Best Publications

  • Coral reefs in the Anthropocene

    Terry P. Hughes;Michele L. Barnes;David R. Bellwood;Joshua E. Cinner

  • Effects of climate -induced coral bleaching on coral -reef fishes — ecological and economic consequences

    Morgan S. Pratchett;Philip L. Munday;Shaun K. Wilson;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities

    Joshua E. Cinner;W. Neil Adger;Edward H. Allison;Michele L. Barnes;Michele L. Barnes

  • Comanagement of coral reef social ecological systems

    Joshua E. Cinner;Tim R. McClanahan;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A. J. Graham

  • A Comparison of Marine Protected Areas and Alternative Approaches to Coral-Reef Management

    Timothy R. McClanahan;Michael J. Marnane;Joshua E. Cinner;William E. Kiene

  • Vulnerability of coastal communities to key impacts of climate change on coral reef fisheries.

    Joshua E Cinner;Tim R McClanahan;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Tim M. Daw

  • Bright spots among the world’s coral reefs

    Joshua E. Cinner;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A.J. Graham;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • Socioeconomic Factors that Affect Artisanal Fishers’ Readiness to Exit a Declining Fishery

    J.E. Cinner;T. Daw;T.R. McCLANAHAN

  • Integrating customary management into marine conservation

    Joshua E. Cinner;Shankar Aswani

  • Linking Social and Ecological Systems to Sustain Coral Reef Fisheries

    Joshua E. Cinner;Timothy R. McClanahan;Tim M. Daw;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • Marine reserves as linked social–ecological systems

    Richard Pollnac;Patrick Christie;Joshua E. Cinner;Tracey Dalton

  • Vulnerability and adaptation of US shellfisheries to ocean acidification

    Julia A. Ekstrom;Julia A. Ekstrom;Lisa Suatoni;Sarah R. Cooley;Linwood H. Pendleton

  • Securing a Just Space for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Blue Economy

    Philippa J Cohen;Philippa J Cohen;Edward H Allison;Edward H Allison;Neil L Andrew;Joshua E Cinner

  • Recovery potential of the world's coral reef fishes

    M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Joshua E. Cinner;Shaun K. Wilson

  • Critical thresholds and tangible targets for ecosystem-based management of coral reef fisheries

    Tim R. McClanahan;Nicholas A. J. Graham;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nyawira A. Muthiga

  • Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes

    Camilo Mora;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Arturo Ayala Bocos;Paula M. Ayotte;Paula M. Ayotte

  • Creation of a Gilded Trap by the High Economic Value of the Maine Lobster Fishery

    R. S. Steneck;R. S. Steneck;T. P. Hughes;J. E. Cinner;W. N. Adger

  • Managing resilience to reverse phase shifts in coral reefs

    Nicholas A. J. Graham;David R. Bellwood;Joshua E. Cinner;Terry P. Hughes

  • Social Dimensions of Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems

    Joshua E. Cinner;Michele L. Barnes

  • Conservation action in a changing climate

    T.R. McClanahan;J.E. Cinner;J.M. Maina;N.A.J. Graham

  • CoRAl-ASSoCIATED INvERTEbRATES: DIvERSITy, EColoGICAl IMPoRTANCE AND vulNERAbIlITy To DISTuRbANCE

    Jessica S. Stella;Morgan S. Pratchett;Pat A. Hutchings;Geoffrey P. Jones

  • Uncovering Bright Spots Among the World’s Coral Reefs

    Joshua E. Cinner

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim R. McClanahan
Tim R. McClanahan Wildlife Conservation Society
Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
Christina C. Hicks
Christina C. Hicks Lancaster University
Tim M. Daw
Tim M. Daw Stockholm University
Shaun K. Wilson
Shaun K. Wilson Australian Institute of Marine Science
David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
M. Aaron MacNeil
M. Aaron MacNeil Dalhousie University
Joseph Maina
Joseph Maina Macquarie University
John N. Kittinger
John N. Kittinger Arizona State University
Natalie C. Ban
Natalie C. Ban University of Victoria

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