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19210
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4730
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314

Overview

Julia K. Baum is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada and primarily conducts research in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The central topics of Baum's research focus on various aspects of marine and coastal ecosystems. These include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and broader Marine Animal Studies.

Recent publications authored by Julia K. Baum include:

  • "Effective fisheries management instrumental in improving fish stock status," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Promoting inclusive metrics of success and impact to dismantle a discriminatory reward system in science," 2021, PLoS Biology
  • "Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Foundation Species," 2023, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • "Early effects of COVID-19 on US fisheries and seafood consumption," 2020, Fish and Fisheries
  • "Identifying management actions that promote sustainable fisheries," 2021, Nature Sustainability

Baum frequently collaborates with several co-authors who contribute notably to their research. These collaborators include Samuel Starko, Kristina L. Tietjen, Danielle C. Claar, Christopher J. Neufeld, and Brian Timmer.

Their work has been published in notable venues which feature multiple publications by Baum, such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Marine Ecology Progress Series, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, and Biological Conservation.

Best Publications

  • Rebuilding Global Fisheries

    Boris Worm;Ray Hilborn;Julia K. Baum;Trevor A. Branch

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene.

    Terry Hughes;Kristen D. Anderson;Sean R. Connolly;Scott F. Heron;Scott F. Heron

  • Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean.

    Ransom A. Myers;Julia K. Baum;Travis D. Shepherd;Sean P. Powers

  • Collapse and Conservation of Shark Populations in the Northwest Atlantic

    Julia K. Baum;Ransom A. Myers;Daniel G. Kehler;Boris Worm

  • Cascading top-down effects of changing oceanic predator abundances

    Julia K. Baum;Julia K. Baum;Boris Worm

  • You can swim but you can't hide: the global status and conservation of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays

    Nicholas K. Dulvy;Julia K. Baum;Shelley Clarke;Leonard J. V. Compagno

  • Effective fisheries management instrumental in improving fish stock status.

    Ray Hilborn;Ricardo Oscar Amoroso;Christopher M. Anderson;Julia K. Baum

  • Shifting baselines and the decline of pelagic sharks in the Gulf of Mexico

    Julia K. Baum;Ransom A. Myers

  • Examining the knowledge base and status of commercially exploited marine species with the RAM Legacy Stock Assessment Database

    Daniel Ricard;Cóilín Minto;Olaf P Jensen;Julia K Baum

  • Ecosystem ecology: size-based constraints on the pyramids of life

    Rowan Trebilco;Julia K. Baum;Anne K. Salomon;Nicholas K. Dulvy

  • From archives to conservation: why historical data are needed to set baselines for marine animals and ecosystems

    Loren McClenachan;Loren McClenachan;Francesco Ferretti;Julia K. Baum

  • Responses of Coral-Associated Bacterial Communities to Local and Global Stressors

    Jamie M. McDevitt-Irwin;Julia K. Baum;Melissa Garren;Rebecca L. Vega Thurber

  • Resilience and Recovery of Overexploited Marine Populations

    Philipp Neubauer;Olaf P. Jensen;Jeffrey Alexander Hutchings;Jeffrey Alexander Hutchings;Julia K. Baum

  • Measuring marine fish biodiversity: temporal changes in abundance, life history and demography

    Jeffrey A. Hutchings;Julia K. Baum

  • Blue Carbon Storage Capacity of Temperate Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Meadows

    Maria Emilia Röhr;Maria Emilia Röhr;Marianne Holmer;Julia K. Baum;Mats Björk

  • Human, Oceanographic and Habitat Drivers of Central and Western Pacific Coral Reef Fish Assemblages

    Ivor D. Williams;Julia K. Baum;Adel Heenan;Adel Heenan;Katharine M. Hanson

  • Eco-Label Conveys Reliable Information on Fish Stock Health to Seafood Consumers

    Nicolás L. Gutiérrez;Sarah R. Valencia;Trevor A. Branch;David J. Agnew

  • Promoting inclusive metrics of success and impact to dismantle a discriminatory reward system in science.

    Sarah W. Davies;Hollie M. Putnam;Tracy Ainsworth;Julia K. Baum

  • Re-Creating Missing Population Baselines for Pacific Reef Sharks

    Marc O. Nadon;Marc O. Nadon;Marc O. Nadon;Julia K. Baum;Ivor D. Williams;Ivor D. Williams;Jana M. Mcpherson

  • Inferring shark population trends from generalized linear mixed models of pelagic longline catch and effort data

    Julia K. Baum;Wade Blanchard

  • Supporting Online Material for Cascading Effects of the Loss of Apex Predatory Sharks from a Coastal Ocean

    Ransom A. Myers;Julia K. Baum;Travis D. Shepherd;Sean P. Powers

Frequent Co-Authors

Olaf P. Jensen
Olaf P. Jensen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Trevor A. Branch
Trevor A. Branch University of Washington
Jeffrey A. Hutchings
Jeffrey A. Hutchings Dalhousie University
Ivor D. Williams
Ivor D. Williams National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Tara G. Martin
Tara G. Martin University of British Columbia
Christopher Costello
Christopher Costello University of California, Santa Barbara
Ruth D. Gates
Ruth D. Gates University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ray Hilborn
Ray Hilborn University of Washington
Ransom A. Myers
Ransom A. Myers Dalhousie University
Rebecca Vega Thurber
Rebecca Vega Thurber Oregon State University

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