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Julia L. Blanchard

Julia L. Blanchard

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
72
Citations
20812
World Ranking
1234
National Ranking
102

Overview

Julia L. Blanchard is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with extensive contributions across several related subfields. These include Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's research topics focus heavily on marine and fisheries research, as well as marine bivalve and aquaculture studies. Other significant areas of work encompass coral and marine ecosystems studies, isotope analysis in ecology, aquaculture nutrition and growth, fish ecology and management studies, and agriculture sustainability and environmental impact.

Blanchard has co-authored work with several frequent collaborators, including Ryan Heneghan, Camilla Novaglio, Jason D. Everett, Elizabeth A. Fulton, and Derek P. Tittensor.

Their recent publications cover multiple aspects of marine ecosystems and environmental impact, with notable papers such as:

  • Next-generation ensemble projections reveal higher climate risks for marine ecosystems (2021, Nature Climate Change)
  • Global adoption of novel aquaculture feeds could substantially reduce forage fish demand by 2030 (2020, Nature Food)
  • The environmental footprint of global food production (2022, Nature Sustainability)
  • Fish body sizes change with temperature but not all species shrink with warming (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Energy Flow Through Marine Ecosystems: Confronting Transfer Efficiency (2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)

Frequent publication venues for Blanchard include Earth's Future, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Ecological Modelling, Global Change Biology, and Ecology and Evolution.

In addition to journal articles, Blanchard has contributed to book publications, including a 2024 title published by FAO eBooks titled Climate change risks to marine ecosystems and fisheries.

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

    Gretta T. Pecl;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Julia Blanchard

  • CONSUMER–RESOURCE BODY-SIZE RELATIONSHIPS IN NATURAL FOOD WEBS

    Ulrich Brose;Tomas Jonsson;Eric L. Berlow;Eric L. Berlow;Philip Warren

  • Impacts of climate change on marine ecosystem production in societies dependent on fisheries

    Manuel Barange;Gorka Merino;Julia L Blanchard;J. Scholtens

  • Global ensemble projections reveal trophic amplification of ocean biomass declines with climate change

    Heike K Lotze;Derek P Tittensor;Derek P Tittensor;Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz;Tyler D Eddy;Tyler D Eddy

  • Can marine fisheries and aquaculture meet fish demand from a growing human population in a changing climate

    Gorka Merino;Manuel Barange;Julia L. Blanchard;James Harle

  • Potential consequences of climate change for primary production and fish production in large marine ecosystems

    Julia L. Blanchard;Julia L. Blanchard;Simon Jennings;Simon Jennings;Robert Holmes;James Harle

  • Living Planet Report 2020: Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss

    JL Blanchard

  • Vulnerability of Coral Reef Fisheries to a Loss of Structural Complexity

    Alice Rogers;Alice Rogers;Julia L. Blanchard;Peter J. Mumby;Peter J. Mumby

  • Fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions of world fisheries

    Robert W. R. Parker;Robert W. R. Parker;Julia L. Blanchard;Caleb Gardner;Bridget S. Green

  • Fish abundance with no fishing: Predictions based on macroecological theory

    Simon Jennings;Julia L. Blanchard

  • A bioenergetic framework for the temperature dependence of trophic interactions.

    Benjamin Gilbert;Tyler D. Tunney;Kevin S. McCann;John P. DeLong

  • Food production shocks across land and sea

    Richard S. Cottrell;Kirsty L. Nash;Benjamin S. Halpern;Benjamin S. Halpern;Tomas A. Remenyi

  • Satellite remote sensing of ecosystem functions: opportunities, challenges and way forward

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Henrike Schulte to Bühne;Ayesha Tulloch;Grégoire Dubois

  • Continental Shelf-Wide Response of a Fish Assemblage to Rapid Warming of the Sea

    Stephen D. Simpson;Simon Jennings;Simon Jennings;Mark P. Johnson;Julia L. Blanchard;Julia L. Blanchard

  • How does abundance scale with body size in coupled size-structured food webs?

    Julia L. Blanchard;Julia L. Blanchard;Simon Jennings;Richard Law;Matthew D. Castle;Matthew D. Castle

  • Linked sustainability challenges and trade-offs among fisheries, aquaculture and agriculture.

    Julia L. Blanchard;Reg A. Watson;Elizabeth A. Fulton;Elizabeth A. Fulton;Richard S. Cottrell

  • Next-generation ensemble projections reveal higher climate risks for marine ecosystems.

    Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Camilla Novaglio;Cheryl S. Harrison;Cheryl S. Harrison;Ryan F. Heneghan

  • Global-scale predictions of community and ecosystem properties from simple ecological theory

    Simon Jennings;Frédéric Mélin;Julia L Blanchard;Rodney M Forster

  • From bacteria to whales: using functional size spectra to model marine ecosystems

    Julia L. Blanchard;Ryan F. Heneghan;Jason D. Everett;Rowan Trebilco

  • Global adoption of novel aquaculture feeds could substantially reduce forage fish demand by 2030

    Richard S. Cottrell;Richard S. Cottrell;Julia L. Blanchard;Benjamin S. Halpern;Marc Metian

  • Do climate and fishing influence size-based indicators of Celtic Sea fish community structure?

    Julia L. Blanchard;Nicholas K. Dulvy;Simon Jennings;James R. Ellis

  • Ecological Networks in a Changing Climate

    Guy Woodward;Jonathan P. Benstead;Oliver S. Beveridge;Julia Blanchard

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth A. Fulton
Elizabeth A. Fulton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Simon Jennings
Simon Jennings Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Kirsty L. Nash
Kirsty L. Nash University of Tasmania
Reg Watson
Reg Watson University of Tasmania
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
John K. Pinnegar
John K. Pinnegar Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Olivier Maury
Olivier Maury École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Eric D. Galbraith
Eric D. Galbraith McGill University
Éva E. Plagányi
Éva E. Plagányi Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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