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80
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30184
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821
National Ranking
68

Overview

Katharina Fabricius is affiliated with the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Australia and conducts research primarily within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics, notably Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Marine Animal Studies Overview, Coastal and Marine Management, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Fabricius has published extensively in several key scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Coral Reefs
  • PLoS ONE
  • Scientific Reports
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Expanding ocean food production under climate change, 2022, Nature
  • Knowledge Gaps in the Biology, Ecology, and Management of the Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star Acanthaster sp. on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 2021, Biological Bulletin
  • Relative roles of biological and physical processes influencing coral recruitment during the lag phase of reef community recovery, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Reef state and performance as indicators of cumulative impacts on coral reefs, 2021, Ecological Indicators
  • Diel pCO2 variation among coral reefs and microhabitats at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, 2020, Coral Reefs

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Renata Ferrari
  • Barbara Robson
  • Andrew S. Hoey
  • Shaun K. Wilson
  • Peter L. Harrison

Katharina Fabricius's body of work emphasizes marine ecosystem dynamics and responses to environmental changes, contributing to understanding coral reef systems, marine biodiversity, and the impacts of climate and oceanographic shifts on marine life. Their interdisciplinary research encompasses biological, physical, and ecological processes, aiming to inform management and conservation strategies in marine environments.

Best Publications

  • CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREES: A POWERFUL YET SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR ECOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS

    Glenn De'ath;Katharina E. Fabricius

  • Effects of terrestrial runoff on the ecology of corals and coral reefs: review and synthesis

    Katharina E. Fabricius

  • The 27–year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes

    Glenn De'ath;Katharina E Fabricius;Hugh Sweatman;Marjetta Puotinen

  • Losers and winners in coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations

    Katharina E. Fabricius;Chris Langdon;Sven Uthicke;Craig Humphrey

  • Declining coral calcification on the Great Barrier Reef

    Glenn De'ath;Janice M. Lough;Katharina E. Fabricius

  • Shifting roles of heterotrophy and autotrophy in coral energetics under varying turbidity.

    Kenneth R.N Anthony;Katharina E Fabricius;Katharina E Fabricius

  • Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea

    Katharina Fabricius;Philip Alderslade

  • RECOGNITION AND SELECTION OF SETTLEMENT SUBSTRATA DETERMINE POST-SETTLEMENT SURVIVAL IN CORALS

    Lindsay Harrington;Lindsay Harrington;Katharina Fabricius;Glenn De'ath;Andrew Negri

  • Changes in algal, coral and fish assemblages along water quality gradients on the inshore Great Barrier Reef.

    Katharina Fabricius;Glenn De’ath;Laurence McCook;Emre Turak

  • Water quality as a regional driver of coral biodiversity and macroalgae on the Great Barrier Reef

    Glenn De'ath;Katharina Fabricius

  • Are increased nutrient inputs responsible for more outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish? An appraisal of the evidence

    Jon Brodie;Jon Brodie;Katharina Fabricius;Glenn De’ath;Ken Okaji

  • Experimental strategies to assess the biological ramifications of multiple drivers of global ocean change – a review

    Philip W Boyd;Philip W Boyd;Sinead Collins;Sam Dupont;Katharina Fabricius

  • Three lines of evidence to link outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns seastar Acanthaster planci to the release of larval food limitation

    K. E. Fabricius;K. Okaji;G. De’ath

  • Declining coral calcification in massive Porites in two nearshore regions of the northern Great Barrier Reef

    Timothy F. Cooper;Timothy F. Cooper;Glenn De'ath;Katharina E. Fabricius;Janice M. Lough

  • Identity and diversity of coral endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) from three Palauan reefs with contrasting bleaching, temperature and shading histories

    Katharina E. Fabricius;Jos C. Mieog;P. L. Colin;D. Idip

  • Photophysiological stress in scleractinian corals in response to short-term sedimentation

    Eva Philipp;Katharina Fabricius

  • Environmental factors associated with the spatial distribution of crustose coralline algae on the Great Barrier Reef

    K. Fabricius;G. De'ath

  • Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory

    Brian Gaylord;Kristy J Kroeker;Jennifer M Sunday;Kathryn M Anderson

  • Mechanisms of damage to corals exposed to sedimentation

    Miriam Weber;Dirk de Beer;Christian Lott;Lubos Polerecky

  • Natural volcanic CO2 seeps reveal future trajectories for host-microbial associations in corals and sponges.

    Kathleen M Morrow;David G Bourne;Craig Humphrey;Emmanuelle S Botté

  • The other ocean acidification problem: CO2 as a resource among competitors for ecosystem dominance.

    Sean D. Connell;Kristy J. Kroeker;Katharina E. Fabricius;David I. Kline

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn De'ath
Glenn De'ath Australian Institute of Marine Science
Sven Uthicke
Sven Uthicke Australian Institute of Marine Science
Jon Brodie
Jon Brodie James Cook University
Andrew P. Negri
Andrew P. Negri Australian Institute of Marine Science
Eric Wolanski
Eric Wolanski James Cook University
Bette L. Willis
Bette L. Willis James Cook University
Janice M. Lough
Janice M. Lough Australian Institute of Marine Science
Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Jason M. Hall-Spencer Plymouth University
Britta Schaffelke
Britta Schaffelke Australian Institute of Marine Science
Dirk de Beer
Dirk de Beer Max Planck Society

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