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D-Index
42
Citations
6857
World Ranking
5582
National Ranking
1906

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1983 - George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America

Overview

Kenneth P. Sebens is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily covers the field of Environmental Science, with specific subfields focusing on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Water Science and Technology.

They have contributed to topics including:

  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Water Quality Monitoring Technologies

Among their recent publications are:

  • Resource allocation to a structural biomaterial: Induced production of byssal threads decreases growth of a marine mussel, 2021, published in Functional Ecology
  • Dissolved oxygen and temperature recorded from 2018-2020 from a sensor array that measures pH, pCO2, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll, turbidity, and current velocity at Friday Harbor Laboratories Ocean Observatory (FHLOO), 2020, published in Open Access Server of the Woods Hole Scientific Community (Woods Hole Scientific Community)

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Emily Carrington
  • Emily A. Roberts
  • Laura Newcomb
  • Michelle McCartha
  • Katie J. Harrington

Kenneth P. Sebens has published in venues such as Functional Ecology and the Open Access Server of the Woods Hole Scientific Community.

Recognition of their work includes awards such as the George Mercer Award from The Ecological Society of America in 1983 and being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1986.

Best Publications

  • The Ecology of Indeterminate Growth in Animals

    Kenneth P. Sebens

  • Effect of natural zooplankton feeding on the tissue and skeletal growth of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata

    C. Ferrier-Pagès;J. Witting;E. Tambutté;K. P. Sebens

  • THE LIMITS TO INDETERMINATE GROWTH: AN OPTIMAL SIZE MODEL APPLIED TO PASSIVE SUSPENSION FEEDERS'

    Kenneth P. Sebens

  • Spatial Relationships among Encrusting Marine Organisms in the New England Subtidal Zone

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  • Zooplankton capture by two scleractinian corals,Madracis mirabilis andMontastrea cavernosa, in a field enclosure

    K. P. Sebens;K. S. Vandersall;L. A. Savina;K. R. Graham

  • Water flow and prey capture by three scleractinian corals, Madracis mirabilis, Montastrea cavernosa and Porites porites, in a field enclosure

    K. P. Sebens;S. P. Grace;B. Helmuth;E. J. Maney

  • In situ measurements of flow effects on primary production and dark respiration in reef corals

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  • Biodiversity of coral reefs: what are we losing and why?

    Kenneth P. Sebens

  • Effects of water flow and branch spacing on particle capture by the reef coral Madracis mirabilis (Duchassaing and Michelotti)

    Kenneth P. Sebens;Kenneth P. Sebens;Kenneth P. Sebens;Jan Witting;Brian Helmuth

  • Habitat structure and community dynamics in marine benthic systems

    K. P. Sebens

  • Competition for Space: Growth Rate, Reproductive Output, and Escape in Size

    Kenneth P. Sebens

  • Predation on zooplankton by the benthic anthozoans Alcyonium siderium (Alcyonacea) and Metridium senile (Actiniaria) in the New England subtidal

    K. P. Sebens;M. A. R. Koehl

  • THE ALLOMETRY OF FEEDING, ENERGETICS, AND BODY SIZE IN THREE SEA ANEMONE SPECIES

    Kenneth P. Sebens

  • Regional variation in fish predation intensity: a historical perspective in the Gulf of Maine.

    Jon D. Witman;Kenneth P. Sebens

  • Composition and sources of near reef zooplankton on a Jamaican forereef along with implications for coral feeding

    K. B. Heidelberg;K. B. Heidelberg;K. P. Sebens;J. E. Purcell

  • The influence of colony morphology and orientation to flow on particle capture by the scleractinian coral Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus)

    Brian Helmuth;Kenneth Sebens

  • Effects of water movement on prey capture and distribution of reef corals

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  • The Energetics of Asexual Reproduction and Colony Formation in Benthic Marine Invertebrates

    Kenneth P. Sebens

  • Diel cycles of expansion and contraction in coral reef anthozoans

    K. P. Sebens;K. DeRiemer

  • Water flow and coral colony size: Interhabitat comparisons of the octocoral Alcyonium siderium.

    K. P. Sebens

  • Effects of water flow on growth and energetics of the scleractinian coral Agaricia tenuifolia in Belize

    K. P. Sebens;B. Helmuth;E. Carrington;B. Agius;B. Agius

  • Comparative ecology of north atlantic shores: do differences in players matter for process?

    Stuart R. Jenkins;Stuart R. Jenkins;Pippa Moore;Michael T. Burrows;David J. Garbary

  • Morphological variation in coral aggregations: branch spacing and mass flux to coral tissues

    Brian S.T. Helmuth;Kenneth P. Sebens;Thomas L. Daniel

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Helmuth
Brian Helmuth Northeastern University
Emily Carrington
Emily Carrington University of Washington
Gianluca Sarà
Gianluca Sarà University of Palermo
M. A. R. Koehl
M. A. R. Koehl University of California, Berkeley
Matthew M. Mills
Matthew M. Mills Stanford University
Stephen J. Hawkins
Stephen J. Hawkins University of Southampton
Stuart R. Jenkins
Stuart R. Jenkins Bangor University
Eric Tambutté
Eric Tambutté Scientific Centre of Monaco
David O. Duggins
David O. Duggins University of Washington
Giulio A. De Leo
Giulio A. De Leo Stanford University

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