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Overview

Kent Carpenter is affiliated with Old Dominion University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields, including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, and Aquatic Science.

Their main topics of study cover diverse areas related to aquatic life and ecosystems, including:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

Kent Carpenter has contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers listed as follows:

  • "A multi-taxon analysis of European Red Lists reveals major threats to biodiversity," 2023, PLoS ONE
  • "Evolutionary determinism and convergence associated with water-column transitions in marine fishes," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Monitoring extinction risk and threats of the world's fishes based on the Sampled Red List Index," 2022, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • "Testing the Utility of Alternative Metrics of Branch Support to Address the Ancient Evolutionary Radiation of Tunas, Stromateoids, and Allies (Teleostei: Pelagiaria)," 2021, Systematic Biology
  • "Biodiversity of Philippine marine fishes: A DNA barcode reference library based on voucher specimens," 2023, Scientific Data

Among the frequent publication venues where Kent Carpenter has published work are:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • npj Ocean Sustainability
  • PLoS ONE
  • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Collaboration plays a significant role in Carpenter's research, with numerous frequent coauthors including:

  • Beth Polidoro
  • Nicholas K. Dulvy
  • Gina M. Ralph
  • Mudjekeewis D. Santos
  • Christopher E. Bird

Best Publications

  • Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

    Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Matt Walpole;Ben Collen;Arco Van Strien

  • Extinction risk and conservation of the world's sharks and rays

    Nicholas K. Dulvy;Sarah L. Fowler;John A. Musick;Rachel D. Cavanagh

  • The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

    Michael Hoffmann;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Ariadne Angulo;Monika Böhm

  • One-third of reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts

    Kent E. Carpenter;Muhammad Abrar;Greta Aeby;Richard B. Aronson

  • The Loss of Species: Mangrove Extinction Risk and Geographic Areas of Global Concern

    Beth A. Polidoro;Kent E. Carpenter;Lorna Collins;Lorna Collins;Norman C. Duke

  • Extinction risk assessment of the world’s seagrass species

    Frederick T. Short;Beth Polidoro;Suzanne R. Livingstone;Kent E. Carpenter

  • Guia FAO para la identificacion de especies para los fines de la pesca: Pacifico centro-oriental. Volumenes 1-3

    W. Fischer;F. Krupp;W. Schneider;C. Sommer

  • The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes.

    Ricardo Betancur-R.;Richard E. Broughton;Edward O. Wiley;Kent Carpenter

  • The living marine resources of the western central Pacific

    K.E. Carpenter;V.H. Niem

  • The center of the center of marine shore fish biodiversity: the Philippine Islands

    Kent E. Carpenter;Victor G. Springer

  • Shortfalls and Solutions for Meeting National and Global Conservation Area Targets

    Stuart H.M. Butchart;Martin Clarke;Robert J. Smith;Rachel E. Sykes

  • The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic

    Kent E. Carpenter

  • Fishing groupers towards extinction: a global assessment of threats and extinction risks in a billion dollar fishery

    Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson;Matthew T Craig;Athila A Bertoncini;Kent E Carpenter

  • FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 5. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae)

    K. E. Carpenter;V. H. Niem

  • Emperor Fishes and Large-Eye Breams of the World, Family Lethrinidae: An Annotated and illustrated Catalogue of Lethrinid Species Known to Date

    Kent E. Carpenter;Gerald R. Allen

  • High value and long life - Double jeopardy for tunas and billfishes

    B. B. Collette;K. E. Carpenter;K. E. Carpenter;B. A. Polidoro;B. A. Polidoro;M. J. Juan-Jordá

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • Living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates

    Kent E. Carpenter;F. Krupp;D. A. Jones;U. Zajonz

  • FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae).

    K. E. Carpenter;V. H. Niem

  • Comparative Phylogeography of the Coral Triangle and Implications for Marine Management

    Kent E. Carpenter;Paul H. Barber;Eric D. Crandall;Ma. Carmen A. Ablan-Lagman

  • Author response: Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays

    Nicholas K Dulvy;Sarah L Fowler;John A Musick;Rachel D Cavanagh

  • The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. v. 1: Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods.- v. 2: Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks

    K.E. Carpenter;V.H. Niem

Frequent Co-Authors

Beth A. Polidoro
Beth A. Polidoro Arizona State University
Bruce Collette
Bruce Collette National Museum of Natural History
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
Paul H. Barber
Paul H. Barber University of California, Los Angeles
Nicholas K. Dulvy
Nicholas K. Dulvy Simon Fraser University
Guillermo Ortí
Guillermo Ortí George Washington University
Craig Hilton-Taylor
Craig Hilton-Taylor IUCN Red List
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Michael R. Hoffmann
Michael R. Hoffmann California Institute of Technology
John A. Musick
John A. Musick Virginia Institute of Marine Science

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