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45
Citations
7390
World Ranking
4880
National Ranking
389

Overview

Kirsty L. Nash is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia and is primarily engaged in research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science, and Environmental Engineering.

Their main research topics cover Coastal and Marine Management, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability, and Environmental Impact and Sustainability.

Recent publications by Nash demonstrate a focus on sustainability, environmental impacts, and the interrelatedness of ecological systems. Some of the recent papers include:

  • The environmental footprint of global food production (2022, Nature Sustainability)
  • Connecting to the oceans: supporting ocean literacy and public engagement (2021, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries)
  • To Achieve a Sustainable Blue Future, Progress Assessments Must Include Interdependencies between the Sustainable Development Goals (2020, One Earth)
  • Food for all: designing sustainable and secure future seafood systems (2021, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries)
  • Time to rethink trophic levels in aquaculture policy (2021, Reviews in Aquaculture)

Kirsty L. Nash frequently publishes in a range of journals, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Nature Sustainability
  • One Earth
  • People and Nature
  • Nature Climate Change

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Nash's research. Their frequent co-authors include GT Pecl, Benjamin S. Halpern, Julia L. Blanchard, Jessica A. Gephart, and David Williams. These partnerships appear to contribute to a diverse and multidisciplinary approach to environmental science and sustainability research.

Best Publications

  • The importance of structural complexity in coral reef ecosystems

    N. A. J. Graham;K. L. Nash

  • Harnessing global fisheries to tackle micronutrient deficiencies

    Christina C. Hicks;Christina C. Hicks;Philippa J. Cohen;Philippa J. Cohen;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Kirsty L. Nash

  • Relationships between structural complexity, coral traits, and reef fish assemblages

    Emily S. Darling;Emily S. Darling;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Fraser A. Januchowski-Hartley;Kirsty L. Nash

  • Food production shocks across land and sea

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

  • Coral reef recovery dynamics in a changing world

    N. A. J. Graham;K. L. Nash;J. T. Kool;J. T. Kool

  • 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

  • Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene

    Emily S Darling;Emily S Darling;Emily S Darling;Tim R McClanahan;Joseph Maina;Georgina G Gurney

  • Planetary boundaries for a blue planet.

    Kirsty L. Nash;Kirsty L. Nash;Christopher Cvitanovic;Christopher Cvitanovic;Elizabeth A. Fulton;Elizabeth A. Fulton;Benjamin S. Halpern;Benjamin S. Halpern

  • Connecting to the oceans: supporting ocean literacy and public engagement.

    Rachel Kelly;Karen Evans;Karen Alexander;Karen Alexander;Silvana Bettiol

  • Discontinuities, cross-scale patterns, and the organization of ecosystems

    Kirsty L. Nash;Craig R. Allen;David G. Angeler;Chris Barichievy;Chris Barichievy

  • Herbivore cross‐scale redundancy supports response diversity and promotes coral reef resilience

    Kirsty Nash;Nicholas Anthony James Graham;Simon Jennings;Simon Jennings;Shaun Wilson;Shaun Wilson

  • Cross-scale habitat structure drives fish body size distributions on coral reefs

    Kirsty L. Nash;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Shaun K. Wilson;David R. Bellwood;David R. Bellwood

  • To Achieve a Sustainable Blue Future, Progress Assessments Must Include Interdependencies between the Sustainable Development Goals

    Kirsty L. Nash;Jessica L. Blythe;Christopher Cvitanovic;Christopher Cvitanovic;Christopher Cvitanovic;Elizabeth A. Fulton;Elizabeth A. Fulton

  • Ten tips for developing interdisciplinary socio-ecological researchers

    Rachel Kelly;Mary Mackay;Kirsty L. Nash;Christopher Cvitanovic;Christopher Cvitanovic

  • Home‑range allometry in coral reef fishes: comparison to other vertebrates, methodological issues and management implications

    Kirsty L. Nash;Justin Q. Welsh;Nicholas A. J. Graham;David R. Bellwood

  • A practical framework for implementing and evaluating integrated management of marine activities

    Robert L. Stephenson;Robert L. Stephenson;Alistair J. Hobday;Christopher Cvitanovic;Karen A. Alexander

  • Body size shifts and early warning signals precede the historic collapse of whale stocks.

    Christopher F Clements;Julia L Blanchard;Kirsty L Nash;Mark A Hindell;Mark A Hindell

  • Effect of Macroalgal Expansion and Marine Protected Areas on Coral Recovery Following a Climatic Disturbance

    Shaun K. Wilson;Shaun K. Wilson;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Rebecca Fisher;Jan Robinson

  • Macroalgal herbivory on recovering versus degrading coral reefs

    K. M. Chong-Seng;K. L. Nash;D. R. Bellwood;N. A. J. Graham

  • Ecosystem-based management of coral reefs under climate change.

    Bethany J. Harvey;Kirsty L. Nash;Kirsty L. Nash;Julia L. Blanchard;Julia L. Blanchard;David P. Edwards

  • Prolonged instability prior to a regime shift

    Trisha L. Spanbauer;Craig R. Allen;David G. Angeler;Tarsha Eason

  • Coral reef community composition in the context of disturbance history on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    Nicholas A. J. Graham;Karen M. Chong-Seng;Cindy Huchery;Fraser A. Januchowski-Hartley

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
Elizabeth A. Fulton
Elizabeth A. Fulton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Julia L. Blanchard
Julia L. Blanchard University of Tasmania
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Shaun K. Wilson
Shaun K. Wilson Australian Institute of Marine Science
Reg Watson
Reg Watson University of Tasmania
Gretta T. Pecl
Gretta T. Pecl University of Tasmania
Ahjond S. Garmestani
Ahjond S. Garmestani Environmental Protection Agency
Craig R. Allen
Craig R. Allen University of Nebraska–Lincoln
David G. Angeler
David G. Angeler Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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