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Ecology and Evolution
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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
103
Citations
46040
World Ranking
234
National Ranking
98

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Larry B. Crowder is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes in environmental science, with a focus on ecology, global and planetary change, and oceanography. Their research spans key areas such as coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, and coastal and marine management.

The scientist's work is frequently published in several prominent academic venues. These include npj Ocean Sustainability, Frontiers in Marine Science, Science, UNC Libraries, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

They have collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Elena Gissi, Stephanie Green, Catarina Frazão Santos, Tundi Agardy, and Fiorenza Micheli.

Recent publications by Larry B. Crowder include the following papers:

  • Integrating climate change in ocean planning (2020, Nature Sustainability)
  • Trait-based approaches to global change ecology: moving from description to prediction (2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Mobile protected areas for biodiversity on the high seas (2020, Science)
  • WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies (2021, Science)
  • COVID-19 reveals vulnerability of small-scale fisheries to global market systems (2020, The Lancet Planetary Health)

Their research covers major topics including coral and marine ecosystems, marine and fisheries research, coastal and marine management, international maritime law issues, turtle biology and conservation, species distribution and climate change, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

In terms of subfields, Crowder's expertise is distributed across ecology, global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, nature and landscape conservation, and oceanography.

Larry B. Crowder has also been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2007.

Best Publications

  • Habitat structural complexity and the interaction between bluegills and their prey

    Larry B. Crowder;William E. Cooper

  • A Stage‐Based Population Model for Loggerhead Sea Turtles and Implications for Conservation

    Deborah T. Crouse;Larry B. Crowder;Hal Caswell

  • Larval Size and Recruitment Mechanisms in Fishes: Toward a Conceptual Framework

    Thomas J. Miller;Larry B. Crowder;James A. Rice;Elizabeth A. Marschall

  • Predation: direct and indirect impacts on aquatic communities

    W. Charles Kerfoot;Andrew Sih

  • Temperature as an Ecological Resource

    John J. Magnuson;Larry B. Crowder;Patricia A. Medvick

  • Understanding impacts of fisheries bycatch on marine megafauna

    Rebecca L. Lewison;Larry B. Crowder;Andrew J. Read;Sloan A. Freeman

  • An index to assess the health and benefits of the global ocean

    Benjamin S. Halpern;Catherine Longo;Darren Hardy;Karen L. McLeod

  • The Impact of United States Recreational Fisheries on Marine Fish Populations

    Felicia C. Coleman;William F. Figueira;Jeffrey S. Ueland;Larry B. Crowder

  • Quantifying the effects of fisheries on threatened species: the impact of pelagic longlines on loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles

    Rebecca L. Lewison;A Sloan;Larry B. Crowder

  • Global research priorities for sea turtles: informing management and conservation in the 21st century

    M. Hamann;M.H. Godfrey;J.A. Seminoff;K. Arthur

  • LIFE HISTORIES AND ELASTICITY PATTERNS: PERTURBATION ANALYSIS FOR SPECIES WITH MINIMAL DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

    Selina S. Heppell;Hal Caswell;Larry B. Crowder

  • Guiding ecological principles for marine spatial planning

    Melissa M. Foley;Benjamin S. Halpern;Fiorenza Micheli;Matthew H. Armsby

  • Essential ecological insights for marine ecosystem-based management and marine spatial planning

    Larry Crowder;Elliott Norse

  • Sustainability and Global Seafood

    Martin D. Smith;Cathy A. Roheim;Larry B. Crowder;Benjamin S. Halpern

  • Managing for cumulative impacts in ecosystem-based management through ocean zoning

    Benjamin S. Halpern;Karen L. McLeod;Andrew A. Rosenberg;Larry B. Crowder

  • Predicting the impact of Turtle Excluder Devices on loggerhead sea turtle populations

    Larry B. Crowder;Deborah T. Crouse;Selina S. Heppell;Thomas H. Martin

  • Bright spots among the world’s coral reefs

    Joshua E. Cinner;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A.J. Graham;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • Current Normative Concepts in Conservation

    J. Baird Callicott;Larry B. Crowder;Karen Mumford

  • Predicted habitat shifts of Pacific top predators in a changing climate

    Elliott L. Hazen;Elliott L. Hazen;Salvador Jorgensen;Ryan R. Rykaczewski;Steven J. Bograd

  • Habitat structure and predator—prey interactions in vegetated aquatic systems

    K. L. Heck;L. B. Crowder

  • Resolving Mismatches in U.S. Ocean Governance

    L. B. Crowder;G. Osherenko;O. R. Young;S. Airamé

Frequent Co-Authors

Elliott L. Hazen
Elliott L. Hazen National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Rebecca L. Lewison
Rebecca L. Lewison San Diego State University
John N. Kittinger
John N. Kittinger Arizona State University
James A. Rice
James A. Rice North Carolina State University
Steven J. Bograd
Steven J. Bograd National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Selina S. Heppell
Selina S. Heppell Oregon State University
Sara M. Maxwell
Sara M. Maxwell University of Washington
Bryan P. Wallace
Bryan P. Wallace Duke University
Elizabeth A. Marschall
Elizabeth A. Marschall The Ohio State University

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