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Louis W. Botsford publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Louis W. Botsford sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 187 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Louis W. Botsford D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Louis W. Botsford sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Louis W. Botsford is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States and contributes extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on marine and fisheries research. Their research spans multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main topics covered in their work encompass Marine and fisheries research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine and coastal plant biology, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity.

They have coauthored numerous publications with frequent collaborators, including Alan Hastings, J. Wilson White, Jess K. Hopf, Jennifer E. Caselle, and Mark H. Carr.

Louis W. Botsford's recent papers include:

  • Projecting the timescale of initial increase in fishery yield after implementation of marine protected areas, 2020, ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Pulse disturbances in age-structured populations: Life history predicts initial impact and recovery time, 2022, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • How life history determines time scale sensitivity and extinction risk of age-structured populations, 2022, Oikos
  • Marine reserves can buffer against environmental fluctuations for overexploited but not sustainably harvested fisheries, 2024, Ecological Applications
  • The roles of population dynamics theory in the design and assessment of marine reserves, 2025, Theoretical Ecology

They publish frequently in venues such as Theoretical Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Ecological Applications, and Oikos.

Best Publications

  • Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems.

    Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Michael Xavier Kirby;Wolfgang H. Berger;Karen A. Bjorndal

  • The management of fisheries and marine ecosystems

    L.W. Botsford;J.C. Castilla;C.H. Peterson

  • When can marine reserves improve fisheries management

    Ray Hilborn;Kevin Stokes;Jean Jacques Maguire;Tony Smith

  • PRINCIPLES FOR THE DESIGN OF MARINE RESERVES

    Louis W. Botsford;Fiorenza Micheli;Alan Hastings

  • TRAJECTORIES AND CORRELATES OF COMMUNITY CHANGE IN NO-TAKE MARINE RESERVES

    Fiorenza Micheli;Benjamin S. Halpern;Louis W. Botsford;Robert R. Warner

  • Population models for marine reserve design: A retrospective and prospective synthesis

    Leah R. Gerber;Louis W. Botsford;Alan Hastings;Hugh P. Possingham

  • No‐take Reserve Networks: Sustaining Fishery Populations and Marine Ecosystems

    Steven N. Murray;Richard F. Ambrose;James A. Bohnsack;Louis W. Botsford

  • Status and management of world sea urchin fisheries

    N. L. Andrew;Y. Agatsuma;E. Ballesteros;A. G. Bazhin

  • Connectivity and resilience of coral reef metapopulations in marine protected areas: matching empirical efforts to predictive needs.

    L. W. Botsford;J. W. White;M. A. Coffroth;C. B. Paris

  • Persistence of spatial populations depends on returning home

    Alan Hastings;Louis W. Botsford

  • Equivalence in yield from marine reserves and traditional fisheries management

    Alan Hastings;Louis W. Botsford

  • COMPARING DESIGNS OF MARINE RESERVES FOR FISHERIES AND FOR BIODIVERSITY

    Alan Hastings;Louis W. Botsford

  • Consequences of adult and juvenile movement for marine protected areas

    Arnaud Grüss;David M. Kaplan;Sylvie Guénette;Callum M. Roberts

  • Harvest Refugia in Marine Invertebrate Fisheries: Models and Applications to the Red Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

    James F. Quinn;Stephen R. Wing;Louis W. Botsford

  • Connectivity, sustainability, and yield: bridging the gap between conventional fisheries management and marine protected areas

    Louis W. Botsford;Daniel R. Brumbaugh;Churchill Grimes;Julie B. Kellner

  • Settlement and transport of benthic invertebrates in an intermittent upwelling region

    Stephen R. Wing;John L. Largier;Louis W. Botsford;James F. Quinn

  • Stochastic Dynamics and Deterministic Skeletons: Population Behavior of Dungeness Crab

    Kevin Higgins;Alan Hastings;Alan Hastings;Jacob N. Sarvela;Jacob N. Sarvela;Louis W. Botsford;Louis W. Botsford

  • Avoiding surprises: Incorporating fisherman behavior into management models

    James E. Wilen;Martin D. Smith;Dale Lockwood;Louis W. Botsford

  • Ecosystem models for fisheries management: finding the sweet spot

    Jeremy S Collie;Louis W Botsford;Alan Hastings;Isaac C Kaplan

  • Spatial structure of relaxation events and crab settlement in the northern California upwelling system

    Wing;Botsford Lw;Largier Jl;Morgan Le

  • Meroplanktonic distribution and circulation in a coastal retention zone of the northern California upwelling system

    Stephen R. Wing;Louis W. Botsford;Stephen V. Ralston;John L. Largier

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Hastings
Alan Hastings University of California, Davis
John L. Largier
John L. Largier University of California, Davis
Carolyn J. Lundquist
Carolyn J. Lundquist National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
John M. Eadie
John M. Eadie University of California, Davis
James F. Quinn
James F. Quinn University of California, Davis
Marissa Leanne Baskett
Marissa Leanne Baskett University of California, Davis
Franklin B. Schwing
Franklin B. Schwing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William T. Peterson
William T. Peterson National Marine Fisheries Service
Mark H. Carr
Mark H. Carr University of California, Santa Cruz
James E. Wilen
James E. Wilen University of California, Davis

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