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M. Aaron MacNeil

M. Aaron MacNeil

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
12245
World Ranking
3776
National Ranking
261

Overview

M. Aaron MacNeil is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada. Their research primarily concentrates on environmental science, with a specific focus on global and planetary change, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, aquatic science, and applications of artificial intelligence within these fields.

The scientist's research contributions cover several main topics, including marine and fisheries research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, fish ecology and management studies, ichthyology and marine biology, aquaculture nutrition and growth, and broader marine animal studies.

Among their recent papers are the following publications: Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks (2020), published in Nature; Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world (2020), published in Science; Predictive models aren't for causal inference (2022), published in Ecology Letters; Applying the structural causal model framework for observational causal inference in ecology (2022), published in Ecological Monographs; and Disentangling tropicalization and deborealization in marine ecosystems under climate change (2021), published in Current Biology.

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent venues, such as:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Current Biology
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Frequent co-authors included in their research collaborations are:

  • Nicholas A. J. Graham
  • Joshua E. Cinner
  • Jessica Zamborain-Mason
  • Eva Maire
  • Christina C. Hicks

Best Publications

  • Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs

    Nicholas A. J. Graham;Simon Jennings;Simon Jennings;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;David Mouillot;David Mouillot

  • 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

  • Comanagement of coral reef social ecological systems

    Joshua E. Cinner;Tim R. McClanahan;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A. J. Graham

  • 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

  • Rescaling the trophic structure of marine food webs

    Nigel E. Hussey;M. Aaron MacNeil;Bailey C. McMeans;Jill A. Olin

  • TOWARD PRISTINE BIOMASS: REEF FISH RECOVERY IN CORAL REEF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS IN KENYA

    Tim R. McClanahan;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Jacqulyn M. Calnan;M. Aaron MacNeil

  • Recovery potential of the world's coral reef fishes

    M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Joshua E. Cinner;Shaun K. Wilson

  • Critical thresholds and tangible targets for ecosystem-based management of coral reef fisheries

    Tim R. McClanahan;Nicholas A. J. Graham;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nyawira A. Muthiga

  • Coral-macroalgal phase shifts or reef resilience: links with diversity and functional roles of herbivorous fishes on the Great Barrier Reef

    A. J. Cheal;M. Aaron MacNeil;E. Cripps;E. Cripps;M. J. Emslie

  • Climate warming, marine protected areas and the ocean-scale integrity of coral reef ecosystems.

    Nicholas A.J. Graham;Timothy R. McClanahan;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;Shaun K. Wilson;Shaun K. Wilson

  • Marine protected areas increase resilience among coral reef communities.

    Camille Mellin;Camille Mellin;M. Aaron MacNeil;Alistair J. Cheal;Michael J. Emslie

  • Seabirds enhance coral reef productivity and functioning in the absence of invasive rats

    Nicholas Anthony James Graham;Nicholas Anthony James Graham;Shaun K. Wilson;Peter Carr;Peter Carr;Andrew S. Hoey

  • Stable isotopes from multiple tissues reveal diet switching in sharks

    MA MacNeil;GB Skomal;AT Fisk

  • Stable isotopes and elasmobranchs: tissue types, methods, applications and assumptions.

    N. E. Hussey;M. A. MacNeil;J. A. Olin;B. C. McMeans

  • The threat to coral reefs from more intense cyclones under climate change.

    Alistair J. Cheal;M. Aaron MacNeil;Michael J. Emslie;Hugh Sweatman

  • Prioritizing Key Resilience Indicators to Support Coral Reef Management in a Changing Climate

    Tim R. McClanahan;Simon D. Donner;Jeffrey A. Maynard;M. Aaron MacNeil

  • Extinction vulnerability of coral reef fishes

    Nicholas A. J. Graham;Pascale Chabanet;Richard D. Evans;Richard D. Evans;Simon Jennings

  • Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains

    Joshua E. Cinner;Eva Maire;Eva Maire;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil

  • Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks

    M. Aaron MacNeil;Demian D. Chapman;Michelle Heupel;Colin A. Simpfendorfer

  • Variable uptake and elimination of stable nitrogen isotopes between tissues in fish

    M Aaron MacNeil;Ken G Drouillard;Aaron T Fisk

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
Joshua E. Cinner
Joshua E. Cinner James Cook University
Tim R. McClanahan
Tim R. McClanahan Wildlife Conservation Society
Shaun K. Wilson
Shaun K. Wilson Australian Institute of Marine Science
Aaron T. Fisk
Aaron T. Fisk University of Windsor
Camille Mellin
Camille Mellin University of Adelaide
David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
Christina C. Hicks
Christina C. Hicks Lancaster University
Simon Jennings
Simon Jennings Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Nigel E. Hussey
Nigel E. Hussey University of Windsor

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