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57
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940

Overview

Mark A. Hixon is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with specific attention to subfields such as ecology, global and planetary change, oceanography, nature and landscape conservation, and aquatic science.

The scientist's work covers a wide range of topics related to marine and ecological systems. Their main research themes include:

  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Ocean acidification effects and responses
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Echinoderm biology and ecology

Mark A. Hixon has published in various scientific journals, contributing to fields involving marine ecology and environmental biology. Frequent publication venues include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Coral Reefs
  • Environmental Biology of Fishes

The scientist has collaborated with several coauthors across different studies. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Robert J. Toonen
  • Brian W. Bowen
  • Jonatha Giddens
  • Donald R. Kobayashi
  • Gabriella N. M. Mukai

Their recent scientific papers reflect their research interests and include:

  • "Assessing the vulnerability of marine life to climate change in the Pacific Islands region" (2022, PLoS ONE)
  • "Fish Flow: following fisheries from spawning to supper" (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment)
  • "Protracted recovery of long-spined urchin (Diadema antillarum) in the Bahamas" (2022, Coral Reefs)
  • "Diet breadth and overlap in the Family Molidae" (2024, Environmental Biology of Fishes)

Best Publications

  • RECRUITMENT AND THE LOCAL DYNAMICS OF OPEN MARINE POPULATIONS

    M. J. Caley;M. H. Carr;M. A. Hixon;T. P. Hughes

  • Predation, Prey Refuges, and the Structure of Coral-Reef Fish Assemblages

    Mark A. Hixon;James P. Beets

  • Fisheries Sustainability via Protection of Age Structure and Spatial Distribution of Fish Populations

    Steven A. Berkeley;Mark A. Hixon;Ralph J. Larson;Milton S. Love

  • Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes

    Mark A. Albins;Mark A. Hixon

  • BOFFFFs: on the importance of conserving old-growth age structure in fishery populations

    Mark A. Hixon;Darren W. Johnson;Susan M. Sogard

  • CHAPTER 17 – Predation as a Process Structuring Coral Reef Fish Communities

    Mark A. Hixon

  • Synergistic predation, density dependence, and population regulation in marine fish

    Mark A. Hixon;Mark A. Hixon;Mark H. Carr;Mark H. Carr

  • POPULATION REGULATION: HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES OF OPEN VS. CLOSED SYSTEMS

    Mark A. Hixon;Stephen Wilson Pacala;Stuart A. Sandin

  • Predation effects on early post-settlement survivorship of coral-reef fishes

    M. H. Carr;M. A. Hixon

  • Worst case scenario: potential long-term effects of invasive predatory lionfish (Pterois volitans) on Atlantic and Caribbean coral-reef communities

    Mark A. Albins;Mark A. Hixon

  • Food Production and Competitor Density as the Determinants of Feeding Territory Size

    Mark A. Hixon

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

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

  • Artificial Reefs: The Importance of Comparisons with Natural Reefs

    Mark H. Carr;Mark A. Hixon

  • COMPETITION, PREDATION, AND DENSITY-DEPENDENT MORTALITY IN DEMERSAL MARINE FISHES

    Mark A. Hixon;Geoffrey P. Jones

  • Predatory fish invaders: Insights from Indo-Pacific lionfish in the western Atlantic and Caribbean

    Isabelle M. Côté;Stephanie J. Green;Mark A. Hixon

  • Ten Commandments for Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Scientists

    Robert C. Francis;Mark A. Hixon;M. Elizabeth Clarke;Steven A. Murawski

  • Larval Connectivity in an Effective Network of Marine Protected Areas

    Mark R. Christie;Brian N. Tissot;Mark A. Albins;James P. Beets

  • Succession and Herbivory: Effects of Differential Fish Grazing on Hawaiian Coral-Reef Algae

    Mark A. Hixon;William N. Brostoff

  • High mortality during settlement is a population bottleneck for a tropical surgeonfish

    Peter Doherty;Vincent Dufour;Rene Galzin;Mark Hixon

  • Weight gain and adjustment of feeding territory size in migrant hummingbirds.

    F. Lynn Carpenter;David C. Paton;Mark A. Hixon

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark H. Carr
Mark H. Carr University of California, Santa Cruz
David C. Paton
David C. Paton University of Adelaide
Bruce A. Menge
Bruce A. Menge Oregon State University
Geoffrey P. Jones
Geoffrey P. Jones James Cook University
Larry B. Crowder
Larry B. Crowder Stanford University
Richard D. Brodeur
Richard D. Brodeur Oregon State University
Serge Planes
Serge Planes PSL University
Louis W. Botsford
Louis W. Botsford University of California, Davis
Jane Lubchenco
Jane Lubchenco Oregon State University
John C. Field
John C. Field National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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