2026 Mark J. Costello: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	72	1230	1173	19	19	275	22019

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Mark J. Costello is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research focuses predominantly on Environmental Science, with significant contributions spanning several specialized subfields. These include Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecological Modeling, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their scholarly work encompasses numerous topics, emphasizing marine and fisheries research, species distribution and climate change, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and coastal plant biology, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, marine biology and ecology research, and genetic diversity and population structure.

Frequent coauthors in their publications are:

Qianshuo Zhao
Cesc Gordó−Vilaseca
Charles P. Lavin
F Stephenson
Jorge Assis

Mark J. Costello has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

Biological Conservation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PeerJ
Organisms Diversity & Evolution
Ecological Research

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on contemporary environmental and ecological issues:

Sampling biases shape our view of the natural world, 2021, Ecography
Quantifying sample completeness and comparing diversities among assemblages, 2020, Ecological Research
Endemism increases species' climate change risk in areas of global biodiversity importance, 2021, Biological Conservation
Global warming is causing a more pronounced dip in marine species richness around the equator, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Climate change: Strategies for mitigation and adaptation, 2023, The Innovation Geoscience

Best Publications

The magnitude of global marine species diversity

Ward Appeltans;Shane T. Ahyong;Shane T. Ahyong;Gary Anderson;Martin V. Angel

1228
Citations
A census of marine biodiversity knowledge, resources, and future challenges.

Mark John Costello;Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Roberto Danovaro;Pat Halpin

817
Citations
Can We Name Earth's Species Before They Go Extinct?

Mark J. Costello;Robert M. May;Nigel E. Stork

815
Citations
Predator feeding strategy and prey importance: a new graphical analysis.

Mark Costello

748
Citations
The global economic cost of sea lice to the salmonid farming industry.

Mark J Costello

677
Citations
Ecology of sea lice parasitic on farmed and wild fish

Mark J. Costello

672
Citations
Coral Reefs and the Global Network of Marine Protected Areas

Camilo Mora;Camilo Mora;Serge Andrèfouët;Mark J. Costello;Christine Kranenburg

637
Citations
Sampling biases shape our view of the natural world

Alice C. Hughes;Michael C. Orr;Keping Ma;Mark J. Costello

488
Citations
Essential biodiversity variables for mapping and monitoring species populations

Walter Jetz;Melodie A. McGeoch;Robert Guralnick;Simon Ferrier

488
Citations
Marine Biodiversity, Biogeography, Deep-Sea Gradients, and Conservation.

Mark J. Costello;Chhaya Chaudhary

423
Citations
Marine biogeographic realms and species endemicity.

Mark J. Costello;Peter Tsai;Pui Shan Wong;Alan Kwok Lun Cheung

385
Citations
Prioritizing species, pathways, and sites to achieve conservation targets for biological invasion

Melodie McGeoch;Piero Genovesi;Peter J Bellingham;Mark John Costello

381
Citations
How sea lice from salmon farms may cause wild salmonid declines in Europe and North America and be a threat to fishes elsewhere

Mark J. Costello

379
Citations
Predicting Total Global Species Richness Using Rates of Species Description and Estimates of Taxonomic Effort

Mark J. Costello;Simon Wilson;Brett Houlding

347
Citations
European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification

M.J. Costello;C. Emblow;R.J. White

347
Citations
Quantifying sample completeness and comparing diversities among assemblages

Anne Chao;Yasuhiro Kubota;David Zelený;Chun Huo Chiu

345
Citations
Motivating Online Publication of Data

Mark J. Costello

324
Citations
Endemism increases species' climate change risk in areas of global biodiversity importance

Stella Manes;Mark J. Costello;Mark J. Costello;Heath Beckett;Anindita Debnath

315
Citations
A vision for global monitoring of biological invasions

Guillaume Latombe;Petr Pyšek;Jonathan M. Jeschke;Tim M. Blackburn

296
Citations
Biodiversity data should be published, cited, and peer reviewed

Mark J. Costello;William K. Michener;Mark Gahegan;Zhi-Qiang Zhang

295
Citations
Role of cold-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs as fish habitat in the NE Atlantic

Mark J. Costello;Mona McCrea;André Freiwald;Tomas Lundälv

282
Citations
Biodiversity conservation should focus on no-take Marine Reserves: 94% of Marine Protected Areas allow fishing

Mark J. Costello;Bill Ballantine

246
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrique M. Pereira Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Carolyn J. Lundquist National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

Christos Arvanitidis Hellenic Centre for Marine Research

Eren Turak Office of Environment and Heritage

Patricia Miloslavich University of Tasmania

Amanda E. Bates Memorial University of Newfoundland

Dirk S. Schmeller National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida

Moriaki Yasuhara University of Hong Kong

Alan A. Myers University College Cork

External Links

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