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Ecology and Evolution
Spain
2022

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
83
Citations
26278
World Ranking
711
National Ranking
17

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Marta Coll is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant number of publications in the subfields of global and planetary change, ecology, oceanography, management, monitoring, policy and law, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's work encompasses diverse topics, predominantly within marine and fisheries research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, coastal and marine management, isotope analysis in ecology, fish ecology and management studies, and marine ecology and invasive species.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Marta Coll include:

  • A review of the combined effects of climate change and other local human stressors on the marine environment, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Next-generation ensemble projections reveal higher climate risks for marine ecosystems, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment, 2021, Biological Conservation
  • Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications, 2020, DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
  • Disentangling diverse responses to climate change among global marine ecosystem models, 2021, Progress In Oceanography

Marta Coll has frequent co-authors, indicating collaborative research efforts. These include:

  • Jeroen Steenbeek
  • María Grazia Pennino
  • J.M. Bellido-Millán
  • Joan Giménez
  • Francisco Ramírez

The scientist regularly publishes in specific venues, suggesting a specialized focus within marine and environmental sciences. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Earth's Future

In addition to journal articles, Marta Coll has contributed to book publications. One such publication is titled Climate change risks to marine ecosystems and fisheries, published by FAO eBooks in 2024.

Best Publications

  • The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats

    Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Chiara Piroddi;Jeroen Steenbeek;Kristin Kaschner

  • Widespread crown condition decline, food web disruption, and amplified tree mortality with increased climate change-type drought

    Jofre Carnicer;Marta Coll;Miquel Ninyerola;Xavier Pons

  • An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes

    Daniel L. Rabosky;Jonathan Chang;Pascal O. Title;Peter F. Cowman;Peter F. Cowman

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

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

  • The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and marine reserves

    Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Chiara Piroddi;Camille Albouy;Camille Albouy;Frida Ben Rais Lasram

  • Management Effectiveness of the World's Marine Fisheries

    Camilo Mora;Ransom A. Myers;Marta Coll;Simone Libralato

  • Global ensemble projections reveal trophic amplification of ocean biomass declines with climate change

    Heike K Lotze;Derek P Tittensor;Derek P Tittensor;Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz;Tyler D Eddy;Tyler D Eddy

  • Best practice in Ecopath with Ecosim food-web models for ecosystem-based management

    Johanna Jacomina Heymans;Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Jason S. Link;Steven Mackinson

  • Small pelagic fish in the NW Mediterranean Sea: An ecological review

    Isabel Palomera;Maria Pilar Olivar;Jordi Salat;Ana Sabatés

  • Recovery of marine animal populations and ecosystems

    Heike K. Lotze;Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Anna M. Magera;Christine Ward-Paige

  • Evidence of current impact of climate change on life: a walk from genes to the biosphere

    Josep Penuelas;Jordi Sardans;Marc Estiarte;Roma Ogaya

  • The bacterial conjugation protein TrwB resembles ring helicases and F1-ATPase

    F X Gomis-Rüth;G Moncalián;R Pérez-Luque;A González;A González

  • Invading the Mediterranean Sea: biodiversity patterns shaped by human activities

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Marta Coll;Chiara Piroddi;Jeroen Steenbeek

  • Ecosystem overfishing in the ocean.

    Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Simone Libralato;Sergi Tudela;Isabel Palomera

  • Trophic flows, ecosystem structure and fishing impacts in the South Catalan Sea, Northwestern Mediterranean

    Marta Coll;Isabel Palomera;Sergi Tudela;Francisco Sardà

  • A review of the combined effects of climate change and other local human stressors on the marine environment

    Elena Gissi;Elisabetta Manea;Antonios D. Mazaris;Simonetta Fraschetti

  • Historical Changes in Marine Resources, Food-web Structure and Ecosystem Functioning in the Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

    Heike K. Lotze;Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Jennifer A. Dunne

  • State-of-the-art global models underestimate impacts from climate extremes

    Jacob Schewe;Simon N. Gosling;Christopher Reyer;Fang Zhao

  • An ecological model of the Northern and Central Adriatic Sea: Analysis of ecosystem structure and fishing impacts

    Marta Coll;Alberto Santojanni;Isabel Palomera;Sergi Tudela

  • Next-generation ensemble projections reveal higher climate risks for marine ecosystems.

    Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Camilla Novaglio;Cheryl S. Harrison;Cheryl S. Harrison;Ryan F. Heneghan

  • Global Patterns in Ecological Indicators of Marine Food Webs: A Modelling Approach

    Johanna Jacomina Heymans;Marta Coll;Simone Libralato;Lyne Morissette

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeroen Steenbeek
Jeroen Steenbeek Spanish National Research Council
Lynne J. Shannon
Lynne J. Shannon University of Cape Town
Villy Christensen
Villy Christensen University of British Columbia
Yunne-Jai Shin
Yunne-Jai Shin Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Johanna J. Heymans
Johanna J. Heymans Scottish Association For Marine Science
Isabel Palomera
Isabel Palomera Spanish National Research Council
Joan Navarro
Joan Navarro Spanish National Research Council
Simone Libralato
Simone Libralato National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
Alida Bundy
Alida Bundy Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Heike K. Lotze
Heike K. Lotze Dalhousie University

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