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Michael J. Risk

Michael J. Risk

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
61
Citations
9992
World Ranking
2240
National Ranking
148

Earth Science

D-Index
60
Citations
9756
World Ranking
1963
National Ranking
86

Overview

Michael J. Risk is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and focuses their research in the field of Environmental Science. Their work broadly covers global and planetary change, ecology, pollution, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, as well as dermatology.

Their research topics include coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, toxic organic pollutants impact, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, skin protection and aging, and environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology.

Michael J. Risk has contributed publications to multiple scientific venues, including:

  • Chemosphere
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • Oceans

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Cage aquaculture in the Persian Gulf: A cautionary tale for Iran and the world" (2021), Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Oxybenzone contamination from sunscreen pollution and its ecological threat to Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A." (2021), Chemosphere
  • "Occurrence and source of PAHs in Miankaleh International Wetland in Iran" (2023), Chemosphere
  • "Biodeposit dispersion around a deep cage finfish farm in the Northern Persian Gulf" (2023), Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • "Potential impact of the 2023 Lahaina wildfire on the marine environment: Modeling the transport of ash-laden benzo[a]pyrene and pentachlorophenol" (2024), The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators include:

  • S. Abbas Haghshenas
  • Craig A. Downs
  • Shadan Nasseri Doust
  • Elizabeth Bishop
  • Aref Farhangmehr

Best Publications

  • Fish Diversity on a Coral Reef in the Virgin Islands

    Michael J. Risk

  • Reef degradation and coral biodiversity in indonesia: Effects of land-based pollution, destructive fishing practices and changes over time

    Evan N Edinger;Evan N Edinger;Jamaluddin Jompa;Jamaluddin Jompa;Gino V Limmon;Wisnu Widjatmoko

  • Normal Coral Growth Rates on Dying Reefs: Are Coral Growth Rates Good Indicators of Reef Health?

    Evan N Edinger;Evan N Edinger;Gino V Limmon;Jamaluddin Jompa;Jamaluddin Jompa;Wisnu Widjatmoko

  • Increase in Cliona delitrix Infestation of Montastrea cavernosa Heads on an Organically Polluted Portion of the Grand Cayman Fringing Reef

    Christopher S. Rose;Michael J. Risk

  • Lifespans and growth patterns of two deep-sea corals: Primnoa resedaeformis and Desmophyllum cristagalli

    M. J. Risk;J. M. Heikoop;M. G. Snow;R. Beukens

  • Clionid sponge surveys on the Florida Reef Tract suggest land-based nutrient inputs

    Christine A. Ward-Paige;Michael J. Risk;Owen A. Sherwood;Walter C. Jaap

  • Reef classification by coral morphology predicts coral reef conservation value

    Evan N Edinger;Evan N Edinger;Michael J Risk;Michael J Risk

  • Oligocene-Miocene extinction and geographic restriction of Caribbean corals; roles of turbidity, temperature, and nutrients

    Evan N. Edinger;Michael J. Risk

  • Bioerosion of Live Massive Corals and Branching Coral Rubble on Indonesian Coral Reefs

    Katherine E. Holmes;Evan N. Edinger;Evan N. Edinger;Evan N. Edinger;Hariyadi;Gino V. Limmon

  • The use of δ15N in assessing sewage stress on coral reefs

    Michael J. Risk;Brian E. Lapointe;Owen A. Sherwood;Bradley J. Bedford

  • Mollusc Shell Encrustation and Bioerosion Rates in a Modern Epeiric Sea: Taphonomy Experiments in the Java Sea, Indonesia

    Halard L. Lescinsky;Evan Edinger;Michael J. Risk

  • Bioerosion in Acropora across the continental shelf of the Great Barrier Reef

    M. J. Risk;M. J. Risk;P. W. Sammarco;E. N. Edinger;E. N. Edinger

  • Large-scale patterns in internal bioerosion of Porites: cross continental shelf trends on the Great Barrier Reef

    PW Sammarco;MJ Risk

  • Supershrimp: Deep Bioturbation in the Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia

    George S. Pemberton;Michael J. Risk;Dale E. Buckley

  • Nitrogen-15 Signals of Anthropogenic Nutrient Loading in Reef Corals

    J.M. Heikoop;J.M. Heikoop;M.J. Risk;A.V. Lazier;E.N. Edinger;E.N. Edinger

  • Rapid climate change in the North Atlantic during the Younger Dryas recorded by deep-sea corals

    Jodie E. Smith;Michael J. Risk;Henry P. Schwarcz;Ted A. McConnaughey

  • Calcification of exposed filaments of endolithic algae, micrite envelope formation and sediment production

    David R. Kobluk;Michael J. Risk

  • Do Norwegian deep-water coral reefs rely on seeping fluids?

    M. Hovland;M. Risk

  • Rate of dissolution of carbonate sediments by microboring organisms, Davies Reef, Australia

    Alexander W. Tudhope;Michael J. Risk

  • Paleotemperatures From Deep-Sea Corals: Overcoming ‘Vital Effects’

    Jodie E. Smith;Henry P. Schwarcz;Michael J. Risk;Ted A. McCONNAUGHEY

  • Evolutionary Paleoecology of the Marine Biosphere

    Michael J. Risk

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry P. Schwarcz
Henry P. Schwarcz McMaster University
Paul W. Sammarco
Paul W. Sammarco Australian Institute of Marine Science
Jamaluddin Jompa
Jamaluddin Jompa Hasanuddin University
David B. Scott
David B. Scott Dalhousie University
Evan Edinger
Evan Edinger Memorial University of Newfoundland
Thomas P. Guilderson
Thomas P. Guilderson University of California, Santa Cruz
Bassam Ghaleb
Bassam Ghaleb University of Quebec at Montreal
Thierry M. Work
Thierry M. Work United States Geological Survey
Steve W. Ross
Steve W. Ross University of North Carolina Wilmington
Brian E. Lapointe
Brian E. Lapointe Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

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