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D-Index
78
Citations
25125
World Ranking
909
National Ranking
338

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Paul L. Koch is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology. Subfields explored in their work include Archeology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Recent publications by Paul L. Koch demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach with publications in notable venues. These include:

  • "Conservation status of the Oyster Reef Ecosystem of Southern and Eastern Australia," 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • "Mummified baboons reveal the far reach of early Egyptian mariners," 2020, eLife
  • "Widespread southern elephant seal occupation of the Victoria land coast implies a warmer-than-present Ross Sea in the mid-to-late Holocene," 2023, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Feeding morphology and body size shape resource partitioning in an eared seal community," 2023, Biology Letters
  • "The Other Insiders: Personal Trading by Brokers, Analysts, and Fund Managers," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal

Paul L. Koch frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Nicholas D. Pyenson
  • Daniel P. Costa
  • Brenda L. Hall
  • Carlo Baroni
  • María Cristina Salvatore

The scientist's work has appeared mainly in the following publication venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Science
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • eLife
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Paul L. Koch has received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015 and is also a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Assessing the Causes of Late Pleistocene Extinctions on the Continents

    Anthony D. Barnosky;Paul L. Koch;Robert S. Feranec;Scott L. Wing

  • The Effects of Sample Treatment and Diagenesis on the Isotopic Integrity of Carbonate in Biogenic Hydroxylapatite

    Paul L. Koch;Noreen Tuross;Marilyn L. Fogel

  • Late Quaternary Extinctions: State of the Debate

    Paul L. Koch;Anthony D. Barnosky

  • Global patterns in leaf 13C discrimination and implications for studies of past and future climate

    Aaron F. Diefendorf;Kevin E. Mueller;Scott. L. Wing;Paul L. Koch

  • Incorporating concentration dependence in stable isotope mixing models

    Donald L. Phillips;Paul L. Koch

  • Correlation between isotope records in marine and continental carbon reservoirs near the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary

    Paul L. Koch;James C. Zachos;Philip D. Gingerich

  • Using stable isotope biogeochemistry to study marine mammal ecology

    Seth D. Newsome;Mark T. Clementz;Paul L. Koch

  • Natural Abundance Variations in Stable Isotopes and their Potential Uses in Animal Physiological Ecology

    Leonard Z. Gannes;Carlos Martı́nez del Rio;Paul Koch

  • ISOTOPIC RECONSTRUCTION OF PAST CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENTS

    Paul L. Koch

  • Using Isoscapes to Trace the Movements and Foraging Behavior of Top Predators in Oceanic Ecosystems

    Brittany S. Graham;Paul L. Koch;Seth D. Newsome;Kelton W. McMahon

  • Isotopic Study of the Biology of Modern and Fossil Vertebrates

    Paul L. Koch

  • Oxygen isotope partitioning between phosphate and carbonate in mammalian apatite

    J. Daniel Bryant;Paul L. Koch;Philip N. Froelich;William J. Showers

  • Assessing the preservation of biogenic strontium in fossil bones and tooth enamel

    K. A. Hoppe;P. L. Koch;T. T. Furutani

  • Isotopic biogeochemistry ( 13 C, 18 O) of mammalian enamel from African Pleistocene hominid sites

    Herve Bocherens;Paul L. Koch;Andre Mariotti;Denis Geraads

  • A humid climate state during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum

    Gabriel J. Bowen;Gabriel J. Bowen;David J. Beerling;Paul L. Koch;James C. Zachos

  • Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems

    Anthony D. Barnosky;Anthony D. Barnosky;Elizabeth A. Hadly;Patrick Gonzalez;Patrick Gonzalez;Jason Head

  • Differentiating aquatic mammal habitat and foraging ecology with stable isotopes in tooth enamel.

    Mark T. Clementz;Paul L. Koch

  • Mammalian dispersal at the Paleocene/Eocene boundary.

    Gabriel J. Bowen;William C. Clyde;Paul L. Koch;Suyin Ting;Suyin Ting

  • Oxygen isotope variation in the tusks of extinct proboscideans: A measure of season of death and seasonality

    Paul L. Koch;Daniel C. Fisher;David Dettman

  • The isotopic ecology of late Pleistocene mammals in North America

    Paul L. Koch;Kathryn A. Hoppe;S.David Webb

  • Isotopic Tracking of Change in Diet and Habitat Use in African Elephants

    Paul L. Koch;Jennifer Heisinger;Cynthia Moss;Richard W. Carlson

  • Isotopic tracking of foraging and long-distance migration in northeastern Pacific pinnipeds.

    Robert K. Burton;Paul L. Koch

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabriel J. Bowen
Gabriel J. Bowen University of Utah
Nathaniel J. Dominy
Nathaniel J. Dominy Dartmouth College
Seth D. Newsome
Seth D. Newsome University of New Mexico
Scott L. Wing
Scott L. Wing National Museum of Natural History
Jennifer A. Leonard
Jennifer A. Leonard Spanish National Research Council
William C. Clyde
William C. Clyde University of New Hampshire
James C. Zachos
James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz
Matthew D. McCarthy
Matthew D. McCarthy University of California, Santa Cruz
Paulo R. Guimarães
Paulo R. Guimarães Universidade de São Paulo
Daniel P. Costa
Daniel P. Costa University of California, Santa Cruz

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