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Overview

Peter F. Sale is affiliated with the University of Windsor in Canada and focuses on research within environmental science, particularly related to marine ecosystems. Their work spans several subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, and nature and landscape conservation.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Ichthyology and marine biology

Among their recent scholarly contributions, Peter F. Sale has authored the paper "Biogeography: A deep dive on reefs," published in 2023 in Current Biology. This paper addresses aspects of reef ecosystems.

Additionally, they have collaborated on publications such as "Selected Methods for Monitoring Physical and Biological Parameters for Use in the Mesoamerican Region: Fishes Checklist," also from 2023, published through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Priscila Villela, Gerardo Gold-Bouchot, and Björn Kjerfve.

Peter F. Sale's work has appeared in multiple venues, with notable publications in:

  • Current Biology
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility

In addition to article publications, Peter F. Sale has contributed to book literature, with two books titled "Coral Reefs" published by Yale University Press in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

    O. Hoegh-Guldberg;P. J. Mumby;A. J. Hooten;Robert S. Steneck

  • The Ecology of fishes on coral reefs

    Peter F. Sale

  • Critical science gaps impede use of no-take fishery reserves

    Peter F. Sale;Robert K. Cowen;Bret S. Danilowicz;Geoffrey P. Jones

  • MAINTENANCE OF HIGH DIVERSITY IN CORAL REEF FISH COMMUNITIES

    Peter F. Sale

  • Coral reef fishes : dynamics and diversity in a complex ecosystem

    Peter F. Sale

  • Larval retention and connectivity among populations of corals and reef fishes: history, advances and challenges

    G. P. Jones;G. R. Almany;G. R. Russ;P. F. Sale

  • Ongoing global biodiversity loss and the need to move beyond protected areas: a review of the technical and practical shortcomings of protected areas on land and sea

    Camilo Mora;Peter F. Sale

  • Metapopulation ecology in the sea: from Levins' model to marine ecology and fisheries science

    Jacob P Kritzer;Peter F Sale

  • Coexistence of coral reef fishes — a lottery for living space

    Peter F. Sale

  • Patterns and processes in reef fish diversity.

    Camilo Mora;Paul M. Chittaro;Peter F. Sale;Jacob P. Kritzer

  • Are populations of coral reef fish open or closed

    Camilo Mora;Peter F. Sale

  • The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs

    Phillip S. Lobel;Peter F. Sale

  • Length of larval life in twelve families of fishes at “One Tree Lagoon”, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    David Williams;Peter Sale

  • The growing need for sustainable ecological management of marine communities of the Persian Gulf.

    Peter F. Sale;David A. Feary;John A. Burt;Andrew G. Bauman

  • CHAPTER 19 – Reef Fish Communities: Open Nonequilibrial Systems

    Peter F. Sale

  • Overlap in resource use, and interspecific competition

    Peter F. Sale

  • Temporal Variability in the Community Structure of Fish on Coral Patch Reefs and the Relation of Community Structure to Reef Structure

    Peter F. Sale;William A. Douglas

  • Management under uncertainty: guide-lines for incorporating connectivity into the protection of coral reefs

    L. J McCook;L. J McCook;G. R Almany;M. L Berumen;M. L Berumen;J. C Day

  • Predation on juvenile coral reef fishes : an exclusion experiment

    Peter J. Doherty;Peter F. Sale

  • Coral recruitment and early benthic community development on several materials used in the construction of artificial reefs and breakwaters

    John A. Burt;John A. Burt;Aaron Bartholomew;Andrew G. Bauman;Abdulla Saif

  • Precision and accuracy of visual census technique for fish assemblages on coral patch reefs

    Peter F. Sale;William A. Douglas

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Burt
John A. Burt New York University Abu Dhabi
Geoffrey P. Jones
Geoffrey P. Jones James Cook University
Robert S. Steneck
Robert S. Steneck University of Maine
Peter Doherty
Peter Doherty Australian Institute of Marine Science
Garry R. Russ
Garry R. Russ James Cook University
Camilo Mora
Camilo Mora University of Hawaii at Manoa
Peter J. Mumby
Peter J. Mumby University of Queensland
Brian J. Fryer
Brian J. Fryer University of Windsor
Björn Kjerfve
Björn Kjerfve University of South Carolina

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