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Peter J. Auster is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research is primarily situated in the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Aquatic Science.

Themes central to their work include Marine and fisheries research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine animal studies overview, Marine and coastal plant biology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth.

Recent publications by Peter J. Auster and frequent co-authors cover diverse areas related to marine ecosystems and conservation. Selected papers include:

  • The role of sand lances (Ammodytes sp.) in the Northwest Atlantic Ecosystem: A synthesis of current knowledge with implications for conservation and management, 2020, Fish and Fisheries
  • An assessment of marine, estuarine, and riverine habitat vulnerability to climate change in the Northeast U.S., 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems, Communities, and Indicator Species: Confusing Concepts for Conservation of Seamounts, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Megabenthic assemblages in the lower bathyal (700-3000 m) on the New England and Corner Rise Seamounts, Northwest Atlantic, 2020, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • A Scientific Basis for Designation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

Core publication venues for their work include Frontiers in Marine Science, PLoS ONE, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Fish and Fisheries, and Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers.

Peter J. Auster has collaborated extensively with several researchers, with the most frequent co-authors being Renée Mercaldo-Allen, Les Watling, Paul Clark, Mark S. Dixon, and Gillian Phillips.

Best Publications

  • The impacts of mobile fishing gear on seafloor habitats in the gulf of Maine (Northwest Atlantic): Implications for conservation of fish populations

    Peter J. Auster;Richard J. Malatesta;Richard W. Langton;Les Watting

  • Effects of trawling on seafloor habitat and associated invertebrate taxa in the Gulf of Alaska

    Lincoln Freese;Peter J. Auster;Jonathan Heifetz;Bruce L. Wing

  • Evaluating the role of fish behavior in surveys conducted with underwater vehicles

    Allan W. StonerA.W. Stoner;Clifford H. RyerC.H. Ryer;Steven J. ParkerS.J. Parker;Peter J. AusterP.J. Auster

  • Habitat-mediated survivorship of juvenile (0-year) Atlantic cod Gadus morhua

    James B. Lindholm;Peter J. Auster;Les S. Kaufman

  • Are deep-water corals important habitats for fishes?

    Peter J. Auster

  • Definition and detection of vulnerable marine ecosystems on the high seas: problems with the “move-on” rule

    Peter J. Auster;Kristina Gjerde;Eric Heupel;Les Watling

  • A Conceptual Model of the Impacts of Fishing Gear on the Integrity of Fish Habitats

    Peter J. Auster

  • Patterns of microhabitat utilization by mobile megafauna on the southern New England (USA) continental shelf and slope

    PJ Auster;RJ Malatesta;SC LaRosa

  • Modeling the Effects of Fishing and Implications for the Design of Marine Protected Areas: Juvenile Fish Responses to Variations in Seafloor Habitat

    James B. Lindholm;Peter J. Auster;Matthias Ruth;Les Kaufman

  • Integrating the invisible fabric of nature into fisheries management

    Joseph Travis;Felicia C. Coleman;Peter J. Auster;Philippe M. Cury

  • Distributional responses to small-scale habitat variability by early juvenile silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis

    Peter J. Auster;Richard J. Malatesta;Carol Lee S. Donaldson

  • A spatial and temporal perspective on research and management of groundfish in the northwest Atlantic

    Richard W. Langton;Peter J. Auster;David C. Schneider

  • Cusk (Brosme brosme) and climate change: assessing the threat to a candidate marine fish species under the US Endangered Species Act

    Jonathan A. Hare;John P. Manderson;Janet A. Nye;Michael A. Alexander

  • Anthropogenic Impacts on the Corner Rise Seamounts, North-West Atlantic Ocean

    Rhian Waller;Les Watling;Peter Auster;Timothy Shank

  • Fish species and community distributions as proxies for seafloor habitat distributions: The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary example (Northwest Atlantic, Gulf of Maine)

    Peter J. Auster;Kevin Joy;Page C. Valentine

  • Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States

    Les Watling;Peter J. Auster

  • Exploration of the Canyon-Incised Continental Margin of the Northeastern United States Reveals Dynamic Habitats and Diverse Communities.

    Andrea M. Quattrini;Martha S. Nizinski;Jason D. Chaytor;Amanda W. J. Demopoulos

  • Compensation and recovery of feeding guilds in a northwest Atlantic shelf fish community

    P. J. Auster

  • Microhabitat Utilization by the Megafaunal Assemblage at a Low Relief Outer Continental Shelf Site - Middle Atlantic Bight, USA

    P J Auster;R J Malatesta;S C LaRosa;R A Cooper

  • A habitat classification scheme for seamount landscapes: assessing the functional role of deep-water corals as fish habitat

    Peter J. Auster;Jon Moore;Kari B. Heinonen;Les Watling

Frequent Co-Authors

Les Watling
Les Watling University of Hawaii at Manoa
Les Kaufman
Les Kaufman Boston University
Jorge Cortés
Jorge Cortés University of Costa Rica
Eric T. Schultz
Eric T. Schultz University of Connecticut
Matthias Ruth
Matthias Ruth University of York
Scott D. Kraus
Scott D. Kraus New England Aquarium
James A. Estes
James A. Estes University of California, Santa Cruz
Jason S. Link
Jason S. Link National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Timothy M. Shank
Timothy M. Shank Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Steve W. Ross
Steve W. Ross University of North Carolina Wilmington

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