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77
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19455
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966
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134

Philip N. Trathan publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Philip N. Trathan sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 286 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Philip N. Trathan D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Philip N. Trathan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Philip N. Trathan is affiliated with the British Antarctic Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in ecology, global and planetary change, atmospheric science, oceanography, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics within marine studies. Major themes include marine animal studies, marine and fisheries research, avian ecology and behavior, coral and marine ecosystem studies, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, fish ecology and management studies, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Victoria Warwick-Evans, Ari S. Friedlaender, Ryan R Reisinger, Jefferson T. Hinke, and Andrew Lowther.

Philip N. Trathan publishes regularly in several academic journals. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Polar Biology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Policy
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Recent publications by Philip N. Trathan include:

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems, 2020, Nature
  • Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean: Birds and Marine Mammals in a Changing Climate, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation, 2020, Communications Earth & Environment
  • A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Discovery of new colonies by Sentinel2 reveals good and bad news for emperor penguins, 2020, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

Best Publications

  • Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota

    Andrew J. Constable;Andrew J. Constable;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Stuart P. Corney;Kevin R. Arrigo

  • Environmental Change and Antarctic Seabird Populations

    J. P. Croxall;P. N. Trathan;E. J. Murphy

  • Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

    Graeme C. Hays;Luciana C. Ferreira;Luciana C. Ferreira;Ana M.M. Sequeira;Mark G. Meekan

  • Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web.

    E.J Murphy;J.L Watkins;P.N Trathan;K Reid

  • Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management

    Graeme C. Hays;Helen Bailey;Steven J. Bograd;W. Don Bowen

  • Impact of climate change on Antarctic krill

    H. Flores;H. Flores;A. Atkinson;S. Kawaguchi;B. A. Krafft

  • Penguin responses to climate change in the Southern Ocean

    Jaume Forcada;Philip N. Trathan

  • Contrasting population changes in sympatric penguin species in association with climate warming

    Jaume Forcada;P. N. Trathan;K. Reid;E. J. Murphy

  • An emperor penguin population estimate: the first global, synoptic survey of a species from space.

    Peter T. Fretwell;Michelle A. LaRue;Paul Morin;Gerald L. Kooyman

  • Spatially integrated assessment reveals widespread changes in penguin populations on the Antarctic Peninsula.

    Heather J. Lynch;Ron Naveen;Philip N. Trathan;William F. Fagan

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

    Mark A. Hindell;Ryan R. Reisinger;Ryan R. Reisinger;Yan Ropert-Coudert;Luis A. Hückstädt

  • Environmental forcing and Southern Ocean marine predator populations: effects of climate change and variability

    P.N Trathan;J Forcada;E.J Murphy

  • Microplastics in gentoo penguins from the Antarctic region.

    Filipa Bessa;Norman Ratcliffe;Norman Ratcliffe;Vanessa Otero;Paula Sobral

  • Pollution, habitat loss, fishing, and climate change as critical threats to penguins.

    Phil N. Trathan;Pablo García-Borboroglu;Dee Boersma;Charles-André Bost

  • Global climate drives southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) population dynamics

    Russell Leaper;Justin Cooke;Phil Trathan;Keith Reid

  • Climatically driven fluctuations in Southern Ocean ecosystems.

    Eugene J Murphy;Philip N Trathan;Jon L Watkins;Keith Reid

  • Influence of oceanographic variability on recruitment in the Illex argentinus (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) fishery in the South Atlantic

    C. M. Waluda;P. N. Trathan;P. G. Rodhouse

  • The effects of global climate variability in pup production of Antarctic fur seals

    Jaume Forcada;P. N. Trathan;K. Reid;E. J. Murphy

  • Female fur seals show active choice for males that are heterozygous and unrelated

    Joseph Hoffman;J. Forcada;P.N. Trathan;W. Amos

  • Biomass of Antarctic krill in the Scotia Sea in January/February 2000 and its use in revising an estimate of precautionary yield

    Roger P. Hewitt;Jon Watkins;Mikio Naganobu;Viacheslav Sushin

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene J. Murphy
Eugene J. Murphy British Antarctic Survey
Akinori Takahashi
Akinori Takahashi National Institute of Polar Research
Norman Ratcliffe
Norman Ratcliffe British Antarctic Survey
Jaume Forcada
Jaume Forcada British Antarctic Survey
José C. Xavier
José C. Xavier University of Coimbra
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
Paul G. Rodhouse
Paul G. Rodhouse British Antarctic Survey
Iain J. Staniland
Iain J. Staniland British Antarctic Survey
Jonathan L. Watkins
Jonathan L. Watkins British Antarctic Survey
Keith Reid
Keith Reid Natural Environment Research Council

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