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66
Citations
16357
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1689
National Ranking
620

Overview

Phillip S. Levin is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States, focusing primarily on environmental science. Their research encompasses various subfields including global and planetary change, ecology, sociology and political science, management, monitoring, policy and law, and environmental engineering.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics related to environmental systems and human interactions with natural ecosystems. Key areas of study include:

  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Coastal and marine management
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Climate change, adaptation, migration
  • Land use and ecosystem services
  • Flood risk assessment and management
  • Urban green space and health

Phillip S. Levin has contributed to research published in a range of venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Scientific Reports
  • PLOS Climate
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Applied Geography
  • PLoS ONE

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Levin include:

  • Impacts of stormwater on coastal ecosystems: the need to match the scales of management objectives and solutions, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Fine-scale assessment of inequities in inland flood vulnerability, 2021, Applied Geography
  • Social-ecological vulnerability of fishing communities to climate change: A U.S. West Coast case study, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Principles for transformative ocean governance, 2023, Nature Sustainability
  • Street trees provide an opportunity to mitigate urban heat and reduce risk of high heat exposure, 2024, Scientific Reports

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Laura K. Nelson
  • Alison C. Cullen
  • Laura E. Koehn
  • Jameal F. Samhouri
  • Adrian C. Stier

Best Publications

  • Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective.

    Gregory N. Bratman;Christopher B. Anderson;Marc G. Berman;Bobby Cochran

  • Nature Contact and Human Health: A Research Agenda

    Howard Frumkin;Gregory N. Bratman;Sara Jo Breslow;Bobby Cochran

  • Integrated Ecosystem Assessments: Developing the Scientific Basis for Ecosystem-Based Management of the Ocean

    Phillip S Levin;Michael J Fogarty;Steven A Murawski;David Fluharty

  • An evaluation of the effects of conservation and fishery enhancement hatcheries on wild populations of salmon.

    Kerry A. Naish;Joseph E. Taylor;Phillip S. Levin;Thomas P. Quinn

  • The many faces of ecosystem-based management: Making the process work today in real places

    Heather Tallis;Phillip S. Levin;Mary Ruckelshaus;Sarah E. Lester

  • Modeling benefits from nature: using ecosystem services to inform coastal and marine spatial planning

    Anne D. Guerry;Mary H. Ruckelshaus;Katie K. Arkema;Joey R. Bernhardt

  • THE PACIFIC SALMON WARS: What Science Brings to the Challenge of Recovering Species

    Mary H. Ruckelshaus;Phil Levin;Jerald B. Johnson;Peter M. Kareiva

  • The unequal vulnerability of communities of color to wildfire.

    Ian P. Davies;Ryan D. Haugo;James C. Robertson;Phillip S. Levin;Phillip S. Levin

  • COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFECTS OF NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES ON TEMPERATE ROCKY REEFS

    Phillip S. Levin;James A. Coyer;Rachel Petrik;Thomas P. Good

  • Engage key social concepts for sustainability

    Christina C. Hicks;Christina C. Hicks;Christina C. Hicks;Arielle Levine;Arun Agrawal;Xavier Basurto

  • The road to extinction is paved with good intentions: negative association of fish hatcheries with threatened salmon.

    Phillip S. Levin;Richard W. Zabel;John G. Williams

  • Conceptualizing and operationalizing human wellbeing for ecosystem assessment and management

    Sara Jo Breslow;Brit Sojka;Raz Barnea;Xavier Basurto

  • Cultural Dimensions of Socioecological Systems: Key Connections and Guiding Principles for Conservation in Coastal Environments

    Melissa R. Poe;Karma C. Norman;Phillip S. Levin

  • Principles for managing marine ecosystems prone to tipping points

    Kimberly A. Selkoe;Kimberly A. Selkoe;Thorsten Blenckner;Margaret R. Caldwell;Larry B. Crowder

  • Habitat triage for exploited fishes: Can we identify essential “Essential Fish Habitat?”

    Phillip S. Levin;Gregory W. Stunz

  • Regime, phase and paradigm shifts: making community ecology the basic science for fisheries

    Marc Mangel;Phillip S. Levin

  • Transforming management of tropical coastal seas to cope with challenges of the 21st century

    Peter F Sale;Tundi Agardy;Cameron H Ainsworth;Blake E Feist

  • Identifying thresholds for ecosystem-based management.

    Jameal F. Samhouri;Phillip S. Levin;Cameron H. Ainsworth

  • Science in support of ecosystem-based management for the US West Coast and beyond

    Sarah E. Lester;Karen L. McLeod;Heather Tallis;Mary Ruckelshaus

  • Advancing the use of local ecological knowledge for assessing data-poor species in coastal ecosystems

    Anne H. Beaudreau;Phillip S. Levin

  • Interactive effects of habitat selection, food supply and predation on recruitment of an estuarine fish

    P. Levin;Rachel Petrik;John Malone

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris J. Harvey
Chris J. Harvey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jameal F. Samhouri
Jameal F. Samhouri National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Timothy E. Essington
Timothy E. Essington University of Washington
André E. Punt
André E. Punt University of Washington
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Christina C. Hicks
Christina C. Hicks Lancaster University
Elizabeth A. Fulton
Elizabeth A. Fulton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Marc Mangel
Marc Mangel University of Bergen
Adrian C. Stier
Adrian C. Stier University of California, Santa Barbara
Christian Möllmann
Christian Möllmann Universität Hamburg

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