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Phillip S. Lobel

Phillip S. Lobel

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
30
Citations
4313
World Ranking
8328
National Ranking
2749

Overview

Phillip S. Lobel is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work covers several specialized subfields, including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Developmental Biology.

The main topics of their research include marine and fisheries research, marine animal studies overview, ichthyology and marine biology, coral and marine ecosystems studies, animal vocal communication and behavior, marine and coastal plant biology, and fish biology, ecology, and behavior.

Phillip S. Lobel has contributed to publications in multiple scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets for their work include:

  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Diversity
  • Fishes
  • Ichthyology & Herpetology
  • Environmental Biology of Fishes

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Lobel feature diverse subjects related to marine biology and environmental change. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Evolutionary Patterns in Sound Production across Fishes," 2022, Ichthyology & Herpetology
  • "A comparison of underwater speakers for fish playback studies," 2023, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • "Johnston Atoll: Reef Fish Hybrid Zone between Hawaii and the Equatorial Pacific," 2020, Diversity
  • "A Ten-Year Record Shows Warming Inside the Belize Barrier Reef Lagoon," 2024, Diversity
  • "An Examination of the Effects of Dorsal Fin-Mounted SPOT on Carcharodon carcharias, the Great White Shark," 2024, Fishes

Lobel frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable frequent coauthors include Lisa Kerr Lobel, Aaron N. Rice, Stacy C. Farina, Andrea Makowski, and Ingrid M. Kaatz.

Best Publications

  • The role of herbivorous fishes and urchins in coral reef communities

    John C. Ogden;Phillip S. Lobel

  • The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs

    Phillip S. Lobel;Peter F. Sale

  • Aggregation behavior of the grey reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, at Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific Ocean

    Alistair E. Economakis;Phillip S. Lobel

  • Transport and entrapment of fish larvae by ocean mesoscale eddies and currents in Hawaiian waters

    P.S. Lobel;A.R. Robinson

  • Kinetic control of skeletal Sr/Ca in a symbiotic coral: Implications for the paleotemperature proxy

    Anne L. Cohen;Graham D. Layne;Stanley R. Hart;Phillip S. Lobel

  • Trophic biology of herbivorous reef fishes: alimentary pH and digestive capabilities

    P. S. Lobel

  • Foraging by the Herbivorous Parrotfish Sparisoma Radians

    Phillip S. Lobel;John C. Ogden

  • Underwater Soundscape Monitoring and Fish Bioacoustics: A Review

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  • Propagation of damselfish (Pomacentridae) courtship sounds

    David A. Mann;Phillip S. Lobel

  • Sounds produced by spawning fishes

    Phillip S. Lobel

  • THE CONTINUING ENIGMA OF CIGUATERA

    Donald M. Anderson;Phillip S. Lobel

  • SPAWNING SOUNDS OF THE DAMSELFISH, DASCYLLUS ALBISELLA (POMACENTRIDAE), AND RELATIONSHIP TO MALE SIZE

    Phillip S. Lobel;David A. Mann

  • PASSIVE ACOUSTIC DETECTION OF SOUNDS PRODUCED BY THE DAMSELFISH, DASCYLLUS ALBISELLA (POMACENTRIDAE)

    David A. Mann;Phillip S. Lobel

  • Acoustic behavior of the damselfish Dascyllus albisella: behavioral and geographic variation

    David A. Mann;Phillip S. Lobel

  • Evolutionary Patterns in Sound Production across Fishes

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  • Acoustical Behavior of Coral Reef Fishes

    Phillip S. Lobel;Ingrid M. Kaatz;Aaron N. Rice

  • Larval fishes and zooplankton in a cyclonic eddy in Hawaiian waters

    Phillip S. Lobel;Phillip S. Lobel;Allan R. Robinson

  • Possible species specific courtship sounds by two sympatric cichlid fishes in Lake Malawi, Africa

    Phillip S. Lobel

  • Ocean current variability and the spawning season of Hawaiian reef fishes

    Phillip S. Lobel

  • Mating Systems of Chaetodontid and Pomacanthid Fishes at St. Croix

    Steve Neudecker;Phillip S. Lobel

  • The hearing sensitivity of the little skate, Raja erinacea: A comparison of two methods

    Brandon M. Casper;Phillip S. Lobel;Hong Y. Yan

  • Phylogeography, morphological variation and taxonomy of the toxic dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus (Dinophyceae)

    Mindy L. Richlen;Steve L. Morton;Paul H. Barber;Phillip S. Lobel

  • Assessment of Ciguatera Dinoflagellate Populations: Sample Variability and Algal Substrate Selection

    Phillip S. Lobel;Donald M. Anderson;Monique Durand-Clement

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Randall
John E. Randall Bernice P. Bishop Museum
John C. Ogden
John C. Ogden University of South Florida
Paul H. Barber
Paul H. Barber University of California, Los Angeles
Allan R. Robinson
Allan R. Robinson Harvard University
Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Graham D. Layne
Graham D. Layne Memorial University of Newfoundland
Anne L. Cohen
Anne L. Cohen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Luiz A. Rocha
Luiz A. Rocha California Academy of Sciences
Greg Marshall
Greg Marshall National Geographic Society
Stanley R. Hart
Stanley R. Hart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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