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Raphael Ritson-Williams

Raphael Ritson-Williams

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
4048
World Ranking
8080
National Ranking
2684

Overview

Raphael Ritson-Williams is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution in the United States and specializes in environmental science with a focus on earth and planetary sciences. Their research primarily spans ecology and oceanography within these fields, with additional work in global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as biotechnology.

The core topics of their academic output center on coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and coastal plant biology, marine and fisheries research, marine animal studies overview, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, ocean acidification effects and responses, and coastal and marine management.

Ritson-Williams has contributed publications to multiple scientific venues including:

  • Coral Reefs
  • Scientific Reports
  • Marine Biology
  • Landscape Ecology
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators include Ruth D. Gates, Ross Cunning, Hollie M. Putnam, Jolly Ann Cruz, and Ingrid S. Knapp.

Their recent papers encompass studies of coral resilience, ecological performance influenced by environmental factors, and impacts of macroalgae on coral larvae. Noteworthy publications include:

  • "Coral community resilience to successive years of bleaching in Kāne'ohe Bay, Hawai'i," 2020, Coral Reefs
  • "Environmentally-induced parental or developmental conditioning influences coral offspring ecological performance," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Host-symbiont coevolution, cryptic structure, and bleaching susceptibility, in a coral species complex (Scleractinia; Poritidae)," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "The impact of macroalgae and cyanobacteria on larval survival and settlement of the scleractinian corals Acropora palmata, A. cervicornis and Pseudodiploria strigosa," 2020, Marine Biology
  • "Metabolite pools of the reef building coral Montipora capitata are unaffected by Symbiodiniaceae community composition," 2020, Coral Reefs

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of coral recruitment by macroalgae and cyanobacteria

    Ilisa B. Kuffner;Linda J. Walters;Mikel A. Becerro;Valerie J. Paul

  • Marine chemical ecology

    Valerie J. Paul;Melany P. Puglisi;Raphael Ritson-Williams

  • New perspectives on ecological mechanisms affecting coral recruitment on reefs

    Raphael Ritson-Williams;Suzanne N. Arnold;Nicole D. Fogarty;Robert S. Steneck

  • Chemical defenses: from compounds to communities.

    Valerie J. Paul;Karen E. Arthur;Raphael Ritson-Williams;Cliff Ross

  • Larval settlement preferences and post-settlement survival of the threatened Caribbean corals Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis

    R. Ritson-Williams;Valerie J. Paul;S. N. Arnold;R. S. Steneck

  • Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments

    Valerie J. Paul;Raphael Ritson-Williams;Koty Sharp

  • Marine chemical ecology

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  • Patterns of bleaching and recovery of Montipora capitata in Kāne`ohe Bay, Hawai`i, USA

    Ross Cunning;Raphael Ritson-Williams;Ruth D. Gates

  • First Identification of 5,11-Dideoxytetrodotoxin in Marine Animals, and Characterization of Major Fragment Ions of Tetrodotoxin and Its Analogs by High Resolution ESI-MS/MS

    Mari Yotsu-Yamashita;Yuka Abe;Yuta Kudo;Raphael Ritson-Williams

  • Ecological functions of tetrodotoxin in a deadly polyclad flatworm

    Raphael Ritson-Williams;Mari Yotsu-Yamashita;Valerie J. Paul

  • Bacterial acquisition in juveniles of several broadcast spawning coral species.

    Koty H. Sharp;Kim B. Ritchie;Peter J. Schupp;Raphael Ritson-Williams

  • Chemically mediated interactions between macroalgae Dictyota spp. and multiple life-history stages of the coral Porites astreoides

    Valerie J. Paul;Ilsa B. Kuffner;Linda J. Walters;Raphael Ritson-Williams

  • Larval settlement preferences of Acropora palmata and Montastraea faveolata in response to diverse red algae

    R. Ritson-Williams;R. Ritson-Williams;S. N. Arnold;Valerie J. Paul;R. S. Steneck

  • Patterns of larval settlement preferences and post‑settlement survival for seven Caribbean corals

    Raphael Ritson-Williams;Suzanne N. Arnold;Valerie J. Paul

  • Short-term and latent post-settlement effects associated with elevated temperature and oxidative stress on larvae from the coral Porites astreoides

    C. Ross;R. Ritson-Williams;K. Olsen;V. J. Paul

  • Macroalgal extracts induce bacterial assemblage shifts and sublethal tissue stress in Caribbean corals.

    Kathleen M. Morrow;Raphael Ritson-Williams;Cliff Ross;Mark R. Liles

  • Spatial variation in the biochemical and isotopic composition of corals during bleaching and recovery

    Christopher B. Wall;Raphael Ritson‐Williams;Brian N. Popp;Ruth D. Gates

  • Coral color and depth drive symbiosis ecology of Montipora capitata in Kāne‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i

    T. Innis;R. Cunning;R. Ritson-Williams;C. B. Wall

  • Coral community resilience to successive years of bleaching in Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawai‘i

    Raphael Ritson-Williams;Raphael Ritson-Williams;Ruth D. Gates

  • Crustose coralline algal species host distinct bacterial assemblages on their surfaces

    Jennifer M Sneed;Raphael Ritson-Williams;Raphael Ritson-Williams;Valerie J Paul

  • Host-symbiont coevolution, cryptic structure, and bleaching susceptibility, in a coral species complex (Scleractinia; Poritidae)

    Z. H. Forsman;R. Ritson-Williams;K.H. Tisthammer;I. S. S. Knapp

  • Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Valerie J. Paul
Valerie J. Paul Smithsonian Institution
Ruth D. Gates
Ruth D. Gates University of Hawaii at Manoa
Robert S. Steneck
Robert S. Steneck University of Maine
Brian N. Popp
Brian N. Popp University of Hawaii at Manoa
Hollie M. Putnam
Hollie M. Putnam University of Rhode Island
Hendrik Luesch
Hendrik Luesch University of Florida
Mark R. Liles
Mark R. Liles Auburn University
Richard H. Pierce
Richard H. Pierce Mote Marine Laboratory
Craig A. Carlson
Craig A. Carlson University of California, Santa Barbara
Ute Roessner
Ute Roessner University of Melbourne

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