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6090
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Overview

Robert H. Richmond is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications concentrated in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography. Additional subfields include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Pollution.

The primary topics of their work cover Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, and Coastal and Marine Management.

Robert H. Richmond has published several recent papers including:

  • Designing a blueprint for coral reef survival, 2021, Biological Conservation
  • Water quality thresholds for coastal contaminant impacts on corals: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Physiological and molecular responses of lobe coral indicate nearshore adaptations to anthropogenic stressors, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Genetic structure is stronger across human-impacted habitats than among islands in the coral Porites lobata, 2020, PeerJ
  • The tragedy of the commodity is not inevitable: Indigenous resistance prevents high-value fisheries collapse in the Pacific islands, 2022, Global Environmental Change

The venues where Robert H. Richmond publishes most frequently reflect their research interests and include:

  • PeerJ
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Biological Conservation
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Co-authorship patterns indicate collaborations with several researchers, notably:

  • Kaho H. Tisthammer
  • François Seneca
  • Alexandria Barkman
  • Zac H. Forsman
  • Keiko W. Wilkins

Best Publications

  • Reproduction and recruitment of corals: comparisons among the Caribbean, the Tropical Pacific, and the Red Sea

    RH Richmond;CL Hunter

  • Coral Reefs: Present Problems and Future Concerns Resulting from Anthropogenic Disturbance

    Robert H. Richmond

  • Ecotoxicology of tropical marine ecosystems

    Esther C. Peters;Nancy J. Gassman;Julie C. Firman;Robert H. Richmond

  • Reproduction and Recruitment in Corals: Critical Links in the Persistence of Reefs

    Robert H. Richmond

  • Energetics, competency, and long-distance dispersal of planula larvae of the coral Pocillopora damicornis

    R. H. Richmond

  • Lunar periodicity in larva release in the reef coral Pocillopora damicornis at Enewetak and Hawaii

    R. H. Richmond;P. L. Jokiel

  • Watersheds and Coral Reefs: Conservation Science, Policy, and Implementation

    Robert H. Richmond;Teina Rongo;Yimnang Golbuu;Steven Victor

  • Coral mortality associated with dino-flagellate blooms in the eastern Pacific (Costa Rica and Panama)

    HM Guzmán;J. Cortés;PW Glynn;RH Richmond

  • Designing a blueprint for coral reef survival

    Joan Kleypas;Denis Allemand;Ken Anthony;Andrew C. Baker

  • Reversible metamorphosis in coral planula larvae

    R. H. Richmond

  • Energetic relationships and biogeographical differences among fecundity, growth and reproduction in the reef coral Pocillopora damicornis

    R. H. Richmond

  • Addressing Criticisms of Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas.

    Bethan Christine O'Leary;Natalie Ban;Miriam Fernandez;Alan Friedlander

  • Heat-Stress and Light-Stress Induce Different Cellular Pathologies in the Symbiotic Dinoflagellate during Coral Bleaching

    C. A. Downs;Kathleen E. McDougall;Cheryl M. Woodley;John E. Fauth

  • A model of the effects of land-based, human activities on the health of coral reefs in the Great Barrier Reef and in Fouha Bay, Guam, Micronesia

    Eric Wolanski;Robert H. Richmond;Laurence McCook;Laurence McCook;Laurence McCook

  • Mud, marine snow and coral reefs

    Eric Wolanski;Robert Richmond;Laurence McCook;Hugh Sweatman

  • Trapping of fine sediment in a semi-enclosed bay, Palau, Micronesia

    Yimnang Golbuu;Steven Victor;Eric Wolanski;Robert H Richmond

  • Sedimentation in mangroves and coral reefs in a wet tropical island, Pohnpei, Micronesia

    Steven Victor;Leinson Neth;Yimnang Golbuu;Eric Wolanski

  • Quantifying the impact of watershed urbanization on a coral reef: Maunalua Bay, Hawaii

    Eric Wolanski;Eric Wolanski;Jonathan A. Martinez;Robert H. Richmond

  • Substratum preferences in planula larvae of two species of scleractinian corals, Goniastrea retiformis and Stylaraea punctata

    Yimnang Golbuu;Robert H. Richmond

  • Shifting the paradigm of coral-reef health assessment

    Craig A. Downs;Cheryl M. Woodley;Robert H. Richmond;Lynda L. Lanning

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Wolanski
Eric Wolanski James Cook University
Laurence J. McCook
Laurence J. McCook James Cook University
Peter W. Glynn
Peter W. Glynn Stanford University
Katharina Fabricius
Katharina Fabricius Australian Institute of Marine Science
Peter J. Mumby
Peter J. Mumby University of Queensland
Robert S. Steneck
Robert S. Steneck University of Maine
Robert van Woesik
Robert van Woesik Florida Institute of Technology
Andrew C. Baker
Andrew C. Baker University of Miami
Jorge E. Cortes
Jorge E. Cortes Augusta University
Hugh Sweatman
Hugh Sweatman Australian Institute of Marine Science

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