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24667
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3533
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Overview

Robert J. Diaz is affiliated with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Materials Science. This multidisciplinary approach reflects the range of topics and methodologies in their work.

The subfields of study in which Diaz has contributed include Oceanography, Ecology, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Archeology. These areas correspond to the diverse themes explored in their publications.

Key topics that Diaz has focused on encompass Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys, and Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Diaz include David Scripka, Douglas C. Hofmann, Naresh Thadhani, Marilaure Grégoire, and Véronique Garçon. These partnerships have contributed to a variety of studies and publications over the years.

Diaz has published in several scientific venues. The most frequent outlets for their research are the Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Frontiers in Marine Science, Reports, and AMBIO.

  • A Global Ocean Oxygen Database and Atlas for Assessing and Predicting Deoxygenation and Ocean Health in the Open and Coastal Ocean, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Environmental effects of James River sewage treatment plant outfall construction, 2020, Reports
  • Rutger Rosenberg: A pioneering marine ecologist, 2024, AMBIO
  • Dynamic Fracture Kinetics of Titanium-Based Bulk Metallic Glass and Its Composites, 2024, Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials
  • Correction to: Dynamic Fracture Kinetics of Titanium-Based Bulk Metallic Glass and Its Composites, 2024, Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials

Best Publications

  • Spreading Dead Zones and Consequences for Marine Ecosystems

    Robert J. Diaz;Rutger Rosenberg

  • Marine benthic hypoxia: a review of its ecological effects and the behavioural responses of benthic macrofauna

    R.J. Diaz;R. Rosenberg

  • Overview of Hypoxia around the World

    Robert J. Diaz

  • Dynamics and distribution of natural and human-caused hypoxia

    N. N. Rabalais;Robert J. Diaz;L.A. Levin;R.E. Turner

  • Global change and eutrophication of coastal waters

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;Robert J. Díaz;Dubravko Justić

  • A review of approaches for classifying benthic habitats and evaluating habitat quality.

    Robert J. Diaz;Martin Solan;Raymond M. Valente

  • An estuarine benthic index of biotic integrity (B-IBI) for Chesapeake Bay

    Stephen B. Weisberg;J. Ananda Ranasinghe;Daniel M. Dauer;Linda C. Schaffner

  • Effects of periodic hypoxia on distribution of demersal fish and crustaceans

    L. Pihl;S. P. Baden;R. J. Diaz

  • First insights into the biodiversity and biogeography of the Southern Ocean deep sea

    Angelika Brandt;Andrew J. Gooday;Simone N. Brandão;Saskia Brix

  • Hypoxia, Nitrogen, and Fisheries: Integrating Effects Across Local and Global Landscapes

    Denise L. Breitburg;Darryl W. Hondorp;Lori A. Davias;Robert J. Diaz

  • Hypoxia-induced structural changes in the diet of bottom-feeding fish and Crustacea

    Leif Pihl;Susanne P. Baden;Robert J. Diaz;Linda C. Schaffner

  • Tropical dead zones and mass mortalities on coral reefs

    Andrew H. Altieri;Seamus B. Harrison;Janina Seemann;Rachel Collin

  • Evidence for greater oxygen decline rates in the coastal ocean than in the open ocean

    D. Gilbert;N. N. Rabalais;R. J. Díaz;J. Zhang

  • Evaluation of a lifetime-based optode to measure oxygen in aquatic systems

    Anders Tengberg;Jostein Hovdenes;Henrik Johan Andersson;Olivier Brocandel

  • New dimensionless indices of structural habitat complexity: predicted and actual effects on a predator's foraging success

    Aaron Bartholomew;Robert J. Diaz;Giancarlo Cicchetti

  • Response of Benthic Fauna and Changing Sediment Redox Profiles over a Hypoxic Gradient

    R Rosenberg;H.C Nilsson;R.J Diaz

  • Assessing estuarine benthic quality conditions in Chesapeake Bay: A comparison of three indices

    A. Borja;D.M. Dauer;R. Díaz;R.J. Llansó

  • Effects of Tropical Storm Agnes on soft-bottom macrobenthic communities of the James and York estuaries and the lower Chesapeake Bay

    Donald F. Boesch;Robert J. Diaz;Robert W. Virnstein

  • Hypoxia and benthic community recovery in Korean coastal waters

    Hyun-Sig Lim;Robert J. Diaz;Jae-Sang Hong;Linda C. Schaffner

  • Introduction to Environmental and Economic Consequences of Hypoxia

    Robert J. Díaz;Rutger Rosenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Rutger Rosenberg
Rutger Rosenberg University of Gothenburg
Daniel M. Dauer
Daniel M. Dauer Old Dominion University
Nancy N. Rabalais
Nancy N. Rabalais Louisiana State University
Donald F. Boesch
Donald F. Boesch University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Stephen B. Weisberg
Stephen B. Weisberg Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Andrew J. Gooday
Andrew J. Gooday National Oceanography Centre
Denise L. Breitburg
Denise L. Breitburg Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Robert W. Howarth
Robert W. Howarth Cornell University
Jan Pawlowski
Jan Pawlowski Heidelberg University
Ann Vanreusel
Ann Vanreusel Ghent University

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