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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert S. Steneck is affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to earth and planetary sciences. The scientist's subfield expertise includes ecology, global and planetary change, oceanography, management, monitoring, policy and law, and aquatic science.

The main topics addressed in their work encompass coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, marine and coastal plant biology, coastal and marine management, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, marine biology and ecology research, and ocean acidification effects and responses.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert S. Steneck include:

  • Designing a blueprint for coral reef survival, 2021, Biological Conservation
  • The global rise of crustacean fisheries, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Keystone predators govern the pathway and pace of climate impacts in a subarctic marine ecosystem, 2020, Science
  • Marine reserves, fisheries ban, and 20 years of positive change in a coral reef ecosystem, 2021, Conservation Biology
  • Lithothamnion (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta) in the changing Arctic and Subarctic: DNA sequencing of type and recent specimens provides a systematics foundation, 2021, European Journal of Phycology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert S. Steneck are:

  • Peter J. Mumby
  • Douglas B. Rasher
  • Paul W. Gabrielson
  • Robert Boenish
  • Nicholas A. Kamenos

Notable publication venues where their work has appeared include:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Science
  • Conservation Biology
  • European Journal of Phycology

In recognition of professional achievements, Robert S. Steneck was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems.

    Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Michael Xavier Kirby;Wolfgang H. Berger;Karen A. Bjorndal

  • A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

    Benjamin S. Halpern;Shaun Walbridge;Kimberly A. Selkoe;Kimberly A. Selkoe;Carrie V. Kappel

  • Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

    O. Hoegh-Guldberg;P. J. Mumby;A. J. Hooten;Robert S. Steneck

  • Kelp forest ecosystems: biodiversity, stability, resilience and future

    Robert S. Steneck;Michael H. Graham;Bruce J. Bourque;Debbie Corbett

  • Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change.

    Terence P. Hughes;Maria J. Rodrigues;David R. Bellwood;Daniela Ceccarelli

  • A functional group approach to the structure of algal-dominated communities

    Robert S. Steneck;Megan N. Dethier

  • New paradigms for supporting the resilience of marine ecosystems

    Terence P. Hughes;David R. Bellwood;Carl Folke;Robert S. Steneck

  • Rising to the challenge of sustaining coral reef resilience.

    Terry P. Hughes;Nicholas A.J. Graham;Jeremy B.C. Jackson;Peter J. Mumby

  • Critical science gaps impede use of no-take fishery reserves

    Peter F. Sale;Robert K. Cowen;Bret S. Danilowicz;Geoffrey P. Jones

  • Globalization, Roving Bandits, and Marine Resources

    F. Berkes;T. P. Hughes;R. S. Steneck;J. A. Wilson

  • Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century

    Kira A. Krumhansl;Daniel K. Okamoto;Andrew Rassweiler;Mark Novak

  • Feeding capabilities and limitation of herbivorous molluscs: A functional group approach

    R. S. Steneck;L. Watling

  • Coral reef management and conservation in light of rapidly evolving ecological paradigms

    Peter J. Mumby;Robert S. Steneck

  • The Ecology of Coralline Algal Crusts: Convergent Patterns and Adaptative Strategies

    Robert S. Steneck

  • Guiding ecological principles for marine spatial planning

    Melissa M. Foley;Benjamin S. Halpern;Fiorenza Micheli;Matthew H. Armsby

  • Larval retention and connectivity among populations of corals and reef fishes: history, advances and challenges

    G. P. Jones;G. R. Almany;G. R. Russ;P. F. Sale

  • Navigating transformations in governance of Chilean marine coastal resources.

    Stefan Gelcich;Terry P. Hughes;Per Olsson;Carl Folke

  • The global contribution of forage fish to marine fisheries and ecosystems

    Ellen K Pikitch;Konstantine J Rountos;Timothy E Essington;Christine Santora

  • Recruitment Habitats and Nursery Grounds of the American Lobster Homarus Americanus: A Demographic Bottleneck?

    Richard Wahle;Robert Steneck

  • HABITAT ARCHITECTURE AND THE ABUNDANCE AND BODY-SIZE-DEPENDENT HABITAT SELECTION OF A PHYTAL AMPHIPOD'

    Sally D. Hacker;Sally D. Hacker;Robert S. Steneck

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochen Halfar
Jochen Halfar University of Toronto
Peter J. Mumby
Peter J. Mumby University of Queensland
James A. Estes
James A. Estes University of California, Santa Cruz
Walter H. Adey
Walter H. Adey National Museum of Natural History
Terry P. Hughes
Terry P. Hughes James Cook University
Andreas Kronz
Andreas Kronz University of Göttingen
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Dorrit E. Jacob
Dorrit E. Jacob Macquarie University
Ian G. Macintyre
Ian G. Macintyre National Museum of Natural History
Jan Fietzke
Jan Fietzke GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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