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Overview

Rodrigo H. Bustamante is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their scientific work primarily focuses on Environmental Science with significant contributions across related subfields including Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Education.

Their research topics cover a range of areas within marine and coastal science, notably Coastal and Marine Management, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, and Arctic and Russian Policy Studies.

Among Rodrigo H. Bustamante's recent scientific papers are:

  • Bright Spots in Coastal Marine Ecosystem Restoration, 2020, Current Biology
  • Anticipating trade-offs and promoting synergies between small-scale fisheries and aquaculture to improve social, economic, and ecological outcomes, 2024, npj Ocean Sustainability
  • The shellfishery in Chile: an analysis of 26 years of landings (1960-1985), 2024, Biologia Pesquera
  • Co-designing a multi-criteria approach to ranking hazards to and from Australia's emerging offshore blue economy, 2023, Environmental Science & Policy
  • Service-learning in Catholic Universities: Results from a Global Mapping Survey, 2023, The Review of Faith & International Affairs

Frequent co-authors in Rodrigo's publications include Elizabeth A. Fulton, Mischa P. Turschwell, Christopher J. Brown, Myriam Lacharité, and Jess Melbourne-Thomas. Collaborative work with these colleagues suggests interdisciplinary and multi-institutional contributions to environmental and marine science topics.

Rodrigo's research has been published in multiple scientific venues, including Current Biology, npj Ocean Sustainability, Environmental Science & Policy, The Review of Faith & International Affairs, and Marine Policy. These venues reflect their engagement with both specialized and broader environmental science and policy audiences.

Best Publications

  • ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING CANDIDATE SITES FOR MARINE RESERVES

    Callum M. Roberts;Sandy Andelman;George Branch;Rodrigo H. Bustamante

  • Pelagic protected areas: the missing dimension in ocean conservation

    Edward T. Game;Edward T. Game;Hedley S. Grantham;Alistair J. Hobday;Robert L. Pressey

  • APPLICATION OF ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA IN SELECTING MARINE RESERVES AND DEVELOPING RESERVE NETWORKS

    Callum M. Roberts;George Branch;Rodrigo H. Bustamante;Juan Carlos Castilla

  • Can We Defy Nature's End?

    Stuart L. Pimm;Márcio Ayres;Andrew Balmford;George Branch

  • Gradients of intertidal primary productivity around the coast of South Africa and their relationships with consumer biomass

    Rodrigo H. Bustamante;George M. Branch;Sean Eekhout;Bruce Robertson

  • The dependence of intertidal consumers on kelp-derived organic matter on the west coast of South Africa

    Rodrigo H. Bustamante;George M. Branch

  • A zoogeographic and functional approach to the selection of marine reserves on the west coast of South Africa

    B. P. Emanuel;R. H. Bustamante;G. M. Branch;S. Eekhout

  • Maintenance of an Exceptional Intertidal Grazer Biomass in South Africa: Subsidy by Subtidal Kelps

    R. H. Bustamante;G. M. Branch;S. Eekhout

  • Large scale patterns and trophic structure of southern African rocky shores: the roles of geographic variation and wave exposure

    Rodrigo H. Bustamante;George M. Branch

  • Revisiting “Success” and “Failure” of Marine Protected Areas: A Conservation Scientist Perspective

    Sylvaine Giakoumi;Sylvaine Giakoumi;Jennifer McGowan;Morena Mills;Morena Mills;Maria Beger;Maria Beger

  • A trophic model of a Galápagos subtidal rocky reef for evaluating fisheries and conservation strategies

    Thomas A Okey;Stuart Banks;Abraham F Born;Rodrigo H Bustamante

  • Severe Continental-Scale Impacts of Climate Change Are Happening Now: Extreme Climate Events Impact Marine Habitat Forming Communities Along 45% of Australia’s Coast

    Russell C. Babcock;Russell C. Babcock;Rodrigo H. Bustamante;Elizabeth A. Fulton;Derek J. Fulton

  • Bright Spots in Coastal Marine Ecosystem Restoration.

    Megan I. Saunders;Megan I. Saunders;Megan I. Saunders;Christopher Doropoulos;Elisa Bayraktarov;Elisa Bayraktarov;Elisa Bayraktarov;Russell C. Babcock

  • Human exclusion from rocky intertidal of Las Cruces, central Chile: effects on Durvillaea antarctica (Phaeophyta, Durvilleales)

    Juan C. Castilla;Rodrigo H. Bustamante

  • Bias in evaluating the effects of marine protected areas: the importance of baseline data for the Galapagos Marine Reserve

    G.J. Edgar;R.H. Bustamante;J.-M. Fariña;M. Calvopiña

  • El Niño, grazers and fisheries interact to greatly elevate extinction risk for Galapagos marine species

    Graham J. Edgar;Graham J. Edgar;Graham J. Edgar;Stuart A. Banks;Margarita Brandt;Rodrigo H. Bustamante

  • TOP-DOWN HERBIVORY AND BOTTOM-UP EL NIÑO EFFECTS ON GALÁPAGOS ROCKY-SHORE COMMUNITIES

    L. R. Vinueza;G. M. Branch;M. L. Branch;R. H. Bustamante

  • Modelling marine protected areas: insights and hurdles.

    Elizabeth A. Fulton;Nicholas J. Bax;Rodrigo H. Bustamante;Jeffrey M. Dambacher

  • Feeding ecology of the South American sea lion Otaria flavescens: food contents and food selectivity

    M. George-Nascimento;R. Bustamante;C. Oyarzun

  • A practical framework for implementing and evaluating integrated management of marine activities

    Robert L. Stephenson;Robert L. Stephenson;Alistair J. Hobday;Christopher Cvitanovic;Karen A. Alexander

  • The influences of physical factors on the distribution and zonation patterns of South African rocky-shore communities

    R. H. Bustamante;G. M. Branch;S. Eekhout

  • EDITOR'S CHOICE: Evaluating marine spatial closures with conflicting fisheries and conservation objectives

    Catherine M. Dichmont;Nick Ellis;Rodrigo H. Bustamante;Roy Deng

  • Spatial fisheries management: A framework for multi-objective qualitative assessment

    Sean Pascoe;Rodrigo H. Bustamante;Chris Wilcox;Mark T. Gibbs

Frequent Co-Authors

George M. Branch
George M. Branch University of Cape Town
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Graham J. Edgar
Graham J. Edgar University of Tasmania
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Éva E. Plagányi
Éva E. Plagányi Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Juan Carlos Castilla
Juan Carlos Castilla Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Sean Pascoe
Sean Pascoe Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Stewart Frusher
Stewart Frusher University of Tasmania
Laurence J. McCook
Laurence J. McCook James Cook University

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