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Sangeeta Mangubhai

Sangeeta Mangubhai

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
5997
World Ranking
5383
National Ranking
1

Overview

Sangeeta Mangubhai is affiliated with Talanoa Consulting in Fiji and has a research focus primarily within the field of Environmental Science, with 126 publications contributing to this area. Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science, and Demography.

The main research topics covered in Mangubhai's outputs include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Coastal and Marine Management, Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mangubhai address various aspects of marine science and social equity in conservation. These include:

  • The COVID-19 Pandemic, Small-Scale Fisheries and Coastal Fishing Communities (2020, Coastal Management)
  • Advancing Social Equity in and Through Marine Conservation (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Promoting inclusive metrics of success and impact to dismantle a discriminatory reward system in science (2021, PLoS Biology)
  • Biodiversity needs every tool in the box: use OECMs (2021, Nature)
  • Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems (2021, Nature Food)

Sangeeta Mangubhai has published frequently in venues such as One Earth, Frontiers in Marine Science, npj Ocean Sustainability, Conservation Science and Practice, and Fish and Fisheries. The researcher also has contributions to a book titled Biological Surveys of Carondelet, a Shallow, Submerged Seamount in the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, published by Smithsonian Institution in 2024.

Frequent co-authors in Mangubhai's collaborations include Stacy D. Jupiter, Georgina G. Gurney, Emily S. Darling, David Gill, and Natalie C. Ban. These connections highlight active involvement in multi-author research networks within marine and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • The COVID-19 Pandemic, Small-Scale Fisheries and Coastal Fishing Communities

    Nathan J. Bennett;Elena M. Finkbeiner;Natalie C. Ban;Dyhia Belhabib

  • Achieving the triple bottom line in the face of inherent trade-offs among social equity, economic return, and conservation

    Benjamin S. Halpern;Carissa J. Klein;Christopher J. Brown;Maria Beger

  • Operationalizing resilience for adaptive coral reef management under global environmental change.

    Kenneth R. N. Anthony;Paul A. Marshall;Ameer Abdulla;Roger Beeden

  • The future of resilience-based management in coral reef ecosystems

    Elizabeth Mcleod;Kenneth R.N. Anthony;Kenneth R.N. Anthony;Peter J. Mumby;Jeffrey Maynard

  • Advancing Social Equity in and Through Marine Conservation

    Nathan J. Bennett;Laure Katz;Whitney Yadao-Evans;Gabby N. Ahmadia

  • Biodiversity needs every tool in the box: use OECMs.

    Georgina G. Gurney;Emily S. Darling;Gabby N. Ahmadia;Vera N. Agostini

  • Promoting inclusive metrics of success and impact to dismantle a discriminatory reward system in science.

    Sarah W. Davies;Hollie M. Putnam;Tracy Ainsworth;Julia K. Baum

  • Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems

    Rebecca E. Short;Stefan Gelcich;David C. Little;Fiorenza Micheli

  • Measuring the benefits and costs of community education and outreach in marine protected areas

    Craig Leisher;Sangeeta Mangubhai;Sebastiaan Hess;Hesti Widodo

  • Papuan Bird's Head Seascape: emerging threats and challenges in the global center of marine biodiversity.

    Sangeeta Mangubhai;Mark V. Erdmann;Mark V. Erdmann;Joanne R. Wilson;Christine L. Huffard

  • Temperature patterns and mechanisms influencing coral bleaching during the 2016 El Niño

    Tim R. McClanahan;Emily S. Darling;Emily S. Darling;Joseph M. Maina;Joseph M. Maina;Joseph M. Maina;Nyawira A. Muthiga

  • Ecological Impacts of the 2015/16 El Niño in the Central Equatorial Pacific

    Russell E. Brainard;Thomas Oliver;Michael J. McPhaden;Anne Cohen

  • A comparison of zoning analyses to inform the planning of a marine protected area network in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

    Hedley S. Grantham;Hedley S. Grantham;Vera N. Agostini;Joanne Wilson;Sangeeta Mangubhai

  • Equity in environmental governance: perceived fairness of distributional justice principles in marine co-management

    Georgina G. Gurney;Sangeeta Mangubhai;Margaret Fox;Milena Kiatkoski Kim

  • Conservation of Biodiversity in the Pacific Islands of Oceania: Challenges and Opportunities

    Stacy Jupiter;Sangeeta Mangubhai;Richard T Kingsford

  • Integrating impact evaluation in the design and implementation of monitoring marine protected areas.

    Gabby N. Ahmadia;Louise Glew;Mikaela Provost;David Gill

  • Asynchronous coral spawning patterns on equatorial reefs in Kenya

    Sangeeta Mangubhai;Peter Lynton Harrison

  • Increasing Coral Reef Resilience Through Successive Marine Heatwaves

    Michael D. Fox;Anne L. Cohen;Randi D. Rotjan;Sangeeta Mangubhai

  • Gender equality is diluted in commitments made to small-scale fisheries

    Sarah Lawless;Sarah Lawless;Philippa J. Cohen;Philippa J. Cohen;Philippa J. Cohen;Sangeeta Mangubhai;Danika Kleiber;Danika Kleiber

  • Higher Abundance Of Marine Predators And Changes In Fishers’ Behavior Following Spatial Protection Within The World’s Biggest Shark Fishery

    Vanessa Flora Jaiteh;Steven John Lindfield;Sangeeta Mangubhai;Sangeeta Mangubhai;Carol Warren

  • Politics of vulnerability: Impacts of COVID-19 and Cyclone Harold on Indo-Fijians engaged in small-scale fisheries

    Sangeeta Mangubhai;Yashika Nand;Chinnamma Reddy;Arundhati Jagadish

  • Implementing a social-ecological systems framework for conservation monitoring: lessons from a multi-country coral reef program

    Georgina G. Gurney;Emily S. Darling;Emily S. Darling;Stacy D. Jupiter;Sangeeta Mangubhai

  • Tracing the influence of land-use change on water quality and coral reefs using a Bayesian model

    Christopher J. Brown;Stacy D. Jupiter;Simon Albert;Carissa J. Klein

Frequent Co-Authors

Stacy D. Jupiter
Stacy D. Jupiter Wildlife Conservation Society
Emily S. Darling
Emily S. Darling Wildlife Conservation Society
David Obura
David Obura Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean
Joseph Maina
Joseph Maina Macquarie University
Nyawira A. Muthiga
Nyawira A. Muthiga Wildlife Conservation Society
Tim R. McClanahan
Tim R. McClanahan Wildlife Conservation Society
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Peter J. Mumby
Peter J. Mumby University of Queensland
Carissa J. Klein
Carissa J. Klein University of Queensland

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