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Ecology and Evolution
Denmark
2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
117
Citations
46329
World Ranking
123
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Simon Jennings is affiliated with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science in the United Kingdom. Their research spans fields such as Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Statistics and Probability.

The topics of Simon Jennings's work concentrate primarily on marine and fisheries research. Other significant areas include Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and climate change impacts on agriculture.

Simon Jennings has contributed to several publications. Recent papers include:

  • Trawl impacts on the relative status of biotic communities of seabed sedimentary habitats in 24 regions worldwide, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Selection of indicators for assessing and managing the impacts of bottom trawling on seabed habitats, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Trawl fishing impacts on the status of seabed fauna in diverse regions of the globe, 2020, Fish and Fisheries
  • Approaches to participation and knowledge equity in agricultural climate impacts modelling: a systematic literature review, 2025, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
  • Impacts of climate change on the body size of horse mackerel in the North Sea, 2024, Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter)

Frequent publication venues where Simon Jennings's work appears include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Fish and Fisheries
  • International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
  • Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter)

Simon Jennings has collaborated extensively with co-authors such as Jan Geert Hiddink, Michel J. Kaiser, Martin J. Attrill, David N. Thomas, and David K. A. Barnes.

Best Publications

  • Rebuilding Global Fisheries

    Boris Worm;Ray Hilborn;Julia K. Baum;Trevor A. Branch

  • The effects of fishing on marine ecosystems

    Simon Jennings;Michel J. Kaiser

  • Marine Fisheries Ecology

    Simon Jennings;Michel J. Kaiser;John D. Reynolds

  • Climate change and deepening of the North Sea fish assemblage: a biotic indicator of warming seas

    Nicholas K. Dulvy;Nicholas K. Dulvy;Stuart I. Rogers;Simon Jennings;Vanessa Stelzenmüller

  • Dynamic fragility of oceanic coral reef ecosystems

    Nicholas A. J. Graham;Shaun K. Wilson;Shaun K. Wilson;Simon Jennings;Nicholas V. C. Polunin

  • Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs

    Nicholas A. J. Graham;Simon Jennings;Simon Jennings;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;David Mouillot;David Mouillot

  • Modification of marine habitats by trawling activities: prognosis and solutions

    Michael J. Kaiser;Jeremy S. Collie;Stephen J. Hall;Simon Jennings

  • Using size-based indicators to evaluate the ecosystem effects of fishing

    Yunne-Jai Shin;Marie-Joëlle Rochet;Simon Jennings;John G. Field

  • Impacts of climate change on marine ecosystem production in societies dependent on fisheries

    Manuel Barange;Gorka Merino;Julia L Blanchard;J. Scholtens

  • Life history correlates of responses to fisheries exploitation

    S. Jennings;J.D. Reynolds;S.C. Mills

  • Structural change in an exploited fish community: a consequence of differential fishing effects on species with contrasting life histories

    Simon Jennings;Simon. P. R. Greenstreet;John. D. Reynolds

  • Global ensemble projections reveal trophic amplification of ocean biomass declines with climate change

    Heike K Lotze;Derek P Tittensor;Derek P Tittensor;Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz;Tyler D Eddy;Tyler D Eddy

  • Weak cross-species relationships between body size and trophic level belie powerful size-based trophic structuring in fish communities

    Simon Jennings;John K. Pinnegar;Nicholas V. C. Polunin;Trevor W. Boon

  • Lag effects in the impacts of mass coral bleaching on coral reef fish, fisheries, and ecosystems.

    Nicholas A. J. Graham;Shaun K. Wilson;Shaun K. Wilson;Simon Jennings;Nicholas V. C. Polunin

  • Can marine fisheries and aquaculture meet fish demand from a growing human population in a changing climate

    Gorka Merino;Manuel Barange;Julia L. Blanchard;James Harle

  • How does fishing alter marine populations and ecosystems sensitivity to climate

    Benjamin Planque;Jean-Marc Fromentin;Philippe Cury;Kenneth F. Drinkwater

  • Effects of chemical lipid extraction and arithmetic lipid correction on stable isotope ratios of fish tissues

    C. J. Sweeting;N. V. C. Polunin;S. Jennings

  • The trophic fingerprint of marine fisheries

    Trevor A. Branch;Reg Watson;Elizabeth A. Fulton;Simon Jennings;Simon Jennings

  • Chronic bottom trawling alters the functional composition of benthic invertebrate communities on a sea-basin scale

    H. M. Tillin;H. M. Tillin;Jan G. Hiddink;S. Jennings;M. J. Kaiser

  • Current and future sustainability of island coral reef fisheries

    Katie Newton;Isabelle M. Côté;Graham M. Pilling;Simon Jennings

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas Polunin
Nicholas Polunin Newcastle University
Julia L. Blanchard
Julia L. Blanchard University of Tasmania
Michel J. Kaiser
Michel J. Kaiser Heriot-Watt University
Jan G. Hiddink
Jan G. Hiddink Bangor University
Nicholas K. Dulvy
Nicholas K. Dulvy Simon Fraser University
Shaun K. Wilson
Shaun K. Wilson Australian Institute of Marine Science
Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
Ana M. Parma
Ana M. Parma National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Jeremy S. Collie
Jeremy S. Collie University of Rhode Island
Elizabeth A. Fulton
Elizabeth A. Fulton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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