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Stephen Nicol is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their research is positioned primarily within environmental science, with additional contributions to agricultural and biological sciences and earth and planetary sciences.

The scientist's work encompasses several subfields, including global and planetary change, aquatic science, oceanography, ecology, and geography, planning and development. The main topics addressed in their publications are:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Aquaculture nutrition and growth
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Polar research and ecology

Stephen Nicol has been involved in studies documented in a range of respected scientific journals. Some of the frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Polar Biology

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Antarctic Krill Lipid and Fatty acid Content Variability is Associated to Satellite Derived Chlorophyll a and Sea Surface Temperatures," published in 2020 in Scientific Reports
  • "Circumpolar Deep Water and Shelf Sediments Support Late Summer Microbial Iron Remineralization," published in 2021 in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Regional diet in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) as determined by lipid, fatty acid, and sterol composition," published in 2022 in Polar Biology

Their body of work demonstrates collaboration with several co-authors, including:

  • So Kawaguchi
  • Nicole Hellessey
  • Jessica A. Ericson
  • Peter D. Nichols
  • Nils Hoem

Stephen Nicol's scientific contributions focus on understanding marine ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on Antarctic krill and related marine biology topics. Their research integrates aspects of global environmental change and aquatic ecological dynamics, frequently intersecting with studies of microbial processes and biogeochemical cycles in polar and marine settings.

Best Publications

  • Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota

    Andrew J. Constable;Andrew J. Constable;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Stuart P. Corney;Kevin R. Arrigo

  • Polar ocean ecosystems in a changing world

    Victor Smetacek;Stephen Nicol;Stephen Nicol

  • Whales as marine ecosystem engineers.

    Joe Roman;James A Estes;Lyne Morissette;Craig Smith

  • The fishery for Antarctic krill – recent developments

    Stephen Nicol;Stephen Nicol;Jacqueline Foster;So Kawaguchi;So Kawaguchi

  • Ocean circulation off east Antarctica affects ecosystem structure and sea-ice extent

    Stephen Nicol;Tim Pauly;Nathan L. Bindoff;Simon Wright

  • Krill, Currents, and Sea Ice: Euphausia superba and Its Changing Environment

    Stephen Nicol

  • Impact of climate change on Antarctic krill

    H. Flores;H. Flores;A. Atkinson;S. Kawaguchi;B. A. Krafft

  • Risk maps for Antarctic krill under projected Southern Ocean acidification

    S. Kawaguchi;S. Kawaguchi;A. Ishida;A. Ishida;R. King;B. Raymond;B. Raymond

  • Seabed foraging by Antarctic krill: Implications for stock assessment, bentho‐pelagic coupling, and the vertical transfer of iron

    Katrin Schmidt;Angus Atkinson;Sebastian Steigenberger;Sophie Fielding

  • The importance of Antarctic krill in biogeochemical cycles.

    E. L. Cavan;A. Belcher;A. Atkinson;S. L. Hill

  • Southern Ocean iron fertilization by baleen whales and Antarctic krill

    Stephen Nicol;Stephen Nicol;Andrew R. Bowie;Simon N. Jarman;Delphine Lannuzel;Delphine Lannuzel

  • Management of Southern Ocean fisheries: global forces and future sustainability

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  • Southern Ocean productivity in relation to spatial and temporal variation in the physical environment

    Andrew J. Constable;Stephen Nicol;Peter G. Strutton

  • Changes in the Antarctic sea ice ecosystem : potential effects on krill and baleen whales

    Stephen Nicol;Stephen Nicol;Anthony Worby;Anthony Worby;Rebecca Leaper

  • Krill fisheries: Development, management and ecosystem implications

    Stephen Nicol;Yoshinari Endo

  • The Fishery for Antarctic Krill: Its Current Status and Management Regime

    Stephen Nicol;Jacqueline Foster

  • Will krill fare well under Southern Ocean acidification

    So Kawaguchi;Haruko Kurihara;Robert King;Lillian Hale

  • Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) acquire a UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acid from dietary algae.

    Stuart J Newman;Walter C Dunlap;Stephen Nicol;David Ritz

  • Recent trends in the fishery for Antarctic krill

    Stephen Nicol;Jacqueline Foster

  • Distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) off East Antarctica (80–150°E) during the Austral summer of 1995/1996

    Tim Pauly;Stephen Nicol;Ian Higginbottom;Graham Hosie

  • Krill fisheries of the world

    S. Nicol;Yoshinari Endo

  • Understanding krill growth and aging : the contribution of experimental studies

    Stephen Nicol

Frequent Co-Authors

So Kawaguchi
So Kawaguchi Australian Antarctic Division
Peter D. Nichols
Peter D. Nichols Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Klaus M Meiners
Klaus M Meiners Australian Antarctic Division
Ben Raymond
Ben Raymond Australian Antarctic Division
Guy D. Williams
Guy D. Williams University of Tasmania
Delphine Lannuzel
Delphine Lannuzel University of Tasmania
Andrew R. Bowie
Andrew R. Bowie University of Tasmania
Nathaniel L. Bindoff
Nathaniel L. Bindoff University of Tasmania
Andrew Constable
Andrew Constable University of Tasmania
Simon J. Marsland
Simon J. Marsland Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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