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61
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16337
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2155
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777

Timothy E. Essington publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Timothy E. Essington sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 201 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Timothy E. Essington D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Timothy E. Essington sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 61 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Timothy E. Essington is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has made significant contributions to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans various subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Ecological Modeling.

Their work primarily focuses on topics related to Marine and Fisheries Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Coastal and Marine Management.

Timothy E. Essington has been involved in multiple recent publications. These include:

  • Evolution and connectivity influence the persistence and recovery of coral reefs under climate change in the Caribbean, Southwest Pacific, and Coral Triangle (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • A reconstruction of parasite burden reveals one century of climate-associated parasite decline (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Coral conservation in a warming world must harness evolutionary adaptation (2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Bottom-Up Impacts of Forecasted Climate Change on the Eastern Bering Sea Food Web (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Assessing the potential for demographic restoration and assisted evolution to build climate resilience in coral reefs (2022, Ecological Applications)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors. Their most frequent collaborators include:

  • Eric J. Ward
  • Marissa L. Baskett
  • Lewis A. K. Barnett
  • Lisa C. McManus
  • Edward W. Tekwa

Timothy E. Essington often publishes in several academic venues. Notable publication outlets where they have a substantial number of contributions are:

  • Ecological Applications
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Ecography
  • Marine Policy
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Best Publications

  • Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

    James A. Estes;John Terborgh;Justin S. Brashares;Mary E. Power

  • TROPHIC CASCADES, NUTRIENTS, AND LAKE PRODUCTIVITY: WHOLE‐LAKE EXPERIMENTS

    Stephen R. Carpenter;Jonathan J. Cole;James R. Hodgson;James F. Kitchell

  • Fishing through marine food webs

    Timothy E. Essington;Anne H. Beaudreau;John Wiedenmann

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

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

  • Little Fish, Big Impact: Managing a Crucial Link in Ocean Food Webs

    Ellen Pikitch;Patricia Dee Boersma;Ian Boyd;David Conover

  • Fishing amplifies forage fish population collapses

    Timothy E. Essington;Pamela E. Moriarty;Halley E. Froehlich;Emma E. Hodgson

  • The Role of Sharks and Longline Fisheries in a Pelagic Ecosystem of the Central Pacific

    James F. Kitchell;Timothy E. Essington;Christofer H. Boggs;Daniel E. Schindler

  • SHARKS AND TUNAS: FISHERIES IMPACTS ON PREDATORS WITH CONTRASTING LIFE HISTORIES

    Daniel E. Schindler;Timothy E. Essington;Timothy E. Essington;James F. Kitchell;Chris Boggs

  • Reconstructing ecosystem dynamics in the central Pacific Ocean, 19521998. II. A preliminary assessment of the trophic impacts of fishing and effects on tuna dynamics

    Sean P Cox;Timothy E Essington;James F Kitchell;Steven J.D. Martell

  • Principles for managing marine ecosystems prone to tipping points

    Kimberly A. Selkoe;Kimberly A. Selkoe;Thorsten Blenckner;Margaret R. Caldwell;Larry B. Crowder

  • Marine spatial planning in practice

    Jeremy S. Collie;W.L. (Vic) Adamowicz;Michael W. Beck;Bethany Craig

  • The von Bertalanffy growth function, bioenergetics, and the consumption rates of fish

    Timothy E Essington;James F Kitchell;Carl J Walters

  • An ecosystem model of food web and fisheries interactions in the Baltic Sea

    Chris J Harvey;Sean P Cox;Timothy E Essington;Sture Hansson

  • Eco-Label Conveys Reliable Information on Fish Stock Health to Seafood Consumers

    Nicolás L. Gutiérrez;Sarah R. Valencia;Trevor A. Branch;David J. Agnew

  • Functional responses and scaling in predator-prey interactions of marine fishes: contemporary issues and emerging concepts.

    Mary E. Hunsicker;Lorenzo Ciannelli;Kevin Mclean Bailey;Jeffrey A. Buckel

  • Using bioenergetics models to predict stable isotope ratios in fishes

    Chris J Harvey;Paul C Hanson;Timothy E Essington;Paul B Brown

  • High rate of redd superimposition by brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a Minnesota stream cannot be explained by habitat availability alone

    Timothy E Essington;Timothy E Essington;Peter W Sorensen;Dean G Paron

  • Ecological indicators display reduced variation in North American catch share fisheries

    Timothy E. Essington

  • Avoiding the ecological limits of forage fish for fed aquaculture

    Halley E. Froehlich;Nis Sand Jacobsen;Timothy E. Essington;Tyler Clavelle

  • Risks of ocean acidification in the California Current food web and fisheries: ecosystem model projections.

    Kristin N. Marshall;Isaac C. Kaplan;Emma E. Hodgson;Albert Hermann;Albert Hermann

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Kitchell
James F. Kitchell University of Wisconsin–Madison
Phillip S. Levin
Phillip S. Levin University of Washington
Carl J. Walters
Carl J. Walters University of British Columbia
Daniel E. Schindler
Daniel E. Schindler University of Washington
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Trevor A. Branch
Trevor A. Branch University of Washington
Ray Hilborn
Ray Hilborn University of Washington
Jason S. Link
Jason S. Link National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Anthony D.M. Smith
Anthony D.M. Smith CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
André E. Punt
André E. Punt University of Washington

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