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Timothy M. Shank is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular focus on Oceanography, Ecology, and related subfields such as Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics covered in Shank's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, International Maritime Law Issues, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Shank has contributed to several recent papers published in notable journals, reflecting diverse interests within marine and environmental sciences. These include:

  • The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Marine Genetic Resources in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Promoting Marine Scientific Research and Enabling Equitable Benefit Sharing, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Animal Community Dynamics at Senescent and Active Vents at the 9°N East Pacific Rise After a Volcanic Eruption, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • New Opportunities and Untapped Scientific Potential in the Abyssal Ocean, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Shank include Alex D. Rogers, Amy R. Baco, Elva Escobar-Briones, Duncan Currie, and Kristina M. Gjerde. This network of collaborators suggests consistent partnerships within marine science research communities.

Shank's research has been published predominantly in the venue Frontiers in Marine Science, with four publications there. Other recurring publication venues include Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Best Publications

  • A Serpentinite-Hosted Ecosystem: The Lost City Hydrothermal Field

    Deborah S. Kelley;Jeffrey A. Karson;Gretchen L. Früh-Green;Dana R. Yoerger

  • The ecology of seamounts: structure, function, and human impacts.

    Malcolm R. Clark;Ashley A. Rowden;Thomas Schlacher;Alan Williams

  • Temporal and spatial patterns of biological community development at nascent deep-sea hydrothermal vents (9°50 N, East Pacific Rise)

    Timothy M. Shank;Daniel J. Fornari;Karen L. Von Damm;Marvin D. Lilley

  • Impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a deep-water coral community in the Gulf of Mexico

    Helen K. White;Pen Yuan Hsing;Walter Cho;Timothy M. Shank

  • The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock

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  • Chemical speciation drives hydrothermal vent ecology.

    George W. Luther;Tim F. Rozan;Martial Taillefert;Martial Taillefert;Donald B. Nuzzio

  • Biogeography and Ecological Setting of Indian Ocean Hydrothermal Vents

    C. L. Van Dover;S. E. Humphris;D. Fornari;C. M. Cavanaugh

  • The Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean and Implications for Biogeography

    Alex D. Rogers;Paul A. Tyler;Douglas P. Connelly;Jonathan T. Copley

  • Rapid growth at deep-sea vents

    Richard A. Lutz;Timothy M. Shank;Daniel J. Fornari;Rachel M. Haymon

  • Use of voltammetric solid-state (micro)electrodes for studying biogeochemical processes: Laboratory measurements to real time measurements with an in situ electrochemical analyzer (ISEA)

    George W. Luther;Brian T. Glazer;Shufen Ma;Robert E. Trouwborst

  • Going where traditional markers have not gone before: utility of and promise for RAD sequencing in marine invertebrate phylogeography and population genomics

    A. M. Reitzel;S. Herrera;S. Herrera;M. J. Layden;M. Q. Martindale

  • A sea-floor spreading event captured by seismometers.

    M. Tolstoy;J. P. Cowen;E. T. Baker;D. J. Fornari

  • Blake Ridge methane seeps: characterization of a soft-sediment, chemosynthetically based ecosystem

    C.L. Van Dover;P. Aharon;J.M. Bernhard;E. Caylor

  • Worms bask in extreme temperatures

    S. C. Cary;T. Shank;J. Stein

  • Hydrothermal exploration with the Autonomous Benthic Explorer

    Christopher R. German;Dana R. Yoerger;Michael Jakuba;Timothy M. Shank

  • Active submarine eruption of boninite in the northeastern Lau Basin

    Joseph A. Resing;Kenneth H. Rubin;Robert W. Embley;John E. Lupton

  • Footprint of Deepwater Horizon blowout impact to deep-water coral communities

    Charles R. Fisher;Pen Yuan Hsing;Carl L. Kaiser;Dana R. Yoerger

  • The distribution of benthic biomass in hadal trenches: a modelling approach to investigate the effect of vertical and lateral organic matter transport to the seafloor

    Matteo C. Ichino;Matteo C. Ichino;Malcolm R. Clark;Jeffrey C. Drazen;Alan Jamieson

  • Explosive volcanism on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel ridge, Arctic Ocean

    Robert A. Sohn;Claire Willis;Susan Humphris;Timothy M. Shank

  • RAD sequencing enables unprecedented phylogenetic resolution and objective species delimitation in recalcitrant divergent taxa

    Santiago Herrera;Santiago Herrera;Timothy M. Shank

  • Miocene Radiation of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Shrimp (Caridea: Bresiliidae): Evidence from Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I

    Timothy M. Shank;Michael B. Black;Kenneth M. Halanych;Richard A. Lutz

  • High-throughput sequencing and analysis of the gill tissue transcriptome from the deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus

    Raul Bettencourt;Miguel Pinheiro;Conceição Egas;Paula Fernanda Gomes

  • Time-series temperature measurements at high-temperature hydrothermal vents, East Pacific Rise 9°49′–51′N: evidence for monitoring a crustal cracking event

    D.J Fornari;T Shank;K.L Von Damm;T.K.P Gregg

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Lutz
Richard A. Lutz Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dana R. Yoerger
Dana R. Yoerger Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Christopher R. German
Christopher R. German Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Deborah S. Kelley
Deborah S. Kelley University of Washington
Jeffrey A. Karson
Jeffrey A. Karson Syracuse University
Charles R. Fisher
Charles R. Fisher Pennsylvania State University
Marvin D. Lilley
Marvin D. Lilley University of Washington
Daniel J. Fornari
Daniel J. Fornari Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
George W. Luther
George W. Luther University of Delaware
Erik E. Cordes
Erik E. Cordes Temple University

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