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14933
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7252
National Ranking
2578

Overview

William J. Skirving is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with notable contributions across several subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, oceanography, management, monitoring, policy and law, and earth-surface processes.

Their scholarly work addresses main topics such as coral and marine ecosystem studies, marine and fisheries research, marine animal studies, marine and coastal plant biology, coastal and marine management, ocean acidification effects and responses, and coastal and marine dynamics.

Frequent publication venues for William J. Skirving include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • F1000Research
  • Global Change Biology
  • Remote Sensing
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with William J. Skirving are:

  • Jacqueline L. De La Cour
  • Blake L. Spady
  • Gang Liu
  • Derek P. Manzello
  • Peter J. Mumby

Selected recent papers by William J. Skirving include:

  • CoralTemp and the Coral Reef Watch Coral Bleaching Heat Stress Product Suite Version 3.1, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Coral reefs in peril in a record-breaking year, 2023, Science
  • Cumulative bleaching undermines systemic resilience of the Great Barrier Reef, 2021, Current Biology
  • The importance of 1.5°C warming for the Great Barrier Reef, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Steps to Develop Early Warning Systems and Future Scenarios of Storm Wave-Driven Flooding Along Coral Reef-Lined Coasts, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

    Terry P. Hughes;James T. Kerry;Mariana Álvarez-Noriega;Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero

  • Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages

    Terry P. Hughes;James T. Kerry;Andrew H. Baird;Sean R. Connolly

  • Coral Reef Ecosystems under Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

    Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Elvira S. Poloczanska;Elvira S. Poloczanska;William Skirving;Sophie Dove

  • Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates of adaptation under climate change

    Simon D. Donner;William J. Skirving;Christopher M. Little;Michael Oppenheimer

  • Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005.

    C. Mark Eakin;Jessica A. Morgan;Scott F. Heron;Scott F. Heron;Tyler B. Smith

  • A comparison of the 1998 and 2002 coral bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef: spatial correlation, patterns, and predictions

    Ray Berkelmans;Ray Berkelmans;Glenn De’ath;Glenn De’ath;Stuart Kininmonth;Stuart Kininmonth;William J. Skirving

  • Remote sensing of coral reefs and their physical environment.

    Peter J. Mumby;William Skirving;Alan E. Strong;John T. Hardy

  • Remote Sensing of Coral Reefs for Monitoring and Management: A Review

    John D. Hedley;Chris M. Roelfsema;Iliana Chollett;Alastair R. Harborne

  • Ecological memory modifies the cumulative impact of recurrent climate extremes

    Terry P. Hughes;James T. Kerry;Sean R. Connolly;Andrew H. Baird

  • Remote sensing of sea surface temperatures during 2002 Barrier Reef coral bleaching

    Gang Liu;Alan E. Strong;William Skirving

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • Reef-Scale Thermal Stress Monitoring of Coral Ecosystems: New 5-km Global Products from NOAA Coral Reef Watch

    Gang Liu;Scott F. Heron;C. Mark Eakin;Frank E. Muller-Karger

  • Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene

    Emily S Darling;Emily S Darling;Emily S Darling;Tim R McClanahan;Joseph Maina;Georgina G Gurney

  • Risk-sensitive planning for conserving coral reefs under rapid climate change

    Hawthorne L. Beyer;Hawthorne L. Beyer;Emma V. Kennedy;Maria Beger;Maria Beger;Chaolun Allen Chen;Chaolun Allen Chen

  • Reserve design for uncertain responses of coral reefs to climate change

    Peter J. Mumby;Ian A. Elliott;C. Mark Eakin;William Skirving

  • CoralTemp and the Coral Reef Watch Coral Bleaching Heat Stress Product Suite Version 3.1

    William J. Skirving;Benjamin Marsh;Jacqueline L. De La Cour;Gang Liu

  • Coral bleaching following wintry weather

    Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Maoz Fine;William Skirving;Ron Johnstone

  • The relentless march of mass coral bleaching: a global perspective of changing heat stress

    W. J. Skirving;S. F. Heron;S. F. Heron;B. L. Marsh;G. Liu;G. Liu

  • Modeling spectral discrimination of Great Barrier Reef benthic communities by remote sensing instruments

    Tiit Kutser;Arnold G. Dekker;William Skirving

  • Oceanic inflow from the Coral Sea into the Great Barrier Reef

    R. Brinkman;E. Wolanski;Eric Deleersnijder;F McAllister

  • Summer Hot Snaps and Winter Conditions: Modelling White Syndrome Outbreaks on Great Barrier Reef Corals

    Scott F. Heron;Scott F. Heron;Bette L. Willis;William J. Skirving;C. Mark Eakin

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott F. Heron
Scott F. Heron James Cook University
C. Mark Eakin
C. Mark Eakin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland
Peter J. Mumby
Peter J. Mumby University of Queensland
Maria Beger
Maria Beger University of Leeds
Emily S. Darling
Emily S. Darling Wildlife Conservation Society
Sophie Dove
Sophie Dove University of Queensland
Andrew S. Hoey
Andrew S. Hoey James Cook University
Frank E. Muller-Karger
Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida
Simon D. Donner
Simon D. Donner University of British Columbia

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