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William J. Sydeman

William J. Sydeman

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
75
Citations
25310
World Ranking
1047
National Ranking
392

Overview

William J. Sydeman is affiliated with the Farallon Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with a substantial body of work in global and planetary change, ecology, oceanography, nature and landscape conservation, and atmospheric science. The scientist's expertise encompasses marine and fisheries research, fish ecology and management studies, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, climate variability and models, arctic and antarctic ice dynamics, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and avian ecology and behavior.

They have coauthored frequently with several researchers, including Marisol García-Reyes, Sarah Thompson, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, and Michael G. Jacox. The collaboration with these coauthors reflects a network of scholarly exchange that supports their diverse research interests.

William J. Sydeman has published extensively in venues such as Frontiers in Marine Science, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), PLoS ONE, and Nature Communications. Their contributions in these journals cover a range of ecological and environmental topics relevant to marine science and climate studies.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Extreme mortality and reproductive failure of common murres resulting from the northeast Pacific marine heatwave of 2014-2016, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Habitat compression and ecosystem shifts as potential links between marine heatwave and record whale entanglements, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Climate Change Impacts on Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems, 2022, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • Climate change impacts on seabirds and marine mammals: The importance of study duration, thermal tolerance and generation time, 2021, Ecology Letters
  • Global decline in ocean memory over the 21st century, 2022, Science Advances

The scope of their work spans important ecological and marine phenomena, focusing on the effects of climate variability and change on marine ecosystems, seabirds, marine mammals, and oceanographic processes. This research contributes to a better understanding of environmental dynamics and ecosystem responses in the context of ongoing global change.

Best Publications

  • Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems

    Scott C. Doney;Mary Ruckelshaus;J. Emmett Duffy;James P. Barry

  • Global imprint of climate change on marine life

    Elvira S. Poloczanska;Christopher J. Brown;Christopher J. Brown;William J. Sydeman;Wolfgang Kiessling;Wolfgang Kiessling

  • The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

    Michael T. Burrows;David S. Schoeman;David S. Schoeman;Lauren B. Buckley;Pippa Moore;Pippa Moore

  • Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans

    Elvira S. Poloczanska;Elvira S. Poloczanska;Michael T. Burrows;Christopher J. Brown;Jorge García Molinos;Jorge García Molinos;Jorge García Molinos

  • Global Seabird Response to Forage Fish Depletion-One-Third for the Birds

    Philippe M. Cury;Ian L. Boyd;Sylvain Bonhommeau;Tycho Anker-Nilssen

  • Climate change and wind intensification in coastal upwelling ecosystems

    W. J. Sydeman;M. García-Reyes;D. S. Schoeman;R. R. Rykaczewski

  • Geographical limits to species-range shifts are suggested by climate velocity

    Michael T. Burrows;David S. Schoeman;Anthony J. Richardson;Anthony J. Richardson;Jorge García Molinos

  • A review of human disturbance effects on nesting colonial waterbirds

    Karen M. Carney;William J. Sydeman

  • Anticipated Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems

    A. Bakun;B. A. Black;S. J. Bograd;M. García-Reyes

  • Marine top predators as climate and ecosystem sentinels

    Elliott L Hazen;Elliott L Hazen;Briana Abrahms;Stephanie Brodie;Stephanie Brodie;Gemma Carroll;Gemma Carroll

  • Phenology of coastal upwelling in the California Current

    Steven J. Bograd;Isaac Schroeder;Nandita Sarkar;Xuemei Qiu

  • Extreme mortality and reproductive failure of common murres resulting from the northeast Pacific marine heatwave of 2014-2016.

    John F. Piatt;Julia K. Parrish;Heather M. Renner;Sarah K. Schoen

  • Seabirds as indicators of marine ecosystems

    John F. Piatt;William J. Sydeman;Francis Wiese

  • Poleward displacement of coastal upwelling‐favorable winds in the ocean's eastern boundary currents through the 21st century

    Ryan R. Rykaczewski;John P. Dunne;William J. Sydeman;Marisol García-Reyes

  • Marine bird and cetacean associations with bathymetric habitats and shallow-water topographies: implications for trophic transfer and conservation

    Peggy P.W. Yen;William J. Sydeman;K.David Hyrenbach

  • Climate change, reproductive performance and diet composition of marine birds in the southern California Current system, 1969-1997

    William J Sydeman;Michelle M Hester;Julie A Thayer;Franklin Gress

  • Climate change and marine vertebrates

    William J. Sydeman;Elvira Poloczanska;Thomas E. Reed;Sarah Ann Thompson

  • Under Pressure: Climate Change, Upwelling, and Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems

    Marisol García-Reyes;William J. Sydeman;David S. Schoeman;Ryan R. Rykaczewski

  • Habitat compression and ecosystem shifts as potential links between marine heatwave and record whale entanglements.

    Jarrod A. Santora;Nathan J. Mantua;Isaac D. Schroeder;John C. Field

  • Breeding performance in the western gull : effects of parental age, timing of breeding and year in relation to food availability

    William J. Sydeman;Jay F. Penniman;Teresa M. Penniman;Peter Pyle

  • Upper trophic level predators indicate interannual negative and positive anomalies in the California Current food web

    DG Ainley;WJ Sydeman;J. Norton

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J. Bograd
Steven J. Bograd National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John C. Field
John C. Field National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David S. Schoeman
David S. Schoeman University of the Sunshine Coast
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Bryan Andrew Black
Bryan Andrew Black University of Arizona
Pippa J. Moore
Pippa J. Moore Newcastle University
Franklin B. Schwing
Franklin B. Schwing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Elvira S. Poloczanska
Elvira S. Poloczanska Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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