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Overview

William R. Fraser is affiliated with Montana State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental science, focusing particularly on ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, atmospheric science, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

With particular attention to subfields, their work covers:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Molecular Biology

William R. Fraser's research addresses a variety of main topics including:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

The scientist has published extensively in notable journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Ecosphere
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • BioScience
  • Nature

Recent papers authored or co-authored by William R. Fraser demonstrate involvement in climate and marine ecosystem research. Selected publications include:

  • "Marine Pelagic Ecosystem Responses to Climate Variability and Change," 2022, BioScience
  • "Long-term patterns in ecosystem phenology near Palmer Station, Antarctica, from the perspective of the Adélie penguin," 2023, Ecosphere
  • "Cascading effects: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network," 2021, Ecosphere
  • "Krill body size drives particulate organic carbon export in West Antarctica," 2023, Nature
  • "A Recirculating Eddy Promotes Subsurface Particle Retention in an Antarctic Biological Hotspot," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

William R. Fraser frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Hugh W. Ducklow
  • Megan A. Cimino
  • Josh Kohut
  • Hank Statscewich
  • Deborah K. Steinberg

Best Publications

  • Effects of sea-ice extent and krill or salp dominance on the Antarctic food web

    V. Loeb;V. Siegel;O. Holm-Hansen;R. Hewitt

  • Marine pelagic ecosystems: the West Antarctic Peninsula

    Hugh W Ducklow;Karen Baker;Douglas G Martinson;Langdon B Quetin

  • Recent Changes in Phytoplankton Communities Associated with Rapid Regional Climate Change Along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

    Martin Montes-Hugo;Scott C. Doney;Hugh W. Ducklow;William Fraser

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • How Do Polar Marine Ecosystems Respond to Rapid Climate Change

    Oscar Schofield;Hugh W. Ducklow;Douglas G. Martinson;Michael P. Meredith

  • Increases in Antarctic penguin populations: reduced competition with whales or a loss of sea ice due to environmental warming?

    William R. Fraser;Wayne Z. Trivelpiece;David G. Ainley;Susan G. Trivelpiece

  • West Antarctic Peninsula: An Ice-Dependent Coastal Marine Ecosystem in Transition

    Hugh W. Ducklow;William R. Fraser;Michael P. Meredith;Sharon E. Stammerjohn;Sharon E. Stammerjohn

  • A predator's perspective on causal links between climate change, physical forcing and ecosystem response

    William R. Fraser;Eileen E. Hofmann

  • Analysis of abrupt transitions in ecological systems

    Brandon T. Bestelmeyer;Aaron M. Ellison;William R. Fraser;Kristen B. Gorman

  • Winter and spring controls on the summer food web of the coastal West Antarctic Peninsula

    Grace K. Saba;William R. Fraser;Vincent S. Saba;Richard A. Iannuzzi

  • High Latitude Changes in Ice Dynamics and Their Impact on Polar Marine Ecosystems

    Mark A. Moline;Nina J. Karnovsky;Zachary Brown;George J. Divoky

  • Antarctic penguin response to habitat change as Earth's troposphere reaches 2°C above preindustrial levels

    David G. Ainley;Joellen Russell;Stephanie Jenouvrier;Eric Woehler

  • The Palmer LTER: A Long-Term Ecological Research Program at Palmer Station, Antarctica

    Raymond C. Smith;Karen S. Baker;William R. Fraser;Eileen E. Hofmann

  • Decadal-scale changes in the climate and biota of the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean, 1950s to the 1990s

    David G. Ainley;Elizabeth D. Clarke;Kevin Arrigo;William R. Fraser

  • Opinion Projecting the effects of environmental change on Antarctic seals

    Donald B. Siniff;Robert A. Garrott;Jay J. Rotella;William R. Fraser

  • Factors Controlling the Distribution of Seabirds: Winter-Summer Heterogeneity in the Distribution of AdéLie Penguin Populations

    William R. Fraser;Wayne Z. Trivelpiece

  • Abandoned penguin colonies and environmental change in the Palmer Station area, Anvers Island, Antarctic Peninsula

    Steven D. Emslie;William Fraser;Raymond C. Smith;William Walker

  • Long-term effects of flipper bands on penguins

    M. GauthierClerc;J.-P. Gendner;C. A. Ribic;W. R. Fraser

  • Extreme Anomalous Atmospheric Circulation in the West Antarctic Peninsula Region in Austral Spring and Summer 2001/02, and Its Profound Impact on Sea Ice and Biota*

    Robert A. Massom;Sharon E. Stammerjohn;Raymond C. Smith;Michael J. Pook

  • Does prey preference affect habitat choice in Antarctic seabirds

    David G. Ainley;Christine A. Ribic;William R. Fraser

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon Stammerjohn
Sharon Stammerjohn Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Oscar Schofield
Oscar Schofield Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David G. Ainley
David G. Ainley H.T. Harvey & Associates
Douglas G. Martinson
Douglas G. Martinson Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Christine A. Ribic
Christine A. Ribic University of Wisconsin–Madison
Scott C. Doney
Scott C. Doney University of Virginia
Eric J. Woehler
Eric J. Woehler Australasian Seabird Group ·
Eileen E. Hofmann
Eileen E. Hofmann Old Dominion University
Deborah K. Steinberg
Deborah K. Steinberg Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Raymond C. Smith
Raymond C. Smith University of California, Santa Barbara

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