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- PhD Biology Kiel University
- Masters Biology Kiel University
- Bachelors Biology Kiel University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Boris Worm is a marine ecologist, and the Killam Research Professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Worm is known for his scientific contributions and commitment to spreading public awareness regarding marine conservation. In 2004 he received the German "Heinz Maier Leibnitz"-Award, an award for young researchers from the German Research Foundation .
Boris Worm's Published Works
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Published Works
- Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services (2006) (3122)
- Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities (2003) (2982)
- How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean? (2011) (2146)
- Rebuilding Global Fisheries (2009) (2003)
- Collapse and Conservation of Shark Populations in the Northwest Atlantic (2003) (1203)
- Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines. (2008) (1189)
- Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa (2010) (1117)
- Global phytoplankton decline over the past century (2010) (1046)
- Ecosystem recovery after climatic extremes enhanced by genotypic diversity. (2005) (1030)
- Marine Taxa Track Local Climate Velocities (2013) (945)
- Response to Comments on "Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services" (2007) (942)
- Cascading top-down effects of changing oceanic predator abundances. (2009) (801)
- Patterns and ecosystem consequences of shark declines in the ocean. (2010) (752)
- Globalization, Roving Bandits, and Marine Resources (2006) (649)
- Services Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem (2009) (644)
- Tracking the global footprint of fisheries (2018) (543)
- Management Effectiveness of the World's Marine Fisheries (2009) (541)
- META-ANALYSIS OF COD-SHRIMP INTERACTIONS REVEALS TOP-DOWN CONTROL IN OCEANIC FOOD WEBS (2003) (520)
- Global catches, exploitation rates, and rebuilding options for sharks (2013) (513)
- Extinction, survival or recovery of large predatory fishes (2005) (454)
- Consumer versus resource control of species diversity and ecosystem functioning (2002) (402)
- Biodiversity, productivity and stability in real food webs (2003) (397)
- Plastic as a Persistent Marine Pollutant (2017) (385)
- Marine reserves can mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change (2017) (381)
- Global Patterns of Predator Diversity in the Open Oceans (2005) (379)
- Rebuilding marine life (2020) (378)
- Historical baselines for large marine animals. (2009) (317)
- Predator diversity hotspots in the blue ocean (2003) (306)
- Global ensemble projections reveal trophic amplification of ocean biomass declines with climate change (2019) (277)
- Importance of genetic diversity in eelgrass Zostera marina for its resilience to global warming (2008) (250)
- Creation of a Gilded Trap by the High Economic Value of the Maine Lobster Fishery (2011) (250)
- Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate (2021) (229)
- Effects of eutrophication, grazing, and algal blooms on rocky shores (2006) (222)
- Marine microbenthic community structure regulated by nitrogen loading and grazing pressure (2000) (193)
- Coastal food web structure, carbon storage, and nitrogen retention regulated by consumer pressure and nutrient loading (2000) (190)
- Effects of sea surface warming on marine plankton. (2014) (187)
- Current and Future Patterns of Global Marine Mammal Biodiversity (2011) (186)
- Marine diversity shift linked to interactions among grazers, nutrients and propagule banks (1999) (177)
- In situ nutrient enrichment: Methods for marine benthic ecology. (2000) (173)
- Deep-sea diversity patterns are shaped by energy availability (2016) (172)
- Improving Fishing Pattern Detection from Satellite AIS Using Data Mining and Machine Learning (2016) (171)
- Ending hide and seek at sea (2016) (166)
- The future of fish. (2012) (166)
- Complex interactions of climatic and ecological controls on macroalgal recruitment (2002) (159)
- Propagule banks, herbivory and nutrient supply control population development and dominance patterns in macroalgal blooms (2000) (158)
- Strong bottom‐up and top‐down control of early life stages of macroalgae (2001) (156)
- Global Diversity Hotspots and Conservation Priorities for Sharks (2011) (144)
- Biodiversity and human well-being: an essential link for sustainable development (2016) (143)
- Human transformations of the Wadden Sea ecosystem through time: a synthesis (2005) (137)
- Range contraction in large pelagic predators (2011) (133)
- Control of macroalgal blooms at early developmental stages: Pilayella littoralis versus Enteromorpha spp. (1999) (131)
- Megafaunal Impacts on Structure and Function of Ocean Ecosystems (2016) (129)
- Rapid direct and indirect effects of a single nutrient pulse in a seaweed-epiphyte-grazer system (2000) (123)
- Changing recruitment capacity in global fish stocks (2015) (120)
- Effects of temperature on global patterns of tuna and billfish richness (2008) (119)
- Adaptive Management of the Great Barrier Reef and the Grand Canyon World Heritage Areas (2007) (113)
- Unraveling the Ecological Importance of Elasmobranchs (2010) (110)
- Applying Bayesian spatiotemporal models to fisheries bycatch in the Canadian Arctic (2015) (109)
- Recovery potential and conservation options for elasmobranchs. (2012) (105)
- Integrating climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation in the global ocean (2019) (103)
- Ecological role of large benthic decapods in marine ecosystems: a review (2012) (102)
- Are we eating the world's megafauna to extinction? (2019) (97)
- Variable and complementary effects of herbivores on different life stages of bloom-forming macroalgae (2000) (94)
- Diversity of deep-water cetaceans in relation to temperature: implications for ocean warming. (2008) (90)
- Estimating global chlorophyll changes over the past century (2014) (90)
- Humans as a Hyperkeystone Species. (2016) (85)
- Global Population Trends and Human Use Patterns of Manta and Mobula Rays (2013) (81)
- Elevated trawling inside protected areas undermines conservation outcomes in a global fishing hot spot (2018) (77)
- Worldwide distributions of tuna larvae: revisiting hypotheses on environmental requirements for spawning habitats (2014) (74)
- Top-down control of lobster in the Gulf of Maine: insights from local ecological knowledge and research surveys (2010) (70)
- Combining marine macroecology and palaeoecology in understanding biodiversity: microfossils as a model (2017) (69)
- Relative effects of elevated grazing pressure and competition from a red algal turf on two post-settlement stages of Fucus evanescens C. Ag. (1998) (65)
- UV effects that come and go: a global comparison of marine benthic community level impacts (2004) (65)
- Do nutrient availability and plant density limit seagrass colonization in the Baltic Sea (2000) (65)
- Human impacts on the species-area relationship in reef fish assemblages. (2007) (62)
- Managing fisheries in a changing climate (2004) (61)
- Incorporating climate change adaptation into marine protected area planning (2020) (60)
- Acute effects of removing large fish from a near-pristine coral reef (2010) (59)
- Integrating global chlorophyll data from 1890 to 2010 (2012) (56)
- Mapping species richness and human impact drivers to inform global pelagic conservation prioritisation (2011) (54)
- Spatial patterns and predictors of trophic control in marine ecosystems. (2015) (53)
- Effects of UV radiation and consumers on recruitment and succession of a marine macrobenthic community (2002) (52)
- Spatial patterns in the diversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) in the Southwest Atlantic (2012) (50)
- Global evaluation of shark sanctuaries (2017) (48)
- Trends in the exploitation of South Atlantic shark populations (2016) (47)
- Interactions between small pelagic fish and young cod across the north Atlantic. (2012) (45)
- Averting a global fisheries disaster (2016) (45)
- Interactions of tuna fisheries with the Galápagos marine reserve (2017) (44)
- Extended fisheries recovery timelines in a changing environment (2017) (40)
- Declining ocean chlorophyll under unabated anthropogenic CO2 emissions (2011) (40)
- No effect from rare-earth metal deterrent on shark bycatch in a commercial pelagic longline trial (2013) (40)
- Global hot spots of transshipment of fish catch at sea (2018) (38)
- Interference competition among two intertidal seaweeds: Chondrus crispus strongly affects survival of Fucus evanescens recruits (1996) (37)
- A neutral‐metabolic theory of latitudinal biodiversity (2016) (36)
- The environmental niche of the global high seas pelagic longline fleet (2018) (35)
- Top-down and bottom-up forces interact at thermal range extremes on American lobster. (2015) (35)
- Not all who wander are lost: Improving spatial protection for large pelagic fishes (2019) (34)
- Future ocean biomass losses may widen socioeconomic equity gaps (2020) (34)
- Rebuilding global fisheries under uncertainty (2019) (33)
- Give shark sanctuaries a chance. (2013) (32)
- Algal propagule banks modify competition, consumer and resource control on Baltic rocky shores (2001) (31)
- WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies. (2021) (29)
- Marine conservation: How to heal an ocean (2017) (29)
- Saving endangered whales at no cost (2007) (26)
- Keeping the lead: How to strengthen shark conservation and management policies in Canada (2010) (26)
- Top-down interactions and temperature control of snow crab abundance in the northwest Atlantic Ocean (2011) (25)
- Patterns and ecological implications of historical marine phytoplankton change (2015) (24)
- Seasonal variability in global industrial fishing effort (2019) (24)
- Decomposing the effects of ocean warming on chlorophyll a concentrations into physically and biologically driven contributions (2013) (24)
- Diversity of deep-water cetaceans and primary productivity (2010) (22)
- Competition, Coexistence and Diversity on Rocky Shores (2002) (22)
- PREDATION ON PRERECRUITS CAN DELAY REBUILDING OF DEPLETED COD STOCKS (2013) (21)
- Macroecological changes in exploited marine systems (2005) (21)
- Cascading effects of climate change on plankton community structure (2020) (21)
- Boyce et al. reply (2011) (20)
- Consumer versus resource control in rocky shore food webs : Baltic Sea and Northwest Atlantic Ocean (2000) (20)
- Aggregate patterns of macrofaunal diversity: An interocean comparison (2017) (20)
- Environmental structuring of marine plankton phenology (2017) (19)
- A Theory of Global Biodiversity (MPB-60) (2018) (18)
- Ecosystem-based management of seaweed harvesting (2019) (18)
- The Conservation of the Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus): Setting Scientific, Law, and Policy Coordinates for Avoiding a Species at Risk (2013) (17)
- The International Plan of Action for Sharks: How does national implementation measure up? (2013) (17)
- Silent spring in the ocean (2015) (16)
- Recovery of assessed global fish stocks remains uncertain (2021) (15)
- Response to Comment on “Tracking the global footprint of fisheries” (2018) (15)
- Changes in Marine Biodiversity as an Indicator of Climate Change (2009) (15)
- Correction: Improving Fishing Pattern Detection from Satellite AIS Using Data Mining and Machine Learning (2016) (15)
- Marine biodiversity and climate change (2021) (14)
- Fisheries: Decline of Pacific tuna populations exaggerated? (2005) (13)
- Estimating growth from tagging data: an application to north-east Atlantic tope shark Galeorhinus galeus. (2015) (13)
- Making ocean literacy inclusive and accessible (2021) (12)
- A most unusual (super)predator (2015) (11)
- Tracking jellyfish and leatherback sea turtle seasonality through citizen science observers (2019) (10)
- Saving the North Atlantic right whale in a changing ocean: Gauging scientific and law and policy responses (2020) (8)
- Biodiversity loss in the ocean: How bad is it? Response (2007) (8)
- Unified natural mortality estimation for teleosts and elasmobranchs (2021) (7)
- SPRAT: A Spatially-Explicit Marine Ecosystem Model Based on Population Balance Equations (2017) (7)
- A climate-resilient marine conservation network for Canada (2022) (7)
- Synthesis: Back to Santa Rosalia, or No Wonder There Are So Many Species (2002) (7)
- Pulmonary cryptococcosis. (1996) (7)
- Leading or lagging: How well are climate change considerations being incorporated into Canadian fisheries management? (2021) (6)
- Threats to Marine Ecosystems (2013) (6)
- Author Correction: Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate (2021) (6)
- A climate risk index for marine life (2022) (5)
- High Seas Fisheries: Troubled Waters, Tangled Governance and Recovery Prospects (2007) (5)
- The Future of Marine Animal Populations (2010) (5)
- Evaluating Hierarchical Domain-Specific Languages for Computational Science: Applying the Sprat Approach to a Marine Ecosystem Model (2016) (5)
- Jellyfish distribution in space and time predicts leatherback sea turtle hot spots in the Northwest Atlantic (2020) (3)
- Using Marine Reserves to Protect Highly Migratory Species: Scientists Discuss Potential Strategies, Including Mobile MPAs (2007) (3)
- Distributions of threatened skates and commercial fisheries inform conservation hotspots (2021) (2)
- Reliable growth estimation from mark–recapture tagging data in elasmobranchs (2022) (2)
- Reply to Szuwalski: Recognizing ecological income inequality in the ocean (2016) (2)
- Armageddon in the Oceans (2006) (2)
- TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF ECOSYSTEM CHANGE IN THE OUTER BAY OF FUNDY PART I - CHANGES IN SPECIES AND THE FOOD WEB (2004) (1)
- Operationalizing climate risk in a global warming hotspot (2022) (1)
- Integrating global chlorophyll data from 1890 to 2010 (2012) (1)
- An experimental study on interactions structuring the lower rocky intertidal community in eastern Canada (1996) (1)
- Supporting Online Material for Rebuilding Global Fisheries (2009) (1)
- Endangered Blue Whale Survival in the North Atlantic: Lagging Scientific and Governance Responses, Charting Future Courses (2022) (1)
- Quantifying Global Marine Species Richness, Diversity, and Discovery (2010) (1)
- UVR effects that come and go: marine epibenthic community level impacts in a global comparison (2004) (1)
- Reply to: A path forward for analysing the impacts of marine protected areas (2022) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Trophic downgrading of planet Earth. (2011) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Declines in predatory fish promote bloom-forming macroalgae. (2009) (0)
- The catch with global fisheries Vanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines and the Future of Global Fisheries Daniel Pauly (Greystone Books, Vancouver; 2019) ISBN: 978-1-771-64398-6. (2020) (0)
- Combining marine macroecology and paleoecology in biodiversity analyses: microfossils as a model (2015) (0)
- From policy to practice: Addressing bycatch for marine species-at-risk in Canada (2022) (0)
- Author Correction: Rebuilding marine life (2021) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Leadership, social capital and incentives promote successful fisheries. (2011) (0)
- Total immersion: re-imagining the ocean (2019) (0)
- Sea surface warming and trophic interactions in marine pelagic ecosystem (2013) (0)
- Developing a Theory of Global Biodiversity (2018) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of The velocity of climate change. (2010) (0)
- Advisory Board and Contents (2020) (0)
- Reply to: A path forward for analysing the impacts of marine protected areas (2022) (0)
- Spatial patterns in the diversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) in the Southwest Atlantic (2011) (0)
- Environmental structuring of marine plankton phenology (2017) (0)
- Loss in the Ocean : How Bad Is It ? (2011) (0)
- Recognizingecological incomeinequalityin the ocean (2016) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Exponential decline of deep-sea ecosystem functioning linked to benthic biodiversity loss. (2008) (0)
- ZoologyHandbook of Marine Fisheries Conservation and Management.Edited byR.QuentinGrafton, RayHilborn, DaleSquires, MareeTait,and, MerylWilliams. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $199.00. xiv 770 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780195370287. 2010. (2010) (0)
- Reviewer Acknowledgments (2010) (0)
- Conclusions (2018) (0)
- Future ocean biomass losses may widen socioeconomic equity gaps (2020) (0)
- Creación de una Trampa Dorada Debido al Alto Valor Económico de la Pesquería de Langosta en Maine (2011) (0)
- Predicting Global Biodiversity Patterns from Theory (2018) (0)
- Introduction (2018) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Long-term shifts in the species composition of a coastal fish community. (2009) (0)
- Annual Review of Environment and Resources Plastic as a Persistent Marine Pollutant (2017) (0)
- Global marine species diversity and richness: patterns and predictors (2010) (0)
- Rebuilding marine life (2020) (0)
- Hydrological building stones 'Regge and Dinkel' (2000) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Contribution of fish to the marine inorganic carbon cycle. (2009) (0)
- Observed Patterns of Global Biodiversity (2018) (0)
- Advisory Board and Contents (2020) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation. (2013) (0)
- Boris Worm (Draft Profile) (2013) (0)
- Conservation Applications (2018) (0)
- Overfishing in a nutshell (2013) (0)
- Ecological Change in the Oceans and the Role of Fisheries (2019) (0)
- 26. Ecosystem Effects Of Fishing And Whaling In The North Pacific And Atlantic Oceans (2019) (0)
- Zoology (2010) (0)
- Drivers and Predictors of Global Biodiversity (2018) (0)
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Resilience and recovery of overexploited marine populations. (2013) (0)
- Temperature and nutrient supply effects on pelagic biodiversity and productivity (2012) (0)
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