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Les Kaufman

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Marine Biology

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#285

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#56

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#389

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Les Kaufman's Degrees

PhD Ecology University of California, Santa Barbara
Masters Marine Biology University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelors Biology University of California, Santa Barbara

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According to Wikipedia, Les Kaufman is an evolutionary ecologist specializing in the biology and conservation of aquatic ecosystems. He has special expertise in coral reef biology, the evolution and ecology of tropical great lakes fishes, and ecosystem-based management of marine resources.

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Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005 (2010) (735)
Hurricane Allen's Impact on Jamaican Coral Reefs. (1981) (626)
Catastrophic Change in Species-Rich Freshwater EcosystemsThe lessons of Lake Victoria (1992) (421)
Ecology and economics for pandemic prevention (2020) (300)
Stable Isotope Ratios as Tracers in Marine Food Webs: An Update (2008) (292)
Biodiversity and Fishery Sustainability in the Lake Victoria Basin: An Unexpected Marriage? (2003) (274)
Deoxygenation of the deep water of Lake Victoria, East Africa (1994) (241)
Microhabitat use, trophic patterns, and the evolution of brain structure in African cichlids. (1997) (237)
Revealing the Appetite of the Marine Aquarium Fish Trade: The Volume and Biodiversity of Fish Imported into the United States (2012) (228)
Rhodolith Beds Are Major CaCO3 Bio-Factories in the Tropical South West Atlantic (2012) (226)
HABITAT PATTERNS IN TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS: A COMPARISON OF 105 PLOTS IN NORTHWEST BORNEO (2002) (192)
Predicting climate effects on Pacific sardine (2013) (173)
Global patterns of speciation and diversity (2009) (173)
The Multiscale Integrated Model of Ecosystem Services (MIMES): Simulating the interactions of coupled human and natural systems (2015) (165)
Fishes of the suborder Labroidei lPiscesc Perciformesrc phylogenyc ecologyc and evolutionary significance (1982) (141)
Hypoxia Tolerance in Twelve Species of East African Cichlids: Potential for Low Oxygen Refugia in Lake Victoria. (1995) (134)
Habitat-mediated survivorship of juvenile (0-year) Atlantic cod Gadus morhua (1999) (133)
Human impacts on the African Great Lakes (1997) (132)
Refugia for Endangered Fishes from an Introduced Predator in Lake Nabugabo, Uganda (1996) (129)
Dynamics of Coral Reef Benthic Assemblages of the Abrolhos Bank, Eastern Brazil: Inferences on Natural and Anthropogenic Drivers (2013) (124)
Diseases leading to accelerated decline of reef corals in the largest South Atlantic reef complex (Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil). (2008) (114)
Modeling the Effects of Fishing and Implications for the Design of Marine Protected Areas: Juvenile Fish Responses to Variations in Seafloor Habitat (2001) (113)
Evolutionary and Conservation Biology of Cichlid Fishes as Revealed by Faunal Remnants in Northern Lake Victoria (1993) (105)
Potential causes of arrested succession in Kibale National Park, Uganda: growth and mortality of seedlings (1999) (97)
Complex dynamics may limit prediction in marine fisheries (2014) (93)
Foraging activity of roving herbivorous reef fish (Acanthuridae and Scaridae) in eastern Brazil: influence of resource availability and interference competition (2009) (92)
From imagery to ecology: leveraging time series of all available Landsat observations to map and monitor ecosystem state and dynamics (2016) (92)
Production of a reference transcriptome and transcriptomic database (PocilloporaBase) for the cauliflower coral, Pocillopora damicornis (2011) (83)
A key phase in the recruitment dynamics of coral reef fishes: post-settlement transition (1992) (82)
Evolution in fast forward: haplochromine fishes of the Lake Victoria region (1997) (76)
Effects of Hurricane Allen on reef fish assemblages near Discovery Bay, Jamaica (1983) (72)
Coupled human and natural system dynamics as key to the sustainability of Lake Victoria's ecosystem services (2014) (71)
Causes of Coral Reef Degradation (2003) (70)
Water level fluctuations and the ecosystem functioning of lakes (2018) (68)
Endemism and Regional Color and Genetic Differences in Five Putatively Cosmopolitan Reef Fishes (2008) (67)
Fish Faunal Resurgence in Lake Nabugabo, East Africa (2003) (65)
Some aspects of perturbation in the structure and biodiversity of the ecosystem of Lake Victoria (East Africa) (1995) (62)
Assessing ecological changes in and around marine reserves using community perceptions and biological surveys (2010) (61)
Opportunities for public aquariums to increase the sustainability of the aquatic animal trade. (2013) (59)
Changing Patterns of Microhabitat Utilization by the Threespot Damselfish, Stegastes planifrons, on Caribbean Reefs (2010) (57)
Species-specific patterns of hyperostosis in marine teleost fishes (1995) (57)
Is sustainable exploitation of coral reefs possible? A view from the standpoint of the marine aquarium trade (2014) (55)
Long‐term trends of coral imports into the United States indicate future opportunities for ecosystem and societal benefits (2012) (54)
Biodiversity conservation in African inland waters: Lessons of the Lake Victoria region (2008) (52)
Hindsight in marine protected area selection: A comparison of ecological representation arising from opportunistic and systematic approaches (2011) (51)
Estimating the importance of maternal age, size, and spawning experience to recruitment of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) (2009) (47)
Isotopic evidence of functional overlap amongst the resilient pelagic fishes (2004) (46)
The costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics (2022) (46)
Designing a blueprint for coral reef survival (2021) (42)
Symmetry breaking and coarsening in spatially distributed evolutionary processes including sexual reproduction and disruptive selection. (2000) (42)
The evolutionary diversification of LSF and Grainyhead transcription factors preceded the radiation of basal animal lineages (2010) (41)
An evaluation of the use of branching fire-corals (Millepora spp.) as refuge by reef fish in the Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil (2012) (41)
Fisheries and water level fluctuations in the world's largest desert lake (2017) (39)
Amphiprion barberi, a new species of anemonefish (Pomacentridae) from Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa (2008) (39)
Survivorship and growth in staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) outplanting projects in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (2020) (38)
Microtopography and the organization of two assemblages of coral reef fishes in the west indies (1984) (38)
Nonlinear dynamic features and co-predictability of the Georges Bank fish community (2012) (33)
Why swim upside down?: a comparative study of two mochokid catfishes (1994) (33)
Coral Disease (1998) (30)
Nile perch(Lates niloticus) invasion in Lake Victoria (East Africa) (1993) (30)
Movement of yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus Block 1790) and black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci Poey 1860) in the northern Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary as determined by acoustic telemetry (2005) (28)
Predicted impacts of climate warming on aerobic performance and upper thermal tolerance of six tropical freshwater fishes spanning three continents (2018) (28)
Establishment, management, and maintenance of the phoenix islands protected area. (2014) (26)
The 800-Pound Grouper in the Room: Asymptotic Body Size and Invasiveness of Marine Aquarium Fishes (2015) (26)
The impact of autotrophic versus heterotrophic nutritional pathways on colony health and wound recovery in corals (2018) (26)
Branchial arches of suspension–feeding Oreochromis esculentus: sieve or sticky filter? (2000) (25)
Comparative feeding efficiency on indigenous and introduced phytoplanktivores from Lake Victoria: Experimental studies on Oreochromis esculentus and Oreochromis niloticus (1997) (25)
Predicting Species’ Vulnerability in a Massively Perturbed System: The Fishes of Lake Turkana, Kenya (2015) (25)
There was biological disturbance on Pleistocene coral reefs (1981) (25)
Coral health index (CHI) : measuring coral community health (2011) (24)
The role of sand lances ( Ammodytes sp.) in the Northwest Atlantic Ecosystem: A synthesis of current knowledge with implications for conservation and management (2020) (24)
Spontaneous Pattern Formation and Genetic Diversity in Habitats with Irregular Geographical Features (2003) (23)
Use of sand wave habitats by silver hake (2003) (22)
In Situ Tagging and Tracking of Coral Reef Fishes from the Aquarius Undersea Laboratory (2005) (22)
Ecology, histopathology, and microbial ecology of a white-band disease outbreak in the threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis. (2020) (22)
Evidence of stenotopy and anthropogenic influence on carbon source for two major riverine fishes of the Lake Victoria watershed (2007) (21)
Vertical Zoning in Marine Protected Areas: Ecological Considerations for Balancing Pelagic Fishing with Conservation of Benthic Communities (2008) (21)
TRANSITION FROM LOW TO HIGH DATA RICHNESS: AN EXPERIMENT IN ECOSYSTEM-BASED FISHERY MANAGEMENT FROM CALIFORNIA (2004) (20)
Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide (2021) (20)
The last extinction (1993) (20)
Effect of Predation on Foraging Height in a Planktivorous Coral Reef Fish, Chromis nitida (1996) (19)
Benthification, biotic homogenization behind the trophic downgrading in altered ecosystems (2019) (19)
Temperature and symbiosis affect lesion recovery in experimentally wounded, facultatively symbiotic temperate corals (2017) (18)
The bounty of minor lakes: the role of small satellite water bodies in evolution and conservation of fishes in the Lake Victoria Region, East Africa (2001) (18)
Site Fidelity and Movement of the Parrotfishes Scarus coeruleus and Scarus taeniopterus at Conch Reef ( northern Florida Keys ) (2006) (18)
Buttress formation and directional stress experienced during critical phases of tree development (1998) (18)
Armed conflict and fisheries in the Lake Victoria basin (2019) (17)
A note on recent advances in the genetic characterization of Tilapia stocks in Lake Victoria Region (2009) (17)
Seasonal prevalence of white plague like disease on the endemic Brazilian reef coral Mussismilia braziliensis (2010) (17)
On Reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act (1994) (17)
Effects of Nile perch, Lates niloticus, on functional and specific fish diversity in Uganda's Lake Kyoga system (2006) (17)
The Great Lakes of Africa (1993) (16)
Cuban land use and conservation, from rainforests to coral reefs (2018) (16)
Feeding Behavior and Functional Coloration of the Atlantic Trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus (1976) (16)
Anthropogenic Threats, Impacts and Conservation Strategies in the African Great Lakes: A Review (2019) (16)
Diverse resource-use strategies in a large-bodied marine predator guild: evidence from differential use of resource subsidies and intraspecific isotopic variation (2019) (15)
Impacts of marine resource extraction on ecosystem services and sustainability. (1997) (15)
A pilot study of hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus Walbaum 1792) movement in the Conch Reef Research Only Area (northern Florida Keys) (2006) (14)
A 10-year evaluation of the functional basis for regeneration habitat preference of trees in an African evergreen forest (2008) (14)
A complex past: historical and contemporary fisheries demonstrate nonlinear dynamics and a loss of determinism (2016) (14)
If You Build It, Will They Come? Toward a Concrete Basis for Coral Reef Gardening (2006) (13)
Ubiquitous omnivory, functional redundancy and the resiliency of Lake Victoria fish community (2010) (13)
Multi-Year Viability of a Reef Coral Population Living on Mangrove Roots Suggests an Important Role for Mangroves in the Broader Habitat Mosaic of Corals (2020) (13)
Patterns of surface lesion recovery in the Northern Star Coral, Astrangia poculata (2016) (13)
Nile Perch Population Dynamics in Lake Victoria: Implications for Management and Conservation (2002) (12)
The use of unmanned aircraft systems and high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor tilapia fish-cage aquaculture expansion in Lake Victoria, Kenya (2020) (12)
Muscle fiber types and functional demands in feeding mechanisms of fishes (1983) (12)
Intraspecific differences in relative isotopic niche area and overlap of co-occurring sharks (2019) (12)
Sensitivity of sand lance to shifting prey and hydrography indicates forthcoming change to the northeast US shelf forage fish complex (2021) (11)
Captive Breeding Programmes and their role in fish conservation (1994) (10)
Inverse regional responses to climate change and fishing intensity by the recreational rockfish (Sebastes spp.) fishery in California (2004) (10)
High collocation of sand lance and protected top predators: Implications for conservation and management (2020) (10)
Foraging consistency of coral reef fishes across environmental gradients in the central Pacific (2019) (9)
Reduction of the “ngege”, Oreochromis esculentus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) populations, and resultant population genetic status in the Lake Victoria region (2012) (9)
Effectiveness of Marine Managed Areas of Central and Southern Belize: Spatial variations in Major Community Processes and the Implications for Local Management Success (2009) (8)
Marine Biodiversity: The Sleeping Dragon (1988) (8)
Fossil Acropora prolifera (Lamarck, 1816) reveals coral hybridization is not only a recent phenomenon (2019) (8)
Leveraging Big Data and Analytics to Improve Food, Energy, and Water System Sustainability (2020) (7)
Rosemary Lowe-McConnell, obituary (2015) (7)
A profile of the introduced Oreochromis niloticus (Pisces: Teleostei) populations in Lake Victoria Region in relation to its putative origin of Lakes Edward and Albert (Uganda - E. Africa) based on random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis (2008) (7)
Feeding ecology of two sympatric species of large-sized groupers (Perciformes: Epinephelidae) on Southwestern Atlantic coralline reefs (2017) (7)
Modeling Coastal and Marine Environmental Risks in Belize: the Marine Integrated Decision Analysis System (MIDAS) (2015) (7)
Reassessing U.S. coral reefs. (2005) (7)
MIDAS: A Spatial Decision Support System for Monitoring Marine Management Areas (2011) (6)
MMAS in Fiji (2015) (6)
Spatiotemporal characterization of non-breeding Great Shearwaters Ardenna gravis within their wintering range (2020) (6)
Fish assemblage composition within the floodplain habitat mosaic of a tropical lake (Tonle Sap, Cambodia) (2019) (6)
Niche width expansion of coral reef fishes along a primary production gradient in the remote central Pacific (2019) (5)
Stranded capital: environmental stewardship is part of the economy, too (2018) (5)
Functional endemism: population connectivity, shifting baselines, and the scale of human experience (2012) (5)
The role of spontaneous pattern formation in the creation and maintenance of biological diversity (2006) (5)
Habitat-Mediated Signal Reception by a Passive Acoustic Receiver Array as Determined by Scuba Surveys (2009) (4)
Corals of the genus Porites are a locally abundant component of the epibiont community on mangrove prop roots at Calabash Caye, Turneffe Atoll, Belize (2019) (4)
The Challenge of the World’s Great Lakes (1993) (4)
Comparison of the genetic and ecological diversity of the native to the introduced tilapiines (Pisces: Cichlidae), and their population structures in the Lake Victoria region, East Africa (2010) (4)
Status of commercially important bivalves near the proposed Church Creek Power Plant site. Special report (1979) (4)
Reassessing U.S. Coral Reefs: THE POLICY FORUM "ARE U.S. CORAL REEFS (2005) (4)
Effects of excluding bottom-disturbing mobile fishing gear on abundance and biomass of groundfishes in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, USA (2010) (4)
Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Changes through the Lens of SDGs in Semarang, Indonesia (2022) (3)
Porites divaricata is a Locally Abundant Component of the Epibiont Community on Mangrove Prop Roots at Calabash Caye, Turneffe Atoll, Belize (2019) (3)
inferences on natural and anthropogenic drivers (2015) (3)
Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks, 2004-2008, Volume II: Appendicies (2010) (3)
Lessons Learned from the Marine Management Area Science Program: Insights for Global Conservation Science Programs (2015) (3)
SPONTANEOUS PATTERN FORMATION AND DIVERSITY IN SPATIALLY STRUCTURED EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY (2006) (3)
Living with the sea : local efforts buffer effects of global change (2010) (2)
13 November 1981 , Volume 214 , Number 4522 Hurricane Allen ' s Impact o Jamaican Coral Reel (2005) (2)
Culture-Induced Abnormalities in Tautog (2005) (2)
Post-settlement survivorship of juvenile Atlantic cod and the design of marine protected areas (1998) (2)
Pyxichromis paradoxus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), a new haplochromine species from Lake Edward, East Africa, and reassessment of the genus Pyxichromis Greenwood, 1980 (2003) (2)
The development of fish hyperostosis and modulation with testosterone (1992) (1)
U-Th dating of Holocene age Acropora prolifera (Lamarck, 1816) colonies confirms coral hybridization is not a recent phenomenon. (2020) (1)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Climate Change: Final Arbiter of the Mass Extinction of Freshwater Fishes (2019) (1)
Multisite, Interdisciplinary Applications of Science to Marine Policy: The Conservation International Marine Management Area Science Program (2015) (1)
MMAS in Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape (2015) (1)
Physiological state predicts space use of sharks at a tourism provisioning site (2022) (1)
High collocation of sand lance and protected top predators: Implications for conservation and management (2020) (1)
All data files (2017) (1)
An evaluation of the use of branching fire-corals (Millepora spp.) as refuge by reef fish in the Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil (2012) (1)
Conflict and Fisheries in the Lake Victoria Basin: A Coupled Natural and Human Systems Approach (2013) (1)
Molecular Tools for Marine Protected Areas_new (2009) (0)
Fish Population Responses to Sea Floor Habitat Alteration (2002) (0)
Is fine-scale area management effective in the conservation of temperate groundfishes? (2009) (0)
Food for Thought South Africa’s experimental ﬁsheries closures and recovery of the endangered African penguin (2021) (0)
African Penguins and Localized Fisheries Management: Response to Butterworth and Ross-Gillespie (2022) (0)
MMAS in Brazil (2015) (0)
New Perspectives on the Dynamics of Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) (2020) (0)
Ecological effects of marine managed areas (2011) (0)
Data from: Habitat patterns in tropical rain forests: a comparison of 105 plots in northwest Borneo (2017) (0)
Terrestrial ecological survey of the Elm's Property, St. Mary's County, Maryland. Special report (1979) (0)
Intraspecific differences in relative isotopic niche area and overlap of co-occurring sharks (2019) (0)
Building an Agreement on Marine Conservation Needs (1995) (0)
“Touch one strand, and the whole web shivers.” (1995) (0)
MMAS in Belize (2015) (0)
Movement patterns and site utilization of fishes as determined by acoustic telemetry: implications for the design of marine reserves (2003) (0)
Planning Framework Options for The Massachusetts Ocean Plan (DRAFT) (2009) (0)
Forest profile data (2017) (0)
Spatial co-occurrence of coral diseases suggest that disease epidemics are regionally, not locally mediated. (2009) (0)
Prediction of biological impacts associated with expansion of Vienna Steam Electric Station (1980) (0)
The Grizzly in the Southwest: Documentary of Extinction@@@The Last Extinction (1987) (0)
Diverseresource-usestrategies ina large-bodied marinepredatorguild : evidencefromdifferentialuseof resourcesubsidiesandintraspecific isotopicvariation (2019) (0)
Indiscriminate Fisheries: Understanding the Foodweb of the Great Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia (2014) (0)
The ecological health of Lake Victoria (Kenya) in the face of growing cage aquaculture (2022) (0)
Chain reactions in the social-ecological system of Lake Victoria (2012) (0)

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