List of works - Nick T Shears

A Monitoring Plan for The Noises Ecosystem ⬇️

2021 report

Canopy interactions and physical stress gradients in subtidal communities

scientific article

Cascading effects of fishing can alter carbon flow through a temperate coastal ecosystem.

scientific article published in December 2008

Context-dependent effects of fishing: variation in trophic cascades across environmental gradients.

scientific article

Disentangling the effects of fishing and environmental forcing on demographic variation in an exploited species

ECOLOGY – Ecological effects of marine protected areas: conservation, restoration, and functioning

Evaluation of biogeographic classification schemes for conservation planning: application to New Zealand's coastal marine environment.

scientific article

Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features

scientific article (publication date: 5 February 2014)

Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century.

scientific article

Half a century of coastal temperature records reveal complex warming trends in western boundary currents

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Interannual Variability of Sea Surface Temperature in the Southwest Pacific and the Role of Ocean Dynamics

article

Key features and context-dependence of fishery-induced trophic cascades

scientific article

Marine reserves demonstrate top-down control of community structure on temperate reefs

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Nonparametric Empirical Depth Regression for Bathymetric Mapping in Coastal Waters

Population ecology of the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida towards the upper extreme of its temperature range

article

Predation cues rather than resource availability promote cryptic behaviour in a habitat-forming sea urchin

scientific article published on 13 January 2017

Predators indirectly induce stronger prey through a trophic cascade

scientific article published in November 2017

Proliferation of the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida at aquaculture sites promotes spread to coastal reefs

scientific article published in 2016

Quality of a fished resource: Assessing spatial and temporal dynamics

scientific article published on 6 June 2018

Seasonal and spatial variation in photosynthetic response of the kelp Ecklonia radiata across a turbidity gradient

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

The sea urchin – the ultimate herbivore and biogeographic variability in its ability to deforest kelp ecosystems

scholarly article published 27 December 2013

Toxic cascades: multiple anthropogenic stressors have complex and unanticipated interactive effects on temperate reefs

scientific article

Using satellite-derived sea surface temperature to predict the potential global range and phenology of the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida

Warmer temperatures reduce the influence of an important keystone predator

scientific article

List of works by Nick T Shears

A Monitoring Plan for The Noises Ecosystem ⬇️

Canopy interactions and physical stress gradients in subtidal communities

Cascading effects of fishing can alter carbon flow through a temperate coastal ecosystem.

Context-dependent effects of fishing: variation in trophic cascades across environmental gradients.

Disentangling the effects of fishing and environmental forcing on demographic variation in an exploited species

ECOLOGY – Ecological effects of marine protected areas: conservation, restoration, and functioning

Evaluation of biogeographic classification schemes for conservation planning: application to New Zealand's coastal marine environment.

Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features

Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century.

Half a century of coastal temperature records reveal complex warming trends in western boundary currents

Interannual Variability of Sea Surface Temperature in the Southwest Pacific and the Role of Ocean Dynamics

Key features and context-dependence of fishery-induced trophic cascades

Marine reserves demonstrate top-down control of community structure on temperate reefs

Nonparametric Empirical Depth Regression for Bathymetric Mapping in Coastal Waters

Population ecology of the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida towards the upper extreme of its temperature range

Predation cues rather than resource availability promote cryptic behaviour in a habitat-forming sea urchin

Predators indirectly induce stronger prey through a trophic cascade

Proliferation of the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida at aquaculture sites promotes spread to coastal reefs

Quality of a fished resource: Assessing spatial and temporal dynamics

Seasonal and spatial variation in photosynthetic response of the kelp Ecklonia radiata across a turbidity gradient

The sea urchin – the ultimate herbivore and biogeographic variability in its ability to deforest kelp ecosystems

Toxic cascades: multiple anthropogenic stressors have complex and unanticipated interactive effects on temperate reefs

Using satellite-derived sea surface temperature to predict the potential global range and phenology of the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida

Warmer temperatures reduce the influence of an important keystone predator