Mark C. Benfield

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast and Environment at Louisiana State University. Adjunct (Guest Investigator) in the Biology Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Member and Past-Chair of the ICES Working Group on Zooplankton Ecology, member of the ICES Working Group on Integrated Morphological and Molecular Taxonomy, Director of the Gulf SERPENT Project. Ph.D. (Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences) from Texas A&M University.

Biodiversity Biological Oceanography Ecology Environmental Impacts Marine Biology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

Work details

Professor

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

April 1993

Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Guest Investigator

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Biology

Websites

Google Scholar

January 13, 2015

Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna

Craig R. McClain, Meghan A. Balk, Mark C. Benfield, Trevor A. Branch, Catherine Chen, James Cosgrove, Alistair D.M. Dove, Leo Gaskins, Rebecca R. Helm, Frederick G. Hochberg, Frank B. Lee, Andrea Marshall, Steven E. McMurray, Caroline Schanche, Shane N. Stone, Andrew D. Thaler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.715 PubMed 25649000

Academic Editor on

October 7, 2020

A taxonomic review of the genus Astrocladus (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida, Gorgonocephalidae) from Japanese coastal waters

Masanori Okanishi, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Toshihiko Fujita

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9836 PubMed 33083106

October 5, 2020

Analysis of pedestrian activity before and during COVID-19 lockdown, using webcam time-lapse from Cracow and machine learning

Robert Szczepanek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10132 PubMed 33083150

September 24, 2019

In situ growth and bioerosion rates of Lophelia pertusa in a Norwegian fjord and open shelf cold-water coral habitat

Janina V. Büscher, Max Wisshak, Armin U. Form, Jürgen Titschack, Kerstin Nachtigall, Ulf Riebesell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7586 PubMed 31579574

February 15, 2019

Shifting headlines? Size trends of newsworthy fishes

Fiona T. Francis, Brett R. Howard, Adrienne E. Berchtold, Trevor A. Branch, Laís C.T. Chaves, Jillian C. Dunic, Brett Favaro, Kyla M. Jeffrey, Luis Malpica-Cruz, Natalie Maslowski, Jessica A. Schultz, Nicola S. Smith, Isabelle M. Côté

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6395 PubMed 30783570

October 10, 2018

Distribution of deep-water corals, sponges, and demersal fisheries landings in Southern California, USA: implications for conservation priorities

Enrique J. Salgado, Stephanie E. Nehasil, Peter J. Etnoyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5697 PubMed 30324013

July 24, 2018

Satellite tracking of juvenile whale sharks in the Sulu and Bohol Seas, Philippines

Gonzalo Araujo, Christoph A. Rohner, Jessica Labaja, Segundo J. Conales, Sally J. Snow, Ryan Murray, Simon J. Pierce, Alessandro Ponzo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5231 PubMed 30065862