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Mark Hixon
PeerJ Author
735 Points

Contributions by role

Preprint Author 35
Editor 700

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Marine Biology
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Natural Resource Management
Biogeography
Evolutionary Studies
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Animal Behavior
Ecosystem Science
Science Policy
Coupled Natural and Human Systems

Mark A Hixon

PeerJ Author

Summary

Professor and Sidney & Erica Hsiao Endowed Chair in Marine Biology, Department of Biology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. Research expertise: marine ecology and conservation biology, especially regarding temperate and tropical reefs and fishes. Fulbright Senior Scholar. Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow. International Society for Reef Studies Fellow. Past Chair, U.S. Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee. Past Chair, U.S. National Science Foundation Ocean Sciences Advisory Committee. Past President, Western Society of Naturalists. Editorial boards: Coastal Management, Coral Reefs (past), Ecology, Ecological Monographs, PeerJ. ISI Citation Index recognition as most cited scientific author on coral reef ecology in Northern and Western Hemispheres (1994-2004).

Animal Behavior Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science Conservation Biology Ecology Marine Biology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Work details

Professor

University of Hawaii
January 2013
Department of Biology

PeerJ Contributions

  • Preprints 1
  • Edited 5
December 9, 2017 - Version: 1
Resolving differences in observed impacts of invasive lionfish and clarifying advice to managers
Kurt E. Ingeman, Mark A. Albins, Cassandra E. Benkwitt, Stephanie J. Green, Tye L. Kindinger, Lillian J. Tuttle, Mark A. Hixon
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3455v1

Academic Editor on

March 29, 2018
The importance of sponges and mangroves in supporting fish communities on degraded coral reefs in Caribbean Panama
Janina Seemann, Alexandra Yingst, Rick D. Stuart-Smith, Graham J. Edgar, Andrew H. Altieri
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4455 PubMed 29610704
December 19, 2017
Simulations indicate that scores of lionfish (Pterois volitans) colonized the Atlantic Ocean
Jason D. Selwyn, John E. Johnson, Alan M. Downey-Wall, Adam M. Bynum, Rebecca M. Hamner, J. Derek Hogan, Christopher E. Bird
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3996 PubMed 29302383
October 18, 2017
Ongoing removals of invasive lionfish in Honduras and their effect on native Caribbean prey fishes
Friederike Peiffer, Sonia Bejarano, Giacomo Palavicini de Witte, Christian Wild
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3818 PubMed 29062597
December 1, 2016
Age, growth and population structure of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles) in northeast Florida using a length-based, age-structured population model
Eric G. Johnson, Mary Katherine Swenarton
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2730 PubMed 27920953
October 12, 2016
Ontogenetic foraging activity and feeding selectivity of the Brazilian endemic parrotfish Scarus zelindae
Pedro H.C. Pereira, Marcus Santos, Daniel L. Lippi, Pedro Silva
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2536 PubMed 27761330