McField, Melanie

education and training

Ph.D. in Marine Science, University of South Florida , College of Marine Science, The Influence of Disturbance and Management on Coral Reef Community Structure in Belize 1996 - 2001

investigator on

Healthy Reefs for Healthy People awarded by The Summit Foundation
Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative 2016 awarded by The Oak Hill Fund
MAR Fund: Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative (#504783) awarded by MAR Fund

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- Pisa, Lennard, Goulson, Dave, Yang, En-Cheng, Gibbons, David, Sánchez-Bayo, Francisco, Mitchell, Edward, Aebi, Alexandre, van der Sluijs, Jeroen, MacQuarrie, Chris J. K., Giorio, Chiara, Long, Elizabeth Yim, McField, Melanie D., van Lexmond, Maarten Bijleveld, and Bonmatin, Jean-Marc. 2021. "An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic insecticides. Part 2: impacts on organisms and ecosystems." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28:11749-11797. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0341-3 2021
- Kjerfve, Bjorn, McField, Melanie, Thattai, Deeptha, and Giro, Ana. 2021. "Coral reef health in the Gulf of Honduras in relation to fluvial runoff, hurricanes, and fishing pressure." Marine pollution bulletin 172:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112865 2021
- Randazzo-Eisemann, Angela, Arias-Gonzalez, Jesus Ernesto, Velez, Laure, McField, Melanie, and Mouillot, David. 2021. "The last hotspots of structural complexity as conservation targets in the Mesoamerican Coral Reef." Biological Conservation 256:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109021 2021
- Bradley, Patricia, Jessup, Ben, Pittman, Simon J., Jeffrey, Christopher F. G., Ault, Jerald S., Carrubba, Lisamarie, Lilyestrom, Craig, Appeldoorn, Richard S., Schärer, Michelle T., Walker, Brian K., McField, Melanie, Santavy, Deborah L., Smith, Tyler B., García-Moliner, Graciela, Smith, Steven G., Huertas, Evelyn, Gerritsen, Jeroen, Oliver, Leah M., Horstmann, Christina, and Jackson, Susan K. 2020. "Development of a reef fish biological condition gradient model with quantitative decision rules for the protection and restoration of coral reef ecosystems." Marine pollution bulletin 159:111387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111387 2020
- Deichmann, Jessica L., Canty, Steven W. J., Akre, Thomas S. B., and McField, Melanie. 2019. "Broadly defining "working lands"." Science 363 (6431):1046-1047. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw3007 2019
- Muñiz-Castillo, Aarón Israel, Rivera-Sosa, Andrea, Chollett, Iliana, Eakin, C. M., Andrade-Gómez, Luisa, McField, Melanie, and Arias-González, Jesús Ernesto. 2019. "Three decades of heat stress exposure in Caribbean coral reefs: a new regional delineation to enhance conservation." Scientific Reports 9 (1):11013. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47307-0 2019
- Cox, Courtney, Valdivia, A., McField, Melanie D., Castillo, K., and Bruno, J. F. 2017. "Establishment of marine protected areas alone does not restore coral reef communities in Belize." Marine Ecology Progress Series 563:65-79. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11984 2017
- Suchley, Adam, McField, Melanie D., and Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo. 2016. "Rapidly increasing macroalgal cover not related to herbivorous fishes on Mesoamerican reefs." PeerJ 4:e2084. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2084 2016
- Rocha, Luiz A., Rocha, Claudia R., Baldwin, Carole C., Weigt, Lee A., and McField, Melanie D. 2015. "Invasive lionfish preying on critically endangered reef fish - Springer." Coral Reefs 34 (3):803-806. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-015-1293-z 2015
- Edwards, Helen J., Elliott, Ian A., Eakin, C. Mark, Irikawa, Akiyuki, Madin, Joshua S., McField, Melanie D., Morgan, Jessica A., Van Woesik, Robert, and Mumby, Peter J. 2011. "How much time can herbivore protection buy for coral reefs under realistic regimes of hurricanes and coral bleaching?." Global Change Biology 17 (6):2033-2048. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02366.x 2011
- Carilli, Jessica E., Norris, Richard D., Black, Bryan, Walsh, Sheila M., and McField, Melanie D. 2010. "Century-scale records of coral growth rates indicate that local stressors reduce coral thermal tolerance threshold." Global Change Biology 16 (4):1247-1257. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02043.x 2010
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- Precht, William F., Aronson, Richard B., Gardner, Toby A., Gill, Jennifer A., Hawkins, Julie P., Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A., Jaap, Walter C., McClanahan, Tim R., McField, Melanie D., Murdoch, Thaddeus J. T., Nugues, Maggy M., Roberts, Callum M., Schelten, Christiane K., Watkinson, Andrew R., and Côté, Isabelle M. 2020. "The timing and causality of ecological shifts on Caribbean reefs." in Advances in Marine Biology, 331-360. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2020.08.008 2020
- McField, Melanie D., Drysdale, Ian, Marisol, Rueda Flores, Pott, Roberto, and Giro, Ana. 2017. "Collaborative, adaptive management of the Mesoamerican Reef." in Handbook on the Economics and Management for Sustainable Oceans, edited by Nunes, P., Svenssona L.E., and Markandya A., 201-220. Edward Elgar Publishing. 2017

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