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Caitlin M. Crain
Researcher at University of California, Santa Cruz
Publications - 24
Citations - 5249
Caitlin M. Crain is an academic researcher from University of California, Santa Cruz. The author has contributed to research in topics: Marsh & Salt marsh. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 23 publications receiving 4650 citations. Previous affiliations of Caitlin M. Crain include Brown University & The Nature Conservancy.
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Interactive and cumulative effects of multiple human stressors in marine systems
TL;DR: These three-stressor results suggest that synergies may be quite common in nature where more than two stressors almost always coexist and suggest an immediate need to account for stressor interactions in ecological studies and conservation planning.
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The protective role of coastal marshes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
TL;DR: The results show that salt marshes have value for coastal hazard mitigation and climate change adaptation and it is proposed that decision makers employ natural systems to maximize the benefits and ecosystem services provided by Salt marshes and exercise caution when making decisions that erode these services.
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Guiding ecological principles for marine spatial planning
Melissa M. Foley,Benjamin S. Halpern,Fiorenza Micheli,Matthew H. Armsby,Margaret R. Caldwell,Caitlin M. Crain,Erin Prahler,Nicole Rohr,Deborah Sivas,Michael W. Beck,Mark H. Carr,Larry B. Crowder,J. Emmett Duffy,Sally D. Hacker,Karen L. McLeod,Stephen R. Palumbi,Charles H. Peterson,Helen M. Regan,Mary Ruckelshaus,Paul A. Sandifer,Robert S. Steneck +20 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify ecological principles for MSP based on a synthesis of previously suggested and/or operationalized principles, along with recommendations generated by a group of twenty ecologists and marine scientists with diverse backgrounds and perspectives on MSP.
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Ecosystem Engineering across Environmental Gradients: Implications for Conservation and Management
TL;DR: It is hypothesize that in extreme physical environments, ecosystem engineers that ameliorate physical stress are essential for ecosystem function, whereas in physically benign environments where competitor and consumer pressure is typically high, engineers support ecosystem processes by providing competitor- or predator-free space.
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Understanding and managing human threats to the coastal marine environment.
TL;DR: Considering the cumulative effect of multiple threats has only just begun and depends on spatial analysis to predict overlapping threats and a better understanding of multiple‐stressor effects and interactions.