Ecological extinction and evolution in the brave new ocean

Jeremy B. C. Jackson

Research Interests• Paleoecology and macroevolution with particular interest in

the environmental and biological consequences of the events leading up to the formation of the Isthmus of Panama over the past 15 million years.

• Historical ecology of human impacts and their implications for marine conservation biology and management.

Current Research• Ecology and evolution of marine invertebrates; human

impacts on tropical marine communities.

Coral reefs

• Overfishing, warming and acidification due to increasing CO2, run-off of nutrients and toxins, invasive species.

Estuaries and coastal seas

• Overfishing; runoff of nutrients and toxins; warming due to rise of CO2; invasive species; coastal land use.

Continental shelves

• Overfishing; trophic cascades; trawling; runoff of nutrients and toxins; warming and acidification due to rise of CO2; introduced species; escape of aquaculture species

Open ocean pelagic

• Overfishing; trophic cascades; warming and acidification due to rise of CO2

Synergy

• How important is it?

• How can it be measured for all these different situations?

Overfishing