Boris Worm

Boris Worm is a marine ecologist, and the Killam Research Professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.^[1]

Worm is known for his scientific contributions and commitment to spreading public awareness regarding marine conservation.^[2] In 2004 he received the German "Heinz Maier Leibnitz"-Award, an award for young researchers from the German Research Foundation (DFG).^[3]

Selected publications

• Myers RA, Worm B (2003) Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities. Nature 423:280-283
• Worm, et al. (2006) Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services. Science, 314: 787-790
• Worm, et al. (2009) Rebuilding Global Fisheries. Science, 325 (5940): 578–585.
• Tittensor DP, Mora C, Jetz W, Lotze HK, Ricard D, Vanden Berghe, E, Worm B (2010) Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa. Nature 466: 1098-1101
• Mora C, Tittensor DP, Adl S, Simpson AGB, Worm B (2011) How many species are there on Earth and in the ocean? PLoS Biology 9: e1001127
• Pinsky ML, Worm B, Fogarty MJ, Sarmiento JL, Levin SA (2013) Marine taxa track local climate velocities. Science 341:1239-1242
• Worm B, Paine RT (2016) Humans as a hyperkeystone species. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31:600-607
• Worm B, Lotze HK, Jubinville I, Wilcox C, Jambeck J. (2017) Plastic as a persistent marine pollutant. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 42:1-26

References

1. The Worm Lab, Dalhousie University.
2. New hope for fisheries EurekAlert, 30 July 2009.
3. see homepage of the award in 2004 http://www.dfg.de/service/presse/pressemitteilungen/2004/pressemitteilung_nr_12/index.html