Les Kaufman

Boston University — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

50h-index10.4kcitations185works1.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies(64), Marine and fisheries research(57), Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity(33), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies(25), Coastal and Marine Management(23)

Publications185 total

Climate change, transactional sex, HIV/AIDS and sustainable livelihoods among fishing communities around Lake Victoria: a scoping review protocol
BMJ Open·2026Open Access
Bibliometric Analysis of Ecosystem Services and Stakeholder Engagement in the Mangrove Communities of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
Preprints.org·2025Open Access
Making the Most of Available Data: A Case Study of Converging Analyses to Model an Emerging Fishery for Jonah Crab (<scp><i>Cancer borealis</i></scp>)
Fish and Fisheries·2025
Effects of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) cage aquaculture on water quality in the world’s largest tropical lake
Journal of Great Lakes Research·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Examining the successional role of Montipora aequituberculata on remote, post-disturbance equatorial reefs
Marine Ecology Progress Series·2024
Mapping the dynamics of aquatic vegetation in Lake Kyoga and its linkages to satellite lakes
Science of Remote Sensing·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Spatial planning offshore wind energy farms in California for mediating fisheries and wildlife conservation impacts
Environmental Development·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Spatial Planning Offshore Wind Energy Farms in California for Mediating Fisheries, Seabird, and Whale Population Impacts
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
The Deforestation and Biodiversity Risks of Power Plant Projects in Southeast Asia: A Big Data Spatial Analytical Framework
Sustainability·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
Cycles of fusion and fission enabled rapid parallel adaptive radiations in African cichlids
Science·2023· 101 cited
Physiological state predicts space use of sharks at a tourism provisioning site
Animal Behaviour·2022· 11 cited
African Penguins and Localized Fisheries Management: Response to Butterworth and Ross-Gillespie
ICES Journal of Marine Science·2022· 8 cited
Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Changes through the Lens of SDGs in Semarang, Indonesia
Sustainability·2022· 31 citedOpen Access
The costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics
Science Advances·2022· 269 citedOpen Access
South Africa's experimental fisheries closures and recovery of the endangered African penguin
ICES Journal of Marine Science·2021· 28 citedOpen Access
Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide
Restoration Ecology·2021· 117 citedOpen Access
Designing a blueprint for coral reef survival
Biological Conservation·2021· 155 citedOpen Access
Making restoration meaningful: A vision for working at multiple scales to help secure a future for coral reefs
2021· 1 cited
Sensitivity of sand lance to shifting prey and hydrography indicates forthcoming change to the northeast US shelf forage fish complex
ICES Journal of Marine Science·2020· 40 citedOpen Access
High collocation of sand lance and protected top predators: Implications for conservation and management
Conservation Science and Practice·2020· 4 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Lauren J. Chapman(8), Colin A. Chapman(7), Rodrigo L. Moura(5), Ronaldo B. Francini‐Filho(5), Andrew L. Rhyne(4), Michael F. Tlusty(4), Ole Seehausen(4), R. Ogutu‐Ohwayo(4), Lee Hannah(3), Fabiano L. Thompson(3), J.S. Balirwa(3), Robert E. Hecky(3), Peter B. O. Ochumba(3), Irit Altman(3), Ericka O. C. Coni(3), Camilo M. Ferreira(3), Andrew W. Bruckner(2), Judith C. Lang(2), Andrew P. Dobson(2), Stuart L. Pimm(2)