William D. Heyman

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

25h-index1.9kcitations66works1.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies(44), Marine and fisheries research(38), Marine animal studies overview(12), Coastal and Marine Management(10), Fish Ecology and Management Studies(7)

Publications66 total

Fishers drive progress towards ocean sustainability goals: The Gladding Memorial Award Program in the Wider Caribbean
SSRN Electronic Journal·2026Open Access
Opportunity Knocks: Leveraging Offshore Wind Development as a Natural Experiment to Address the Ecological Function of Artificial Reefs
Fish and Fisheries·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Science priorities to evaluate the effects of offshore wind energy development on fish and fisheries in the Gulf of America
Marine and Coastal Fisheries·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Linking knowledge and action for climate-ready fisheries: Emerging best practices across the US
Marine Policy·2023· 21 citedOpen Access
Correction to: The Cayman Crown: newly protected coral reefs at the edge of the Cayman Trench
Coral Reefs·2023Open Access
The Cayman Crown: newly protected coral reefs at the edge of the Cayman Trench
Coral Reefs·2023· 3 cited
Modeling juvenile sea turtle bycatch risk in commercial and recreational fisheries
iScience·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Loss of suitable ocean habitat and phenological shifts among grouper and snapper spawning aggregations in the Greater Caribbean under climate change
Marine Ecology Progress Series·2022· 21 citedOpen Access
Coastal oceanographic conditions during a cold front passage over a fish spawning aggregation site located in the Mesoamerican Reef
Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science·2022· 2 cited
Peer Review #2 of "The importance of spawning behavior in understanding the vulnerability of exploited marine fishes in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (v0.1)"
2021Open Access
The importance of spawning behavior in understanding the vulnerability of exploited marine fishes in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
PeerJ·2021· 26 citedOpen Access
Session introduction: conservation of multi-species reef fish spawning aggregations
AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Status of reef fish spawning aggregations in Belize
AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
A Protocol and database for monitoring transient multi-species reef fish apawning aggregations in the Meso-American Reef
AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)·2021Open Access
Test of multi-species spawning aggregations; Conservacion de las agregaciones de desove de multiples especies
AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)·2021Open Access
Characterizing Geomorphology of Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Conservation and Management
Frontiers in Marine Science·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
Considerations for Offshore Wind Energy Development Effects on Fish and Fisheries in the United States: A Review of Existing Studies, New Efforts, and Opportunities for Innovation
Oceanography·2020· 19 citedOpen Access
Life below water: Fish spawning aggregations as bright spots for a sustainable ocean
Conservation Letters·2020· 21 citedOpen Access
Should we protect extirpated fish spawning aggregation sites?
Biological Conservation·2019· 29 cited
Cooperative monitoring, assessment, and management of fish spawning aggregations and associated fisheries in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Marine Policy·2019· 45 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Björn Kjerfve(9), Shinichi Kobara(8), Brad Erisman(6), Tal Ezer(5), Christopher Biggs(4), Liam M. Carr(3), Nicholas A. Farmer(3), Arnaud Grüss(3), Pablo Granados-Dieseldorff(3), Chris Houser(3), Simon J. Pittman(2), Haibin Su(2), Hongxing Liu(2), Dawn J. Wright(2), Deeptha Thattai(2), Mandy Karnauskas(2), Susan Lowerre‐Barbieri(2), Stuart Fulton(2), Katie R. Thompson(2), S. Hoyt Peckham(2)