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Craig R. Smith

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · US
Area of research
Oceanography · Ecology
Research interest
Research interests include Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and coastal plant biology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Marine and fisheries research.
h-index
76
citations
20,713
works
543
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

New Species of Macellicephala McIntosh, 1885 (Annelida, Polynoidae), Associated with the Reef Stage of a Whale Fall
Taxonomy 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Noise from deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean will impact a broad range of marine taxa
Marine Pollution Bulletin 2025cited by 8position: middledoi
Zooplankton community structure in the abyssal benthic boundary layer varies over time due to nonuniform species response to seasonal organic‐matter fluxes
Limnology and Oceanography 2025cited by 3position: contributordoi
A new gastrotrich, Musellifer leasiae sp. nov. (Paucitubulatina: Muselliferidae), from Antarcticathe first Muselliferidae species description from the Southern Hemisphere.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
52. Test method to evaluate the thermal performance of migration fences using heavy broilers
Animal - science proceedings 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Antarctic Kinorhyncha: Seven new species from the Antarctic Peninsula
European Journal of Taxonomy 2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Bottom-Feeders Eat Their Fiber: Ingestion of Anthropogenic Microdebris by Antarctic Deep-Sea Invertebrates Depends on Feeding Ecology.
2024cited by 5position: contributordoi
Biodiversity, biogeography, and connectivity of polychaetes in the world's largest marine minerals exploration frontier
Diversity and Distributions 2023cited by 20position: contributordoi
Carbonate compensation depth drives abyssal biogeography in the northeast Pacific.
2023cited by 10position: contributordoi
The Antarctic Seafloor Annotated Imagery Database
2023cited by 5position: contributordoi
Checklist of newly-vouchered annelid taxa from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean, based on morphology and genetic delimitation.
2023cited by 1position: contributordoi
Issue Information
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology 2023cited by 0position: middledoi
Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining
Marine Policy 2022cited by 185position: middledoi
Patterns of eukaryotic diversity from the surface to the deep-ocean sediment
Science Advances 2022cited by 108position: middledoi
Whales in the carbon cycle: can recovery remove carbon dioxide?
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2022cited by 64position: middledoi
Patterns of eukaryotic diversity from the surface to the deep-ocean sediment.
2022cited by 51position: contributordoi
Heading to the deep end without knowing how to swim: Do we need deep-seabed mining?
One Earth 2022cited by 44position: lastdoi
Benthic megafauna of the western Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean.
2022cited by 11position: contributordoi
The time is right for an Antarctic biorepository network
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022cited by 9position: middledoi
The time is right for an Antarctic biorepository network.
2022cited by 5position: contributordoi
Contrasting modes of mitochondrial genome evolution in sister taxa of wood-eating marine bivalves (Teredinidae and Xylophagaidae).
2022cited by 1position: contributordoi
Issue Information
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology 2022cited by 0position: middledoi
The Nature and Distribution of Labile Organic Carbon in Sediments Beneath a Collapsed Ice Shelf: Climate Change Effects on the Antarctic Continental Shelf
2022cited by 0position: contributordoi
Eukaryotic Biodiversity and Spatial Patterns in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and Other Abyssal Regions: Insights From Sediment DNA and RNA Metabarcoding
Frontiers in Marine Science 2021cited by 59position: middledoi
Trophic ecology surrounding kelp and wood falls in deep Norwegian fjords
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 2021cited by 8position: contributordoi
Using Radiocarbon to Assess the Abundance, Distribution, and Nature of Labile Organic Carbon in Marine Sediments
Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2021cited by 5position: contributordoi
Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2020cited by 278position: middledoi
Midwater ecosystems must be considered when evaluating environmental risks of deep-sea mining
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020cited by 225position: middledoi
Deep-Sea Misconceptions Cause Underestimation of Seabed-Mining Impacts
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2020cited by 123position: firstdoi
Antarctic ecosystem responses following ice‐shelf collapse and iceberg calving: Science review and future research
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change 2020cited by 48position: middledoi

Grants

RAPID: Collaborative Research: Marine Ecosystem Response to the Larsen C Ice-Shelf Breakout: "Time zero"
NSF1822256$26,0932018–2019PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: RAPID/Workshop- Antarctic Ecosystem Research following Ice Shelf Collapse and Iceberg Calving Events
NSF1750630$9,9922017–2018PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Fjord Ecosystem Structure and Function on the West Antarctic Peninsula - Hotspots of Productivity and Biodiversity? (FjordEco)
NSF1443680$796,7742015–2019PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Biodiversity, connectivity and ecosystem function in organic-rich whale-bone and wood-fall habitats in the deep sea
NSF1155703$569,2552012–2017PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Benthic Faunal Feeding Dynamics on the Antarctic Shelf and the Effects of Global Climate Change on Bentho-Pelagic Coupling
NSF0636806$447,1352007–2012PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Marine Ecosystems.
NSF0732711$382,2642007–2013PIRePORTER
Collaborative Proposal: Using Radiocarbon Measurements of Benthic Megafauna as a Tool for Assessing Bentho-Pelagic Coupling in the Marine Organic Carbon Cycle
NSF0223495$31,9222003–2005PIRePORTER
Collaborative Proposal: Radiometric Dating of Whale Bones-a Tool for Study of Succession and Persistence of Whale Fall Chemoautotrohic Assemblages
NSF0095904$52,4072001–2005PIRePORTER
Bentho-Pelagic Coupling on the West Antarctic Peninsula Shelf: The Impact and Fate of Bloom Material at the Seafloor
NSF9815823$316,5281999–2002PIRePORTER
Louder Than Words
NSF9751018$17,4731997–2000PIRePORTER
Age-Dependent Bioturbation of Deep-Sea Sediments: Tests of Mechanisms at Three Bathyal Sites
NSF9521116$280,0001995–1998PIRePORTER
The Relationship of Bioturbation, Macrobenthos and Seabed Radionuclides to the Flux and Fate of Organic Carbon Along the JGOFS Equatorial Pacific Transect
NSF9022116$219,2001991–1994PIRePORTER
Community Structure and Dynamics in a Newly Discovered Deep Sea Reducing Habitat: Lipid-Rich Whale Bones
NSF9000162$147,9361990–1992PIRePORTER
Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Systems to Improve Undergraduate Instrumentation Laboratories
NSF8951904$49,9721989–1993PIRePORTER
Equipment for Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Systemsto Improve Undergraduate Instrumentation Laboratories
NSF8852095$33,6501988–1991PIRePORTER
A System for Studying Natural Patterns and Rates of Disturbance and Succession in Deep-Sea Macrobenthos
NSF8614367$148,1541986–1989PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 20 papers (2019–2026)Lisa A. Levin · Scripps Institution of Oceanography9 papers (2013–2022) · 5 papers (2016–2020)Kristina M. Gjerde · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2016–2020)Guadalupe Bribiesca‐Contreras · Springer Nature4 papers (2022–2023)Helena Wiklund · University of Gothenburg4 papers (2022–2026)Adrian G. Glover · Natural History Museum4 papers (2022–2023)Andrew J. Gooday · Natural History Museum4 papers (2017–2022) · 4 papers (2016–2020)David Billett · University of Southampton3 papers (2017–2020)Thomas G. Dahlgren · University of Gothenburg3 papers (2022–2023)Erica Goetze · University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa3 papers (2020–2025)Diva J. Amon · Texas A&M University3 papers (2020–2025) · 3 papers (2017–2022)Amy R. Baco · Florida State University3 papers (2012–2017)Daniel O. B. Jones · University of Southampton3 papers (2017–2017)Moriaki Yasuhara · City University of Hong Kong3 papers (2017–2020)Henry A. Ruhl · University of Southampton3 papers (2017–2020) · 3 papers (2016–2020)Eva Ramírez-Llodra · Universitat de Barcelona3 papers (2016–2020)