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

Boris Worm

Born	1969
Known for	Works on Global change, Overfishing
Awards	E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (2011) Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Award (2004)
Scientific career
Fields	Marine ecology, fisheries science
Institutions	Dalhousie University

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

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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

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^ The Worm Lab, Dalhousie University.

^ New hope for fisheries EurekAlert, 30 July 2009.

^ see homepage of the award in 2004 http://www.dfg.de/service/presse/pressemitteilungen/2004/pressemitteilung_nr_12/index.html

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