James Robinson

James PW Robinson

Reader @ Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK

I study coral reefs, fisheries, and aquatic food systems, using ecological and Bayesian statistical models to understand how climate change and fishing shape fish biomass, nutrient production, and food security in tropical and small-scale fisheries.

Selected publications

2025

Dried fish provide widespread access to critical nutrients across Africa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Robinson, O'Meara, Fiorella, et al.

2025

Illuminating the multidimensional contributions of small-scale fisheries

Nature

Basurto, Gutierrez, Franz, ... Robinson, et al.

2024

Wild fish consumption can balance nutrient retention in farmed fish

Nature Food

Willer, Newton, ... Robinson, et al.

2024

Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Robinson, Benkwitt, Maire, Morais et al.

2022

Managing fisheries for maximum nutrient yield

Fish and Fisheries

Robinson, Nash, Blanchard et al.

2022

Climate-induced increases in micronutrient availability for coral reef fisheries

One Earth

Robinson, Maire et al.

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Posts

Tropical fisheries: does limiting international trade protect local people and marine life?

The Conversation article on seafood trade and tropical island states.

Fishing and habitat control grazing potential across 72 coral reefs

Plain language summary posted on Functional Ecology.

What happens to fisheries when coral reefs bleach?

Behind the Paper post on Nature Ecology & Evolution.