<b>Erica M. Ferrer, Ph.D.</b>

Erica M. Ferrer, Ph.D.

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Postdoctoral Scholar
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), UC Santa Barbara

UCSC Chancellor's Fellow 2023-2025
Supported by the UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Publications

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Published

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  1. King, R. A., Abowd, L., Broderick, C., Bradley, L., Czapanskiy, M., Farnisa, M. M., Ferrer, E. M., Galaz García, C., Gill, D., Greco, N. M., Jacquemont, J., Kadi, J., Kui, L., LeBuhn, G., Li, L., Meyer, A., Morse, M., Patrick, E., Shanny-Csik, S., Tucker, N. A. C., Wang, Z., and Fong, C. R. (2026). Ten simple rules for effective use of generative AI for code development in environmental data science. PLOS Computational Biology, p. 1-13.

  2. Ferrer, E. M., Eddebbar, Y., Gangrade, S., McCormick, L. R., Pezner, A. K., Robinson, D. Garcon, V., Rose, K. C., and Levin, L. A. (2026). Abundant interactions and feedbacks between aquatic deoxygenation and the other planetary boundaries suggest “unsafe” levels of oxygen loss with far-reaching impacts. Limnology and Oceanography, p. 1-19.

  3. Slomp, C. P., Oschlies, A., Austin, D., Bach, L. T., Bopp, L., Breitburg, D., Canning, A., Conley, D. J., Dai, M., Dewitte, B., Enevoldsen, H., Ferrer, E. M., et al. (2026). Can artificial oxygenation revitalize dying coastal seas? Environmental Research Letters, p. 1-19.

  4. Nenadovic, M., Giron, A., Frawley, T., Munguia-Vega, A., Pellowe, K. E., Ferrer, E. M., Leslie, H. M., Weaver, A. H., Gill, D., Aburto, O., Basurto, X., Gladstone, F., Gonzalez-Mon, B., Johnson, A., Lindkvist, E., Mansfield, E., Micheli, F., Quintana, A., Reilly Moman, J., Rodriguez-Van Dyck, S., Schlueter, M., Torre, J., Vollan, B., Marinone, G., Parés-Sierra, A., and Flores-Morales, A-L. (2026). Governance arrangements that fit the social-ecological context are associated with fishery sustainability. Fish and Fisheries, p. 1-19.

  5. Ferrer, E. M. =, Pezner, A. K. =, Eddebbar, Y., Breitburg, D., Crowe, S., Garçon, V., Grégoire, M., Jane, S., Leavitt, P., Levin, L. A., Rose, K., and Wallace, D. (2025). Why Aquatic Deoxygenation belongs in the Planetary Boundary Framework. PLOS Climate, 4, p. 1–4. (= co-first authors.)

  6. Aburto-Oropeza, O., Platzgummer, V., Ferrer, E. M., Mirabent, R. A., Galindo, A. Á., Favoretto, F., Giron-Nava, A., López-Sagástegui, C. Mendoza-Camacho, I., Nuñez-Sañudo, C., Plascencia de La Cruz, M., and Robles, A. (2025). Marine Prosperity Areas: A framework for aligning ecological restoration and human well-being using marine area-based protections. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, p. 1–16.

  7. Fadlovich, R., Carrasco Flores, D., Ferrer, E. M., Graham, O., Hampton, S., Khrizman, A., Kong, C., Kreuser, A., Pinter, S., Sims, L., Torres, M., Una, R., Wilson, A., Zhang, W., Zhu, Y., and Greene, C. (2025). The next generation of marine heatwaves science: takeaways from a two-week training workshop. Limnology & Oceanography Bulletin, p. 1–3.

  8. Roman, M., Altieri, A., Breitburg, D., Ferrer, E. M., Gallo, N., Ito, S-I., Limburg, K., Rose, K., Yasuhara, M., and Levin, L. A. (2024). Biological indicators of oxygen stress in marine water-breathing animals. Biogeosciences, 21, p. 4975–5004.

  9. Rose, K. C., Ferrer, E. M., Carpenter, S. R., Crowe, S., Donelan, S. C., Garçon, V. C., Grégoire, M., Jane, S. F., Leavitt, P., Levin, L. A., Oschlies, A., and Breitburg, D. (2024). Aquatic deoxygenation as a planetary boundary and key regulator of Earth System stability. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8, p. 1–7.

  10. Frawley, T. H., Gonzáles-Mon, B., Nenadovic, M., Gladstone, F., Nomura, K., Zepeda Dominguez, J. A., Rodriguez-Van Dyck, S., Ferrer, E. M., Torre, J., Leslie, H. M., Micheli, F., and Basurto, X. (2024). Self-governance mediates small-scale fishing strategies, vulnerability, and adaptive response. Global Environmental Change, 84, p. 1–17.

  11. Ferrer, E. M., Giron-Nava, J. A., and Aburto-Oropeza, O. (2022). Overfishing increases in the carbon footprint of seafood production from small-scale fisheries. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, p. 1–10.

  12. Martin, A. H., Ferrer, E. M., Hunt, C., Bleeker, K., and Villasante, S. Exploring changes in fishery emissions and organic carbon impacts associated with a recovering stock. (2022). Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, p. 1–14.

  13. Ferrer, E. M., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Jimenez-Esquievel, V., Cota-Nieto, J., Mascareñas-Osario, I. and López-Sagástegui, C. (2021). Mexican small-scale fisheries reveal new insights into low-carbon seafood and “climate-friendly” fisheries management. Fisheries, 46, p. 277–87.

  14. Ferrer, E. M., Cavole, L. M., Clausnitzer, S., Dias, D. F., Osborne, T. C., Sugla, R. and Harrison, E. (2021). Entering negotiations: Early-career perspectives on the UN Conference of Parties (COP) and the unfolding climate crisis. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, p. 1–11.

  15. Koslow, J. A., Davison, P., Ferrer, E. M., Jiménez Rosenberg, S. P. A., Aceves-Medina, G., and Watson, W. (2018). The evolving response of mesopelagic fishes to declining midwater oxygen concentrations in the southern and central California Current. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 73, p. 626–38.

Submitted

  1. Ferrer, E. M., Hardison, E. A., Ramírez-Valdez, A., Huynh, V., Romero, E., Eliason, E. J., Tamayo Ceseña, G. I., and Garcia Esquivel, Z. Commercially-important Nodipecten scallops show physiological resistance and plasticity in response to simulated chronic El Niño and acute heatwave stressors. Manuscript in revision.

  2. Ferrer, E. M., Kudela, R., Hayashi, K., Walker, B. J., and Kroeker, K. J. Warm, low-oxygen conditions are associated with elevated bioaccumulation of domoic acid in Dungeness crabs (Metacarcinus magister). Manuscript in revision.

  3. Morales, M. Kroeker, K., da Cunha Godoy, L., Bograd, S., Ferrer, E. M., Fiechter, J., Hazen, E., Kudela, R., Pomeroy, C., Pinsky, M. Incorporating demographic mechanisms into spatial models improves abundance-based forecast skill under novel environmental conditions. Manuscript submitted.