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

Erica M. Ferrer, Ph.D.

she/her

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

Published

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  1. 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. Can artificial oxygenation revitalize dying coastal seas? Environmental Research Letters, p. 1-19.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.)

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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., Eddebbar, Y., Gangrade, S., McCormick, L. R., Pezner, A. K., Robinson, D. Garcon, V., Rose, K. C., and Levin, L. A. Expanding on the aquatic deoxygenation planetary boundary: progress towards an ‘unsafe space’, interactions with other stressors, and wider societal significance. Manuscript under revision with Limnology and Oceanography. Pre-print available

  2. Ferrer, E. M., Hardison, E. A., Ramírez-Valdez, A., Huynh, V., Romero, E., Eliason, E. J., Tamayo Ceseña, G. I., and Garcia Esquivel, Z. Physiological plasticity and vulnerability of a commercially-important bivalve (Nodipecten scallops) to chronic El Niño and acute heatwave stressors. Manuscript submitted.

  3. Ferrer, E. M., Kudela, R., Hayashi, K., Walker, B. J., and Kroeker, K. J. Low-oxygen conditions amplify Dungeness crabs’ bioaccumulation of domoic acid toxin: implications for food webs and fisheries during HAB compound events. Manuscript submitted.