Enric Sala is a marine ecologist and an Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic. He combines exploration, scientific research and communications to help protect some of the last pristine places in the ocean. Formerly he was a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, is one of the oldest and largest centers for ocean and earth science research, graduate training, and public service in the world...

 in La Jolla, California (2000-2007) and at Spain's National Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) (2007-2008).

Publications

Select scientific publications

• Alien marine fishes deplete algal biomass in the eastern Mediterranean. PLoS ONE 6(2): e17356. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017356 (2011)
• Global human footprint on the linkage between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in reef fishes. PLoS Biology 9(4): e1000606. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000606 (2011)
• The spatial expansion and ecological footprint of fisheries (1950 to present). PLoS ONE 5(12): e15143. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015143 (2010)
• Spatial patterns of the structure of reef fish assemblages at a pristine atoll in the central Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series 410: 219-231 (2010)
• Climatic influence on reef fish recruitment and fisheries. Marine Ecology Progress Series 410: 283-287 (2010)
• Conserving fish in a sea of market-based efforts. Oryx 44: 45-56 (2010)
• Mangroves in the Gulf of California increase fishery yields. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 105: 10456 - 10459 (2008)
• Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the northern Line Islands. PLoS ONE 3: e1548 (2008)
• Community-wide effects of marine reserves in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 335: 43-56 (2007)
• Global marine biodiversity trends. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 31: 93-122 (2006)
• Top predators provide insurance against climate change. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21: 479-480 (2006)
• Effects of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. Science 314: 787-790 (2006)
• Are US coral reefs on the slippery slope to slime? Science 307: 1725-1726 (2005)
• Global trajectories of the long-term decline of coral reef ecosystems. Science 301: 955-958 (2003)
• A general model for designing networks of marine reserves. Science 298: 1991-1993 (2002)

TV Films

• Secrets of the Mediterranean: Cousteau's Lost World (NatGeo Wild, 2011)
• Shark Island (NatGeo Wild, 2010)
• Journey to Shark Eden (National Geographic Channel, 2009)

External links

• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/enric-sala
• http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/explore/pristine-seas
• http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/science/earth/26reef.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sala&st=nyt
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15330457
• Twitter: @Enric_Sala