M. Tim Tinker

5.1k total citations
96 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

M. Tim Tinker is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Tim Tinker has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Ecology, 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 26 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in M. Tim Tinker's work include Marine animal studies overview (58 papers), Marine and fisheries research (27 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (21 papers). M. Tim Tinker is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (58 papers), Marine and fisheries research (27 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (21 papers). M. Tim Tinker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Czechia. M. Tim Tinker's co-authors include James A. Estes, Michelle M. Staedler, Bruce E. Lyon, Marianne Riedman, Seth D. Newsome, Katherine Ralls, James L. Bodkin, Daniel H. Monson, Marilyn L. Fogel and Olav T. Oftedal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

M. Tim Tinker

91 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. Tim Tinker United States 30 2.4k 848 744 652 508 96 3.4k
Jaimie T. A. Dick United Kingdom 40 3.5k 1.5× 879 1.0× 464 0.6× 1.6k 2.5× 966 1.9× 105 5.0k
Matı́as Arim Uruguay 26 1.8k 0.7× 800 0.9× 210 0.3× 953 1.5× 965 1.9× 80 3.0k
Michelle M. Staedler United States 20 1.2k 0.5× 368 0.4× 386 0.5× 220 0.3× 300 0.6× 34 1.7k
J. Cooper South Africa 26 1.7k 0.7× 568 0.7× 265 0.4× 572 0.9× 307 0.6× 95 2.0k
P. Dee Boersma United States 42 4.2k 1.7× 1.6k 1.9× 555 0.7× 1.0k 1.6× 1.7k 3.4× 142 5.5k
H. Grant Gilchrist Canada 41 3.9k 1.6× 864 1.0× 237 0.3× 515 0.8× 1.0k 2.0× 208 5.2k
Ralph Tiedemann Germany 36 2.0k 0.8× 661 0.8× 544 0.7× 963 1.5× 938 1.8× 194 4.1k
Jacob González‐Solís Spain 43 4.5k 1.9× 1.2k 1.4× 266 0.4× 695 1.1× 1.6k 3.1× 183 5.8k
Hans Petter Leinaas Norway 27 1.1k 0.5× 428 0.5× 378 0.5× 314 0.5× 959 1.9× 85 2.5k
Daniel D. Roby United States 34 2.8k 1.2× 1.3k 1.5× 186 0.3× 1.5k 2.3× 648 1.3× 140 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Tim Tinker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Tim Tinker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tinker, M. Tim, et al.. (2025). Energetic cost of human disturbance on the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis). Journal of Wildlife Management. 89(4).
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Stewart, Joshua D., Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, M. Tim Tinker, John Calambokidis, & Sue E. Moore. (2025). What gray whales are telling us about ecosystem change in the Pacific Arctic. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 82(11).
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Weitzman, Benjamin P., Brenda Konar, Matthew S. Edwards, et al.. (2023). Changes in Abiotic Drivers of Green Sea Urchin Demographics following the Loss of a Keystone Predator. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2023. 1–18.
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Stewart, Joshua D., Trevor Joyce, John W. Durban, et al.. (2023). Boom-bust cycles in gray whales associated with dynamic and changing Arctic conditions. Science. 382(6667). 207–211. 29 indexed citations
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Wilson, Kyle L., Emma E. Hodgson, Samantha M. Wilson, et al.. (2023). The role of spatial structure in at‐risk metapopulation recoveries. Ecological Applications. 33(6). e2898–e2898. 10 indexed citations
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Tomoleoni, Joseph A., et al.. (2021). Behavioral responses across a mosaic of ecosystem states restructure a sea otter–urchin trophic cascade. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(11). 61 indexed citations
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Tinker, M. Tim, James L. Bodkin, Lizabeth Bowen, et al.. (2021). Sea otter population collapse in southwest Alaska: assessing ecological covariates, consequences, and causal factors. Ecological Monographs. 91(4). 13 indexed citations
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Tinker, M. Tim, Julie L. Yee, Kristin L. Laidre, et al.. (2021). Habitat Features Predict Carrying Capacity of a Recovering Marine Carnivore. Journal of Wildlife Management. 85(2). 303–323. 19 indexed citations
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Tinker, M. Tim, et al.. (2021). Seabird meta-Population Viability Model (mPVA) methods. MethodsX. 9. 101599–101599. 6 indexed citations
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Watson, Jane C., Matthew A. Lemay, M. Tim Tinker, et al.. (2021). Physical disturbance by recovering sea otter populations increases eelgrass genetic diversity. Science. 374(6565). 333–336. 17 indexed citations
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Smith, Emma A. Elliott, M. Tim Tinker, Douglas J. Kennett, et al.. (2020). Reductions in the dietary niche of southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) from the Holocene to the Anthropocene. Ecology and Evolution. 10(7). 3318–3329. 11 indexed citations
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Rasher, Douglas B., Robert S. Steneck, Jochen Halfar, et al.. (2020). Keystone predators govern the pathway and pace of climate impacts in a subarctic marine ecosystem. Science. 369(6509). 1351–1354. 43 indexed citations
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Yee, Julie L., Joseph A. Tomoleoni, Michael C. Kenner, et al.. (2020). Southern (California) sea otter population status and trends at San Nicolas Island, 2017–2020. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 4 indexed citations
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Staedler, Michelle M., Tyler O. Gagné, Michael J. Murray, et al.. (2020). Robust age estimation of southern sea otters from multiple morphometrics. Ecology and Evolution. 10(16). 8592–8609. 13 indexed citations
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Tinker, M. Tim, Melissa A. Miller, Woutrina Smith, et al.. (2020). Spatial epidemiological patterns suggest mechanisms of land-sea transmission for Sarcocystis neurona in a coastal marine mammal. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 3683–3683. 8 indexed citations
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Sills, Jillian M., et al.. (2018). Active touch in sea otters: in-air and underwater texture discrimination thresholds and behavioral strategies for paws and vibrissae. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221(18). 20 indexed citations
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Tinker, M. Tim & Brian B. Hatfield. (2017). California sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) census results, Spring 2017. Data series. 13 indexed citations
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Tinker, M. Tim, et al.. (2017). Southern sea otter range expansion and habitat use in the Santa Barbara Channel, California. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 22 indexed citations
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Smith, Emma A. Elliott, Seth D. Newsome, James A. Estes, & M. Tim Tinker. (2015). The cost of reproduction: differential resource specialization in female and male California sea otters. Oecologia. 178(1). 17–29. 38 indexed citations
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Johnson, Christine K., M. Tim Tinker, James A. Estes, et al.. (2009). Prey choice and habitat use drive sea otter pathogen exposure in a resource-limited coastal system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(7). 2242–2247. 113 indexed citations

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