Publications

♦ = undergraduate mentee

Peer-Reviewed Articles

In Progress

  • 🕒Schaffzin, M.♦, Kitchel, Z. J., & Pondella II, D. J. Factors Influencing Gorgonian Distribution and Density at Artificial and Natural Reef Ecosystems in Los Angeles.
  • 🕒Kitchel, Z. J., et al. Contrasting adaptive capacity across U.S. groundfish fleets: The roles of regional constraints and vessel size.

In Press

  • 📄Kitchel, Z. J., Claisse, J. T., Pondella II, D. J., Williams, C. M., Williams, J. P., & Shroeder, D. Community structure of southern California’s subtidal rocky reefs and implications for artificial reef design. In press at Marine Ecology Progress Series. Expected publication November 2025.

Published

  1. Kitchel, Z. J., Maureaud, A. A., Fredston, A., Shackell, N., Mérigot, B., Thorson, J. T., Pécuchet, L., et al. (2025). Marine communities do not follow the paradigm of increasing similarity through time. PLOS Climate, 4(7), e0000659. Link
  2. Free, C. M., Kitchel, Z. J., Seeley, M., & Shields, A. (2025). Quota allocation policies in U.S. federal fisheries management and implications for climate resilience. Fish and Fisheries. Link
  3. Maureaud, A. A., Kitchel, Z., Fredston, A., Guralnick, R., Palacios Abrantes, J., Deng Palomares, M. L., Pinsky, M. L., Shackell, N., Thorson, J. T., & Mérigot, B. (2025). FISHGLOB: a collaborative infrastructure for marine science and management. Conservation Science and Practice, 7(6). Link
  4. Selden, R. L., Kitchel, Z. J., Coleman, K. E., Calzada, L., Nogues, B., & St. Martin, K. (2024). Using historical catch flexibility and fishing ground mobility as measures of the adaptive capacity of fishing communities to future ocean change. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 81(10), 1972–1987. Link
  5. Maureaud, A. A., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Kitchel, Z., Mannocci, L., Pinsky, M., Fredston, A., et al. (2024). FishGlob_data: an integrated database of fish biodiversity sampled with scientific bottom-trawl surveys. Scientific Data, 11, 24. Link
  6. Fredston, A. L., Cheung, W. W., Frölicher, T. L., Kitchel, Z. J., Maureaud, A. A., et al. (2023). Marine heatwaves are not a dominant driver of change in demersal fishes. Nature, 621, 324–329. Link
  7. Kitchel, Z. J., & Pinsky, M. L. (2023). Regional species losses lag behind species gains and thermal conditions across the North American continental shelf. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(7), 1205–1217. Link
  8. Kitchel, Z. J., Conrad, H. M.♦, Selden, R. L., & Pinsky, M. L. (2022). The role of continental shelf bathymetry in shaping marine range shifts in the face of climate change. Global Change Biology, 28(17), 5185–5199. Link
  9. Pinsky, M. L., Selden, R. L., & Kitchel, Z. J. (2020). Climate-driven shifts in marine species ranges: Scaling from organisms to communities. Annual Review of Marine Science, 12, 153–179. Link

Other Publications

  • Free, C. M., Kitchel, Z. J., Seeley, M., & Shields, A. (2024). Quota allocation policies in US federal fisheries management and implications for climate resilience. Environmental Defense Fund, New York, New York.
  • Kitchel, Z. J., Bandara, R. M. W. J., Bos, J. T., Clark, R. D., Forrest, D. L., & Pinsky, M. L. (2019). Ocean Recovery: A Sustainable Future for Global Fisheries? In: Ray Hilborn & Ulrike Hilborn (Eds.), Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Link
  • Kitchel, Z. J., & Zemeckis, D. R. (2021). Climate Change Impacts on New Jersey’s Marine Fisheries. Rutgers Cooperative Extension Bulletin E369. Link