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Katleen Robert
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Research
Latest papers
A coral among stars: A new octocoral family (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea) from seamounts in the tropical eastern Pacific.
ZooKeys · 2026
A millennium of cold-water coral habitat loss in the East Pacific during low ENSO variability in the mid- to late Holocene.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
BenthicNet: A global compilation of seafloor images for deep learning applications.
Scientific data · 2025
Latest funding
- $74,500
Sea-ice and sea-level control on the formation and preservation of the southernmost discovery of subsea permafrost (Nain, Nunatsiavut)
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $179,500
Nunatsiavut Coastal Interaction Project: recurring polynyas, benthic habitats and natural hazards
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $334,780
Deep-water coral, sponge, and seep habitats along Northwest Atlantic shelf and slope: geology, ecology, and conservation
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
8 publications.
A coral among stars: A new octocoral family (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea) from seamounts in the tropical eastern Pacific.
Breedy O, McFadden CS, Murillo-Cruz C, Yánez-Suárez AB, Robert K, Quattrini AM
A millennium of cold-water coral habitat loss in the East Pacific during low ENSO variability in the mid- to late Holocene.
Stewart JA, Robinson LF, Taylor ML, Fornari DJ, Robert K, Banks S, Chen T, Li T, Kershaw J, Hoy S, Liu Q, Gordon JD, de Carvalho Ferreira ML, Samperiz A, Shen Y, Sun YJ, Wang M
BenthicNet: A global compilation of seafloor images for deep learning applications.
Lowe SC, Misiuk B, Xu I, Abdulazizov S, Baroi AR, Bastos AC, Best M, Ferrini V, Friedman A, Hart D, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Ierodiaconou D, Mackin-McLaughlin J, Markey K, Menandro PS, Monk J, Nemani S, O'Brien J, Oh E, Reshitnyk LY, Robert K, Roelfsema CM, Sameoto JA, Schimel ACG, Thomson JA, Wilson BR, Wong MC, Brown CJ, Trappenberg T
Associations between iKaluk/Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) and estuarine benthic diatom habitats in nearshore Nunatsiavut waters.
MacMillan-Kenny Z, Denniston M, Edinger E, Templeton A, Côté D, Limoges A, Robert K
Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery.
Baco AR, Ross R, Althaus F, Amon D, Bridges AEH, Brix S, Buhl-Mortensen P, Colaco A, Carreiro-Silva M, Clark MR, Du Preez C, Franken ML, Gianni M, Gonzalez-Mirelis G, Hourigan T, Howell K, Levin LA, Lindsay DJ, Molodtsova TN, Morgan N, Morato T, Mejia-Mercado BE, O'Sullivan D, Pearman T, Price D, Robert K, Robson L, Rowden AA, Taylor J, Taylor M, Victorero L, Watling L, Williams A, Xavier JR, Yesson C
Benthic megafaunal biodiversity of the Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone: spatial variation, potential drivers, and conservation status.
Keogh P, Command RJ, Edinger E, Georgiopoulou A, Robert K
Author Correction: Species replacement dominates megabenthos beta diversity in a remote seamount setting.
Victorero L, Robert K, Robinson LF, Taylor ML, Huvenne VAI
Species replacement dominates megabenthos beta diversity in a remote seamount setting.
Victorero L, Robert K, Robinson LF, Taylor ML, Huvenne VAI
Sea-ice and sea-level control on the formation and preservation of the southernmost discovery of subsea permafrost (Nain, Nunatsiavut)
Principal investigators: Limoges, Audrey A
Keywords: Benthic habitat; climate feebacks; mapping; Nain; Nunatsiavut; paleoenvironmental reconstructions; palsas; sea ice; sea-level history; subsea permafrost
Nunatsiavut Coastal Interaction Project: recurring polynyas, benthic habitats and natural hazards
Principal investigators: Limoges, Audrey A
Deep-water coral, sponge, and seep habitats along Northwest Atlantic shelf and slope: geology, ecology, and conservation
Principal investigators: Sherwood, Owen OA
High biOdiversity of steep sloPe habitats in bay d'Espoir (HOPE)
Principal investigators: Robert, Katleen
Quantifying the distinctiveness of deep-water vertical habitats
Principal investigators: Robert, Katleen
Keywords: biodiversity; distribution; deep water; vertical habitats; spatial patterns; niche differentiation; habitat complexity; environmental drivers; cold-water coral; megafauna
Quantifying the distinctiveness of deep-water vertical habitats
Principal investigators: Robert, Katleen
Canada Research Chair in Ocean Mapping
Principal investigators: Robert, Katleen
Canada Research Chair in Ocean Mapping
Principal investigators: Robert, Katleen
Canada Research Chair in Ocean Mapping
Principal investigators: Robert, Katleen
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Thomas Trappenberg and Benjamin Misiuk: 2 shared papers
- Evan Edinger and Katleen Robert: 2 shared papers
- Thomas Trappenberg and Katleen Robert: 1 shared paper
- Evan Edinger and Audrey Limoges: 1 shared paper
- Katleen Robert and Audrey Limoges: 1 shared paper
- Katleen Robert and Benjamin Misiuk: 1 shared paper
- School of Ocean Technology
- Geography
- Earth Sciences
- Geography/Earth Sciences
- Faculty of Computer Science
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