publications

I am interested in adaptation to climate change in socio-ecological systems. Within this framework, I look at the effects of climate change under different management systems, the implications for local livelihoods, and the possible adaptation responses that minimize those impacts.

• Expanding ocean food production under climate change. Christopher M. Free, Reniel B. Cabral, Halley E. Froehlich, Willow Battista, Elena Ojea, Erin O’Reilly, James E. Palardy, Jorge García Molinos, Katherine J. Siegel, Ragnar Arnason, Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez, Katharina Fabricius, Carol Turley, Steven D. Gaines. 2022. . Nature, 27 April 2022.
• Food security challenged by declining efficiencies of artisanal fishing fleets: a global country-level analysis. Tidd, Alexander; Rousseau, Yannick; Ojea, Elena; Watson, Reg A.; Blanchard, Julia L. Global Food Security, 32, 100598 (2022)
• Conservation-Status Gaps for Marine Top-Fished Commercial Species. Miqueleiz, I., R Miranda, AH Ariño, E Ojea. 2022.  Fishes 7 (1), 2.
• Assessing countries’ social-ecological resilience to shifting marine commercial species. Ojea, E., Fontán, E., Fuentes-Santos, I. and Bueno-Pardo, Juan. Scientific Reports 11, 22926 (2021).
• Establishing a governance threshold in small-scale fisheries to achieve sustainability. Aguión, Alba, Elena Ojea, Lucía García-Flórez, Teresa Cruz, Joxe Mikel Garmendia, Dominique Davoult, Henrique Queiroga, Antonella Rivera, José Luis Acuña-Fernández, and Gonzalo Macho.  Ambio (2021): 1-14.
• Identifying policy approaches to build social–ecological resilience in marine fisheries with differing capacities and contexts. Kristin M Kleisner, Elena Ojea, Willow Battista, Merrick Burden, Erica Cunningham, Rod Fujita, Kendra Karr, Samuel Amorós, Julia Mason, Doug Rader, Nicolas Rovegno, Alice Thomas-Smyth. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
• Social connectivity and adaptive capacity strategies in large-scale fisheries. Iratxe Rubio, Jacob Hileman and Elena Ojea. 2021. Ecology and Society 26(2):42.
• Skippers’ preferred adaptation and transformation responses to catch declines in a large-scale tuna fishery. Iratxe Rubio, Alistair Hobday and Elena Ojea. 2021. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsab065.
• The future of food from the sea. C Costello, L Cao, S Gelcich, MÁ Cisneros-Mata, CM Free, HE Froehlich, Christopher D Golden, Gakushi Ishimura, Jason Maier, Ilan Macadam-Somer, Tracey Mangin, Michael C Melnychuk, Masanori Miyahara, Carryn L de Moor, Rosamond Naylor, Linda Nøstbakken, Elena Ojea, Erin O’Reilly, Ana M Parma, Andrew J Plantinga, Shakuntala H Thilsted, Jane Lubchenco. 2020. Nature, 1-6.
• A better understanding of social-ecological systems is needed for adapting fisheries to climate change. Diego Salgueiro-Otero and Elena Ojea. 2020. Marine Policy, 104123.
• Social-ecological vulnerability to climate change in small-scale fisheries managed under spatial property rights systems. R Ruiz-Díaz, X Liu, A Aguión, G Macho, M deCastro, M Gómez-Gesteira and Elena Ojea. 2020. Marine Policy, 104192.
• Adaptation of Fishing Communities to Climate-Driven Shifts in Target Species. E Ojea, SE Lester, D Salgueiro-Otero. 2020. One Earth.
• Realistic fisheries management reforms could mitigate the impacts of climate change in most countries. Christopher M. Free, Tracey Mangin, Jorge García Molinos, Elena Ojea, Merrick Burden, Christopher Costello, Steven D. Gaines, 2020. PLos ONE, in press .
• Strategically designed marine reserve networks are robust to climate change driven shifts in population connectivity. A. Rassweiler, E. Ojea, C. Costello. 2020. Environmental Research Letters.
• Southward re‐distribution of tropical tuna fisheries activity can be explained by technological and management change. Iratxe Rubio, Unai Ganzedo, Alistair J. Hobday and Elena Ojea. 2020. Fish and Fisheries.
• Sovereign states in the Caribbean have lower social-ecological vulnerability to coral bleaching than overseas territories. K.J. Siegel, R.B. Cabral, J. McHenry, E. Ojea, B. Owashi and S.E. Lester. 2019. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 20.
• Dissecting price setting efficiency in Payments for Ecosystem Services: A meta-analysis of payments for watershed services in Latin America. Martin-Ortega, J., Dekker, T., Ojea, E., & Lorenzo-Arribas, A. 2019. Ecosystem Services, 38, 100961.
• Impacts and responses to environmental change in coastal livelihoods of south-west Bangladesh. Hossain, M.A.R., M. Ahmed, E. Ojea, J.A. Fernandes. 2018. Science of the Total Environment, 637-638, 954–970.
• Benefits From Water Related Ecosystem Services in Africa and Climate Change. Pettinotti, L., A. de Ayala, E. Ojea. 2018.  Ecological Economics 149, 294-305.
• The role of non-natural capital in the co-production of marine ecosystem services. L. Outeiro, E. Ojea, J. G. Rodrigues, A. Himes-Cornell, A. Belgrano, Y. Liu, E. Cabecinha, C. Pita, G. Macho, S. Villasante. 2017. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 13(3): 35-50.
• Fisheries regulatory regimes and resilience to climate change. Elena Ojea, Isaac Pearlman, Steve D. Gaines, Sarah E. Lester, 2017. Ambio, 1-14.
• Socioeconomic impacts of marine protected areas in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Marta Pascual Altares, Marisa Rossetto, Elena Ojea, Nataliya Milchakova, Sylvaine, 2016. Ocean & Coastal Management 133, 1–10.
• Ecosystem services and REDD: estimating the benefits of non-carbon services in worldwide forests. Elena Ojea, Maria L. Loureiro, Maria Alló and Melina Barrio, 2016. World Development 78, 246-261.
• Challenges for mainstreaming Ecosystem-based Adaptation into the international climate agenda. Elena Ojea, 2015. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 14, 41-48.
• Understanding the economic value of water ecosystem services from tropical forests: a systematic review for South and Central America. Elena Ojea, Julia Martin-Ortega, 2015. Journal of Forest Economics.
• Payments for Water Ecosystem Services in Latin America: A literature review and conceptual model. Martin-Ortega, Julia, Elena Ojea, Camille Roux, 2013. Ecosystem Services 6: 122–132.
• Wood provisioning in Mediterranean forests: A bottom-up spatial valuation approach. Elena Ojea, Paloma Ruiz-Benito, Anil Markandya and Miguel A. Zavala, 2012. Forest Policy and Economics 20: 78–88.
• Defining and Classifying Ecosystem Services for Economic Valuation: the Case of Forest Water Services. Elena Ojea, Julia Martin-Ortega and Aline Chiabai, 2012. Environmental Science & Policy 19(20): 1-15.
• Benefit transfer and spatial heterogeneity of preferences for water quality improvements. Martin-Ortega, J.; Brouwer, R.; Ojea, E.; Berbel, J. 2012. Journal of environmental Management, 106, 22-29.
• Setting targets for costing ecosystem adaptation. Elena Ojea, R.K. Ghosh, B. Agrawal, P.K. Joshi and A. Markandya. 2012. International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics. 24.
• Costing Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts in Forest Ecosystems: A Case Study with Experiences from India. Elena Ojea, R.K. Ghosh, B. Agrawal, P.K. Joshi, 2012. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management.
• Identifying the scope effect on a meta-analysis of biodiversity valuation studies. Elena Ojea and Maria L. Loureiro, 2011. Resource and Energy Economics, 33 (3), 706–724.
• Mapping biodiversity indicators and assessing biodiversity values in global forests, Elena Ojea, Paulo A.L.D. Nunes and Maria L. Loureiro, 2010. Environmental and Resource Economics, 47(3), 329-34.
• Valuing the Recovery of Overexploited Fish Stocks in the Context of Existence and Option Values. Elena Ojea and Maria L. Loureiro, 2010. Marine Policy 34(3), 514-521.
• Valuation of Wildlife: Revising Some Additional Considerations for Scope Tests. Elena Ojea, Maria L. Loureiro, 2009. Contemporary Economic Policy 27(2) 236-250.
• Valuing Local Endangered Species with Abundant Biological Substitutes. Maria L. Loureiro and Elena Ojea, 2008. Ecological Economics 68, 362-369.
• Altruistic, Egoistic and Biospheric Values in Willingness to pay (WTP) for Wildlife. Elena Ojea and Maria L. Loureiro, 2007. Ecological Economics 63, 807- 814.
• Estimated costs and admissible claims linked to the Prestige oil spill. Maria L. Loureiro, Alfonso Ribas, Edelmiro López and Elena Ojea, 2006. Ecological Economics 59, 48- 63.