Carol Sparling

1.2k total citations
34 papers, 867 citations indexed

About

Carol Sparling is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Carol Sparling has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 867 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Oceanography and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Carol Sparling's work include Marine animal studies overview (26 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (7 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (7 papers). Carol Sparling is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (26 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (7 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (7 papers). Carol Sparling collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Carol Sparling's co-authors include M. A. Fedak, Bernie McConnell, Susan L. Gallon, David Thompson, Gordon D. Hastie, John R. Speakman, Douglas Gillespie, Martin Biuw, Jamie Macaulay and John Currie and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Carol Sparling

33 papers receiving 825 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carol Sparling United Kingdom 19 622 192 168 144 132 34 867
James J. Waggitt United Kingdom 15 446 0.7× 177 0.9× 245 1.5× 157 1.1× 49 0.4× 41 646
Simon Moss United Kingdom 20 721 1.2× 140 0.7× 171 1.0× 119 0.8× 120 0.9× 60 987
Debbie J. F. Russell United Kingdom 23 841 1.4× 221 1.2× 300 1.8× 173 1.2× 120 0.9× 48 1.1k
Julie van der Hoop United States 16 880 1.4× 296 1.5× 191 1.1× 107 0.7× 367 2.8× 28 961
Fernando Félix Ecuador 18 896 1.4× 358 1.9× 169 1.0× 108 0.8× 246 1.9× 73 1.2k
Jessica V. Redfern United States 22 1.2k 2.0× 297 1.5× 391 2.3× 215 1.5× 191 1.4× 44 1.4k
Peter Sigray Sweden 14 394 0.6× 248 1.3× 179 1.1× 102 0.7× 38 0.3× 41 641
Kate L. Brookes United Kingdom 14 675 1.1× 425 2.2× 169 1.0× 43 0.3× 142 1.1× 21 859
Frank Thomsen Denmark 18 747 1.2× 460 2.4× 236 1.4× 90 0.6× 102 0.8× 36 966
Ben Wilson United Kingdom 22 1.1k 1.7× 463 2.4× 451 2.7× 195 1.4× 142 1.1× 55 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Carol Sparling

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carol Sparling

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carol Sparling

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carol Sparling. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carol Sparling based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carol Sparling. Carol Sparling is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gillespie, Douglas, et al.. (2025). Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(2). 242–252.
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Hemery, Lenaïg G., et al.. (2024). Animal displacement from marine energy development: Mechanisms and consequences. The Science of The Total Environment. 917. 170390–170390. 6 indexed citations
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Gillespie, Douglas, et al.. (2023). Automated Detection and Tracking of Marine Mammals in the Vicinity of Tidal Turbines Using Multibeam Sonar. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(11). 2095–2095. 2 indexed citations
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Gillespie, Douglas, Michael Oswald, Gordon D. Hastie, & Carol Sparling. (2022). Marine Mammal HiCUP: A High Current Underwater Platform for the Long-Term Monitoring of Fine-Scale Marine Mammal Behavior Around Tidal Turbines. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. 10 indexed citations
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Gillespie, Douglas, et al.. (2021). Harbour porpoises exhibit localized evasion of a tidal turbine. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 31(9). 2459–2468. 21 indexed citations
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Gillespie, Douglas, et al.. (2021). Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) presence is reduced during tidal turbine operation. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 31(12). 3543–3553. 16 indexed citations
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Coles, Daniel, Athanasios Angeloudis, Deborah Greaves, et al.. (2021). A review of the UK and British Channel Islands practical tidal stream energy resource. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 477(2255). 20210469–20210469. 67 indexed citations
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Gillespie, Douglas, et al.. (2020). Passive acoustic methods for tracking the 3D movements of small cetaceans around marine structures. PLoS ONE. 15(5). e0229058–e0229058. 18 indexed citations
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Hastie, Gordon D., et al.. (2019). Three‐dimensional movements of harbour seals in a tidally energetic channel: Application of a novel sonar tracking system. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29(4). 564–575. 12 indexed citations
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Gillespie, Douglas, et al.. (2018). First in situ passive acoustic monitoring for marine mammals during operation of a tidal turbine in Ramsey Sound, Wales. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 590. 247–266. 22 indexed citations
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Joy, Ruth, et al.. (2018). Empirical measures of harbor seal behavior and avoidance of an operational tidal turbine. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 136. 92–106. 24 indexed citations
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Jones, Esther L., et al.. (2017). Fine-scale harbour seal usage for informed marine spatial planning. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11581–11581. 11 indexed citations
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Verfuß, Ursula K., et al.. (2015). Review of Offshore Wind Farm Impact Monitoring and Mitigation with Regard to Marine Mammals. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 875. 1175–1182. 20 indexed citations
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Paterson, W.D., Carol Sparling, David Thompson, et al.. (2012). Seals like it hot: Changes in surface temperature of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) from late pregnancy to moult. Journal of Thermal Biology. 37(6). 454–461. 53 indexed citations
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Paterson, W.D., Patrick P. Pomeroy, Carol Sparling, et al.. (2010). Assessment of flipper tag site healing in gray seal pups using thermography. Marine Mammal Science. 27(2). 295–305. 11 indexed citations
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Sparling, Carol, Jean‐Yves Georges, Susan L. Gallon, M. A. Fedak, & David Thompson. (2007). How long does a dive last? Foraging decisions by breath-hold divers in a patchy environment: a test of a simple model. Animal Behaviour. 74(2). 207–218. 59 indexed citations
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Sparling, Carol, et al.. (2007). Estimating field metabolic rates of pinnipeds: doubly labelled water gets the seal of approval. Functional Ecology. 22(2). 245–254. 50 indexed citations
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Gallon, Susan L., et al.. (2007). How fast does a seal swim? Variations in swimming behaviour under differing foraging conditions. Journal of Experimental Biology. 210(18). 3285–3294. 30 indexed citations
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Sparling, Carol, John R. Speakman, & M. A. Fedak. (2006). Seasonal variation in the metabolic rate and body composition of female grey seals: fat conservation prior to high-cost reproduction in a capital breeder?. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 176(6). 505–512. 52 indexed citations
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Ward, Sally, et al.. (2000). Preparation of hydrogen from water by reduction with lithium aluminium hydride for the analysis of ?2H by isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 14(6). 450–453. 22 indexed citations

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