Cindy Bessey

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 950 citations indexed

About

Cindy Bessey is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Cindy Bessey has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 950 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Cindy Bessey's work include Marine and fisheries research (15 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (14 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (11 papers). Cindy Bessey is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (15 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (14 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (11 papers). Cindy Bessey collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Cindy Bessey's co-authors include Oliver Berry, Simon Jarman, Michael R. Heithaus, Haylea C. Miller, John K. Keesing, Tiffany Simpson, Matthew Power, Shaun K. Wilson, Michael Bunce and Gary A. Kendrick and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Global Change Biology and Marine Ecology Progress Series.

In The Last Decade

Cindy Bessey

31 papers receiving 935 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Aquatic environmental DNA: A review of the macro-organismal biomonitoring revolution

2023 154 citations Miwa Takahashi, Mattia Saccò et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cindy Bessey Australia	14	770	423	201	199	187	34	950
Edgardo Díaz‐Ferguson United States	13	489 0.6×	272 0.6×	90 0.4×	245 1.2×	91 0.5×	34	655
Tane H. Sinclair‐Taylor Australia	17	574 0.7×	190 0.4×	155 0.8×	346 1.7×	304 1.6×	36	801
James L. O’Donnell United States	14	1.0k 1.3×	789 1.9×	77 0.4×	126 0.6×	145 0.8×	23	1.1k
Anton Van de Putte Belgium	17	484 0.6×	96 0.2×	251 1.2×	434 2.2×	175 0.9×	53	763
Silke Laakmann Germany	19	679 0.9×	469 1.1×	359 1.8×	293 1.5×	94 0.5×	39	1.0k
Panagiotis Dendrinos Greece	13	573 0.7×	92 0.2×	193 1.0×	343 1.7×	148 0.8×	34	712
Jordan M. Casey United States	16	968 1.3×	147 0.3×	292 1.5×	603 3.0×	271 1.4×	35	1.1k
Alison K. S. Wee China	14	411 0.5×	178 0.4×	130 0.6×	86 0.4×	60 0.3×	35	561
Mark A. Priest Australia	16	645 0.8×	144 0.3×	133 0.7×	420 2.1×	506 2.7×	24	956
J. Paul Richardson United States	14	649 0.8×	247 0.6×	486 2.4×	210 1.1×	166 0.9×	18	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cindy Bessey

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bessey, Cindy, et al.. (2025). Diel movement patterns and abundance of the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla with comparisons to Echinometra mathaei and their associated ecology at Ningaloo Reef, north-western Australia. Marine Environmental Research. 212. 107528–107528. 1 indexed citations

Bessey, Cindy, Vinícius Salazar, Kathryn L. Dawkins, et al.. (2025). Design and Validation of an Open–Close Device for Integrated Environmental DNA Sampling Detects A Depth Gradient in Indian Ocean Deep‐Sea Fish Assemblages. Ecology and Evolution. 15(2). e70902–e70902.

Keesing, John K., Cindy Bessey, Geoffrey R. Hosack, et al.. (2024). Status of coral, giant clam and sea cucumber communities including CITES listed species on a remote Australian coral reef atoll and the potential impact of illegal fishing. Marine Environmental Research. 204. 106915–106915.

Wells, Fred E., et al.. (2023). Responses of intertidal invertebrates to rising sea surface temperatures in the southeastern Indian Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 2 indexed citations

Wells, Fred E., et al.. (2023). Annual and decadal surveys of molluscs on intertidal platform reefs in a warming marine environment in the southeastern Indian Ocean provide a baseline for monitoring for future environmental changes. Molluscan Research. 44(1). 98–106.

Takahashi, Miwa, Mattia Saccò, Joshua H. Kestel, et al.. (2023). Aquatic environmental DNA: A review of the macro-organismal biomonitoring revolution. The Science of The Total Environment. 873. 162322–162322. 154 indexed citations breakdown →

Bessey, Cindy, Yuan Gao, Yen Bach Truong, et al.. (2022). Comparison of materials for rapid passive collection of environmental DNA. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(7). 2559–2572. 31 indexed citations

Bessey, Cindy, Simon Jarman, Tiffany Simpson, et al.. (2021). Passive eDNA collection enhances aquatic biodiversity analysis. Communications Biology. 4(1). 100 indexed citations

Bessey, Cindy, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Passive eDNA collection enhances aquatic biodiversity analysis. Communications Biology. 4(1). 447–447. 3 indexed citations

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Bessey, Cindy, et al.. (2021). Environmental factors and predator abundance predict the distribution and occurrence of two sympatric urchin species at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research. 72(12). 1711–1721. 5 indexed citations

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Bessey, Cindy, Simon Jarman, Oliver Berry, et al.. (2020). Maximizing fish detection with eDNA metabarcoding. Environmental DNA. 2(4). 493–504. 122 indexed citations

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Thomson, Damian P., Russell C. Babcock, Michael D. E. Haywood, et al.. (2020). Zone specific trends in coral cover, genera and growth-forms in the World-Heritage listed Ningaloo Reef. Marine Environmental Research. 160. 105020–105020. 10 indexed citations

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Strydom, Simone, Shaun K. Wilson, Bart Huntley, et al.. (2020). Too hot to handle: Unprecedented seagrass death driven by marine heatwave in a World Heritage Area. Global Change Biology. 26(6). 3525–3538. 189 indexed citations

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McDonald, Karlie S., Alistair J. Hobday, Peter A. Thompson, et al.. (2019). Proactive, Reactive, and Inactive Pathways for Scientists in a Changing World. Earth s Future. 7(2). 60–73. 21 indexed citations

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Bessey, Cindy, John K. Keesing, James McLaughlin, et al.. (2019). Teleost community composition and the role of herbivory on the intertidal reef of a small isolated island in north-west Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research. 71(6). 684–696. 4 indexed citations

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Bessey, Cindy, Russell C. Babcock, Damian P. Thomson, & Michael D. E. Haywood. (2018). Outbreak densities of the coral predator Drupella in relation to in situ Acropora growth rates on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Coral Reefs. 37(4). 985–993. 16 indexed citations

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Bessey, Cindy, et al.. (2016). Masses of the marine insect Pontomyia oceana at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Coral Reefs. 35(4). 1225–1225. 2 indexed citations

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Bessey, Cindy & Michael R. Heithaus. (2013). Alarm call production and temporal variation in predator encounter rates for a facultative teleost grazer in a relatively pristine seagrass ecosystem. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 449. 135–141. 15 indexed citations

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Bessey, Cindy. (2009). Reproductive performance of growth-enhanced transgenic coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Open Collections. 8 indexed citations

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Herrick, Samuel, et al.. (2006). Management application of an empirical model of sardine–climate regime shifts. Marine Policy. 31(1). 71–80. 13 indexed citations

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