Fran Sheldon

6.4k citations

111 papers · 4.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 38

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.2%
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Ecology top 0.5%
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

Papers in ⓘ

Ecology 86
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology 37
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes 29
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior 24
Nature and Landscape Conservation 73
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 70

Co-authors: J. T. Puckridge (5 shared papers)Kate F. Walker (6 shared papers)Stuart E. Bunn (22 shared papers)Martin C. Thoms (10 shared papers)Catherine Leigh (10 shared papers)A. J. Boulton (2 shared papers)Martin J. Kainz (5 shared papers)Fen Guo (5 shared papers)
Journals: Marine and Freshwater Research (18 papers)Freshwater Biology (8 papers)Ecological Indicators (6 papers)River Research and Applications (5 papers)Freshwater Science (4 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States China

In The Last Decade

Fran Sheldon

109 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Flow variability and the ecology of large rivers 1998 · 576 citations

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1	Flow variability and the ecology of large rivers Marine and Freshwater Research ·J. T. Puckridge, Fran Sheldon, Kate F. Walker, A. J. Boulton Hit paper breakdown →	1998	576
2	A perspective on dryland river ecosystems Regulated Rivers Research & Management ·Kate F. Walker, Fran Sheldon, J. T. Puckridge	1995	335
3	Mechanistic effects of low-flow hydrology on riverine ecosystems: ecological principles and consequences of alteration Freshwater Science ·Robert J. Rolls, Catherine Leigh, Fran Sheldon	2012	257
4	The importance of high‐quality algal food sources in stream food webs – current status and future perspectives Freshwater Biology ·Fen Guo, Martin J. Kainz, Fran Sheldon, Stuart E. Bunn	2016	172
5	Integration of science and monitoring of river ecosystem health to guide investments in catchment protection and rehabilitation Freshwater Biology ·Stuart E. Bunn, E. Abal, Michael J. Smith, Satish Choy, C. S. Fellows, Bronwyn Harch, Mark J. Kennard, Fran Sheldon	2010	150
6	Ecological roles and threats to aquatic refugia in arid landscapes: dryland river waterholes Marine and Freshwater Research ·Fran Sheldon, Stuart E. Bunn, Jane M. Hughes, Angela H. Arthington, Stephen R. Balcombe, C. S. Fellows	2010	146
7	Water resource development and hydrological change in a large dryland river: the Barwon–Darling River, Australia Journal of Hydrology ·Martin C. Thoms, Fran Sheldon	2000	141
8	Conservation value of variable connectivity: aquatic invertebrate assemblages of channel and floodplain habitats of a central Australian arid-zone river, Cooper Creek Biological Conservation ·Fran Sheldon, Andrew J. Boulton, J. T. Puckridge	2002	133
9	A comparison of spatially explicit landscape representation methods and their relationship to stream condition Freshwater Biology ·Erin E. Peterson, Fran Sheldon, Ross Darnell, Stuart E. Bunn, Bronwyn Harch	2010	97
10	Lowland rivers: an Australian introduction Regulated Rivers Research & Management ·Martin C. Thoms, Fran Sheldon	2000	82
11	Hydrological connectivity drives patterns of macroinvertebrate biodiversity in floodplain rivers of the Australian wet /dry tropics Freshwater Biology ·Catherine Leigh, Fran Sheldon	2008	81
12	Identifying the spatial scale of land use that most strongly influences overall river ecosystem health score Ecological Applications ·Fran Sheldon, Erin E. Peterson, Ed L. Boone, Suzanne J. Sippel, Stuart E. Bunn, Bronwyn Harch	2012	79
13	Sequential floods drive ‘booms’ and wetland persistence in dryland rivers: a synthesis Marine and Freshwater Research ·Catherine Leigh, Fran Sheldon, Richard T. Kingsford, Angela H. Arthington	2010	79
14	The macroinvertebrate fauna of an Australian dryland river: spatial and temporal patterns and environmental relationships Marine and Freshwater Research ·Jonathan C. Marshall, Fran Sheldon, Martin C. Thoms, Satish Choy	2006	77
15	Climate-change threats to native fish in degraded rivers and floodplains of the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia Marine and Freshwater Research ·Stephen R. Balcombe, Fran Sheldon, Samantha J. Capon, Nick Bond, Wade L. Hadwen, Nick Marsh, Sofie J. Bernays	2011	71
16	High-quality algae attached to leaf litter boost invertebrate shredder growth Freshwater Science ·Fen Guo, Martin J. Kainz, Dominic Valdez, Fran Sheldon, Stuart E. Bunn	2016	71
17	Changes in biofilms induced by flow regulation could explain extinctions of aquatic snails in the lower River Murray, Australia Hydrobiologia ·Fran Sheldon, Keith F. Walker	1997	71
18	An ecosystem approach for determining environmental water allocations in Australian dryland river systems: the role of geomorphology Geomorphology ·Martin C. Thoms, Fran Sheldon	2002	69
19	Cryptic species and morphological plasticity in long‐lived bivalves (Unionoida: Hyriidae) from inland Australia Molecular Ecology ·Andrew Baker, C. J. Bartlett, Stuart E. Bunn, K. Goudkamp, Fran Sheldon, Jane M. Hughes	2003	67
20	Response of benthic macroinvertebrates to gradients in hydrological connectivity: a comparison of temperate, subtropical, Mediterranean and semiarid river floodplains Freshwater Biology ·Belinda Gallardo, Sylvain Dolédec, Amael Paillex, David B. Arscott, Fran Sheldon, Florencia Zilli, Sylvie Mérigoux, Emmanuel Castella, Francisco A. Comı́n	2013	64

About Fran Sheldon

Fran Sheldon is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 111 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (70 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (37 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (29 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (26 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (24 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (14 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (7 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.7k citations), Ecology (3.3k citations), Water Science and Technology (1.4k citations), Environmental Chemistry (681 citations) and Aquatic Science (331 citations). Fran Sheldon has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include J. T. Puckridge, Kate F. Walker, Stuart E. Bunn, Martin C. Thoms, Catherine Leigh, A. J. Boulton, Martin J. Kainz, Fen Guo, Robert J. Rolls and Keith F. Walker. Their work appears in journals such as Marine and Freshwater Research, Freshwater Biology, Ecological Indicators, River Research and Applications and Freshwater Science.

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