F.-W. Tesch

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

F.-W. Tesch is a scholar working on Physiology, Aquatic Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, F.-W. Tesch has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Physiology, 11 papers in Aquatic Science and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in F.-W. Tesch's work include Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (16 papers), Marine and fisheries research (9 papers) and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (7 papers). F.-W. Tesch is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (16 papers), Marine and fisheries research (9 papers) and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (7 papers). F.-W. Tesch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Netherlands. F.-W. Tesch's co-authors include R. Robin Baker, Joshua Elliott, E.M. PANTELOURIS, Arnar Árnason, L. Karlsson, Tânia Wendt, Anton Lelek, C.L. Deelder, Alexandra L. Post and Carlos Antunes and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Animal Ecology, Marine Biology and Copeia.

In The Last Decade

F.-W. Tesch

28 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Evolutionary Ecology of Animal Migration 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Evolutionary Ecology of Animal Migration
    1979 640 citations F.-W. Tesch, R. Robin Baker Copeia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F.-W. Tesch Germany 16 947 848 688 662 534 29 1.9k
Hiroyuki Munehara Japan 21 595 0.6× 342 0.4× 378 0.5× 409 0.6× 364 0.7× 103 1.4k
Maria Berica Rasotto Italy 26 774 0.8× 511 0.6× 305 0.4× 393 0.6× 483 0.9× 93 1.8k
Jorma Piironen Finland 30 1.5k 1.6× 429 0.5× 852 1.2× 889 1.3× 392 0.7× 74 2.4k
Seinen Chow Japan 30 901 1.0× 553 0.7× 956 1.4× 1.1k 1.6× 807 1.5× 113 2.7k
Lenin Arias‐Rodríguez Mexico 26 669 0.7× 235 0.3× 485 0.7× 626 0.9× 272 0.5× 108 1.8k
Robert W. Harrington United States 17 575 0.6× 193 0.2× 350 0.5× 262 0.4× 240 0.4× 33 1.1k
R. A. Patzner Austria 33 1.0k 1.1× 2.2k 2.6× 1.1k 1.6× 421 0.6× 227 0.4× 73 2.9k
Miles H. A. Keenleyside Canada 27 2.0k 2.1× 188 0.2× 765 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 994 1.9× 62 2.9k
Kai Lindström Finland 28 1.2k 1.2× 326 0.4× 274 0.4× 934 1.4× 751 1.4× 81 2.6k
Trevor E. Pitcher Canada 31 1.1k 1.2× 674 0.8× 420 0.6× 1.2k 1.7× 574 1.1× 110 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by F.-W. Tesch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F.-W. Tesch

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Antunes, Carlos, et al.. (1998). Distribution and ecological aspects of leptocephali collected 1979–1994 in North- and Central Atlantic. I. Congridae. Helgoland Marine Research. 52(1). 85–102. 16 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W., Tânia Wendt, & L. Karlsson. (1992). Influence of geomagnetism on the activity and orientation of the eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.), as evident from laboratory experiments. Ecology Of Freshwater Fish. 1(1). 52–60. 32 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W.. (1989). Changes in swimming depth and direction of silver eels(Anguilla anguillaL.) from the continental shelf to the deep sea. Aquatic Living Resources. 2(1). 9–20. 52 indexed citations
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Post, Alexandra L. & F.-W. Tesch. (1982). Midwater trawl catches of adolescent and adult anguilliform fishes during the Sargasso Sea Eel Expedition 1979. Helgoland Marine Research. 35(3). 341–356. 11 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W.. (1982). The Sargasso Sea Eel Expedition 1979. Helgoland Marine Research. 35(3). 263–277. 32 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W., et al.. (1982). Spatial distribution of 0-group eel larvae (Anguilla sp.) in the Sargasso Sea. Helgoland Marine Research. 35(3). 309–320. 57 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W., et al.. (1981). Progress report on the eel expedition of R.V. ?Anton Dohrn? and R.V. ?Friedrich Heincke? to the Sargasso Sea 1979. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 6(3-4). 371–375. 20 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W. & R. Robin Baker. (1979). Evolutionary Ecology of Animal Migration. Copeia. 1979(4). 753–753. 640 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tesch, F.-W.. (1978). Telemetric observations on the spawning migration of the eel (Anguilla anguilla) west of the European continental shelf. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 3(2). 203–209. 49 indexed citations
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Elliott, Joshua & F.-W. Tesch. (1978). The Eel: Biology and Management of Anguillid Eels. Journal of Animal Ecology. 47(3). 1033–1033. 208 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W.. (1977). The Eel: Biology and Management of Anguillid Eels. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 310 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W.. (1977). The Eel. 226 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W.. (1975). Migratory behaviour of displaced homing yellow eels (Anguilla anguilla) in the North Sea. Helgoland Marine Research. 27(2). 190–198. 9 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W.. (1974). Influence of geomagnetism and salinity on the directional choice of eels. Helgoland Marine Research. 26(3-4). 382–395. 48 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W.. (1973). Der Aal : Biologie und Fischerei. 19 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W. & Anton Lelek. (1973). Directional behaviour of transplanted stationary and migratory forms of the eel, Anguilla Anguilla, in a circular tank. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research. 7. 46–52. 15 indexed citations
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PANTELOURIS, E.M., Arnar Árnason, & F.-W. Tesch. (1970). Genetic variation in the eel II. Transferrins, haemoglobins and esterases in the eastern North Atlantic. Possible interpretations of phenotypic frequency differences. Genetics Research. 16(3). 277–284. 25 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W.. (1967). Aktivität und Verhalten wandernderLampetra fluviatilis, Lota lota undAnguilla anguilla im Tidegebiet der Elbe. Helgoland Marine Research. 16(1-2). 92–111. 12 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W.. (1967). Homing of eels (Anguilla anguilla) in the southern North Sea. Marine Biology. 1(1). 2–9. 28 indexed citations
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Tesch, F.-W.. (1965). Verhalten der Glasaale(Anguilla anguilla) bei ihrer Wanderung in den Ästuarien deutscher Nordseeflüsse. Helgoland Marine Research. 12(4). 404–419. 8 indexed citations

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