Kurt M. Schaefer

4.2k citations

45 papers · 2.0k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 22

Global and Planetary Change top 2%
Ecology top 2%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 2%
Molecular Biology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 5%

Co-authors: Daniel W. Fuller Barbara A. Block Nicolas E. Humphries David Sims Thomas K. Doyle Jonathan D. R. Houghton Leslie R. Noble Michael K. Musyl
Topics: Marine and fisheries research (34 papers)Fish Ecology and Management Studies (22 papers)Marine animal studies overview (12 papers)
Cited by: Nature and Landscape Conservation Global and Planetary Change Ecology
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PLoS ONE
Partner nations: United States New Caledonia Australia

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Kurt M. Schaefer

43 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Environmental context explains Lévy and Brownian movement patterns of marine predators

2010 664 citations Nicolas E. Humphries, Nuno Queiroz et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Highly active fish in low oxygen environments: vertical movements and behavioural responses of bigeye and yellowfin tunas to oxygen minimum zones in the eastern Pacific Ocean 2024 ·Marine Biology ·Nicolas E. Humphries,Daniel W. Fuller,Kurt M. Schaefer,David Sims	3
2	Recent and historical data show no evidence of Pacific bluefin tuna reproduction in the southern California Current system 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·Heidi Dewar,Owyn E. Snodgrass,Barbara Muhling,Kurt M. Schaefer	0
3	Spatiotemporal variability in the reproductive biology of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the eastern Pacific Ocean 2022 ·Fisheries Research ·Kurt M. Schaefer,Daniel W. Fuller	10
4	Area‐based management of blue water fisheries: Current knowledge and research needs 2021 ·Fish and Fisheries ·Ray Hilborn,Vera N. Agostini,Milani Chaloupka,Serge M. Garcia,Leah R. Gerber,Eric Gilman,Quentin Hanich,Amber Himes‐Cornell,Alistair J. Hobday,David Itano,Michel J. Kaiser,Hilário Murua,Daniel Ovando,Graham M. Pilling,Jake Rice,Rishi Sharma,Kurt M. Schaefer,(unknown),Nathan Taylor,(unknown)	31
5	Performance evaluation of a shallow prototype versus a standard depth traditional design drifting fish-aggregating device in the equatorial eastern Pacific tuna purse-seine fishery 2020 ·Fisheries Research ·Kurt M. Schaefer,Daniel W. Fuller,Milani Chaloupka	5
6	The political biogeography of migratory marine predators 2018 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Autumn‐Lynn Harrison,Daniel P. Costa,Arliss J. Winship,Scott R. Benson,Steven J. Bograd,(unknown),Aaron B. Carlisle,Heidi Dewar,Peter H. Dutton,Salvador J. Jorgensen,Suzanne Kohin,Bruce R. Mate,Patrick W. Robinson,Kurt M. Schaefer,Scott A. Shaffer,George L. Shillinger,Samantha E. Simmons,Kevin C. Weng,Kristina M. Gjerde,Barbara A. Block	97
7	Revisiting the vulnerability of juvenile bigeye (Thunnus obesus) and yellowfin (T. albacares) tuna caught by purse-seine fisheries while associating with surface waters and floating objects 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Joe Scutt Phillips,Graham M. Pilling,Bruno Leroy,Karen Evans,(unknown),Chi Hin Lam,Kurt M. Schaefer,Simon Nicol	16
8	Population assessment of tropical tuna based on their associative behavior around floating objects 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Manuela Capello,Jean‐Louis Deneubourg,Marianne Robert,Kim N. Holland,Kurt M. Schaefer,Laurent Dagorn	18
9	Evidence of discrete yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) populations demands rethink of management for this globally important resource 2015 ·Scientific Reports ·Peter M. Grewe,Pierre Feutry,(unknown),Rasanthi M. Gunasekera,Kurt M. Schaefer,David Itano,Daniel W. Fuller,Scott D. Foster,Campbell R. Davies	87
10	Assessing niche width of endothermic fish from genes to ecosystem 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Daniel J. Madigan,Aaron B. Carlisle,Luke D. Gardner,Nishad Jayasundara,Fiorenza Micheli,Kurt M. Schaefer,Daniel W. Fuller,Barbara A. Block	33
11	Evaluation of a fishing captain's ability to predict species composition, sizes, and quantities of tunas associated with drifting fish-aggregating devices in the eastern Pacific Ocean 2014 ·ICES Journal of Marine Science ·Daniel W. Fuller,Kurt M. Schaefer	7
12	Movements, dispersion, and mixing of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) tagged and released in the equatorial Central Pacific Ocean, with conventional and archival tags 2014 ·Fisheries Research ·Kurt M. Schaefer,Daniel W. Fuller,John Hampton,(unknown),Bruno Leroy,David Itano	38
13	Improved growth estimates from integrated analysis of direct aging and tag–recapture data: An illustration with bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) of the eastern Pacific Ocean with implications for management 2014 ·Fisheries Research ·Alexandre Aires‐da‐Silva,Mark N. Maunder,Kurt M. Schaefer,Daniel W. Fuller	36
14	Movements, behavior, and habitat utilization of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in waters surrounding the Revillagigedo Islands Archipelago Biosphere Reserve, Mexico 2013 ·Fisheries Oceanography ·Kurt M. Schaefer,Daniel W. Fuller,(unknown)	31
15	nature09116 Supplementary Information 2012 ·Nicolas E. Humphries,Nuno Queiroz,(unknown),Nicolas Pade,Michael K. Musyl,Kurt M. Schaefer,Daniel W. Fuller,Juerg M. Brunnschweiler,Thomas K. Doyle,Jonathan Houghton,Graeme C. Hays,Catherine S. Jones,Leslie R. Noble,Victoria J. Wearmouth,Emily J. Southall,David Sims	1
16	Movements, behavior, and habitat utilization of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico, determined from archival tag data analyses, including unscented Kalman filtering 2011 ·Fisheries Research ·Kurt M. Schaefer,Daniel W. Fuller,Barbara A. Block	72
17	Environmental context explains Lévy and Brownian movement patterns of marine predatorsbreakdown → 2010 ·Nature ·Nicolas E. Humphries,Nuno Queiroz,(unknown),Nicolas Pade,Michael K. Musyl,Kurt M. Schaefer,Daniel W. Fuller,Juerg M. Brunnschweiler,Thomas K. Doyle,Jonathan D. R. Houghton,Graeme C. Hays,Catherine S. Jones,Leslie R. Noble,Victoria J. Wearmouth,Emily J. Southall,David Sims	664
18	Shape, volume, and resonance frequency of the swimbladder of yellowfi n tuna, Thunnus albacares 2000 ·Fishery Bulletin ·Kurt M. Schaefer,(unknown)	9
19	Proceedings of the international workshop on the ecology and fisheries for tunas associated with floating objects 1999 ·Michael Scott,William H. Bayliff,Cleridy E. Lennert‐Cody,Kurt M. Schaefer	21
20	An evaluation of geographic and annual variation in morphometric characters and gill-raker counts of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, from the Pacific Ocean 1992 ·AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) ·Kurt M. Schaefer	20

About Kurt M. Schaefer

Kurt M. Schaefer is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, having authored 45 papers that have together received 2.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and fisheries research (34 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (22 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (780 citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.1k citations) and Ecology (986 citations). Kurt M. Schaefer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, New Caledonia and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Daniel W. Fuller, Barbara A. Block, Nicolas E. Humphries, David Sims, Thomas K. Doyle, Jonathan D. R. Houghton, Leslie R. Noble, Michael K. Musyl, Graeme C. Hays and Victoria J. Wearmouth. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

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