Meaghan L. Rourke

864 total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 572 citations indexed

About

Meaghan L. Rourke is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Meaghan L. Rourke has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 572 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 19 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Meaghan L. Rourke's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (26 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (15 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (14 papers). Meaghan L. Rourke is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (26 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (15 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (14 papers). Meaghan L. Rourke collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Norway. Meaghan L. Rourke's co-authors include Elise M. Furlan, Julian M. Hughes, Ashley M. Fowler, Matt K. Broadhurst, Joseph D. DiBattista, D. Stewart Fielder, Brett A. Ingram, Dean M. Gilligan, Helen C. McPartlan and Andrea C. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Molecular Ecology and Aquaculture.

In The Last Decade

Meaghan L. Rourke

37 papers receiving 544 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for assessing fish biomass: A review of approaches and future considerations for resource surveys

2021 254 citations Meaghan L. Rourke, Ashley M. Fowler et al. Environmental DNA profile →

Peers

Meaghan L. Rourke

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NLC

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Scott Blankenship United States

Kellie J. Carim United States

Natacha Mesquita Portugal

Leanne Faulks Japan

Patrick W. DeHaan United States

Camm C. Swift United States

Ilaria Coscia United Kingdom

Mary Burridge Canada

Pierre Feutry Australia

Christine C. Kozfkay United States

Scott Blankenship United States

Meaghan L. Rourke

252 ×0.7

ECOLO

168 ×0.6

342 ×1.3

NLC

247 ×1.9

GENET

54 ×0.5

Citations per year, relative to Meaghan L. Rourke Meaghan L. Rourke (= 1×) peers Scott Blankenship

Countries citing papers authored by Meaghan L. Rourke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Meaghan L. Rourke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meaghan L. Rourke

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Meaghan L. Rourke. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Meaghan L. Rourke 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 Meaghan L. Rourke. Meaghan L. Rourke is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pavlova, Alexandra, Zeb Tonkin, Luke Pearce, et al.. (2025). A Shift to Metapopulation Genetic Management for Persistence of a Species Threatened by Fragmentation: The Case of an Endangered Australian Freshwater Fish. Molecular Ecology. 34(23). e70005–e70005. 2 indexed citations

Rourke, Meaghan L., Matt K. Broadhurst, Ashley M. Fowler, et al.. (2025). Correlating environmental DNA and hydroacoustic estimates of biomass and abundance to monitor the globally Endangered mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus). Charles Sturt University Research Output (CRO). 3.

Boys, Craig A., et al.. (2024). Destocking waterways: Evidence that stocked Murray Cod (Maccullochella peelii) were extracted at pumped irrigation diversions within 24 hours of release. Ecological Management & Restoration. 25(2). 93–102. 1 indexed citations

Brauer, Chris J., Jonathan Sandoval‐Castillo, Katherine A. Harrisson, et al.. (2024). Genomic Vulnerability to Climate Change of an Australian Migratory Freshwater Fish, the Golden Perch (Macquaria ambigua). Molecular Ecology. 33(23). e17570–e17570. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Xiaocheng, Karen L. Bell, Meaghan L. Rourke, Hanwen Wu, & David Gopurenko. (2024). Generic qPCR assays for quality control in environmental DNA research. Environmental DNA. 6(2). 2 indexed citations

Wheeler, David A., et al.. (2024). The eDNA-Container App: A Simple-to-Use Cross-Platform Package for the Reproducible Analysis of eDNA Sequencing Data. Applied Sciences. 14(6). 2641–2641. 1 indexed citations

Baumgartner, Lee J., et al.. (2023). Evidence of fish community fragmentation in a tropical river upstream and downstream of a dam, despite the presence of a fishway. Pacific Conservation Biology. 30(1). 3 indexed citations

Brauwer, Maarten De, Laurence J. Clarke, Anthony A. Chariton, et al.. (2023). Best practice guidelines for environmental DNA biomonitoring in Australia and New Zealand. Environmental DNA. 5(3). 417–423. 20 indexed citations

Crook, David A., Hayden T. Schilling, Dean M. Gilligan, et al.. (2023). Multi-decadal trends in large-bodied fish populations in the New South Wales Murray–Darling Basin, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research. 74(11). 899–916. 12 indexed citations

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Rourke, Meaghan L., Matt K. Broadhurst, Ashley M. Fowler, et al.. (2023). Investigating the Potential Utility of Environmental DNA to Provide a Relative Abundance Index for the Depleted Teleost, Mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus. Diversity. 15(3). 322–322. 2 indexed citations

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Raymond, Scott, Charles R. Todd, Benjamin G. Fanson, et al.. (2023). Using density estimates, sex ratios and size structure to assess the status of a threatened Australian freshwater crayfish (Euastacus armatus) population. Hydrobiologia. 850(19). 4181–4194. 2 indexed citations

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Rourke, Meaghan L., Ashley M. Fowler, Julian M. Hughes, et al.. (2021). Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for assessing fish biomass: A review of approaches and future considerations for resource surveys. Environmental DNA. 4(1). 9–33. 254 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rourke, Meaghan L., et al.. (2018). Sequential fishways reconnect a coastal river reflecting restored migratory pathways for an entire fish community. Restoration Ecology. 27(2). 399–407. 18 indexed citations

14.

Norman, Janette A., Caroline J. Blackmore, Meaghan L. Rourke, & Les Christidis. (2014). Effects of Mitochondrial DNA Rate Variation on Reconstruction of Pleistocene Demographic History in a Social Avian Species, Pomatostomus superciliosus. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e106267–e106267. 9 indexed citations

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Ingram, Brett A., et al.. (2014). Genetic diversity and population structure of the threatened freshwater catfish, Tandanus tandanus, in Victoria, Australia. Conservation Genetics. 16(2). 317–329. 2 indexed citations

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Rourke, Meaghan L., Helen C. McPartlan, Brett A. Ingram, & Andrea C. Taylor. (2011). Variable stocking effect and endemic population genetic structure in Murray cod Maccullochella peelii. Journal of Fish Biology. 79(1). 155–177. 18 indexed citations

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Ingram, Brett A., Ben J. Hayes, & Meaghan L. Rourke. (2011). Impacts of stock enhancement strategies on the effective population size of Murray cod, Maccullochella peelii, a threatened Australian fish. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 18(6). 467–481. 16 indexed citations

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Rourke, Meaghan L., Helen C. McPartlan, Brett A. Ingram, & Andrea C. Taylor. (2010). Biogeography and life history ameliorate the potentially negative genetic effects of stocking on Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii). Marine and Freshwater Research. 61(8). 918–927. 15 indexed citations

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Rourke, Meaghan L., Helen C. McPartlan, Brett A. Ingram, & Andrea C. Taylor. (2009). Polygamy and low effective population size in a captive Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) population: genetic implications for wild restocking programs. Marine and Freshwater Research. 60(8). 873–883. 21 indexed citations

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Baranski, Matthew, et al.. (2008). Detection of QTL for growth rate in the blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra Leach) using selective DNA pooling. Animal Genetics. 39(6). 606–614. 17 indexed citations

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