Peter B. Best

4.2k total citations
104 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

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Peter B. Best is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter B. Best has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Ecology, 42 papers in Oceanography and 29 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Peter B. Best's work include Marine animal studies overview (93 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (30 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (29 papers). Peter B. Best is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (93 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (30 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (29 papers). Peter B. Best collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Poland. Peter B. Best's co-authors include D. M. Schell, Pieter A. Folkens, A. Rus Hoelzel, Charles W. Potter, Desray Reeb, Simon H. Elwen, Meredith Thornton, Heinz Rüther, Jaco Barendse and Robert L. Brownell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

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Peter B. Best

101 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Four decades of annual monitoring reveal declining reproductive success of a migratory baleen whale 2025 ·Scientific Reports ·Els Vermeulen, C.D.W. Wilkinson, Peter B. Best, Ken Findlay	1
2	Sighting history and observations of southern right whales following satellite tagging off South Africa 2023 ·The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue ·Peter B. Best, Bruce R. Mate	3
3	Population structure of pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (Kogia sima) sperm whales in the Southern Hemisphere may reflect foraging ecology and dispersal patterns 2023 ·Advances in marine biology ·Stephanie Plön, Peter B. Best, Pádraig J. Duignan, Shane Lavery, R. T. F. Bernard, Koen Van Waerebeek, C. Scott Baker	5
4	The abundance of blue whales on the Madagascar Plateau, December 1996 2023 ·The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue ·Peter B. Best, Rebecca A Rademeyer, Chris Burton, (unknown), (unknown), Hiroyuki Shimada, Deborah Thiele, Desray Reeb, Douglas Butterworth	2
5	Sightings of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) in Namibian waters, 1971-1999 2020 ·The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue ·J-P Roux, Peter B. Best, P.E. Stander	1
6	Evidence for a postreproductive phase in female false killer whales Pseudorca crassidens 2017 ·Frontiers in Zoology ·Theoni Photopoulou, (unknown), Peter B. Best, Toshio Kasuya, Helene Marsh	19
7	Identifying the “demon whale-biter”: Patterns of scarring on large whales attributed to a cookie-cutter shark Isistius sp 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Peter B. Best, Theoni Photopoulou	27
8	Fungi associated with the skin of a southern right whale ( Eubalaena australis ) from South Africa 2010 ·Mycology&#58 An International Journal on Fungal Biology ·Desray Reeb, Peter B. Best, Alfred Botha, Karen J. Cloete, Meredith Thornton, (unknown)	8
9	Population Structure of Humpback Whales from Their Breeding Grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans 2009 ·PLoS ONE ·Howard C. Rosenbaum, Cristina Pomilla, Martín Mendez, Matthew S. Leslie, Peter B. Best, Ken Findlay, Gianna Minton, Peter J. Ersts, Tim Collins, Márcia H. Engel, Sandro L. Bonatto, (unknown), (unknown), Jaco Barendse, Meredith Thornton, (unknown), Solange Ngouessono, Michel Vély, Jérémy J. Kiszka	94
10	Phylogenetic relationships within the Mysticeti (whalebone whales) based upon studies of highly repetitive DNA in all extant species 2008 ·Hereditas ·Úlfur Árnason, Peter B. Best	6
11	Mitochondrial DNA Diversity and Population Structure among Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis) 2007 ·Journal of Heredity ·Nathalie J. Patenaude, (unknown), Catherine M. Schaeff, John Bannister, Peter B. Best, Roger Payne, (unknown), (unknown), C. Scott Baker	57
12	Structure of the integument of southern right whales, Eubalaena australis 2007 ·The Anatomical Record ·Desray Reeb, Peter B. Best, Susan H. Kidson	49
13	Population histories of right whales (Cetacea:Eubalaena) inferred from mitochondrial sequence diversities and divergences of their whale lice (Amphipoda:Cyamus) 2005 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown), Jon Seger, Victoria J. Rowntree, Susan G. Barco, (unknown), Peter B. Best, Moira W. Brown, Robert L. Brownell, (unknown), Robert Harcourt, Amy R. Knowlton, (unknown), Nathalie J. Patenaude, (unknown), Catherine M. Schaeff, Mariano Sironi, Wendy A. Smith, Tadasu K. Yamada	35
14	Polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae and fin whale, balaenoptera physalus 2005 ·Conservation Genetics ·Martine Bérubé, (unknown), Hans J. Skaug, Hanne Jørgensen, Jooke Robbins, Peter B. Best, Richard Sears, Per J. Palsbøll	15
15	Evidence for male dispersal along the coasts but no migration in pelagic waters in dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) 2004 ·Molecular Ecology ·Insa Cassens, Koen Van Waerebeek, Peter B. Best, Athanasia C. Tzika, Anton L. van Helden, (unknown), Michel C. Milinkovitch	55
16	World‐wide genetic differentiation of Eubalaena: questioning the number of right whale species 2000 ·Molecular Ecology ·H. C. Rosenbaum, Robert L. Brownell, Moira W. Brown, Catherine M. Schaeff, (unknown), Bradley N. White, Sobia Malik, Luis A. Pastene, Nathalie J. Patenaude, C. Scott Baker, (unknown), Peter B. Best, Phillip J. Clapham, (unknown), Michael J. Moore, Roger Payne, (unknown), Cynthia T. Tynan, J. L. Bannister, Rob DeSalle	86
17	The External Locations of Harpoon Wounds on Minke Whales Taken in Antarctic Commercial Whaling Operations, 1978/79 Season 1996 ·Animal Welfare ·Peter B. Best	2
18	Systematics of Cetaceans Using Restriction Site Mapping of Mitochondrial DNA 1995 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·(unknown), Eric H. Harley, Peter B. Best	18
19	Persistent organochlorine residues in small cetaceans from the east and west coasts of southern Africa 1994 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Anrich Kock, Peter B. Best, Victor G. Cockcroft, (unknown)	51
20	Distribution and movements 1969 ·Peter B. Best	141

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