Scarla Weeks

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Scarla Weeks is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Scarla Weeks has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 36 papers in Ecology and 33 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Scarla Weeks's work include Marine and fisheries research (36 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (23 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (17 papers). Scarla Weeks is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (36 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (23 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (17 papers). Scarla Weeks collaborates with scholars based in Australia, South Africa and United States. Scarla Weeks's co-authors include Andrew Bakun, Anthony J. Richardson, M. B. Bennett, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Lydie I. E. Couturier, Kathy A. Townsend, Andrea D. Marshall, Simon J. Pierce, Christoph A. Rohner and Bronwen Currie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Scarla Weeks

64 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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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.

Remote Sensing of Coral Reefs for Monitoring and Management: A Review

2016 283 citations Scarla Weeks et al. Remote Sensing profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scarla Weeks Australia	38	2.5k	1.8k	1.6k	1.3k	279	64	4.0k
David M. Checkley United States	28	2.0k 0.8×	2.6k 1.5×	2.1k 1.3×	786 0.6×	293 1.1×	51	4.0k
John C. Field United States	34	2.2k 0.9×	2.5k 1.4×	974 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	235 0.8×	104	3.7k
Janet A. Nye United States	27	1.8k 0.7×	2.9k 1.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	496 1.8×	66	3.8k
Michael R. Heath United Kingdom	41	2.1k 0.8×	3.5k 2.0×	2.5k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	247 0.9×	159	5.0k
Jesús Pineda United States	29	2.7k 1.1×	2.5k 1.4×	3.0k 1.8×	629 0.5×	318 1.1×	55	4.6k
Hein Rune Skjoldal Norway	29	1.7k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	662 0.5×	474 1.7×	88	3.5k
J. Anthony Koslow United States	35	2.3k 0.9×	2.8k 1.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	136 0.5×	71	4.2k
Russell E. Brainard United States	34	2.8k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	520 0.4×	257 0.9×	96	3.8k
L. Hutchings South Africa	33	1.4k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	471 0.4×	308 1.1×	79	3.2k
Richard O. Smith United States	25	2.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	473 0.4×	401 1.4×	39	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scarla Weeks

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Rohner, Christoph A., Anthony J. Richardson, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, et al.. (2018). Satellite tagging highlights the importance of productive Mozambican coastal waters to the ecology and conservation of whale sharks. PeerJ. 6. e4161–e4161. 46 indexed citations

Couturier, Lydie I. E., Peter Newman, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, et al.. (2018). Variation in occupancy and habitat use of Mobula alfredi at a major aggregation site. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 599. 125–145. 46 indexed citations

Armstrong, Asia O., Amelia J. Armstrong, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, et al.. (2016). Prey Density Threshold and Tidal Influence on Reef Manta Ray Foraging at an Aggregation Site on the Great Barrier Reef. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0153393–e0153393. 65 indexed citations

McDuie, Fiona, Scarla Weeks, Mark G. R. Miller, & Bradley C. Congdon. (2015). BREEDING TROPICAL SHEARWATERS USE DISTANT FORAGING SITES WHEN SELF-PROVISIONING. Marine ornithology. 43(1). 123–129. 19 indexed citations

Jaine, Fabrice R. A., Christoph A. Rohner, Scarla Weeks, et al.. (2014). Movements and habitat use of reef manta rays off eastern Australia: offshore excursions, deep diving and eddy affinity revealed by satellite telemetry. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 510. 73–86. 98 indexed citations

Rohner, Christoph A., Simon J. Pierce, Andrea D. Marshall, et al.. (2013). Trends in sightings and environmental influences on a coastal aggregation of manta rays and whale sharks. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 482. 153–168. 119 indexed citations

Ban, Natalie C., Robert L. Pressey, & Scarla Weeks. (2012). Conservation Objectives and Sea‐Surface Temperature Anomalies in the Great Barrier Reef. Conservation Biology. 26(5). 799–809. 38 indexed citations

Weeks, Scarla, et al.. (2012). Satellite-Derived Photic Depth on the Great Barrier Reef: Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Water Clarity. Remote Sensing. 4(12). 3781–3795. 37 indexed citations

Couturier, Lydie I. E., Andrea D. Marshall, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, et al.. (2012). Biology, ecology and conservation of the Mobulidae. Journal of Fish Biology. 80(5). 1075–1119. 225 indexed citations

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Couturier, Lydie I. E., Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Kathy A. Townsend, et al.. (2011). Distribution, site affinity and regional movements of the manta ray, Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868), along the east coast of Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research. 62(6). 628–637. 99 indexed citations

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Earp, A., Christine E. Hanson, Peter J. Ralph, et al.. (2011). Review of fluorescent standards for calibration of in situ fluorometers: Recommendations applied in coastal and ocean observing programs. Optics Express. 19(27). 26768–26768. 32 indexed citations

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Rohner, Christoph A., Anthony J. Richardson, Andrea D. Marshall, Scarla Weeks, & Simon J. Pierce. (2011). How large is the world's largest fish? Measuring whale sharks Rhincodon typus with laser photogrammetry. Journal of Fish Biology. 78(1). 378–385. 74 indexed citations

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Blondeau‐Patissier, David, Vittorio Brando, Arnold G. Dekker, et al.. (2010). Phytoplankton response to episodic events and long-term trends in the Great Barrier Reef lagoonal waters: towards a regional characterization. European Journal of Pharmacology. 806. 43–51. 1 indexed citations

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Díaz-Pulido, Guillermo, Laurence J. McCook, Sophie Dove, et al.. (2009). Doom and Boom on a Resilient Reef: Climate Change, Algal Overgrowth and Coral Recovery. PLoS ONE. 4(4). e5239–e5239. 260 indexed citations

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Weeks, Scarla, Grant C. Pitcher, & Stewart Bernard. (2004). Satellite Monitoring of the Evolution of a Coccolithophorid Bloom in the Southern Benguela Upwelling System. Oceanography. 17(1). 83–89. 17 indexed citations

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Bakun, Andrew & Scarla Weeks. (2004). Greenhouse gas buildup, sardines, submarine eruptions and the possibility of abrupt degradation of intense marine upwelling ecosystems. Ecology Letters. 7(11). 1015–1023. 90 indexed citations

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Roy, Claude, Scarla Weeks, Mathieu Rouault, et al.. (2001). Extreme oceanographic events recorded in the Southern Benguela during the 1999-2000 summer season. South African Journal of Science. 97(13). 465–471. 57 indexed citations

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Weeks, Scarla, et al.. (1997). Satellite-observed vegetation as an indicator of climate variability over southern Africa. South African Journal of Science. 93(1). 34–38. 21 indexed citations

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Jury, Mark R., et al.. (1997). ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY-LAYER FLUXES AND STRUCTURE ACROSS A LAND-SEA TRANSITION ZONE IN SOUTH-EASTERN AFRICA. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 83(2). 311–330. 10 indexed citations

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Weeks, Scarla & F. A. Shillington. (1994). Interannual scales of variation of pigment concentrations from coastal zone color scanner data in the Benguela Upwelling system and the Subtropical Convergence zone south of Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 99(C4). 7385–7399. 40 indexed citations

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