SD Ling

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

SD Ling is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, SD Ling has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Ecology, 56 papers in Oceanography and 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in SD Ling's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (58 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (51 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (29 papers). SD Ling is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (58 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (51 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (29 papers). SD Ling collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. SD Ling's co-authors include Craig R. Johnson, Keith Ridgway, SD Frusher, Simon Reeves, Graham J. Edgar, Malcolm Haddon, Sean D. Connell, Alistair J. Hobday, Thomas Wernberg and Bayden D. Russell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

SD Ling

80 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Overfishing reduces resilience of kelp beds to climate-driven catastrophic phase shift

2009 451 citations SD Ling, Craig R. Johnson et al. profile →
Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing

2014 402 citations SD Ling, Robert E. Scheibling et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
SD Ling Australia	28	2.7k	2.4k	1.5k	346	311	86	3.8k
Joel C. Creed Brazil	35	2.8k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	330 1.0×	179 0.6×	116	3.6k
Masahiro Nakaoka Japan	30	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	917 0.6×	170 0.5×	237 0.8×	145	3.0k
Russell E. Brainard United States	34	2.8k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	191 0.6×	520 1.7×	96	3.8k
Rebecca L. Kordas Canada	14	2.3k 0.8×	3.6k 1.5×	2.1k 1.4×	122 0.4×	240 0.8×	21	4.5k
Tasman P. Crowe Ireland	34	1.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	309 0.9×	402 1.3×	108	3.5k
Jason E. Tanner Australia	25	2.7k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	168 0.5×	480 1.5×	79	3.5k
Carl D. van der Lingen South Africa	30	1.7k 0.6×	816 0.3×	2.0k 1.3×	143 0.4×	629 2.0×	67	3.0k
Angelika Brandt Germany	39	3.5k 1.3×	4.6k 1.9×	1.8k 1.2×	96 0.3×	253 0.8×	266	5.8k
Melinda A. Coleman Australia	40	3.4k 1.3×	3.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	465 1.3×	499 1.6×	169	5.1k
Bayden D. Russell Australia	43	3.2k 1.2×	4.3k 1.8×	2.2k 1.4×	303 0.9×	282 0.9×	117	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by SD Ling

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Fields of papers citing papers by SD Ling

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by SD Ling. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by SD Ling. The network helps show where SD Ling may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of SD Ling

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pérez‐Matus, Alejandro, Fiorenza Micheli, Brenda Konar, et al.. (2025). Kelp forests as nursery and foundational habitat for reef fishes. Ecology. 106(2). e70007–e70007. 3 indexed citations

Tebbett, Sterling B., Graham J. Edgar, JP Keane, et al.. (2025). Climate-driven trans-Tasman population increase of the habitat-modifying, range extending sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii. Journal of Environmental Management. 392. 126842–126842. 2 indexed citations

Tebbett, Sterling B., et al.. (2025). Turf proliferation depends on kelp loss and maintenance by sea urchin grazing. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 770. 15–24.

Edgar, Graham J., et al.. (2024). Fish and invertebrate communities show greater day–night partitioning on tropical than temperate reefs. Ecology. 106(1). e4477–e4477. 4 indexed citations

Ling, SD & JP Keane. (2024). Climate-driven invasion and incipient warnings of kelp ecosystem collapse. Nature Communications. 15(1). 400–400. 20 indexed citations

Ling, SD, et al.. (2024). Black Soldier Fly Larvae Meal (BSFLM) as an alternative protein source in sustainable aquaculture production: A scoping review of its comprehensive impact on shrimp and prawn farming. Animal Feed Science and Technology. 319. 116174–116174. 1 indexed citations

Appleyard, Sharon A., Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, SD Ling, et al.. (2023). Using eDNA and SCUBA surveys for detection and monitoring of a threatened marine cryptic fish. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 33(5). 431–442. 8 indexed citations

Reeves, Simon, et al.. (2022). Kelp habitat fragmentation reduces resistance to overgrazing, invasion and collapse to turf dominance. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59(6). 1619–1631. 18 indexed citations

Melbourne-Thomas, Jess, Asta Audzijonytė, M Brasier, et al.. (2021). Poleward bound: adapting to climate-driven species redistribution. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 32(1). 231–251. 48 indexed citations

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Ling, SD, et al.. (2020). Homing behaviour by destructive crown-of-thorns starfish is triggered by local availability of coral prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1938). 20201341–20201341. 22 indexed citations

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Ling, SD, et al.. (2017). Ubiquity of microplastics in coastal seafloor sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 121(1-2). 104–110. 162 indexed citations

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Swearer, Stephen E., et al.. (2015). The Reef Ecosystem Evaluation Framework: Managing for Resilience in Temperate Environments. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 5 indexed citations

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Ling, SD, Robert E. Scheibling, Andrew Rassweiler, et al.. (2014). Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 370(1659). 20130269–20130269. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ling, SD, et al.. (2013). Is 'barrens' habitat good for sea urchins?. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania).

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Johnson, Craig R., et al.. (2012). Forming sea urchin barrens from the inside out: an alternative pattern of overgrazing. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 464. 179–194. 62 indexed citations

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Frusher, SD, et al.. (2007). Is climate change impacting on lobster stocks in Tasmania?. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 2 indexed citations

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Daley, Ross K., J. Dowdney, Cathy Bulman, et al.. (2006). Ecological risk assessment for the effects of fishing: small pelagic fishery - midwater trawl. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations

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Hobday, Alistair J., J. Dowdney, Cathy Bulman, et al.. (2006). Ecological risk assessment for the effects of fishing: southern bluefin tuna purse seine sub-fishery. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 2 indexed citations

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Edmunds, M., et al.. (2001). Monitoring of reef biota at Port Phillip Heads - marine performance assessment program, survey 6. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations

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Edmunds, M., et al.. (2000). Monitoring of reef biota at Wilsons Promontory - marine performance assessment program. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations

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