Sebastian C. A. Ferse

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Sebastian C. A. Ferse is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian C. A. Ferse has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Ecology, 55 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 32 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Sebastian C. A. Ferse's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (81 papers), Marine and fisheries research (45 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (29 papers). Sebastian C. A. Ferse is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (81 papers), Marine and fisheries research (45 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (29 papers). Sebastian C. A. Ferse collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Indonesia and Australia. Sebastian C. A. Ferse's co-authors include Marion Glaser, Kathleen Schwerdtner Máñez, Christian Wild, Andreas Kunzmann, Sonia Bejarano, Dedi Supriadi Adhuri, Achim Schlüter, Margaux Y. Hein, María Máñez Costa and Amanda K. Ford 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

Sebastian C. A. Ferse

93 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Coral restoration – A systematic review of current methods, successes, failures and future directions

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sebastian C. A. Ferse Germany	31	2.2k	1.3k	829	651	265	97	3.1k
Colette C. C. Wabnitz Canada	29	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	686 0.8×	653 1.0×	176 0.7×	72	3.2k
John N. Kittinger United States	36	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	574 0.7×	817 1.3×	153 0.6×	65	3.4k
Gabriel Reygondeau Canada	35	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.7×	1.2k 1.5×	567 0.9×	187 0.7×	70	3.7k
Narriman Jiddawi Tanzania	31	2.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	519 0.6×	787 1.2×	331 1.2×	106	3.2k
Octavio Aburto‐Oropeza United States	32	2.8k 1.3×	2.2k 1.7×	707 0.9×	616 0.9×	166 0.6×	105	3.7k
Sangeeta Mangubhai Australia	31	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	490 0.6×	585 0.9×	125 0.5×	101	2.6k
Marion Glaser Germany	32	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	224 0.3×	953 1.5×	333 1.3×	77	3.3k
Andrés M. Cisneros‐Montemayor Canada	31	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	406 0.5×	1.3k 1.9×	160 0.6×	96	3.7k
David Obura Kenya	34	3.5k 1.6×	2.5k 1.9×	1.8k 2.1×	737 1.1×	133 0.5×	128	4.8k
Chris Kennedy United States	10	4.3k 2.0×	2.0k 1.5×	1.5k 1.8×	1.2k 1.8×	88 0.3×	18	5.8k

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Zamborain‐Mason, Jessica, Joshua E. Cinner, M. Aaron MacNeil, et al.. (2025). Potential yield and food provisioning gains from rebuilding the world’s coral reef fish stocks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(51). e2508805122–e2508805122.

ESTRADIVARI, ESTRADIVARI, et al.. (2025). Sediment, substrate, and structure: Factors shaping algal turf dynamics in urban Indonesian reefs. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 86. 104172–104172. 1 indexed citations

Maire, Eva, James P. W. Robinson, Matthew McLean, et al.. (2024). Managing nutrition-biodiversity trade-offs on coral reefs. Current Biology. 34(20). 4612–4622.e5. 2 indexed citations

ESTRADIVARI, ESTRADIVARI, Dedi Supriadi Adhuri, Luky Adrianto, et al.. (2024). Prospective ecological contributions of potential marine OECMs and MPAs to enhance marine conservation in Indonesia. Ocean & Coastal Management. 258. 107411–107411. 2 indexed citations

Salter, Michael A., Valériano Parravicini, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, et al.. (2023). Temperature, species identity and morphological traits predict carbonate excretion and mineralogy in tropical reef fishes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 985–985. 9 indexed citations

Ferse, Sebastian C. A.. (2023). Grand challenges in marine governance for ocean sustainability in the twenty-first century. 1. 3 indexed citations

Wolff, Matthias, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, & Hugh Govan. (2023). Challenges in Tropical Coastal Zone Management. 1 indexed citations

Razak, Tries B., et al.. (2023). A review of the legal framework for coral reef restoration in Indonesia. Ocean & Coastal Management. 248. 106944–106944. 5 indexed citations

Bunbury, Nancy, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Amanda K. Ford, et al.. (2023). Impacts of coral bleaching on reef fish abundance, biomass and assemblage structure at remote Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles: insights from two survey methods. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 5 indexed citations

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Breckwoldt, Annette, et al.. (2022). A social-ecological engagement with reef passages in New Caledonia: Connectors between coastal and oceanic spaces and species. AMBIO. 51(12). 2401–2413. 2 indexed citations

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Ferse, Sebastian C. A., et al.. (2021). Rapid relative increase of crustose coralline algae following herbivore exclusion in a reef of El Salvador. PeerJ. 9. e10696–e10696. 4 indexed citations

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ESTRADIVARI, ESTRADIVARI, et al.. (2021). Dynamics of large benthic foraminiferal assemblages: A tool to foreshadow reef degradation?. The Science of The Total Environment. 811. 151396–151396. 15 indexed citations

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Ford, Amanda K., et al.. (2021). First insights into coral recruit and juvenile abundances at remote Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles. PLoS ONE. 16(12). e0260516–e0260516. 15 indexed citations

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Eich, Andreas, et al.. (2019). Positive association between epiphytes and competitiveness of the brown algal genus Lobophora against corals. PeerJ. 7. e6380–e6380. 6 indexed citations

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Lee, Steven, Amanda K. Ford, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Christian Wild, & Sebastian C. A. Ferse. (2018). Effects of sandfish ( Holothuria scabra ) removal on shallow-water sediments in Fiji. PeerJ. 6. e4773–e4773. 25 indexed citations

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Gärdes, Astrid, et al.. (2017). Bacterial Biofilm Communities and Coral Larvae Settlement at Different Levels of Anthropogenic Impact in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia. Frontiers in Marine Science. 4. 17 indexed citations

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Aswani, Shankar, Xavier Basurto, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, et al.. (2017). Marine resource management and conservation in the Anthropocene. Environmental Conservation. 45(2). 192–202. 62 indexed citations

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Ferse, Sebastian C. A., et al.. (2016). Abundance and physiology of dominant soft corals linked to water quality in Jakarta Bay, Indonesia. PeerJ. 4. e2625–e2625. 27 indexed citations

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Plass-Johnson, Jeremiah, et al.. (2016). Non-Random Variability in Functional Composition of Coral Reef Fish Communities along an Environmental Gradient. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0154014–e0154014. 36 indexed citations

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Ferse, Sebastian C. A. & Andreas Kunzmann. (2009). Effects of Concrete-Bamboo Cages on Coral Fragments: Evaluation of a Low-Tech Method Used in Artisanal Ocean-Based Coral Farming. Journal of Applied Aquaculture. 21(1). 31–49. 6 indexed citations

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