Shaun K. Wilson

28.5k citations

165 papers · 12.6k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 61

Ecology top 0.05%
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 144
- Marine animal studies overview 27
Global and Planetary Change top 0.05%
- Marine and fisheries research 131
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies 9
Oceanography top 0.1%
- Marine and coastal plant biology 49
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.2%
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 25
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology 15
Ecological Modeling top 1%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
- Coastal and Marine Management 12

Co-authors: Nicholas A. J. Graham Morgan S. Pratchett Nicholas Polunin Simon Jennings M. Aaron MacNeil Tim R. McClanahan Rebecca Fisher Jan Robinson
Cited by: Ecology Global and Planetary Change Oceanography
Partner nations: Australia United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Shaun K. Wilson

162 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

2018 The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems
2018 Seabirds enhance coral reef productivity and functioning in the absence of invasive rats
2015 Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs
2015 Improving knowledge exchange among scientists and decision-makers to facilitate the adaptive governance of marine resources: A review of knowledge and research needs
2006 Dynamic fragility of oceanic coral reef ecosystems
2006 Multiple disturbances and the global degradation of coral reefs: are reef fishes at risk or resilient?

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All Works

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1	Tracing Blue Carbon Flows Across Diverse Seascapes Christopher J. Fulton,Diego R. Barneche,Kay L. Davis,Cal Faubel,Cecília Pascelli,Julie Vercelloni,Shaun K. Wilson	2025	1
2	Social-ecological contributions of protected areas to their surroundings Graeme S. Cumming,Abbie A. Rogers,Tim Collins,Michael V. W. Cuttler,Carmen E. Elrick‐Barr,Ilaria Gliottone,Siwat Kongwarakom,Ryan Lowe,Valeria Y. Mendez Angarita,Matthew Navarro,Natasha Pauli,Shaun K. Wilson	2025	1
3	Seascape effects on the nursery function of macroalgal habitats Molly Moustaka,William D. Robbins,Shaun K. Wilson,Corey B. Wakefield,Michael Vw Cuttler,Michael O’Leary,Richard D. Evans	2024	0
4	Suspended Particulate Organic Matter Supports Mesopredatory Fish Across a Tropical Seascape Molly Moustaka,Tahlia J. Bassett,Leah Beltran,Michael V. W. Cuttler,Richard D. Evans,Daniel Gorman,Camille Grimaldi,Renee K. Gruber,Glenn A. Hyndes,Gary A. Kendrick,Natalie Travaglione,Shaun K. Wilson	2024	1
5	Local habitat composition and complexity outweigh seascape effects on fish distributions across a tropical seascape Molly Moustaka,Richard D. Evans,Gary A. Kendrick,Glenn A. Hyndes,Michael V. W. Cuttler,Tahlia J. Bassett,Michael O’Leary,Shaun K. Wilson	2024	6
6	High rates of erosion on a wave‐exposed fringing coral reef Damian P. Thomson,Shannon Dee,Christopher Doropoulos,Melanie Orr,Shaun K. Wilson,Andrew S. Hoey	2024	2
7	Climate Change Affects Multiple Coral Reef Fisheries Ecosystem Services Sarah M. Martin,James P. W. Robinson,J. Lucas,Emilie Augustin,Rodney Govinden,Shaun K. Wilson,Nicholas A. J. Graham	2024	1
8	Coral larval recruitment in north-western Australia predicted by regional and local conditions Damian P. Thomson,Russell C. Babcock,Richard D. Evans,Ming Feng,Molly Moustaka,Melanie Orr,Dirk Slawinski,Shaun K. Wilson,Andrew S. Hoey	2021	13
9	Too hot to handle: Unprecedented seagrass death driven by marine heatwave in a World Heritage Area Simone Strydom,Kathy Murray,Shaun K. Wilson,Bart Huntley,Michael J. Rule,Michael R. Heithaus,Cindy Bessey,Gary A. Kendrick,Derek A. Burkholder,Matthew W. Fraser,Katherine Zdunic	2020	189
10	Thermal stress induces persistently altered coral reef fish assemblages James P. W. Robinson,Shaun K. Wilson,Simon Jennings,Nicholas A. J. Graham	2019	85
11	Habitat connectivity and complexity underpin fish community structure across a seascape of tropical macroalgae meadows Joshua R. van Lier,Shaun K. Wilson,Martial Depczynski,Lucy N. Wenger,Christopher J. Fulton	2018	41
12	A simple function for full‐subsets multiple regression in ecology with R Rebecca Fisher,Shaun K. Wilson,Tsai Min Sin,Ai Chin Lee,Tim Langlois	2018	125
13	Regime shifts shorten food chains for mesopredators with potential sublethal effects Tessa N. Hempson,Nicholas A. J. Graham,M. Aaron MacNeil,Nathalie Bodin,Shaun K. Wilson	2017	16
14	Herbivore cross‐scale redundancy supports response diversity and promotes coral reef resilience Kirsty L. Nash,Nicholas A. J. Graham,Simon Jennings,Shaun K. Wilson,David R. Bellwood	2015	102
15	Prioritisation of conservation research and monitoring for Western Australian protected areas and threatened species Carl Simpson,Maria Beger,J.G. Colman,Kim Friedman,Alison Hill,Alan Kendrick,Kelly Waples,Scott D. Whiting,Shaun K. Wilson	2015	3
16	Critical thresholds and tangible targets for ecosystem-based management of coral reef fisheries Tim R. McClanahan,Nicholas A. J. Graham,M. Aaron MacNeil,Nyawira A. Muthiga,Joshua E. Cinner,J. Henrich Bruggemann,Shaun K. Wilson	2011	258
17	Responses of reef fish communities to coral declines on the Great Barrier Reef AJ Cheal,Shaun K. Wilson,MJ Emslie,Andrew M. Dolman,Hugh Sweatman	2008	53
18	Dynamic fragility of oceanic coral reef ecosystemsbreakdown → Nicholas A. J. Graham,Shaun K. Wilson,Simon Jennings,Nicholas Polunin,Jude Bijoux,Jan Robinson	2006	537
19	Growth, mortality and turnover rates of a small detritivorous fish Shaun K. Wilson	2004	33
20	Multiscale habitat associations of detrivorous blennies (Blenniidae: Salariini) Shaun K. Wilson	2001	26

About Shaun K. Wilson

Shaun K. Wilson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Oceanography, having authored 165 papers that have together received 12.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (144 papers), Marine and fisheries research (131 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (49 papers), Marine animal studies overview (27 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (25 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (15 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (12 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (10.7k citations), Global and Planetary Change (8.5k citations) and Oceanography (4.1k citations). Shaun K. Wilson has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Nicholas A. J. Graham, Morgan S. Pratchett, Nicholas Polunin, Simon Jennings, M. Aaron MacNeil, Tim R. McClanahan, Rebecca Fisher, Jan Robinson, Andrew S. Hoey and Joshua E. Cinner.

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