Simon H. Elwen

1.6k total citations
77 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Simon H. Elwen is a scholar working on Ecology, Developmental Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon H. Elwen has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Ecology, 39 papers in Developmental Biology and 32 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Simon H. Elwen's work include Marine animal studies overview (74 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (39 papers) and Underwater Acoustics Research (22 papers). Simon H. Elwen is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (74 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (39 papers) and Underwater Acoustics Research (22 papers). Simon H. Elwen collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Simon H. Elwen's co-authors include Tess Gridley, Peter B. Best, Hannah Joy Kriesell, PB Best, Ruth H. Leeney, Meredith Thornton, Isabelle Charrier, Desray Reeb, Alberto Nastasi and Michael A. Meÿer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Simon H. Elwen

71 papers receiving 988 citations

Peers

Simon H. Elwen
Diane Claridge United Kingdom
Nicola J. Quick United Kingdom
William Rayment New Zealand
Antoinette M. Gorgone United States
AJ Read United States
Kim W. Urian United States
Marcos R. Rossi‐Santos Brazil
Daniel J. McSweeney United States
Leonardo Liberali Wedekin Brazil
Catriona M. Harris United Kingdom
Diane Claridge United Kingdom
Simon H. Elwen
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon H. Elwen

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All Works

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Elwen, Simon H., Usman Khan, Anja Kreiner, et al.. (2025). Blue carbon in an eastern boundary upwelling zone – A case study in Namibia. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 221. 105478–105478.
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Seyboth, Elisa, Ken Findlay, Peter Vogel, et al.. (2025). An Update on the Occurrence of Humpback Whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) Super‐Groups on the West Coast of South Africa. Marine Mammal Science. 41(4).
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Gridley, Tess, et al.. (2023). Inter-site variability in the Cape fur seal's behavioural response to boat noise exposure. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 196. 115589–115589. 3 indexed citations
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Ramos, Eric Angel, Ted Cheeseman, Milton César Calzavara Marcondes, et al.. (2023). Interchange of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales across the South Atlantic Ocean. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4621–4621. 6 indexed citations
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Elwen, Simon H., et al.. (2023). Vocal Cues to Assess Arousal State of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops spp.) Involved in Public Presentations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 711–727. 1 indexed citations
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Elwen, Simon H., et al.. (2023). Cetacean diversity of the eastern South Atlantic Ocean and Vema Seamount detected during a visual and passive acoustic survey, 2019. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 103. 1 indexed citations
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Kock, Alison, Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Enrico Gennari, et al.. (2022). Fear at the top: killer whale predation drives white shark absence at South Africa’s largest aggregation site. African Journal of Marine Science. 44(2). 139–152. 33 indexed citations
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Denkinger, Judith, Júlio Baumgarten, Linilson Rodrigues Padovese, et al.. (2022). Song recordings suggest feeding ground sharing in Southern Hemisphere humpback whales. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 13924–13924. 7 indexed citations
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Potts, Warren M., BQ Mann, CL Griffiths, et al.. (2021). South African marine citizen science – benefits, challenges and future directions. African Journal of Marine Science. 43(3). 353–366. 16 indexed citations
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Bastian, Anna, et al.. (2021). Vocal correlates of arousal in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) in human care. PLoS ONE. 16(9). e0250913–e0250913. 10 indexed citations
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Gridley, Tess, et al.. (2021). Feel the beat: cape fur seal males encode their arousal state in their bark rate. Die Naturwissenschaften. 109(1). 5–5. 7 indexed citations
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Elwen, Simon H., et al.. (2021). Entanglement of Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) at colonies in central Namibia. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 171. 112759–112759. 10 indexed citations
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Simões‐Lopes, Paulo C., Fernando Félix, Jérémy J. Kiszka, et al.. (2015). Epidemiology of lobomycosis-like disease in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops spp. from South America and southern Africa. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 117(1). 59–75. 27 indexed citations
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Gridley, Tess, Alberto Nastasi, Hannah Joy Kriesell, & Simon H. Elwen. (2015). The acoustic repertoire of wild common bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) in Walvis Bay, Namibia. Bioacoustics. 24(2). 153–174. 36 indexed citations
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Kriesell, Hannah Joy, et al.. (2014). Identification and Characteristics of Signature Whistles in Wild Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Namibia. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e106317–e106317. 54 indexed citations
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Elwen, Simon H., et al.. (2012). Death under the surface - Cape Fur Seal predating on a Southern Giant Petrel in Walvis Bay, Namibia. 3. 206–210. 2 indexed citations
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Elwen, Simon H., Meredith Thornton, SP Kirkman, Pierre Pistorius, & Caroline R. Weir. (2011). The first African Marine Mammal Colloquium, South Africa, May 2010. African Journal of Marine Science. 33(3). 349–351. 1 indexed citations

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