Steve Whalan

2.8k total citations
60 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Steve Whalan is a scholar working on Ecology, Biotechnology and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Whalan has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, 42 papers in Biotechnology and 22 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Steve Whalan's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (42 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (41 papers) and Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (22 papers). Steve Whalan is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (42 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (41 papers) and Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (22 papers). Steve Whalan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and Austria. Steve Whalan's co-authors include Nicole S. Webster, Rocky de Nys, Heidi M. Luter, Muhammad Azmi Abdul Wahab, Piers Ettinger‐Epstein, A. Poole, Michael W. Taylor, Michael Wagner, Christopher N. Battershill and Matthias Horn and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Steve Whalan

58 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steve Whalan Australia 27 1.2k 1.1k 551 499 401 60 2.1k
Markus Haber Israel 20 386 0.3× 402 0.4× 66 0.1× 69 0.1× 124 0.3× 36 1.4k
Pascal Lapébie France 18 489 0.4× 287 0.3× 89 0.2× 331 0.7× 108 0.3× 22 1.7k
John Kuo Australia 31 180 0.2× 842 0.7× 66 0.1× 243 0.5× 875 2.2× 97 2.6k
Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko Russia 20 166 0.1× 765 0.7× 94 0.2× 206 0.4× 713 1.8× 87 1.2k
François Seneca Australia 17 471 0.4× 1.9k 1.7× 52 0.1× 474 0.9× 1.1k 2.8× 22 2.3k
Mercè Durfort Spain 22 112 0.1× 709 0.6× 121 0.2× 473 0.9× 151 0.4× 76 1.3k
Megan J. Huggett Australia 21 76 0.1× 1.4k 1.2× 273 0.5× 355 0.7× 664 1.7× 50 1.9k
T. E. Thompson United Kingdom 25 115 0.1× 620 0.5× 602 1.1× 806 1.6× 1.1k 2.9× 80 2.2k
María Teresa Spedicato Italy 25 53 0.0× 995 0.9× 67 0.1× 856 1.7× 101 0.3× 85 2.3k
Jacqueline L. Padilla‐Gamiño United States 19 104 0.1× 1.0k 0.9× 69 0.1× 611 1.2× 931 2.3× 46 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steve Whalan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Whalan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Whalan, Steve, et al.. (2025). Culturing coral larvae with food supplements enhances larval size and settlement. Aquaculture. 603. 742392–742392.
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Whalan, Steve, et al.. (2023). Ariadne’s thread and the extension of cognition: A common but overlooked phenomenon in nature?. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. 5 indexed citations
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Ramsby, Blake D., Mia O. Hoogenboom, Steve Whalan, & Nicole S. Webster. (2018). Elevated seawater temperature disrupts the microbiome of an ecologically important bioeroding sponge. Molecular Ecology. 27(8). 2124–2137. 51 indexed citations
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Ramsby, Blake D., Mia O. Hoogenboom, Hillary A. Smith, Steve Whalan, & Nicole S. Webster. (2018). The bioeroding sponge Cliona orientalis will not tolerate future projected ocean warming. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8302–8302. 18 indexed citations
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Ramsby, Blake D., Mia O. Hoogenboom, Steve Whalan, Nicole S. Webster, & Angus Thompson. (2017). A decadal analysis of bioeroding sponge cover on the inshore Great Barrier Reef. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2706–2706. 18 indexed citations
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Whalan, Steve, Nicole S. Webster, Tina Kutti, et al.. (2017). The response of a boreal deep-sea sponge holobiont to acute thermal stress. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1660–1660. 52 indexed citations
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Luter, Heidi M., Raymond J. Bannister, Steve Whalan, et al.. (2017). Microbiome analysis of a disease affecting the deep-sea sponge Geodia barretti. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93(6). 27 indexed citations
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Luter, Heidi M., et al.. (2016). Recruitment Variability of Coral Reef Sessile Communities of the Far North Great Barrier Reef. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0153184–e0153184. 6 indexed citations
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Baten, Abdul, et al.. (2015). Characterization of Bacterial Communities Associated with the Tyrian Purple Producing Gland in a Marine Gastropod. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0140725–e0140725. 14 indexed citations
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Fromont, Jane, et al.. (2014). Combining morphometrics with molecular taxonomy: How different are similar foliose keratose sponges from the Australian tropics?. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 73. 23–39. 20 indexed citations
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Whalan, Steve & Nicole S. Webster. (2014). Sponge larval settlement cues: the role of microbial biofilms in a warming ocean. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4072–4072. 94 indexed citations
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Wahab, Muhammad Azmi Abdul, Rocky de Nys, Nicole S. Webster, & Steve Whalan. (2014). Phenology of sexual reproduction in the common coral reef sponge, Carteriospongia foliascens. Coral Reefs. 22 indexed citations
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Vucko, Matthew J., A. Poole, B.A. Sexton, et al.. (2013). Combining a photocatalyst with microtopography to develop effective antifouling materials. Biofouling. 29(7). 751–762. 17 indexed citations
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Vucko, Matthew J., A. Poole, Christina Carl, et al.. (2013). Using textured PDMS to prevent settlement and enhance release of marine fouling organisms. Biofouling. 30(1). 1–16. 68 indexed citations
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Luter, Heidi M., Steve Whalan, & Nicole S. Webster. (2012). Thermal and Sedimentation Stress Are Unlikely Causes of Brown Spot Syndrome in the Coral Reef Sponge, Ianthella basta. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39779–e39779. 39 indexed citations
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Whalan, Steve, Nicole S. Webster, & Andrew P. Negri. (2012). Crustose Coralline Algae and a Cnidarian Neuropeptide Trigger Larval Settlement in Two Coral Reef Sponges. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e30386–e30386. 45 indexed citations
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Webster, Nicole S., Emmanuelle S. Botté, Rochelle M. Soo, & Steve Whalan. (2011). The larval sponge holobiont exhibits high thermal tolerance. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 3(6). 756–762. 50 indexed citations
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Carl, Christina, A. Poole, Matthew J. Vucko, et al.. (2011). Optimising settlement assays of pediveligers and plantigrades ofMytilus galloprovincialis. Biofouling. 27(8). 859–868. 25 indexed citations
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Gagliano, Monica, et al.. (2011). Use it and lose it: lipofuscin accumulation in the midbrain of a coral reef fish. Journal of Fish Biology. 78(2). 659–666. 2 indexed citations
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Whalan, Steve, Piers Ettinger‐Epstein, & Rocky de Nys. (2008). The effect of temperature on larval pre-settlement duration and metamorphosis for the sponge, Rhopaloeides odorabile. Coral Reefs. 27(4). 783–786. 39 indexed citations

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