Sven Uthicke

12.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
180 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Sven Uthicke is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Sven Uthicke has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Ecology, 128 papers in Oceanography and 78 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Sven Uthicke's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (123 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (70 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (56 papers). Sven Uthicke is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (123 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (70 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (56 papers). Sven Uthicke collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and New Zealand. Sven Uthicke's co-authors include Maria Byrne, Katharina Fabricius, Chantal Conand, Steven W. Purcell, John Benzie, Britta Schaffelke, Annie Mercier, Craig Humphrey, A. Lovatelli and David G. Bourne and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sven Uthicke

173 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

  1. Losers and winners in coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations
    2011 761 citations Katharina Fabricius, Sven Uthicke et al. profile →
  2. Advances in sea cucumber aquaculture and management
    2004 431 citations A. Lovatelli, Chantal Conand et al. ePublications@SCU (Southern Cross University) profile →
  3. Sea cucumber fisheries: global analysis of stocks, management measures and drivers of overfishing
    2011 372 citations Steven W. Purcell, Annie Mercier et al. profile →

Peers

Sven Uthicke
Chris Langdon United States
Enric Ballesteros Spain
Christine Ferrier‐Pagès Monaco
Ivan Nagelkerken Australia
Hans Ulrik Riisgård Denmark
Christian Wild Germany
Carla Morri Italy
Antonio Pusceddu Italy
Joaquim Garrabou Spain
Annie Mercier Canada
Chris Langdon United States
Sven Uthicke
Citations per year, relative to Sven Uthicke Sven Uthicke (= 1×) peers Chris Langdon

Countries citing papers authored by Sven Uthicke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sven Uthicke

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sven Uthicke

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wolfe, Kennedy, et al.. (2025). eDNA confirms lower trophic interactions help to modulate population outbreaks of the notorious crown-of-thorns sea star. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(11). e2424560122–e2424560122. 4 indexed citations
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Uthicke, Sven, et al.. (2024). The last generation: F3 of Echinometra sea urchins under experimental climate change. Marine Biology. 172(1).
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Mumby, Peter J., et al.. (2023). Novel rubble-dwelling predators of herbivorous juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster sp.). Coral Reefs. 42(2). 579–591. 19 indexed citations
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Marangon, Emma, Sven Uthicke, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, et al.. (2023). Life‐stage specificity and cross‐generational climate effects on the microbiome of a tropical sea urchin (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). Molecular Ecology. 32(20). 5645–5660. 10 indexed citations
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Uthicke, Sven, et al.. (2023). Induction of larval settlement in crown-of-thorns starfish is not mediated by conspecific cues. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 17119–17119. 4 indexed citations
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Uthicke, Sven, Barbara Robson, Jason Doyle, et al.. (2022). Developing an effective marine eDNA monitoring: eDNA detection at pre-outbreak densities of corallivorous seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris). The Science of The Total Environment. 851(Pt 1). 158143–158143. 20 indexed citations
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Flores, Florita, Joseane Aparecida Marques, Sven Uthicke, et al.. (2021). Combined effects of climate change and the herbicide diuron on the coral Acropora millepora. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 169. 112582–112582. 13 indexed citations
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Uthicke, Sven, et al.. (2020). Climate change doubles sedimentation-induced coral recruit mortality. The Science of The Total Environment. 768. 143897–143897. 16 indexed citations
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Uthicke, Sven, Miles D. Lamare, & Jason Doyle. (2018). eDNA detection of corallivorous seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris) outbreaks on the Great Barrier Reef using digital droplet PCR. Coral Reefs. 37(4). 1229–1239. 58 indexed citations
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Purcell, Steven W., Chantal Conand, Sven Uthicke, & Maria Byrne. (2016). Ecological Roles of Exploited Sea Cucumbers. 54. 367–386. 89 indexed citations
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Prazeres, Martina, Sven Uthicke, & John M. Pandolfi. (2016). Influence of local habitat on the physiological responses of large benthic foraminifera to temperature and nutrient stress. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21936–21936. 52 indexed citations
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Strahl, Julia, et al.. (2015). Physiological and ecological performance differs in four coral taxa at a volcanic carbon dioxide seep. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 184. 179–186. 58 indexed citations
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Uthicke, Sven, Jason Doyle, S. Duggan, Nina Yasuda, & A. David McKinnon. (2015). Outbreak of coral-eating Crown-of-Thorns creates continuous cloud of larvae over 320 km of the Great Barrier Reef. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16885–16885. 50 indexed citations
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Vogel, Nina, et al.. (2014). Decreased light availability can amplify negative impacts of ocean acidification on calcifying coral reef organisms. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 521. 49–61. 38 indexed citations
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Webster, Nicole S., Sven Uthicke, Emmanuelle S. Botté, Florita Flores, & Andrew P. Negri. (2012). Ocean acidification reduces induction of coral settlement by crustose coralline algae. Global Change Biology. 19(1). 303–315. 119 indexed citations
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Lovatelli, A., Marcelo Vasconcellos, Chantal Conand, et al.. (2008). Sea Cucumbers: A global review of fisheries and trade. FAO eBooks. 28. 4–6. 216 indexed citations
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Lovatelli, A., Chantal Conand, Steven W. Purcell, et al.. (2004). Advances in sea cucumber aquaculture and management. ePublications@SCU (Southern Cross University). 431 indexed citations breakdown →
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Uthicke, Sven, Chantal Conand, & John Benzie. (2001). Population genetics of the fissiparous holothurians Stichopus chloronotus and Holothuria atra (Aspidochirotida): a comparison between the Torres Strait and La Réunion. Marine Biology. 139(2). 257–265. 33 indexed citations

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