Thor A. Klevjer

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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Thor A. Klevjer is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thor A. Klevjer has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 21 papers in Oceanography and 21 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thor A. Klevjer's work include Marine and fisheries research (30 papers), Marine animal studies overview (14 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (12 papers). Thor A. Klevjer is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (30 papers), Marine animal studies overview (14 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (12 papers). Thor A. Klevjer collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom. Thor A. Klevjer's co-authors include Stein Kaartvedt, Anders Røstad, Xabier Irigoien, Dag L. Aksnes, Udane Martínez, Santiago Hernández‐León, Fidel Echevarrı́a, Guillermo Boyra, José Luis Acuña and J. Ignacio González-Gordillo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Thor A. Klevjer

42 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Large mesopelagic fishes biomass and trophic efficiency in the open ocean

2014 597 citations Xabier Irigoien, Thor A. Klevjer et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thor A. Klevjer Norway	18	1.2k	1.0k	725	409	132	42	1.7k
Tone Falkenhaug Norway	21	872 0.7×	748 0.7×	785 1.1×	304 0.7×	108 0.8×	47	1.5k
Leonardo R. Castro Chile	25	1.1k 1.0×	900 0.9×	801 1.1×	355 0.9×	159 1.2×	101	1.8k
Sam McClatchie United States	28	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	933 1.3×	704 1.7×	133 1.0×	71	2.2k
Ástþór Gíslason Iceland	26	1.2k 1.0×	928 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	305 0.7×	218 1.7×	62	1.8k
Ketil Eiane Norway	23	998 0.8×	765 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	278 0.7×	238 1.8×	40	1.7k
Priscilla Licandro United Kingdom	26	1.1k 0.9×	816 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	245 0.6×	71 0.5×	54	1.8k
Robert M. Cerrato United States	22	939 0.8×	697 0.7×	428 0.6×	454 1.1×	54 0.4×	79	1.5k
Cheryl A. Morgan United States	20	874 0.7×	620 0.6×	608 0.8×	507 1.2×	72 0.5×	35	1.3k
Rochelle D. Seitz United States	24	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	250 0.6×	89 0.7×	61	2.1k
G. M. Wellington United States	17	905 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	599 0.8×	346 0.8×	126 1.0×	24	1.5k

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Skaret, Georg, Gavin J. Macaulay, Xinliang Wang, et al.. (2023). Distribution and biomass estimation of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) off the South Orkney Islands during 2011–2020. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 80(5). 1472–1486. 13 indexed citations

Mildenberger, Tobias, Alexandros Kokkalis, Paula Álvarez, et al.. (2023). Growth and natural mortality of Maurolicus muelleri and Benthosema glaciale in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 1 indexed citations

Knutsen, Tor, Espen Strand, Thor A. Klevjer, et al.. (2023). Feeding ecology of Benthosema glaciale across the North Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 5 indexed citations

Klevjer, Thor A., et al.. (2023). Acoustic micronektonic distribution and density is structured by macroscale oceanographic processes across 17–48° N latitudes in the North Atlantic Ocean. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4614–4614. 3 indexed citations

Agersted, Mette Dalgaard, et al.. (2021). Mass estimates of individual gas-bearing mesopelagic fish from in situ wideband acoustic measurements ground-truthed by biological net sampling. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 78(10). 3658–3673. 9 indexed citations

Agersted, Mette Dalgaard, et al.. (2021). Application of an unsupervised clustering algorithm on in situ broadband acoustic data to identify different mesopelagic target types. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 78(8). 2907–2921. 8 indexed citations

Agersted, Mette Dalgaard, et al.. (2021). Mesopelagic flesh shear viscosity estimation from in situ broadband backscattering measurements by a viscous–elastic model inversion. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 78(9). 3147–3161. 2 indexed citations

Christiansen, Svenja, Thor A. Klevjer, Anders Røstad, Dag L. Aksnes, & Stein Kaartvedt. (2021). Flexible behaviour in a mesopelagic fish (Maurolicus muelleri). ICES Journal of Marine Science. 78(5). 1623–1635. 17 indexed citations

Irigoien, Xabier, Thor A. Klevjer, Udane Martínez, et al.. (2021). The Simrad EK60 echosounder dataset from the Malaspina circumnavigation. Scientific Data. 8(1). 259–259. 3 indexed citations

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Strand, Espen, Espen Bagøien, Martin Edwards, Cecilie Broms, & Thor A. Klevjer. (2020). Spatial distributions and seasonality of four Calanus species in the Northeast Atlantic. Progress In Oceanography. 185. 102344–102344. 38 indexed citations

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Klevjer, Thor A., et al.. (2020). An acoustic method to observe the distribution and behaviour of mesopelagic organisms in front of a trawl. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 180. 104873–104873. 12 indexed citations

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Klevjer, Thor A., Xabier Irigoien, Anders Røstad, et al.. (2016). Large scale patterns in vertical distribution and behaviour of mesopelagic scattering layers. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19873–19873. 185 indexed citations

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Kaartvedt, Stein, et al.. (2015). Social behaviour in mesopelagic jellyfish. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 11310–11310. 14 indexed citations

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Irigoien, Xabier, Thor A. Klevjer, Anders Røstad, et al.. (2014). Large mesopelagic fishes biomass and trophic efficiency in the open ocean. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3271–3271. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vestheim, Hege, et al.. (2013). Vertical distribution and diel vertical migration of krill beneath snow-covered ice and in ice-free waters. Journal of Plankton Research. 36(2). 503–512. 14 indexed citations

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Klevjer, Thor A., Daniel J. Torres, & Stein Kaartvedt. (2012). Distribution and diel vertical movements of mesopelagic scattering layers in the Red Sea. Marine Biology. 159(8). 1833–1841. 62 indexed citations

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Klevjer, Thor A., et al.. (2011). Inverse vertical migration and feeding in glacier lanternfish (Benthosema glaciale). Marine Biology. 159(2). 443–453. 41 indexed citations

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Tarling, Geraint A., Thor A. Klevjer, Sophie Fielding, et al.. (2009). Variability and predictability of Antarctic krill swarm structure. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 56(11). 1994–2012. 88 indexed citations

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Klevjer, Thor A. & Stein Kaartvedt. (2006). In situ target strength and behaviour of northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica). ICES Journal of Marine Science. 63(9). 1726–1735. 19 indexed citations

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Kaartvedt, Stein, et al.. (2004). Vertical distribution and feeding patterns in fish foraging on the krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 61(8). 1278–1290. 39 indexed citations

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