Thor Saunders

982 citations

51 papers · 712 indexed · h-index 18

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 5%
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
Global and Planetary Change top 5%
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Papers in ⓘ

Global and Planetary Change 31
- Marine and fisheries research 29
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies 12
Nature and Landscape Conservation 28
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 26
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology 6

Co-authors: Stephen Mayfield (7 shared papers)David A. Crook (20 shared papers)Michael M. Douglas (8 shared papers)Alison J. King (10 shared papers)Stephen J. Newman (12 shared papers)David J. Welch (7 shared papers)John R. Morrongiello (6 shared papers)Quentin Allsop (6 shared papers)
Journals: Fisheries Research (4 papers)Scientific Reports (3 papers)Marine and Freshwater Research (3 papers)ICES Journal of Marine Science (2 papers)Marine Policy (2 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States Switzerland

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Thor Saunders

49 papers receiving 676 citations

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1	Status of key Australian fish stocks reports 2012 eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·Matthew J. Flood, Ilona Stobutzki, John Andrews, Crispian Ashby, Graham S. Begg, R Fletcher, David Galeano, C Gardner, Brian Gibson, Charles A. Gray, P.W. Hone, Peter Horvat, Barbara McDonald, Ross Quinn, K. Rowling, Keith Sainsbury, Thor Saunders, Sean Sloan, Timothy M. Smith, Taylor D. Ward	2012	43
2	Seascape genomics reveals fine‐scale patterns of dispersal for a reef fish along the ecologically divergent coast of Northwestern Australia Molecular Ecology ·Joseph D. DiBattista, Michael J. Travers, Glenn I. Moore, Richard D. Evans, Stephen J. Newman, Ming Feng, Samuel D. Moyle, Rebecca Gorton, Thor Saunders, Oliver Berry	2017	43
3	Assessing and reducing vulnerability to climate change: Moving from theory to practical decision-support Marine Policy ·Johanna E. Johnson, David J. Welch, Jeffrey Maynard, Johann D. Bell, GT Pecl, Julie B. Robins, Thor Saunders	2016	41
4	Use of otolith chemistry and acoustic telemetry to elucidate migratory contingents in barramundi Lates calcarifer Marine and Freshwater Research ·David A. Crook, Duncan J. Buckle, Quentin Allsop, Wayne J. Baldwin, Thor Saunders, Peter M. Kyne, Jon Woodhead, Roland Maas, Brien H. Roberts, Michael M. Douglas	2016	37
5	Strong population structure deduced from genetics, otolith chemistry and parasite abundances explains vulnerability to localized fishery collapse in a large Sciaenid fish, Protonibea diacanthus Evolutionary Applications ·Laura Taillebois, Diane P. Barton, David A. Crook, Thor Saunders, Jonathan Taylor, Mark Hearnden, Richard J. Saunders, Stephen J. Newman, Michael J. Travers, David J. Welch, Alan Greig, Christine L. Dudgeon, Safia Maher, Jennifer R. Ovenden	2017	36
6	Tracking the resource pulse: Movement responses of fish to dynamic floodplain habitat in a tropical river Journal of Animal Ecology ·David A. Crook, Duncan J. Buckle, John R. Morrongiello, Quentin Allsop, Wayne J. Baldwin, Thor Saunders, Michael M. Douglas	2019	35
7	Trait‐based ecology of fishes: A quantitative assessment of literature trends and knowledge gaps using topic modelling Fish and Fisheries ·Osmar J. Luiz, Julian D. Olden, Mark J. Kennard, David A. Crook, Michael M. Douglas, Thor Saunders, Alison J. King	2019	33
8	Stock structure of blue threadfin Eleutheronema tetradactylum across northern Australia as inferred from stable isotopes in sagittal otolith carbonate Fisheries Management and Ecology ·Stephen J. Newman, Matthew B. Pember, Ben M. Rome, Gabby E.A. Mitsopoulos, Craig L. Skepper, Quentin Allsop, Thor Saunders, Aaron C. Ballagh, Lynne van Herwerden, Rod N. Garrett, Neil Gribble, Jason M. Stapley, Jessica J. Meeuwig, Bradley R. Moore, David J. Welch	2011	29
9	Differences in abalone growth and morphology between locations with high and low food availability: morphologically fixed or plastic traits? Marine Biology ·Thor Saunders, Sean D. Connell, Stephen Mayfield	2009	29
10	Improving spatial prioritisation for remote marine regions: optimising biodiversity conservation and sustainable development trade-offs Scientific Reports ·Cordelia Moore, Ben Radford, Hugh P. Possingham, Andrew Heyward, Romola Stewart, Matthew Watts, Jim Prescott, Stephen J. Newman, Euan S. Harvey, Rebecca Fisher, Clay Bryce, Ryan Lowe, Oliver Berry, Alexis Espinosa-Gayosso, Errol Sporer, Thor Saunders	2016	28
11	A simple, cost-effective, morphometric marker for characterising abalone populations at multiple spatial scales Marine and Freshwater Research ·Thor Saunders, Stephen Mayfield, A Hogg	2008	28
12	Migration to freshwater increases growth rates in a facultatively catadromous tropical fish Oecologia ·Brien H. Roberts, John R. Morrongiello, Alison J. King, David L. Morgan, Thor Saunders, Jon Woodhead, David A. Crook	2019	25
13	One panel to rule them all: DArTcap genotyping for population structure, historical demography, and kinship analyses, and its application to a threatened shark Molecular Ecology Resources ·Pierre Feutry, Floriaan Devloo‐Delva, Adrien Tran Lu Y, Stefano Mona, Rasanthi M. Gunasekera, Grant Johnson, Richard D. Pillans, Damian Jaccoud, Andrzej Kilian, David L. Morgan, Thor Saunders, Nicholas J. Bax, Peter M. Kyne	2020	22
14	Variation in stable isotope (δ18O and δ13C) signatures in the sagittal otolith carbonate of king threadfin, Polydactylus macrochir across northern Australia reveals multifaceted stock structure Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology ·Stephen J. Newman, Quentin Allsop, Aaron C. Ballagh, Rod N. Garrett, Neil Gribble, Jessica J. Meeuwig, Gabby E.A. Mitsopoulos, Bradley R. Moore, Matthew B. Pember, Ben M. Rome, Thor Saunders, Craig L. Skepper, Jason M. Stapley, Lynne van Herwerden, David J. Welch	2010	19
15	Predicting biological variation using a simple morphometric marker in the sedentary marine invertebrate Haliotis rubra Marine Ecology Progress Series ·Thor Saunders, Stephen Mayfield	2008	19
16	Faster juvenile growth promotes earlier sex change in a protandrous hermaphrodite (barramundi Lates calcarifer) Scientific Reports ·Brien H. Roberts, John R. Morrongiello, Deborah Morgan, Alison J. King, Thor Saunders, David A. Crook	2021	18
17	A diver survey design to estimate absolute density, biomass, and spatial distribution of abalone Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ·Richard McGarvey, Stephen Mayfield, Karen Byth, Thor Saunders, Rowan C. Chick, Brian Foureur, John E. Feenstra, Peter F. W. Preece, A. Jones	2008	18
18	Does a bigger mouth make you fatter? Linking intraspecific gape variability to body condition of a tropical predatory fish Oecologia ·Osmar J. Luiz, David A. Crook, Mark J. Kennard, Julian D. Olden, Thor Saunders, Michael M. Douglas, Dion Wedd, Alison J. King	2019	17
19	Fate and consumption of discarded by-catch in the Spencer Gulf prawn fishery, South Australia Fisheries Research ·Ib Svane, Shane Roberts, Thor Saunders	2007	16
20	Stock structure of Lethrinus laticaudis (Lethrinidae) across northern Australia determined using genetics, otolith microchemistry and parasite assemblage composition Marine and Freshwater Research ·Diane P. Barton, Laura Taillebois, Jonathan Taylor, David A. Crook, Thor Saunders, Mark Hearnden, Alan Greig, David J. Welch, Stephen J. Newman, Michael J. Travers, Richard J. Saunders, Chris Errity, Safia Maher, Christine L. Dudgeon, Jennifer R. Ovenden	2018	13

About Thor Saunders

Thor Saunders is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Aquatic Science and Genetics, having authored 51 papers that have together received 712 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and fisheries research (29 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (26 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (12 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (11 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (9 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (7 papers), Identification and Quantification in Food (6 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (369 citations), Global and Planetary Change (420 citations), Aquatic Science (137 citations), Ecology (329 citations) and Oceanography (53 citations). Thor Saunders has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Stephen Mayfield, David A. Crook, Michael M. Douglas, Alison J. King, Stephen J. Newman, David J. Welch, John R. Morrongiello, Quentin Allsop, Sean D. Connell and Michael J. Travers. Their work appears in journals such as Fisheries Research, Scientific Reports, Marine and Freshwater Research, ICES Journal of Marine Science and Marine Policy.

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