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Adrian C. Gleiss

Adrian C. Gleiss

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
5174
World Ranking
6901
National Ranking
541

Overview

Adrian C. Gleiss is affiliated with Murdoch University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology.

The scientist's research spans several subfields, notably:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling

The main topics addressed in their work cover diverse aspects of marine biology and environmental science, including:

  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Marine and fisheries research

Gleiss has published research in a variety of venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Marine Biology
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Conservation
  • Journal of Fish Biology

Recent papers notable in their publication record include:

  • Temporal niche partitioning as a novel mechanism promoting co-existence of sympatric predators in marine systems, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology, 2022, Science Advances
  • A standardisation framework for bio-logging data to advance ecological research and conservation, 2021, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Divergent field metabolic rates highlight the challenges of increasing temperatures and energy limitation in aquatic ectotherms, 2020, Oecologia
  • The power of national acoustic tracking networks to assess the impacts of human activity on marine organisms during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Biological Conservation

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Karissa O. Lear
  • Evan E. Byrnes
  • Mark G. Meekan
  • Taylor K. Chapple
  • Samantha Andrzejaczek

Best Publications

  • Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

    Graeme C. Hays;Luciana C. Ferreira;Luciana C. Ferreira;Ana M.M. Sequeira;Mark G. Meekan

  • Making overall dynamic body acceleration work: on the theory of acceleration as a proxy for energy expenditure

    Adrian C. Gleiss;Rory P. Wilson;Emily L. C. Shepard

  • Tri-axial dynamic acceleration as a proxy for animal energy expenditure; should we be summing values or calculating the vector?

    Lama Qasem;Antonia Cardew;Alexis Wilson;Iwan Griffiths

  • Derivation of body motion via appropriate smoothing of acceleration data

    Emily L. C. Shepard;Rory P. Wilson;Lewis G. Halsey;Flavio Quintana

  • Accelerating estimates of activity-specific metabolic rate in fishes: Testing the applicability of acceleration data-loggers

    Adrian C. Gleiss;Jonathan J. Dale;Kim N. Holland;Rory P. Wilson

  • High activity and Levy searches: jellyfish can search the water column like fish

    Graeme C. Hays;Thomas Bastian;Thomas K. Doyle;Sabrina Fossette

  • Convergent evolution in locomotory patterns of flying and swimming animals

    Adrian C. Gleiss;Salvador J. Jorgensen;Nikolai Liebsch;Juan E. Sala

  • Moved by that sinking feeling: variable diving geometry underlies movement strategies in whale sharks

    Adrian C. Gleiss;Brad Norman;Rory P. Wilson

  • Current-Oriented Swimming by Jellyfish and Its Role in Bloom Maintenance

    Sabrina Fossette;Adrian Christopher Gleiss;Julien Chalumeau;Thomas Bastian

  • Contrasting diel patterns in vertical movement and locomotor activity of whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef

    Adrian C. Gleiss;Adrian C. Gleiss;Serena Wright;Serena Wright;Nikolai Liebsch;Rory P. Wilson

  • Acceleration data reveal the energy management strategy of a marine ectotherm during reproduction

    Sabrina Fossette;Gail Schofield;Martin K. S. Lilley;Adrian C. Gleiss

  • Development and application of a machine learning algorithm for classification of elasmobranch behaviour from accelerometry data.

    L. R. Brewster;J. J. Dale;T. L. Guttridge;S. H. Gruber

  • A novel method for determining post-release mortality, behavior, and recovery period using acceleration data loggers

    Nicholas M. Whitney;Connor F. White;Adrian C. Gleiss;Gail D. Schwieterman

  • The effects of temperature and swimming speed on the metabolic rate of the nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum, Bonaterre)

    Nicholas M. Whitney;Karissa O. Lear;Lindsay C. Gaskins;Adrian C. Gleiss

  • Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology

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  • Temporal niche partitioning as a novel mechanism promoting co-existence of sympatric predators in marine systems.

    Karissa O Lear;Nicholas M Whitney;John J Morris;Adrian C Gleiss

  • Correlations of metabolic rate and body acceleration in three species of coastal sharks under contrasting temperature regimes

    Karissa O. Lear;Nicholas M. Whitney;Lauran R. Brewster;Jack J. Morris

  • A new prospect for tagging large free-swimming sharks with motion-sensitive data-loggers

    Adrian C. Gleiss;Brad Norman;Nikolai Liebsch;Clive Francis

  • Undersea constellations: The global biology of an endangered marine megavertebrate further informed through citizen science

    Bradley M. Norman;Jason A. Holmberg;Zaven Arzoumanian;Samantha D. Reynolds

  • Patterns and drivers of vertical movements of the large fishes of the epipelagic

    Samantha Andrzejaczek;Samantha Andrzejaczek;Adrian C. Gleiss;Charitha B. Pattiaratchi;Mark G. Meekan

  • Behaviour and buoyancy regulation in the deepest-diving reptile: the leatherback turtle.

    Sabrina Fossette;Adrian C. Gleiss;Andy E. Myers;Steve Garner

  • Use of overall dynamic body acceleration for estimating energy expenditure in cormorants: Does locomotion in different media affect relationships?

    Agustina Gómez Laich;Rory P. Wilson;Adrian C. Gleiss;Emily L.C. Shepard

  • A standardisation framework for bio-logging data to advance ecological research and conservation

    Ana M. M. Sequeira;Malcolm O'Toole;Theresa R. Keates;Laura H. McDonnell

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Morgan
David L. Morgan Murdoch University
Rory P. Wilson
Rory P. Wilson Swansea University
Graeme C. Hays
Graeme C. Hays Deakin University
Sabrina Fossette
Sabrina Fossette University of Western Australia
Barbara A. Block
Barbara A. Block Stanford University
Mark G. Meekan
Mark G. Meekan Australian Institute of Marine Science
Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Michelle R. Heupel
Michelle R. Heupel University of Tasmania
David W. Sims
David W. Sims University of Southampton
Charitha Pattiaratchi
Charitha Pattiaratchi University of Western Australia

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