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D-Index
52
Citations
11033
World Ranking
16594
National Ranking
6868

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1965 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bruce Collette is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research spans multiple facets of environmental and biological sciences, with a focus on fish biology and ecology. Their academic contributions include studies across fields such as Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their main research subfields include:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Aquatic Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology

Bruce Collette's work covers key topics including:

  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

The scientist has published in a variety of journals and venues, such as:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • OAR@UM (University of Malta)
  • Ichthyology & Herpetology
  • DSpace Repository (Smithsonian)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Bruce Collette include:

  • "A multi-taxon analysis of European Red Lists reveals major threats to biodiversity" (2023, PLoS ONE)
  • "First record of the flat needlefish Ablennes hians (Belonidae) in central Mediterranean waters (western Ionian Sea)" (2021, OAR@UM (University of Malta))
  • "Population structure of longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol) within and across Indonesia's fisheries management areas (FMAs) and neighboring countries based on mitochondrial control region" (2024, Regional Studies in Marine Science)
  • "History of the Monographic Series Fishes of the Western North Atlantic" (2024, Ichthyology & Herpetology)
  • "Batrachus uranoscopus Guichenot, 1866 supposedly from Madagascar, is not a threatened species of toadfish (Batrachoididae)" (2020, DSpace Repository (Smithsonian))

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Axel Hochkirch
  • Melanie Bilz
  • Catarina Ferreira
  • Anja Danielczak
  • David Allen

Bruce Collette's recognition includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1965.

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

    Michael Hoffmann;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Ariadne Angulo;Monika Böhm

  • The Diversity of Fishes

    Gene S. Helfman;Bruce B. Collette;Douglas E. Facey

  • FAO species catalogue. Volume 2. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date.

    B. B. Collette;C. E. Nauen

  • High value and long life - Double jeopardy for tunas and billfishes

    B. B. Collette;K. E. Carpenter;K. E. Carpenter;B. A. Polidoro;B. A. Polidoro;M. J. Juan-Jordá

  • Systematics, Historical Ecology, and North American Freshwater Fishes.

    Bruce B. Collette;Richard L. Mayden

  • Bigelow and Schroeder's fishes of the Gulf of Maine

    Henry B. Bigelow;Schroeder, William C. , b.;Bruce B. Collette;Grace Klein-MacPhee

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • Breeding tubercles and contact organs in fishes : their occurrence, structure, and significance. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 143, article 3

    Martin L. Wiley;Bruce B. Collette

  • Overview of the conservation status of the marine fishes of the Mediterranean Sea

    Michel Bariche;Murat Bilecenoglu;Kent E. Carpenter;Bruce B. Collette

  • Systematics of the tunas and mackerels (Scombridae)

    Bruce B. Collette;Carol Reeb;Barbara A. Block

  • Fishes of Bermuda : history, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys

    William F. Smith-Vaniz;Bruce B. Collette;Brain E. Luckhurst

  • Morphology, systematics, and biology of the Spanish mackerels (Scomberomorus, Scombridae)

    Bruce B. Collette;J L Russo

  • Correlations between ecology and morphology in anoline lizards from Havana, Cuba, and southern Florida

    Bruce B. Collette

  • Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Needlefishes (Teleostei: Belonidae) and the Biogeography of Transitions between Marine and Freshwater Habitats

    Nathan R. Lovejoy;Bruce B. Collette

  • Biology of the Percids

    Bruce B. Collette;M. A. Ali;K. E. F. Hokanson;Maria Nagięć

  • Systematics and Zoogeography of the Fishes of the Family Percidae

    Bruce B. Collette;Petru Bănărescu

  • Scombrids of the world : an annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos, and related species known to date. v. 2

    Bruce B. Collette;Cornelia E. Nauen

  • PHYLOGENY OF RECENT BILLFISHES (XIPHIOIDEI)

    Bruce B. Collette;Jan R. McDowell;John E. Graves

  • Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine (Third Edition)

    Bruce B. Collette;Grace. Klein-MacPhee

  • Reef Fishes Over Sponge Bottoms Off the Mouth of the Amazon River

    Bruce B. Collette;Klaus Ruetzler

Frequent Co-Authors

Kent Carpenter
Kent Carpenter Old Dominion University
Beth A. Polidoro
Beth A. Polidoro Arizona State University
John E. Graves
John E. Graves Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Nicholas K. Dulvy
Nicholas K. Dulvy Simon Fraser University
Pedro Afonso
Pedro Afonso University of the Azores
John E. Randall
John E. Randall Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Frederick T. Short
Frederick T. Short University of New Hampshire
David Obura
David Obura Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean
Ray Hilborn
Ray Hilborn University of Washington
Jake Rice
Jake Rice Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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