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Coleen L. Moloney is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Pollution, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their scientific publications explore key topics such as Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Marine and Fisheries Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Recent papers authored by or associated with this scientist include the following:

  • Toward Balancing the Budget: Surface Macro-Plastics Dominate the Mass of Particulate Pollution Stranded on Beaches (2020), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Monitoring marine plastics - will we know if we are making a difference? (2020), South African Journal of Science
  • Drivers of short-term variability in phytoplankton production in an embayment of the southern Benguela upwelling system (2020), Journal of Marine Systems
  • Marine Microbial Community Composition During the Upwelling Season in the Southern Benguela (2020), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Investigating connectivity between two sardine stocks off South Africa using a high-resolution IBM: Retention and transport success of sardine eggs (2020), Fisheries Oceanography

Coleen L. Moloney has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Peter G. Ryan
  • Vonica Perold
  • Emma Rocke
  • Nicole Dames
  • Jessica Burger

The scientist's work has been published in multiple venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Bird Conservation International
  • South African Journal of Science
  • Journal of Marine Systems

Best Publications

  • Monitoring the abundance of plastic debris in the marine environment

    Peter G. Ryan;Charles J. Moore;Jan A. van Franeker;Coleen L. Moloney

  • The size-based dynamics of plankton food webs. I. A simulation model of carbon and nitrogen flows

    Coleen L. Moloney;John G. Field

  • Trophodynamic indicators for an ecosystem approach to fisheries

    Philippe Cury;L.J. Shannon;J.P. Roux;G.M. Daskalov

  • Trophic flows in the southern Benguela during the 1980s and 1990s

    Lynne J Shannon;Coleen L Moloney;Astrid Jarre;John G Field

  • General allometric equations for rates of nutrient uptake, ingestion, and respiration in plankton organisms

    Coleen L. Moloney;John G. Field

  • The influence of spatially and temporally varying oceanographic conditions on meroplanktonic metapopulations

    L.W. Botsford;C.L. Moloney;A. Hastings;J.L. Largier

  • 8 Resource and ecosystem variability, including regime shifts, in the Benguela Current System

    C.D. van der Lingen;L.J. Shannon;P. Cury;A. Kreiner

  • Ecological Speciation in South Atlantic Island Finches

    Peter G. Ryan;Paulette Bloomer;Paulette Bloomer;Coleen L. Moloney;Tyron J. Grant

  • Marine litter keeps increasing

    Peter G. Ryan;Coleen L. Moloney

  • Short-term variability during an anchor station study in the southern Benguela upwelling system: Phytoplankton dynamics

    G.C. Pitcher;D.R. Walker;B.A. Mitchell-Innes;C.L. Moloney

  • Comparing the Benguela and Humboldt marine upwelling ecosystems with indicators derived from inter-calibrated models

    Coleen L. Moloney;Astrid Jarre;Hugo Arancibia;Yves-Marie Bozec

  • Comparing trophic flows in the southern Benguela to those in other upwelling ecosystems

    A. Jarre-Teichmann;L. J. Shannon;C. L. Moloney;P. A. Wickens

  • Consistent patterns of debris on South African beaches indicate that industrial pellets and other mesoplastic items mostly derive from local sources.

    Peter G. Ryan;Vonica Perold;Alexis Osborne;Coleen L. Moloney

  • The size-based dynamics of plankton food webs. II. Simulations of three contrasting southern Benguela food webs

    Coleen L. Moloney;John G. Field;Michael I. Lucas

  • Comparing trophic flows and fishing impacts of a NW Mediterranean ecosystem with coastal upwelling systems by means of standardized models and indicators

    Marta Coll;Lynne J. Shannon;Coleen L. Moloney;Isabel Palomera

  • Simulating anchovy-sardine regime shifts in the southern Benguela ecosystem

    Lynne J Shannon;John G Field;Coleen L Moloney

  • Effect of trawling on bird and seal distributions in the southern Benguela region

    PG Ryan;CL Moloney

  • Long-term decreases in persistent organic pollutants in South African coastal waters detected from beached polyethylene pellets.

    Peter G. Ryan;Hindrik Bouwman;Coleen L. Moloney;Masaki Yuyama

  • The effect of fine-scale sampling frequency on estimates of beach litter accumulation.

    Peter G. Ryan;Annerie Lamprecht;Debbie Swanepoel;Coleen L. Moloney

  • Characterising and comparing the spawning habitats of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and sardine Sardinops sagax in the southern Benguela upwelling ecosystem

    NM Twatwa;CD van der Lingen;L Drapeau;CL Moloney

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter G. Ryan
Peter G. Ryan University of Cape Town
John G. Field
John G. Field University of Cape Town
Lynne J. Shannon
Lynne J. Shannon University of Cape Town
Philippe Cury
Philippe Cury Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Pierrick Penven
Pierrick Penven French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Suzanne J. Milton
Suzanne J. Milton University of Cape Town
Olivier Maury
Olivier Maury École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Tamara B. Robinson
Tamara B. Robinson Stellenbosch University
George M. Branch
George M. Branch University of Cape Town
Evgeny A. Pakhomov
Evgeny A. Pakhomov University of British Columbia

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