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Gary A. Kendrick is a researcher affiliated with the University of Western Australia. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Ecology and Oceanography at the subfield level. Other areas of study include Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Aquatic Science.

Their research addresses various topics within marine and coastal biology and ecology, including:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Marine animal studies overview

Gary A. Kendrick has published extensively in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Restoration Ecology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kendrick include:

  • "Too hot to handle: Unprecedented seagrass death driven by marine heatwave in a World Heritage Area" (2020) published in Global Change Biology
  • "Seagrass Restoration Is Possible: Insights and Lessons From Australia and New Zealand" (2020) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Challenges for Restoration of Coastal Marine Ecosystems in the Anthropocene" (2020) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Operationalizing marketable blue carbon" (2022) published in One Earth
  • "Seagrass losses since mid-20th century fuelled CO2 emissions from soil carbon stocks" (2020) published in Global Change Biology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Matthew W. Fraser
  • Elizabeth A. Sinclair
  • Renae K. Hovey
  • John Statton
  • Belinda C. Martin

Best Publications

  • Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems

    Michelle Waycott;Carlos M. Duarte;Tim J. B. Carruthers;Robert J. Orth

  • A Global Crisis for Seagrass Ecosystems

    Robert J. Orth;Tim J. B. Carruthers;William C. Dennison;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Seagrass ecosystems as a globally significant carbon stock

    James W. Fourqurean;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Hilary Kennedy;Núria Marbà

  • Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation

    Oscar Serrano;Catherine E. Lovelock;Trisha B. Atwood;Trisha B. Atwood;Peter I. Macreadie

  • Climate-driven regime shift of a temperate marine ecosystem

    Thomas Wernberg;Scott Bennett;Scott Bennett;Russell C. Babcock;Russell C. Babcock;Thibaut de Bettignies

  • Extinction risk assessment of the world’s seagrass species

    Frederick T. Short;Beth Polidoro;Suzanne R. Livingstone;Kent E. Carpenter

  • Global analysis of seagrass restoration: the importance of large-scale planting

    Marieke M. van Katwijk;Anitra Thorhaug;Núria Marbà;Robert J. Orth

  • Impacts of climate change in a global hotspot for temperate marine biodiversity and ocean warming

    Thomas Wernberg;Bayden D. Russell;Pippa J. Moore;Pippa J. Moore;Scott D. Ling

  • Trophic Transfers from Seagrass Meadows Subsidize Diverse Marine and Terrestrial Consumers

    Kenneth L. Heck;Tim J. B. Carruthers;Carlos M. Duarte;A. Randall Hughes

  • A marine heatwave drives massive losses from the world’s largest seagrass carbon stocks

    Ariane Arias-Ortiz;Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano;Pere Masqué;Pere Masqué;Pere Masqué;Paul Lavery;Paul Lavery

  • Bait attraction affects the performance of remote underwater video stations in assessment of demersal fish community structure

    Euan S. Harvey;Mike Cappo;James J. Butler;Norm Hall

  • A comparison of temperate reef fish assemblages recorded by three underwater stereo-video techniques

    Dianne L. Watson;Euan S. Harvey;Marti J. Anderson;Gary A. Kendrick

  • Decreasing resilience of kelp beds along a latitudinal temperature gradient: potential implications for a warmer future

    Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg;Mads S. Thomsen;Mads S. Thomsen;Fernando Tuya;Gary A. Kendrick

  • Unravelling complexity in seagrass systems for management: Australia as a microcosm

    Kieryn Kilminster;Kathryn McMahon;Michelle Waycott;Gary A. Kendrick

  • The central role of dispersal in the maintenance and persistence of seagrass populations

    Gary A. Kendrick;Michelle Waycott;Tim J. B. Carruthers;Marion L. Cambridge

  • Extreme Temperatures, Foundation Species, and Abrupt Ecosystem Change: An Example from an Iconic Seagrass Ecosystem

    Jordan A. Thomson;Derek A. Burkholder;Michael R. Heithaus;James W. Fourqurean

  • Impact of seagrass loss and subsequent revegetation on carbon sequestration and stocks

    Núria Marbà;Ariane Arias‐Ortiz;Pere Masqué;Pere Masqué;Pere Masqué;Gary A. Kendrick

  • Ecological significance and commercial harvesting of drifting and beach-cast macro-algae and seagrasses in Australia: a review

    Hugh Kirkman;Gary A. Kendrick

  • A comparison of underwater visual distance estimates made by scuba divers and a stereo-video system: implications for underwater visual census of reef fish abundance

    Euan Harvey;David Fletcher;Mark R. Shortis;Gary A. Kendrick

  • Changes in seagrass coverage in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia between 1967 and 1999

    Gary A Kendrick;Matt J Aylward;Bruce J Hegge;Marion L Cambridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wernberg
Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia
Paul S. Lavery
Paul S. Lavery Edith Cowan University
Euan S. Harvey
Euan S. Harvey Curtin University
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Michelle Waycott
Michelle Waycott University of Adelaide
James W. Fourqurean
James W. Fourqurean Florida International University
Diana Walker
Diana Walker University of Western Australia
William C. Dennison
William C. Dennison University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Dan A. Smale
Dan A. Smale Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Russell C. Babcock
Russell C. Babcock Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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