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Gregory P. Jenkins

Gregory P. Jenkins

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Ecology and Evolution

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49
Citations
6136
World Ranking
4104
National Ranking
314

Overview

Gregory P. Jenkins is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science, with a particular focus on marine and fisheries research. Their work spans various subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Fisheries Management and Ecology
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Research topics covered in their publications focus primarily on marine and coastal ecosystems, fish ecology and management, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, coral and marine ecosystems, isotope analysis in ecology, and marine and coastal plant biology. Key areas include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Jenkins has collaborated with several researchers, including Rhys A. Coleman, Kerry Black, Perran L. M. Cook, Holger Jänes, and Paul E. Carnell. These frequent co-authors have contributed to multiple projects in overlapping fields.

Notable recent publications by Gregory P. Jenkins include:

  • Environmental drivers of fish population dynamics in an estuarine ecosystem of south-eastern Australia, 2022, Fisheries Management and Ecology
  • Modelling the effects of changing loads of nitrogen discharged from a sewage treatment plant on plankton dynamics in a large, urbanised bay, 2021, Regional Studies in Marine Science

Other relevant papers co-authored by Jenkins or linked closely to their research interests include:

  • Spatio-temporal resolution of spawning and larval nursery habitats using otolith microchemistry is element dependent, 2020, Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Seagrass valuation from fish abundance, biomass and recreational catch, 2021, Ecological Indicators
  • Environmental flows stimulate estuarine plankton communities by altered salinity structure and enhanced nutrient recycling, 2022, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Best Publications

  • Observational methods used in marine spatial monitoring of fishes and associated habitats: a review

    Hannah M. Murphy;Gregory P. Jenkins

  • The influence of habitat structure on nearshore fish assemblages in a southern Australian embayment: Comparison of shallow seagrass, reef-algal and unvegetated sand habitats, with emphasis on their importance to recruitment

    Gregory P Jenkins;Melissa J Wheatley

  • Potential effects of climate change on Australian estuaries and fish utilising estuaries: a review

    Bronwyn M. Gillanders;Travis S. Elsdon;Ian A. Halliday;Gregory P. Jenkins

  • Comparison of Fish Assemblages Associated with Seagrass and Adjacent Unvegetated Habitats of Port Phillip Bay and Corner Inlet, Victoria, Australia, with Emphasis on Commercial Species

    G.P. Jenkins;H.M.A. May;M.J. Wheatley;M.G. Holloway

  • Comparison of spatial variation in otolith chemistry of two fish species and relationships with water chemistry and otolith growth

    P. A. Hamer;G. P. Jenkins

  • Barium variation in Pagrus auratus (Sparidae) otoliths: A potential indicator of migration between an embayment and ocean waters in south-eastern Australia

    Paul A. Hamer;Gregory P. Jenkins;Patrick Coutin

  • Temporal and spatial variability in recruitment of a temperate, seagrass-associated fish is largely determined by physical processes in the pre- and post-settlement phases

    Gregory P Jenkins;Kerry P Black;Melissa J Wheatley;David N Hatton

  • Edge effects on fish associated with seagrass and sand patches

    Timothy M. Smith;Jeremy S. Hindell;Gregory P. Jenkins;Rod Martin Connolly

  • Otolith chemistry of juvenile snapper Pagrus auratus in Victorian waters: natural chemical tags and their temporal variation

    Paul A. Hamer;Gregory P. Jenkins;Bronwyn M. Gillanders

  • Edge effects in patchy seagrass landscapes: The role of predation in determining fish distribution

    Timothy M. Smith;Jeremy S. Hindell;Jeremy S. Hindell;Gregory P. Jenkins;Rod Martin Connolly

  • Spatial and temporal variability in the assemblage structure of fishes associated with mangroves (Avicennia marina) and intertidal mudflats in temperate Australian embayments

    J. S. Hindell;G. P. Jenkins

  • Age growth rate and growth trajectory determined from otolith microstructure of southern bluefin tuna thunnus maccoyii larvae

    G. P. Jenkins;T. L. O. Davis

  • Composition, seasonality and distribution of ichthyoplankton in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria

    GP Jenkins

  • Once upon a larva: revisiting the relationship between feeding success and growth in fish larvae

    Pierre Pepin;Dominique Robert;Caroline Bouchard;John F. Dower

  • Variation in larval growth can predict the recruitment of a temperate, seagrass-associated fish.

    Gregory P. Jenkins;Daniel King

  • Variability in abundances of fishes associated with seagrass habitats in relation to diets of predatory fishes

    J. S. Hindell;G. P. Jenkins;M. J. Keough

  • Predatory impact of scyphomedusae on ichthyoplankton and other zooplankton in Port Phillip Bay

    Mark S. Fancett;Greg P. Jenkins

  • The influence of habitat structure on nearshore fish assemblages in a southern Australian embayment: colonisation and turnover rate of fishes associated with artificial macrophyte beds of varying physical structure

    G.P Jenkins;C.R Sutherland

  • Resource distribution influences positive edge effects in a seagrass fish

    Peter I. MacReadie;Jeremy S. Hindell;Michael J. Keough;Gregory P. Jenkins

  • Diel patterns of vertical distribution in larvae of southern bluefin Thunnus maccoyii, and other tuna in the East Indian Ocean

    Tlo Davis;GP Jenkins;JW Young

  • Comparative diets, prey selection, and predatory impact of co-occurring larvae of two flounder species

    Greg P. Jenkins

  • VARIATION IN SETTLEMENT AND LARVAL DURATION OF KING GEORGE WHITING, SILLAGINODES-PUNCTATA (SILLAGINIDAE), IN SWAN BAY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

    G. P. Jenkins;H. M. A. May

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Keough
Michael J. Keough University of Melbourne
Stephen E. Swearer
Stephen E. Swearer University of Melbourne
Rod M. Connolly
Rod M. Connolly Griffith University
Peter I. Macreadie
Peter I. Macreadie Deakin University
Perran L. M. Cook
Perran L. M. Cook Monash University
Bronwyn M. Gillanders
Bronwyn M. Gillanders University of Adelaide
Jock W. Young
Jock W. Young Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ralph Charles Mac Nally
Ralph Charles Mac Nally University of Canberra
Neville S. Barrett
Neville S. Barrett University of Tasmania
Louis Fortier
Louis Fortier Université Laval

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