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58
Citations
10507
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2603
National Ranking
200

Overview

Iain M. Suthers is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Aquatic Science.

Their scholarly output includes a focus on marine and fisheries research, fish ecology and management studies, coral and marine ecosystems, marine and coastal ecosystems, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, crustacean biology and ecology, as well as marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

Recent publications by Iain M. Suthers include the following papers:

  • A function-based typology for Earth's ecosystems, 2022, Nature
  • Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science, 2021, Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Artificial reefs increase fish abundance in habitat-limited estuaries, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • A functional size-spectrum model of the global marine ecosystem that resolves zooplankton composition, 2020, Ecological Modelling
  • Eddy-Driven Cross-Shelf Transport in the East Australian Current Separation Zone, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

The frequent co-authors of Iain M. Suthers include:

  • Hayden T. Schilling
  • Jason D. Everett
  • Richard T. Kingsford
  • Matthew D. Taylor
  • James A. Smith

Publication venues where Iain M. Suthers has appeared most often are:

  • Marine and Freshwater Research
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Fisheries Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Fisheries Research

Best Publications

  • Plankton: A Guide to Their Ecology and Monitoring for Water Quality

    Iain M. Suthers;David Rissik

  • A function-based typology for Earth’s ecosystems

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  • The strengthening East Australian Current, its eddies and biological effects — an introduction and overview

    Iain M. Suthers;Jock W. Young;Mark E. Baird;Moninya Roughan

  • To fit or not to fit: evaluating stable isotope mixing models using simulated mixing polygons

    James A. Smith;Debashish Mazumder;Iain M. Suthers;Matthew D. Taylor

  • Temperature dependence of fish performance in the wild: links with species biogeography and physiological thermal tolerance

    Nicholas L. Payne;Nicholas L. Payne;James A. Smith;Dylan E. van der Meulen;Matthew D. Taylor

  • Rethinking the Role of Salps in the Ocean

    Natasha Henschke;Natasha Henschke;Jason D. Everett;Anthony J. Richardson;Iain M. Suthers

  • Otolith research and application: current directions in innovation and implementation

    Gavin A. Begg;Steven E. Campana;Anthony J. Fowler;Iain M. Suthers

  • Comparison of baited remote underwater video (BRUV) and underwater visual census (UVC) for assessment of artificial reefs in estuaries

    Michael Lowry;Heath Folpp;Marcus Gregson;Iain Suthers

  • An avenue of eddies: Quantifying the biophysical properties of mesoscale eddies in the Tasman Sea

    J. D. Everett;J. D. Everett;J. D. Everett;M. E. Baird;M. E. Baird;P. R. Oke;I. M. Suthers;I. M. Suthers

  • Intercalibration of four spectrofluorometric protocols for measuring RNA/DNA ratios in larval and juvenile fish

    Elaine M. Caldarone;Catriona M. Clemmesen;Elisa Berdalet;Thomas J. Miller

  • Pelagic fish assemblages assessed using mid-water baited video: standardising fish counts using bait plume size

    Elizabeth C. Heagney;Tim P. Lynch;Russ C. Babcock;Iain M. Suthers

  • Bigger? Fatter? Or is faster growth better? Considerations on condition in larval and juvenile coral-reef fish

    Iain M. Suthers

  • Dynamic estuarine plumes and fronts: importance to small fish and plankton in coastal waters of NSW, Australia

    M.J. Kingsford;I.M. Suthers

  • Role of Hypoxia in Limiting Diel Spring and Summer Distribution of Juvenile Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) in a Prairie Marsh

    Iain M. Suthers;John H. Gee

  • Spatial variation in δ13C and δ15N of liver, muscle and bone in a rocky reef planktivorous fish: the relative contribution of sewage

    Troy F. Gaston;Iain M. Suthers

  • Key habitat and home range of mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus in a south-east Australian estuary: finding the estuarine niche to optimise stocking

    Matthew W. Taylor;Shawn D. Laffan;D. Stewart Fielder;Iain M. Suthers

  • Coastal and marine zooplankton: diversity and biology

    Iain Suthers;Michael Dawson;Kylie Anne Pitt;Anthony G. Miskiewicz

  • Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of three types of oyster tissue in an impacted estuary

    Richard F. Piola;Stephanie K. Moore;Iain M. Suthers

  • A size-resolved pelagic ecosystem model

    Mark E. Baird;Iain M. Suthers

  • Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science

    S. J. Pittman;K. L. Yates;P. J. Bouchet;D. Alvarez-Berastegui

  • Responsible estuarine finfish stock enhancement: an Australian perspective

    M. D. Taylor;P. J. Palmer;D. S. Fielder;I. M. Suthers

  • Tidal currents, sampling effort and baited remote underwater video (BRUV) surveys: Are we drawing the right conclusions?

    Matthew D. Taylor;Jessica Baker;Iain M. Suthers

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark E. Baird
Mark E. Baird Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Moninya Roughan
Moninya Roughan University of New South Wales
Martina A. Doblin
Martina A. Doblin University of Technology Sydney
Jason H. Middleton
Jason H. Middleton University of New South Wales
Bronwyn M. Gillanders
Bronwyn M. Gillanders University of Adelaide
Evgeny A. Pakhomov
Evgeny A. Pakhomov University of British Columbia
Kenneth T. Frank
Kenneth T. Frank Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Jock W. Young
Jock W. Young Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Neil R. Loneragan
Neil R. Loneragan Murdoch University

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