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Jeffrey J. Kelleway

Jeffrey J. Kelleway

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
8294
World Ranking
7986
National Ranking
622

Overview

Jeffrey J. Kelleway is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia and has contributed significantly to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their main areas of research focus on the dynamics and ecology of coastal and marine environments.

Their research emphasizes coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coastal and marine dynamics, and marine and coastal plant biology. Additional topics include peatlands and wetlands ecology, coral and marine ecosystems studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, and land use and ecosystem services.

Notable recent publications by Jeffrey J. Kelleway include:

  • Blue carbon as a natural climate solution, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Thresholds of mangrove survival under rapid sea level rise, 2020, Science
  • An Australian blue carbon method to estimate climate change mitigation benefits of coastal wetland restoration, 2022, Restoration Ecology
  • A national approach to greenhouse gas abatement through blue carbon management, 2020, Global Environmental Change
  • Widespread retreat of coastal habitat is likely at warming levels above 1.5 °C, 2023, Nature

Frequent collaborators of Kelleway include Catherine E. Lovelock, Kerrylee Rogers, Peter I. Macreadie, Óscar Serrano, and Neil Saintilan. The scientist has published multiple times in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, Restoration Ecology, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Science, and Global Environmental Change.

Jeffrey J. Kelleway's work spans several subfields within environmental research, including ecology, earth-surface processes, oceanography, atmospheric science, and global and planetary change, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach to understanding environmental systems and climate-related impacts on coastal ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • The future of Blue Carbon science

    Peter I. Macreadie;Andrea Anton;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;Nicola Beaumont

  • Blue carbon as a natural climate solution

    Peter I. Macreadie;Micheli D. P. Costa;Trisha B. Atwood;Daniel A. Friess

  • Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses

    Trisha B Atwood;Trisha B Atwood;Rod M Connolly;Hannan Almahasheer;Paul E Carnell

  • Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise

    Kerrylee Rogers;Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Neil Saintilan;J. Patrick Megonigal

  • Thresholds of mangrove survival under rapid sea level rise

    N Saintilan;Nicole S Khan;Erica Ashe;J J Kelleway

  • Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon

    Peter I. Macreadie;Daniel A. Nielsen;Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Trisha B. Atwood

  • Review of the ecosystem service implications of mangrove encroachment into salt marshes.

    Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Kyle Cavanaugh;Kerrylee Rogers;Ilka C. Feller

  • Comparison of marine macrophytes for their contributions to blue carbon sequestration

    Stacey M Trevathan-Tackett;Jeffrey Kelleway;Peter I Macreadie;Peter I Macreadie;John Beardall

  • Seventy years of continuous encroachment substantially increases 'blue carbon' capacity as mangroves replace intertidal salt marshes.

    Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Neil Saintilan;Peter I. Macreadie;Peter I. Macreadie;Charles G. Skilbeck

  • Carbon sequestration by Australian tidal marshes

    Peter I. Macreadie;Peter I. Macreadie;Q. R. Ollivier;J.J. Kelleway;J.J. Kelleway;Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano

  • Sedimentary Factors are Key Predictors of Carbon Storage in SE Australian Saltmarshes

    Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Neil Saintilan;Peter I. Macreadie;Peter I. Macreadie;Peter J. Ralph

  • An Australian blue carbon method to estimate climate change mitigation benefits of coastal wetland restoration

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  • Operationalizing marketable blue carbon

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  • Widespread retreat of coastal habitat is likely at warming levels above 1.5 °C

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  • A national approach to greenhouse gas abatement through blue carbon management

    Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Oscar Serrano;Jeffrey A. Baldock;Rachel Burgess

  • Climate Change Impacts on the Coastal Wetlands of Australia

    Neil Saintilan;Kerrylee Rogers;Jeffrey Kelleway;Emilie-Jane Ens

  • Life stage influences the resistance and resilience of black mangrove forests to winter climate extremes

    Michael J. Osland;Richard H. Day;Andrew S. From;Meagan L. McCoy

  • Converting beach-cast seagrass wrack into biochar: A climate-friendly solution to a coastal problem

    Peter I. Macreadie;Peter I. Macreadie;Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett;Jeffrey A. Baldock;Jeffrey J. Kelleway

  • Practical Guide to Measuring Wetland Carbon Pools and Fluxes

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  • Sediment and carbon deposition vary among vegetation assemblages in a coastal salt marsh

    Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Neil Saintilan;Peter I. Macreadie;Jeffrey A. Baldock

  • Blue carbon in coastal landscapes: a spatial framework for assessment of stocks and additionality

    Kerrylee Rogers;Peter Macreadie;Jeffrey Kelleway;Neil Saintilan

  • Geochemical analyses reveal the importance of environmental history for blue carbon sequestration

    J. J. Kelleway;J. J. Kelleway;N. Saintilan;P. I. Macreadie;J. A. Baldock

  • Blue carbon potential of coastal wetland restoration varies with inundation and rainfall

    Karita Negandhi;Grant Edwards;Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Dean Howard;Dean Howard

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil Saintilan
Neil Saintilan Macquarie University
Peter I. Macreadie
Peter I. Macreadie Deakin University
Oscar Serrano
Oscar Serrano Edith Cowan University
Paul S. Lavery
Paul S. Lavery Edith Cowan University
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University
Catherine E. Lovelock
Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland
Trisha B. Atwood
Trisha B. Atwood Utah State University
Kerrylee Rogers
Kerrylee Rogers University of Wollongong
Rod M. Connolly
Rod M. Connolly Griffith University
Jeff Baldock
Jeff Baldock Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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