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Overview

Kenneth W. Able is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Genetics as subfields.

Their scientific contributions cover a variety of topics including Marine and fisheries research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Marine and coastal plant biology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Genetic diversity and population structure.

Recent publications by Kenneth W. Able include the following:

  • "Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) spawning and nursery areas in a sentinel estuary: spatial and temporal patterns", 2020, Environmental Biology of Fishes
  • "Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes", 2020, Science
  • "Life-history guilds of fishes associated with estuaries: opportunism versus dependency", 2023, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "Using multiple natural tags provides evidence for extensive larval dispersal across space and through time in summer flounder", 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • "Genetic decline and recovery of a demographically rebuilt fishery species", 2022, Molecular Ecology

Kenneth W. Able has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including Thomas M. Grothues, Paola C. López-Duarte, Charles W. Martin, Jennifer A. Hoey, and F. Joel Fodrie.

The scientist's work has been published in venues such as Estuaries and Coasts, Molecular Ecology, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Science, and Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, reflecting diverse interests in ecological and environmental research related to marine and coastal systems.

In addition to journal articles, Kenneth W. Able has contributed to book publications such as "Coastal Landscapes," published by Rutgers University Press in 2023.

Best Publications

  • The Identification, Conservation, and Management of Estuarine and Marine Nurseries for Fish and Invertebrates

    Michael W. Beck;Kenneth L. Heck;Kenneth W. Able;Daniel L. Childers

  • Evidence of connectivity between juvenile and adult habitats for mobile marine fauna : an important component of nurseries

    Bronwyn M. Gillanders;Kenneth W. Able;Jennifer A. Brown;David B. Eggleston

  • A re-examination of fish estuarine dependence: Evidence for connectivity between estuarine and ocean habitats

    Kenneth W. Able

  • The First Year in the Life of Estuarine Fishes in the Middle Atlantic Bight

    Kenneth W. Able;Michael P. Fahay

  • Salt marshes as nurseries for nekton: testing hypotheses on density, growth and survival through meta-analysis

    Thomas J. Minello;Kenneth W. Able;Michael P. Weinstein;Cynthia G. Hays

  • Composition, abundance, biomass, and production of macrofauna in a New England estuary: Comparisons among eelgrass meadows and other nursery habitats

    K. L. Heck;Kenneth Able;C. T. Roman;M. P. Fahay

  • A comparison of eelgrass, sea lettuce macroalgae, and marsh creeks as habitats for epibenthic fishes and decapods

    Susan M. Sogard;Kenneth W. Able

  • Fish assemblages across the marine to low salinity transition zone of a temperate estuary

    Edward J Martino;Kenneth W Able

  • Fishes and Decapod Crustaceans of Cape Cod Eelgrass Meadows: Species Composition, Seasonal Abundance Patterns and Comparison with Unvegetated Substrates

    K. L. Heck;Kenneth Able;M. P. Fahay;C. T. Roman

  • Relative importance of benthic microalgae, phytoplankton and the detritus of smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora and the common reed Phragmites australis to brackish-marsh food webs

    Sam C. Wainright;Sam C. Wainright;Michael P. Weinstein;Kenneth W. Able;Carolyn A. Currin

  • The role of nearshore ecosystems as fish and shellfish nurseries

    Michael W. Beck;Kenneth L. Heck;Kenneth W. Able;Daniel L. Childers

  • Mechanistic links between climate and fisheries along the east coast of the United States: explaining population outbursts of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus)

    Jonathan A. Hare;Kenneth W. Able

  • Spatial and temporal habitat use patterns for salt marsh nekton: implications for ecological functions

    Rodney A. Rountree;Kenneth W. Able

  • Estuarine and habitat-related differences in growth rates of young-of-the-year winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) and tautog (Tautoga onitis) in three northeastern US estuaries.

    B.A Phelan;R Goldberg;A.J Bejda;J Pereira

  • Effects of common reed (Phragmites australis) invasion on marsh surface macrofauna: response of fishes and decapod crustaceans.

    Kenneth W. Able;Stacy M. Hagan

  • VEGETATION TYPE AND THE INTERTIDAL MACROINVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF A BRACKISH MARSH: PHRAGMITES VS. SPARTINA

    Ted R. Angradi;Stacy M. Hagan;Kenneth W. Able

  • Mechanisms of Marsh Habitat Alteration Due to Phragmites: Response of Young-of-the-year Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) to Treatment for Phragmites Removal

    K. W. Able;S. M. Hagan;S. A. Brown

  • Fauna of polyhaline subtidal marsh creeks in Southern New Jersey: Composition, abundance and biomass

    Rodney A. Rountree;Kenneth W. Able

  • Patterns of seasonal availability and habitat use by fishes and decapod crustaceans in a southern New Jersey estuary

    S.T. Szedlmayer;K.W. Able

  • Habitat quality for shallow water fishes in an urban estuary: the effects of man-made structures on growth

    Kenneth W. Able;John P. Manderson;Anne L. Studholme

  • Predation rates on juvenile blue crabs in estuarine nursery habitats: evidence for the importance of macroalgae (Ulva lactuca)

    KA Wilson;KW Able;KL Heck

Frequent Co-Authors

Olaf P. Jensen
Olaf P. Jensen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kenneth L. Heck
Kenneth L. Heck University of South Alabama
F. Joel Fodrie
F. Joel Fodrie University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael P. Weinstein
Michael P. Weinstein Montclair State University
David C. Twichell
David C. Twichell United States Geological Survey
Thomas J. Minello
Thomas J. Minello National Marine Fisheries Service
Jonathan A. Hare
Jonathan A. Hare National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Michael J. Polito
Michael J. Polito Louisiana State University
Michael W. Beck
Michael W. Beck University of California, Santa Cruz
Bronwyn M. Gillanders
Bronwyn M. Gillanders University of Adelaide

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