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Sally E. Thorpe is affiliated with the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Surgery.

The primary topics covered in their work include Marine and fisheries research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on marine ecosystems and environmental challenges in polar regions. Notable papers include:

  • Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation (2020, Communications Earth & Environment)
  • Continuous moulting by Antarctic krill drives major pulses of carbon export in the north Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Thirty years of marine debris in the Southern Ocean: Annual surveys of two island shores in the Scotia Sea (2020, Environment International)
  • Status, Change, and Futures of Zooplankton in the Southern Ocean (2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Global Connectivity of Southern Ocean Ecosystems (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)

Frequent co-authors that collaborate with Sally E. Thorpe include Eugene J. Murphy, Bettina Meyer, Geraint A. Tarling, Clara Manno, and Dominik Bahlburg.

Their publications have appeared regularly in journals and venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Communications, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, PLoS ONE, and the ICES Journal of Marine Science.

Best Publications

  • Microplastics in the Antarctic marine system: An emerging area of research.

    Catherine L. Waller;Huw J. Griffiths;Claire M. Waluda;Sally E. Thorpe

  • Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web.

    E.J Murphy;J.L Watkins;P.N Trathan;K Reid

  • Variations in behavior and condition of a Southern Ocean top predator in relation to in situ oceanographic conditions.

    M. Biuw;L. Boehme;C. Guinet;M. Hindell

  • Climatically driven fluctuations in Southern Ocean ecosystems.

    Eugene J Murphy;Philip N Trathan;Jon L Watkins;Keith Reid

  • Technical Note: Animal-borne CTD-Satellite Relay Data Loggers for real-time oceanographic data collection

    Lars Boehme;Philip Lovell;Martin Biuw;Martin Biuw;F. Roquet

  • Circumpolar connections between Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) populations: investigating the roles of ocean and sea ice transport

    S.E. Thorpe;E.J. Murphy;J.L. Watkins

  • Variability of the southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current front north of South Georgia

    Sally E Thorpe;Sally E Thorpe;Karen J Heywood;Mark A Brandon;David P Stevens

  • The winter pack-ice zone provides a sheltered but food-poor habitat for larval Antarctic krill.

    Bettina Meyer;Bettina Meyer;Ulrich Freier;Volker Grimm;Jürgen Groeneveld

  • Surface circulation at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula from drifters

    Andrew F. Thompson;Karen J. Heywood;Sally E. Thorpe;Angelika H. H. Renner

  • Antarctic Circumpolar Current frontal system in the South Atlantic: Monitoring using merged Argo and animal-borne sensor data

    Lars Boehme;Lars Boehme;Michael P. Meredith;Sally E. Thorpe;Martin Biuw

  • Modeling the krill transport pathways in the Scotia Sea: spatial and environmental connections generating the seasonal distribution of krill

    E.J. Murphy;S.E. Thorpe;J.L. Watkins;R. Hewitt

  • Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation

    Bettina Meyer;Bettina Meyer;Angus Atkinson;Kim S. Bernard;Andrew S. Brierley

  • Status, Change, and Futures of Zooplankton in the Southern Ocean

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  • Comparison of the structure and function of Southern Ocean regional ecosystems: The Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia

    E.J. Murphy;E.E. Hofmann;J.L. Watkins;N.M. Johnston

  • Tracking passive drifters in a high resolution ocean model: implications for interannual variability of larval krill transport to South Georgia

    Sally E. Thorpe;Sally E. Thorpe;Karen J. Heywood;David P. Stevens;Mark A. Brandon

  • Magnitude and maintenance of the phytoplankton bloom at South Georgia: a naturally iron-replete environment

    R. E. Korb;M. J. Whitehouse;A. Atkinson;S. E. Thorpe

  • An anticyclonic circulation above the Northwest Georgia Rise, Southern Ocean

    Michael P. Meredith;Jon L. Watkins;Eugene J. Murphy;Nathan J. Cunningham

  • Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front to the northeast of South Georgia: Horizontal advection of krill and its role in the ecosystem

    E. J. Murphy;J. L. Watkins;M. P. Meredith;P. Ward

  • Physical forcing in the southwest Atlantic: ecosystem control

    P. N. Trathan;E. J. Murphy;J. Forcada;J. P. Croxall

  • Southern ACC Front to the northeast of South Georgia: Pathways, characteristics, and fluxes

    Michael P. Meredith;Jon L. Watkins;Eugene J. Murphy;Peter Ward

  • Primary production across the Scotia Sea in relation to the physico-chemical environment

    Rebecca E. Korb;Mick J. Whitehouse;Sally E. Thorpe;Marina Gordon

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene J. Murphy
Eugene J. Murphy British Antarctic Survey
Geraint A. Tarling
Geraint A. Tarling British Antarctic Survey
Peter Ward
Peter Ward University of Washington
Michael P. Meredith
Michael P. Meredith British Antarctic Survey
Philip N. Trathan
Philip N. Trathan British Antarctic Survey
Simon N. Jarman
Simon N. Jarman University of Western Australia
Klaus M Meiners
Klaus M Meiners Australian Antarctic Division
Sharon Stammerjohn
Sharon Stammerjohn Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Volker Grimm
Volker Grimm Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Gernot Nehrke
Gernot Nehrke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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