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National Ranking
294

Overview

Scarla J. Weeks is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans multiple scientific domains, with expertise intersecting various fields and topics.

The scientist has published recent papers that address diverse aspects of environmental and geological studies. These include:

  • Intrusion of Angolan water into the northern Benguela and anomalous cross-slope distributions of fish larvae (2024), published in Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland)
  • Effects of Restoration on Small Headwater Stream Quality (2025), published in Ecological Restoration
  • DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE OF CENOZOIC STRATA IN THE BEAUFORT-MACKENZIE BASIN, ARCTIC OCEAN, CANADA (2025), published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • H.-Ch. John
  • Volker Mohrholz
  • J. R. E. Lutjeharms
  • Rudi Cloete
  • Anja Kreiner

Key publication venues for their work are:

  • Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland)
  • Ecological Restoration
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Scarla J. Weeks' academic contributions cover the following fields of study:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Geology
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Artificial Intelligence

Main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Best Publications

  • Remote Sensing of Coral Reefs for Monitoring and Management: A Review

    John D. Hedley;Chris M. Roelfsema;Iliana Chollett;Alastair R. Harborne

  • Doom and boom on a resilient reef: climate change, algal overgrowth and coral recovery.

    Guillermo Diaz-Pulido;Laurence J. McCook;Laurence J. McCook;Sophie Dove;Ray Berkelmans

  • Greenhouse gas, upwelling-favorable winds, and the future of coastal ocean upwelling ecosystems.

    Andrew Bakun;David B. Field;Ana Redondo-Rodriguez;Scarla J. Weeks

  • Offshore diplomacy, or how seabirds mitigate intra-specific competition: a case study based on GPS tracking of Cape gannets from neighbouring colonies

    David Gremillet;Giacomo Dell'omo;Peter G. Ryan;Gerrit Peters

  • Biology, ecology and conservation of the Mobulidae.

    L. I. E. Couturier;A. D. Marshall;F. R. A. Jaine;F. R. A. Jaine;T. Kashiwagi;T. Kashiwagi

  • The marine ecosystem off Peru: What are the secrets of its fishery productivity and what might its future hold?

    Andrew Bakun;Scarla J. Weeks

  • Greenhouse gas buildup, sardines, submarine eruptions and the possibility of abrupt degradation of intense marine upwelling ecosystems

    Andrew Bakun;Scarla J. Weeks

  • The effects of river run-off on water clarity across the central Great Barrier Reef

    Katharina E Fabricius;Murray Logan;S Weeks;Jon Brodie

  • Trends in sightings and environmental influences on a coastal aggregation of manta rays and whale sharks

    C. A. Rohner;S. J. Pierce;A. D. Marshall;S. J. Weeks

  • When giants turn up: sighting trends, environmental influences and habitat use of the manta ray Manta alfredi at a coral reef.

    Fabrice R. A. Jaine;Fabrice R. A. Jaine;Lydie I. E. Couturier;Lydie I. E. Couturier;Scarla J. Weeks;Kathy A. Townsend

  • Hydrogen sulphide eruptions in the Atlantic Ocean off southern Africa: implications of a new view based on SeaWiFS satellite imagery

    Scarla J. Weeks;Bronwen Currie;Andrew Bakun;Kathleen R. Peard

  • Generation of cyclonic eddies by the Agulhas Current in the Lee of the Agulhas Bank

    P. Penven;P. Penven;P. Penven;J. R. E. Lutjeharms;P. Marchesiello;C. Roy;C. Roy

  • Distribution, site affinity and regional movements of the manta ray, Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868), along the east coast of Australia

    Lydie I. E. Couturier;Lydie I. E. Couturier;Fabrice R. A. Jaine;Fabrice R. A. Jaine;Kathy A. Townsend;Scarla J. Weeks

  • Satellite imaging: Massive emissions of toxic gas in the atlantic

    Scarla J. Weeks;Bronwen Currie;Andrew Bakun

  • Changes in water clarity in response to river discharges on the Great Barrier Reef continental shelf: 2002–2013

    K.E. Fabricius;M. Logan;S.J. Weeks;S.E. Lewis

  • Movements and habitat use of reef manta rays off eastern Australia: offshore excursions, deep diving and eddy affinity revealed by satellite telemetry

    Fabrice Jaine;Fabrice Jaine;Chris Rohner;Chris Rohner;Scarla Weeks;Lydie Couturier;Lydie Couturier

  • Adverse feedback sequences in exploited marine systems: are deliberate interruptive actions warranted?

    Andrew Bakun;Scarla J. Weeks

  • Stable Isotope and Signature Fatty Acid Analyses Suggest Reef Manta Rays Feed on Demersal Zooplankton

    Lydie I. E. Couturier;Lydie I. E. Couturier;Christoph A. Rohner;Christoph A. Rohner;Anthony J. Richardson;Anthony J. Richardson;Andrea D. Marshall

  • Estimating environmental preferences of South African pelagic fish species using catch size- and remote sensing data

    J.J. Agenbag;A.J. Richardson;Hervé Demarcq;Pierre Fréon

  • Environmental factors controlling the distribution of symbiodinium harboured by the coral Acropora millepora on the Great Barrier Reef.

    Timothy F. Cooper;Ray Berkelmans;Karin E. Ulstrup;Scarla Weeks

  • How large is the world's largest fish? Measuring whale sharks Rhincodon typus with laser photogrammetry.

    C. A. Rohner;Anthony Richardson;Anthony Richardson;A. D. Marshall;S. J. Weeks

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Michael B. Bennett
Michael B. Bennett University of Queensland
Andrew Bakun
Andrew Bakun University of Miami
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland
Johann R. E. Lutjeharms
Johann R. E. Lutjeharms University of Cape Town
Ray Berkelmans
Ray Berkelmans Australian Institute of Marine Science
Mathieu Rouault
Mathieu Rouault University of Cape Town
Pierre Fréon
Pierre Fréon Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Jon Brodie
Jon Brodie James Cook University
Vittorio E. Brando
Vittorio E. Brando National Research Council (CNR)

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