RESEARCHER PROFILE
Stephen P. Kirkman
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Nelson Mandela University
Stephen P. Kirkman works in Marine animal studies overview, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Marine and fisheries research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Coastal and Marine Management. Recorded institutional associations include Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Nelson Mandela University.
126Publications
2,936Citations
31H-index
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Selected research works
Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.
Accuracy of ARGOS Locations of Pinnipeds at-Sea Estimated Using Fastloc GPS
2010 · 282 citationsHabitat modelling of tracking data from multiple marine predators identifies important areas in the Southern Indian Ocean
2018 · 110 citationsSynthesis: climate effects on biodiversity, abundance and distribution of marine organisms in the B enguela
2015 · 109 citationsAdult female survival, population trend, and the implications of early primiparity in a capital breeder, the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)
2004 · 98 citationsSurvivorship of a declining population of southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina , in relation to age, sex and cohort
1999 · 83 citationsHumpback whale “super-groups” – A novel low-latitude feeding behaviour of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Benguela Upwelling System
2017 · 76 citationsAdvancing land-sea integration for ecologically meaningful coastal conservation and management
2019 · 76 citationsSpatial characterisation of the Benguela ecosystem for ecosystem-based management
2016 · 65 citationsPhylogenomic Discordance in the Eared Seals is best explained by Incomplete Lineage Sorting following Explosive Radiation in the Southern Hemisphere
2020 · 65 citationsMaking sense of censuses and dealing with missing data: trends in pup counts of Cape fur sealArctocephalus pusillus pusillusfor the period 1972–2004
2007 · 64 citationsSpatio‐temporal shifts of the dynamic Cape fur seal population in southern Africa, based on aerial censuses (1972–2009)
2012 · 63 citationsEvaluating the evidence for ecological effectiveness of South Africa’s marine protected areas
2021 · 62 citationsA synthesis of three decades of socio-ecological change in False Bay, South Africa: setting the scene for multidisciplinary research and management
2019 · 59 citationsSt Helena Bay (southern Benguela) then and now: muted climate signals, large human impact
2012 · 58 citationsUnderstanding meta-population trends of the Australian fur seal, with insights for adaptive monitoring
2018 · 54 citationsTemporal changes in fecundity and age at sexual maturity of southern elephant seals at Marion Island
2001 · 52 citationsUsing Systematic Conservation Planning to support Marine Spatial Planning and achieve marine protection targets in the transboundary Benguela Ecosystem
2018 · 52 citationsTrends and interventions in large whale entanglement along the South African coast
2011 · 48 citationsDiet and estimated food consumption of Antarctic fur seals at Bouvetøya during summer
2000 · 47 citationsPhysiological stress responses to natural variation in predation risk: evidence from white sharks and seals
2017 · 47 citationsFisheries yields, climate change, and ecosystem-based management of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem
2020 · 42 citationsSocial and economic effects of marine protected areas in South Africa, with recommendations for future assessments
2021 · 41 citationsPopulation changes of Antarctic fur seals at Nyrøysa, Bouvetøya
2005 · 40 citationsEvaluation of Age- and Sex-Dependent Rates of Tag Loss in Southern Elephant Seals
2000 · 40 citationsEntanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Bouvetøya, Southern Ocean
2006 · 39 citations