| Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals TP Hughes, JT Kerry, M Álvarez-Noriega, JG Álvarez-Romero, ... Nature 543 (7645), 373-377, 2017 | 2902 | 2017 |
| Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages TP Hughes, JT Kerry, AH Baird, SR Connolly, A Dietzel, CM Eakin, ... Nature 556 (7702), 492-496, 2018 | 1488 | 2018 |
| Shifting paradigms in restoration of the world's coral reefs MJH Van Oppen, RD Gates, LL Blackall, N Cantin, LJ Chakravarti, ... Global change biology 23 (9), 3437-3448, 2017 | 425 | 2017 |
| Demography of a large grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef: implications for fishery management RJ Pears, JH Choat, BD Mapstone, GA Begg Marine Ecology Progress Series 307, 259-272, 2006 | 130 | 2006 |
| Management objectives of Queensland fisheries: putting the horse before the cart S Pascoe, CM Dichmont, K Brooks, R Pears, E Jebreen Marine Policy 37, 115-122, 2013 | 71 | 2013 |
| Reproductive biology of a large, aggregation‐spawning serranid, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskĺl): management implications RJ Pears, JH Choat, BD Mapstone, GA Begg Journal of fish biology 71 (3), 795-817, 2007 | 61 | 2007 |
| Effects of climate change on coral grouper (Plectropomus spp.) and possible adaptation options MS Pratchett, DS Cameron, J Donelson, L Evans, AJ Frisch, AJ Hobday, ... Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 27, 297-316, 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
| Choosing a fishery’s governance structure using data poor methods CM Dichmont, S Pascoe, E Jebreen, R Pears, K Brooks, P Perez Marine Policy 37, 123-131, 2013 | 40 | 2013 |
| Unravelling the links between heat stress, bleaching and disease: fate of tabular corals following a combined disease and bleaching event OB Brodnicke, DG Bourne, SF Heron, RJ Pears, JS Stella, HA Smith, ... Coral Reefs 38 (4), 591-603, 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
| Ocean acidification: Linking science to management solutions using the Great Barrier Reef as a case study R Albright, KRN Anthony, M Baird, R Beeden, M Byrne, C Collier, S Dove, ... Journal of Environmental Management 182, 641-650, 2016 | 38 | 2016 |
| Comparative demography and assemblage structure of serranid fishes: implications for conservation and fisheries management RJ Pears James Cook University, 2005 | 38 | 2005 |
| Ecological risk assessment of the East Coast otter trawl fishery in the great barrier reef Marine Park: Technical report RJ Pears, AK Morison, EJ Jebreen, MC Dunning, CR Pitcher, AJ Courtney, ... Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 2012 | 36 | 2012 |
| Developing harvest strategies to achieve ecological, economic and social sustainability in multi-sector fisheries S Pascoe, T Cannard, NA Dowling, CM Dichmont, S Breen, T Roberts, ... Sustainability 11 (3), 644, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| Interim report: 2016 coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef J Stella, R Pears, D Wachenfeld Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 2016 | 33* | 2016 |
| A critique of claims for negative impacts of Marine Protected Areas on fisheries TP Hughes, DS Cameron, A Chin, SR Connolly, JC Day, GP Jones, ... Ecological applications: a publication of the Ecological Society of America …, 2016 | 32 | 2016 |
| 2016 coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef RJ Pears, J Stella, J Dryden, D Wachenfeld Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 2017 | 29* | 2017 |
| A rapid, quantitative survey method for large, vulnerable reef fishes JH Choat, R Pears Wilkinson, C., Green, A., Almany, J., and Dionne, S. Monitoring Coral Reef …, 2003 | 26 | 2003 |
| Procedures for the Salvage and Necropsy of the Dugong (Dugong dugon)- C Eros, H Marsh, R Bonde, T O’Shea, C Beck, C Recchia, K Dobbs, ... Research Publication No. 85, 2007 | 25 | 2007 |
| Potential effects of artificial reefs on the Great Barrier Reef: background paper RJ Pears, DMB Williams CRC Reef Research Centre, 2005 | 24 | 2005 |
| Important ecosystem function, low redundancy and high vulnerability: The trifecta argument for protecting the Great Barrier Reef's tabular Acropora JC Ortiz, RJ Pears, R Beeden, J Dryden, NH Wolff, MC Gomez Cabrera, ... Conservation Letters 14 (5), e12817, 2021 | 23 | 2021 |
Scott F. HeronAssociate Professor of Physics, James Cook UniversityVerified email at jcu.edu.au
