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h-index: 30
Works: 111
Citations: 4,447

Most-cited papers

Fishing groupers towards extinction: a global assessment of threats and extinction risks in a billion dollar fishery
Y. S. de Mitcheson, M. Craig, Á. Bertoncini, K. Carpenter +14 more
2013455 citations
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Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries
N. Queiroz, N. Humphries, A. Couto, M. Vedor +149 more
2019Nature346 citations Open access
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Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks
M. MacNeil, Demian D. Chapman, M. Heupel, C. Simpfendorfer +119 more
2020Nature293 citations Open access
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Coral Reef Monitoring, Reef Assessment Technologies, and Ecosystem-Based Management
D. Obura, G. Aeby, N. Amornthammarong, W. Appeltans +24 more
2019Frontiers in Marine Science201 citations Open access
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Towards A Network of Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMAs) in the Western Indian Ocean
Steve Rocliffe, Shawn Peabody, M. Samoilys, J. Hawkins
2014PLoS ONE154 citations Open access
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Transforming management of tropical coastal seas to cope with challenges of the 21st century.
P. Sale, T. Agardy, C. Ainsworth, B. Feist +20 more
2014Marine Pollution Bulletin153 citations Open access
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Ecological connectivity between the areas beyond national jurisdiction and coastal waters: Safeguarding interests of coastal communities in developing countries
E. Popova, D. Vousden, W. Sauer, E. Mohammed +15 more
2019Marine Policy121 citations Open access
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Effectiveness of five small Philippines’ coral reef reserves for fish populations depends on site-specific factors, particularly enforcement history
M. Samoilys, K. Martin-Smith, B. Giles, B. Cabrera +3 more
2007117 citations Open access
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Integrate biodiversity targets from local to global levels
D. Obura, Y. Katerere, Mariam Mayet, D. Kaelo +12 more
2021Science107 citations
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Artisanal fisheries on Kenya’s coral reefs: Decadal trends reveal management needs
M. Samoilys, K. Osuka, G. Maina, D. Obura
2017101 citations Open access
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Vulnerability to collapse of coral reef ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean
D. Obura, M. Gudka, M. Samoilys, K. Osuka +14 more
2021Nature Sustainability99 citations Open access
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Valuable but vulnerable: Over-fishing and under-management continue to threaten groupers so what now?
Yvonne J. Sadovy de Mitcheson, C. Linardich, J. Barreiros, Gina M. Ralph +13 more
2020Marine Policy92 citations Open access
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Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays
C. Simpfendorfer, M. Heithaus, M. Heupel, M. MacNeil +149 more
2023Science80 citations Open access
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Collaborative development of management options for an artisanal fishery for seahorses in the central Philippines
K. Martin-Smith, M. Samoilys, J. Meeuwig, A. Vincent
200480 citations Open access
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Developing locally managed marine areas: Lessons learnt from Kenya
J. Kawaka, M. Samoilys, Michael Murunga, J. Church +2 more
201767 citations Open access
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Fisheries certification in the developing world: Locks and keys or square pegs in round holes?
Y. Stratoudakis, P. McConney, John Duncan, A. Ghofar +5 more
201667 citations Open access
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The small pelagic fishery of the Pemba Channel, Tanzania: What we know and what we need to know for management under climate change
B. Sekadende, L. Scott, Jim A. Anderson, S. Aswani +23 more
2020Ocean and Coastal Management57 citations Open access
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Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets.
A. Sequeira, Jorge P. Rodríguez, Sarah A. Marley, H. Calich +373 more
2025Science50 citations Open access
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Disentangling drivers of the abundance of coral reef fishes in the Western Indian Ocean
M. Samoilys, A. Halford, K. Osuka
2019Ecology and Evolution47 citations Open access
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Lessons learnt from a collaborative management programme in coastal Tanzania
S. Wells, M. Samoilys, S. Makoloweka, H. Kalombo
201044 citations
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Patterns in reef fish assemblages: Insights from the Chagos Archipelago
M. Samoilys, R. Roche, H. Koldewey, J. Turner
2018PLoS ONE38 citations Open access
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Mosquito Net Use in an Artisanal East African Fishery
E. Bush, R. Short, E. Milner-Gulland, Kirao Lennox +2 more
201637 citations Open access
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Benthic status of near-shore fishing grounds in the central Philippines and associated seahorse densities.
J. Marcus, M. Samoilys, J. Meeuwig, Z. A. D. Villongco +1 more
2007Marine Pollution Bulletin36 citations
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Caution over the use of ecological big data for conservation
N. Queiroz, N. Humphries, Ana Couto, M. Vedor +142 more
2021Nature30 citations
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The importance of targeted spawning aggregation fishing to the management of Seychelles’ trap fishery
J. Robinson, M. Samoilys, Edwin Grandcourt, Danny Julie +2 more
201130 citations
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Key climate change stressors of marine ecosystems along the path of the East African coastal current
Z. Jacobs, A. Yool, F. Jebri, M. Srokosz +9 more
2021Ocean and Coastal Management28 citations Open access
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The current status of coral reefs and their vulnerability to climate change and multiple human stresses in the Comoros Archipelago, Western Indian Ocean.
B. Cowburn, M. Samoilys, D. Obura
2018Marine Pollution Bulletin28 citations Open access
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Trait-based approaches reveal that deep reef ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean are functionally distinct.
P. Stefanoudis, N. Fassbender, K. Samimi-Namin, Pierre-André Adam +9 more
2023Science of the Total Environment26 citations Open access
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Characteristics of shallow and mesophotic environments of the Pemba Channel, Tanzania: Implications for management and conservation
K. Osuka, C. McClean, B. D. Stewart, B. Bett +6 more
2021Ocean and Coastal Management26 citations Open access
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An integrated assessment of coastal fisheries in Mozambique for conservation planning
M. Samoilys, K. Osuka, J. Mussa, S. Rosendo +6 more
201926 citations
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Directed conservation of the world’s reef sharks and rays
Jordan S. Goetze, M. Heithaus, M. MacNeil, E. Harvey +110 more
2024Nature Ecology & Evolution25 citations Open access
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Natural resource dependence, livelihoods and development
M. Samoilys, N. Kanyange
200825 citations
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Putting adaptive management into practice : collaborative coastal management in Tanga, Northern Tanzania
S. Wells, S. Makoloweka, M. Samoilys
200725 citations
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Overfishing and climate change elevate extinction risk of endemic sharks and rays in the southwest Indian Ocean hotspot.
Riley A. Pollom, Jessica Cheok, Nathan Pacoureau, K. S. Gledhill +18 more
2021PLoS ONE24 citations Open access
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Collaborative Fisheries Management in Tanga, Northern Tanzania
S. Wells, M. Samoilys, Jim A. Anderson, H. Kalombo +1 more
200724 citations
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Integrating Resource Perception, Ecological Surveys, and Fisheries Statistics: A Review of the Fisheries in Zanzibar
J. Rehren, M. Samoilys, H. Reuter, N. Jiddawi +1 more
2020Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture23 citations Open access
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Complex transboundary movements of marine megafauna in the Western Indian Ocean
Amanda N. Barkley, M. Gollock, M. Samoilys, F. Llewellyn +3 more
2019Animal Conservation23 citations Open access
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Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone
N. Queiroz, N. Humphries, Ana Couto, Marisa Vedor +144 more
2021Nature20 citations Open access
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The Northern Mozambique Channel
D. Obura, S. Bandeira, N. Bodin, Valérie Burgener +11 more
2019World Seas: an Environmental Evaluation19 citations
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Chapter 4.5: Impacts and effects of ocean warming on the contributions of fisheries and aquaculture to food security
J. Bell, W. Cheung, S. de Silva, M. Gasalla +7 more
201619 citations
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Resilience of coastal systems and their human partners
T. Andrew, Mine Pabari, M. Samoilys
201519 citations
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Large projected reductions in marine fish biomass for Kenya and Tanzania in the absence of climate mitigation
R. Wilson, S. Sailley, Z. Jacobs, J. Kamau +9 more
2021Ocean and Coastal Management18 citations Open access
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A Major Ecosystem Shift in Coastal East African Waters During the 1997/98 Super El Niño as Detected Using Remote Sensing Data
Z. Jacobs, F. Jebri, M. Srokosz, D. Raitsos +10 more
2020Remote Sensing18 citations Open access
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Depth and habitat are important drivers of abundance for predatory reef fish off Pemba Island, Tanzania.
K. Osuka, B. D. Stewart, M. Samoilys, C. McClean +4 more
2022Marine Environmental Research16 citations Open access
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Diversity of Coral Reef Fishes in the Western Indian Ocean: Implications for Conservation
M. Samoilys, L. Álvarez-Filip, R. Myers, P. Chabanet
2022Diversity16 citations Open access
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Stakeholder‐derived recommendations and actions to support deep‐reef conservation in the Western Indian Ocean
P. Stefanoudis, Sheena Talma, N. Fassbender, D. Swanborn +14 more
2022Conservation Letters15 citations Open access
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Healthy and diverse coral reefs in Djibouti - A resilient reef system or few anthropogenic threats?
B. Cowburn, M. Samoilys, K. Osuka, R. Klaus +3 more
2019Marine Pollution Bulletin15 citations
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Linkage between fish functional groups and coral reef benthic habitat composition in the Western Indian Ocean
K. Osuka, M. Kochzius, A. Vanreusel, D. Obura +1 more
2016Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom15 citations
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Assessing links between marine resources and coastal peoples' livelihoods: perceptions from Tanga, Tanzania
M. Samoilys, N. Kanyange
200814 citations
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FISHERS ’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE SEAHORSE FISHERY IN CENTRAL PHILIPPINES : INTERACTIVE APPROACHES AND AN EVALUATION OF RESULTS
Meeuwig J. J., M. Samoilys, Erediano J
200313 citations
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