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Kendall Clements

Kendall David Clements is a New Zealand academic and as of 2021 is a full professor at the University of Auckland specialising in the ecology and evolution of fish.^[1]

Career[edit]

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After a PhD titled 'Gut microorganisms of surgeonfishes (family Acanthuridae)' at the James Cook University, Clements moved to the University of Auckland, rising to full professor.^[1]

Clements is an expert in marine fish ecology and taxonomy, particularly focusing on herbivory in coral reef fishes,^{[2][3][4][5][6]} and the phylogeny and taxonomyofKyphosidae (sea chubs)^[7][8] and triplefins.^[9]

In July 2021, in the context of a review of the NCEA (New Zealand's National Curriculum), Clements was lead author of a controversial letter "In Defence of Science" in the New Zealand Listener.^[10]

Notable doctoral students of Clements include Maren Wellenreuther.^[11]

Selected works[edit]

• Choat, J., Clements, K. and Robbins, W., 2002. The trophic status of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs. Marine Biology, 140(3), pp. 613–623.
• Angert, Esther R., Kendall D. Clements, and Norman R. Pace. "The largest bacterium." Nature 362, no. 6417 (1993): 239–241.
• Choat, John Howard, and K. D. Clements. "Vertebrate herbivores in marine and terrestrial environments: a nutritional ecology perspective." Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 29, no. 1 (1998): 375–403.
• Choat, J., K. Clements, and W. Robbins. "The trophic status of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs." Marine Biology 140, no. 3 (2002): 613–623.

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External links[edit]

• Kendall Clements publications indexed by Google Scholar