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André Andrian Padial

André Andrian Padial

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
4023
World Ranking
7678
National Ranking
152

Overview

André Andrian Padial is affiliated with the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research addresses multiple topics related to aquatic and environmental systems. Main areas of interest include:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Their publication record covers a range of environmental and aquatic science journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Hydrobiologia (7 publications)
  • Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia (4 publications)
  • Aquatic Sciences (3 publications)
  • Acta Botanica Brasilica (3 publications)
  • Ecohydrology (2 publications)

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin," 2021, Environmental Management
  • "Preface: aquatic homogenocene-understanding the era of biological re-shuffling in aquatic ecosystems," 2020, Hydrobiologia
  • "The Program for Biodiversity Research in Brazil: The role of regional networks for biodiversity knowledge, dissemination, and conservation," 2021, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
  • "A meta-analytical review of turbidity effects on fish mobility," 2023, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • "Aquatic ecosystem services: an overview of the Special Issue," 2023, Hydrobiologia

They have collaborated frequently with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule (6 joint publications)
  • Ana Paula Lula Costa (6 joint publications)
  • Sidinei Magela Thomaz (5 joint publications)
  • Luís Mauricio Bini (4 joint publications)
  • Letícia Siman Bora (4 joint publications)

This profile highlights a scientific career centered on environmental and aquatic research, contributing to understanding ecosystem dynamics, biodiversity, and biological interactions across multiple aquatic and terrestrial systems.

Best Publications

  • Dispersal ability determines the role of environmental, spatial and temporal drivers of metacommunity structure.

    André A. Padial;Fernanda Ceschin;Steven A. J. Declerck;Luc De Meester

  • Floods decrease zooplankton beta diversity and environmental heterogeneity in an Amazonian floodplain system

    Reinaldo Luiz Bozelli;Sidinei Magela Thomaz;André Andrian Padial;Paloma Marinho Lopes

  • Protected areas: A focus on Brazilian freshwater biodiversity

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Renata G. Frederico;Camila K. Fagundes;Paulo S. Pompeu

  • Removing the abyss between conservation science and policy decisions in Brazil

    Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Philip M. Fearnside;Caroline S. Oliveira;André A. Padial

  • Effects of structural heterogeneity provided by the floating macrophyte Eichhornia azurea on the predation efficiency and habitat use of the small Neotropical fish Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae

    André Andrian Padial;Sidinei Magela Thomaz;Angelo Antonio Agostinho

  • Nutrient enrichment is related to two facets of beta diversity for stream invertebrates across the United States.

    Luis Mauricio Bini;Victor Lemes Landeiro;André Andrian Padial;Tadeu Siqueira

  • Spatial autocorrelation analysis allows disentangling the balance between neutral and niche processes in metacommunities

    José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Tadeu Siqueira;André Andrian Padial;Thiago Fernando Rangel

  • Planning for conservation and restoration under climate and land use change in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Victor P. Zwiener;André A. Padial;Márcia C. M. Marques;Frederico V. Faleiro

  • Homogenization dynamics of the fish assemblages in Neotropical reservoirs: comparing the roles of introduced species and their vectors

    Vanessa Salete Daga;Felipe Skóra;André Andrian Padial;Vinícius Abilhoa

  • Temporal and spatial patterns of aquatic macrophyte diversity in the Upper Paraná River floodplain.

    Thomaz Sm;Carvalho P;Padial Aa;Kobayashi Jt

  • Restoration of ecosystem services in tropical forests: A global meta-analysis.

    Carolina Y. Shimamoto;André A. Padial;Carolina M. da Rosa;Márcia C. M. Marques

  • Climate change as a driver of biotic homogenization of woody plants in the Atlantic Forest

    Victor P. Zwiener;Andrés Lira‐Noriega;Charles J. Grady;André A. Padial

  • Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin.

    Fernando Mayer Pelicice;Angelo Antonio Agostinho;Alberto Akama;José Dilermando Andrade Filho

  • Weak evidence for determinants of citation frequency in ecological articles

    André Andrian Padial;João Carlos Nabout;Tadeu Siqueira;Tadeu Siqueira;Luis Mauricio Bini

  • Prediction of the light attenuation coefficient through the Secchi disk depth: empirical modeling in two large Neotropical ecosystems

    André Andrian Padial;Sidinei Magela Thomaz

  • The study of aquatic macrophytes in Neotropics: a scientometrical view of the main trends and gaps

    André Andrian Padial;Luis Mauricio Bini;Sidinei Magela Thomaz

  • The “Tilapia Law” encouraging non-native fish threatens Amazonian River basins

    André A. Padial;Ângelo A. Agostinho;Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Fabrício A. Frehse

  • Intra-country introductions unraveling global hotspots of alien fish species

    Jean R. S. Vitule;Thiago V. T. Occhi;Bin Kang;Shin-Ichiro Matsuzaki

  • Temporal variation in phytoplankton beta diversity patterns and metacommunity structures across subtropical reservoirs

    Juliana Wojciechowski;Jani Heino;Luis M. Bini;Luis M. Bini;André A. Padial;André A. Padial

  • The role of an extreme flood disturbance on macrophyte assemblages in a Neotropical floodplain

    André Andrian Padial;Priscilla Carvalho;Sidinei Magela Thomaz;Solana Meneghel Boschilia

  • Evidence against the use of surrogates for biomonitoring of Neotropical floodplains

    André A. Padial;André A. Padial;Steven A. J. Declerck;Luc De Meester;Cláudia C. Bonecker

  • We need better understanding about functional diversity and vulnerability of tropical freshwater fishes

    Jean R. S. Vitule;Angelo A. Agostinho;Valter M. Azevedo-Santos;Vanessa S. Daga

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule
Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule Federal University of Paraná
Luis Mauricio Bini
Luis Mauricio Bini Universidade Federal de Goiás
Sidinei Magela Thomaz
Sidinei Magela Thomaz State University of Maringa
Tadeu Siqueira
Tadeu Siqueira Sao Paulo State University
Angelo Antonio Agostinho
Angelo Antonio Agostinho State University of Maringa
Fernando Mayer Pelicice
Fernando Mayer Pelicice Federal University of Tocantins
Claudia Costa Bonecker
Claudia Costa Bonecker State University of Maringa
Márcia C. M. Marques
Márcia C. M. Marques Federal University of Paraná
Luiz Felipe Machado Velho
Luiz Felipe Machado Velho State University of Maringa
Jani Heino
Jani Heino University of Oulu

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