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Overview

Blake Matthews is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Chemistry, Ecological Modeling, and Genetics.

The main research topics pursued by Matthews include:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers that demonstrate their engagement with environmental and ecological issues. Notable publications include:

  • The evolutionary ecology of fatty-acid variation: Implications for consumer adaptation and diversification (2021) published in Ecology Letters
  • Climate change shifts the timing of nutritional flux from aquatic insects (2022) published in Current Biology
  • Active learning for anomaly detection in environmental data (2020) published in Environmental Modelling & Software
  • The value of human data annotation for machine learning based anomaly detection in environmental systems (2021) published in Water Research
  • Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems (2022) published in Ecology Letters

Matthews frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Ecology Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Oikos
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors:

  • Ole Seehausen
  • Moritz Lürig
  • Anita Narwani
  • Leighton King
  • Catherine H. Graham

Best Publications

  • Genomics and the origin of species

    Ole Seehausen;Roger K. Butlin;Irene Keller;Catherine Wagner

  • An introduction to niche construction theory

    Kevin Neville Laland;Blake Matthews;Marcus W. Feldman

  • Evolutionary diversification in stickleback affects ecosystem functioning

    Luke J. Harmon;Luke J. Harmon;Blake Matthews;Blake Matthews;Simone Des Roches;Jonathan M. Chase

  • Ecosystem tipping points in an evolving world.

    Vasilis Dakos;Blake Matthews;Andrew P. Hendry;Jonathan Levine

  • Genetics of ecological divergence during speciation

    Matthew E. Arnegard;Matthew D. McGee;Blake Matthews;Kerry B. Marchinko

  • The ecological forecast horizon, and examples of its uses and determinants.

    Owen L Petchey;Owen L Petchey;Mikael Pontarp;Mikael Pontarp;Thomas M Massie;Sonia Kéfi

  • Does human activity impact the natural antibiotic resistance background? Abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in 21 Swiss lakes.

    Nadine Czekalski;Radhika Sigdel;Julia Birtel;Blake Matthews

  • Toward an integration of evolutionary biology and ecosystem science

    Blake Matthews;Anita Narwani;Stephen Hausch;Etsuko Nonaka

  • Eco‐evolutionary feedbacks—Theoretical models and perspectives

    Lynn Govaert;Lynn Govaert;Lynn Govaert;Emanuel A. Fronhofer;Sébastien Lion;Christophe Eizaguirre

  • Under niche construction: an operational bridge between ecology, evolution, and ecosystem science

    Blake Matthews;Luc de Meester;Clive G Jones;Bastiaan Willem Ibelings

  • A critical evaluation of intrapopulation variation of δ13C and isotopic evidence of individual specialization

    Blake Matthews;Asit Mazumder

  • A key metabolic gene for recurrent freshwater colonization and radiation in fishes.

    Asano Ishikawa;Asano Ishikawa;Naoki Kabeya;Naoki Kabeya;Koki Ikeya;Ryo Kakioka

  • Environmental stability and lake zooplankton diversity - contrasting effects of chemical and thermal variability.

    Jonathan B Shurin;Monika Winder;Rita Adrian;Wendel Bill Keller

  • Evolution in a Community Context: On Integrating Ecological Interactions and Macroevolution

    Marjorie G. Weber;Catherine E. Wagner;Rebecca J. Best;Rebecca J. Best;Luke J. Harmon;Luke J. Harmon

  • Specialization of trophic position and habitat use by sticklebacks in an adaptive radiation

    Blake Matthews;Kerry B. Marchinko;Daniel I. Bolnick;Asit Mazumder

  • Compositional and interlake variability of zooplankton affect baseline stable isotope signatures

    Blake Matthews;Asit Mazumder

  • The evolutionary ecology of fatty-acid variation: Implications for consumer adaptation and diversification.

    Cornelia W. Twining;Cornelia W. Twining;Joey R. Bernhardt;Joey R. Bernhardt;Alison M. Derry;Cameron M. Hudson

  • Temporal variation in body composition (C : N) helps explain seasonal patterns of zooplankton δ13C

    Blake Matthews;Asit Mazumder

  • The intrinsic predictability of ecological time series and its potential to guide forecasting

    Frank Pennekamp;Alison C. Iles;Alison C. Iles;Joshua Garland;Georgina Brennan

  • The Ecology and Evolution of Stoichiometric Phenotypes

    Miguel C. Leal;Ole Seehausen;Blake Matthews

  • Effects of re-oligotrophication and climate warming on plankton richness and community stability in a deep mesotrophic lake

    Francesco Pomati;Blake Matthews;Jukka Jokela;Andrea Schildknecht

  • Stickleback research: the now and the next

    Andrew P. Hendry;Catherine L. Peichel;Blake Matthews;Janette W. Boughman

Frequent Co-Authors

Ole Seehausen
Ole Seehausen University of Bern
Asit Mazumder
Asit Mazumder University of Victoria
Catherine L. Peichel
Catherine L. Peichel University of Bern
Luke J. Harmon
Luke J. Harmon University of Idaho
Miguel Costa Leal
Miguel Costa Leal Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Jonathan B. Shurin
Jonathan B. Shurin University of California, San Diego
Bastiaan Willem Ibelings
Bastiaan Willem Ibelings University of Geneva
Christophe Eizaguirre
Christophe Eizaguirre Queen Mary University of London
Andrew P. Hendry
Andrew P. Hendry McGill University
Owen L. Petchey
Owen L. Petchey University of Zurich

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