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Overview

Carl D. Sayer is a researcher based at University College London in the United Kingdom, with a primary focus in Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their research covers a variety of topics, particularly within aquatic and environmental systems. Main areas of investigation include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Ecosystem dynamics and resilience, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Some of Carl D. Sayer's recent papers include:

  • Bimodality and alternative equilibria do not help explain long-term patterns in shallow lake chlorophyll-a (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Recreational angling as a pathway for invasive non-native species spread: awareness of biosecurity and the risk of long distance movement into Great Britain (2020, Biological Invasions)
  • Freshwater Testate Amoebae (Arcellinida) Response to Eutrophication as Revealed by Test Size and Shape Indices (2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Habitat heterogeneity enables spatial and temporal coexistence of native and invasive macrophytes in shallow lake landscapes (2021, River Research and Applications)
  • Will they be back? A framework to guide rare macrophyte conservation decisions in lakes (2023, Restoration Ecology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Carl D. Sayer include:

  • Thomas A. Davidson
  • Ambroise Baker
  • Helen Bennion
  • Pieter Lemmens
  • Erik Jeppesen

They often publish in venues such as:

  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biological Invasions
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • River Research and Applications

The diversity of publication venues and collaboration with multiple researchers indicate an interdisciplinary approach to environmental and ecological investigations, with a clear emphasis on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem studies under changing environmental conditions.

Best Publications

  • Zooplankton as indicators in lakes: a scientific-based plea for including zooplankton in the ecological quality assessment of lakes according to the European Water Framework Directive (WFD)

    Erik Jeppesen;Peeter Nõges;Thomas A. Davidson;Thomas A. Davidson;Juta Haberman

  • DOES THE FISH-INVERTEBRATE-PERIPHYTON CASCADE PRECIPITATE PLANT LOSS IN SHALLOW LAKES?

    J. Iwan Jones;Carl D. Sayer

  • Rapid evolution of thermal tolerance in the water flea Daphnia

    AN Geerts;J Vanoverbeke;B Vanschoenwinkel;W Van Doorslaer

  • Looking forward through the past: Identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

    Alistair W. R. Seddon;Alistair W. R. Seddon;Anson W. Mackay;Ambroise G. Baker;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks

  • Prospects and challenges of environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring in freshwater ponds

    Lynsey R. Harper;Andrew S. Buxton;Helen C. Rees;Kat Bruce

  • Defining reference conditions and restoration targets for lake ecosystems using palaeolimnology: a synthesis

    Helen Bennion;Richard W. Battarbee;Carl D. Sayer;Gavin L. Simpson

  • Long‐term dynamics of submerged macrophytes and algae in a small and shallow, eutrophic lake: implications for the stability of macrophyte‐dominance

    Carl D. Sayer;Amy Burgess;Katerina Kari;Thomas A. Davidson

  • Comparing RADseq and microsatellites to infer complex phylogeographic patterns, an empirical perspective in the Crucian carp, Carassius carassius, L.

    Daniel L. Jeffries;Daniel L. Jeffries;Gordon H. Copp;Gordon H. Copp;Lori Lawson Handley;K. Håkan Olsén

  • Seasonal dynamics of macrophytes and phytoplankton in shallow lakes: a eutrophication‐driven pathway from plants to plankton?

    Carl D. Sayer;Thomas A. Davidson;John Iwan Jones

  • Response of submerged macrophyte communities to external and internal restoration measures in north temperate shallow lakes.

    Sabine Hilt;Marta M. Alirangues Nuñez;Elisabeth S. Bakker;Irmgard Blindow

  • A 250 year comparison of historical, macrofossil and pollen records of aquatic plants in a shallow lake

    Thomas A. Davidson;Carl D. Sayer;Helen Bennion;Carol David

  • Problems with the application of diatom‐total phosphorus transfer functions: examples from a shallow English lake

    Carl D. Sayer

  • Ecological influences on larval chironomid communities in shallow lakes: implications for palaeolimnological interpretations

    Peter G. Langdon;Zoe Ruiz;Shirley Wynne;Carl D. Sayer

  • Spatial representation of aquatic vegetation by macrofossils and pollen in a small and shallow lake

    Yan Zhao;Carl D. Sayer;Hilary H. Birks;Hilary H. Birks;Michael Hughes

  • Combining contemporary ecology and palaeolimnology to understand shallow lake ecosystem change.

    Carl D. Sayer;Thomas A. Davidson;John Iwan Jones;Peter G. Langdon

  • Pond ecology and conservation: research priorities and knowledge gaps

    Matthew J. Hill;Helen M. Greaves;Carl Sayer;Christopher Hassall

  • The role of pond management for biodiversity conservation in an agricultural landscape

    Carl Sayer;Katie Andrews;Ewan Shilland;Nathan Edmonds

  • Biodiversity changes in a shallow lake ecosystem: A multi-proxy palaeolimnological analysis

    C. Sayer;N. Roberts;J. Sadler;C. David

  • Are the controls of species composition similar for contemporary and sub-fossil cladoceran assemblages? A study of 39 shallow lakes of contrasting trophic status

    T. A. Davidson;T. A. Davidson;C. D. Sayer;M. R. Perrow;M. Bramm

  • The simultaneous inference of zooplanktivorous fish and macrophyte density from sub-fossil cladoceran assemblages: a multivariate regression tree approach

    Thomas A. Davidson;Thomas A. Davidson;Carl D. Sayer;Martin Perrow;Mette Bramm

  • Large woody debris “rewilding” rapidly restores biodiversity in riverine food webs

    Murray S. A. Thompson;Murray S. A. Thompson;Murray S. A. Thompson;Stephen J. Brooks;Carl D. Sayer;Guy Woodward

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Davidson
Thomas A. Davidson Aarhus University
Helen Bennion
Helen Bennion University College London
Jan C. Axmacher
Jan C. Axmacher University College London
Gordon H. Copp
Gordon H. Copp Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Neil L. Rose
Neil L. Rose University College London
Bernd Hänfling
Bernd Hänfling University of Hull
Gavin Simpson
Gavin Simpson University of Regina
Stephen J. Brooks
Stephen J. Brooks Natural History Museum
Nigel J. Willby
Nigel J. Willby University of Stirling
Peter G. Appleby
Peter G. Appleby University of Liverpool

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