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Ecology and Evolution
Poland
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

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63
Citations
13847
World Ranking
1977
National Ranking
4

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  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Poland Leader Award

Overview

Carl Smith is affiliated with the University of Łódź in Poland. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Ecology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Physiology.

Their main topics of work cover a range of areas including:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Smith has published articles in various scientific venues. The most frequent publications appear in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Vertebrate Biology
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Smith include:

  • Three-spined stickleback armour predicted by body size, minimum winter temperature and pH, 2020, Journal of Zoology
  • Molecular Mechanisms of Spawning Habits for the Adaptive Radiation of Endemic East Asian Cyprinid Fishes, 2022, Research
  • High-resolution app data reveal sustained increases in recreational fishing effort in Europe during and after COVID-19 lockdowns, 2023, Royal Society Open Science
  • Captivity-induced metabolic programming in an endangered felid: implications for species conservation, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Genetic diversification of the Kanehira bitterling Acheilognathus rhombeus inferred from mitochondrial DNA, with comments on the phylogenetic relationship with its sister species Acheilognathus barbatulus, 2021, Journal of Fish Biology

Smith collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Grzegorz Zięba
  • Martin Reichard
  • Mirosław Przybylski
  • Dariusz Halabowski
  • Kacper Pyrzanowski

Best Publications

  • The behaviour and ecology of the zebrafish, Danio rerio

    Rowena Spence;Gabriele Gerlach;Christian Lawrence;Carl Smith

  • Cannibalism in teleost fish

    Carl Smith;Peter Reay

  • Assessing the sustainability of agriculture at the planning stage

    CS Smith;GT McDonald

  • Key factors which influence the success of community forestry in developing countries

    Jack Baynes;John L Herbohn;Carl Smith;Robert J Fisher;Robert J Fisher

  • River rehabilitation and fish populations: assessing the benefit of instream structures

    J. L. Pretty;S. S. C. Harrison;D. J. Shepherd;C. Smith

  • Reproductive Biology of Teleost Fishes

    Robert J. Wootton;Carl Smith

  • The reproductive ecology of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus)

    Carl Smith;Martin Reichard;Martin Reichard;Pavel Jurajda;Mirosław Przybylski

  • More than just trees: Assessing reforestation success in tropical developing countries

    Hai Dinh Le;Carl Smith;John Herbohn;Stephen Harrison

  • The distribution and habitat preferences of the zebrafish in Bangladesh

    R. Spence;M. K. Fatema;M. Reichard;K. A. Huq

  • The costs of parental care in teleost fishes

    Carl Smith;Robert J. Wootton

  • Using a Bayesian belief network to predict suitable habitat of an endangered mammal – The Julia Creek dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi)

    Carl S. Smith;Alison L. Howes;Bronwyn Price;Clive A. McAlpine

  • Male territoriality mediates density and sex ratio effects on oviposition in the zebrafish, Danio rerio

    Rowena Spence;Carl Smith

  • Polyploidy in fishes: patterns and processes

    Steven C. Le Comber;Carl Smith

  • Understanding enabling capacities for managing the 'wicked problem' of nonpoint source water pollution in catchments: a conceptual framework.

    James J. Patterson;Carl Smith;Jennifer Bellamy

  • The effect of instream rehabilitation structures on macroinvertebrates in lowland rivers

    S. S. C. Harrison;J. L. Pretty;D. Shepherd;A. G. Hildrew

  • Diet, growth and recruitment of wild zebrafish in Bangladesh

    R. Spence;M. K. Fatema;S. Ellis;Z. F. Ahmed

  • Mating preference of female zebrafish, Danio rerio, in relation to male dominance

    Rowena Spence;Carl Smith

  • The application of system dynamics modelling to environmental health decision-making and policy - a scoping review.

    Danielle J. Currie;Carl Smith;Paul Jagals

  • A receiver bias in the origin of three-spined stickleback mate choice.

    Carl Smith;Iain Barber;Robert J. Wootton;Lars Chittka

  • A way forward with eco evo devo: an extended theory of resource polymorphism with postglacial fishes as model systems

    Skúli Skúlason;Kevin J. Parsons;Richard Svanbäck;Katja Räsänen

  • Adaptive host choice and avoidance of superparasitism in the spawning decisions of bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus)

    Carl Smith;John D. Reynolds;William J. Sutherland;Pavel Jurajda

  • Innate and learned colour preference in the zebrafish, Danio rerio

    Rowena Spence;Carl Smith

  • Cannibalism: Ecology and evolution among diverse taxa

    Carl Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Reichard
Martin Reichard Czech Academy of Sciences
Paul Dargusch
Paul Dargusch University of Queensland
Clive McAlpine
Clive McAlpine University of Queensland
Josef Bryja
Josef Bryja Czech Academy of Sciences
Pavel Jurajda
Pavel Jurajda Czech Academy of Sciences
Andris Ambainis
Andris Ambainis University of Latvia
Rieks D. van Klinken
Rieks D. van Klinken Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Marek Karpinski
Marek Karpinski University of Bonn
Archie C. A. Clements
Archie C. A. Clements Queen's University Belfast
Marc Hockings
Marc Hockings University of Queensland

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