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Daniel D. Heath

Daniel D. Heath

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
10880
World Ranking
2742
National Ranking
177

Overview

Daniel D. Heath is affiliated with the University of Windsor in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work is frequently situated within key subfields such as Ecology, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Immunology, and Genetics.

Heath's main topics of research include:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

The body of published work includes papers in well-regarded venues such as Environmental DNA, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Heredity, and The Auk. Heath has contributed to multiple articles in these journals with particular emphasis on Environmental DNA and microbial community studies.

Notable recent papers by Heath include:

  • "Averting an Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a University Residence Hall through Wastewater Surveillance" (2021) published in Microbiology Spectrum
  • "Pathway to Increase Standards and Competency of eDNA Surveys (PISCeS)-Advancing collaboration and standardization efforts in the field of eDNA" (2020) published in Environmental DNA
  • "Rearing environment affects the genetic architecture and plasticity of DNA methylation in Chinook salmon" (2020) published in Heredity
  • "Host species and habitat shape fish-associated bacterial communities: phylosymbiosis between fish and their microbiome" (2023) published in Microbiome
  • "Microbial community and abiotic effects on aquatic bacterial communities in north temperate lakes" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators include Subba Rao Chaganti, Javad Sadeghi, Matthew C. Yates, Abdolrazagh Hashemi Shahraki, and Nicholas E. Mandrak, indicating a pattern of cooperative research efforts, particularly in genetics, microbial ecology, and aquatic science.

Best Publications

  • Connectivity, biodiversity conservation and the design of marine reserve networks for coral reefs

    G. R. Almany;S. R. Connolly;D. D. Heath;J. D. Hogan

  • Rapid Evolution of Egg Size in Captive Salmon

    Daniel D. Heath;John W. Heath;Colleen A. Bryden;Rachel M. Johnson

  • MATERNAL EFFECTS ON OFFSPRING SIZE: VARIATION THROUGH EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF CHINOOK SALMON.

    Daniel D. Heath;Charles W. Fox;John W. Heath

  • Comparison of tricaine methanesulphonate (MS222) and clove oil anaesthesia effects on the physiology of juvenile chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum)

    G K Cho;D D Heath

  • High sensitivity of 454 pyrosequencing for detection of rare species in aquatic communities

    Aibin Zhan;Aibin Zhan;Martin Hulák;Francisco Sylvester;Xiaoting Huang

  • PCR primed with VNTR core sequences yields species specific patterns and hypervariable probes.

    D D Heath;G K Iwama;R H Devlin

  • PCR-based nuclear markers identify alien blue mussel (Mytilus spp.) genotypes on the west coast of Canada

    Daniel D. Heath;Paul D. Rawson;Thomas J. Hilbish

  • Contrasting patterns in genetic diversity following multiple invasions of fresh and brackish waters.

    David W. Kelly;James R. Muirhead;Daniel D. Heath;Hugh J. Macisaac

  • Temporal change in genetic structure and effective population size in steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

    Daniel D. Heath;Christopher Busch;Joanne Kelly;Dana Y. Atagi

  • Identifying the source of species invasions: sampling intensity vs. genetic diversity

    Jim R. Muirhead;Derek K. Gray;David W. Kelly;Sandra M. Ellis

  • Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 October 2009–30 November 2009

    Junghwa An;Arnaud Bechet;Åsa Berggren;Sarah K. Brown

  • Utilization of stomach content DNA to determine diet diversity in piscivorous fishes.

    L. Carreon-Martinez;T. B. Johnson;S. A. Ludsin;Daniel D. Heath

  • Molecular resolution of the family Dreissenidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with emphasis on Ponto-Caspian species, including first report of Mytilopsis leucophaeata in the Black Sea basin

    Thomas W. Therriault;Margaret F. Docker;Marina I. Orlova;Daniel D. Heath

  • Environmental DNA detection of rare and invasive fish species in two Great Lakes tributaries.

    Katherine D. Balasingham;Ryan P. Walter;Ryan P. Walter;Nicholas E. Mandrak;Nicholas E. Mandrak;Daniel D. Heath

  • Genetic comparison between sympatric anadromous steelhead and freshwater resident rainbow trout in British Columbia, Canada

    Margaret F. Docker;Daniel D. Heath

  • Genetic, environmental and interaction effects on the incidence of jacking in Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (chinook salmon)

    Daniel D Heath;Daniel D Heath;Robert H Devlin;John W Heath;George K Iwama

  • Local retention, dispersal and fluctuating connectivity among populations of a coral reef fish

    J. Derek Hogan;J. Derek Hogan;Roger J. Thiessen;Peter F. Sale;Daniel D. Heath

  • Revolution in food web analysis and trophic ecology: diet analysis by DNA and stable isotope analysis.

    L. Carreon-Martinez;Daniel D. Heath

  • Census vs. effective population size in chinook salmon: large- and small-scale environmental perturbation effects

    J. Mark Shrimpton;Daniel D. Heath

  • VICARIANCE AND DISPERSAL EFFECTS ON PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE AND SPECIATION IN A WIDESPREAD ESTUARINE INVERTEBRATE

    David W. Kelly;Hugh J. MacIsaac;Daniel D. Heath

  • A novel method for estimating heritability using molecular markers

    Timothy A Mousseau;Kermit Ritland;Daniel D Heath

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor E. Pitcher
Trevor E. Pitcher University of Windsor
Hugh J. MacIsaac
Hugh J. MacIsaac University of Windsor
Robert H. Devlin
Robert H. Devlin Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Margaret F. Docker
Margaret F. Docker University of Manitoba
Nicholas E. Mandrak
Nicholas E. Mandrak University of Toronto
George K. Iwama
George K. Iwama Acadia University
Bryan D. Neff
Bryan D. Neff University of Western Ontario
Oliver P. Love
Oliver P. Love University of Windsor
Aibin Zhan
Aibin Zhan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Melania E. Cristescu
Melania E. Cristescu McGill University

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