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Darold P. Batzer is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions covering Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's work extensively addresses topics related to freshwater ecosystems and invertebrate ecology. Key areas of study include:

  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Environmental Conservation and Management
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Darold P. Batzer has published in a range of academic venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Wetlands
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Wetland Science and Practice
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Global Change Biology

Recent notable papers include:

  • Perils of life on the edge: Climatic threats to global diversity patterns of wetland macroinvertebrates, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Does taxonomic and numerical resolution affect the assessment of invertebrate community structure in New World freshwater wetlands?, 2021, Ecological Indicators
  • Relationships between macroinvertebrates and detritus in freshwater wetlands, 2021, Freshwater Science
  • Climate- versus geographic-dependent patterns in the spatial distribution of macroinvertebrate assemblages in New World depressional wetlands, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Effects of Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) invasion on decomposition and litter-dwelling invertebrates in Southeastern U.S. floodplain forests, 2020, Biological Invasions

Throughout their career, Darold P. Batzer has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • Luis B. Epele
  • Kyle I. McLean
  • Cristina Stenert
  • Leonardo Maltchik
  • Mateus Marques Pires

Best Publications

  • Ecology of Insect Communities in Nontidal Wetlands

    Darold P. Batzer;Scott A. Wissinger

  • Invertebrates in freshwater wetlands of North America : ecology and management

    Darold P. Batzer;Russell Ben Rader;Scott A. Wissinger

  • Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands

    Darold P. Batzer;Rebecca R. Sharitz

  • Relationships between environmental characteristics and macroinvertebrate communities in seasonal woodland ponds of Minnesota

    Darold P. Batzer;Brian J. Palik;Richard Buech

  • The seemingly intractable ecological responses of invertebrates in North American wetlands: a review.

    Darold P. Batzer

  • IMPACTS OF FISH PREDATION ON MARSH INVERTEBRATES: DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS

    Darold P. Batzer;Christopher R. Pusateri;Richard Vetter

  • INVERTEBRATES ASSOCIATED WITH WOODY DEBRIS IN A SOUTHEASTERN U.S. FORESTED FLOODPLAIN WETLAND

    Amy Braccia;Darold P. Batzer

  • Macroinvertebrates of a California seasonal wetland and responses to experimental habitat manipulation

    Darold P. Batzer;Vincent H. Resh

  • SEASONAL POND CHARACTERISTICS ACROSS A CHRONOSEQUENCE OF ADJACENT FOREST AGES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, USA

    Brian J. Palik;Darold P. Batzer;Richard Buech;Dale Nichols

  • Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands

    Darold Batzer;Dani Boix

  • The freshwater biome gradient framework: predicting macroscale properties based on latitude, altitude, and precipitation

    Walter K. Dodds;Lindsey Bruckerhoff;Darold Batzer;Anne Schechner

  • TROPHIC INTERACTIONS AMONG DETRITUS, BENTHIC MIDGES, AND PREDATORY FISH IN A FRESHWATER MARSH

    Darold P. Batzer

  • Macroinvertebrate responses to wetland restoration in northern New York

    Stephen C. Brown;Kevin Smith;Darold Batzer

  • Bioassessment and management of North American freshwater wetlands

    Russell B. Rader;Darold P. Batzer;Scott A. Wissinger

  • Characteristics of invertebrates consumed by mallards and prey response to wetland flooding schedules

    Darold P. Batzer;Monica McGee;Vincent H. Resh;R. Robert Smith

  • 6. Wetland Animal Ecology

    Darold P. Batzer;Robert Cooper;Scott A. Wissinger

  • Is there a core set of organisms that structure macroinvertebrate assemblages in freshwater wetlands

    Darold P. Batzer;Albert Ruhí;Albert Ruhí

  • Headwater Streams and Timber Harvest: Channel, Macroinvertebrate, and Amphibian Response and Recovery

    C. Rhett Jackson;Darold P. Batzer;Sarah S. Cross;Stephanie M. Haggerty

  • Detrimental effects of a novel flow regime on the functional trajectory of an aquatic invertebrate metacommunity

    Albert Ruhi;Albert Ruhi;Xiaoli Dong;Courtney H. McDaniel;Darold P. Batzer

  • Do invertebrate communities in floodplains change predictably along a river's length?

    Elizabeth G. Reese;Darold P. Batzer

  • Snowmelt ponds in Wisconsin. Influence of hydroperiod on invertebrate community structure.

    D. W. Schneider;D. P. Batzer;R. B. Rader;S. A. Wissinger

  • Influences of riparian logging on plants and invertebrates in small, depressional wetlands of Georgia, U.S.A.

    Darold P. Batzer;C. Rhett Jackson;Melinda Mosner

  • WETLAND ECOLOGY: PRINCIPLES AND CONSERVATION

    Darold P. Batzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott A. Wissinger
Scott A. Wissinger Allegheny College
Albert Ruhí
Albert Ruhí University of California, Berkeley
Leonardo Maltchik
Leonardo Maltchik Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
Vincent H. Resh
Vincent H. Resh University of California, Berkeley
Brian J. Palik
Brian J. Palik US Forest Service
Dani Boix
Dani Boix University of Girona
Rebecca R. Sharitz
Rebecca R. Sharitz University of Georgia
Michael D. Ulyshen
Michael D. Ulyshen US Forest Service
Andrew J. Baldwin
Andrew J. Baldwin University of Oxford
Andrew J. Boulton
Andrew J. Boulton University of New England

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