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Gordon H. Copp is affiliated with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in several subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Aquatic Science, Global and Planetary Change, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's work focuses on various topics related to aquatic environments and species. These topics include Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Gordon H. Copp has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Biological Invasions
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Copp include:

  • Lorenzo Vilizzi
  • Ali Serhan Tarkan
  • Phil I. Davison
  • Hui Wei
  • Tea Bašić

Selected recent papers by Gordon H. Copp cover topics relating to invasive species risk, aquatic organism screening, and management frameworks:

  • "A global-scale screening of non-native aquatic organisms to identify potentially invasive species under current and future climate conditions," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Speaking their language - Development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders," 2020, Environmental Modelling & Software
  • "Alien species and the EU Water Framework Directive: a comparative assessment of European approaches," 2020, Biological Invasions
  • "A protocol for screening potentially invasive non-native species using Weed Risk Assessment-type decision-support tools," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "North American channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus: a neglected but potentially invasive freshwater fish species?" 2021, Biological Invasions

Best Publications

  • Next-generation monitoring of aquatic biodiversity using environmental DNA metabarcoding

    Alice Valentini;Pierre Taberlet;Pierre Taberlet;Claude Miaud;Raphaël Civade

  • Current knowledge on non-native freshwater fish introductions

    R. E. Gozlan;J. R. Britton;I. Cowx;G. H. Copp

  • To be, or not to be, a non‐native freshwater fish?

    G. H. Copp;P. G. Bianco;N. G. Bogutskaya;I. Falka

  • Managing non‐native fish in the environment

    J R Britton;Rodolphe E Gozlan;Gordon H Copp;Gordon H Copp

  • The habitat diversity and fish reproductive function of floodplain ecosystems

    Gordon H. Copp

  • Voracious invader or benign feline? A review of the environmental biology of European catfish Silurus glanis in its native and introduced ranges

    Gordon H Copp;Gordon H Copp;J Robert Britton;Julien Cucherousset;Julien Cucherousset;Emili García-Berthou

  • Risk identification and assessment of non‐native freshwater fishes: a summary of concepts and perspectives on protocols for the UK

    G. H. Copp;R. Garthwaite;R. Garthwaite;R. E. Gozlan

  • Assessing the risks of aquatic species invasions via European inland waterways: from concepts to environmental indicators.

    Vadim E. Panov;Boris Alexandrov;Kęstutis Arbačiauskas;Rosa Binimelis

  • Calibration of FISK, an invasiveness screening tool for nonnative freshwater fishes.

    Gordon H. Copp;Lorenzo Vilizzi;John Mumford;Gemma V. Fenwick

  • Non-native fishes and climate change: predicting species responses to warming temperatures in a temperate region

    J. R. Britton;J. Cucherousset;G. D. Davies;G. D. Davies;M. J. Godard

  • Developing a framework of minimum standards for the risk assessment of alien species

    Helen E. Roy;Wolfgang Rabitsch;Riccardo Scalera;Alan Stewart

  • 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

  • Comparative microhabitat use of cyprinid larvae and juveniles in a lotic floodplain channel

    Gordon H. Copp

  • Ecology of fish spawning and nursery zones in the flood plain, using a new sampling approach

    Gordon H. Copp;Milan Peňáz

  • Developing a list of invasive alien species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the European Union

    Helen E. Roy;Sven Bacher;Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Tim Adriaens

  • Ten recommendations for advancing the assessment and management of non-indigenous species in marine ecosystems

    Henn Ojaveer;Bella S. Galil;Dan Minchin;Sergej Olenin

  • Pathways of ornamental and aquarium fish introductions into urban ponds of Epping Forest (London, England): the human vector*

    G. H. Copp;K. J. Wesley;L. Vilizzi

  • Experimental Evidence from Causal Criteria Analysis for the Effects of Common Carp Cyprinus carpio on Freshwater Ecosystems: A Global Perspective

    L. Vilizzi;A. S. Tarkan;G. H. Copp

  • Growth and life history traits of introduced pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) in Europe, and the relevance to its potential invasiveness

    Gordon H. Copp;Michael G. Fox

  • Small Water Bodies in Great Britain and Ireland: Ecosystem function, human-generated degradation, and options for restorative action.

    William D. Riley;Edward C.E. Potter;Jeremy Biggs;Adrian L. Collins

  • An empirical model for predicting microhabitat of 0+ juvenile fishes in a lowland river catchment

    Gordon H. Copp;Gordon H. Copp

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorenzo Vilizzi
Lorenzo Vilizzi University of Łódź
Rodolphe E. Gozlan
Rodolphe E. Gozlan University of Montpellier
Michael G. Fox
Michael G. Fox Trent University
Julien Cucherousset
Julien Cucherousset Paul Sabatier University
Carl D. Sayer
Carl D. Sayer University College London
Elena Tricarico
Elena Tricarico University of Florence
Frances E. Lucy
Frances E. Lucy Institute of Technology Sligo
Rob S. E. W. Leuven
Rob S. E. W. Leuven Radboud University
Helen E. Roy
Helen E. Roy Anglia Ruskin University
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna

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