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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Hans G. Dam is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with substantial contributions in the subfields of oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, environmental chemistry, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Their work addresses key topics such as ocean acidification effects and responses, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, physiological and biochemical adaptations, marine biology and ecology research, marine and coastal ecosystems, marine toxins and detection methods, and aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hans G. Dam include:

  • Rapid, but limited, zooplankton adaptation to simultaneous warming and acidification, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Loss of transcriptional plasticity but sustained adaptive capacity after adaptation to global change conditions in a marine copepod, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Fluctuating selection and global change: a synthesis and review on disentangling the roles of climate amplitude, predictability and novelty, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Global patterns in copepod thermal tolerance, 2021, Journal of Plankton Research
  • Negative relationship between thermal tolerance and plasticity in tolerance emerges during experimental evolution in a widespread marine invertebrate, 2021, Evolutionary Applications

Frequent co-authors of Hans G. Dam include:

  • James A. deMayo
  • Melissa H. Pespeni
  • Matthew Sasaki
  • Michael Finiguerra
  • Reid S. Brennan

The scientist publishes frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Marine Environmental Research.

Hans G. Dam was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Iron and grazing constraints on primary production in the central equatorial Pacific: An EqPac synthesis

    Michael R. Lundry;Richard T. Barber;Robert R. Bidare;Fei Chai

  • The effect of temperature on the gut clearance rate constant of planktonic copepods

    Hans G. Dam;William T. Peterson

  • Coagulation efficiency and aggregate formation in marine phytoplankton

    T. Kiørboe;K. P. Andersen;H. G. Dam

  • RAPID: Research on Automated Plankton Identification

    Mark C. Benfield;Philippe Grosjean;Phil F. Culverhouse;Xabier Irigoien

  • The role of surface-active carbohydrates in the flocculation of a diatom bloom in a mesocosm

    Kenneth Mopper;Jian zhou;Konduru Sri Ramana;Uta passow

  • The contribution of microorganisms to particulate carbon and nitrogen in surface waters of the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda

    D.A. Caron;H.G. Dam;P. Kremer;E.J. Lessard

  • Copepod hatching success in marine ecosystems with high diatom concentrations

    Xabier Irigoien;Roger P. Harris;Hans M. Verheye;Pierre Joly

  • Stocks and dynamics of bacterioplankton carbon during the spring bloom in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean

    H.W. Ducklow;D.L. Kirchman;H.L. Quinby;C.A. Carlson

  • Evolutionary Adaptation of Marine Zooplankton to Global Change

    Hans G. Dam

  • Particle size spectra between 1 μm and 1 cm at Monterey Bay determined using multiple instruments

    George A. Jackson;Robert Maffione;David K. Costello;Alice L. Alldredge

  • The nearshore zone during coastal upwelling: Daily variability and coupling between primary and secondary production off central Chile

    William T Peterson;Dagoberto F Arcos;George B McManus;Hans Dam

  • Coupling of ingestion and defecation as a function of diet in the calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa

    Sengul Besiktepe;Hans G. Dam

  • The trophic role of mesozooplankton at 47°N, 20°W during the North Atlantic Bloom Experiment

    Hans G. Dam;Carolyn A. Miller;Sigrun H. Jonasdottir

  • Mesozooplankton grazing and metabolism at the equator in the central Pacific: Implications for carbon and nitrogen fluxes

    Hans G. Dam;Xinsheng Zhang;Mari Butler;Michael R. Roman

  • Downward export of carbon by diel migrant mesozooplankton in the central equatorial Pacific

    Xinsheng Zhang;Hans G. Dam

  • Downward export of respiratory carbon and dissolved inorganic nitrogen by diel-migrant mesozooplankton at the JGOFS Bermuda time-series station

    Hans G. Dam;Michael R. Roman;Marsh J. Youngbluth

  • Coagulation efficiency, organic-matter glues and the dynamics of particles during a phytoplankton bloom in a mesocosm study

    Hans G. Dam;David T. Drapeau

  • Effects of diet on dimensions, density and sinking rates of fecal pellets of the copepod Acartia tonsa

    Leah R. Feinberg;Hans G. Dam

  • Latitudinal Differentiation in the Effects of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium spp. on the Feeding and Reproduction of Populations of the Copepod Acartia Hudsonica

    Sean P Colin;Hans G Dam

  • Role of diatoms in copepod production:good, harmless or toxic?

    SH Jónasdóttir;T. Kiørboe;KW Tang;M. StJohn

Frequent Co-Authors

Kam W. Tang
Kam W. Tang Swansea University
Michael R. Roman
Michael R. Roman University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
William T. Peterson
William T. Peterson National Marine Fisheries Service
George B. McManus
George B. McManus University of Connecticut
George A. Jackson
George A. Jackson Texas A&M University
Thomas Kiørboe
Thomas Kiørboe Technical University of Denmark
Pieter T. Visscher
Pieter T. Visscher University of Connecticut
Sandra E. Shumway
Sandra E. Shumway University of Connecticut
Senjie Lin
Senjie Lin University of Connecticut
Alice L. Alldredge
Alice L. Alldredge University of California, Santa Barbara

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