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Overview

Ian J. Winfield is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Their research covers multiple fields, primarily focusing on Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad fields, their work addresses subfields such as Ecology, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Oceanography.

Their main research topics include Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Identification and Quantification in Food, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology.

Ian J. Winfield has published articles in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Change Biology

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Ian J. Winfield include:

  • Invasive non-native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Read counts from environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reflect fish abundance and biomass in drained ponds, 2020, Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
  • Selective activation of Gαob by an adenosine A1 receptor agonist elicits analgesia without cardiorespiratory depression, 2022, Nature Communications
  • How Does Climate Change Affect Emergent Properties of Aquatic Ecosystems?, 2021, Fisheries
  • Warming winters threaten peripheral Arctic charr populations of Europe, 2020, Climatic Change

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research, working frequently with co-authors such as:

  • Colin E. Adams
  • J Jones
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  • Mr Tombleson
  • Katherine A. Sloman

Best Publications

  • Trophic level asynchrony in rates of phenological change for marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Timothy H. Sparks;Morten Frederiksen;Sarah Burthe

  • Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Peter A. Henrys;Deborah Hemming;James R. Bell

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding of lake fish communities reflects long-term data from established survey methods.

    Bernd Hänfling;Lori Lawson Handley;Daniel S. Read;Christoph Hahn

  • Fish conservation in freshwater and marine realms: status, threats and management

    Angela H. Arthington;Nicholas K. Dulvy;William Gladstone;Ian J. Winfield

  • Eutrophication management in surface waters using lanthanum modified bentonite: A review.

    Diego Copetti;Karin Finsterle;Laura Marziali;Fabrizio Stefani

  • Impacts of climate warming on the long-term dynamics of key fish species in 24 European lakes

    Erik Jeppesen;Thomas Mehner;Ian J. Winfield;Külli Kangur

  • Trait changes in a harvested population are driven by a dynamic tug-of-war between natural and harvest selection

    Eric Edeline;Stephanie M. Carlson;Leif C. Stige;Ian J. Winfield

  • Invasive non-native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

    Kevin A. Hughes;Oliver L. Pescott;Jodey Peyton;Tim Adriaens

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  • Four decades of opposing natural and human-induced artificial selection acting on Windermere pike (Esox lucius).

    Stephanie M. Carlson;Stephanie M. Carlson;Eric Edeline;L. Asbjørn Vøllestad;Thrond. O. Haugen

  • Temporal and spatial variation in distribution of fish environmental DNA in England’s largest lake

    Lori Lawson Handley;Daniel S. Read;Ian J. Winfield;Helen Kimbell

  • Fish diversity in European lakes: geographical factors dominate over anthropogenic pressures

    Sandra Brucet;Stephanie Pédron;Thomas Mehner;Torben L. Lauridsen

  • The ideal free pike: 50 years of fitness-maximizing dispersal in Windermere.

    Thrond O Haugen;Thrond O Haugen;Ian J Winfield;L. Asbjørn Vøllestad;Janice M Fletcher

  • Do early warning indicators consistently predict nonlinear change in long‐term ecological data?

    Sarah J. Burthe;Peter A. Henrys;Eleanor B. Mackay;Bryan M. Spears

  • Development of a fish-based index to assess the eutrophication status of European lakes

    C. Argillier;S. Caussé;M. Gevrey;S. Pédron

  • Fish in the littoral zone: ecology, threats and management

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  • Nonindigenous Fishes Introduced into Inland Waters of the United States (American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 27)

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  • The true picture of a lake or reservoir fish stock: A review of needs and progress

    Jan Kubečka;Eva Hohausová;Josef Matěna;Jiří Peterka

  • The cost of copepod reproduction: increased susceptibility to fish predation.

    Ian J. Winfield;Colin R. Townsend

  • The Application of Optimal Foraging Theory to Feeding Behaviour in Fish

    Colin R. Townsend;Ian J. Winfield

  • The Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) populations of Windermere, UK: population trends associated with eutrophication, climate change and increased abundance of roach (Rutilus rutilus)

    Ian J. Winfield;Janice M. Fletcher;J. Ben James

  • The behavioural basis of prey selection by underyearling bream (Abramis brama (L.)) and roach (Rutilus rutilus (L.))

    Ian J. Winfield;Graeme Peirson;Martin Cryer;Colin R. Townsend

  • Habitat use and activity patterns of roach (Rutilus rutilus (L.)), rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus (L.)), perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) and pike (Esox lucius L.) in the laboratory: the role of predation threat and structural complexity

    C. W. Bean;I. J. Winfield

  • Population trends of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in the UK: assessing the evidence for a widespread decline in response to climate change

    I. J. Winfield;J. Hateley;J. M. Fletcher;J. B. James

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen C. Maberly
Stephen C. Maberly Lancaster University
Stephen J. Thackeray
Stephen J. Thackeray Lancaster University
Thomas Mehner
Thomas Mehner Leibniz Association
Sandra Brucet
Sandra Brucet Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Nils Chr. Stenseth
Nils Chr. Stenseth University of Oslo
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Torben L. Lauridsen
Torben L. Lauridsen Aarhus University
Colin E. Adams
Colin E. Adams University of Glasgow
Bryan M. Spears
Bryan M. Spears UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Linda May
Linda May Natural Environment Research Council

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