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J. Iwan Jones is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with a specialization in ecology, nature and landscape conservation, pollution, ecological modeling, and molecular biology. The dominant area of study across their work is environmental science, comprising 113 publications.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range including fish ecology and management studies, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, microplastics and plastic pollution, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, species distribution and climate change, and isotope analysis in ecology.

J. Iwan Jones has published multiple papers in key venues such as Freshwater Biology, Environmental Pollution, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), SSRN Electronic Journal, and Environmental DNA. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Freshwater Biology
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental DNA

Recent publications involving their research include:

  • Systematic Analysis of the Relative Abundance of Polymers Occurring as Microplastics in Freshwaters and Estuaries, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Other significant papers in their research network, though not all authored by Jones directly, cover the broader field, including:

  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt, 2023, Nature
  • Key Questions for Next-Generation Biomonitoring, 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Biodiversity assessment across a dynamic riverine system: A comparison of eDNA metabarcoding versus traditional fish surveying methods, 2021, Environmental DNA
  • Separating natural from human enhanced methane emissions in headwater streams, 2022, Nature Communications

Collaborations have been an integral part of J. Iwan Jones's work. Frequent coauthors include John F. Murphy, Pavel Kratina, R.C.M. Verdonschot, Núria Bonada, and Zoltán Csabai.

The scientist has contributed to book publications, notably with Frontiers Media, including the work titled A Next-Generation of Biomonitoring to Detect Global Ecosystem Change published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Ecological networks--beyond food webs.

    Thomas C. Ings;José M. Montoya;José M. Montoya;Jordi Bascompte;Nico Blüthgen

  • Interaction strengths in food webs: issues and opportunities

    Eric L Berlow;Anje-Margiet Neutel;Joel E Cohen;Peter C de Ruiter

  • How green is my river? A new paradigm of eutrophication in rivers.

    John Hilton;Matthew O'Hare;Michael J. Bowes;J. Iwan Jones

  • The future of biotic indices in the ecogenomic era: Integrating (e)DNA metabarcoding in biological assessment of aquatic ecosystems

    Jan Pawlowski;Mary Kelly-Quinn;Florian Altermatt;Laure Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil

  • Warming alters the metabolic balance of ecosystems

    Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;J. Iwan Jones;Mark Trimmer;Guy Woodward

  • Implementation options for DNA-based identification into ecological status assessment under the European Water Framework Directive.

    Daniel Hering;Angel Borja;J.Iwan Jones;Didier Pont

  • DOES THE FISH-INVERTEBRATE-PERIPHYTON CASCADE PRECIPITATE PLANT LOSS IN SHALLOW LAKES?

    J. Iwan Jones;Carl D. Sayer

  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

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  • The influence of nutrient loading, dissolved inorganic carbon and higher trophic levels on the interaction between submerged plants and periphyton

    J. Iwan Jones;Johnstone O. Young;John W. Eaton;Brian Moss

  • Seasonal dynamics of macrophytes and phytoplankton in shallow lakes: a eutrophication‐driven pathway from plants to plankton?

    Carl D. Sayer;Thomas A. Davidson;John Iwan Jones

  • The British river of the future: How climate change and human activity might affect two contrasting river ecosystems in England

    Andrew C. Johnson;Mike C. Acreman;Michael J. Dunbar;Stephen W. Feist

  • A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways

    T. Datry;A. Foulquier;R. Corti;D. von Schiller

  • 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

  • Area, altitude and aquatic plant diversity

    J. Iwan Jones;Wei Li;Stephen C. Maberly

  • Combined stable isotope and gut contents analysis of food webs in plant‐dominated, shallow lakes

    J. Iwan Jones;Susan Waldron

  • Individual-Based Food Webs: Species Identity, Body Size and Sampling Effects

    Guy Woodward;Julia Blanchard;Rasmus B. Lauridsen;Francois K. Edwards

  • Do submerged aquatic plants influence periphyton community composition for the benefit of invertebrate mutualists

    J. Iwan Jones;Brian Moss;John W. Eaton;Johnstone O. Young

  • Community persistence in Broadstone Stream (U.K.) over three decades

    Guy Woodward;John I. Jones;Alan G. Hildrew

  • Mobility of stream invertebrates in relation to disturbance and refugia: a test of habitat templet theory

    Charlotte Gjerløv;Alan G. Hildrew;J. Iwan Jones

  • Interactions between diatoms and fine sediment

    J. I. Jones;C. P. Duerdoth;A. L. Collins;A. L. Collins;P. S. Naden

  • Seeing Double: Size-Based and Taxonomic Views of Food Web Structure

    David Gilljam;Aaron Thierry;Aaron Thierry;Francois K. Edwards;David Figueroa;David Figueroa

  • Warming increases the proportion of primary production emitted as methane from freshwater mesocosms

    Gabriel Yvon‐Durocher;José M. Montoya;José M. Montoya;Guy Woodward;J. Iwan Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy Woodward
Guy Woodward Imperial College London
José M. Montoya
José M. Montoya Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Pavel Kratina
Pavel Kratina Queen Mary University of London
Alan G. Hildrew
Alan G. Hildrew Queen Mary University of London
Martyn Kelly
Martyn Kelly Durham University
Adrian L. Collins
Adrian L. Collins Rothamsted Research
Agnès Bouchez
Agnès Bouchez Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Owen L. Petchey
Owen L. Petchey University of Zurich
David Sear
David Sear University of Southampton
Helen P. Jarvie
Helen P. Jarvie University of Waterloo

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