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62
Citations
17550
World Ranking
2042
National Ranking
742

Overview

James E. Byers is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Recent publications by James E. Byers include:

  • Marine Parasites and Disease in the Era of Global Climate Change, 2020, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • Effects of climate change on parasites and disease in estuarine and nearshore environments, 2020, PLoS Biology

Frequent collaborators in their research are Julie A. Blaze, C. Brock Woodson, Rachel S. Smith, James M. Pringle, and Matthew V. Bilskie.

Byers has published multiple papers in several journals, with Marine Ecology Progress Series and Ecosphere being the most common venues, followed by Biological Invasions, UNC Libraries, and Journal of Ecology.

  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Ecosphere
  • Biological Invasions
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Ecology

Their work touches on areas of marine biology and ecology with specific attention to marine dispersal, parasites influenced by climate change, and coastal ecosystem dynamics. The 2020 publication "Marine Parasites and Disease in the Era of Global Climate Change" has been cited extensively, indicating its relevance within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Impact: Toward a Framework for Understanding the Ecological Effects of Invaders

    I. M. Parker;D. Simberloff;K. Goodell;M. Wonham

  • Five Potential Consequences of Climate Change for Invasive Species

    Jessica J. Hellmann;James E. Byers;Britta G. Bierwagen;Jeffrey S. Dukes

  • Ecosystem engineering in space and time.

    Alan Hastings;James E. Byers;Jeffrey A. Crooks;Kim Cuddington

  • Introduction of Non-Native Oysters: Ecosystem Effects and Restoration Implications

    Jennifer L. Ruesink;Hunter S. Lenihan;Alan C. Trimble;Kimberly W. Heiman

  • Directing research to reduce the impacts of nonindigenous species

    James E. Byers;Sarah Reichard;John M. Randall;Ingrid M. Parker

  • Impact of non‐indigenous species on natives enhanced by anthropogenic alteration of selection regimes

    James E. Byers

  • Using ecosystem engineers to restore ecological systems

    James E. Byers;Kim Cuddington;Clive G. Jones;Theresa S. Talley

  • COMPETITION BETWEEN TWO ESTUARINE SNAILS: IMPLICATIONS FOR INVASIONS OF EXOTIC SPECIES

    James E. Byers

  • Parasites alter community structure

    Chelsea L. Wood;James E. Byers;Kathryn L. Cottingham;Irit Altman

  • Cascading of habitat degradation: Oyster reefs invaded by refugee fishes escaping stress

    Hunter S. Lenihan;Charles H. Peterson;James E. Byers;Jonathan H. Grabowski

  • Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges

    John D. Parker;Mark E. Torchin;Ruth A. Hufbauer;Nathan P. Lemoine

  • Divergent induced responses to an invasive predator in marine mussel populations.

    Aaren S. Freeman;James E. Byers

  • SCALE DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF BIOTIC RESISTANCE TO BIOLOGICAL INVASION

    James E. Byers;Erik G. Noonburg

  • Going against the flow: retention, range limits and invasions in advective environments

    James E. Byers;James M. Pringle

  • A framework for understanding physical ecosystem engineering by organisms

    Clive G. Jones;Jorge L. Gutiérrez;James E. Byers;Jeffrey A. Crooks

  • Indirect effects of parasites in invasions

    Alison M. Dunn;Mark E. Torchin;Melanie J. Hatcher;Melanie J. Hatcher;Peter M. Kotanen

  • Do artificial substrates favor nonindigenous fouling species over native species

    Megan C. Tyrrell;James E. Byers

  • Physical Ecosystem Engineers and the Functioning of Estuaries and Coasts

    J. L. Gutierrez;C. G. Jones;J. E. Byers;K. K. Arkema

  • Physical habitat attribute mediates biotic resistance to non-indigenous species invasion

    James E. Byers

  • Impacts of marine invaders on biodiversity depend on trophic position and functional similarity

    Mads S. Thomsen;James E. Byers;David R. Schiel;John F. Bruno

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Gribben
Paul E. Gribben University of New South Wales
Jeffrey T. Wright
Jeffrey T. Wright University of Tasmania
Jonathan H. Grabowski
Jonathan H. Grabowski Northeastern University
Erik E. Sotka
Erik E. Sotka College of Charleston
Michael F. Piehler
Michael F. Piehler University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A. Randall Hughes
A. Randall Hughes Northeastern University
John P. Wares
John P. Wares University of Georgia
Florian Weinberger
Florian Weinberger Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Mark E. Torchin
Mark E. Torchin Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Clive G. Jones
Clive G. Jones Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

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