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Overview

James S. Albert is affiliated with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the United States and specializes in environmental and biological sciences. Their research primarily focuses on freshwater biodiversity, fish biology, and ecological dynamics.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of study are:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Aquatic Science
  • Paleontology
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change

Their main research topics cover areas such as:

  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

James S. Albert has published multiple papers in scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Scientists' warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis, 2020, AMBIO
  • Diversification of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes, 2020, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Landscape dynamics and diversification of the megadiverse South American freshwater fish fauna, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Effect of Helmet Noninvasive Ventilation vs Usual Respiratory Support on Mortality Among Patients With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Due to COVID-19, 2022, JAMA
  • River network rearrangements promote speciation in lowland Amazonian birds, 2022, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with James S. Albert include:

  • Victor Alberto Tagliacollo
  • Fernanda A. S. Cassemiro
  • Roberto Esser dos Reis
  • Murilo S. Dias
  • Maxwell J. Bernt

The scientist has contributed to several publication venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • Neotropical Ichthyology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Copeia

James S. Albert has also authored a book titled Freshwater Biodiversity Crisis: Multidisciplinary Approaches as Tools for Conservation, volume II, to be published by Frontiers Media in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

    K. O Winemiller;P. B McIntyre;L Castello;E Fluet-Chouinard

  • Scientists' warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis.

    James S. Albert;Georgia Destouni;Scott M. Duke-Sylvester;Anne E. Magurran

  • Fish biodiversity and conservation in South America.

    R. E. Reis;J. S. Albert;F. Di Dario;M. M. Mincarone

  • Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes

    James Albert

  • Species diversity and phylogenetic systematics of American knifefishes (Gymnotiformes, Teleostei).

    J. S. Albert

  • Annelida and Arthropoda are Not Sister Taxa: A Phylogenetic Analysis of Spiralian Metazoan Morphology

    Douglas J. Eernisse;James S. Albert;Frank E. Anderson

  • Major Biogeographic and Phylogenetic Patterns

    James S. Albert;Paulo Petry;Roberto E. Reis

  • Miocene marine incursions and marine/freshwater transitions: Evidence from Neotropical fishes

    Nathan R. Lovejoy;James S. Albert;William G.R. Crampton

  • Genomic basis for the convergent evolution of electric organs

    Jason R. Gallant;Lindsay L. Traeger;Jeremy D. Volkening;Howell Moffett

  • Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon

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  • Diversification of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes

    James S. Albert;Victor A. Tagliacollo;Fernando Dagosta

  • Miocene tectonism and the separation of cis- and trans-Andean river basins: Evidence from Neotropical fishes

    James S. Albert;Nathan R. Lovejoy;William G.R. Crampton

  • The changing course of the Amazon River in the Neogene: center stage for Neotropical diversification

    James S. Albert;Pedro Val;Pedro Val;Carina Hoorn

  • Diversity and Phylogeny of Neotropical Electric Fishes (Gymnotiformes)

    James S. Albert;William G. R. Crampton

  • Conceptual and empirical advances in Neotropical biodiversity research.

    Alexandre Antonelli;María Ariza;María Ariza;James Albert;Tobias Andermann

  • Unexpected fish diversity gradients in the Amazon basin

    Thierry Oberdorff;Murilo S. Dias;Céline Jézéquel;James S. Albert

  • Seven new species of the Neotropical electric fish Gymnotus (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes) with a redescription of G. carapo (Linnaeus)

    James S. Albert;William G.R. Crampton

  • Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas

    Peter van der Sleen;James S. Albert

  • Landscape dynamics and diversification of the megadiverse South American freshwater fish fauna

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  • Introduction to Neotropical Freshwaters

    James S. Albert;Roberto E. Reis

  • Phylogenetic systematics and historical biogeography of the Neotropical electric fish Gymnotus (Teleostei: Gymnotidae)

    J. S. Albert;W. G. R. Crampton;D. H. Thorsen;N. R. Lovejoy

  • Molecular phylogeny and biogeographic history of the armored neotropical catfish subfamilies hypoptopomatinae, neoplecostominae and otothyrinae (siluriformes: loricariidae).

    Fábio F. Roxo;James S. Albert;Gabriel S. C. Silva;Cláudio H. Zawadzki

Frequent Co-Authors

William G. R. Crampton
William G. R. Crampton University of Central Florida
Claudio Oliveira
Claudio Oliveira Sao Paulo State University
Nathan R. Lovejoy
Nathan R. Lovejoy University of Toronto
Michael E. Alfaro
Michael E. Alfaro University of California, Los Angeles
Brant C. Faircloth
Brant C. Faircloth Louisiana State University
Harold H. Zakon
Harold H. Zakon The University of Texas at Austin
Thierry Oberdorff
Thierry Oberdorff Paul Sabatier University
Jansen Zuanon
Jansen Zuanon National Institute of Amazonian Research
Kirk O. Winemiller
Kirk O. Winemiller Texas A&M University
Pablo A. Tedesco
Pablo A. Tedesco Paul Sabatier University

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