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Jason T. Hoverman is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a notable emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. They have contributed significantly within the subfields of environmental chemistry, insect science, global and planetary change, and atmospheric science.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Amphibian and reptile biology
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on the ecological and toxicological effects of chemical exposures, particularly pesticides and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), on freshwater systems and amphibians. Selected recent papers include:

  • Consistent effects of pesticides on community structure and ecosystem function in freshwater systems, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Single and mixture per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances accumulate in developing Northern leopard frog brains and produce complex neurotransmission alterations, 2020, Neurotoxicology and Teratology
  • Chronic Per-/Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure Under Environmentally Relevant Conditions Delays Development in Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) Larvae, 2020, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Sublethal Effects of Dermal Exposure to Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances on Postmetamorphic Amphibians, 2020, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Comparative Toxicity of Aquatic Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure in Three Species of Amphibians, 2022, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Jason T. Hoverman has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several key scientific journals, such as:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (9 publications)
  • Aquatic Toxicology (5 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (4 publications)
  • Ecotoxicology (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (2 publications)

Collaboration is central to Hoverman's work, with frequent coauthors including Linda Lee, María S. Sepúlveda, Youn Jeong Choi, R. Wesley Flynn, and Devin K. Jones.

Best Publications

  • Agrochemicals increase trematode infections in a declining amphibian species

    Jason R. Rohr;Jason R. Rohr;Anna M. Schotthoefer;Thomas R. Raffel;Thomas R. Raffel;Hunter J. Carrick

  • Assessing the ecology in ecotoxicology: a review and synthesis in freshwater systems

    Rick Relyea;Jason Hoverman

  • Biodiversity decreases disease through predictable changes in host community competence

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Daniel L. Preston;Jason T. Hoverman;Katherine L. D. Richgels

  • Ecology and pathology of amphibian ranaviruses.

    Matthew J. Gray;Debra L. Miller;Jason T. Hoverman

  • PESTICIDES AND AMPHIBIANS: THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY CONTEXT

    Rick A. Relyea;Nancy M. Schoeppner;Jason T. Hoverman

  • Living fast and dying of infection: host life history drives interspecific variation in infection and disease risk

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Jason R. Rohr;Jason T. Hoverman;Esra Kellermanns

  • The impact of larval predators and competitors on the morphology and fitness of juvenile treefrogs

    Rick A. Relyea;Jason T. Hoverman

  • Parasite diversity and coinfection determine pathogen infection success and host fitness.

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Jason T. Hoverman

  • Phylogeny, Life History, and Ecology Contribute to Differences in Amphibian Susceptibility to Ranaviruses

    Jason T. Hoverman;Jason T. Hoverman;Matthew J. Gray;Nathan A. Haislip;Debra L. Miller;Debra L. Miller

  • Ecophysiology meets conservation: understanding the role of disease in amphibian population declines

    Andrew R. Blaustein;Stephanie S. Gervasi;Pieter T. J. Johnson;Jason T. Hoverman

  • Putting prey back together again: integrating predator-induced behavior, morphology, and life history

    Jason T. Hoverman;Josh R. Auld;Rick A. Relyea

  • Host and parasite diversity jointly control disease risk in complex communities.

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Daniel L. Preston;Jason T. Hoverman;Bryan E. LaFonte

  • How flexible is phenotypic plasticity? Developmental windows for trait induction and reversal

    Jason T. Hoverman;Rick A. Relyea

  • Interactive effects of predators and a pesticide on aquatic communities

    Rick A. Relyea;Jason T. Hoverman

  • Consistent effects of pesticides on community structure and ecosystem function in freshwater systems.

    Samantha L. Rumschlag;Samantha L. Rumschlag;Michael B. Mahon;Michael B. Mahon;Jason T. Hoverman;Thomas R. Raffel

  • Anuran susceptibilities to ranaviruses: role of species identity, exposure route, and a novel virus isolate

    Jason T. Hoverman;Matthew J. Gray;Debra L. Miller

  • Effects of clothianidin on aquatic communities: Evaluating the impacts of lethal and sublethal exposure to neonicotinoids.

    Jesse C. Miles;Jessica Hua;Maria S. Sepulveda;Christian H. Krupke

  • Does timing matter? How priority effects influence the outcome of parasite interactions within hosts

    Jason T. Hoverman;Bethany J. Hoye;Pieter T. J. Johnson

  • Urbanization and wetland communities: applying metacommunity theory to understand the local and landscape effects

    Pieter T. J. Johnson;Jason T. Hoverman;Valerie J. McKenzie;Andrew R. Blaustein

  • Development and disease: how susceptibility to an emerging pathogen changes through anuran development.

    Nathan A. Haislip;Matthew J. Gray;Jason T. Hoverman;Debra L. Miller;Debra L. Miller

  • Parasitism in a community context: trait‐mediated interactions with competition and predation

    Thomas R. Raffel;Jason T. Hoverman;Neal T. Halstead;Patrick J. Michel

  • Ranavirus Ecology and Evolution: From Epidemiology to Extinction

    Jesse L. Brunner;Andrew Storfer;Matthew J. Gray;Jason T. Hoverman

Frequent Co-Authors

Pieter T. J. Johnson
Pieter T. J. Johnson University of Colorado Boulder
Jason R. Rohr
Jason R. Rohr University of Notre Dame
Rick A. Relyea
Rick A. Relyea University of Missouri
Andrew R. Blaustein
Andrew R. Blaustein Oregon State University
Cheryl J. Briggs
Cheryl J. Briggs University of California, Santa Barbara
Linda S. Lee
Linda S. Lee Purdue University West Lafayette
Peter J. Hudson
Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University
Tomas O. Höök
Tomas O. Höök Purdue University West Lafayette
Jennifer L. Tank
Jennifer L. Tank University of Notre Dame
Gianluca Botter
Gianluca Botter University of Padua

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