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Overview

Jay R. Stauffer is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and focuses primarily on research within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, Parasitology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics concentrate on various aspects of aquatic and fish ecology such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

Jay R. Stauffer has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Teleostei: Cichlidae): a threat to native fishes of Lake Malawi?", 2022, published in Biological Invasions

While Stauffer is the primary author on the above, several coauthors frequently collaborate with the scientist, such as:

  • Adrianus F. Konings
  • Sara J. Mueller
  • Henry Madsen
  • Joshua M. Wisor
  • Casey Bradshaw-Wilson

Publication venues where Stauffer has multiple appearances include:

  • Zootaxa
  • Water
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Biology
  • Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture

Best Publications

  • Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes

    Reeve M. Bailey;D. S. Lee;C. R. Gilbert;C. H. Hocutt

  • Similar Morphologies of Cichlid Fish in Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi Are Due to Convergence

    Thomas D. Kocher;Janet A. Conroy;Kenneth R. McKaye;Jay Richard Stauffer

  • Distribution, biology, and management of exotic fishes

    Walter R. Courtenay;Jay R. Stauffer

  • Evolution of NADH Dehydrogenase Subunit 2 in East African Cichlid Fish

    Thomas D. Kocher;Janet A. Conroy;Kenneth R. McKaye;Jay R. Stauffer

  • Microsatellite Variation Demonstrates Multiple Paternity in Lekking Cichlid Fishes from Lake Malawi, Africa

    Karen A. Kellogg;Jeffrey A. Markert;Jay R. Stauffer;Thomas D. Kocher

  • Combined effects of water temperature and salinity on growth and feed utilization of juvenile Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linneaus)

    Jeremy S. Likongwe;Timothy D. Stecko;Jay R. Stauffer;Robert F. Carline

  • Preferred, Avoided, and Lethal Temperatures of Fish During Rising Temperature Conditions

    Donald S. Cherry;Kenneth L. Dickson;John Cairns;Jay R. Stauffer

  • Bower size and male reproductive success in a Cichlid fish lek

    Kenneth R. McKaye;Svata M. Louda;Jay R. Stauffer

  • Population structure and colour variation of the cichlid fishes Labeotropheus fuelleborni Ahl along a recently formed archipelago of rocky habitat patches in southern Lake Malawi

    Matthew E. Arnegard;Jeffrey A. Markert;Patrick D. Danley;Jay R. Stauffer

  • African Tilapia in Lake NicaraguaEcosystem in transition

    Kenneth R. McKaye;Joseph D. Ryan;Jay R. Stauffer;Lorenzo J. Lopez Perez

  • Responses of fish to a strobe light/ air-bubble barrier

    Paul H. Patrick;A.E. Christie;D. Sager;C. Hocutt

  • Phenotypic plasticity: its role in trophic radiation and explosive speciation in cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

    Jay R. Stauffer;Ellen van Snick Gray

  • The Introduced Fish Problem and the Aquarium Fish Industry

    Walter R. Courtenay;Jay R. Stauffer

  • A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malaŵi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species

    Jay R. Stauffer;Nancy J. Bowers;Karen A. Kellogg;Kenneth R. Mckaye

  • Regional Frameworks and Candidate Metrics for Assessing Biotic Integrity in Mid-Atlantic Highland Streams

    Paul L. Angermeier;Roy A. Smogor;Jay R. Stauffer

  • Evaluation of Female Mate Choice Cues in a Group of Lake Malawi Mbuna (Cichlidae)

    Rebecca Jordan;Rebecca Jordan;Karen Kellogg;Francis Juanes;Jay Stauffer

  • Controlling vectors and hosts of parasitic diseases using fishes

    Jay R. Stauffer;Matthew E. Arnegard;Martin Cetron;James J. Sullivan

  • Biological monitoring of fish

    Charles H. Hocutt;Jay R. Stauffer

  • Microhabitat partitioning in a diverse assemblage of darters in the Allegheny River system

    Jay R. Stauffer;Jeff M. Boltz;Karen A. Kellogg;Ellen S. van Snik

  • The fishes of West Virginia

    J. R. Stauffer;J. M. Boltz;L. R. White

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Kocher
Thomas Kocher University of Maryland, College Park
Francis Juanes
Francis Juanes University of Victoria
John Cairns
John Cairns Virginia Tech
Rebecca Jordan
Rebecca Jordan Michigan State University
George F. Turner
George F. Turner Bangor University
David Rollinson
David Rollinson Natural History Museum
Eva Garcia-Vazquez
Eva Garcia-Vazquez University of Oviedo
John E. Carlson
John E. Carlson Pennsylvania State University
Donald S. Cherry
Donald S. Cherry Virginia Tech
Bonnie L. Webster
Bonnie L. Webster Natural History Museum

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