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Nathan R. Lovejoy

Nathan R. Lovejoy

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
4206
World Ranking
7653
National Ranking
472

Overview

Nathan R. Lovejoy is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on the study of fish biology, ecology, and behavior. The scientist's work integrates diverse approaches to understanding aquatic systems and the adaptations of organisms within them.

Lovejoy's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their subfields of study cover areas such as:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Aquatic Science
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Lovejoy has explored numerous scientific topics, particularly related to fish and aquatic environments, including:

  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

The scientist has contributed to a variety of publications with recent papers highlighting key aspects of aquatic biodiversity and evolutionary biology. Representative papers include:

  • "Biogeochemical water type influences community composition, species richness, and biomass in megadiverse Amazonian fish assemblages" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Biogeography of the neotropical freshwater stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygoninae) reveals effects of continent-scale paleogeographic change and drainage evolution" (2021, Journal of Biogeography)
  • "Modulation of bioelectric cues in the evolution of flying fishes" (2021, Current Biology)
  • "Late Neogene megariver captures and the Great Amazonian Biotic Interchange" (2021, Global and Planetary Change)
  • "Ichthyoplankton metabarcoding: An efficient tool for early detection of invasive species establishment" (2023, Molecular Ecology Resources)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lovejoy include:

  • Alexander Van Nynatten
  • Belinda S. W. Chang
  • Matthew A. Kolmann
  • Nicholas E. Mandrak
  • João Pedro Fontenelle

Among publication venues where Lovejoy has regularly contributed are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Journal of Molecular Evolution

Best Publications

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

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

  • Marine incursion into South America

    Nathan R. Lovejoy;Eldredge Bermingham;Andrew P. Martin

  • Systematics of myliobatoid elasmobranchs: with emphasis on the phylogeny and historical biogeography of neotropical freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygonidae: Rajiformes)

    Nathan R. Lovejoy

  • 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

  • Multilocus molecular phylogeny of the suckermouth armored catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a focus on subfamily Hypostominae.

    Nathan K. Lujan;Nathan K. Lujan;Jonathan W. Armbruster;Nathan R. Lovejoy;Hernán López-Fernández

  • Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Needlefishes (Teleostei: Belonidae) and the Biogeography of Transitions between Marine and Freshwater Habitats

    Nathan R. Lovejoy;Bruce B. Collette

  • Do freshwater fishes diversify faster than marine fishes? A test using state-dependent diversification analyses and molecular phylogenetics of new world silversides (atherinopsidae).

    Devin D. Bloom;Jason T. Weir;Kyle R. Piller;Nathan R. Lovejoy

  • Molecular systematics, biogeography and population structure of neotropical freshwater needlefishes of the genus Potamorrhaphis.

    N. R. Lovejoy;M. L. G. De Araújo

  • 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

  • The evolutionary origins of diadromy inferred from a time-calibrated phylogeny for Clupeiformes (herring and allies).

    Devin D. Bloom;Nathan R. Lovejoy

  • Paleo-Drainage Basin Connectivity Predicts Evolutionary Relationships across Three Southeast Asian Biodiversity Hotspots

    Mark de Bruyn;Lukas Rüber;Stephan Nylinder;Björn Stelbrink

  • Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a remarkable new genus and two new species of Neotropical freshwater stingrays from the Amazon basin (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae)

    Marcelo R. De Carvalho;Nathan R. Lovejoy

  • Phylogeny and Jaw Ontogeny of Beloniform Fishes

    Nathan R. Lovejoy;Mahmood Iranpour;Bruce B. Collette

  • Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of the Neotropical peacock basses Cichla (Perciformes: Cichlidae)

    Stuart C. Willis;Mario S. Nunes;Carmen G. Montaña;Izeni P. Farias

  • Phylogeny, biogeography, and electric signal evolution of Neotropical knifefishes of the genus Gymnotus (Osteichthyes: Gymnotidae).

    Nathan R Lovejoy;Kristie Lester;William G. R Crampton;Fernando Portella de Luna Marques

  • Molecular phylogenetics reveals a pattern of biome conservatism in New World anchovies (family Engraulidae)

    Devin D Bloom;N R Lovejoy

  • Reinterpreting recapitulation: systematics of needlefishes and their allies (Teleostei: Beloniformes)

    Nathan R. Lovejoy

  • Ancient trans-Atlantic flight explains locust biogeography: molecular phylogenetics of Schistocerca.

    N.R Lovejoy;S.P Mullen;G.A Sword;R.F Chapman

  • The Casiquiare river acts as a corridor between the Amazonas and Orinoco river basins: biogeographic analysis of the genus Cichla

    S. C. Willis;M. Nunes;C. G. Montaña;I. P. Farias

  • On the origins of marine-derived freshwater fishes in South America

    Devin D. Bloom;Nathan R. Lovejoy

  • MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF GPCRS: CRH/CRH receptors

    David A Lovejoy;Belinda S W Chang;Nathan R Lovejoy;Jon del Castillo

Frequent Co-Authors

William G. R. Crampton
William G. R. Crampton University of Central Florida
Nicholas E. Mandrak
Nicholas E. Mandrak University of Toronto
James S. Albert
James S. Albert University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Robert L. Pitman
Robert L. Pitman Oregon State University
Guillermo Ortí
Guillermo Ortí George Washington University
Stephen L. Johnson
Stephen L. Johnson Washington University in St. Louis
Izeni Pires Farias
Izeni Pires Farias Federal University of Amazonas
Bruce Collette
Bruce Collette National Museum of Natural History
Jason T. Weir
Jason T. Weir University of Toronto
Richard J. Harrison
Richard J. Harrison University of Cambridge

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