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Pär Byström

Pär Byström

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
6079
World Ranking
6133
National Ranking
153

Pär Byström publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pär Byström sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 87 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Pär Byström D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pär Byström sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Pär Byström is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on related subfields such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry. This multidisciplinary approach supports a broad examination of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

The scientist's work spans key topics including Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine and Fisheries Research, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Byström has published in several reputable journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental DNA
  • Ecosystems

Among recent papers, several illustrate the scientific focus and collaboration network:

  • "Droplet digital PCR applied to environmental DNA, a promising method to estimate fish population abundance from humic-rich aquatic ecosystems" (2020, Environmental DNA)
  • "Patterns and Variation of Littoral Habitat Size Among Lakes" (2021, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • "Problems With the Shoreline Development Index-A Widely Used Metric of Lake Shape" (2022, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • "The Fractal Scaling Relationship for River Inlets to Lakes" (2021, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • "Effects of Habitat-Specific Primary Production on Fish Size, Biomass, and Production in Northern Oligotrophic Lakes" (2022, Ecosystems)

Their collaborative network includes several frequent co-authors, reflecting interdisciplinary research efforts. These co-authors include David A. Seekell, Jan Karlsson, B. B. Cael, Mohammed Hamdan, and Antti P. Eloranta.

Best Publications

  • Light limitation of nutrient-poor lake ecosystems

    Jan Karlsson;Pär Byström;Jenny Ask;Per Ask

  • Size-dependent predation in piscivores : interactions between predator foraging and prey avoidance abilities

    David Lundvall;Richard Svanbäck;Lennart Persson;Pär Byström

  • Terrestrial organic matter and light penetration: Effects on bacterial and primary production in lakes

    Jenny Ask;Jan Karlsson;Lennart Persson;Per Ask

  • CANNIBALISM AND COMPETITION IN EURASIAN PERCH: POPULATION DYNAMICS OF AN ONTOGENETIC OMNIVORE

    Lennart Persson;Pär Byström;Eva Wahlström

  • Terrestrial organic matter support of lake food webs: Evidence from lake metabolism and stable hydrogen isotopes of consumers

    Jan Karlsson;Martin Berggren;Jenny Ask;Pär Byström

  • Gigantic cannibals driving a whole-lake trophic cascade

    Lennart Persson;André M. De Roos;David Claessen;Pär Byström

  • Competing predators and prey : Juvenile bottlenecks in whole-lake experiments

    Pär Byström;Lennart Persson;Eva Wahlström

  • Density Dependent Growth and Size Specific Competitive Interactions in Young Fish

    Par Bystrom;Emili Garcia-Berthou

  • Whole‐lake estimates of carbon flux through algae and bacteria in benthic and pelagic habitats of clear‐water lakes

    Jenny Ask;Jan Karlsson;Lennart Persson;Per Ask

  • Size and temperature dependent foraging capacities and metabolism: consequences for winter starvation mortality in fish

    Par Bystrom;Jens Andersson;Anders Kiessling;Lars-Ove Eriksson

  • Bioaccumulation of five pharmaceuticals at multiple trophic levels in an aquatic food web : Insights from a field experiment

    Annelie Lagesson;Johan Fahlman;Tomas Brodin;Jerker Fick

  • Littoral energy mobilization dominates energy supply for top consumers in subarctic lakes

    Jan Karlsson;Pär Byström

  • Size-dependent foraging efficiency, cannibalism and zooplankton community structure.

    E. Wahlström;L. Persson;S. Diehl;P. Byström

  • Terrestrial organic matter input suppresses biomass production in lake ecosystems

    Jan Karlsson;Ann Kristin Bergström;Pär Byström;Cristian Gudasz

  • Size- and density-dependent habitat use in predators: consequences for habitat shifts in young fish

    Pär Byström;Lennart Persson;Eva Wahlström;Erika Westman

  • CANNIBALISM IN A SIZE‐STRUCTURED POPULATION: ENERGY EXTRACTION AND CONTROL

    Lennart Persson;David Claessen;David Claessen;André M. De Roos;Pär Byström

  • Diet-dependent body morphology and ontogenetic reaction norms in Eurasian perch

    Joakim Hjelm;Richard Svanbäck;Pär Byström;Lennart Persson

  • Substitution of top predators: effects of pike invasion in a subarctic lake

    Pär Byström;Jan Karlsson;Per Nilsson;Tobias Van Kooten

  • Resource heterogeneity, diet shifts and intra-cohort competition: effects on size divergence in YOY fish.

    Magnus Huss;Pär Byström;Lennart Persson

  • Size‐dependent foraging capacities and intercohort competition in an ontogenetic omnivore (Arctic char)

    Pär Byström;Jens Andersson

Frequent Co-Authors

Lennart Persson
Lennart Persson Umeå University
Jan Karlsson
Jan Karlsson Umeå University
André M. de Roos
André M. de Roos University of Amsterdam
Mats Jansson
Mats Jansson Umeå University
Agneta Andersson
Agneta Andersson Umeå University
Sebastian Diehl
Sebastian Diehl Umeå University
Richard Svanbäck
Richard Svanbäck Uppsala University
Ulf Båmstedt
Ulf Båmstedt Umeå University
Micael Jonsson
Micael Jonsson Umeå University
Ulf Bergström
Ulf Bergström Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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