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Ray W. Drenner is affiliated with Texas Christian University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. The scientist's work spans ecology and pollution, exploring the impacts and mitigation of environmental contaminants.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology
  • Heavy metal exposure and toxicity
  • Isotope analysis in ecology
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts

Drenner has contributed to multiple recent papers, with a concentration on mercury contamination and its ecological effects. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Use of Riparian Spiders as Sentinels of Persistent and Bioavailable Chemical Contaminants in Aquatic Ecosystems: A Review" (2022), Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • "Effect of Land Cover on Ecoregion-Scale Spatial Patterns of Mercury Contamination of Largemouth Bass in the Southeastern United States" (2022), Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • "Effect of Body Size on Methylmercury Concentrations in Shoreline Spiders: Implications for Their Use as Sentinels" (2020), Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • "Sentinel Riparian Spiders Predict Mercury Contamination of Riverine Fish" (2022), Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • "Potential Health Risks of Methylmercury Contamination to Largemouth Bass in the Southeastern United States" (2023), Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

The majority of these papers have appeared in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, which constitutes the most frequent publication venue for the scientist's work.

Collaborations play a role in Drenner's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Matthew M. Chumchal
  • Madeline P. Hannappel
  • Benjamin D. Barst
  • Andrew C. Todd
  • Ryan D. Seymour

Their research contributes to understanding mercury contamination in aquatic ecosystems and related toxicological effects. The focus on sentinel species such as riparian and shoreline spiders provides insight into bioavailable chemical contaminants and their implications for broader ecological health.

Best Publications

  • Capture Probability: The Role of Zooplankter Escape in the Selective Feeding of Planktivorous Fish

    Ray W. Drenner;J. Rudi Strickler;W. John O'Brien

  • Review: Biomanipulation of fishassemblages as a lake restoration technique

    Ray W. Drenner;K. David Hambright

  • Gape-limited piscivores, planktivore size refuges, and the trophic cascade hypothesis

    K. D. Hambright;R. W. Drenner;S. R. Mccomas;N. G. Hairston

  • Selective impact of filter-feeding gizzard shad on zooplankton community structure1

    Ray W. Drenner;Frank de Noyelles;Dean Kettle

  • Experimental Analysis of the Direct and indirect Effects of an Omnivorous Filter-Feeding Clupeid on Plankton Community Structure

    Ray W. Drenner;Stephen T. Threlkeld;Michael D. McCracken

  • Selective particle ingestion by a filter-feeding fish and its impact on phytoplankton community structure†

    Ray W. Drenner;John R. Mummert;Frank deNoyelles;Dean Kettle

  • MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS HAVE LIMITED RELEVANCE FOR COMMUNITY AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY: COMMENT

    Ray W. Drenner;Asit Mazumder

  • Planktivores and plankton dynamics : effects of fish biomass and planktivore type

    Xavier Lazzaro;Ray W. Drenner;Roy A. Stein;J. Durward Smith

  • Piscivores, trophic cascades, and lake management.

    Ray W. Drenner;K. David Hambright

  • Lake trophic state and the limnological effects of omnivorous fish

    Ray W. Drenner;J. Durward Smith;Stephen T. Threlkeld

  • Freshwater community responses to mixtures of agricultural pesticides: Effects of atrazine and bifenthrin

    Kyle D. Hoagland;Ray W. Drenner;J. Durward Smith;David R. Cross

  • Biomass-dependent effects of common carp on water quality in shallow ponds

    Matthew M. Chumchal;Matthew M. Chumchal;Weston H. Nowlin;Weston H. Nowlin;Ray W. Drenner

  • Effect of Fish Size on the Filtering Efficiency and Selective Particle Ingestion of a Filter-Feeding Clupeid

    John R. Mummert;Ray W. Drenner

  • Experimental Study of the Impacts of Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) and Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) on Pond Community Structure

    K. David Hambright;Robert J. Trebatoski;Ray W. Drenner;Dean Kettle

  • Experimental study of size‐selective phytoplankton grazing by a filter‐feeding cichlid and the cichlid's effects on plankton community structure1

    Ray W. Drenner;K. David Hambright;Gary L. Vinyard;Moshe Gophen

  • Particle-grazing and plankton community impact of an omnivorous cichlid

    Ray W. Drenner;Scott B. Taylor;Xavier Lazzaro;Dean Kettle

  • Effects of Fish on Emergent Insect-Mediated Flux of Methyl Mercury across a Gradient of Contamination

    Brent N. Tweedy;Ray W. Drenner;Matthew M. Chumchal;James H. Kennedy

  • Particle Ingestion by Tilapia galilaea is Not Affected by Removal of Gill Rakers and Microbranchiospines

    Ray W. Drenner;K. David Hambright;Gary L. Vinyard;Moshe Gophen

  • Food Web Interactions in Lakes

    Larry B. Crowder;Ray W. Drenner;W. Charles Kerfoot;Donald J. McQueen

  • Methyl mercury and stable isotopes of nitrogen reveal that a terrestrial spider has a diet of emergent aquatic insects

    Shannon L. Speir;Matthew M. Chumchal;Ray W. Drenner;W. Gary Cocke

  • Species Replacement in a Reservoir Fish Community: Silverside Feeding Mechanics and Competition

    Steven R. McComas;Ray W. Drenner

  • Filter-Feeding Rates of Gizzard Shad

    Ray W. Drenner;John R. Mummert;W. John O'Brien

  • Habitat-Specific Differences in Mercury Concentration in a Top Predator from a Shallow Lake

    Matthew M. Chumchal;Ray W. Drenner;Brian Fry;K. David Hambright

  • Cichlid Stocking and the Decline of the Galilee Saint Peter's Fish (Sarotherodon galilaeus) in Lake Kinneret, Israel

    Moshe Gophen;Ray W. Drenner;Gary L. Vinyard

  • Effects of Mercury Deposition and Coniferous Forests On the Mercury Contamination of Fish in the South Central United States

    Ray W. Drenner;Matthew M. Chumchal;Christina M. Jones;Christopher M. B. Lehmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry B. Crowder
Larry B. Crowder Stanford University
Val H. Smith
Val H. Smith University of Kansas
Anne E. Hershey
Anne E. Hershey University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Edward L. Mills
Edward L. Mills Cornell University
W. John O'Brien
W. John O'Brien University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Michael J. Vanni
Michael J. Vanni Miami University
Asit Mazumder
Asit Mazumder University of Victoria
Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh
Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh Utah State University
W. Charles Kerfoot
W. Charles Kerfoot Michigan Technological University
Niladri Basu
Niladri Basu McGill University

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