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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
111
Citations
59631
World Ranking
163
National Ranking
66

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Overview

Robert J. Naiman is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular attention to several interconnected subfields and topics.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broader domain, subfields of study that Robert J. Naiman frequently engages with are:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Molecular Biology
  • Soil Science

Their research covers a variety of topics such as:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Robert J. Naiman has contributed to several scientific publications, appearing in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Agritrop (Cirad)
  • Plant Ecology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Naiman include:

  • On the human appropriation of wetland primary production (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Food web perspectives and methods for riverine fish conservation (2022), published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • International Science Foresight Workshop: Global Challenges and Research Gaps. The Royaumont process. (2021), published in Agritrop (Cirad)
  • Obituary: Shayne Martin Jacobs (20th April 1971-19th September 2021) (2022), published in Plant Ecology

Frequent coauthors in their work include James E. Cloern, Samuel M. Safran, Lydia J. S. Vaughn, A. H. W. Robinson, and Alison Whipple.

Recognition of their professional standing includes the award of Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges

    David Dudgeon;Angela H. Arthington;Mark O. Gessner;Zen-Ichiro Kawabata

  • The Ecology of Interfaces: Riparian Zones

    Robert J. Naiman;Henri Décamps

  • The Role of Riparian Corridors in Maintaining Regional Biodiversity

    Robert J. Naiman;Henri Decamps;Michael Pollock

  • The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards

    N. Leroy Poff;Brian D. Richter;Angela H. Arthington;Stuart E. Bunn

  • Riparia: Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Streamside Communities

    Robert J. Naiman;H. Décamps;Michael E. McClain

  • THE CHALLENGE OF PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW RULES TO SUSTAIN RIVER ECOSYSTEMS

    Angela H. Arthington;Stuart E. Bunn;N. LeRoy Poff;Robert J. Naiman

  • Water in a changing world

    Robert B. Jackson;Stephen R. Carpenter;Clifford N. Dahm;Diane M. McKnight

  • Alteration of North American streams by beaver

    Robert J. Naiman;Carol A. Johnston;James C. Kelley

  • Microclimate in Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology

    Jiquan Chen;Sari C. Saunders;Thomas R. Crow;Robert J. Naiman

  • Incorporating thermal regimes into environmental flows assessments: modifying dam operations to restore freshwater ecosystem integrity

    Julian D. Olden;Robert J. Naiman

  • Ecosystem Alteation of Boreal Forest Streams by Beaver (Castor Canadensis)

    Robert J. Naiman;Jerry M. Melillo;John E. Hobbie

  • Patch Dynamics in Lotic Systems: The Stream as a Mosaic

    Catherine M. Pringle;Robert J. Naiman;Gernot Bretschko;James R. Karr

  • Ecological Principles and Guidelines for Managing the Use of Land

    Virginia H Dale;Sandra Brown;R A Haeuber;N T Hobbs

  • Pacific Salmon, Nutrients, and the Dynamics of Freshwater and Riparian Ecosystems

    Robert J. Naiman;Robert E. Bilby;Daniel E. Schindler;James M. Helfield

  • Preserving the biodiversity and ecological services of rivers: new challenges and research opportunities

    Angela H Arthington;Robert J Naiman;Michael E McClain;Christer Nilsson

  • PLANT SPECIES RICHNESS IN RIPARIAN WETLANDS—A TEST OF BIODIVERSITY THEORY

    Michael M. Pollock;Robert J. Naiman;Thomas A. Hanley

  • Invasibility of species-rich communities in riparian zones

    Anne-Marie Planty-Tabacchi;Eric Tabacchi;Robert J. Naiman;Collette Deferrari

  • MOOSE BROWSING AND SOIL FERTILITY IN THE BOREAL FORESTS OF ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK

    J. Pastor;B. Dewey;R. J. Naiman;P. F. McInnes

  • EFFECTS OF SALMON-DERIVED NITROGEN ON RIPARIAN FOREST GROWTH AND IMPLICATIONS FOR STREAM PRODUCTIVITY

    James M. Helfield;Robert J. Naiman

  • Overview of case studies on recovery of aquatic systems from disturbance

    Gerald J Niemi;Philip DeVore;Naomi Detenbeck;Debra Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil E. Pettit
Neil E. Pettit University of Western Australia
Gilles Pinay
Gilles Pinay Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Michael E. McClain
Michael E. McClain IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Stuart E. Bunn
Stuart E. Bunn Griffith University
John Pastor
John Pastor University of Minnesota, Duluth
Angela Arthington
Angela Arthington Griffith University
Robert E. Bilby
Robert E. Bilby Weyerhaeuser (United States)
Carol A. Johnston
Carol A. Johnston South Dakota State University
Christer Nilsson
Christer Nilsson Umeå University
Stephen D. McCormick
Stephen D. McCormick University of Massachusetts Amherst

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