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Ryan J. Wasserman

Ryan J. Wasserman

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
4020
World Ranking
8082
National Ranking
100

Overview

Ryan J. Wasserman is affiliated with Rhodes University in South Africa and primarily focuses on Environmental Science. Their work encompasses diverse subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research covers numerous topics with particular emphasis on Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Malaria Research and Control, and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Wasserman are:

  • Global economic costs of aquatic invasive alien species, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Spatiotemporal variation in microplastic contamination along a subtropical reservoir shoreline, 2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Influence of intra- and interspecific variation in predator-prey body size ratios on trophic interaction strengths, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • On the RIP: using Relative Impact Potential to assess the ecological impacts of invasive alien species, 2020, NeoBiota
  • Food web properties vary with climate and land use in South African streams, 2020, Functional Ecology

Frequent publication venues for Wasserman's research include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (12 publications)
  • Chemistry and Ecology (5 publications)
  • Water (4 publications)
  • Mitochondrial DNA Part B (3 publications)
  • African Journal of Aquatic Science (3 publications)

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Wasserman's work. Frequent co-authors include Tatenda Dalu, Ross N. Cuthbert, Farai Dondofema, Olaf L. F. Weyl, and Casper Nyamukondiwa, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Global economic costs of aquatic invasive alien species

    Ross N. Cuthbert;Zarah Pattison;Nigel G. Taylor;Laura Verbrugge

  • Invader Relative Impact Potential: a new metric to understand and predict the ecological impacts of existing, emerging and future invasive alien species

    Jaimie T.A. Dick;Ciaran Laverty;Jack J. Lennon;Daniel Barrios-O'Neill

  • Functional responses can unify invasion ecology

    Jaimie T. A. Dick;Mhairi E. Alexander;Anthony Ricciardi;Ciaran Laverty

  • Using functional responses to quantify interaction effects among predators

    Ryan J. Wasserman;Mhairi E. Alexander;Mhairi E. Alexander;Mhairi E. Alexander;Tatenda Dalu;Bruce R. Ellender

  • River nutrient water and sediment measurements inform on nutrient retention, with implications for eutrophication.

    Tatenda Dalu;Tatenda Dalu;Ryan J. Wasserman;Mandla L. Magoro;P. William Froneman

  • Assessing drivers of benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in African highland streams: An exploration using multivariate analysis.

    Tatenda Dalu;Ryan J. Wasserman;Jonathan D. Tonkin;Mhairi E. Alexander

  • Cyanobacteria dynamics in a small tropical reservoir: Understanding spatio-temporal variability and influence of environmental variables.

    Tatenda Dalu;Ryan J. Wasserman

  • Spatiotemporal variation in microplastic contamination along a subtropical reservoir shoreline.

    Rendani Mbedzi;Ross N. Cuthbert;Ryan J. Wasserman;Florence M. Murungweni

  • Water or sediment? Partitioning the role of water column and sediment chemistry as drivers of macroinvertebrate communities in an austral South African stream.

    Tatenda Dalu;Ryan J. Wasserman;Ryan J. Wasserman;Jonathan D. Tonkin;Tongayi Mwedzi

  • Novel and Disrupted Trophic Links Following Invasion in Freshwater Ecosystems

    M. C. Jackson;M. C. Jackson;R. J. Wasserman;R. J. Wasserman;Jonathan Grey;A. Ricciardi

  • Macroinvertebrate functional feeding group alterations in response to habitat degradation of headwater Austral streams

    Tinotenda Mangadze;Ryan J. Wasserman;P. William Froneman;Tatenda Dalu

  • Variation partitioning of benthic diatom community matrices: Effects of multiple variables on benthic diatom communities in an Austral temperate river system.

    Tatenda Dalu;Tatenda Dalu;Ryan J. Wasserman;Ryan J. Wasserman;Mandla L. Magoro;Mandla L. Magoro;Tongayi Mwedzi

  • On the RIP: using Relative Impact Potential to assess the ecological impacts of invasive alien species

    J.W.E. Dickey;R.N. Cuthbert;J. South;J.R. Britton

  • Emergent effects of structural complexity and temperature on predator–prey interactions

    Ryan J. Wasserman;Mhairi E. Alexander;Olaf L. F. Weyl;Daniel Barrios‐O'Neill

  • Deeper knowledge of shallow waters: reviewing the invertebrate fauna of southern African temporary wetlands

    Matthew S. Bird;Musa C. Mlambo;Ryan J. Wasserman;Ryan J. Wasserman;Tatenda Dalu

  • Agricultural intensification and drought frequency increases may have landscape-level consequences for ephemeral ecosystems.

    Tatenda Dalu;Ryan J. Wasserman;Ryan J. Wasserman;Mwazvita T. B. Dalu

  • A review of the biology and status of Cape Fold Ecoregion freshwater fishes

    Bruce R. Ellender;Ryan J. Wasserman;Albert Chakona;Paul H. Skelton

  • Ethical considerations for field research on fishes

    Rhett H. Bennett;Bruce R. Ellender;Tuuli Mäkinen;Tshoanelo Miya

  • Influence of intra‐ and interspecific variation in predator–prey body size ratios on trophic interaction strengths

    Ross N. Cuthbert;Ross N. Cuthbert;Ross N. Cuthbert;Ryan J. Wasserman;Ryan J. Wasserman;Tatenda Dalu;Tatenda Dalu;Horst Kaiser

  • Review of the southern African Leptestheriidae (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) I: redescription of Leptestheria brevirostris Barnard, 1924 with comments on diagnostic characters.

    D. Christopher Rogers;Murphy Tladi;Ryan J. Wasserman;Elizabeth Meyer-Milne

  • An assessment of the effect of rotenone on selected non-target aquatic fauna

    Tatenda Dalu;Ryan J. Wasserman;Martine Jordaan;Martine Jordaan;William P. Froneman

  • Using functional responses to quantify notonectid predatory impacts across increasingly complex environments

    Ross N. Cuthbert;Ross N. Cuthbert;Tatenda Dalu;Tatenda Dalu;Ryan J. Wasserman;Ryan J. Wasserman;Amanda Callaghan

  • Diet of Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides (Centrarchidae), an Invasive Alien in the Lower Reaches of an Eastern Cape River, South Africa

    R.J. Wasserman;N.A. Strydom;O.L.F Weyl

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatenda Dalu
Tatenda Dalu University of Mpumalanga
Ross N. Cuthbert
Ross N. Cuthbert Queen's University Belfast
Olaf L. F. Weyl
Olaf L. F. Weyl South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Jaimie T. A. Dick
Jaimie T. A. Dick Queen's University Belfast
Amanda Callaghan
Amanda Callaghan University of Reading
D. Christopher Rogers
D. Christopher Rogers Northeastern State University
Anthony Ricciardi
Anthony Ricciardi McGill University
Alan K. Whitfield
Alan K. Whitfield South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
P.W. Froneman
P.W. Froneman University of Cape Town
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin

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