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Stephen J. Thackeray

Stephen J. Thackeray

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
7665
World Ranking
6041
National Ranking
638

Overview

Stephen J. Thackeray is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom and specializes in Environmental Science, with a significant focus on various subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Water Science and Technology.

The research topics regularly addressed by Thackeray encompass Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Ecosystem Dynamics and Resilience.

Thackeray has contributed to numerous publications across a range of journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Freshwater Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Thackeray include:

  • "Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems" (2020) - Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes" (2020) - Global Change Biology
  • "Global lake thermal regions shift under climate change" (2020) - Nature Communications
  • "Safeguarding freshwater life beyond 2020: Recommendations for the new global biodiversity framework from the European experience" (2020) - Conservation Letters
  • "Strengthening the evidence base for temperature-mediated phenological asynchrony and its impacts" (2020) - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Frequent collaborators in Thackeray's research include:

  • Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki
  • Heidrun Feuchtmayr
  • Gideon Gal
  • Orlane Anneville
  • Alona Armstrong

Best Publications

  • Trophic level asynchrony in rates of phenological change for marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Timothy H. Sparks;Morten Frederiksen;Sarah Burthe

  • Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Peter A. Henrys;Deborah Hemming;James R. Bell

  • Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems.

    Sebastian Birk;Daniel Chapman;Laurence Carvalho;Bryan M. Spears

  • Emerging opportunities and challenges in phenology: a review

    Jianwu Tang;Christian Körner;Hiroyuki Muraoka;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao

  • Testing the sensitivity of phytoplankton communities to changes in water temperature and nutrient load, in a temperate lake

    J. A. Elliott;I. D. Jones;S. J. Thackeray

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • Long‐term change in the phenology of spring phytoplankton: species‐specific responses to nutrient enrichment and climatic change

    S. J. Thackeray;I. D. Jones;S. C. Maberly

  • Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes

    Jason D. Stockwell;Jonathan P. Doubek;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian;Orlane Anneville

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Global lake thermal regions shift under climate change

    Stephen C. Maberly;Ruth A. O'Donnell;R. Iestyn Woolway;Mark E. J. Cutler

  • A standard protocol for stable isotope analysis of zooplankton in aquatic food web research using mass balance correction models

    Peter M. Smyntek;Mark A. Teece;Kimberly L. Schulz;Stephen J. Thackeray

  • Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and ecosystems

    T. J. Stevenson;Marcel E. Visser;W. Arnold;P. Barrett

  • Strength and uncertainty of phytoplankton metrics for assessing eutrophication impacts in lakes

    L. Carvalho;S. Poikane;A. Lyche Solheim;G. Phillips

  • Safeguarding freshwater life beyond 2020 : recommendations for the new global biodiversity framework from the European experience

    Charles B. van Rees;Kerry A. Waylen;Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber;Stephen J. Thackeray

  • Do early warning indicators consistently predict nonlinear change in long‐term ecological data?

    Sarah J. Burthe;Peter A. Henrys;Eleanor B. Mackay;Bryan M. Spears

  • Combining a regional climate model with a phytoplankton community model to predict future changes in phytoplankton in lakes

    J. Alex Elliott;Stephen J. Thackeray;Chris Huntingford;Richard G. Jones

  • Diel surface temperature range scales with lake size

    R. Iestyn Woolway;R. Iestyn Woolway;Ian D. Jones;Stephen C. Maberly;Jon R. French

  • Ferox Trout (Salmo trutta) as ''Russian dolls'': complementary gut content and stable isotope analyses of the Loch Ness foodweb

    Jonathan Grey;Stephen J. Thackeray;Roger Jones;A. Shine

  • Strengthening the evidence base for temperature-mediated phenological asynchrony and its impacts

    Jelmer M. Samplonius;Angus Atkinson;Christopher Hassall;Katharine Keogan;Katharine Keogan

  • Phenological trends and trophic mismatch across multiple levels of a North Sea pelagic food web

    Sarah Burthe;Francis Daunt;Adam Butler;David A. Elston

  • Food web de‐synchronization in England's largest lake: an assessment based on multiple phenological metrics

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Peter A. Henrys;Heidrun Feuchtmayr;Ian D. Jones

  • Effects of recent climate change on phytoplankton phenology in a temperate lake

    S. Meis;S. J. Thackeray;I. D. Jones

  • Causal networks of phytoplankton diversity and biomass are modulated by environmental context

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Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen C. Maberly
Stephen C. Maberly Lancaster University
Ian J. Winfield
Ian J. Winfield Lancaster University
Laurence Carvalho
Laurence Carvalho Natural Environment Research Council
Rita Adrian
Rita Adrian Freie Universität Berlin
James A. Rusak
James A. Rusak Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Hans-Peter Grossart
Hans-Peter Grossart University of Potsdam
Peeter Nõges
Peeter Nõges Estonian University of Life Sciences
Sarah Wanless
Sarah Wanless Natural Environment Research Council
Bryan M. Spears
Bryan M. Spears UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
R. Iestyn Woolway
R. Iestyn Woolway Bangor University

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