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Vera L. M. Huszar is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant work in environmental chemistry, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, oceanography, and water science and technology.

The scientist's research addresses various topics related to aquatic and marine ecosystems. These include:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fish Biology, Ecology, and Behavior
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Some of the recent papers authored by Vera L. M. Huszar include:

  • "Distance decay 2.0 - A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities" (2022), published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Coagulation and precipitation of cyanobacterial blooms" (2020), published in Ecological Engineering
  • "Reynolds Functional Groups: a trait-based pathway from patterns to predictions" (2020), published in Hydrobiologia
  • "Assessing the long-term efficacy of internal loading management to control eutrophication in Lake Rauwbraken" (2021), published in Inland Waters
  • "Distance decay 2.0 - a global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities" (2021), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent co-authors include Marcelo Manzi Marinho, Miquel Lürling, Natália Pessoa Noyma, Carla Kruk, and Marcela Miranda.

Vera's work has appeared repeatedly in specific scientific publication venues, with multiple publications in Hydrobiologia, Inland Waters, and Global Change Biology, along with contributions to Global Ecology and Biogeography and Ecological Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Towards a functional classification of the freshwater phytoplankton

    Colin S. Reynolds;Vera Huszar;Carla Kruk;Luigi Naselli-Flores

  • Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes

    Sarian Kosten;Sarian Kosten;Vera L. M. Huszar;Eloy Bécares;Luciana S. Costa

  • Carbon emission from hydroelectric reservoirs linked to reservoir age and latitude

    Nathan Barros;Jonathan J. Cole;Lars J. Tranvik;Yves T. Prairie

  • A morphological classification capturing functional variation in phytoplankton

    Carla Kruk;Carla Kruk;Vera L. M. Huszar;Edwin T. H. M. Peeters;Sylvia Bonilla

  • Comparison of cyanobacterial and green algal growth rates at different temperatures

    Miquel Lürling;Fassil Eshetu;Fassil Eshetu;Elisabeth J. Faassen;Sarian Kosten;Sarian Kosten

  • Plankton dynamics under different climatic conditions in space and time

    Lisette N. De Senerpont Domis;James J. Elser;Alena S. Gsell;Vera L. M. Huszar

  • Cyanoprokaryote assemblages in eight productive tropical Brazilian waters

    V. L. M. Huszar;L. H. S. Silva;M. Marinho;P. Domingos

  • What drives the distribution of the bloom-forming cyanobacteria Planktothrix agardhii and Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii?

    Sylvia Bonilla;Luis Aubriot;Maria Carolina S. Soares;Mauricio González-Piana

  • Driving factors of the phytoplankton functional groups in a deep Mediterranean reservoir

    Vanessa Becker;Luciano Caputo;Jaime Ordóñez;Rafael Marcé;Rafael Marcé

  • Responses of phytoplankton functional groups to the mixing regime in a deep subtropical reservoir

    Vanessa Becker;Vanessa Becker;Vera Lúcia M. Huszar;Luciane O. Crossetti

  • Limnological features in Tapacurá reservoir (northeast Brazil) during a severe drought

    Marc Bouvy;Silvia M. Nascimento;Renato J.R. Molica;Andrea Ferreira

  • Phytoplankton periodicity and sequences of dominance in an Amazonian flood-plain lake (Lago Batata, Pará, Brasil): responses to gradual environmental change

    Vera Lúcia de M. Huszar;Colin S. Reynolds

  • Drought-induced water-level reduction favors cyanobacteria blooms in tropical shallow lakes

    Jandeson Brasil;José L. Attayde;Francisco R. Vasconcelos;Danyhelton D. F. Dantas

  • Phytoplankton community composition can be predicted best in terms of morphological groups

    C. Kruk;E.T.H.M. Peeters;E. H. Van Nes;V. L. M. Huszar

  • The effects of water retention time and watershed features on the limnology of two tropical reservoirs in Brazil

    Maria Carolina S. Soares;Marcelo M. Marinho;Vera L. M. Huszar;Christina W. C. Branco

  • Nutrient–chlorophyll relationships in tropical–subtropical lakes: do temperate models fit?

    Vera L.M. Huszar;Nina F. Caraco;Fabio Roland;Jonathan Cole

  • Phytoplankton biomass is mainly controlled by hydrology and phosphorus concentrations in tropical hydroelectric reservoirs

    Luciana M. Rangel;Lúcia H. S. Silva;Priscila Rosa;Fábio Roland

  • Controlling cyanobacterial blooms through effective flocculation and sedimentation with combined use of flocculants and phosphorus adsorbing natural soil and modified clay

    Natalia Pessoa Noyma;Leonardo de Magalhães;Luciana Lima Furtado;Maíra Mucci

  • Phytoplankton Functional Groups in a Tropical Estuary: Hydrological Control and Nutrient Limitation

    L. S. Costa;V. L. M. Huszar;A. R. Ovalle

  • Phytoplankton in an Amazonian flood-plain lake (Lago Batata, Brasil): diel variation and species strategies

    Sérgio de Melo;Vera Lúcia M. Huszar

Frequent Co-Authors

Miquel Lürling
Miquel Lürling Wageningen University & Research
Fábio Roland
Fábio Roland Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Sarian Kosten
Sarian Kosten Radboud University
Marten Scheffer
Marten Scheffer Wageningen University & Research
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Néstor Mazzeo
Néstor Mazzeo University of the Republic
Edwin T. H. M. Peeters
Edwin T. H. M. Peeters Wageningen University & Research
Ellen Van Donk
Ellen Van Donk Utrecht University
Judit Padisák
Judit Padisák University of Pannonia
Luigi Naselli-Flores
Luigi Naselli-Flores University of Palermo

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