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D-Index
35
Citations
3168
World Ranking
1811
National Ranking
520

Wade O. Watanabe publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wade O. Watanabe sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 90 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Wade O. Watanabe D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wade O. Watanabe sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wade O. Watanabe is affiliated with the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these broad areas, their work intersects with subfields such as Aquatic Science, Physiology, Immunology, Pollution, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics of Watanabe's research include Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Reproductive Biology and Impacts on Aquatic Species, Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry, Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, and Marine and Fisheries Research.

Watanabe has published in several scientific venues, with frequent publications in the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. Other noted publication venues include Environmental Pollution, Aquacultural Engineering, Aquaculture, and the North American Journal of Aquaculture.

Their recent papers include:

  • Direct ingestion, trophic transfer, and physiological effects of microplastics in the early life stages of Centropristis striata, a commercially and recreationally valuable fishery species (2021), Environmental Pollution
  • Evaluation of chemical polymers as coagulation aids to remove suspended solids from marine finfish recirculating aquaculture system discharge using a geotextile bag (2020), Aquacultural Engineering
  • The status of black sea bass, Centropristis striata, as a commercially ready species for U.S. marine aquaculture (2021), Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
  • Evaluation of salt-incorporated diets on growth, body composition and plasma electrolytes of black sea bass Centropristis striata reared in a semi-pilot scale low salinity recirculating aquaculture system (2020), Aquaculture
  • Optimizing nursery diets for post-metamorphic stage black sea bass: Growth performance, body composition, and feed utilization on open-formulated and commercial starter diets (2022), Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Frequent collaborators working with Watanabe include Patrick M. Carroll, Md. Shah Alam, Christopher F. Dumas, Jennifer E. Gabel, and Thomas M. Losordo.

Best Publications

  • Culture of Florida red tilapia in marine cages: the effect of stocking density and dietary protein on growth.

    Wade O. Watanabe;John H. Clark;Jason B. Dunham;Robert I. Wicklund

  • The effects of temperature and salinity on growth and feed utilization of juvenile, sex-reversed male Florida red tilapia cultured in a recirculating system

    Wade O. Watanabe;Douglas H. Ernst;Michael P. Chasar;Robert I. Wicklund

  • Growth, feed conversion and protein utilization of Florida red tilapia fed isocaloric diets with different protein levels in seawater pools

    Ann E. Clark;Wade O. Watanabe;Bori L. Olla;Robert I. Wicklund

  • Effect of Feeding Rate on Growth and Feed Conversion of Florida Red Tilapia Reared in Floating Marine Cages

    John H. Clark;Wade O. Watanabe;Douglas H. Ernst;Robert I. Wicklund

  • Effects of Dietary Lipid and Energy to Protein Ratio on Growth and Feed Utilization of Juvenile Mutton Snapper <i>Lutjanus analis</i> Fed Isonitrogenous Diets at Two Temperatures

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  • Embryonic Heart Rate in Altricial Birds, the Pigeon (Columba domestica) and the Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)

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  • Use of tropical cleaner fish to control the ectoparasite Neobenedenia melleni (Monogenea: Capsalidae) on seawater-cultured Florida red tilapia

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  • Salinity During Early Development Influences Growth and Survival of Florida Red Tilapia in Brackish and Seawater

    Wade O. Watanabe;Kathleen E. French;Douglas H. Ernst;Bori L. Olla

  • Commercial-Scale Production of Florida Red Tilapia Seed in Low- and Brackish-Salinity Tanks

    Douglas H. Ernst;Wade O. Watanabe;Lisa J. Ellingson;Robert I. Wicklund

  • Production of Florida red tilapia in seawater pools: nursery rearing with chicken manure and growout with prepared feed

    Douglas H. Ernst;Lisa J. Ellingson;Bori L. Olla;Robert I. Wicklund

  • Salinity tolerance and seawater survival vary ontogenetically in Florida red tilapia

    Wade O. Watanabe;Lisa J. Ellingson;Bori L. Olla;Douglas H. Ernst

  • The Effects of Salinity on Reproductive Performance of Florida Red Tilapia

    Wade O. Watanabe;Kelly M. Burnett;Bori L. Olla;Robert I. Wicklund

  • Hatchery production of Florida red tilapia seed in brackishwater tanks under natural-mouthbrooding and clutch-removal methods

    Wade O. Watanabe;Sarah J. Smith;Robert I. Wicklund;Bori L. Olla

  • Production of Fingerling Florida Red Tilapia (Tilapia hornorum × T. mossambica) in Floating Marine Cages

    Wade O. Watanabe;John H. Clark;Jason B. Dunham;Robert I. Wicklund

Frequent Co-Authors

Bori L. Olla
Bori L. Olla National Marine Fisheries Service
Jason B. Dunham
Jason B. Dunham United States Geological Survey

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