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William H. Clements publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William H. Clements sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 155 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

William H. Clements D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William H. Clements sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

William H. Clements is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on environmental science with a particular focus on ecology, health toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental chemistry, pollution, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's work engages with several interconnected topics including:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology
  • Hydrology and sediment transport processes
  • Aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior

William H. Clements has contributed to multiple publications, often collaborating with a frequent group of coauthors, such as Christopher J. Kotalik, Brian A. Wolff, Pete Cadmus, Justin P. F. Pomeranz, and Eric E. Richer.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Long-term monitoring reveals convergent patterns of recovery from mining contamination across 4 western US watersheds, 2021, Freshwater Science
  • Before-After Control-Impact field surveys and novel experimental approaches provide valuable insights for characterizing stream recovery from acid mine drainage, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Response of stream ecosystem structure to heavy metal pollution: context-dependency of top-down control by fish, 2022, Aquatic Sciences
  • Integrated Assessment of Chemical and Biological Recovery After Diversion and Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage in a Rocky Mountain Stream, 2022, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Stream Mesocosm Experiments Show no Protective Effects of Calcium on Copper Toxicity to Macroinvertebrates, 2022, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Their publications are frequently found in journals such as Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Freshwater Science, The Science of The Total Environment, Aquatic Sciences, and Applied and Environmental Microbiology. These venues reflect the scientist's focus on environmental toxicology and aquatic ecosystem studies.

Best Publications

  • HEAVY METALS STRUCTURE BENTHIC COMMUNITIES IN COLORADO MOUNTAIN STREAMS

    William H. Clements;Daren M. Carlisle;James M. Lazorchak;Philip C. Johnson

  • Community responses to contaminants: Using basic ecological principles to predict ecotoxicological effects

    William H. Clements;Jason R. Rohr

  • Combined and interactive effects of global climate change and toxicants on populations and communities

    S. Jannicke Moe;Karel De Schamphelaere;William H. Clements;Mary T. Sorensen

  • Benthic Invertebrate Community Responses to Heavy Metals in the Upper Arkansas River Basin, Colorado

    William H. Clements

  • Ecotoxicology: A Comprehensive Treatment

    Michael C. Newman;William H. Clements

  • Thresholds, breakpoints, and nonlinearity in freshwaters as related to management

    Walter K. Dodds;William H. Clements;Keith Gido;Robert H. Hilderbrand

  • Estimating physiological cost of chemical exposure: integrating energetics and stress to quantify toxic effects in fish

    Daniel W Beyers;James A Rice;William H Clements;Catherine J Henry

  • Effects of major ions on natural benthic communities: an experimental assessment of the US Environmental Protection Agency aquatic life benchmark for conductivity

    William H. Clements;Chris Kotalik

  • Effects of heavy metals on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in New Zealand streams

    Christopher W. Hickey;William H. Clements

  • Resistance and resilience of stream insect communities to repeated hydrologic disturbances after a wildfire

    Nicole K. M. Vieira;William H. Clements;Lynette S. Guevara;Brian F. Jacobs

  • Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by benthic invertebrates at the arkansas river, colorado

    Peter M. Kiffney;William H. Clements

  • SMALL-SCALE EXPERIMENTS SUPPORT CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN METAL CONTAMINATION AND MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY RESPONSES

    William H. Clements

  • Impact of Heavy Metals on Insect Communities in Streams: A Comparison of Observational and Experimental Results

    Williams H. Clements;Donald S. Cherry;John Cairns

  • Assessment of the Impact of Heavy Metals on Benthic Communities at the Clinch River (Virginia): Evaluation of an Index of Community Sensitivity

    William H. Clements;Donald S. Cherry;John H. Van Hassel

  • Integrating effects of contaminants across levels of biological organization: an overview

    William H. Clements

  • Using SiZer to detect thresholds in ecological data

    Derek L Sonderegger;Haonan Wang;William H Clements;Barry R Noon

  • Integrated laboratory and field approach for assessing impacts of heavy metals at the Arkansas River, Colorado

    William H. Clements;Peter M. Kiffney

  • RESPONSES OF DIATOM COMMUNITIES TO HEAVY METALS IN STREAMS: THE INFLUENCE OF LONGITUDINAL VARIATION

    C. Nicolas Medley;William H. Clements

  • Assessing the influence of water and substratum quality on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a metal-polluted stream: an experimental approach

    Lisa A. Courtney;William H. Clements

  • METAL TOLERANCE AND PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS IN BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE STREAM COMMUNITIES

    William H. Clements

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Kiffney
Peter M. Kiffney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jason R. Rohr
Jason R. Rohr University of Notre Dame
James T. Oris
James T. Oris Miami University
Marc W. Cadotte
Marc W. Cadotte University of Toronto
David B. Buchwalter
David B. Buchwalter North Carolina State University
Samuel N. Luoma
Samuel N. Luoma University of California, Davis
James F. Ranville
James F. Ranville Colorado School of Mines
James A. Rice
James A. Rice North Carolina State University
Helena Guasch
Helena Guasch University of Girona
Karel De Schamphelaere
Karel De Schamphelaere Ghent University

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