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Wolfgang J. Junk

Wolfgang J. Junk

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
81
Citations
29828
World Ranking
782
National Ranking
58

Overview

Wolfgang J. Junk is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a particular focus on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry, Aquatic Science, and History.

The scientist's research topics cover multiple areas, including:

  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
  • Geological formations and processes

Wolfgang J. Junk has contributed to several publications, with recent papers including:

  • Macrohabitat classification of wetlands as a powerful tool for management and protection: The example of the Paraná River floodplain, Brazil, 2021, published in Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology
  • New insights on the classification of major Amazonian river water types, 2020, published in Sustainable Water Resources Management
  • HYDROCHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION OF AMAZONIAN RIVERS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS, 2020, published in Caminhos de Geografia
  • Physicochemical features of Amazonian water typologies for water resources management, 2020, published in IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science
  • Área alagável do Rio Araguaia, 2023, published in Biodiversidade Brasileira

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wolfgang J. Junk include:

  • María Teresa Fernández Piedade
  • J. Marion Adeney
  • Eduardo Antonio Ríos-Villamizar
  • Jochen Schöngart
  • Florian Wittmann

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • Biodiversidade Brasileira
  • Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology
  • Sustainable Water Resources Management
  • Caminhos de Geografia
  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science

Best Publications

  • The flood pulse concept in river-floodplain systems

    Wolfgang J. Junk

  • Current state of knowledge regarding the world’s wetlands and their future under global climate change: a synthesis

    Wolfgang J. Junk;Shuqing An;C. M. Finlayson;Brij Gopal

  • A Classification of Major Naturally-Occurring Amazonian Lowland Wetlands

    Wolfgang J. Junk;Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade;Jochen Schöngart;Mario Cohn-Haft

  • Biodiversity and its conservation in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil

    Wolfgang J. Junk;Catia Nunes da Cunha;Karl Matthias Wantzen;Peter Petermann

  • The flood pulse concept: new aspects, approaches and applications - an update

    W. J. Junk;K. M. Wantzen

  • Brazilian wetlands: their definition, delineation, and classification for research, sustainable management, and protection

    W. J. Junk;M. T. F. Piedade;R. Lourival;F. Wittmann

  • The Central Amazon Floodplain: Ecology of a Pulsing System

    Wolfgang J. Junk

  • Tree species composition and diversity gradients in white‐water forests across the Amazon Basin

    Florian Wittmann;Jochen Schöngart;Juan Carlos Montero;Thomas Motzer

  • Wet and Wonderful: The World's Largest Wetlands are Conservation Priorities

    Paul A. Keddy;Lauchlan H. Fraser;Ayzik I. Solomeshch;Wolfgang J. Junk

  • Fish communities in central Amazonian white- and blackwater floodplains.

    Ulrich Saint-Paul;Jansen Zuanon;Marle A. Villacorta Correa;Marcelo García

  • Flood tolerance and tree distribution in central Amazonian floodplains

    W.J. Junk

  • Plant Life in the Floodplain with Special Reference to Herbaceous Plants

    Wolfgang Johannes Junk;Maria Teresa F. Piedade

  • General aspects of floodplain ecology with special reference to Amazonian floodplains

    Wolfgang Johannes Junk

  • The várzea forests in Amazonia: flooding and the highly dynamic geomorphology interact with natural forest succession

    Florian Karl Wittmann;Wolfgang Johannes Junk;Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade

  • Central Amazonian Floodplain Forests: Tree Adaptations in a Pulsing System

    P. Parolin;O. De Simone;K. Haase;D. Waldhoff

  • Pantanal: a large South American wetland at a crossroads

    Wolfgang J. Junk;Catia Nunes de Cunha

  • Terrestrial invertebrates inhabiting lowland river floodplains of Central Amazonia and Central Europe: a review

    Joachim Adis;Wolfgang J. Junk

  • Wetlands of tropical South America

    Wolfgang J. Junk

  • The comparative biodiversity of seven globally important wetlands: A synthesis

    Wolfgang J. Junk;Mark Brown;Ian C. Campbell;Max Finlayson

  • The Productivity of the C_4 Grass Echinochloa Polystachya on the Amazon Floodplain

    M. T.F. Piedade;W. J. Junk;Stephen P Long

  • The Pantanal: Ecology, biodiversity and sustainable management of a large neotropical seasonal wetland

    Wolfgang J. Junk;Carolina J. da Silva;Cátia Nunes da Cunha

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade
Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade National Institute of Amazonian Research
Florian Wittmann
Florian Wittmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Pia Parolin
Pia Parolin Universität Hamburg
Jochen Schöngart
Jochen Schöngart National Institute of Amazonian Research
Karl M. Wantzen
Karl M. Wantzen François Rabelais University
Martin Worbes
Martin Worbes University of Göttingen
Wolfgang Schmidt
Wolfgang Schmidt Academia Sinica
Joost F. Duivenvoorden
Joost F. Duivenvoorden University of Amsterdam
A. S. Belward
A. S. Belward Joint Research Center
Stephen P. Long
Stephen P. Long University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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