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Donald Baird
PeerJ Editor & Author
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Author 100
Editor 3,370

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Biodiversity
Ecology
Freshwater Biology
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Biogeography
Population Biology
Molecular Biology
Zoology
Microbiology
Mycology
Entomology
Natural Resource Management
Environmental Impacts
Computational Science
Bioinformatics
Ecosystem Science
Computational Biology
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Ecotoxicology
Aquatic and Marine Chemistry
Environmental Contamination and Remediation
Conservation Biology
Marine Biology
Environmental Health
Environmental Sciences
Evolutionary Studies
Genetics
Taxonomy
Parasitology
Paleontology
Data Science
Ecohydrology
Biotechnology
Plant Science

Donald J Baird

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

Research Scientist in the Water Science & Technology Directorate of Environment and Climate Change Canada, Visiting Research Professor in the Biology Department at the University of New Brunswick and Science Director of the Canadian Rivers Institute.

His primary research interests include the study of watershed patterns in aquatic biodiversity and the influence of landscape stressors on resident biota. Current research concerns freshwater invertebrates, with dragonflies as a particular focus. He has previously worked on a variety of taxa groups from flatworms to fish, and in a variety of habitats from wetlands, lakes and rivers to coastal marine systems.

Biodiversity Biosphere Interactions Ecosystem Science Ecotoxicology Freshwater Biology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of New Brunswick

Work details

Senior Research Scientist

Water Science & Technology Directorate
August 2003
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Study impacts of human activities on aquatic ecosystems.

Visiting Research Professor

University of New Brunswick
August 2003
Biology / Canadian Rivers Institute
River ecosystem science.

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Edited 26
August 9, 2018
Vulnerability of diatom communities in the Peace–Athabasca Delta to environmental change
Stephanie J. Connor, Alexa C. Alexander-Trusiak, Donald J. Baird
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5447 PubMed 30123721

Academic Editor on

December 16, 2024
Length-mass relationships of pond macroinvertebrates do not hold between Southern and Northern Europe
Vladimíra Dekanová, Marek Svitok, Sara Bento, João Caramelo, Pedro Peixe e Sousa, Bruno M. Carreira
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18576 PubMed 39703909
July 18, 2023
Pesticide dynamics in three small agricultural creeks in Hesse, Germany
Sarah Betz-Koch, Björn Jacobs, Jörg Oehlmann, Dominik Ratz, Christian Reutter, Arne Wick, Matthias Oetken
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15650 PubMed 37483984
July 12, 2023
An aquatic environmental DNA filtration system to maximize recovery potential and promote filtration approach standardization
Hayley M. DeHart, Mark T. Gasser, Jarret Dixon, Peter Thielen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15360 PubMed 37456865
May 2, 2023
Optimal sample type and number vary in small shallow lakes when targeting non-native fish environmental DNA
Maïlys H.V. Picard, Anastasija Zaiko, Annabel M. Tidy, David J. Kelly, Georgia Thomson-Laing, Shaun P. Wilkinson, Xavier Pochon, Marcus J. Vandergoes, Ian Hawes, Susanna A. Wood
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15210 PubMed 37151294
March 31, 2023
Assessing arthropod diversity metrics derived from stream environmental DNA: spatiotemporal variation and paired comparisons with manual sampling
Aaron A. Aunins, Sara J. Mueller, Jennifer A. Fike, Robert S. Cornman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15163 PubMed 37020852
August 23, 2022
Accurate image-based identification of macroinvertebrate specimens using deep learning—How much training data is needed?
Toke T. Høye, Mads Dyrmann, Christian Kjær, Johnny Nielsen, Marianne Bruus, Cecilie L. Mielec, Maria S. Vesterdal, Kim Bjerge, Sigurd A. Madsen, Mads R. Jeppesen, Claus Melvad
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13837 PubMed 36032940
May 27, 2022
Influence of DNA extraction kits on freshwater fungal DNA metabarcoding
Shunsuke Matsuoka, Yoriko Sugiyama, Mariko Nagano, Hideyuki Doi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13477 PubMed 35651749
February 23, 2022
Spatial patterns in the contribution of biotic and abiotic factors to the population dynamics of three freshwater fish species
Mathieu Chevalier, Pablo Tedesco, Gael Grenouillet
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12857 PubMed 35228906
November 4, 2021
Global gap-analysis of amphipod barcode library
Anna Maria Jażdżewska, Anne Helene S. Tandberg, Tammy Horton, Saskia Brix
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12352 PubMed 34760373
September 29, 2021
Anthropogenic transformations of river ecosystems are not always bad for the environment: Multi-taxa analyses of changes in aquatic and terrestrial environments after dredging of a small lowland river
Robert Stryjecki, Andrzej Zawal, Tomasz Krepski, Edyta Stępień, Edyta Buczyńska, Paweł Buczyński, Stanisław Czachorowski, Łukasz Jankowiak, Joanna Pakulnicka, Anna Sulikowska-Drozd, Vladimir Pešić, Grzegorz Michoński, Michał Grabowski, Aleksandra Jabłońska, Magdalena Achrem, Tomasz Olechwir, Lech Pietrzak, Agnieszka Szlauer-Łukaszewska
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12224 PubMed 34703668
September 21, 2021
Impact of urbanization on functional diversity in macromycete communities along an urban ecosystem in Southwest Mexico
Marko Gómez-Hernández, Emily Avendaño-Villegas, María Toledo-Garibaldi, Etelvina Gándara
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12191 PubMed 34616630
April 16, 2021
Optimizing speleological monitoring efforts: insights from long-term data for tropical iron caves
Leonardo Carreira Trevelin, Matheus Henrique Simões, Xavier Prous, Thadeu Pietrobon, Iuri Viana Brandi, Rodolfo Jaffé
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11271 PubMed 33959423
January 27, 2021
Comparing impacts of metal contamination on macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages in a northern Japanese river
Hiroki Namba, Yuichi Iwasaki, Kentaro Morita, Tagiru Ogino, Hiroyuki Mano, Naohide Shinohara, Tetsuo Yasutaka, Hiroyuki Matsuda, Masashi Kamo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10808 PubMed 33569256
November 27, 2020
Molecular phylogeny and species delimitation of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium pilimanus species group, with descriptions of three new species from Thailand
Warut Siriwut, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Somsak Panha, Ratmanee Chanabun, Chirasak Sutcharit
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10137 PubMed 33312765
September 16, 2020
If you build it, they will come: rapid colonization by dragonflies in a new effluent-dependent river reach
Michael T. Bogan, Drew Eppehimer, Hamdhani Hamdhani, Kelsey Hollien
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9856 PubMed 32995082
July 16, 2020
Assessment of biomass potentials of microalgal communities in open pond raceways using mass cultivation
Seung-Woo Jo, Jeong-Mi Do, Ho Na, Ji Won Hong, Il-Sup Kim, Ho-Sung Yoon
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9418 PubMed 32742771
July 16, 2020
Influence of hydropower stations on the water microbiota in the downstream of Jinsha River, China
Xiaojuan Chen, Da He, Lianfeng Zhou, Yankun Cao, Zhanjing Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9500 PubMed 32742790
June 11, 2020
Aquatic insect community structure revealed by eDNA metabarcoding derives indices for environmental assessment
Noriko Uchida, Kengo Kubota, Shunsuke Aita, So Kazama
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9176 PubMed 32566391
January 27, 2020
Airborne microbial biodiversity and seasonality in Northern and Southern Sweden
Edvin Karlsson, Anna-Mia Johansson, Jon Ahlinder, Moa J. Lundkvist, Navinder J. Singh, Tomas Brodin, Mats Forsman, Per Stenberg
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8424 PubMed 32025374
April 30, 2019
A citizen science approach to evaluating US cities for biotic homogenization
Misha Leong, Michelle Trautwein
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6879 PubMed 31106074
March 5, 2019
DNA metabarcoding allows non-invasive identification of arthropod prey provisioned to nestling Rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus)
Alison J. Moran, Sean W.J. Prosser, Jonathan A. Moran
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6596 PubMed 30863689
October 9, 2018
Raritas: a program for counting high diversity categorical data with highly unequal abundances
David B. Lazarus, Johan Renaudie, Dorina Lenz, Patrick Diver, Jens Klump
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5453 PubMed 30324008
July 19, 2018
Rapid rise in toxic load for bees revealed by analysis of pesticide use in Great Britain
Dave Goulson, Jack Thompson, Amy Croombs
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5255 PubMed 30038870
May 11, 2018
Lighten up the dark: metazoan parasites as indicators for the ecology of Antarctic crocodile icefish (Channichthyidae) from the north-west Antarctic Peninsula
Thomas Kuhn, Vera M.A. Zizka, Julian Münster, Regina Klapper, Simonetta Mattiucci, Judith Kochmann, Sven Klimpel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4638 PubMed 29770270
April 9, 2018
Estimating intraspecific genetic diversity from community DNA metabarcoding data
Vasco Elbrecht, Ecaterina Edith Vamos, Dirk Steinke, Florian Leese
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4644 PubMed 29666773
April 5, 2018
Variation in the diversity and richness of parasitoid wasps based on sampling effort
Thomas E. Saunders, Darren F. Ward
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4642 PubMed 29632746