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Clay Prater
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Research Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Also affiliated: Oklahoma State University (2020–2024); Loughborough University (2018–2023); Oklahoma State University Medical Center (2021); Trent University (2015–2021); University of Oklahoma (2022)
14 h-index
44 pubs
573 cited
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Clay Prater's research investigates elemental stoichiometry and its influence on ecological dynamics, particularly in freshwater ecosystems. His work examines how the ratios of key elements like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus affect organismal growth, consumer-producer interactions, and overall ecosystem health. Prater has studied the stoichiometric thresholds required for the growth of aquatic organisms such as *Daphnia* and explored how factors like calcium and phosphorus availability impact their nutritional ecophysiology.
His research also addresses broader environmental concerns, including the responses of Arctic freshwater systems to climate change and the variation in elemental composition within the Lake Erie watershed. Prater has a publication record of 44 works, with 566 citations, and an h-index of 14. He has collaborated with researchers from the University of Central Arkansas and within the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Metrics
- h-index: 14
- Publications: 44
- Citations: 573
Positions
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Research Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences publications 2013–2026University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Institution web page
Selected Publications
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A generalized resource-allocation growth law reveals mechanisms of differential responses to intermittent androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer (2026)
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Tradeoffs between elemental homeostasis and growth govern freshwater phytoplankton responses to salinization (2025)
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Current and Historical Resource Nitrogen Supply Affects the Eco‐Physiological Traits and the Ionome of a Diazotrophic Cyanobacterium (2024)
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Charting achievements: a two-year retrospective of the society for environmental geochemistry and health (SEGH) and the evolving strategies (2024)
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Diurnal and seasonal source‐proximal dust concentrations in complex terrain, West Greenland (2023)
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Predicting Habitat and Distribution of an Interior Highlands Regional Endemic Winter Stonefly (Allocapnia mohri) in Arkansas Using Random Forest Models (2023)
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Relationships among nutrient enrichment, detritus quality and quantity, and large-bodied shredding insect community structure (2015)
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Leaf-litter stoichiometry is affected by streamwater phosphorus concentrations and litter type (2013)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Michelle A. Evans‐White
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Leaf-litter stoichiometry is affected by streamwater phosphorus concentrations and litter type
- Relationships among nutrient enrichment, detritus quality and quantity, and large-bodied shredding insect community structure
- Predicting Habitat and Distribution of an Interior Highlands Regional Endemic Winter Stonefly (Allocapnia mohri) in Arkansas Using Random Forest Models
- Tradeoffs between elemental homeostasis and growth govern freshwater phytoplankton responses to salinization
J. Thad Scott
Baylor University (US)
2 shared publications
- Leaf-litter stoichiometry is affected by streamwater phosphorus concentrations and litter type
- Current and Historical Resource Nitrogen Supply Affects the Eco‐Physiological Traits and the Ionome of a Diazotrophic Cyanobacterium
Punidan D. Jeyasingh
Oklahoma State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Current and Historical Resource Nitrogen Supply Affects the Eco‐Physiological Traits and the Ionome of a Diazotrophic Cyanobacterium
- A generalized resource-allocation growth law reveals mechanisms of differential responses to intermittent androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer
Eric J. Norman
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
1 shared publication
- Relationships among nutrient enrichment, detritus quality and quantity, and large-bodied shredding insect community structure
Erin E. Scott
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
1 shared publication
- Leaf-litter stoichiometry is affected by streamwater phosphorus concentrations and litter type
Eric Norman
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
1 shared publication
- Leaf-litter stoichiometry is affected by streamwater phosphorus concentrations and litter type
Bryant C. Baker
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
1 shared publication
- Leaf-litter stoichiometry is affected by streamwater phosphorus concentrations and litter type
Brianna Annaratone
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- Predicting Habitat and Distribution of an Interior Highlands Regional Endemic Winter Stonefly (Allocapnia mohri) in Arkansas Using Random Forest Models
Camryn Larson
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- Predicting Habitat and Distribution of an Interior Highlands Regional Endemic Winter Stonefly (Allocapnia mohri) in Arkansas Using Random Forest Models
Ashley P. G. Dowling
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- Predicting Habitat and Distribution of an Interior Highlands Regional Endemic Winter Stonefly (Allocapnia mohri) in Arkansas Using Random Forest Models
Daniel D. Magoulick
United States Geological Survey
1 shared publication
In database
- Predicting Habitat and Distribution of an Interior Highlands Regional Endemic Winter Stonefly (Allocapnia mohri) in Arkansas Using Random Forest Models
Joanna E. Bullard
Loughborough University (GB)
1 shared publication
- Diurnal and seasonal source‐proximal dust concentrations in complex terrain, West Greenland
Matthew Baddock
Loughborough University (GB)
1 shared publication
- Diurnal and seasonal source‐proximal dust concentrations in complex terrain, West Greenland
N. John Anderson
Loughborough University (GB)
1 shared publication
- Diurnal and seasonal source‐proximal dust concentrations in complex terrain, West Greenland
Ariadne Argyraki
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
1 shared publication
- Charting achievements: a two-year retrospective of the society for environmental geochemistry and health (SEGH) and the evolving strategies
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