Blanca Rios-Touma

About Blanca Rios-Touma

Blanca Rios-Touma, With an exceptional h-index of 24 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universidad de Las Américas, specializes in the field of Aquatic Ecology, Diversity, Conservation, Entomology, River Restoration.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

An experimental approach to test the effect of temperature increase and nutrient enrichment on Andean aquatic insects

Abiotic and biotic factors influencing heavy metals pollution in fisheries of the Western Amazon

Response of macroinvertebrate and epilithic diatom communities to pollution gradients in Ecuadorian Andean rivers

Environmental and aquatic macroinvertebrates metrics respond to the Eucalyptus afforestation gradient in subtropical lowland streams

The global EPTO database: Worldwide occurrences of aquatic insects

Evolution of Opsin Genes in Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera)

Biodiversity responses to land-use change in the equatorial Andes

Behavioral and biochemical patterns in the Andean highland macroinvertebrate Nectopsyche sp. after chronic mercury exposure

Blanca Rios-Touma Information

University

Position

Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad Medio Ambiente y Salud BIOMAS

Citations(all)

2938

Citations(since 2020)

2161

Cited By

1428

hIndex(all)

24

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

38

i10Index(since 2020)

34

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Blanca Rios-Touma Skills & Research Interests

Aquatic Ecology

Diversity

Conservation

Entomology

River Restoration

Top articles of Blanca Rios-Touma

An experimental approach to test the effect of temperature increase and nutrient enrichment on Andean aquatic insects

Aquatic Sciences

2024/4

Abiotic and biotic factors influencing heavy metals pollution in fisheries of the Western Amazon

Science of The Total Environment

2024/1/15

Response of macroinvertebrate and epilithic diatom communities to pollution gradients in Ecuadorian Andean rivers

Hydrobiologia

2024/1

Blanca Rios-Touma
Blanca Rios-Touma

H-Index: 19

Environmental and aquatic macroinvertebrates metrics respond to the Eucalyptus afforestation gradient in subtropical lowland streams

Hydrobiologia

2024/1

Evolution of Opsin Genes in Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera)

bioRxiv

2023

Blanca Rios-Touma
Blanca Rios-Touma

H-Index: 19

Seth Bybee
Seth Bybee

H-Index: 18

Biodiversity responses to land-use change in the equatorial Andes

Ecological Indicators

2023/12/1

Behavioral and biochemical patterns in the Andean highland macroinvertebrate Nectopsyche sp. after chronic mercury exposure

Chemosphere

2023/11/1

Characterization of the primary structure of the major silk gene, h-fibroin, across caddisfly (Trichoptera) suborders

Iscience

2023/8/18

Stream restoration milestones: monitoring scales determine successes and failures

2023/8

Allelic resolution of insect and spider silk genes reveals hidden genetic diversity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

2023/5/2

Waterborne diseases and ethnic-related disparities: a 10 years nationwide mortality and burden of disease analysis from Ecuador

Frontiers in Public Health

2022/12/21

Uncovering hidden genetic diversity: allelic resolution of insect and spider silk genes

bioRxiv

2022/12/19

Aquatic biodiversity loss in Andean urban streams

Urban Ecosystems

2022/12

Effects of Pesticides on the Survival of Shredder Nectopsyche sp. (Trichoptera) and Leaf Decomposition Rates in Tropical Andes: A Microcosm Approach

Toxics

2022/11/24

Evaluating the influence of environmental variables on fish assemblages along Tropical Andes: considerations from ecology to conservation

Hydrobiologia

2022/11/1

Rafael Miranda
Rafael Miranda

H-Index: 15

Blanca Rios-Touma
Blanca Rios-Touma

H-Index: 19

Riparian cover buffers the effects of abiotic and biotic predictors of leaf decomposition in subtropical streams

Aquatic Sciences

2022/10

Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems

Freshwater Science

2022/9/1

Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems

Freshwater Science

2022/9/1

Nick Bond
Nick Bond

H-Index: 28

Blanca Rios-Touma
Blanca Rios-Touma

H-Index: 19

Structural diversity of silk heavy-chain fibroins across major caddisfly (Trichoptera) clades

bioRxiv

2022/8/29

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