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Catherine L. Searle

Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2002

Publications

64

Citations

1,952

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

25

Publishing since 2002

Research summary
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Catherine L. Searle studies how disease-causing organisms (parasites and pathogens) interact with aquatic and amphibian hosts, and how environmental stressors like temperature, salt pollution, and microplastics affect these host-parasite dynamics and broader freshwater food webs. Her work combines field, laboratory, and mesocosm (outdoor tank) experiments on organisms such as frogs, Daphnia (water fleas), and zooplankton communities. This research is relevant to understanding disease spread and ecosystem health under changing environmental conditions.

Host-pathogen and host-parasite ecologyAmphibian disease and conservationFreshwater zooplankton and food web ecologyEffects of environmental stressors (salinity, temperature, microplastics)Species invasion and epidemic dynamics

Publication output has been relatively steady over the past decade, peaking around 2021-2022 with 6-7 papers per year, followed by a dip in 2024 and a partial rebound in 2025-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 7 publications7212022: 6 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 4 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Diversity×3
  • Ecology and Evolution×3
  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters×2
  • PLoS ONE×2
  • Biotropica×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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