Abraham Addo‐Bediako

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Abraham Addo‐Bediako is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Abraham Addo‐Bediako has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Pollution and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Abraham Addo‐Bediako's work include Heavy metals in environment (17 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (9 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (8 papers). Abraham Addo‐Bediako is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (17 papers), Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (9 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (8 papers). Abraham Addo‐Bediako collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Belgium. Abraham Addo‐Bediako's co-authors include Steven L. Chown, Kevin J. Gaston, Brent J. Sinclair, Antoinette Jooste, Wilmien J. Luus‐Powell, Sean M. Marr, Lieven Bervoets, Adrian Covaci, Johannes Teuchies and Victor Wepener and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Chemosphere and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Abraham Addo‐Bediako

47 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Thermal tolerance, climatic variability and latitude

2000 889 citations Abraham Addo‐Bediako, Steven L. Chown et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abraham Addo‐Bediako South Africa	17	1.3k	702	695	512	345	48	2.2k
Stine Slotsbo Denmark	17	794 0.6×	329 0.5×	447 0.6×	241 0.5×	384 1.1×	57	1.5k
Paula Arribas Spain	27	1.2k 0.9×	367 0.5×	595 0.9×	319 0.6×	234 0.7×	58	1.9k
Giacomo Santini Italy	25	734 0.6×	636 0.9×	639 0.9×	126 0.2×	312 0.9×	107	1.7k
J.H. van Wyk South Africa	24	438 0.3×	353 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	368 0.7×	116 0.3×	81	2.0k
Marco A. Lardies Chile	35	2.0k 1.5×	382 0.5×	414 0.6×	185 0.4×	209 0.6×	91	3.3k
Elena L. Zvereva Finland	31	801 0.6×	259 0.4×	1.4k 2.0×	407 0.8×	747 2.2×	108	3.0k
Joost Vanoverbeke Belgium	25	1.0k 0.8×	911 1.3×	505 0.7×	315 0.6×	100 0.3×	44	2.2k
Anna L. Hargreaves Canada	23	791 0.6×	487 0.7×	1.3k 1.9×	893 1.7×	221 0.6×	41	2.4k
Jean‐Pierre Maelfait Belgium	31	1.4k 1.1×	985 1.4×	1.6k 2.3×	527 1.0×	1.1k 3.2×	130	3.6k
Penelope Greenslade Australia	27	1.1k 0.8×	813 1.2×	1.6k 2.3×	283 0.6×	403 1.2×	136	2.6k

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Addo‐Bediako, Abraham. (2025). Risk of Chemical Pollution in Olifants River Basin, South Africa: Human Health Implications. Limnological Review. 25(1). 1–1. 4 indexed citations

Addo‐Bediako, Abraham. (2024). Spatiotemporal Assessment of Heavy Metal(Loid) Pollution in Water and Surface Sedimentof the Mohlapitsi River, South Africa. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 33(4). 3545–3554. 1 indexed citations

Addo‐Bediako, Abraham. (2023). Effects of trace elements on benthic macroinvertebrate distribution in the sediments of two rivers in the Olifants River Basin, South Africa. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 38(1). 4 indexed citations

Addo‐Bediako, Abraham, et al.. (2023). ASSESSMENT OF RIVER HEALTH USING BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES IN THE GROOT LETABA RIVER, SOUTH AFRICA. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 21(3). 1931–1943. 3 indexed citations

Addo‐Bediako, Abraham, et al.. (2021). Assessment of river health using benthic macroinvertebrates in the Dwars River, Olifants Water Management Area, Limpopo province, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science. 46(4). 441–451. 3 indexed citations

Addo‐Bediako, Abraham, et al.. (2020). BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES AS BIOINDICATORS OF WATER QUALITY IN THE BLYDE RIVER OF THE OLIFANTS RIVER SYSTEM, SOUTH AFRICA. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 18(1). 1621–1635. 9 indexed citations

Teuchies, Johannes, Victor Wepener, Abraham Addo‐Bediako, et al.. (2018). Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of total mercury in the subtropical Olifants River Basin, South Africa. Chemosphere. 216. 832–843. 29 indexed citations

Covaci, Adrian, Veerle L.B. Jaspers, Ole Kristian Berg, et al.. (2018). Distribution and bioaccumulation of POPs and mercury in the Ga-Selati River (South Africa) and the rivers Gudbrandsdalslågen and Rena (Norway). Environment International. 121(Pt 2). 1319–1330. 41 indexed citations

D’Hollander, Wendy, Adrian Covaci, Victor Wepener, et al.. (2017). Persistent organic pollutants in the Olifants River Basin, South Africa: Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer through a subtropical aquatic food web. The Science of The Total Environment. 586. 792–806. 93 indexed citations

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Addo‐Bediako, Abraham, et al.. (2017). Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblage Along a Pollution Gradient in the Steelpoort River, Olifants River System. African Entomology. 25(2). 445–453. 13 indexed citations

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Jooste, Antoinette, Sean M. Marr, Abraham Addo‐Bediako, & Wilmien J. Luus‐Powell. (2014). Sharptooth catfish shows its metal: A case study of metal contamination at two impoundments in the Olifants River, Limpopo river system, South Africa. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 112. 96–104. 47 indexed citations

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Addo‐Bediako, Abraham, et al.. (2014). Human health risk assessment for silver catfish </i>Schilbe intermedius</i> Rüppell, 1832, from two impoundments in the Olifants River, Limpopo, South Africa. Water SA. 40(4). 607–607. 19 indexed citations

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Addo‐Bediako, Abraham, et al.. (2013). Effects of leaf harvest on crude protein and mineral contents of selected early maturing lines of lablab (Lablab purpureus). African Journal of Agricultural Research. 8(5). 449–453. 10 indexed citations

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Addo‐Bediako, Abraham, et al.. (2007). Assessment of Risk of Introduction of <I>Cylas formicarius elegantulus</I> (Coleoptera: Brentidae) into Weevil-Free Areas in the Southern United States. Journal of Economic Entomology. 100(2). 315–321. 6 indexed citations

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Addo‐Bediako, Abraham, et al.. (2005). Influence of Maize/Lablab Intercropping on Lepidopterous Stem Borer Infestation in Maize. Journal of Economic Entomology. 98(2). 384–388. 29 indexed citations

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Sinclair, Brent J., Abraham Addo‐Bediako, & Steven L. Chown. (2003). Climatic variability and the evolution of insect freeze tolerance. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 78(2). 181–195. 174 indexed citations

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Chown, Steven L., Abraham Addo‐Bediako, & Kevin J. Gaston. (2002). Physiological variation in insects: large-scale patterns and their implications. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 131(4). 587–602. 128 indexed citations

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Addo‐Bediako, Abraham, Steven L. Chown, & Kevin J. Gaston. (2002). Metabolic cold adaptation in insects: a large‐scale perspective. Functional Ecology. 16(3). 332–338. 257 indexed citations

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Addo‐Bediako, Abraham, Steven L. Chown, & Kevin J. Gaston. (2001). Revisiting water loss in insects: a large scale view. Journal of Insect Physiology. 47(12). 1377–1388. 152 indexed citations

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Addo‐Bediako, Abraham, Steven L. Chown, & Kevin J. Gaston. (2000). Thermal tolerance, climatic variability and latitude. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 267(1445). 739–745. 889 indexed citations breakdown →

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