James S. Albert

James Spurling Albert is a professor of biology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.^[1] Dr. Albert is an author of over 100 scientific papers on the evolution and diversity of fishes,^[2] and is an expert in the systematics and biodiversity of Neotropical electric fishes (Gymnotiformes). Dr. Albert and his colleagues to date have described 50 new species. He is co-editor with Roberto E. Reis of the book Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes,^[3] which explores the evolutionary forces underlying the formation of the Amazon and Neotropical fish faunas.

References

1. "Albert Lab". University of Louisiana Lafayette. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
2. "James S. Albert". Google Scholar Citations. Google. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
3. Albert, J. S.; Reis, R. E., eds. (2011). Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes. Berkeley: University of California Press.

External links

• Albert's profile at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette